Chapter 171: Believe In Me
"You shouldn’t blame yourself, Jason. Even if... I die. I want you to be happy without me. I want to see you smile for –"
"No."
Jason cut Gina off with a hard look on his face. He took Gina’s hand in his own and stared her right in the eye with more intensity than Gina had ever seen before! Jason’s next words shook her to the core.
"I don’t care about being happy and I don’t give a fuck about smiling. Who cares about being happy if you’re not there to be happy with me? What I want is for you to believe in me right now, Gina. Believe that I can tear through the very fabric of immortality to bring you back to me. Hold onto the hope that the man you love is capable of doing this. That is what I want to hear from you."
Gina’s face was cast in a look of pure shock as she looked into Jason’s eyes. There was no doubt present in there at all and Gina could tell that Jason truly believed that he could do exactly what he said. Gina felt a desperate emotion bubble up from inside her and it didn’t take long before her face slowly began to squeeze in desperation as tears gathered in her eyes! Jason was right! Gina didn’t want to die! She didn’t want to be away from Jason! She didn’t want to look at Jason being happy from somewhere else! She wanted to be here with him and enjoy every moment of that happiness together! She wanted to be with him!
"Please... sniff~ Please save me, Jason. I believe you can do it. I believe in you."
Those words alone lit a fire in Jason’s heart that sparked something unbelievable! It was like Gina’s belief was the only thing he needed to have in order for him to keep moving forward without any hesitation! And once he had that, Jason knew without a doubt that he could save his lover!
Jason nodded his head slowly as the [Moonlight Wolf’s Tooth] appeared in his right hand. He gently lay Gina on the floor and his eyes hardened like steel as he ran a hand over Gina’s cheeks. Gina’s eyes were slowly closing already, and Jason put his hand over her eyes before leaning forward and taking her lips in his own for a heated kiss. The kiss tasted like blood and tears, and Gina could barely move her lips to kiss him back, but later in life, Jason would describe it as the single greatest kiss he had ever received.
The knife in Jason’s hand came down!
SQUELCH!
"AHHH!"
Riyala shouted in shock and horror from the side as she saw Jason stab Gina through the heart! She scrambled backward immediately and she could only watch with wide eyes as Gina jolted with a pained gasp! Jason kept their lips locked together as he swallowed Gina’s pained gasp, and even though Gina’s eyes widened from the pain, Jason didn’t remove his hand from over her eyes since he didn’t want to watch his lover’s lights go out!! Jason twisted the knife and dug it even deeper into Gina to make sure that she died from the wound before the poison could take her and it only took a few seconds before a new notification popped up from the system tab.
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The user has killed [1] C Rank Superhuman.
+30 Kill Points
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New Mission: Bring Gina Fey back to life
The user has successfully preserved the soul of Gina Fey by ensuring that she died by the user’s hands. In order to complete the mission, the user must acquire the [Banshee’s Tears] and the Magic Crystal from the [Undead Lich] to create the Elixir of Life and bring Gina Fey back to life.
Rewards:
+30,000 Free Kill Points
Third Page of the [Book of The Apocalypse]
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Jason finally relaxed the hand covering Gina’s eyes and he leaned back and sat on his knees. His eyes were hollow pools of black that stared out into the space in front of him with a chilling emptiness and his face was set into a look of emotionlessness that would put fear into anyone that saw him. Jason looked at Gina’s face and saw the peaceful lifelessness there and he almost felt this delicate control slip. But he forced it to stay in place as he took the knife and dragged it out from Gina’s chest with another wet ’squelch’.
Jason turned around slowly to look at Riyala and Riyala let out a strangled cry of terror at the look she saw on his face. She swallowed as she attempted to move away from Jason, but she couldn’t even find the strength to blink from the intense pressure she was feeling.
"Please heal her."
Those were Jason’s only words and Riyala swallowed again as she quickly obeyed! Riyala had no idea why Jason did what he did. Killing the person you loved was the last thing Riyala would have ever expected from someone like Jason! But that was also the reason why Riyala knew that there was more to things than what she was seeing. Jason had come to a decision after he and Gina’s conversation and Riyala knew that this was not how things would end. Jason had a plan.
Riyala put her hand on Gina’s chest and her mana surged to life as blue flames surrounded her body. The blue flames traveled from Riyala’s body and covered Gina in its light before they began to gather around the wound in Gina’s chest.
Jason watched calmly as the wound slowly began to knit back together. Muscles and tendons and bones formed into what they had been before and it didn’t even take ten seconds before the wound had vanished and left only clear skin in its place. Once Riyala was done, she quickly moved away from Gina to give Jason space again and Jason closed his eyes and took in one last shuddering sigh before he opened his Alternate Dimension and allowed Gina’s body to fall inside.
The Alternate Dimension was a space outside of time, so Jason knew that Gina’s body would remain in the condition that it had entered until he was ready to bring her back to life. The moment Gina’s body appeared in the Alternate Dimension, all the subordinates that were inside the Dimension began to move towards her body. All of Jason’s subordinates had sensed their King’s desire to protect this woman, and they all responded with the same desire as they approached her. They formed a tight circle around the body of their King’s lover before they slowly began to sit and lie down around her body protectively.
"Hello! Is anybody still in here!? We need to evacuate!"
"Is anyone in there!? Shout if you need any help!"
Various voices rang out from outside the building as the sound of sirens and firetrucks became louder. The building walls had been broken and there was a large amount of debris blocking the entrance into the building, so the firemen had to scale the large rocks and move some of the debris out of the way just to get into the house. But the flames dancing around the building and the intense smoke blocked them from being able to get in easily!
Jason slowly got up and took in a calming breath before he turned to Riyala and offered her his hand. Riyala stared up at Jason in surprise as she wondered if he was really okay. Gina’s blood was still staining Jason’s clothes and hand, and there was a look in Jason’s eyes that told Riyala that Jason was not completely present in the moment. But Riyala could sense that Jason was not interested in mourning for Gina and it would be foolish for her to try and ask him any questions now. So Riyala hesitantly took his hand and allowed him to raise her up.