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Chapter 110: Broken Will
Chapter 110: Broken Will
Battered, beaten, and torn apart.
That was the best way to describe Nolan as he found himself with his back against a tree branch, his chest barely heaving up and down.
[Congratulations on Completing the Quest: Survive]
[You have been given the following:
- A Level-Up Card
- A Rejuvenating Card.]
The system notification flashed before Nolan and quickly changed.
[You're dying, Nolan. Use the Rejuvenating Card. It will prevent your death.]
The damage Nolan had suffered was simply too grievous.
His chains, which could absorb energy, had shattered under the relentless assault of Draugr.
The devil had specifically targeted him, beating him mercilessly for fear of his ability sucking away its Terror Flux.
It was a miracle he was even alive right now, and his heartbeat was growing fainter.
'How do I use it?' Nolan thought.
[Just wish for it.] The system replied.
'Activate Rejuvenating Card.'
He thought to himself.
[Congratulations on successfully using the Rejuvenating Card.]
[Rejuvenating Card left: 0]
"GRRRRH..."
A slight groan of pain escaped Nolan's lips as he felt a hot wave of energy flowing through his body.
It moved through him, and quickly, he felt all his injuries closing up.
Health and color returned to Nolan's body.
The ripped parts of his flesh healed, his broken bones regrew, with his damaged organs repairing themselves.
Less than an hour later, Nolan was back to full health.
He felt complete control over his body, though his eyes remained as dull as ever.
"We lost!" Nolan mused silently, his head down. NovelFire,mp|y|r hosted
They had lost to Draugr!!
This was the end of their mission.
They had fought to the best of their ability, yet they had all been overwhelmed by the devil, unable to draw even a single drop of blood from him.
It had been nothing but a devastating experience, completely shattering any will to fight.
Physical attacks were useless; his chains could do nothing but snap under the relentless onslaught, and none of the best abilities used by the others worked either.
It had simply been brute force against them.
Draugr had defeated all eleven of them and beaten them until they were unconscious.
He hadn't killed any of them, except for Nolan, who he had felt a threath from.
Now they had lost and he was supposed to be dead, and the remaining Celestial heirs were under Draugr's custody.
The hole in the sky would close up in two days, trapping them here forever.
It would only be a matter of time before he himself was dead, and then death would be the only thing waiting for him.
[This isn't over, Nolan. This is far from over.] The system said as Nolan forced a mocking smile.
'Really?'
[Ah, Nolan. Your body contains much strength and is properly healed.]
[Yet you look like a person just a step away from death. I know the problem.]
[ Your will has been crushed by the enemy.] The system said to Nolan, who simply kept his blank gaze.
[But you need to understand, Nolan. The enemy you faced is one you should have never encountered...not now, at least.
[That is a Nightmare Prince!]
[He might have been weakened significantly due to not being in his native realm, but a Prince of Nightmares is not someone you should be thinking of facing at your stage! It is simply beyond you all!] The system said to him.
'You don't need to downgrade him to make me feel better,' Nolan mused.
[No, you peasant.] The system mocked.
[Picture this: Let's say the Celestials are a single entity. All the powers of the Celestials gathered in one entity.]
[Then that entity gave birth to sons. How strong would one of those sons be? Can you answer that?] The system asked as Nolan's eyebrows furrowed.
[That is exactly what describes the person you just faced.]
[The truth is that the Nightmare realm, unlike the Celestial realm, has its own king and queen.]
[Those two are so powerful that they are like the Celestials Ones at their peak.]
[And those two have children.]
[One of those children is the one you just faced—the 7th Nightmare Prince.]
[He is an ancient Nightmare entity that you should never have crossed paths with.]
[But none of you prediced the ploy that happened.]
[None of you, not even the Celestial ones.]
[Right now, Nolan, the 7th Prince of Darkness is weak because he isn't in his realm.]
[The strength he possesses right now should be 0.5% of his true strength.]
[So if you think you were just downgraded, you must have been hit in the head.]
[The Nightmare Princes are all powerful entities of their own, and they never leave the Nightmare realm.]
[A case like this one is rare, and my most likely guess is that this Nightmare Prince is not the real one.]
[The person you saw is most likely just a doppelganger.]
[The energy wave oozing from his real body should be too strong for it to come to a realm like this without tearing apart the entire world and even alarming the true Celestials themselves.]
[So don't feel down, Nolan.]
[
If I were you, I would feel honored to have survived when a doppelganger of a Nightmare Prince wanted me dead, yet I live!]
The system said with a cold snort as Nolan's eyes flashed before once more they dimmed.
'Does that even matter at all? Doppelganger or not, we're all done.'
'We can never make it back to the portal in time, and in the end, we will be trapped here for life.'
'It's just like Sir Astarth said: death is the punishment for our failure.'
Nolan replied and the system remained quiet before it spoke its last.
[You faced three years of endless bullying and that still didn't stop you from standing up and walking back.]
[Your faced the God King Trail and you lived to tell the tale, standing up from it and growing even stronger.]
[But now, you want to give up from some shitty idiot who isn't even here in his real body.]
[You succumbed to the power of some doppelganger??]
[And you failed and met with your death at a simple Rift closing mission.]
[Ok then, if you're fine with that kind of death, it's okay I guess.]
[I'll Just have to wait a few more eons and hopefully I find someone better and more strong willed than you.]