Chapter 994 Brush of Insanity
In the presence of a God, Viscardi has his fighting will instantly stripped away.
He, like the others who were witnessing the same scenery, was not expecting that there was an entity living inside Rex's body and protecting him from harm's way. Moreover, this entity is actually a God.
Just her presence alone made their energies unwilling to be controlled by them.
Even an inanimate essence like their energies were fearful.
Mavenna tried to stop this from happening, she knew that disturbing Rex from his meditation would be fatal. Thus, she also knew that the entity within him wouldn't let that happen. Her assumption was proven right at this very moment.
Attacking Rex right now is a very bad idea.
Despite having the Vampiric Eyes of Magnification, he couldn't break free from this trance.
Viscardi stuttered apologetically, "M- My apologies. I-I- I didn't know..."
But the Countess kept on staring at him for a long moment before Viscardi saw a slithering dark energy on her arm, and in the next second, that very energy grasped Viscardi's hand which prompted him to look at the Countess in mercy.
No matter what comes from this, it must not be good for him.
"Your misdeed will not be put off unpunished, mortal" the Countess whispered threateningly.
Swish!
Under Mavenna and Nezera's eyes, both the Countess and Viscardi vanished into thin air.
It was so sudden that it took a moment for them to grasp what happened.
Realizing what had happened, both of them exchanged looks at each other as their feet turned cold. Even the thought of what was going to happen to Viscardi made them shiver, but they were sure that the possibility of death was very high.
Meanwhile, inside an ethereal realm, only adorned by a crescent moon in the sky.
Splash!
Viscardi suddenly fell from the sky and hit the shallow water.
He was quick to recover and cast a vigilant gaze across the expanse, his heart pounding like a war drum in his chest. To his astonishment, he stood at the heart of an infinite space where he was surrounded by nothing but shallow waters stretching as far as his eyes could see.
Sensing no presence of blood energy, he instantly realized that he was in another realm.
'Goddess! Have mercy!'
Despite trying to plead for mercy, his eyes widened for a second.
Although he was obviously attempting to shout, no sound escaped his mouth, it was silent.
It was unclear whether he couldn't produce any sound or his ears were not functioning. But now that he realized that, he inspected himself and found that his sense of touch was also robbed away from him.
Viscardi's sense of touch, hearing, smell, and taste was not working normally.
Only his eyes retained its function.
'Calm down, it's okay... I just need to calm down and wait for him'
Even though the situation was not at all pleasant, he reckoned that enduring until Rex was done with his meditation was a prudent course given that the Countess didn't seem to want to kill him for real.
If she did, then she could do it with a flick of her fingers.
Patience, he concluded, would be his ally as he remained seated, biding his time.
An unknown amount of time has passed with nothing happening.
But Viscardi who was seated at the center calmly earlier was now prostrating on the ground, tears dropped down from his eyes as he tried to shout as loud as he could. He could feel that his throat was hurting, yet he couldn't hear anything.
Losing one sense is enough to really get to someone.
In Viscardi's case, he didn't lose one but four of five senses which shattered his mind.
Due to losing four of his senses, he was only accompanied by his thoughts and the paranoia of not being able to get out of this realm easily made him crazy. He initially thought that he would be fine, but he underestimated the Banished Realm.
Even Rex, having a very strong willpower couldn't stand too long inside the Banished Realm.
Additionally, he was not aware of one small fact.
He didn't know that time flowed way slower inside the Banished Realm.
Just a mere moment inside the Banished Realm made him insane as he shouted and wept.
Oblivious to all of this, Rex was still in the space within his consciousness.
Persisting in his quest to locate the origin of Calidora's voice, Rex remained ensnared in the clutches of repeated failures, days ticking away. Undeterred, a resolute determination burns within him, steadfast in his commitment to see this through to its conclusion.
No matter what, he would finish this before stopping his meditation.
During his trial and error, he was suddenly interrupted.
Glancing to his side he found a figure materializing from nothing, and it turned out to be the Countess levitating eerily who was able to appear in his consciousness. He was surprised to see the Countess appearing here.
Since she rarely does this, then there must be something important.
"A Vampire tried to attack you, and I trapped him in the Banished Realm" She informed.
At the revelation, a furrow etched itself on Rex's brow as he knew that the only Vampire outside should be Calidora, and yet, she was meditating with him right now, "Are there visitors? To what end? And do you know who they are?"
"I don't know, but the Demoness was the one who brought them" the Countess replied.
Pondering for a brief moment, Rex found that there didn't seem to be a crisis in her tone.
He assumed that everything was fine, and it was, so he decided to not stop his meditation right now. The Countess would be able to protect him as she did, and he would probably send Amanir and Devo to protect him also, just in case.
But then, there's a question of what to do with the trapped Vampire.
"For the Vampire you trap, leave it there. I'll deal with it when I finish" Rex instructed.
Upon hearing this, the Countess nodded but she still hadn't left.
Rex raised an eyebrow as she seemed to have something more to say, and true enough, she eventually opened her mouth and said, "I don't think my fellow Lunirich Gods have recovered from the attack they did on you back then. Nonetheless, exercise vigilance, for my perception may err, and the threat may linger unforeseen"
After saying that, the Countess vanishes.
