Chapter 96: [Cease]
This was a part the manhwa never showed, but given all that just happened, he was certain that the manhwa was a lot more than that.
"I see," he answered, still looking at the beings of light before the space reverted back to a white void.
Adrian was silent for a while, in other words, Avera was betting on him to keep her safe and the motivation to do so was Renelle.
"I assume you’ll send me back?" He asked.
She then stood up and grabbed four dolls, three of which were extremely familiar.
The face was still blurred to him, but he was sure of it,
One of the dolls resembled Avera, or rather, Isla, the other was of the headmistress whilst the last was of a man Adrian had only seen once.
"At this point, you might’ve already encountered these four children," Avera started, "they were supposed to be my pillars."
Adrian just silently listened looking at the dolls.
"So you’ll have to remove him," Avera said, her expression turning completely cold as she looked at him, "but I guess I don’t have to tell you that."
"What about the other three?" He asked, looking at the other dolls.
She paused before looking at the founder’s doll and adding, "Well, except this one."
"What exactly, do I need from them?" Adrian asked.
"The moment he hands it to you," she continued, "the others should also awaken theirs, so I suggest you search for him first."
Before Adrian had the chance to ask anything, Avera tapped his forehead and the next second, he blacked out.
"My hope is on you, Adrian, please get stronger, for all our sakes."
Darkness once again,
«Welcome back,» a voice suddenly pulled his attention towards it.
Though at the same time, its humanoid form could clearly be made out as its glowing white eyes looked directly at him.
The being was silent for a while before sighing and its form started shrinking until it was back in its cat form.
"Why?" Adrian asked, "Were you worried?"
Noctis wisely chose not to respond to that.
«This dimension is timeless,» it answered, «and I was trapped here from the moment you ’died’, so no time should’ve passed.»
«Before that,» Noctis suddenly spoke up, «it seems we can use ’it’ for a fraction of a moment.»
«The V@$#,» Noctis said, but all Adrian heard was static causing the cat to sigh.
"I see," Adrian nodded.
"And the cost?" he asked.
In other words, there was a chance that he wouldn’t be able to use his spirit’s abilities for a while.
"We’re doing it," he said.
Adrian opened his eyes again.
He didn’t get to finish the sentence when a wave of energy suddenly filled him, no, that wasn’t quite accurate.
And Adrian... was standing at the center of it.
Renelle watched in horror as Adrian’s body fell to the floor but the next second, an explosion of dark pressure originating from him spread across the hall.
"Adrian?" She hesitantly called out.
He looked at her for a second and she could’ve sworn he smiled before turning around.
[Cease].
A second after, Adrian turned back to her, his eyes back to normal as he said with a smile, "Hey."