Hellbound With You (WN)

After speaking, Zeres surrounded himself in a cyclone of magical forcefield. The little glimpses that could be seen of him showed that he was carrying out more summoning magic – his lips were moving as he chanted the spells needed and his fingers could be seen moving rapidly, forming multiple and complex signals which could be assumed to be part of the very complicated forbidden demon summoning spell. Any and all attacks could not break through that cyclone Zeres had surrounded himself with. Alex had launched an arc made of pure sword power but when it reached the whirling cyclone, it quietly dissipated as if it were just mist. Everyone looking on were baffled. They were at least expecting a clash of powers and an explosion as those powers collided. However, that was not the case.

Alicia and the others were horrified at what they saw in the crystal ball. She never would have thought that Zeres would actually summon a demon. However, this was worse than the worst-case scenario – he went ahead and summoned not only one of those things, but three of them in one go! Just one of these summoned demons from the depths of hell alone could wreak havoc to the world within a matter of days. Zeres truly pulled out all the stops on this final move, proving to everyone and especially those who still held on a thread of hope for him, that he was beyond saving. He was beyond pulling back. What he wants, he will get. This was a man on a mission and a one-track mind to achieve his aim – no matter what!

But what terrified Alicia the most was not the upcoming chaos or even the imminent destruction of this world she calls home, but the fact that Zeres ’ declaration that was made earlier. That he would no doubt summon an army of demons to havoc the earth if she dies before he did. If that happens… How terrifying would the chaos stirred up in the world be?

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It would be more apt to describe it as perhaps the ending of the world and living things as it is than just calling it as plain old chaos. Humankind ’s chance of surviving this cataclysmic event would drastically drop into the negatives, much less consider surviving it. Only the very strong might perhaps have a fraction of a chance.

Alicia started to tremble, knowing full well that Zeres would really do it. Why? Just why would he go to all this length – all the pain, trouble, and alienation of those he holds dear – just to keep her alive? Was she truly worth all that? Just why was he so hellbent in wanting to keep her alive? Crack her head as she might, she could not figure out what was it that truly inspired him to go down this deadly path.