The power, speed, and tenacity of a Tier V Horde King was truly a think of awe to witness. Tabitha had crossed from the desolate remains of the city of Seoul to the ruins of Beijing in the span of less than thirty seconds.
She glided across the water so quickly that the monsters beneath the surface of the Yellow Sea didn't even have time to even think about making an attempt on her life. And before long, she found herself face to face with the object of her desires.
Zane was standing in the ruined streets of what was once been the Capital of China with Gwen laughing by his side. He had just now slain a monster of significant strength. Maybe not as powerful as the Lake Monster of Houhai, but enough to get him some significant experience points no less.
He was about to reach forward and claim his bounty when a figure appeared out of thin air. A figure he recognized immediately as none other than Tabitha. It was a rare thing to make Zane react with any sort of emotion, let alone dread.
But Tabitha's random appearance and the crazed look on her face were most definitely one such thing that could manage to make Zane freak out in such a way. Zane could not even express his thoughts aloud before Tabitha had lifted him in the air by his neck, furious that he had abandoned her. Screaming as she did so. So loudly, I might add that the buildings nearby were pulverized by the overwhelming pressure of her screeches.
"You promised! You promised! You promised!!!!"
Obviously, the promise which she was referring to was that he would never leave her side. Instead, he was found far away from her home after she had awakened from her sudden slumbering state and frolicking with that little strumpet no less! It was simply intolerable!
Though Zane didn't realize it the celestial figures who were hunting his mother were in the air above, chuckling at the sight of Death's heir, helplessly being manhandled, or should I say womanhandled by one of her own vile creations. They truly believed he was about to die.
The golden-haired woman simply broke out into maniacal laughter as she made her famous last words, assuming that death would appear in any moment to save her only beloved son.
"What did I say? That little bitch would lead us right to her! Any minute now Death will appear--- Wait what?"
While in the middle of her gloating, Tabitha's action completed a 180 turn, with her quickly holding onto Zane not in any malicious manner, but with a deep and powerful hug. Sobbing erratically as she begged him not to break his promise again.
"I suppose we will have to keep a watchful eye on this little bastard until something in this world is capable of making Death protect him. But with that pitiful creature by his side, that will be difficult. I dare say even the leader of the wretched tried to take the boy's head that thing would be capable of standing up to him."
The silver-haired man was referring to Balthazar in this statement. Tabitha's strength was second to none among the Horde Kings, at least from an individual level. The price of which was the destruction of her horde and her domain. Which itself placed her much lower on the rankings of power than her peers.
Down below, as the celestial figures watched them, Zane tried to reason with Tabitha. But she refused to hear it. Clinging to his side and not letting go as if the brief time they had been separated from one another was too much for her to bear.
That is until her mental state swapped with her other personality. Upon seeing that she was in the middle of Beijing and that Zane was clinging to her, the more rational and lucid personality of the crazed Horde King immediately began to freak out.
"What am I doing here? And why are you so close to me you little brat?"
She immediately picked Zane up and placed him by the wayside. Tabitha's more lucid personality was furious with him, believing she had been tricked to follow him mindlessly like some kind of pet, and was quick to admonish him as a result. After all, the two sides of her personality did not share memories.
And while this may have worked fine when she was in her own isolated territory with no concept of time. She was now in an entirely new place, clinging to Zane for reasons she didn't understand. Clearly, he had bewitched her in some way! But before she could deal with him, she needed to know how.
Zane, of course knew that explaining that she had split personalities that didn't share memories wouldn't fly. And because of this, he was just about to say some bullshit or another in his defense when a voice called out to them.
"Oh, Tabitha... My sweet little sister, just what has happened to you? To enter my domain unannounced, and shamelessly cling so closely to another man no less... It's almost as if you are asking for me to punish you!"
When Tabitha heard this voice call out to her, she knew exactly who it was. This was apparent to Zane from the disgusted expression she made. As for Zane, he understood that at this moment he had forced something terrifying upon the city of Beijing.
A battle between Tier V Horde Kings was about to commence. And luckily for the survivors who once lived in the city's ruins, they had long since fled the battleground that was about to be terraformed along with the earth it sat upon.