Dimension Series: Connected Worlds Chapter 3

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There is only pain in this world…

Rena shifted into a more comfortable position and slowly opened her eyes. "Huh…?" She gasped at the scene in front of her. "Hey you!" Elsword turned his head around to see a tall brown hair woman running towards them. "Who are you, and what are you doing here?!" She asked harshly. "W-well, we heard that Bethma was attacked, so we thought we could come and help," Raven replied, a bit shocked by her harshness. The woman cautiously looked around before speaking again. "Come with me." They nodded and started to follow her. Elsword then noticed Aisha was missing. He started to panicked, but he calmed down when he spotted her picking a white flower. "Aisha! Come on!" Aisha turned to him and nodded,

The tall woman led them to what seemed like a secret underground base. "My name is Stella, and this is where the survivors of Bethma are remaining for now." The people of Bethma were all packed together from children to elders. "What happened to these people?!" Rena rushed over to a group of sickly looking people. They had deep purple glowing gashes on their backs. Elsword went to take a closer look at them. "Could you explain to me exactly what happened here?"

A small boy with bright red hair came up to them. "I can explain to you. My name is Toma. When the enemies attacked us, I was almost slashed by one of the knight, but I managed to escape just in time. They were even accompanied by demons! Boy was I lucky to have gotten away!"

"Demons…Wait. Demons?!" Toma nodded.

"Yeah. The knights had the same purple gashes, but the demons didn't."

Elsword was deep in thought. He just couldn't figure out why the demons didn't have the gashes. Elsword then noticed the sick patients were starting to thrash around. He was curious about this. "Were the knights also thrashing around wildly?"

"Umm…I don't really know. I was too scared."

Elsword tried to solve this mystery, but he only scratched his head in frustration. Raven looked around. "Hey, have, any of you seen Aisha?"

"That's right! I haven't seen her for quite some time!" Rena realized.

"Ah, are you looked for the young purple haired lady? She asked if I could show her more of the white flowers," said a lizard man.

He led them to a small room filled with herbs and other medicinal plants and potions. Aisha was muttering something about staying cold and elements. She turned around and smiled. "Guys! Look at my discovery! Isn't it beautiful?" The flower was white with a cerulean blue gem in the middle. It almost looks like the petals are feathers, Elsword thought. Rena touched it and immediately withdrew her hand. "Wow! It's cold! Is it being cooled?" Aisha shook her head. "I already asked. They said that it somehow stays cool by itself. They even said it can't be corrupted!" Elsword could tell Aisha was fascinated by this. He smiled to himself but got serious again. "Could you tell what they are called?" Elsword inquired. Aisha stared at him suspiciously. "Oh? So now you want to learn?"

"Just tell me. It's just that I have a feeling it might help us."

Aisha sighed. "Actually, the villagers found this exotic plant growing out of nowhere a few days before the attack. Because it couldn't be corrupted by evil, they called it Heaven's Wings." Elsword sighed in frustrations. "Gah! I can't think of how this would help us at all!"

"Then why did you say it could help?!"

"It was only a feeling I had! I wasn't sure."

"Guys, calm down," Raven said. "Let's think of a solution to cure the villagers and the mystery of those other dark flowers. Re "

Over in the corner, Rena was letting small streams of tears out of her eyes. "R-Rena! Are you okay?!" Raven asked worriedly. Rena wiped her tears and went back to her usual bright smile. "No, it's nothing." Raven sighed, and then turned to look at Aisha. "Have they tried to make an antidote out of this?"

"I don't exactly know. I haven't asked."

"Then let's go ask."

They walked out of the room, and Raven asked the lizard man from earlier about the antidote. "Ah yes, we have tried many complicated antidotes we could conjure, but it doesn't seem to have an effect," replied the lizard man. Suddenly, Toma burst into the room. "They're here! The demons and knights are here!"

"Tch! Not again." Stella impatiently paced back and forth until she look at Elsword and his friends. "You wouldn't mind helping us out would you?"

"Don't worry. We'll definitely stop them," Elsword said confidently. Elsword and the others quietly went aboveground, ready to defeat the enemy. "I hope you know what you're doing," Aisha said. "I hope so too." Unconsciously, he intertwined her hand with his. She didn't seem to notice.

Ara Haan trudged along the desert sand. It was a blazing hot desert with no water within miles. "So hot! But I mustn't give up no matter what! For the sake of my poor brother!" Ara walked a little further and thought she saw something blue. It can't be water right? I must be hallucinating! I'm just thirsty. So thirsty… Ara thought. She ran as fast as her tired legs could take her. "WAATTEEEEERRR!" Almost there… Ara was panting very hard when she had arrived. "Water!" She cupped her hands in the water and brought it to her mouth. It was cool and refreshing like she was being healed. She took out her flask and filled it with the water.

Ara suddenly heard screaming in the distance. "What was that?! A person in need of help?!" Ara jumped up from her position and saw demons everywhere. This city… Could it possibly be Hamel? Ara took a look at her surroundings and confirmed it was. Up ahead, demons of black and red were attacking everyone in Hamel. She then heard someone else. "Stop you demons!" It was a young blonde boy swinging a massive cannon. He was swinging it back and forth at the demons. Such amazing strength indeed! Ara shook her head vigorously. Focus Ara! You must help that poor boy! Ara thrusted her spear forward "Heavenly Strike!" She slashed her spear swiftly at the demons. It was too fast for the naked eye to see.

