Chapter 250: Cerebral Wave
As Arthur strode past Alice, all that could be heard was the crunching of dirt under his feet and the ominous sound of Iruka's blood dripping from the chains.
Kneeling on the ground with her head bowed, she found herself questioning everything she thought she knew.
Did she really believe she could save these characters? Was she that trapped in her own mind? Or had being spellbound in this virtual world crafted by Elysium completely distorted her perspective?
"You people live in a world of despair..." Arthur casually remarked without a single threat of emotion in his tone. "Why bother with befriending those from a village wrought with anguish?"
That was the last straw.
In response, the air around Alice began to stir. Then there was a crack.
Arthur leapt back, surprised but maintaining his composure. Dust began to flow around Alice, swirling as if it were alive, energized by something he couldn't fully make out.
"You think you're something, don't you?" she stated as she slowly stood. "You think you know everything, but you don't know anything about me or this world."
When her gaze met his, her eyes glowed with a brilliant shade of light blue as though they were ethereal. He felt it then, a different source of energy radiating from her—it wasn't chakra; it was Gelel energy. It swirled around her, crackling with intensity and power.
"You're just like all the other criminals out there," she rasped, her body beginning to levitate from the ground. "Always thinking you have the right to kill just because someone hurt you in the past."
As she ascended, a seeable aura illuminated all around her like a thin barrier. The dust around her seemed to reject its proximity, swirling violently off to the sides as if terrified of what she was about to unleash. The very earth began to respond to her calling, stones and pebbles levitating alongside her.