On the other hand, Rex was frowning when he heard her sudden advice.
I think it's not random advice, she wouldn't say that to me if something didn't happen.
Suspecting that the Countess might've had some intuition or saw something that made her think like that, Rex decided to heed her advice. He was going to fight the Executor, but he also must be aware of other things.
...
Meanwhile, Dargena City.
Out of the crucial people of the city, only Evelyn, Ryze, Prof. K, and Giana stayed behind.
Inside the hospital overseen by the Elves and other Awakened, there were a couple of people who were traversing its halls, seeking healing for the wounds acquired in the crucible of their labor. Most of them primarily hail from the weapons factory and farms.
Their tasks are quite arduous, so it's natural for them to sustain injuries here and there.
But overall, the hospital is quite empty, and that is good.
Intricate mosaic tiles depicting healing symbols adorned the ground, making the hospital look nice and fresh. Even the furniture was made of enchanted materials, woods, and stones, quite sturdy and robust.
Within one of the rooms on the second floor, Giana lay on the bed, recuperating.
Due to the rune that she was branded with, the effect of the full moon was amplified to her, and she suffered the most during each full moon compared to any Werewolf in the whole wide world, thus she needs rest.
However, she was starting to feel better now.
Aside from not having any memory from when the Hare Moon happened, she feels fine.
Groaning lightly, Giana sat on the edge of the bed and collected herself. She would need to go out and start helping around, especially when the nurse told her that there seemed to be a commotion in the castle.
'I need to check, they might need my help' Giana pondered and stood up.
Feeling confident that she already recovered fully with only a slight headache, she heads over to the side intending to change her clothes. Her usual clothes were beside the fresh ones, laid out tidily for her.
It was nothing much, only a plain tunic and leather pants.
Deciding to wear the fresh clothes, she grabbed them intending to lay them on the bed.
But as she did that, her eyes caught something flashing.
Giana looked at the flashing light, she reached out her hand to her usual clothes which were folded finely as the flashing light came from there. She took the clothes and found that there was a flashing symbol.
Only then that she realized what it was.
'Ninth-rank realm Awakened was given a specialized rune, made by a combination of rune and formation masters' intelligence. It's used to communicate and contact reinforcement. But the only one who could do this was other ninth-rank realm Awakened, so is it Brigitta?'
Seeing this flashing symbol, she assumed that it was Brigitta.
Denzel is completely out of the picture as he never used this method to contact the others.
Aside from that, she couldn't think of any other who would try and contact her, possibly thinking that she had gone missing. President Sebrof is another one, but he was dealing with the Executor, so he wouldn't contact her with that in his place.
Pondering for a moment, she snapped out of her daze and answered the call.
"Can you hear me, Giana?"
Upon hearing the voice, Giana had her eyes widened as it turned out, it was not Brigitta.
It was President Sebrof!
Giana stuttered when she heard his voice, her heart also began to thump faster.
Even though she did this in order to make Rex help humanity against the Executor, doing anything he wanted to win his favor which made her end up becoming a Werewolf, there is still some lingering guilt inside of her.
Now that she heard President Sebrof's voice, that guilt resurfaced.
Deep down she knows that if President Sebrof knows what she becomes, then it's all over.
She would gain treatment similar to Rex and be exiled.
"I know you can hear me, Giana. Answer me" President Sebrof said again.
Being called once again, Giana snapped out of her trance and cleared her throat, "Yes, I can hear you. For what purpose are you contacting me right now, President Sebrof?" She asked, trying to keep a calm tone.
"No need to be so stiff with me, I know that you are with Rex right now" He answered bluntly.
Giana felt her throat tighten when she heard this.
From the very first day, she became one of the pillars of humanity when she reached the ninth-rank realm, President Sebrof has always been her supervisor. She always looked up to him as the leader of Ratmawati City.
A chosen leader from the Elpida Alliance.
Due to that very reason, it would be a lie if she was not feeling uneasy right now.
"How do you know...?" She eventually asked.
Upon hearing this, President Sebrof quickly cut to the chase, "How I know is not important, what's important right now is that you went missing and were now with Rex. Usually, this would cost a heft punishment as a traitor, but I will pardon this"
"W- What...?" Giana was stupified.
She never really thought that President Sebrof would drop the matter just like that.
Pausing for a second, he continued, "You know that I always kept an eye on you the most, right? You are the youngest, and you always contribute to humanity greatly. For that, I am thankful, you've done a great service for us"
Giana kept silent when she heard this, but deep down, she was touched.
At least one person appreciates her sacrifice.
"However, I'm regretful to say that I want you to contribute more. I have something for you to do, and only you can do it" President Sebrof finally dropped what he wanted, which was already as expected.
It was the nature of the work, but the compliment came from him genuinely.
Calming her breathing for a couple of seconds, she eventually asked, "What do you need?"
Listening to what President Sebrof was about to say, Giana's eyes widened fully, she was surprised by what he said. But there was a brimming smile that bloomed on her face, "Are you sure?! Do you really want that?! If that's the case, I will do it! Don't worry, I will make sure that he will never know until the final battle..."
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