''Sigh! As I have feared, they knew we were coming. To think Rank 12 would be killed with hesitation, his heart was crushed. How cruel.''
Sera commented as she observed the corpse lying on the ground. However, no matter how long she waited, nobody said anything. Therefore Sera looked in Alex's direction; there she saw Alex frozen; Luna had a horrified look on her face, she covered her small mouth with her hands.
Following their sights, Sera saw something she would never forget. Hanging on the iron bar was a freshly cut-off thumb; it was a girl's thumb; it doesn't take a genius to guess to owned this thumb.
〖Calm down, Master. Please don't lose your cool.〗
''Alex, please calm down, listen to me.''
Both Silveria and Sera were thinking of the same thing. Sera dashed toward Alex as she could feel he was about to explode.
When Luna wanted to say something to her man after managing her shock, she got blown away.
Boom!
''Bastard!" Alex bellowed, a huge aura exploded from his body that sent Luna flying.
Fortunately, Sera arrived at that time to catch Luna before she could collide against a broken tube.
When the girls looked at Alex, they were scared beyond words; Alex's eyes were devoid of most emotions; only one emotion overflowed his body; its hatred, black aura was oozing from Alex's body.
Suddenly, there was a,
Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
Sera and Luna could hear this sound.
A black gun appeared inside Alex's right hand, Sera and Luna almost kneeled, their bodies started trembled, it was instinctual fear, like when you face something beyond your understanding, something that surpasses you by a large margin, something that could decide your fate.
''No good, we must stop him. He will die if this keeps up.'' Luna shouted; Sera didn't question what she meant by this; she bit her lips to regain control of her body.
Taking one step was like walking inside a gravity room; slowly but surely, Sera was advancing; Luna also managed to regain control of her body, she was moving toward Alex. The latter had a blank look on his face as if he was lost hope in life; he wished nothing but destruction. It doesn't matter if he lost his life in the process; he had lost himself, almost as if his raison d'être was lost.
Piak!
Under the girl's astonished eyes, Alex got slapped hard. This slap was so hard that he was sent spiraling across the air.
Silveria, who finally managed to appear in reality, glared at Alex.
''What are you doing, you idiot. Don't you know it's what they want? Does one thumb mean that she's dead? Are you so naive to think once you found her, she wouldn't have suffered anything? Brace yourself together; have you forgotten who you're? Who she's?.''
Sera and Luna were dumbfoundedly watching the drama in front of them.
Meanwhile, Alex didn't answer Sera's question; his head was lowered. Silveria continued.
''It's only one thumb, and you are behaving like this? Even if it were one arm, it would regenerate because she has your blood inside her. Now it's not time to lose yourself, we must quickly find them and teach them a lesson, and to be able to accomplish this perfectly, you must be yourself. So, get up for me, this is unlike you, come back to yourself.''
Finally, Alex showed a reaction; he stood up and slapped his cheeks.
''Thank you, Sil; I am now awake. Let's leave. We must find them; I have the feeling that they are not too far from here.'' Alex said.
Sera, Luna were overjoyed when they saw Alex finally showing some reaction; Silveria nodded before disappearing.
Boom!
Just as Alex and the others were about to leave the underground cave, a massive explosion occurred, and black-skinned monstrosities appeared; some had a human appearance, among those with human appearance, Alex and Sera recognized one.
For Sera, it was the monster she fought inside the dungeon; she thought she had killed it; however, seeing it again means that it got revived.
''Sebastian? Golfak? Lucien ?"
''Grrrr! Grrrrr!" The three-headed humanoid abomination could only mutter these cries; it was unknown whether or not the three-headed monster understand Alex's words.
Alex asked, eyes filled with murderous intentions; even though their appearances may have changed, Alex was still able to identify his friends with whom he shared a short adventure.
''What? Do you know them?" Luna asked the question Sera wanted to know as well.
''Yeah! We took D Rank advancement test together. It was their leader; we promised to form a group when we see each other, there is another person, a girl, an elf, she is a Spirit magic-user, Meera.''
Alex deliberately omitted Eleonora as he knew where she is.
''I see, so they got kidnapped and turned into this thing, how sad. Nobody deserves this fate.'' Sera commented while dodging a bone lance launched at her from a distance by one of the five abominations surrounding them; it was the pegasus-like monster who shoot bone lance from its bones wings.
Boom! Crack!
Alex and the three-headed monster (Sebastian, Lucien, and Golfak transformed) kicked the ground at the same and clashed mid-air.
Bang!
Alex was sent flying, he glided across the ground, leaving a huge trail on him before managing to stop; he lowered his head back until it almost touched the ground to dodge a water bullet fired at him by the third head, the one on the right, Lucien, the water magician.
Two magic swords came crashing where Alex was; fortunately, he had already left.
BANG! BANG!
Alex first fired at the water bullet when rolling on the; he lets the three-headed monster stepped into the puddle of water on the ground before shooting a second bullet to freeze the monster, at least stop him until his next attack was ready.
Unexpectedly, the three-headed monster fell for it; it became momentarily frozen, its feet.
''Pardon me, my friends. I shall see you on the other side.''
Alex said before shooting a crimson bullet at his former friends who had no become monsters.
The crimson bullet erased the three-headed monster from this world; in their last moment, Alex could swear to have seen his friends smile and mumbled.
''Please save her.''
''Don't worry. I will.'' Alex promised as he could tell of who it questions. A single tear escaped from his eyes.
Luna and Sera approached Alex intending to comfort him because of what happened; however, Alex suddenly clutched his chest and started rolling on the ground.
''Ugh! Ahaaaaaa!"
Black veins appeared all over Alex's body as his body kept thrashing on the ground, puking blood; his eyes became bloodshot.
''No good. Something is being done to his sister.''
Silveria appeared and said she was panicking.