The villainess shall be mine

"There's something wrong!"

Adam stopped and inspected the surrounding.

Zax and he walked for quite a while but the scenery didn't change that much.

"Yes, this is weird..." Zax agreed.

However, that was not the problem.

"Why do I feel like the castle is getting farther and farther away?" Adam wondered out loud, and then he realized something. "Zax! This is not normal, there must be something about this. There's a monster or an enemy around."

"Yes, I think so too, but where are they?"

Zax was right, there were too many huge boulders and piles of rocks in the surrounding, and even the ground itself was extremely uneven.

Adam came up with a theory. "This must be some kind of illusion or something that mess up with our sense of direction."

Then he activated his power and the castle who seemed so away felt like it was zoomed in and got bigger.

Realizing what was happening, Adam warned and dragged Zax close to him."Zax! Come close to me!"

Then he took a battle stance and focused on the sound around them.

But it was extremely quiet, and it gave him a very bad feeling.

Zax and Adam moved forward as quickly as possible but with great caution to avoid monsters' ambush.

So if this was the work of an enemy, then it was extremely sneaky, and if Adam was late to realize what was happening, then it would have been bad.

"Where is it?" Adam turned his head left and right. "I don't see anything suspicious, and that's not something that happens naturally in this world."

Crack!

Adam turned toward the source of this sound but there was nothing.

Until...

"Adam, on the left!!" Zax shouted.

The first sound was a feint and suddenly a goblin rushed toward Zax and Adam from the opposite direction.

Adam reacted quickly and put all of his strength in his right arm and punched the goblin.

Swoosh!

However, his fist just past through the goblin's body.

It was another illusion.

Adam was preserving his strength but after seeing the goblin, he activated his powers.

As soon as he did, he realized that dozens of little green monsters already surrounded them.

"What the hell?!"

They didn't hear anything and they didn't see anything

His power covered a radius of 15 meters when used at full strength, but it seemed like the enemy's power covered a larger area.

As soon as he saw the goblins Adam activated his plasma sword and slashed the first goblin that rushed toward him.

Slash!

"Kweek!"

The goblin groaned and died, but Adam's triggered its peers.

"Graaaah!"

Adam continued to cut down the goblins and protected Zax from direct attacks.

Zax was more or less powerless but she still had two mana guns in her hands.

Adam carried a bag where he put the purple stone, but it seemed like Zax also carried her artillery.

Piu! Piu!

However, this was a very bad situation.

Until then, they managed to avoid this kind of situation by choosing the best route and avoiding needless fights with monsters.

But if this continued, then other stronger and more dangerous monsters would take notice of their presence again.

"Tch! This is bad! Let's run for now!"

"But run where? The monsters had already multiplied in numbers and we didn't even when they have appeared."

At times like this, Adam felt the usefulness of his partner Cristal.

This kind of power was the worst match-up against his nullification, and the enemy was clearly a sneaky one.

*****

When Zax and Adam were being subjected to the attacks of an unknown enemy, the situation on the other side of the portal was not better.

Timothy and the others were witnessing two incredibly powerful beings that were about to collide.

One of them was Louis and the other one was the black-armored person who carried a huge container.

Louis floated in the air and lighting sparkled all around his body and his hair rose unnaturally.

As for the other person, they were enveloped in a thick crimson red substance.

The person seemed to be on the verge of death a while ago but it seemed like they recovered rapidly, even after being hit by Louis's destructive attack.

"Calm down, Timothy! These people are not normal!" Yelena shouted and grabbed Timothy's arm.

Timothy recognized the pattern on Louis and Lupic's armor. It was similar to Gralt's, the one that Adam killed.

Yelena instantly gauged the difference in power which was obvious.

Even if Timothy and everyone else attacked these two people at the same time, their chance of winning was slim.

"Tch! So, do you want me to just ignore them like that after what they did to Miss Liu?" Timothy rebuked.

"I didn't say that, but our priority is to get to the ship. I have already asked the crew members to call for reinforcement, but that would take some... And normal reinforcement wouldn't change anything!" Yelena shouted, literally.

This was something that she didn't often, but it felt like after meeting Adam she was yelling all the time.

The others didn't say anything but they listened to Yelena and Timothy's conversation.

Brandon looked at every movement of the black-armored and Maira and Feledenis's gaze was fixated on the thick crimson red mist.

"Feldenis, is the vehicle still operational?"

"I think it can still manage!"

Yelena looked at Timothy. "Let's go, while we still have the chance!"

Timothy clicked his tongue and hopped inside the vehicle.

However, when everyone got inside the car, something strange happened.

'Please, take this with you!'

Everyone's eyes widened.

"What was that?" Timothy reacted first. "Someone just talked inside my head."

"Yeah, I heard that too," Yelena said.

"A female voice, right?" Feldenis asked for confirmation.

When everyone was still doubting their sense, the voice said something again.

'I will hold them here, but please take this with you. I don't feel corruption from you, so I will trust you for now. Lots of life are at stake, so don't let these people take it.'

This time the voice talked for a while.

And as soon it finished talking...

Boom!

There was another huge explosion.

It seemed like Louis didn't want to talk any longer.

However, this time, Brondon used his power to protect the vehicle against the shock wave.

He was an earth elemental gift user that could manipulate metal.

He made three thick blocks of metal appear from the ground.

"Feldenis! Let's go!!" Yelena yelled.

This was not the time to discuss with a mysterious woman concerning something that they didn't even know.

Vroooom!

The vehicle dashed forward at full speed, avoiding the debris of rocks falling almost everywhere.

Even the huge trees shook violently and looked like they were about to go down.

The shockwave created by the the lighting attacks was more devastating than everyone expected.

Timothy was the one who was the most affected by this. His pride couldn't allow him to feel inferior to this man, but the reality said it all.

When everyone was focused on the road, and dopamine filled their brain, a black container fell from the sky, as it was carried by a thick crimson red wind.

It landed at Timothy's location. "What the hell is this?"

"Tch! This must be what that voice talked about. What a to push another problem on us?" Yelena complained.

"Should I throw it away?" Timothy asked.

And unexpectedly, it was another person who answered. "No, let's keep it. I feel like this has something to do with Miss Liu's mission." Brondon said.

"Okay, if you say so, I just hope this won't bring us more trouble later," Timothy said, putting the container aside.

It was too big, but it could fit inside the car somehow when everyone placed it on their lap.

Vroooom!

The car accelerated at full speed, and the engine made a sound that could only be described as strained.

Louis and the mysterious woman continued to fight against each other, and it was not some run-of-mill fight even in this world where gifts existed.