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Chapter 23 - Infected beast

'So, Adam, what is going on here?' 'Can't you wait for me to catch my breath, Dae?' 'No, because if I wait that long you will long be dead! So' – Rayshel hugged him from behind. 'Damn that was so fun. And will you do what your trainer said? Will you marry me?' Dae fought Rayshel off and hissed at her to keep her distance. This didn't stop Rayshel from talking: 'You didn't say no, hahahah!' 'Dae turned to her, obviously slightly pissed off. 'Rayshel now is not the time! But if you want to hear an answer, then the answer is' – 'Dae, I'll be dead before you get your answer!', Ada said, attiring Dae attention. 'Look, I am sure back then when we fought you also noticed that we, the Legends were behaving weird. The lust to kill and whatever. Now that I am about to die my heads feels cleaner than ever. Back then when I had met the Legends on the field, we were ambushed. You surely remember that one person survived and told everyone that we had killed our soldiers. That was a lie. That one survivor had killed everyone! He was a dark priest' – 'A dark priest?', Dae repeated. 'Yes. There is no time to explain everything now. Back them he did some experiments on us. Well, it failed and we became like that, to be more precise we were possessed by a demon. This dark human you fought are called ghouls and were also possessed. In my case, it was little bit different. They were trying to create people who would be immune. So people who would not turn to ghouls. As far as I know they need people like that as sacrifices to open the gate, the gate to the Demon World. While our body is possessed our soul is taken to the Demon Word. That's why I can tell you, we are just the beginning. If they manage to assemble enough immune people to open the gate, hell will break lose on earth. And trust me you are not ready to face what I saw ther' – he spat blood and fell to his hands, coughing for air. 'Dae and Dae's wife!' 'She is not my wife!', Dae defended. And Rayshel added: 'Not yet! You forgot the not yet!' 'Hahahah!', Adam rejoiced. 'That's how a fresh couple should look. Well, youngster listen now. You must find people who are immune. They might not have transformed to ghouls but they certainly possess the power of a demon. They will be a great help against the dark priest or against light priest if you were to face them. There is two way to make it through this damn situation. You can hide and wait till the crimson moon vanishes, however, then you can wait long! And in the worst case before the moon turns normal again the dark priests have found immune people. Another way would be to destroy the altar where people were sacrificed to drench in blood. I think there were more than one. I don't know anymore and Dae', he clasped his arm and struggled back to his legs. And when Dae and Rayshel were about to offer help Adam rose one hand. 'It's ok. I got it! Dae, it's a lot to digest, but I know a quicker way!' He opened his fist and placed his palm on Dae chest, mumbling something that seemed to resemble a spell. Beneath his feet the ground started glowing and a violet circle drew on the ground. Suddenly Adam's memories shot into Dae. Images after images flashed past his eyes and also the emotion and pain Adam had felt. Taking into fact that he was in the Demon World the pain he had sustained from the demons was not a little bit. All this came as quiet as shock to Dae and before he knew he blacked out. Rayshel caught the falling Dae and glanced over to Adam whose eyes were losing their glow. 'Mam, take care of him. He always puts on a strong front, tries to act tough but I know that he needs a woman by his sides, a partner, someone like him. And tell him I also healed his wounds, a trick I learned from my time in the demon World!' And with a big smile he left this wolrd, his body crumbling and vanishing in thin air

Emilia went hugging Sarah and she accepted with no resistance. Meanwhile, Rick and Nade exchanged a head shake. Then they followed the path to the end. Next, they turned right at the intersection and resumed their jogging. To get to the basement where they would find the elevator that would take them up, the group had to get past the cafeteria. The door was slightly open, revealing the countless ghouls there that were having their snacks. 'Rick started his report: 'I counted at least ten ghouls. That number should not pose a big problem as long', he stared to Nade who immediately replied with a head node let them know: 'I can take care of myself! Worry about Sarah!' Emilia and Rick exchanged some stares, stares Sarah straight away understood. 'I told him that he can call me like that. We went through some shit. So, yes it can happen! It does not have to mean anything!' Rick coughed, covering his mouth with one arm. And Emilia remained silent. Bum, bum… they peered back over their shoulders. And what they saw was everything but pleasant. That animal had once be a tiger but not any tiger. It was one of the biggest tigers wandering earth and now that it had been infected it had even grew in size. And it fangs too. The tiger was black and had violet stripes and instead of four legs there were now 4. Nade placed himself before the group. Cold mist emerged from his body and he uttered with a weakened voice: 'I am not sure if I can take that thing down in my current state, but I can buy you time. Use that to kill the ghouls in. there and if I am happy by then I am still alive and we can beat that monster together!' Indeed, Rick and Emilia were confused a little bit. However, there was no time for being confused. So, Sarah took the lead. 'Let's go!'

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