Level of Madness

Chapter 11 : Mentors

Violent content

(Internal point of view: Kirron)

It was too fast. I could not see what monster it was, and I do not even know if Maria is still alive, my head is spinning. Next door I see Damian, who has wide-eyed fright

- But ... what happened? What was this monster? Damian yells, grabbing me by my jacket, I grab his wrists and take his hands off my jacket.

- But leave me Damian! Imbecile, it's not by attacking me that you will find your kid? I fell from the top of a volcano and in addition to that there is a dragon that attacked me, and now it is at the bottom of the crater! I did not know there was another monster! I told him frustrated to hear that he blames me for losing his daughter, I'm not for nothing ... I even protect him as best as I could during the fall, I see him squeeze the teeth of rage then he tries to stick a fist in my face. I dodge quickly, taking a few steps back. Then he cries in a desperate way

- You asshole, you lost my daughter! She has no chance of surviving, she is lost and this monster has it between her teeth now. How could you be so stupid as you who thinks you are stronger and smarter than everyone else!

Exasperated with his squeals, I hit him in my turn in the figure to the point of losing 5 VP and make him bleed his nose to defend me, it hurts me to have to do that, but I have no choice

- And you think that it is taking you to me that you will find your kid? You are really stupid, already that you are a depressive father of 3 children and it is your fault if we are all here! And you think it's by feeling sorry for your fate and annoying me that Maria will be saved? Think a little instead of talking for nothing fool! I say to him firmly and deeply offended by his words, I see his face darken and his heart a little cracked take a slightly black shade before he finds his mind and almost kick me in the sides, immediately I make a good backward to get away from him, even if I like to fight, it would be useless to hit him and then between us, a magical barrier rises suddenly.

Behind, the dragon's scream sounds in the volcano and Damian fled. I can not believe it ... He left! It's not true ... And Maria, I wanted to find her too, this little ... I had her protect and ... She escaped me. I am so frustrated that I rub my face so much I'm hurt. I can not pass because of this stupid magic barrier, even my spear can not pierce it. I have no choice if I want to leave here to save Maria, I'll have to get rid of this dragon filth.

I sigh of having to do that, but I have no choice. Yet I squeeze my soul to try to find the presence of Maria ... I look for a long time and I finally detect its small presence, it is weak but it is alive, it makes me a little good in the soul. Although I am still frustrated by Damian's reproaches, he has been very unfair. But I prefer to forget then goes to the volcano, the heat is heavy, especially next to the lava lake dripping from the top of the volcano and when I go forward, I see someone in the distance that I seem to recognize. A boy about my waist with dark skin, white hair like mine a little messy with a wick covering his right eye and wearing a big red cape on his shoulders. His orange eyes staring at me before he turns my back and disappear into a circle of flame

- Hold on ! I called it but it has already disappeared. This is my vein, forced to venture alone against the dragon, especially as I see his large scales out of the crater of the volcano.

The heat is too heavy for me but I continue, I climb the volcano and arrive at the crater, I see the dragon inside the magma. It's huge but it's far from scary, the heat is very strong here, and yet I go into battle, the statistics are displayed before my eyes: Valord, the Lord of the magma, level 80, classified in Difficult Boss! Level 80? It sucks. The dragon finally notices me and screams waving his big red wings, I arm my spear ready to attack then I see the dragon leave his tail flaming with lava then threatened to crash, immediately I dodge by jumping on the side it was just right. But while his cock is next to me, I give him a spear, the dragon howls by removing his tail from the ground and plunging into the lava, his legs are hitting the hot soil inside the volcano, waves of lava is formed under its agitation and I hurry to cling to the wall of the volcano before the blade touches me. Then when I'm high enough, I aim at the dragon's head and then with my spear, I hurt his eyes. The dragon is spilled in the lava.

