"J-Jason... is that you?"
Gina didn’t know what made her ask that sort of question, but there was just something about the figure standing in front of her that made her doubt who this person was! Jason raised his head and stared at Gina with blood red eyes! There was a blank look on his face that showed no emotion at all, but that didn’t last long before Jason’s face split into a twisted smile! Gina’s eyes widened as she saw the large fangs peeking out from the side of Jason’s mouth, and at that moment, Gina knew without a doubt that this was not Jason! Gina backpedalled in fear, and Jason blurred forward with his hand pulled back!
"NO! Don’t kill our baby!"
Gina’s back pressed against the wall behind her, and she knew that there was no way she could avoid the incoming attack, so she simply closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around her stomach as she tried to protect the baby! Jason’s hand blurred forward like a knife to stab Gina through the stomach, but in the next moment, someone else appeared between the two of them!
SQUELCH!
"Urk!"
Stella grunted in pain as she used her body as a shield to protect Gina! Jason’s hand stabbed deep into Stella’s belly, and Stella grabbed Jason’s arm and looked up at him as blood began to pour from her mouth.
"Snap out of it... my prince. You’re stronger than this... please... fight it!"
There was a flash of black that passed across Jason’s eyes for a split second, but it didn’t last long before the red took control once again! Jason swung his arm to the side and threw Stella away like trash before he began to advance towards Gina!
’Come to me~!’
But Jason stopped as he heard a voice echo in his head! That voice belonged to Gillian, and as the one who had changed Jason into a Vympir, Jason had no choice but to follow her every order! Jason crouched and immediately blasted through the roof of the cave and out of the castle in one leap! Once he was gone, Gina felt all the strength leave her legs, and she fell to the ground while releasing a shuddering breath in fear! Gina had never been more scared than she was at that moment! If Stella hadn’t stepped in, then Jason would have really killed her! He would’ve killed their child!
’Wait, Stella!’
Gina turned to the side, and she saw Stella lying on her back and bleeding out across the cave floor! Gina quickly scrambled to her feet and rushed towards Stella’s prone body, and she knelt beside her with a worried expression on her face!
"Stella, can you hear me? Just hold on!"
Stella’s eyes were wide open, and she was staring up at the hole in the ceiling where Jason had escaped from. Tears were falling from Stella’s eyes, and she could barely hear Gina’s voice over the haze clouding her mind. Gina called out to Stella again, and Stella raised a hand and put it on Gina’s stomach while speaking in a weak voice.
"Is the... child, okay?"
Gina quickly nodded as she told Stella that the child was fine!
"You saved both of us, Stella. Just don’t talk! Save your strength! I’m going to save you! I promise!"
Stella’s lips rose into a small smile of genuine satisfaction, and Gina watched as Stella closed her eyes and her head drooped to the side! Gina called Stella’s name multiple times, but there was no answer from Stella, and Gina grit her teeth in anger as she quickly turned and focused on the wound! Gina took in deep breaths, and she concentrated every ounce of mana she had on trying to reach the system! As a bishop, Gina had the ability called [Healing Aura] that allowed her to heal the injuries of any ally within a hundred-meter radius around her! But ever since Jason started to change, the system functions had been fluctuating, and Gina could barely feel any connection to the Necromancer System at all! So right now, Gina didn’t even know if she could still use her Legion abilities or not!
’Come on, please! Please work! I can’t let her die!’
Gina poured all the mana she could manage into this skill, and she could feel despair taking root in her heart as the skill just refused to activate! Everything that had been happening for the past hour had just been too much for Gina to handle, and she was already a moment away from breaking down completely from the grief and anger in her heart! But all of a sudden, a dull green light began to flicker to life in Gina’s palm as [Healing Aura] came to life! And this one event was what gave Gina the will to keep moving forward! Gina’s expression changed from grief to a look of strong resolve, and she narrowed her eyes and poured everything she had into healing Stella’s wounds.
’I won’t let you die. I’ll save you no matter what.’
Down below the floating city of Atlantis, a Dimensional Circle opened, and multiple pale-skinned figures walked out from within the circle and looked up with red eyes. A man was leading the group, and he narrowed his eyes in concentration and scanned this world to make sure that everything had gone to plan. And once he was sure that there were no issues, a pair of wings erupted from behind him before he took off towards the floating city, and the other Vympirs followed behind him.
.....
[The World of the Machina]
[The Throne Room of the Overlord]
’Something has gone wrong.’
This thought suddenly passed through the Grand General’s mind as he stared up at the ceiling of the throne room. Currently, the Grand General was standing at attention beside the throne of the Overlord, and the two men were in a meeting with hundreds of Machina Generals who were lined up in orderly formations in front of the Overlord’s throne. For the past few months, the Overlord had been going through the Augmentation that would allow him to increase his rank to TITAN Rank III, and he had left the running of the army and other functions in the hands of the Generals. But even with all their efforts, there hadn’t been a single bit of good news that the Generals could report to the Overlord during that time!
The Generals had led the Machina army to face off against Jason more than five times, and they had lost every single time! General Braga failed to kill Jason on Varigan, and General Yelana also failed to kill him on Junta! Even when multiple Generals had been sent to fight Jason on Hanir, they had failed! It was obvious that the Generals would have to answer for their continued failures once the Overlord returned, and now that the Overlord was here, the time had come! All the Generals in the room could feel the intense power of the Overlord pressing down on them! Most of the Generals were in the SSS Rank of strength, and there were even some who were already in the TITAN Rank I, but none of them dared to lift their heads to face the wrath of the Overlord’s power!
"The Machina army made their way through the festival of Junta and apprehended the fugitive before he could escape, but we were attacked by one of our own Generals who had been resurrected by Jason Marc, and he managed to pass through a Dimensional Circle..."
The Overlord had been in the middle of receiving reports of all the previous failures from the Generals, but he suddenly turned away as he felt something strange in the air, and there was only one thought that crossed his mind.
’Something has gone wrong.’
At this moment, an instantaneous ripple of power suddenly travelled through the hearts of every single high-ranking mage and warrior within the Primordial Expanse! There was a sense that a great calamity had just been unleashed on the world, and they all understood that this was something they could not ignore!