The Elgang were currently hiding behind an old abandoned building. "This is taking too long!" Aisha complained. "Shush! Your constant complaints shall send all our efforts to Hell!" Elsword exclaimed. Aisha glared at him but stayed silent.

Rena's ears started to twitch a bit. "Guys! I think someone is coming!" They could hear the marches of footsteps growing louder. "On my mark," Elsword said. "One, two, th " A knife zoomed past the tip of Elsword's nose. Small stream of blood started to flow from the cut.

"Show yourself immediately or I will kill you!" The corrupted knight started to charge towards them at full speed. "Move!" Raven shouted. They all ran from danger except for Aisha who teleported away.

The charging knight crashed into the fragile building, and sent it tumbling down in him. The Elgang coughed due to the masses of clouds of dust. Elsword's eyes widen when the dust cleared. "Y-you… What are you doing here?!"

Ara was panting after having killed so many demons. "Are you finished Ara? Will you die here?"

"Never! I just need a little break."

"I can always take over for you my little Xian."

"Will you really Eun?"

"Of course but for a price. I'll need quite the amount of blood to kill most of these demons."

"Understood."

Ara bit her hand and licked the blood flowing from it. The fox pin on Ara's hair started to glow, and it faded in to her hair. Ara's hair turned from ebony to snow white, and grew eight white fox tails. Her eyes turned from bright orange to bright red. Eun smiled at the hordes of demons.

She flashed in front of a demon and stabbed it in the chest. She gracefully dodged their attacks and killed them. "Shadow Rising!" It was like the dance of a maiden. The demons fell down one by one, but it was still too much for one person. "Ara, at this rate we will die. What do you want to do?"

"I want you to save that boy from earlier!"

"Affirmative little Xian."

Eun looked around to find the blonde boy from earlier. "I guess I'll just have to kill my way to find him!"

Eun tried her best to fend them as long as she could, but it was futile. One of the demons slashed her ankle. "Argh!" "I am sorry little Xian." Ara's hair turned back to its usual ebony color.

Ara's breathing started to become labored. Blood was still oozing out of her ankle. At this rate, I will die from blood loss! I vowed to save my big brother, so I will not give up! Ara, now full of determination and purpose, tried to escape while the enemy was distracted. One of the demons noticed her trying to escape and charged towards her with a battle axe. Ara braced herself for pain and death. Clang! Ara opened her eyes to see the same boy blocking the demon's attack. He swung his massive cannon into its stomach. It crashed into one of the lakes. "Let's get out of here quick!" The blonde boy placed his cannon on his back and carried her bridal style. Ara suddenly felt extremely exhausted. Before she fell unconscious, she caught a glimpse of men covered in red fighting the demons.

Elsword stared in shock at the person in front of him. "Adam! Why are you sided with these damn demons?!" The knight with brown shaggy hair only smiled darkly and shouted a command. "Attack!" The enemy charged forward at Elsword and the rest of his teammates. Elsword and Adam clashed swords with each other. Clang! Clang! Raven, Rena, and Aisha were handling the other knights and demons. Although three against that many is a bit unfair. Ah, how cruel the world is. "Multiple Shot!"

"Ground Impact!"

"Gust Screw!"

Rena shot three big arrows magic infused arrows and then shot another three. Raven punched the ground and caused a mini earthquake. Most of the Red knights managed to doge it in time, but the demons were not so lucky. Aisha summoned a small fire storm that lifted the rest of the demons into the air. Rena then shot powerful arrows to kill the rest of them off. "Now for the rest of the Red knights," Raven said.

"Wait, Raven, I notice something!" Rena pointed to the backs of the knights. "Look, they had the same dark flowers and gashes like on the other injured people at the secret base." Aisha's eyes widened. "You're right! That guy Adam Elsword is fighting has them too!" Raven thought about for a moment. "Do you think those are controlling the knights" Raven inquired.

"Why would you ask that?" Rena asked surprised. Raven started to explain.

"Back at the hideout, I noticed some of the patients were thrashing around as the flowers on them grew. They were also really aggressive. The more the flowers grew, the more aggressive they got. That's why I think the Red knights attacked Bethma." Rena and Aisha thought about for a moment.

"Maybe if we try, we can use Heaven's Wings to find a cure. We should knock them unconscious, so we can cure them too," Rena suggested. They nodded. Aisha nodded and charged her mana. "Ice Storm!" She leaped into the air and summon a big freezing ice storm that froze the knights for a while. Rena immediately started knocking them unconscious. "That should be the last of them," Rena said after knocking them all unconscious. "Now let's go tell Elsword about this," Raven said.

Elsword and Adam's battle was heating up every minute. Sparks could be seen every time they clashed. Adam's sword started to glow a dark purple. He swung his sword, and it released a big purple wave. Elsword rolled away just in time. "Adam! Why are you doing this?! Aren't we childhood friends?!" Elsword aimed for his sides, but Adam dodged it in time. Suddenly, Elsword's vision turned red. The last thing he heard was Aisha's voice. "EELLLSSWWOOORRRD!"

May our heroes survive…

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