The volcano is on the verge of erupting, so I hurry to climb out and then the eruption occurs, a few drops of lava injure my arm with which I cover my eyes, meanwhile, I see the dragon come out of the crater to take flight into the sky and spit his flames, before I am burned alive I rotate my spear of darkness that sucks the flames with a black hole allowing me to return his flames, the dragon recoils and in my fall, I managed to grab a strong one of his thorns black, so I climb on his body crawling on his scaly skin and on his back, I see a giant and globular eye look at me, the dragon howls and starts to move, immediately I cling to the skin of the eye and with my spear I pierce it forcefully until it becomes a sticky and liquid matter, my spear then sucks everything the darkness that the eye contained and the dragon falls while I, who has moved away from it, clings to a stone wall and watches it fall into the lava lake. I see my level increase.

Valord, the Lord of the Vanquished Magma. 3000/3000 accomplished, 0/6000, still at 72% of LM! I take the time to catch my breath to resist the heat, then again ... This same guy with white hair appears, his orange eyes fixed me again and then with a snap of fingers, it shows a very sharp fake with the top of the blade, the head of a dragon, his statistics is presented to me: Ginreï Zerosen, the right arm of the Prince of Twilight and son of the dragons, level 95, 70% of LM, classified in the Hard Boss!

(Internal point of view: Jack)

I sighed having seen this tree die so, and especially I did not see what the creature looked like but it should not be too nice, unfortunately here I have no reference except the glow emitted my heart, I look around me then I hear like a whisper in the fog, she tries to tell me something ... "Find me ... Find me ... I'm here ... Hear my voice" I understand but even if I turn in all directions, I do not know where the voice comes from, the only thing I know is that it's a woman's voice, but where is she? Then all of a sudden, I feel like something coming from under my feet, I drop down and then put my hand on the ground, I feel like tremors, terror and the distressed calls of someone ... I get up and my heart starts to shine much stronger towards the West, I caress my soul who is all hot and then begins to follow the trail of light guiding me through the fog.

The still life starts to get a bit denser, the roots start to come out of the ground and then one of them grabbed me by the ankle and lifted me off the ground, I screamed in surprise and tried to get me out of there as a scary face begins to appear on the tree, I grit my teeth and then with the strength of my arms, I tear the roots around my ankle and I manage to fall to the ground to escape the grip of the trees but all of a sudden, a black matter falls a few inches from my arm, I retreat all following and then looking up, I see the horrible face of a giant spider with like a big shiny tree on his back any slobbering and hairy with a nauseating odor, I immediately retreat seeing her shake her big legs and snapping her hooks, I shiver with disgust so this thing is hideous and then she was about to bite me, I give him a big punch on his head, she recoils.

As for me, I take the time to get up to put myself in offensive position, I arm my fists with the gloves that Alizé passed me. Even if for me they are only simple gloves that do not improve the power, the spider rattles by waving its big legs then releasing a foul smelling smoke that poisons the ground

- Oh my god, I'm gonna throw up! I moan, covering my mouth and nose to avoid breathing this smell, then I hear a voice echoing in my heart that calls me and it comes from the tree on the back of the spider, there is somebody one who is in the tree, I'm sure.

That's when the spider moves dangerously towards me by releasing his hook, I jump back before grabbing his head and shoot very hard, I hear slowly the flesh that tears and screams of the creature when I tear his head, but by doing that a sticky liquid pours on me who burns my skin, at the same time the spider's paws scratch my skin and remove at least 10 out of 100, leaving me at 90/100 HP but at least the creature perished. I am always surprised to have such strength in my arms that I managed to pull the head of a giant spider. On the other hand, this liquid that has spilled on me hurts me a lot, if I find Helen, I will ask her if she can do anything for me. Oh I'm lucky, it's not acid, my skin will not melt, but it burns me a little, it's very unpleasant.

I shake my arms slightly and then start climbing the decapitated spider's body to go to the tree where I hear that voice and where a saving green light shines. I catch the bark and I hear a pounding heart so I tear off the bark and then start to glimpse someone in the light that starts to shine harder, so it bursts and all around me, a heap of flowers, plants grow, the trees take again lives, the animals arrive, and a big crystal is formed on the body of the spider which becomes only a small hill for this big oak covering the clearing in the heart of the forest , a voice speaks through the crystal ...

