Chapter 25

Time, it is referred as the fourth dimension, along with the three spatial dimension. It was said that no one is able to make the cog of time move slower or faster, while the other said of a theory to change the perception of time.

For one to change his perception is to have their brain’s nerves process 10x faster than the average speed, and to enable this ability is one must experience a near death or a trauma.

*BANG*

As the explosion that rang loudly, the perception of time from second of 1:1 had drastically changed to 1:10, slowing down everything that surrounds them including themselves.

A silhouette of a female teen is completely blocking the view of the boy or caught his complete attention to simply care less of his surroundings, her body slowly descend to the ground after she threw herself in front of him and saved the boys life.

Her body slightly bounced a little after she had landed on the ground, her abdomen showed a small hall through her power suit and crimson blood began to flow out from it.

“ELIZA!!” «Erica»

Her twin sister shouted loudly as she saw her received the bullet instead of Vayne. Yes– this girl who got shot is Eliza, who got free from her restraint.

Seeing this scene happened before her eyes, she immediately force herself from her restraint and run towards her twin who’s lying on the ground. But her attempt were all for naught and wasted her energy from forcing the restraint and cursing the man in front of them.

Vayne, seeing this, became more in rage that he dismissed the pain running through his body and priorities getting his revenge for shooting her.

While the person who shot was befuddled to see Eliza breakout from his restraint spell, and just when he saw Vayne already close to him he brushed away his surprise and dodged Vayne’s frontal charge.

Because of Vayne’s action he had disrupted the person’s concentration and the magic spell had been reduced.

The two girls took the opportunity of to break free and rushed towards Eliza, when turned over her crimson blood were flowing out from the wound.

“Eliza, ELIZA!” «Erica»

“Eri…ca…” «Eliza»

She said in a tired voice. Without any delay Erica ask Princess to put on a pressure on Eliza’s wound as she look for any first-aid kid in Vayne’s bag.

“Don’t mind me…. help Vayne…” «Eliza»

“What are saying… You got shot!! Erica, did have you found it yet?” «Princess»

“No yet, just keep the pressuring the wound.. Found it!” «Erica»

“Great!” «Princess»

Erica began applying the bandages around Eliza’s wound tightly, making sure that she wouldn’t lose any more blood until they get her a medical assistant.

Eliza glance towards Vayne and saw that he is no longer himself anymore, he is now blinded in rage and only thing in his mind is to kill the person who shot her.

After the bandage had been applied, someone suddenpy appeared out from the bushes and revealed a uniform exactly like the one the guards wear.

“Shit, I’m too late..” «?»

The guard rushed towards them after he saw their situation. Panicked, Princess took out a combat knife and jumped in front of the twin to protect them from the guard.

“Wait! I’m not one of them… Before that, let’s get her to the aircraft… It’s not safe here!” «?»

Princess was a bit hesitant to believe the person in front of them and when she looked at Erica behind her, she nodded towards her and believed what she said either way the guards would be arriving any moment and they really need to move.

“….alright, help me carry her…” «Princess»

She put the knife away and then crouched down to help her stand up, immediate he ran to the said of Eliza and began moving towards where the aircraft is.

“Erica…” «Princess»

“You go on ahead, I’ll help Vayne…” «Erica»

“….be careful, alright?” «Princess»

Erica nodded and watch them walk away to the bushes. She then picked up Vayne’s VS-01 and took some of the spare ammo on the bag, suddenly on the corner of her view someone is rushing towards their location.

He began firing some round at them when he immediately saw them. Three more flashes appeared behind him telling that there is three more coming towards them.

The bullet pass next to her by three inches from her face, with no second thought she began returning fire after she went behind cover.

‘I won’t let you kill Vayne!’ Erica now had a resolve to kill her enemy as she protect Vayne as he have his battle with this enemy mage.

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Die… Die… Die… DIE!!

Everything in his mind now is to kill the enemy mage, torture him, butcher him. His eyes had turned to bloody red from rage, body showed no sign of yielding but inside he already had few broken bones.

His every move are wild as beast but his movements could still be seen through yet not easily dodge his attack, even right after he took the knife sticking at the tree.

“Kuh… Why won’t just stay down!”

