NOVEL NEXT Chapter 382: We Leave Tomorrow
Erika, Jennifer, and the rest of the group watched as Michael walked out from the gateway, which closed behind him.
"You did it!"
Erika, and Mira rushed towards Michael, and stopped in front of him.
Michael smiled, seeing their worried and relief expressions.
"It's nothing, but she escaped."
"I don't care about her, I want to know if you're ok... Are you?"
Michael chuckled hearing Erika. He patted her head, and lowered his gaze to Mira.
"I told you, Mira... Nothing will happen to me."
Mira slowly nodded: "I know, brother."
She hugged his waist.
Michael laughed, and caressed her hair.
"General Michael, what's happening? Are we safe?" Commander Wang asked.
Michael looked up at the guild masters and Soldiers, then sighed:
"For now."
"What do you mean by "For Now"?" Joker asked, taking a step forward.
Michael sighed, and explained to everyone:
"In six months times, Typhon will be released, None of us are strong enough to stop that, so we can only prepare."
"Six months? That isn't enough." Daniel said his worries.
"I know, Life is not fair, so don't expect anything good from it; Spread this news, The 17 cities must come together... No matter what happens, the players must increase in rank... We need as much strength as possible."
Michael moved his gaze around, and settled it on Carl, and Jimmy... He then turned to the President.
"I'll trouble you again, Mr President, Help take care of Mira, and Maria... My elders will also be in touch with the plans, they'll be the ones sending the progress to me."
"To you? Brother are you going somewhere?" Mira asked, looking up at Michael... Her face filled with surprised.
Michael smiled:
"Yes Mira. Jennifer, Tyson, and Erika will be going with me... We need to get stronger, but don't worry, we'll be back before you know it."
Mira stared at him for a long while, and an uneasy silent descended on the whole place.
Noticing the situation, Maria stepped forward, and placed her hand on Mira's shoulder.
Before she could say anything, Mira opened her mouth, her voice choked with emotions.
"Brother... Don't you love me anymore?"
Her question stunned Michael, Jennifer, Erika and even Maria.
"Mira."
Michael got down on one knee:
"Why will you think that? I love you more than myself--"
"--Then why are you leaving me behind?" She asked, cutting him off.
Michael exhaled and hugged her:
"I'm sorry Mira, but I'm doing this for your safety. The place we're going is dangerous, and even if I want to take you, I can't... You aren't ready, and never have such thought, you'll always be the first to me."
He separated from the hug, held her hand, and slowly opened her palm.
"You know this?"
He brought out slayer.
"You know I'll never go anywhere without this, right?"
Mira slowly nodded.
"I'll be leaving this with you... You should know I'll be back to take it... If you miss me, just look at it."
He held the dagger, and before everyone, it changed into a necklace.
Michael worn it around her neck, right on the first necklace, and smiled at her.
Mira stared at the necklace for some seconds, then looked up at him... Moment next: she hugged his neck.
"Ok, Brother... Take care, and don't worry, I'll get stronger, and focus on studies."
Michael smiled, and tightened the hug. "Thank you, Mira."
"When are you leaving?"
Mira wiped her tears with her hand, making sure Michael didn't see her.
Michael separated, and observed her face: "We're leaving tomorrow."
She slowly nodded, and gave a force smile.
Michael sighed, and looked at Borne and his brothers who stopped behind Mira.
He stood up, staring at the five, whose heads were lowered.
"This shouldn't happen again... And both of you should stop running from them..." He turned to Mira.
"Understand?" He added.
Mira turned to Maria, who nodded her head.
"Understood." She said.
'My Lord, apologies for the interruption, but something happened on the Island.' Reaper's voice sounded in his head.
Michael moved his gaze on the people before him and nodded:
"I'll be leaving, you all should help me take care of these two."
"Don't worry about that, Michael... Trust us." Jasmine said with a smile.
Michael nodded at her, and held Mira's hand, moment next:
Whizzed.
The leaders and guild masters all turned their heads to the vortex, opening behind Michael.
"We'll leave first."
Michael smiled, and walked towards it with Mira and his gang following behind.
Amerisa's President watched as the vortex closed. He then turned to Commander Wang and Joker.
"This is the first time Michael is asking us for something, so we must make sure those girls don't even have a scratch on their skins... We have to keep an eye on them 24/7... I hope everyone understand."
