When the two arrived at Felix's home, no one was there.
"Sebastian? You there?" [Felix]
Adam and Felix looked throughout the house, but Sebastian was nowhere in sight. As Adam passed by the dinner table, he noticed something on it.
("Is that..?") [Adam]
He picked up what seems to be a note.
"Hey Felix, I think Sebastian left us something." [Adam]
Felix came over and took the paper from his hand.
"Let me see it. Ahem. "Felix, I'm going on a trip with some friends. I'll be back in a few days or weeks. To be honest I don't really know. Anyways, tell Adam to keep training. Same goes for you too." is what it says." [Felix]
"Wait a minute..." [Adam]
He brought his hand up to his chin with a concerned look.
"What? Something strange in the note?" [Felix]
"Sebastian has friends?!" [Adam]
"Are you serious? That's what has you riled up? Of course he has friends! Why wouldn't he?" [Felix]
Adam points over to a mountain of anime merchandise in the corner of the room.
"...He has Roy still." [Felix]
"But Roy is Roy." [Adam]
"...The fact that I can't deny you is what saddens me." [Felix]
"That aside, what should we do now?" [Adam]
"I guess, you should just go home." [Felix]
"What about you? Wanna sleep over? Sebastian isn't here for the time being." [Adam]
"I have other people here watching over me too you know." [Felix]
Adam looked around for a moment.
"Who? I don't see anybody." [Adam]
Felix pointed over to a shelf with Sebastian's figurines which seemed like they numbered in the hundreds. The characters on it ranged from girls that seemed like they were at least 8 years old to women who seemed around 20.
"...So it's true that blood is thicker than water…" [Adam]
"No! It's not that. Well… technically it is, but Sebastian told me that they would protect me if I was in trouble in this house." [Felix]
"And you just believed him?" [Adam]
"Was he not just kicking your ass for the entirety of last week?" [Felix]
"Now you're making me inclined to believe that his collection of anime girls are able to fend off literally anything." [Adam]
"Alright, off you go now." [Felix]
He grabbed Adam by the shoulders and turned him around to face the front door.
"I'll see you tomorrow." [Adam]
Felix waved at Adam on his way out.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Then the next day came. As usual, Adam's entire schedule was class. Until suddenly…
"Warning. Level 6 threat has been detected in the area. Please evacuate immediately." [Intercom]
The teachers and students in school scrambled. Trying their best to leave school as fast as they could.
"C'mon! Adam, snap out of it!" [Felix]
Adam was watching what Mr. Frank was doing. He was trying to be a good student for once by listening to the teacher. Surprisingly Mr. Frank didn't budge an inch. He pulled out what seemed like an electric cigarette and gave it a few puffs.
"Hey Felix, you're a level 8 right? Why are you so scared of a level 6?" [Adam]
Felix recalled back to the dungeon when his Spatial Slash didn't work against the large voidling.
"That doesn't matter right now! We're only students, we need to go!" [Felix]
An explosion could be seen in the direction of Adam's home.
"...Vivian!" [Adam]
Adam jumped out of his chair and made a beeline to his home. Felix followed after shortly.
("C'mon, C'mon! Please… not her, please…") [Adam]
By the time they arrived at the scene, his house was completely destroyed and Vivian was nowhere to be seen.
"No… NO!!!" [Adam]
He fell to his knees with tears flowing down his face.
"She was the last one! My only family! Why!" [Adam]
Felix couldn't find any words to comfort Adam so he kept silent. While Adam was a sobbing mess on the ground, Felix noticed movement around them.
("Oh crap... ") [Felix]
"Adam! We gotta go!" [Felix]
He tried pulling on Adam's arm, but there was no reaction from him. He simply didn't move.
("One, two, three, four. Four voidlings. Three are level 1 and the last one… seems like a level 3..?") [Felix]
Felix was shaking with fear, surrounded by grotesque creatures and a friend who wasn't in their right mind at the current moment, he was trying his best to find a solution.
("I can take them.") [Felix]
Waiting for them to get closer, he patiently prepared to attack.
("A little closer… A little more… Now!") [Felix]
"Spatial Slash!" [Felix]
He sliced in a wide arc, finishing off the three level one voidlings in an instant.
"All that's left is you." [Felix]
He stared down the level three voidling. It didn't look like the others. It had paws for feet and chicken claws for hands. It's tail wasn't a leech tail, but a stinger similar to a scorpions. It's head was the shape of a spider's, its beady black eyes staring back at Felix.
