粉红的窗帘

Usha broke the door that was blocking her from leaving the castle with her brute strength, others didn\'t expect her to have so much power as they forgot, who she really was for a moment.

"Damn it! How dare she lock me up, I know this life is more important than anything, but if something happens to Nikol, what\'s the meaning?" She kept walking as fast as she can looking at the wall visible from her current position.

It didn\'t even take her a few minutes to reach there but, before she could even climb the wall with the help of the remaining leaves, Usha heard a thunderous voice and suddenly it vanished worrying her.

"What the hell was that?" In a hurry, she looked at the outside of the wall to see what was happening, but the scenery in front of Usha left her baffled and surprised.

It was a mess of mud and water, which confused her even more since there wasn\'t anyone capable of making a puddle that big especially since they are not even close to the river.

Having no gate or anything to get close to them, she had to ask for help from the remaining elves, but after talking with them she got even more confused. She thought about running to meet Tisha, but apparently, she also fainted because of the excessive usage of mana.

"Where\'s Nikol?" That was the main question, she had for the girls on the wall, but none of them answered Usha, pissing her off even more.

Before she could make a scene, she saw Lydia, who was supposed to be unconscious getting up from her position, so she kept shouting her name until she noticed Usha.

Lydia signalled her to stay in her position and started treating her comrades to remove all the excess water and rescue them.

After a few minutes, when Zenda got her vision back, everyone managed to get inside with her help, but they didn\'t forget to find shreds of evidence among the corpse of the dark elves to find about Eldora\'s objective and the biggest piece of evidence Usha and Alva needed.

Letting them recover a bit, Usha got close to them and questioned about what happened and who this unknown woman, all the other girls are talking about.

"Lydia, are you okay? What happened?"

"She took him," Closing her eyes trying to remember what happened, Lydia muttered.

"..."

Usha looked a little confused but, then she explained to her everything that happened.

"Impossible! she beat Eldora with one hand and took Nikol and flew away, this is absurd," It is a story that almost felt like a fairy tale.

"It is what happened, even if you believe it or not, but I know who those people are, I heard them talking with each other thinking we were unconscious," Lydia\'s words\' caught the interest of everyone on the wall, as they got close to her to listen to the name of the people that are responsible for that.

"They were mermaids,"

"I heard them talking about going back to their queendom, I think they went in the direction of the river," As soon as she finished her words, everyone gasped because this was the first time, they heard about the existence of this race.

"Looks like the whole world is moving unknown to us, people are starting to notice us," Eva lay on the floor, injured and muttering, causing those around her to wonder what other secrets might be the world have been hiding from them.

"We are not going to rest everyone quickly, collect all the remaining girls and capture all the dark elves that are injured and alive, make sure you wear a mana stone and search for the remains of that monster, who fought with Nikol, we need it," After a few seconds of silence, Lydia ordered making them all motivated again.

"Nikol, we will come for you, until then please don\'t die,"

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Apo POV

I woke up to the sound of rustling leaves and the faint rustle of wings. As I sat up, I realized that I was no longer in the safety of my territory, but rather in the depths of a dark forest. My head was throbbing from what I had seen during that battle, and my pride was bruised from the humiliating defeat, I had to suffer.

"Damn it! Damn it! How did that monster Leviathan come here? Forget about how, Why did she come here? Did she come here noticing my presence?" I kept questioning as this was the most absurd thing for me after, what I had to go through in the past because of my arrogance.

I had always prided myself on being one of the most powerful fairies in the land, with my magical abilities unmatched I tried to make Eldora fulfil my dream of killing the goddess of this world. But these monsters always disturb my plans, and now I was forced to flee for my life.

I knew that Leviathan was still out there, searching for me. And so I ran, deeper into the forest, hoping to find someplace to hide until I could figure out my next move and find someone else to use as my host.

"Eldora, you were a brave girl and did all my bidding like the slave you are, but in the last moment you tried to be a rebel, I have no need for a host that won\'t listen to me," I thought remembering how I abandoned her.

My only regret was leaving Number one to die, It felt almost impossible to build something like that again, so to open the pathway to heaven, I have to find another way.

As I kept flying, I could feel the energy draining from my body. I was exhausted from the battle and from the effort of trying to outrun my pursuer. But I couldn\'t stop. I knew that if I did, Leviathan would catch me and my fate would be sealed.

"That purple and black-haired monster! I remember seeing it somewhere, but I can\'t exactly-"

I stumbled over a branch and fell to the ground as I kept thinking about several things while flying, scraping my hands on the rough forest floor. I tried to get up, but my wings refused to cooperate. I was too weak to go on.

*Creak

I suddenly heard the sound of a branch, which sent shivers down my spine as I thought it was Leviathan but, suddenly a rabbit appeared out of the bushes, almost preventing me from dying from a mini heart attack because of how scared I was.

But I couldn\'t relax as suddenly I sensed a presence behind me, which whirled around quickly with a swift motion, my hands already reached to recite a spell. But before I could draw it, someone quickly jumped upon me and quickly, grappled me to the ground.

For a moment, I struggled fiercely, and my eyes locked in a death stare with my opponent. But then, suddenly, I noticed this opponent was someone the same size as me because if it was someone with normal human size, they would have already crushed me like a bug.

"Hi, Apo, How are you doing?" In a sarcastic friendly tone, I heard a female voice and her hands tightly grabbed me without letting me move.

And then I saw her. The person that I had always feared and hated the most, she was the one who had been banished from heaven because of her mischievous nature long ago. She had been lurking in the shadows, watching me all along and it made me even angrier.

"So you are not lying in your bed like the old woman you are?" I questioned with anger hoping to break free from her lock.

"Oh! If I\'m an old woman, then you\'re an old man, don\'t forget we came into existence on the same day," She answered his words with the same easy-going voice.

"Arti, I will kill you! I will erase your existence from heaven and this world, just you wait," I shouted hysterically but she just laughed at my words.

"Noooooo! Nooooo! I\'m scared, please don\'t," She again laughed at my words.

"Believe me when I say you won\'t, he is awake now, soon he will gain the original form and when that happens, all of you will have no place to hide," She said with her face having an obsessive look.

I tried to use my magic to defend myself, but I was too drained to summon any power. Arti laughed as she closed in on me, ready to strike but she muttered some words into my ears, which sent shivers down my spine making me remember that day.

"No way! so that young boy was-" Before I could mutter those words, I felt my whole existence getting erased because of Arti\'s magic.

"He will come, soon heaven will know the terror once again and they will regret what they did to my mother and my real brother,"

And then everything went dark for me as drowsiness took over me and I saw her face. It wasn\'t the face of Arti, I knew. She was laughing like a mad woman looking at me dying.

"Someone stop...this woman..."

I couldn\'t even complete my words as I laid my final breath, my consciousness and memory went back to my main body letting him know what was happening down there.

A haunting memory of a laughing woman, who was clearly enjoying my death.