- … Thank you ! Thank you to you traveler for freeing me from this monster ... Without your intervention, the forest will already be lost and I would have been eternally condemned to be a prisoner of the cursed body of this parasitic monster! Approach ... Approach me! Me speaks the voice, I become hesitant and come touching the crystal with my skin dirty with this sticky liquid, then I see fine and light arms coming around me and his touch ...

Dirt on my body disappears.

Outside the crystal, appears before me a beautiful young woman of the same age as Pandore with brown hair like the trunk of a tree she put on to form two buns on her head, decorated with a rose crown, Emerald green eyes and dressed in a beautiful pink dress. She too is endowed with great beauty with an hourglass body with beautifully drawn curves, a real beauty of nature, there her statistics are displayed in front of me: Anna Möri, The Sylvester Nymph, 20% of LM, level 75, ranked in Difficult Boss if we ever came to fight!

(Internal point of view: Rochelle)

In the distance, the ray of the desert calls me in its dark ruins, but soothing lights in the distance reassures me and makes me move, all around me, a story is engraved on the walls, that of a people creator of a a very powerful magic, thanks to which they could seal a mighty demon in the earth or even farther than the earth, they could also cast blessings as well as curses and could also transmit their magic to their future generation thanks to their many prayers made to their queen. Too bad I don't see her name, unfortunately, by an unstoppable demon they were all decimated, even the queen sacrificing his life, leaving behind only his descendants who is a little girl.

I hope her daughter managed to survive!

Suddenly, I plunge deeper into the dark ruins and then see in front of me, a big hole in which giant algae grow and wave, also releasing a golden glow, the ray calls me from the other side, as if she told me to jump into this hole to join her, but I do not know how to steal me, if I jump, automatically I'll fall but I do not know why, I want to trust that ray, so I blast then I jump in this hole and miraculously, I float between the algae that raises me a little higher and takes me to the other side, whoo it's amazing. I did not imagine that I was going to float, although I always see things positively, I sometimes have to be suspicious. So, I continue to follow the line through the darkened ruins and a few steps away, all the way down there is a large blue window overlooking the desert in the middle of the night, I feel like underwater, because full of lights float around me to light the way, the ruins are fascinating, but approaching closer to the window in the distance, I see a large undulating black shadow crossing the window, my eyes widen in surprise.

I rub my eyes and the shadow has disappeared, I blows several times to find my calm and I continue to advance, but behind me there was a small jolt that makes me shiver on the back, I come to cross my arms to rub my skin, in addition to the temperature has dropped sharply since earlier, I even have a little gel on my clothes and in my hair.

- Ahhh, it's cold! I moan while continuing to rub my skin and looking for a warm place to warm myself, what I hate to be cold. Suddenly, the line comes back to me and then gently it lands on my shoulder then shines, it releases a soft heat on my shoulder and my back. I smiled happily with this heat on me so I scraped the top of his head

- Thank you my little ray! I tell her, I see her waved her little fins happy, she is too cute, I almost want to bring her home. Thanks to its warmth, I have the courage to walk further, then I come to a descent, and more and more shaking happen behind me, I do not know what it is, but it does not do not trust me then thanks to my power, I make appear a white shield on which I climb on it and I slide along the descent, the ground trembles more and more strongly.

So I accelerate and then by my side, big black shadows come out of the sand and are about to fall on me, and while I arrive at the place where is a pedestal, I decide to jump from my Shield then with a sudden gesture I show my daggers and plant them in the pedestal, then a magic wall is formed thus repelling the great shadows behind me, returning to hide in the bottom of the sand, my breath cut. My asthma resumed because of the sand and my descent shield in the sand, I fall on my knees for a while while I resume my breath, and when my cough has subsided, I get up and I see that the pedestal sinks into the ground and opens the way to a hole surrounded by mist, the line is detached from my shoulder then plunges into the misty hole, I am and dives in my turn, and here I am now to float in the luminous mist surrounding a large, bright tower.