("God, this thing is creepy.") [Felix]
"Spatial Slash!" [Felix]
Trying to attack it abruptly, he sliced vertically at it. Noticing the attack incoming, the voidling leapt to the side.
"What?! It's sentient?" [Felix]
("It must be a variant then!") [Felix]
The voidling crouched down, readying itself to attack.
"This could get a bit dangerous…" [Felix]
It lunged forward, clawing at Felix. Felix thought ahead and dashed backwards, following the rhythm. He consistently dodged the constant clawing it did. It seemed as if it was getting annoyed so it switched gears to its stinger.
"Oh crap!" [Felix]
The stinger was much faster than the claws it used previously.
"Tch!" [Felix]
Although he was able to dodge the attacks, it wasn't completely. He would repeatedly get nicked or grazed by it.
"Whuh?" [Felix]
He suddenly dropped to one knee. Surprisingly, the voidling halted its attacks. It made a strange clicking noise as if it was laughing.
("Is it mocking me?") [Felix]
While this was happening, Krino couldn't just stand by.
"Adam! Get up and help Felix! He's going to die!" [Krino]
("It's over… There's nothing left…") [Adam]
"...Fine. If you're going to be like this, then I'll have to take this into my own hands." [Krino]
A flash of lightning struck the ground in front of Felix. Where it struck was Krino, plunged into the ground.
"Usually a soul weapon can't be used by someone else, but I'll make it work somehow." [Krino]
"That's… Adam's soul weapon… What's it doing here?" [Felix]
He looked over at Adam who was still on his knees crying.
("No… He didn't summon it. Then, did it bring itself to me?") [Felix]
Felix confused as to what was happening, picked up the sword and took a fighting stance.
("It doesn't matter. With this, I can kill this thing.") [Felix]
"Come at me!" [Felix]
As if understanding his words, the voidling attacked once more. This time, Felix was able to block all the incoming attacks. Although he was standing through sheer willpower, he showed incredible sword prowess.
("I didn't watch Adam spar against Sebastian for nothing!") [Felix]
He tilted the blade and slashed upwards. The stinger came flying off and a shriek came from the voidling.
"Now you're down a limb too." [Felix]
With the voidling's main weapon gone, the rest was easy pickings. Felix sliced off all of its limbs and eventually finished it off by stabbing its head.
"With that… It's over…" [Felix]
"Well done." [Krino]
Although Felix couldn't hear Krino, he said it anyways.
"I need to… get us to the dome…" [Felix]
He slowly made his way to Adam and picked him up by the shoulder. Adam not being in the right state of mind, was dragged all the way to the protection dome. As they walked through the neighborhoods, they could hear gunshots and shrieking. Voidlings were everywhere, and so were soldiers. Felix tried his best to navigate his way to the protection dome without being spotted.
("Why are there so many of them?") [Felix]
Peeking around a corner, he saw a massive void. Hundreds of voidlings were pouring through as if they were ants coming out of their nest.
("Oh no… It wasn't a level 6 voidling that was detected. It was a level 6 void…") [Felix]
Tired, beaten, and poisoned. Felix somehow managed to make his way to the front gate of the protection dome.
"Halt!" [???]
There were soldiers standing guard around it. Hearing those words, Felix stopped. The guards, realizing that it was humans instead of voidlings. They picked up Adam and Felix and led them in.
"Damn, this kid took a beating…" [Guard A]
"The one I'm holding looks pretty traumatized." [Guard B]
"I wonder what they just went through." [Guard A]
"Maybe they were attacked, and their families died?" [Guard B]
That line got a reaction out of Adam. When they finally got inside, the guards propped them up against the wall and headed back outside.
"Adam!" [???]
A voice could be heard somewhere inside the dome. The sound of footsteps could be heard coming closer. Adam looked up and cried even more.
"Vivian!" [Adam]
"You're alive?" [Felix]
"I left when they announced the level 6 threat- What happened to you?!" [Vivian]
Felix pointed his thumb over to Adam.
"I had to protect my mentally broken friend from some voidlings. Luckily his soul weapon helped me out a bit." [Felix]
"Soul Weapon?" [Vivian]
"It would take too long to explain. Also, mind taking me to a doctor? I'm pretty sure I'm poisoned." [Felix]
The color purple was slowly spreading from some of the cuts on his skin.
"Oh my god! I'll go get one right now!" [Vivian]
She ran off into a crowd of people in a hurry.
"Ah… Good…" [Felix]
He looked next to him. Seeing that Adam had already passed out due to mental fatigue, he soon followed.
("I guess… I'll take a quick nap…") [Felix]