Re: Player

[Alepsia's POV]

Mirag Town was supposed to be destroyed. There was nothing that could have possibly prevented its doom. No matter how much I prayed, no matter what I did, all hope was lost… or that is how I thought it would be.

Right at the end of the summoning of the Goddess, where I had to watch the end of the citizens that still believed in me. To watch them as sacrifices for another God made my blood boil endlessly. I would possibly never be able to get over this regret.

And then…

He appeared.

"Just wait for 10 seconds. Don't do anything for 10s… and I will handle everything… I will save everyone."

He spoke words that I wanted to hear. Because of the contract, I cannot interfere with what Amir does with the city and its people. And none of the Gods wanted to sacrifice a part of their divinity and suffer a backlash for a town that was unrelated to them.

'But he is weak,' I thought as I looked at him. Even though I cannot see through him completely, I could make out that he was rather fragile in front of Amir. Amir would break him before he could even make a move.

As if hearing my thoughts, I saw him increasing his speed to an abnormal level. Enough to bring him closer to the speed of an avatar of a Demi-God. And that wasn't all…

[True Heal]

A spell that purifies everything around the user. Unlike [Purify] or [Uncurse], it wasn't wide ranged or highly potent, but because that person was so fast… it didn't even matter. Within a blink, he purified everyone, saving them from the curse.

"It's too late…. The summoning cannot be stopped… If only he had appeared a few days ago," Valencia, who was watching the scene right beside me, spoke in regret. And her words hurt me… even though it was true, they felt like thorns pricking my heart.

You need a dark mage to control the summoning circle and you need to know the language of the Ancient Gods to be able to redirect the summoning. Stopping is impossible, even for a God now.

And then…

He did something again.

Valencia stood up with her eyes wide. And so did I. In the moment of despair, we felt a flicker of hope. Even though he was using something that was exactly the opposite of our nature… We never thought we would be so happy to see someone using dark magic.

"How… miraculous," Valencia gawked at the sight of the man using both natures of magic so swiftly.

It was only the beginning of the miracles he did. He then proceeded to dodge each and every attack swiftly enough to make even Amir agitated.

"Hey… if you were in his situation-" I was going to ask Valencia, but she answered immediately,

"I don't know…"

"Are there any humans who can change arrays so fluidly?" I asked again.

"I don't… think so," she answered again.

And then I was about to ask…

"No. I don't know about Gods but none of the Gods can fight against Amir and do that kind of transmutation in the array," Valencia answered again, her eyes not separating from the battle even for a moment.

We looked at the battle with our heartbeat at its peak. Everything which was supposed to go wrong was now slowly turning for the better. Even though it can all shatter with one small mistake, we still somehow felt hopeful.

Our hope was the person with not even a drop of mana as compared to his enemy. All he had was his speed. And he was truly giving his all with that.

"AMELIA! STOP CHANTING!" Amir, who was also adept in the arts of arrays, understood that the array had changed beyond what he could control. If it continued, he would be the one taking losses.

"We Won! We won! We won!" Valencia shouted in excitement as she looked at the summoning being stopped, but… It's not that easy, is it?

"Amir is still there," I mumbled with a regret filled face. My eyes observed Amir, who was beyond furious. His eyes looked at the man who destroyed his plans that he has been building up for years. A plan where even I was caught in between. This man saved me from being stripped of my powers.

"Who cares? Miraka isn't coming anymore," apathetic towards the people and the man who saved all, Valencia cared only for me, her twin sister. But I cannot do so…

"I must protect-" I was about to give that man a blessing in order to save himself from Amir. It's regrettable that I cannot save the town's people, it really is. I wish I could save everyone of my faith. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

Though something happened… the chant continued… it wasn't that Amelia girl…

"[Lier noau mpia ubet pii]" it was the guy who looked at Amir with a rather mocking smile while he continued chanting.

"Just… who is he?" Valencia asked as she looked at that guy who kept chanting, while keeping Amir on his toes. At this point, Amir was more scared and terrified of that guy than being angry. Even he wasn't able to fathom who this guy was.

I could see hesitation in Amir's attacks, as he tried to kill, but… it was too late. Amir now was looking for a way out of here.

"He is trapped…" Valencia too realized that. The summoning circle, which was going to summon Miraka, now was binding with Amir at an insane speed.

"Who are you?" Amir spoke before he vanished from there. The circle sent him somewhere unknown.

"Where was the circle directed to?" I asked Valencia, who was more adept in arrays than I was, and she gulped before muttering," Netherrealm."

"..."

"What did you say?" I asked with my eyes wide open… after all, Netherrealm was the… Prison of the Gods.