Full of rays swim in this mist while I have my eyes riveted to this great tower surrounded by saving light that lulls me then all of a sudden in the heart of the tower, I see a person bathed in light sitting at the inside and seems to meditate, she has very long brown hair wearing only a white dress but has the same marks on her body as that of Alizé, which makes me shudder, she opens her eyes gold color and then she tends her arms to me and she smiles at me, I reach out to her who catches my hands and then I feel the marks of Alizé disappear from my body and I hear her voice

- Come Rochelle Kaliese Paris, I was waiting for you! Do not worry about anything here you are safe! She said to me in a reassuring voice and drawing me to the heart of her tower, her presence is reassuring, a light engulfs us and takes us into an enclosed room similar to the room of a pyramid where behind is a large mirror . The girl is in front of me with a smile.

- I was waiting for your visit impatiently, I knew that you would appear in my desert! (the line that accompanied me hitherto flies to her and the girl scratches her head) Nirvana came to announce that you were finally arriving and forgive the intervention of the sandy snakes, for some time they haunt my desert and attack my creatures, it's pretty hard to bear!

- Oh I see ... Sorry for you, but who are you? And how do you know my name and that I was going to come here? I asked her curiously, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

- Oh, forgive me, I did not introduce myself. My name is Elena Sollannie, and the reason I know you, it's because I know everything since you and your friends had set foot in this chaotic world ! Let's say I'm clairvoyant.

She looks so nice, but she seems to hide something that does not reassure me, she says she knows everything about us since we arrived in this world, strange all that.

- Tell me, Elena if I can call you that, if you really know all about us from the beginning, could you answer some questions? I asked her, she smiled at me while crossing her arms and then replied with a smile

- I think I know what kind of questions you want to ask me, but I guess it's useless to remind you, but what is the question you favor the most? She asks me knowing the answer very well, I take a deep breath then stares at her.

- What do you know about Alizé ? I see her frown at me wondering if I'm sure I want to know, I say yes and then she agrees. And then I see her statistics : Elena Sollannie, the Desert Priestess, 40% of LM, level 85 and ranked in Difficult Boss if I had to fight her!

(Internal point of view: Alizé)

It's still cold, and little Angel's fever has gone up quite a bit. This is my vein, I see him huddling his little head against my breasts, I keep blushing and then I can not help but stroke his little black hair and his little forehead and finally I find a healing potion

- Great, I knew I had one left! I say delighted as I approach the bottle of his labia minora, I encourage him to open his mouth and swallow slowly, he obeys me then he drinks without discussion and slowly I feel his fever drop but his fatigue increase, normal this potion heals quickly but exhausts enormously the person who drinks it, to recover, it takes him at least 2 to 3 hours of maximum rest. I sigh and continue to keep him warm when suddenly, I feel that one of my precious prey has lost my mark, the beautiful Rochelle. It's not a big deal, but now I feel a new presence that makes me smile

- Perfect ... I was getting impatient! I whisper delighted then I get up, leaving little Angel here.

- Mom ... where you go, Mom! Call me Angel, I sigh, damn ... even if ... if he is ...

He is not my son!

I come to him while planting my sword next to me and then I crouch down.

- Listen treasure, I must do something very important and that would be very dangerous for you little man! You must rest while the potion acts on you! Stay here to sleep and I promise you I'll come back to get you as soon as I'm done, okay? He nods and I leave him here, here I am alone in this place that is so familiar to me.

The people of heaven …

Here, in this place in the sky above the earth, it is my territory. Where I grew up with his people and my mother, nobody else knows this place better than me, I also know all its history ... Not always happy unfortunately! I saw my village being devastated by this horrible demon that I hunted for days and months, him who by his demonic force hurt me by tearing my wings, in my back the scars of my wings torn off still remain, I could never forgive him for committing such a serious crime and for hurting mine for the sake of ... eliminating me! Returning to this place depresses me enormously because I constantly see my people get hurt and even decimated by this demon.

- How depressing! I sigh while watching my destroyed island and soon I arrive at the heart of my city where the old fountain sits.

- And yet, this depressing place is at your place! Reminds me of a voice I know very well.

