Ann and Alice decided to quickly take care of the beasts as they knew that Alex didn't have any exhibitionist kink, so he was going to wear his clothes real fast, and they wanted to take a closer look at him - *Cough* - check whether he was all right or not before that.
Alice didn't waste time as she made some spears of fire and pointed them at the Darkfires who were now trying to run away as they saw their friends and leader being slaughtered.
Alice could've just killed all of the beasts in the surrounding but when she saw Ann preparing to attack, she stopped.
'Is she going to use 'that'....?' Alice thought and she got her answer as she saw Ann waving her dagger.
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(Sometime after Alice got her bloodline upgraded)
Alice sat in the corner as she played with fire, testing the limits of her new control over the fire as she observed Ann and Alex while listening to their conversation.
"It is the essence that will grant you a bloodline called 'Soul Reaver'.
You won't feel pain like Alice, but your soul power will increase, so you will be stunned for a while."
Alex explained to Ann as she nodded.
Ann was a bit relieved that she didn't have to go through the same pain as Alice as she knew that it was not some easy pain since it made Alice scream her throat out.
*Gulp**Gulp*...
She gulped the transparent liquid in the tube she held in her hand in one go.
She didn't doubt Alex's words, so she thought that if there was no pain, what was there to hesitate for?
But it seemed like she got relieved a bit too early...
'Huh?'
'Where am I?'
Ann suddenly found herself in a dark place, a place so dark that she couldn't even see her own hand- wait.
'Why can't I feel my body?!' Ann just realized that she couldn't feel anything.
'Calm down, calm down....' Ann calmed herself down as she found herself panicking.
'Alex!' She tried to call out to Alex, but no words came out of her mouth.
'What do I do....' She couldn't see anything, she couldn't feel her body and she couldn't even speak.
All she could do right now was stare at nothingness.
Ann had tried to sleep but she couldn't do that, nor could she tell what was happening.
'How did I get here?'
'Were we attacked?'
'No, Alex was there, so being attacked is out of the question....'
If one doesn't have soul defenses or a strong soul, then there is no saving them.
Although Alex didn't yet have a soul-related skill, fortunately for him, his soul was strong enough to survive even a powerful supernova explosion.
Alice, however, was now worried about her friend, if it was as Alex told her, and the thing that Ann had to go through was harder than the pain she felt, then she didn't want to imagine herself in Ann's place.
She just followed Alex to Ann's room and waited for Ann to break out of her stunned state.
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Ann's eyelid trembled as she opened her eyes, but the first thing she did was cover her eyes with her hands as it was too bright for her even though the lights in the room were off.
"It will be fine, just relax, close your eyes, and relax," Just then she heard a gentle voice from the side.
"Are you all right, Ann?" Then another worried voice was heard.
It was like the last string broke and the dam broke.
"Ahh...." Ann sighed in relief as she cried.
Alice hurriedly pulled Ann into a hug as she saw her crying. She hadn't seen Ann cry a single time she had been with her, so looking at Ann cry was too much for her.
Alice's eyes started to water as well, but she didn't let out a sob as she just patted Ann's back.
'I am finally out....' Ann was just so relieved that she was finally out of wherever she was till now.
She kept hugging Alice as her watery eyes fell on Alex who was looking at her with gentle expression.
'Alex....' She didn't know how many times she thought about him in her time inside the dark and empty place.
The only people she could think of in that place were Alice and Alex, as she didn't have anyone else in this world after she lost her parents to a gate break.
Alex reached his hand forward as he wiped the tear off Ann's face as he spoke.
"It's fine now, you are fine now, and you are stronger now," Alex said with a smile.
Ann, who heard his words, finally took note of her power, and so did Alice.
Alice could feel an unknown danger from Ann, she didn't know what it was, but she could tell it was dangerous even for her.
Ann also observed her power and for the first time she smiled happily, although the tears didn't stop, she did look happy.
"Thank you......" This was the last thing she spoke to Alex as she drifted into her dreams in Alice's arms.
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