" Kara... " Raiden says as he sees Kara being swallowed.
He feels powerless since he also becomes Aphrodite's Gifted human as the god replaces his Deviant Thunder with Divine Thunder.
Now the goddess, along with his partner from previous times is gone. Swallowed by the very friend he swore his life with.
"( Goddammit, all! )" Raiden says since he now loses his Gift Powers for the goddess had already been swallowed by Adrian.
" It's over, Raiden... " Adrian says to him, telling Raiden that all he gained is lost.
" You have nothing now, you returned to a person you were before meeting me... " Adrian tells him which made Raiden could only sigh as he hears it while still being stabbed by his dear friend.
" Hmmm... " Adrian sees Raiden.
" So that's the kid, isn't it? "
" The 'Ragna Kent' you talked about...? " Adrian says as he then looks at Ragna again.
" I remember now, so he's the brat who did ruin my works in the early stages of this raid*, wasn't he? "
" He killed the bug-infested priestess, he managed to reduce the number of people I could sacrifice, he failed my Shark's task of killing the Inquisitor and the Maiden and last of all... " Adrian says.
" He took you away from me, make you betray me... " Adrian says as he realized why his plans in this Tower mostly backfired on him.
" Betray you...? " Raiden asks Adrian.
" I never betray you, you're the one who betrays me... " Raiden says as he recounts every betrayal Adrian did to other people, Raiden bursts and tells that if it wasn't for Ragna and Kara, he would only just wait to be the last person that Adrian could betray.
" You over-Greedy punk, you devour every people you know and care about, no wonder many people didn't want to walk beside you...! " Raiden tells him.
" Besides, you said to yourself that you're the Over-Gifted one, didn't you!? "
" If it was true, then why the hell are you staying as an A-Rank, shouldn't you be an S-Rank or even become the Association Leader yourself!!!? "
" That is... " Adrian replied as Raiden says it to him.
" I knew it, you're just a hallucinating fool! "
" After all these years, having all of those Gifts, you still do things in the dark like a coward, what a waste! "
" You always said that you have a plan, but I never once know the real motives behind your every plan, as your trusted friend. "
" You often change its course too, like when you said that you were going to be an S-Rank but you suddenly abandoned it for some reason. "
" Hold your tongue, I...! " Adrian replied.
" I ...what!? afraid!? "
" Afraid that the S-Ranks and the whole Hunter Association knew that you already make the deal with the Deviant Lords? "
" What's the matter with you? Wasn't it your plan to reveal it someday and take over Trinia!? "
" I've been wondering that to happen and what I just received is some of your useless bullshit of you being some influencers and shit with Flolial, while I had to deal with the overall Greater Ocean Guild's stress! "
" You hypocrite lazy pussy!!! "
" You're nothing without your Gifts!!! " Raiden tells Adrian regarding this, giving him a great reality check.
As he says that, Ragna and Galen hear it, listening to it very well.
"( 'Nothing without his Gifts'... )" Ragna says, realizing something as his [Twelve Eye of Time] glows.
"( 'Lazy'... )" Galen realized something while his change is almost complete while he fights the remaining summoned monsters.
"( Your friend is right..., kukuku! )"
"( You were such a useless person, after all... )"
"( Shut up, lords! )" Adrian tells them for he is enraged.
" You went this far, aren't you, Raiden? " Adrian says to his friend.
" From some accursed descendant to some asshole who dares talk shit to a Demigod, like me!? " Adrian says as his ego is already getting ticked as this is happening.
" This is not some shit talk... " Raiden replied in his last strength.
" You know this..., it's what's best of you that I could describe after being with you for years. "
" Mr. Self-Centered bitch! "
" You value nothing of your comrades. "
" The only being you value is yourself, was it, Adrian? " Raiden asks which made Adrian gets triggered even more.
" No! not you! " Ragna says as he already could predict what's happening next.
" Raiden! " Galen says as he still fights the last summons while seeing Raiden who's going to be devoured.
" [Greed & Gluttony]... " Adrian says as he slowly opens the [Gluttony]s mouth wide to swallow Raiden.
As it happens, in the last moments, Raiden begins to remember some memory in the Previous Timelines, a memory where he talks with Kara about being together, even if they die.
But in that memory, he sees that he will always be separated in death from Kara, no matter in what Timeline.
" I see... "
" I see it now, I have no regrets then... " Raiden says as he remembers his moments with Kara in this Abyss Tower from when the two first interacted to their last very interaction.
" Hey Raiden, after this Raid is over... " Kara asks.
" Would you like to live together with me, like the Previous Timelines...? " Kara adds the question.
" Why did you say that? Will your parents agree? " Raiden asks Kara and says that her parents have been begging her to find a mate, for her parents want her to give them a grandchild after Tae Ra's* death.
" They will, after my sister Tae Ra's death, my parents begged me to quit the Inquisitorius and get a new life. "
" They even told me to change my carrier into becoming an 'actress'*, at least from there, I could get a man. "
" Really? " Raiden listens to it, realizing that Kara is quite hesitant when she said about becoming an 'actress'.
"( What kind of 'actress' they forced you to become? )" Raiden wonders about it, and he realized that it's not a good thing.
" Yeah... "
" I think the others too will understand, my campus friends, my old friends. "
" Besides, I am already almost past my peak of woman's age," she says as she remembers that woman's attractiveness is around 17-20, that's what her parents said, as they often joked she was a leftover woman. Inquisitor Kara is already 21 years old after all.
" Leftover huh, I thought Asian families love leftovers, was I wrong? "
" Leftover goods but not leftover old-virgin girls, sadly... " Kara says.
" But still, what do you think of us being together if we survive this Tower... "
" Raiden...? " Kara asks him again which Raiden answered with silence.
Back to the present, Raiden is almost swallowed by the teeth of [Gluttony], in that moment Raiden smirks.
" You ask what do I think if we were together after this, Kara? " Raiden asks.
" Well... "
" I think it'll be a hell of a- " before Raiden could say anything, the teeth of Gluttony immediately bite him in half, ending him.
" Goodbye, Raiden... "
" I hope you'll become eternally within my body... " Adrian says.
" My eternal friend... " Adrian smirks as he reclaims his 'friend' once more.
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< Raiden's HP: 0 >
< Companion [Raiden 'Jack' Wilson]s data can't be recovered. >
< Removing Companion [Raiden 'Jack' Wilson]s from Companion's List >
...
" DAMMIT! " Ragna and Galen yell as they had no way to reach him at that time.
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Extra:
* Adrian's plan can be seen in the Rendezvous Chapters (Chapters 70-76), Abyss Tower's Vol.2 Opening (Chapters 77-79), Hunting Inquisitor Kara and Raiden's recruitment arc in Chapters 90-93 & 104-107.
* Park Tae Ra, is inquisitor Park Kara's little sister who was killed in the [Ruin of Swords] arc in Chapters 35-51.
* 'actress': Inquisitor Kara's parents want her to be not that kind of usual actress, I assure you.
note: they want her to be an adult film actress for money.
Goodbye and RIP Inquisitor Kara, Aphrodite, and Raiden. I hope in eternity, you will become together.