Cryo searched the lake as the water around him settled down. [Where are its legs?! From the original distance I used it from, the Aurora Ray should have left its entire lower body intact! Wait, since the ray grows the farther it goes, and it swam at me...it would have only stricken its head or something, not its entire body!] Cryo thought as he could not see Sabbra in the lake or even sense her in the planet anymore. [...it...it got away, it is the only explanation.] Cryo let out a frustrated scream as he flew out of the lake and into the sky.

He held his horns as his whole body trembled. "It swam into my mouth and stuck its head inside...and while carefully avoiding physical contact, used that teleportation spell before the water entered my mouth! WHY COULD I NOT JUST KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT?!" Cryo said as he now looked at his hands. Tears fell on his palms which were stained with light blue and purple blood.

"HAD I JUST KEPT MY MASK ON INSTEAD OF BITING ITS NECK, I WOULD HAVE THAT MONSTER IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW! Why did I let my emotions control me? ...What am I supposed to tell them?" Cryo said as he looked at his palace in the distance. He spotted a spaceship as it arrived and landed. The ship was from the mission he recently returned from. "How will I tell their loved ones...that I let that monster get away?" Cryo said as he held his head.

"I cannot let it get away, but I cannot chase after it with no clue where to even begin searching! And after this tragedy, my people need me to be here." Cryo said as he calmed down and thought this through. [I must not put up a public bounty for the demon. Even if I ask to bring it alive, assassins can be unreliable, it might be killed regardless of my set conditions. I must hire someone who I am sure will bring it in alive.] Cryo slowly flew towards the palace, as he knew what awaited him. [I am sorry...I am sorry...] He thought as tears dropped into the lake below.

In an unknown location, there was an underground room which had the floor littered with sweets. There was a bed which just seemed to be jelly with blankets and a pillow on top. Sabbra suddenly appeared and landed on the bed, her face now buried in the pillow. She sobbed into it, holding her mauled neck.

"What happened? How could some stranger that strong exist? I'm a majin, how could I lose that badly?!" She said into the pillow as she then pried her face off it. She turned on her side and hugged the pillow with both arms and legs. She yelped as she felt both the hole in her gut and her crushed spine when she hugged the pillow.

"W-wow...look how dirty this room is...I should clean it up." Sabbra weakly laughed before she slowly devolved into sobs again. She bit the pillow and let out a pained scream. [I don't know what to do! Is that Cryo guy going to be looking for me? Should I even continue my job? Should I just hide here?] Sabbra thought. She stopped biting the pillow and looked at some of the desserts on the floor. [Maybe I can start by cleaning this room...]

She made a clawing motion at the garbage as she tried to move it with her mind. Nothing happened and she whimpered. [Ugh, it's not working, I can't even move a stupid piece of candy in this sorry state! I wish I had someone to clean this shit up. I'll deal with this tomorrow, I'm going to sleep.] Sabbra thought as she closed her eyes, tears escaping through her shut eyelids. The pain kept her up for hours, but she thankfully fell asleep eventually.

Author notes: Hello there, this is the end of Part 1 of The Flow of Chaos. I hope you enjoyed the "Target: Cryo" arc. As I mentioned in a previous author notes, part 2 and 3 might take longer to write and upload, sorry about that.

Also, I finally received my invitation on AO3. Feel free to check out the story over there if you want, it's the same title.

Thank you for reading, I hope you had fun.