"Yeah, Michael helped my Stupid son to be one of the strongest player in VRG... Even stronger than me and the Founders... I'm very grateful for that." Joker said with a smile.
"Mr Joker is right, He helped all of us in some ways or another, Intentional or not... But he did." The Governor said.
"Then it's decided." Commander Wang stated.
Carl and Jimmy who stood at some meters away looked at one another in surprise and Awe.
"Wow! Mira and Maria are so lucky! I wish Mr Michael was my brother." Jimmy said with dreamy eyes.
Carl stared at his friend for some seconds, sighed helplessly, and walked away.
"Hey, Dude! Where are you going!"
Jimmy quickly ran towards him, his armor slowing him down.
Joker and the rest stared at the two in confusion.
"Who really is that kid?" Joker asked again.
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Whoosh!!!
Reaper and the Dragons turned their heads to the vortex, which opened before them, and Michael walked out, with Mira, Maria, Erika, and the rest of their gang following behind.
"Greetings, Ruler!"
Reaper, and the others quickly got down on one knee.
"What happened?"
Michael asked.
He frowned seeing no dark clouds on the mountain.
"Ruler, A lady in a red Armor appeared here, she tried to Destroy the mountain, but was stopped by a woman... With their conversation, the one who wanted to destroy the Island is known as Sword Saint, while the other one who stopped her is known as Shenras, the third Abyssal lord... My Lord, she also left a message."
"What message?" Michael asked, his gaze still fixed on the mountain.
"She said you should meet her in the third realm, and she has possession of Destroyers' soul."
The last part stunned Michael:
'My third lord has Destroyers' soul? Does that means she was the one in the Temple?' Michael asked himself.
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Tyson, Helena, Chris, Camila, and Conner; walked towards them from the mansion.
"You... You all succeeded?" Michael was stunned.
Truthfully, he wasn't expecting, Helena, Camila and Conner to succeed... But they all did.
"Impressive, really impressive." He nodded.
The five stopped before him, and stared at Michael, then turned their heads to the kneeling Reaper, and Walkers.
"What's going on?" Tyson asked, moving his gaze on the group before them.
"It's nothing serious, go and get your things ready... We're leaving tomorrow."
"Things? Leaving? Tomorrow?!" Tyson was stunned, he turned to Jennifer, who slowly nodded.
"I hope she's coming with us." He turned to Michael.
"Yes." Michael nodded, and continued:
"I know some of you excited with your new Powers, but remember this, A True God can be killed, let alone a Half Immortal."
"We know, Michael... That's why we chose to use this time and practice more... Master our bloodlines, and maybe place some VRG... With our strength, we can easily win and also get stronger." Helena said with a small smile.
"That's good."
Michael nodded, and walked towards the Mansion with Mira.
"Come on, We're leaving soon, Let's have some fun time, come on everyone... Game night."
"Yay!!!" Mira and Maria exclaimed in joy.
"B... Brother."
After some hesitation, Mira continued:
"I want to tell you something."
Michael turned his head to her side profile; "What is this something?"
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Erika and Jennifer followed behind the three, with smiles on their faces.
"Nothing can ever separate those two." Jennifer said.
"True, they should remain happy forever." Erika added, and turned to Reaper, and the Walkers, who were still kneeling.
"..."
She was stunned.
"Why are you guys still kneeling?" She asked in mild confusion.
"The Ruler didn't ask us to rise." Reaper answered.
"...Is that...? Forget it, you can rise."
Reaper moved his gaze on those kneeling, and turned his head towards her:
"As the Ruler's Consort, we'll obey."
With that said, they stood up.
"Erika shook her head with a small smile, and opened her mouth:
"Send word to Drakon, We need him here."
Reaper nodded.
"So what should we do? Follow them inside or?" Tyson asked in mild confusion.
"Didn't you hear Michael? It's game night!!"
Helena and the other three followed, leaving him behind.
Tyson turned around and was stunned seeing the helicopter, then grinned:
"While the others are playing games, I'll be flying around! Yes... Can't wait."
Without a second to waste, he ran towards it, knowing too well he couldn't ride a Helicopter.
Tyson ran past Reaper, and the Dragons, who stared at him in surprise.
"Why is he running?" Darkness asked in mild confusion.