'And often I question the reality of things. How did we end up in such a situation? What is our purpose here? Just… how insignificant our existence is?'
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[Mia's POV!]
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I met him at the entry gate of our forest. A simple guy with minimal magic but with great knowledge.
He was the same guy whose arrays were currently beginning to take the Witch World by a whirl. While intriguing, it wasn't something that had an extraordinary impact on our world.
'He was probably just another random person.'
This was the collective thought of all the people there.
'Who could have known?' I questioned as I saw him walking away from the dark mage and the bony monster who were standing against each other.
He commanded that dark mage, Morpheus, to not go beyond 20%, while he casually walked towards the city. He also mentioned to us we should prepare for his signal.
-Whoosh!
And then the air shifted again as I saw that bony monster, inspector and that dark mage, Morpheus, exchanging another dozen blows against each other.
'I need to run away!'
My body screamed as I felt the blows crumbling my senses with each exchange. They were fast and swift; they were crazy and precise. And despite being so powerful, they didn't create even a single wave.
According to Wesker, it's because of the dense air around us that absorbs most of the kinetic energy. Doesn't have much effect on normal movements, but if you go beyond a certain limit, your body will restrict itself.
Laws of Hell, in a way.
While we were frozen, stuck in the same place, contemplating life and death in front of us, a voice resounded in our ears from within the entrance of the city.
It was a calm voice, but it was still clear and loud in our ears. It wasn't a shout, but it was still loud enough to be heard by everyone.
It was a voice that I was desperately waiting to hear.
"RUN!!!"
As if my body was waiting for that command, I turned around in the opposite direction from the two monsters who were fighting amongst themselves and began running as fast as I could.
And somehow, the first place where I tried to run to was the city. Where everyone was running to, as well.
Tia. Master Rosalyn. The Crazy Manipulator. The dark mages. Everyone was running towards the city.
-Whoosh!
-BOOM!!!!
-BOOM!!!
We heard voices behind us, but none dared to stop or even turn around. For all we could think of was to escape from those two as far as we could.
"ARRAY MAGIC: A CALMED SOUL AND THE VIRTUE OF LIFE!"
And the storm in our mind and body calmed as the entire city began glowing a little golden.
The fear wasn't washed, but we were now more brave than a few moments ago. And with that kindred soul, we now focused our mind on something that we somehow avoided altogether.
"The Miasma!" Master Rosalyn spoke out first, as our eyes landed at the dark, filthy air that was slowly winding all around the city streets.
"They are coming… prepare yourselves," the Crazy Manipulator spoke out as we all tightened our grip and prepared for the fight that Wesker had told us about a dozen times or more.
The miasma slowly entered the walls, the ground and every other thing that it could. Like a black goo, it started sticking wherever it could.
And moments later, from that black goo, rose monsters of the dead. The undead and the skeletons. The minions of hell that were far more disgusting than any goblin I have seen.
"[Greater Fire!]"
"[Bleed!]"
"[Silver Water!]"
"[Burn!]"
And began the chants of the mages and the witches as we gave our all.
If someone had told us before that, we were going to work in harmony with the dark mages and the elves. And even humans… we would have laughed it off as a bad joke.
"Watch out!!!"
Shouted a dark mage as he looked at me and then shot a pale flame behind me, burning the flying minion behind me.
I was confused why he helped me… but the answer came sooner than ever.
An array flew in front of me before creating an illusion that a skeleton monster would come and attack that dark mage who had just saved me.
And without wasting even a second, I shot an ice arrow toward where it was going to happen.
"[Ice Bullet!]"
The bullet killed the skeleton as soon as it formed. It also saved the dark mage's life, who was killed in that illusion.
And it was at this point that I saw another array coming to me, showing me another illusion. An illusion that showed me running deeper into the city.
Perhaps it was the panic? I don't know. But immediately I began running towards the place where the illusion was guiding me.
I was scared. I did not know how long I would be alive for. There were monsters that felt like they would eat us alive. Never ending onslaught of monsters.
And then there were those two monsters that I didn't even know what they were doing.
'At least I was alive in that illusion. At least, as long as I follow what's in the illusion, I won't die.' I closed all my other senses as time passed, while I followed the arrays and the illusion.
Jumping and taking turns. Killing monsters as I saved another dozen humans. While also being saved by people I have never met in my life.
I kind of realized that they were too the same… following their own illusions. Saving their own lives.
Though it also made me think.
Was the whole city like this? Following the illusion that those arrays created. Running in a direction that nobody knows where it would lead to?
While I was glad to be alive for now… I couldn't help but realize that…
The entire city was dancing in the palm of that guy… Wesker.
The person whom we all dismissed as a nobody.