Chapter 53 - Caught (5)

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Her wolf self continued to growl and howl because of Randell's doing.

He grabbed Nida's core, thinking that this was the most important part of the body, and tortured the wolf by holding it tightly. squeezing everything out of the core.

"DIE! DIE! DIE!" Randell shouted as he grabbed onto the marble-like core as if his life depended on it.

He pulled his arms out of the female werewolf's chest and no blood or wounds were inflicted on Nida, but she still screamed and rolled around the ground in excruciating pain with her core being held by Randell.

He did this unexpected braveness due to the fear of the wolves coming to kill him instead.

He instinctively betrayed Nida to survive. 

"R-return it back!" Nida shouted as she finally got control of her body again. But what is the use of being in control again if her body is experiencing excruciating pain and she does not even have the strength to stand up?

Randell pushed her away from him and took a step back to give the two of them some distance.

"R-Randell!" He called out his name, hoping he would stop and return to her core, but his response was different than what she expected.

"Die!"

Randell tried to smash and crash the marble, but it didn't break and only made Nida suffer more pain.

She trembles in pain and disbelief as she watches Randell work hard to make her feel more pain.

"STOP!"

She screamed as she saw Randell's next move.

He opened his mouth and was about to drop the core into his mouth.

"I will disappear! I will turn into dust if you do that!" She yelled as the white glossy core moved slowly closer to his mouth.

She works hard to stand up and move her trembling knees so that she can walk towards Randell.

At the same time, her eyes shake from disbelief at how Randell doesn't care even an inch of her life.

Gulp!

Randell successfully gulped down her core, and her voice suddenly disappeared. 

She cannot scream, growl, or howl.

No, no, no.

She repeatedly said it in her mind as she watched her skin start to turn into silver dust.

Tears formed in her eyes and trembling remained in her body.

"It is more painful!"

She screamed internally as she could feel her skin as if it was being intentionally ripped out of her flesh.

She feels like her whole body is burning and being scrubbed with blades. The only difference is that no blood or disgusting scenes are being seen.

She is just rolling around the ground while unable to determine which part of her body she will hold since everything is painful.

She is beautifully transforming into silver dust, as if the bright sun is melting her away.

Nida regretted sharing this precious information with Randell, who didn't bat an eye while she was suffering in pain.

She was careless.

She didn't expect that Randell in this parallel world would be very different from the Randell she knew that would take his life as a priority.

"I really did kill a lot of humans..." she began to make her own monologue in her mind since no one else would hear her out. "But does that mean I should be punished for suffering like this?" She angrily looked at Randell, but that only made Randell take unexpected action.

He grabbed her body and threw it off the cliff, as if she were trash being discarded.

While being discarded, falling down the cliff head first, she cried silently and watched herself fall down the deep cliff.

Then her body, slowly turning into dust, left a mark in the air as if she had pixie dust.

The painful process continued in a slow manner, but it wouldn't make her used to it since the pain never disappeared until her vision became blurry and everything turned white.

"Nida!"

She was about to succumb to the void that was about to swallow her, but a familiar voice called to her.

Starting with its faint sound, until it becomes clearer and clearer.

"Nida! Nida!"

The familiar voice didn't give her any sense of relief, but it gave her more fear, and she resisted opening her eyes.

It was the voice that betrayed her and pushed her down the cliff to die.

"Nida."

gasped!

She loudly gasped and soon grasped for air once she decided to open her eyes once she heard a different voice than the first one.

"Finally, you're awake!" Daniel worriedly shouted as he supported her head.

"Are you okay?"

She took her time to readjust her vision, then forced herself to sit up once she recognized the other man sitting beside Daniel, who was also supporting her body.

Sob, sob, sob

Tears formed in her eyes again and she moved away from Randell. Slowly, she cried loudly.

"W-why? What's wrong? Does it hurt somewhere? " Randell asked worriedly, but every time he tried to touch her, she flinched and moved away.

She knows that it was not the current Randell's doing and that it was the illusion Randell who betrayed her, but she can't help but to hate him as well as if she doesn't like him.

She realizes she's being ridiculous by treating the current Randell unfairly, but she can't shake her anxiety.

"It's okay now. You're safe now, Nida. " Daniel tried to comfort Nida, but that did not stop her loud cry.

Nida stared at Daniel, checking if he was the Daniel he knew.

She felt relieve that it is not the younger looking version of Daniel. It only mean he is really the real Daniel.

She reached for his arms and tried to feel him.

Daniel just let her do it, despite being a clean freak who hates being touched, and that comforts her.

"Am I back now?" she asked, still crying.

"Yes, you are safe now."

Daniel wanted to ask the details of what had happened to her, but he pushed his curiosity first and then comforted the traumatized friend.

"Lord, can you help her?" Daniel raised his head as he respectfully asked someone for help.

She was so focused on her own emotions that she forgot to look around.

Daniel, Randell, and she are inside a dark room only lit up with the dim lights of candles.

They were somewhat on a stage, looking flat, and she was lying on a black cloth.

"I did my part. Only time and herself will heal her. " A low baritone voice echoed loudly in the dark room, making Nida look up at the creature about whom Daniel was talking.

"Ah!" she made a short scream, getting scared of the appearance of something she didn't know again.

"Don't be scared, he is my god. He helped us to get away from the illusion." Daniel explained. 

Nida just looked up at the large dark thing that she could only see as black with two small red dots above, as if it were his eyes.

"Did you control what's inside the illusion too?" She asked, forgetting to be respectful and be grateful for God's help.

She became suspicious of everything after being betrayed once.

"I only helped you to move away from your god's illusion. But kid, having a fight with their own god is a bad thing. You should apologize and reconcile. "

Nida frowned at what the dark god said.

Why would she be the one who should apologize?

The wolf god showed her a painful and traumatic experience. 

She doesn't like her.

And she doesn't have a plan to understand her intention.

One thing is for sure, she doesn't like her god, who bestowed upon her unnecessary powers.

She buried her face in her arms as she couldn't help herself to cry.

"What does she want?" she repeated, asking.

Randell and Daniel just let her cry until she got tired.

"Sir Lord? Thank you for helping me and I'm sorry for being disrespectful. " When her emotions calmed down, she was able to communicate normally for the first time.

Daniels' God just nodded and pointed at the exit.

"If you are all done now, please leave." 

"Ah, he kind of hates being with a lot of people. He is an introvert." Daniel commented as he lent his handkerchief to Nida.

"Sorry again and thank you."

Daniel assisted her in standing up, while Randell simply observed.

He somewhat feels like his presence doesn't comfort Nida and would only trigger her fears.

He doesn't have a clue about what happened to her, but he feels like it is related to their past that keeps them hunted.

The three went out to the shabby temple, and Nida was perplexed by what she saw afterwards.

"Hmm? The temple shrank?"

"No, we  grow back," Daniel corrected her.

"We grow back?"

She stared at the mail box size temple and puzzled by the similar looking temple of her goddess Mila.

"Do all the gods and goddess shrines and temples all look like this?"