I sketch a smile, before turning back to the person sitting above the fountain behind me, a girl of my age with very long hazel hair, golden eyes, large white wings, a generous build and slightly muscular , with a big black sword on his back, white boots up to his knees and a sand-colored dress covered with fine armor but under which I see the beginning of a large scar on the right shoulder going up to her chest, she frowns when she sees me and is quick to get up, when to me I can not help but smile with enthusiasm: Kirsten Wina, the Princess of the Fallen Sky, level 100, 85% of LM, classified in the Hard Boss!

- It's been a long time Alizé! She said to me in a cold tone as she draws her weapon, I do the same.

- I thought you'd be more than happy to see me again after 3 years of separation! I say sarcastically, she sketches a weak smile while putting one of his hands on his cheek, and his eyes start to shine like mine.

- Oh, but I'm delighted, I've been looking for you too long dear Alizé, and finally you've come back to me! Can you only imagine what I'm feeling right now ...? (The wind blows on us) Listen to the wind ... like when we were small! You remember it ? She said, looking up at the sky, I do the same and both of us listen to the wind blown and lift our hair, I emit a sigh of joy by feeling this coolness on my face as I remove my gloves and that my boots, showing Kirsten the cursed marks inked on my skin, I throw my stuff, keeping only my dress and my sword, Kirsten does the same by removing his shoes and gloves, I hear him sigh and then shake its big wings.

- It's time ! She announces to me by arming her sword, I sigh in my turn by squeaking the blade of my sword, I acquiesce impatiently.

- Yes ! I answer before she and I face each other, like the first time we faced each other when we were 13 years old. And this time we will finally be able to know ... Which of us is the strongest!

(No point of view)

Meanwhile. While Alizé and Kirsten started their fierce battle in the sky, Angel waits patiently for the return of Alizé, but outside he hears the noises of the battle, the blades that clash violently, the cry of the fierce fighter and at the same time time the anger of the wind, he is frightened by all these noises, fearing for the life of Alizé he believes to be his mother. But something else frightens him, three other presences here ... especially two who look more menacing, one of a demon and the other, a very powerful entity he has trouble to spot, when at the third much closer, a fighter outstanding and with great power. Angel is scared, does not want to come out from under these ruins for fear that one of the three entities will find him. Unfortunately the scariest approached and through the cracks of the ruins, Angel sees a big menacing shadow with shining white eyes and smoking big blades instead of fingers, he is about to scream but the hand of a little girl comes to cover his mouth.

Angel can not help crying frightened, then when the shadow disappears, the little girl's hand withdraws from Angel's mouth who takes a breath and then turns to see a black hole behind him, frightened he backs up to glimpse a little girl with a doll face with long hair very black decorated with a white rose, empty eyes of black color also wearing a white dress and only white tights without shoes, her nails are varnished black and she reaches out to Angel scared who can not even call for help

- This way ! Follow me ! She murmurs.

Further, in a large Japanese-style fortress, Maria rises up on the roof of this frightening fortress, fortunately thanks to her mask she has no injury, but loneliness does not take long to make her cry, her cries echo in the walls of the cliff and even in the sky but something in the sky is preparing because, the clouds depart on a constellation shaped fox nine tails. Red eyes shine in the sky and the constellation becomes a black shadow jumping into the sky to land a few inches from Maria, she stops her tears and turns to the creature who is a gigantic fox with nine tails pink coat. (like Kyubi the fox with nine tails of the Japanese legends but in pink strangely) This scary fox growls towards the girl who continues to hide the face with his mask, then curious the fox stops showing the teeth and lowers his head towards the small one Maria also curious, then her little hand comes to rest on the muzzle of the creature and at the same time she says "Yuno! "

That's all for Chapter 11, which has been a bit long in coming, I know it and I'm sorry, but do not worry I'll catch up. Also the next chapters are going to be longer because there, we will enter my favorite phase of history, sowing pitfalls and lots of other things. I can not wait to get there. In any case I hope you enjoyed this chapter, if it is the case leave me a comment, it will please me. I make you all kisses and tell you very quickly for a new chapter. Kisses