Chapter 105 World I: 2 "Nadia?" Turnas...
“Nadia?” Turners looked around. “Ethan?”
The surroundings were completely silent. The other two were nowhere to be seen. Had they been separated by the storm?
...We've been separated again.
Turnas wasn't even sure if the other two were in the same world as him. What was going on?
This is in a forest, where towering trees obstruct the view and a misty fog surrounds the area, making it possible to see only a few meters away.
After hesitating for a moment, Ternas still chose to take off and fly over the forest to see what was going on.
The ground gradually shrank, and Tenas flew to a height higher than those tall trees. Looking around, he saw only endless forests, which surprised him with their vastness.
Where exactly am I? A strange forest, possibly hiding unknown dangers, and I don't even know which country it's in, since I'm usually teleported to a city in other worlds.
In short, let's see if the other two have fallen around here. It's better to be together than separated; more people means more options.
While flying at a steady speed, Tenas searched carefully but did not find his companions. Instead, he spotted two strange figures.
The blonde figure lay on the ground, while the long-haired black figure was close to the blonde figure, the blonde also holding the other's hand, looking extremely intimate.
Turner felt a little embarrassed. He figured he should leave since he was spying on others… Wait, something’s not right! That long black hair was choking the blonde! The blonde wasn’t shaking hands at all! She was struggling! Her face was turning blue!
Turnas knew things were going badly. Regardless of privacy or whether he knew the person, his first priority was to save them; the person was really about to be strangled to death! Turnas sprinted to land.
……it hurts……
My neck is being choked... It's so strong, it hurts so much, I can't breathe, I try to breathe but can only feel the pain in my lungs, the hand is so strong, I can't pry it open.
His throat was completely blocked, unable to produce a sound. It felt like it was about to explode, as if gunpowder had been stuffed into his throat and ignited. All he could taste in his mouth was the strong metallic taste of blood.
His stomach hurt terribly. Xingyun pressed his knee against his stomach without holding back at all; his internal organs must have ruptured.
It hurts so much, I feel like vomiting, I feel nauseous, my stomach feels so hot, is it the stomach acid corroding my internal organs?
Fifty years have passed, yet he still can't get used to the feeling of death. Hasn't he had enough revenge? It's already increased fivefold, and he's only trapped him for less than ten years, yet Xingyun is still so vengeful.
Starfall has been relentlessly pursuing him.
Every time they found him and captured him, they would torture and kill him in the most cruel way to avenge the foolish things he did when he was too young.
He was wrong, wasn't he? He shouldn't have treated Xingyun, who was also a city's will, as a companion, but instead, after being amazed by her face, he treated her as a collectible, completely disregarding the feelings of the city involved.
He was wrong, okay?
He didn't kill Xingyun as many times as he did before, and he was very decisive in his actions. He really knows how painful it is. He should repent, okay?
"Heh." As if sensing his thoughts, Xingyun, whose eyes were shrouded in darkness and could only reveal blood-red ones, narrowed his eyes and sneered disdainfully: "You didn't finally realize your mistake, you were beaten into submission by me. You have no idea what you did wrong. Since you don't regard me as an equal, why should I regard you as the city's will? I will make you regret meeting me, and I will make you utterly terrified of me."
As he spoke, he exerted more force, causing his cervical spine to make a cracking sound as if it were about to break.
"..."
Yang Yan barely kept her eyes open. Because of the suffocation, her vision was a little blurry, which made even the face of Xing Yun look hazy and beautiful.
Ugh... I feel like throwing up.
How could such a perfect face be on this guy's face? I really want to cut it off. Is there any way to disfigure the city's will? I can't have it, and I don't want to see this guy with such a beautiful face.
How disgusting, how nauseating, how hateful, I want to kill Starfall.
It looks so good, even when it's angry. I feel like throwing up... It's both beautiful and disgusting. The meteor shower makes him feel disgusted.
It's over... Has he been ruined by Starfall? Even at this point, he's still thinking about his face. He feels so disgusted and nauseous, yet he feels like vomiting and wants to tear his face apart.
It's not like he hasn't done these things before, not treating the younger generation's urban will as an ally. So why did Starfall manage to successfully counter him?
I hate it so much! Go die, go die, go die, starfall, go die! I feel like throwing up, so disgusting! So beautiful, so ugly, so painful!
Before losing consciousness completely, Yang Yan seemed to see a figure flying rapidly towards him in the air.
"stop--"
Tenas tried to separate the two, but the black-haired man reacted faster than him, grabbing the blond man's hair and flashing several meters away. Only then did Tenas see the black-haired man's face—the will of the Starfall City.
Tenas froze. Was Ethan's city really this brutal? Or was it just this world? Why was he in this desolate forest? And that blond guy's features looked so familiar.
