They wanted the two to quarrel, drive William bored and tired of all this, flip the coin, and then the stage would be freed for them.
William didn't think about that right now. He made sure that everyone would stay in separate places. Be it a room, a hall, or even a small corridor, he checked that everyone was resting, and he also did the same.
The backlash was indeed quite severe, the first of its kind for William to suffer. He thought a few days would heal everything, but even after a week, he and others still didn't feel the same.
Lara already spread the news back to the leaders of the city, and William had to meet with them, and endure how they spoke greatly about that man. He ended up telling them one thing:
"If I have any credibility to you, after all, I did here and at other places, then trust me… This man isn't what he claims to be, he is an enemy. And you have to extricate toxic weed to secure your future."
His words indeed carried heavy weight over their spirits. They trusted him and knew he didn't mean anything bad.
Yet that man seemed to have lots of supporters, people he bribed and kept friendship ties with for a long time already. So it was also hard for them to see that man as a traitor.
After discussing it for long hours, debating among themselves while William watched from the side without taking part in any of that, they decided to capture and interrogate him first, to see if he was indeed a friend or a foe.
But when they went to his home, they were all shocked to not find anything there. It wasn't just him, but his entire home vanished like it never existed before!
Hearing such news made William more confused, not until he heard more about the grave losses the city suffered.
Everything that man did, built, donated, or gifted to any of them vanished in thin air like it was never there in the first place.
"No way… Reality Bender?!!!" William's mind jolted with a crazy thought, and couldn't help but mutter in a loud tone.
"What is that? Do you know anything about him? Any clue?" Lara was sitting opposite to him, watching in burning gazes how Anjie leaned over William's chest, sitting on his lap, while caressing his chin and face with her fingers.
Lara knew Anjie did all this on purpose when she was around William. And yet she couldn't help but get more frustrated, wanting her over William at any given time.
"I can't tell for sure, but such weird stuff once happened… Back in the world's long history," William was about to speak about that incident in the outer world, but got over it quite fast. He already heard about such an incident and read a few details about one of the old ruins he once discovered in the outer world.
There was a great kingdom back there, one that wasn't any weaker than the big kingdoms here in this world compared to other forces back at its time. And yet, that kingdom's capital suddenly vanished in one night!
Legends spoke about a man, a special and unique master, who built the entire capital after a great war hit it. This man was famed for being quite wealthy and generous, yet one night, he tried to attempt a coup but ended up failing.
People at that time said he vanished in thin air, and then everything he built, gave, or gifted vanished alongside him. Buildings vanished in a blink of an eye, alongside lots of items, weapons, defensive structures, and even treasures.
Everything vanished without a single trace, and weirdly enough there was an army of monsters waiting at the city's gates location. The monsters ran a bloody massacre against the unprepared and puzzled masters, ending up killing most, ruining the capital over one night.
And like this, a mighty kingdom vanished from the outer world, one that could last for tens of thousands of years without doubts.
William didn't totally believe in what he read back then, and yet the name of that person's weird ability was in his mind till now.
"This master can alter reality, create things out of the blue… It's not just simply an illusion, but it's like his thoughts can turn into reality. He can bend reality using things he donated to anyone. Be it wealth, weapons, items… Anything he gave to anyone and got used to building or produce anything would vanish alongside him… Quite a scary foe indeed…"
William didn't know if that man was like the one who took that ancient kingdom down or not. But to be safe, he decided to take this as a serious possibility, one that carried lots of high odds.
Yet even if he held doubts about the powers of that man, he didn't have any clue to help in finding him. According to the scrolls he read back then, that man who brought the destruction of the entire capital in one night vanished and never appeared again.
There were lots of attempts to capture or find him, even posters were drawn and yet he wasn't found. William didn't know what to do except warn the city leaders about the threat that might befall them.
"Monsters?!!! Are you sure?!!!" Lara wasn't the only one shocked when she heard that, but all of his friends as well.
"Just deliver the warning," William's face told everyone he was quite serious, not joking about it, "it's better to be safe rather than sorry."
As Lara delivered the news back to the city leaders, they also got shocked by it. Yet after what the city experienced, they all started to take such warnings seriously.
On the third night, a brutal wave of monster tide appeared. They came out of nowhere, and yet the city was quite prepared for it. The fight lasted for an entire week, and William prohibited any to move toward that fight and ordered them to stay inside.
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