Mary turned back towards me then and continued, “However, I have a bad feeling… I had a nightmare that night, where a ship was ablaze, the crew lay dead all over the place and blood splattered the deck… It was a scene from hell but it looked so real. It made me very scared.” Even as she raised her twitching eyelids, her voice quivered as she continued, “When I saw you again, there was a look in your eyes that told me that you could decipher my dream. Is that really the case, Miss Linda?”I stayed silent for seconds as I organized my own thoughts, before saying quietly, “I know you won’t believe me, but those dreams are all visions of your future in another dimension. You could interpret it as your past life, and if you don’t try to change your fate in this life, everything in your dream would happen again, and that nightmare would be yours and Asura’s future. In fact, I’ve seen your end with him with my own eyes.”“Asura? You actually know the name I gave him… no other person should
There was no telling how long had passed—it was dark and noisy outside the window when I opened my eyes again, with waves of hurried footsteps of soldiers audible from the distance, closing in. Then, I finally heard cannonfire from the distance, and looked outside the window to see that there was red mist over the horizon,with the screams of airplanes and the rattling of bullets soon resounding. The cell where I was started shaking, with dust falling off the walls around me. My chance had come! I peered outside the gap between the steel door and, just as expected, saw that there were no guards posted outside. Hence, I promptly took out my key and opened the door—the concentration camp was just opposite, and the woods which Mary had mentioned were to the left. Keeping myself low with a crouch, I looked around and swiftly made a dash into the woods.The darkness and the woods formed the best cover I could have, and as I kept myself in the darkness that provided a sense of security, I
The further we ventured within the tunnel, the clearer the screams could be heard—it meant that Bob’s lab was getting closer, and I couldn’t help holding my breath at the thought. We turned into another corner then and arrived at a door, dangling with translucent curtains caked in crimson, and I could see something resembling a surgical table through the curtains.Mary and I both started to tiptoe, and while I held my hammer to my side, Mary unsheathed her katana. Using the tip of her blade, she carefully lifted the curtains, and my eyes instantly turned bloodshot from the strong scent of blood. I almost fainted immediately from the horrors inside the lab, and my stomach was churning even after I came to my senses, whereas Mary was standing beside me, holding herself against the wall as she retched.There were several dissected merpeople corpses laid out in a row over the surgical table. There were mermaids and mermen, but all of them had their eyes gouged out, their belly sliced thr
After I opened every glass tank, the captured merfolk all leapt out immediately, though they merely encircled me in a tidy formation instead of attacking me, and I realized that might be their leader’s scent that lingered on my body. I then saw Asura open his eyes albeit with much difficulty, struggling to climb out of his tank—I could see several gashes on his shoulder that seemed to cut into bone, and though they clearly impeded his movement, he remained tough enough to follow us. Mary’s diversion seemed effective, and I was unimpeded as I led the merfolk in our escape, eventually exiting the hellish tunnel through the trapdoor we entered. The cannonfire was even more violent now and there were flames everywhere, its crimson radiance shining upon us from across the woods. The merfolk that just escaped began to panic and instinctively darted into the woods, leaving me behind.Still, I heard something still crawling behind me just then, and turned to find that it was Asura. He was m
“Dicken, don’t misunderstand! He’s hurt, and I’m just treating him!” I promptly explained as I pushed myself up, and wrapped my hands around Dicken’s thick, powerful tail and pulled him backwards. Be that as it may, Dicken was clearly overcome with rage right then, not to mention he had always been violently possessive. This was really bad!To make things worse, my efforts to stop him failed and Dicken’s tail coiled around me instead, pulling me behind himself as if he was protecting a calf, keeping me away from Asura. However, he would definitely kill Asura if I didn’t stop him, and after looking around, I grabbed ahold of the nearest tree trunk albeit with much difficult, and freed myself from Dicken’s tail ever so slightly. Nonetheless, I was just about to escape up the tree when I slammed into it instead since I was pulling too hard, knocking myself dizzy and almost fainting right there. Still, it was fortunate that my movement had stopped Dicken from continuing to strangle Asur
I nestled my head under Dicken’s neck and inhaled deeply that scent which only he had, fawning over him like a child. At the same time, his lips were brushing repeatedly over my ear, and he took a deep breath as if he had received an answer that satisfied him, while a laugh seemed to be growled out of his throat.His warm breath brushed over the side of my ear, and it felt like he was both tempting me and waiting for something—or hoping that I could do something to prove my confession. This made me even more confident that my dear leader had returned and slowly regenerated on his younger body… because only that scoundrel would seduce me on his own. So, how was I going to prove that?Even as I wondered about that in my head, I suddenly remembered the first time Dicken had asked me to respond to him on Lemenland. Embarrassed, I averted my gaze and licked his pointy ear as if tasting a fresh slice of raw fish, and then bit him—in the next instant, I was pushed down to the ground punis
“Don’t be like that, Dicken. He just needs our help—you’re too paranoid.”I held Dicken’s shoulder, only realizing then that all his muscles were stiffened like steel and would burst out with frightening strength at any instant. Damn it! I honestly couldn’t understand why Dicken could be so hostile towards Asura when he was already maimed, and didn’t he just check if Asura had laid his hands on me? It would be bad if Dicken were to lose control and they started fighting too, and so I wrapped my hands around Dicken’s muscular body, my fingers gently stroking his chest in hopes that it would calm his nerves. Perhaps what I did worked too, since Dicken didn’t do anything else, although Asura suddenly mustered his courage and approached us. The shadows cast by the flames beneath the trees streaked past Asura, reflecting the eye-catching luster of his purple tail. He paused and looked up at Dicken as if he refused to back down, which left me suspecting that he had just been too wounded t
I could see shadows approaching from the distance from between the branches—they were a team of well-trained soldiers led by Bob, and Mary was being flanked by two of those soldiers as she walked behind Bob. It was obvious that her plan did not escape Bob’s cunning gaze, and we were just three people against a group of armed men—saving Mary was clearly very difficult. Moreover, it wouldn’t be an easy task to convince Dicken—the strongest of us—to willingly save Mary.‘Damn it!’ I cursed inwardly as I watched the soldiers get ever closer, since the woods couldn’t hide us perfectly. Still, that was when Dicken grabbed my arm and warily pulled me backwards ever so slightly, whereas Asura remained still, staring tightly where Mary was as if he wanted to just lunge at them to get Mary back.When I reached out to put a hand on Asura to calm him, Dicken seemed to know what I was thinking and took me in his arms first, then clapped his webbed paw tightly over my mouth. I almost made a sound,