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Chapter 198 198: The diary (3)
Chapter 198 198: The diary (3)
Chapter 198 198: The diary (3)
The woman was faceless. There was only a swirling mass of darkness in the place where her eyes, nose, and mouth should be.
I was so shocked by her appearance that I stumbled backwards, despite being a mid-rank wizard.
And my heart felt like it would explode when she mouthed, "I have come for you."
These words scared the daylight out of me!
"U-U-Unknown?" I was like a stuttering fool as I asked the faceless lady a simple question while being terrified to my core.
And do you know how she replied?
She mouthed, is that what you have named me?"
"Ahhhhhh!"
It was always women that screamed so loudly when they were pressed beneath me, but today that voice came from my mouth. I was just so terrified.
This entity that killed the kind and beautiful Lunarian high priestess... It has found me!
What would happen to me now? Will I die?
I was so afraid of the Unknown, the thought of putting up a fight didn't even cross my mind.
I couldn't hold it in either. My fear surged out, wetting my pants. If my peers had seen me so scared, how would they have reacted?
But I felt more afraid than embarrassed as in the blink of an eye, she was next to me. She didn't have eyes but I felt as if she was staring at me ravenously as if I was just a delicious piece of meat.
"From where should I start?" She mouthed as she gently caressed my face with her long and slender finger and my skin turned to sawdust, scattering to the ground before my very eyes.
Before the same could happen to the rest of my face, I blasted her with all the power I could muster, but it barely affected her.
My retaliation only served to anger her more.
I flinched as she glared at me.
And then, I immediately made a run for it.
She chased after me. To slow her down, I threw everything I had on me at her.
there were no extra footsteps behind me.
I took a good look at my surroundings and she was nowhere to be found. I breathed a I didn't know how long I had run for. I only stopped when night turned to day and there were no extra footsteps behind me.
I took a good look at my surroundings and she was nowhere to be found. I breathed a sigh of relief.
The danger has passed for now. Looks like the Unknown faces the same restriction as devils and the walking dead that were created by the worldwide spread of the parasites of a particular devil.
I didn't need to fear about her for now as it was still day, but as soon as night starts, she would be there to haunt me.
The forest was no longer safe. I had to leave it.
After leaving the forest, I didn't take the path that would lead me to the Kingdom of Lumorion. Instead, I went around it, heading straight towards the wilderness behind it.
I didn't want to bring my trouble to them and get them killed too. They had been kind to me, providing me with shelter and companionship when I felt the most alone. Although they treated me harshly after the death of their high priestess, I wasn't petty enough to put their life in jeopardy just because of that.
I reached the wilderness before dusk. Nothing happened at night. For the next three days, I encountered nothing.
The wilderness behind the kingdom was barren. It was a desolate land.
I don't know how long I have walked for, but it must have been a long time as despite having the ability to survive without food and water for months, I was feeling famished.
But my aimless wandering bore fruit.
At long last, I arrived at the edge of the wilderness.
Rather, I saw... the edge of the world.
There was nothing but an endless expanse of darkness in front of me. A few lights glowed in the distance. Compared to the darkness that stretched as far as the eyes could see, they were like little dots.
They were stars.
Suddenly, ripples appeared in the darkness in front of me before it began to reflect a person I was familiar with.
It belonged to the most kind woman I have met in my life.
But how could it be her? She was already dead.
"High priestess, is it you?" I asked, my lips trembling. I felt happy but also ashamed to see her again. After all, I indirectly caused her death.
She nodded.
"But how can this be? You died," I said.
"It only destroyed my physical form, but failed to kill me. But now my soul is stuck between the two sides."
"Is there any way I can help you?"
"Help me? You should be worrying about yourself!" She looked at me with a sad gaze, "Do you know how grave of a danger you are in? I told you to stay in the forest. Why did you leave it? If you had remained there, at least you could've survived. You fool! Why didn't you believe me? Did I look like a liar to you?"
Scolding me as soon as she saw me, this wasn't the reunion I was expecting. I wasn't expecting a reunion at all.
I cleared my throat and said, "It's not like that. I saw it in the forest. It came looking for me, but I escaped before it could do me real harm."
The High priestess sighed, "In the end, even you were fooled."
Initially, I didn't understand her words.
What did she mean by that?
Sensing my curiosity, she continued, "I didn't get the chance to tell you what I saw in my divination, right? I saw you being killed by it sadistically. Until then, I was fine. But after killing you, it turned towards me. I was taken aback and believed surely it wasn't me it was looking at. It had never happened before in my divinations. But very quickly I realized how wrong I was when I saw myself reflected in its eyes."