He began gathering mana from the surrounding to his ring, a magic formation were beginning to form out of thin air. Directing it towards Vayne then the gravity around him suddenly increased and fell flat to the ground.

“Guhuu…”

Once again, he tried to gather more mana from the surrounding. Two-layered magic formation form in front of him, light particles now being suck towards him and a ball of light is slowly being formed.

“Time to say goodbye, brat…”

As his magic is near finished preparing, it suddenly burst and the ring shattered to tiny pieces. The mage was dumbfounded when his magic failed and destroying his ring in process.

“Shit… They had Mage with them as well? Show yourself! I know your hear!”

He shouted as he held out his gun while scanning his surroundings with his back facing towards Vayne.

But before that, right after Vayne fell flat on the ground he is already submerged on his consciousness sinking towards the dark void away from the light, staring at the light as it get dimmer and dimmer he muttered to himself.

‘So tired… so very tired… now, finally I can sleep……’

Slowly shutting off his eyes as he continue to descend to the void.

Suddenly the quiet, cold void and his weightless body had disappeared, replacing it with a something unexpected. Birds sing to the rhythm of the soothing wind as it whispers to his ears. The heat of light shine brightly at him and his body now regain its weight.

“It seems that you finally woke up….” «?»

Someone spoke up next to him, he opened up his eyes just to find himself sitting on a racking chair next to the entrance of a house made out from a wooden log.

He turned his sight to his left and saw a familiar person sitting on top of the wodden rail with his back at the pole, this person is another habitant inside him whom he was accompanied by almost 10 years and the person whom he could fully trust, this person is known as Vlad.

“I died…. didn’t I, Vlad.”«Vayne»

Vlad remain quiet as he only smiled slightly then turned his head to the side as he watch the cloud slowly pass by, he also looked towards the cloud where Vlad is watching then heard him said something to him.

“… regret? Did you regret living your life?” «Vlad»

“Why would I… It was everything that happened Up till now is not something I could regret… Yeah, some of it weren’t my happiest part of my life but that something had changed my life that I wouldn’t ever forget…” «Vayne»

“….. then you don’t have any regrets?” «Vlad»

Being able to live a happy life after losing someone he loved, able to find someone who cared for him through thick and thin. One could say that he lived a wonderful life, so he answered Vlad present question.

“HOW CAN I HAVE NO REGRET WHEN I COULDN’T EVEN SAVE THEM! I don’t want this… I don’t want to die… I…” «Vayne»

He began crying as how helpless he is now, he let them down. Now he is dead, how could he protect the people who took him in, he won’t able to see them ever again now that he is dead.

“….. I know you had a way that could save them… I’m willing to pay the price when that happen… please… please save them…” «Vayne»

“….. There is a way… but… the price is….” «Vlad»

Vlad looked down and bit his lips not having enough courage to finish it. But Vayne didn’t paid any attention to it instead clings to the new hope that he found. Immediately he rushed towards Vlad and grabbed both of this shoulder.

“Please do it… I don’t care what happens to me, please save them.. I’m willing to pay the price no matter the cost!” «Vayne»

“Even cost you your life?” «Vlad»

Vayne was in shock when he heard the price he would pay, but his hesitant short and it disappeared as he nodded to Vlad.

“Very well…” «Vlad»

“Tha….nk…. you…..” «Vayne»

Once again, Vayne had fallen in slumber. Vlad carried him back to the house and laid him down on the bed, then he walked out from the house as his figure slowly vanish.

“Shit… They had Mage with them as well? Show yourself! I know your hear!”

He shouted as he held out his gun while scanning his surroundings with his back facing towards Vayne.

Suddenly, Vayne’s body rose up slowly and quietly creep towards the unexpected enemy. Readying his knife, he pierced the knife through his abdomen just when he turned around and twisted it before he was kicked him down.

“Guh… How… How could you still…”

Before he could finish, he was again stabbed right through the middle of his forehead. Without giving his last word, he breathed his last.

“Fuu… You really did a toll on this body, never had thought I would be forced out….

So, could you lower your gun now, Erica.”

He face to his right, towards Erica, with the VS-01 fully aimed towards him with a malicious intent 18 meter away from him.

“Who are you… What did you do to Vayne?” «Erica»

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