For the first time in his life, Jason could see beyond Hesabeth’s stoic pride and into the vulnerable woman underneath! Tears streamed down Hesabeth’s face like a river, and her eyes were closed tightly as she pressed her forehead against Gillian’s! There was a tempest brewing all around her, and Jason quickly took a step forward and called out!
"Hesabeth! Hesabeth, listen to me!"
Hesabeth’s eyes opened slowly once she heard Jason’s voice, and Jason could see the anguish on her face bleeding away into an expression of pure hatred! They say that love and hate are just two sides of the same coin, and that those who love you could just as easily turn around and begin to hate you. Jason had never truly believed in that saying because he had never seen it happen in the past! Jason had always held his family close to his heart, and he knew that the people who loved him had always been there for him. But as Jason stared into Hesabeth’s furious gaze, Jason realised that it was definitely possible! The sheer hatred Jason could see in Hesbeath’s eyes was like a physical thing that threatened to crush him! Jason couldn’t believe that this was the same woman who had been in love with him just a few hours ago! Hesabeth stood up slowly as the storm brewing around her grew even more intense, and she held the body of Gillian close to her chest as her eyes bore into Jason. Jason was about to speak up again to try and explain what happened to Hesabeth, but he couldn’t even get a word out due to the intense storm that was picking up speed around Hesabeth, and the only warning Jason got from Hesabeth were four words spoken through gritted teeth.
"I want him dead."
DOON!
The tempest suddenly exploded outwards, and Jason planted his feet into the ground as the shockwave nearly threw him back! Jason dashed forward immediately, but before he could reach Hesabeth, the ground under his feet gave way, and Jason cursed as he began to fall into a large cavern! The earth began to close over Jason’s head, and Jason quickly lashed out with the [Hand of Providence], and a shadow tendril shot out and pulled him out from the cavern!
BOOM!
The cavern suddenly slammed shut beneath Jason, and Jason didn’t even have the time to consider that he had almost been swallowed whole before he was suddenly blindsided by a massive flying rock! Jason was thrown through the air like a ragdoll, and he had to force himself to slow down while looking around for Gina! Jason smacked away another large rock that came out of nowhere as he finally saw Gina somewhere on the other side of the large field, and he quickly tried getting to her! But the gale wind that was swirling around him had finally grown into a literal hurricane, and Jason couldn’t fly two meters without being pulled in entirely different directions! Entire buildings were being flung around from towns that were nearly a hundred miles away from the large field, and Jason could even see some people screaming as they were thrown through the air! Jason quickly flexed his back, and his eyes turned red as a pair of bat wings shot out from behind him! The added power allowed Jason to finally fight against the hurricane, and he flew to the other side to continue looking for Gina!
On the other side of the field, Gina and the Vympirs were fighting for their lives! Gina was able to create a secure region around herself and the Vympirs using her sage abilities, and this prevented the massive typhoons from carrying them off, but as they flew through the air, there were massive rocks and buildings that threatened to throw them out of the sky at any moment! The Vympirs were trying to lead Gina towards a safe location, but they all realised that there were no safe locations in this world anymore, and their only option was to find a way to get out of this world.
"No, I can’t leave Jason! Let’s find Jason first!"
Gina shouted this to the head Vympir when he tried to get her to leave this world, and the Vympir shouted that Jason would be fine. Jason was powerful, so he had a better chance of surviving here than any of them!
Rumble!
A massive thunderstorm was starting to gather in the sky, and a loud clap of thunder echoed through the air as lightning began to dance overhead! The lightning travelled across the air like massive snakes, and Gina’s eyes widened when she saw one of the lightning bolts coming down for her!
"Move!"
Gina grabbed the Vympir and quickly tried to move, but the lightning was coming in too fast, and she knew that they were about to be thrown out of the sky! Even though Gina was very powerful, the lightning was an attack created by the world itself, and just from the amount of magic within it, Gina knew that her defences wouldn’t be enough to protect her from taking damage!
"Move."
A figure suddenly spoke as he appeared in front of Gina before the lightning could hit, and he raised his hand and allowed the lightning to slam into his palm! Gina looked up in shock as the figure easily absorbed the lightning into himself without even flinching, and she was even more shocked when she recognized who this was!
"King Farlow?"
The blond Elven King turned with a scowl, and he looked around at the sheer destruction being caused by Hesabeth’s Bias. Farlow shook his head at the number of lives that would be lost on this world. Everyone who had fought in the war during the Period of Lawlessness knew just how dangerous Hesabeth could be when she let her emotions get the better of her, and once things got this bad, there was almost nothing that could stop her. King Farlow knew that this world was already doomed, so he simply grabbed Gina before she could react, and he said.
"Jason Marc is the target of Hesabeth’s Bias, so he will have to find a way to escape this on his own. The best thing you can do for him is to get out of his way and allow him to focus. You are coming with me."
And before Gina could even utter a word, she was suddenly travelling at supersonic speeds through the air! She flashed through a Dimensional Tear as they left that world behind, and the moment they stopped, Gina stumbled and almost fell to her knees as Vertigo almost made her vomit! They moved way too fast! Gina managed to calm herself a few seconds later, and she turned to Farlow with an angry look on her face but Farlow didn’t look like he cared about her anger, and Gina closed her eyes and tried to calm herself! Gina knew that Farlow had done the right thing. There was nothing she could’ve done for Jason in that moment! Gina wasn’t powerful enough to fight back against the world, and if she had stayed, then she would’ve just gotten in Jason’s way. But Gina just hated the fact that she had to leave Jason to face that monstrosity on his own! Gina immediately activated her mental link to Jason and called out to him!
’Babe, are you alright? Are you still on that world?’
Gina’s voice rang through Jason’s head, and Jason quickly answered!
’Gina! Where are you!?’
’I’m with King Farlow. He came and took me away from there. He told me that you’re the focus of the Primordial Bias and you need to find a way to get out of there right now! Hesabeth is going to destroy that world!’
Jason’s brow furrowed when he heard that name! Farlow? What the hell was the elven King doing here!
ROOARRRR!
Jason was pulled out of his thoughts as he heard a massive sound echoing above him, and he looked up to see a large head appear from within the dark clouds! Lightning streaked across the sky like snakes and lit up the entire world, and the head of a white lightning dragon that was larger than a literal mountain appeared from within the storm and opened its mouth towards Jason!