Chapter 1000 Life is Coming to an End! (5)

Chapter 1000 Life is Coming to an End! (5)

Adorned in black robes, a dainty girl with delicate features and white skin was looking at Damien dazed as she was bewildered about how she appeared here when she was in the middle of placating the Thieving World Society.

She was also surprised when she saw this place still unaffected by the darkness, and behind her was an endless wall of Qi radiation, giving her a feeling of death. But strangely, she didn't notice the beggar beside her as if he was invisible.

"Miss Emmie..."

However, she quickly snapped out of her stupor when she heard Damien's soft call, and she knew it wasn't an illusion. He really appeared again after being taken away by this mysterious expert, making her somewhat excited since Damien was the pillar of their organization. With that expert's mysterious means, their people might be able to avoid this calamity, so this made her hopeful.

"You're back to save us, Leader?" She asked with a hint of hope and elation in her bell-like voice.

Damien felt pained in her heart. He saw Emmie's hopeful expression, and he didn't know how to reply. Within just a few minutes, his whole world had turned upside down, and he knew the truth behind his existence and the reason for this approaching calamity.

Still, he wanted to bring her with him instead of letting her fall into the hands of Sky Stealer, whom he now considered a villain instead of a savior.

"I... I'm here to save you, Miss Emmie. Please come with me." Damien crudely said as he didn't know how to explain himself to her anymore.

Emmie's eyes visibly dimmed as her heart sank. She knew the meaning behind Damien's words, "Just me? What about all of our people?" She asked with a somewhat cold and disappointed voice.

Although she suspected Damien to be her savior, Sky Stealer, she was never able to confirm it. But with how mysterious he was and his point of view, she was quite sure that he was him. Yet now, she was feeling unsettled since, in her heart, Sky Stealer wouldn't abandon those in need.

Damien felt even more pain, "I can't do anything about this calamity; it is out of everyone's scoop. I can only save one person, and you are the closest thing to a family in the world I have. So, please come with me, and I'll explain everything to you!"

Emmie's heart flattered slightly as she looked at Damien's sincere eyes, and she couldn't help but avoid eye contact as her heart raced slightly. How could she not know about Damien's special feelings for her?

But she always avoided it since she still didn't know if Damien was truly the same person who saved her in the past and showed her great kindness. He also never made it clear. She wanted to devote her life to him and always dreamed of standing behind him.

Towards the end, her voice was emotional, and she bowed in front of Damien.

Damien seemed to have become petrified. Although he didn't get rejected, he wasn't accepted as well. This situation was something he never had imagined before.

He knew Emmie's personality; she was not meek and had a sense of responsibility towards her people, and she would rather die than choose to abandon them.

"Alright, I have enough of melodrama." The beggar's impassive voice rang at this moment, and Emmie suddenly stopped moving as if she had turned into a statue.

"What are you doing?" Damien snapped out of his stupor and angrily yelled as he panicked when he looked at Emmie's statue-like state.

"Don't worry, she's under my spell and alive." The beggar said, "Now you get your answer, what is your decision? We don't have much time left; once that darkness reaches here, the Rain of Death will start, and it would be troublesome to leave at that point."

Damien shuddered as if a hammer has been smacked to his head, he looked at Emmie and felt his heartache like never before. A hint of hatred crept into her eyes, 'If the Sky Stealer didn't exist, would something like this happened?'

He knew if nothing like this had happened, he might've really been able to live peacefully with Emmie, and she didn't need to take this stand. Yet now, everything was over.

Still, he was unwilling to give up, he suddenly looked at the beggar and plead, "I'm willing to come with you, in return, I want you to erase her memories completely and bring her with us. Please, it will be my one and only selfish request. I know you're fully capable of doing it. So, please, just this once, accept this request of mine, and I'll do everything to make sure the Sky Stealer will die a painful death!"

The beggar didn't reply as he looked at Damien's bowing figure without moving.

A sigh escaped his mouth, "What a foolish child you are. Forget it; since you're willing to take responsibility and this girl also seemed to have a good opinion of you, I'll allow it.

"But it will be the first and last time, and you have to pay the price as well. You both will share a common enemy from now on. Either live or die, you'll be together. If she dies, you die; if you die, she will die as well... a life for a life.

"This is Eternal Justice, sempiternal and impartial..."