A silent stalemate ensued. Xingyun was also observing the person who had appeared out of nowhere. He hadn't noticed him for a moment. This forest should have been completely enveloped by him, so he should have known what had happened, but this person had just appeared out of thin air.
What interrupted all this was a blue flower slowly drifting down from the sky. It was pale blue all over, with only some white near the stamen.
Xingyun stretched out his free hand, letting the flower fall into his palm, and a soft female voice sounded in his ear.
"Starfall." The voice he knew all too well said, "I have something I need to trouble you with."
"..." Starfall glanced at him coldly: "It's Novigrad. You two are really close. You're calling me back again to give you a break... Fine, let's call it a day. You'd better run away somewhere I can't find you."
Before Tenas could react, Yangyan exploded like the most dazzling fireworks.
The falling stars transformed into a flock of ravens, which scattered immediately.
Starfall? Novigrad? As far as Tenas knows, there are only a handful of city wills with blond hair, so this one... might be, Lord City.
Just as shock and terror appeared on Ternas's face, he saw the pieces of flesh on the ground gradually gather together to form a human shape, and a familiar yet unfamiliar figure reappeared in front of him.
"Ha, ha, ha..." The blond man clutched his neck, breathing heavily as if he couldn't catch his breath and desperately wanted more fresh air. His body trembled uncontrollably. "Ugh..."
He vomited, vomited violently, but nothing came out except stomach acid, because he didn't need to eat at all, so his stomach was empty.
He clutched his neck with one hand and his abdomen with the other, coughing violently.
Turner instinctively patted his back, trying to help him catch his breath, but the touch only made the other man flinch, his body trembling even more violently, and he even crawled away a few steps.
Turner was so overwhelmed with emotion that he didn't know what to say. He could only stay where he was, not daring to make any other move, waiting for the other person to calm down.
"Who are you...?" Yang Yan finally recovered after a while, turned her head to look at Tenas, her face still wet with tears, her voice hoarse: "Who are you? I have no recollection of you, and I chose you as my guardian."
It truly is the will of Kagerou City...
Looking at Yang Yan's miserable face, Tenas vaguely explained the situation and purpose of his world. Of course, not everything he said was true, and he had to be a little wary.
"Help me." After hearing this, Yang Yan transformed into the female form that Tenas was familiar with, as if she had heard that she was female in Tenas's world.
The mist gathered in my eyes and quickly turned into tears. The tears fell like rain, large drops dripping onto the soil and leaving shallow damp marks.
"Help me, Ternas, my dear guardian." The beautiful blonde girl looked at him with teary eyes. Her pretty brows were furrowed, and tears streamed down her face. She was fragile and pitiful, looking at Ternas with pleading and expectant eyes. Her voice was broken and choked with sobs, which was heartbreaking to hear. She hugged Ternas's arm tightly: "Help me, Ternas, I don't know what to do anymore. Please, help me, help me escape that terrible and cruel meteorite."
Turner was completely stunned.
Is this some kind of terrifying ghost story? Something even more horrifying than witnessing the murder of a city lord from another world right before his eyes has happened.
Even if the city girl usually uses sweet talk and occasionally teases him with feigned physical contact, this excessive hug, with her soft touch against his arm, is still a bit much.
It's like the crazy, Godzilla-like older sister in the house suddenly transforming into a weak, helpless, quiet little girl—it's terrifying! Who can save him?
This was as terrifying as if workaholic Reina said she wanted to quit her job because she hated it and wanted to go back to her arranged marriage. And then the straightforward and honest Nadia took over Reina's job, sending chills down Tenas's spine and raising goosebumps.
"Speak properly and let go of my hand first." Turner stammered, his face full of fear.
Seeing that Yang Yan's expression was not as expected, he subtly relaxed his grip, and Tenas breathed a sigh of relief.
"I had some minor misunderstandings and friction with Xingyun in the past, but he kept bringing it up and kept hunting me down." Yang Yan sobbed uncontrollably, his heart breaking. "I already knew I was wrong, and I apologized to him, but he's so petty. He killed me so many times, it hurts so much. I've cried so many times, I keep dreaming about him killing me, and he still won't let me go. We only had some misunderstandings for less than ten years, but after he became stronger, he hunted me down for fifty years. How could he do this to me? I already knew I was wrong."
As she spoke, her body continued to tremble, it was hard to tell whether it was from anger or from the fear of recalling the feeling of being killed.
The city dweller in this world seems to have PTSD. He has been trembling ever since he hugged him, and his pupils are also trembling listlessly, as if he is about to collapse.
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Author's Note: Kagerou didn't admit her mistake; she was simply beaten into submission.
Yangyan, after seducing the other party, discovered that they were terrified, only to find that she didn't know how to raise another version of herself, truly acting like an elder.
This world is a bit different; it's quite different from the worlds we've been to before.
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