--the unity council just off the coast of Europe—
Father Alfred's P.O.V
"why are you here Alfred… you're aware that your presence is not welcomed here." The monarch spoke, with his voice sending high levels of dense mana through out the structure. I stood with a unconcerned look on my face, pointing my finger the monarch and ignoring bishops around me that was yelling at me to leave and throwing other sorts of insult my way.
"I don't care about this dump you have created in replacement for your regime, but I'm here to warn you." The moment I roared out that sentence, a heavy silence plagued the whole room, as some of the bishops were in awe and disbelieve at the amount of audacity I had to come and warn the monarch.
"how dare you, such audacity!" the 2nd bishop roared out at me, flaring up his mana presence in anger.
"you filth, you deserve to be impaled for your insolence!" the 4th tagged along and yelled out in disbelieve and rage. The how room started to be filled with all kind of mana presences, as the air became so heavy that sparks could be seen from the void space around and clouds above were starting to turn black.
"what's the meaning of this Alfred… making our presence known here and apparently running your mouth in such high standards thinking you're the leader around here… I suggest you just leave if you still want to be able to keep that degraded school of yours." The 8th bishop spoke out with a strict tone, as he started to glow a light pinkish red that started to emitting a tenfold of pressure around the room, along with some other bishops doing the same. "it's not wise to confront the monarch so up front like that with such threats."
"and it's foolish to think that you all consider with such lower authority… so I suggest you all… keep… quiet" I spoke out exacting a pressure that shook the whole structure and nullify everyone else pressure in the room, even giving the monarch some serious discomfort due to the pressure. "I'm just here to give a warning… and after that I will leave this hell hole…"
"w-what is this-." The 1st bishop struggled to raise his up upright, as this was the same with everyone else in the room, except for the monarch of course who kept on resisting the pressure with minimal difficulty.
"I-I can get up damn it" the 8th bishop struggled to form a proper sentence, as his head was pinned to his table.
"so… do I have your attention now." I started my words with my eyes glowing bright white, glaring directly at the monarch. "Dominic."
"… speak Alfred." The monarch scowl as he granted him the space to speak out his proposal.
--back at the base final assessment location in the wilderness forest—
Third person's P.O.V
"it seems we've reached our teams location… and from the instructions given, we need to wait until the alarm is set of for us to begin." Rin said while searching the parameters, with mark hanging on a tree branch, while luca is seen lying by the side of huge tree stomp, trinity is seen to be mediating as usual but this time very close to dante; taking quick glances at his direction to make sure he's alright, but dante just seems to be looking up to the sky with a deep in thought expression on his face. I turn back at him and started to approach him, wandering why he was so lost in his thoughts. "hey dante, is something wrong, you seem so lost and that's luca's thing."
"hey! I'm right over here-!" luca roared out in frustration, as rin just blew him a raspberry but then returning her gaze back to dante.
"it's nothing really… I'm just remembering what happened after I went unconscious… something similar to my dreams"
I told rin with an unsure tone in my voice, I continued to stare up into the clouds, trying to recall those memories… those dark memories. "that strange being from beyond."
"what are you talking about dante…" rin spoke out, trying to reach out to dante, as he started to trail off little by little, while still staring up to the clouds.
"that… day."
--sudden flashback—
Dante's P.O.V
"where am I… what's going on!" I found myself in the midst of destruction and chaos, as there were also dead body littered on the ground… but the ones that really got his attention were the dean bodies of his friends… along with father Alfred from far away turning into dust… I rose up from my feet and tried to reach him, but I could reach him, I heard him say.
"forgive me… dante." And with that he vanished as dust in the wind, I was on the brink of crying as I stared at the terrain before… I was so loss of words.
"what's going on!" I roared out with rage and pain, as the fire around me started to increasing in intensity… until sudden so bunch of ravens started to collide in front of him just a few meters away.
A figure was formed and the being was just a black creature with dark chains spilling and moving around his very being freely. The moment I blink, the being had already appear in front of me and seemed to be staring at me with such intense gaze. As before I knew it, it's eyes glowed pure red.
"…just… a… matter… of… time… child… you… will… lose… it… all"
--end of flashback—
"dante! Snap out of it." rin called out to me and proceeded to punch my head in hopes of snapping me out of my daze. As this triggered me to hold my head due to the pain impact of the punch.
"damn it! rin, you could have just shaken me a little bit huh." I called out to her, while still holding my head, as I could feel a lump forming from the punch and some tear were at the corners of my eyes.
"hehe sorry dante, I just got a little worried hehe, let me help-."
"all representatives listen up, as all of you should be aware that all your team's leaders' gears have a device that projects the location of your victims and also the location of your other representatives' teams." The speaker on trinity's gear announced and then suddenly a big screen project out, showcasing the map of the facility and the victim's locations. "now the red dot represents the other teams and the green dot represents the victim's current location, as the moment you secure the victim and push the small yellow button located at the chest of the victim, then the points for the successful rescue is added to your teams chart… but note that the destruction of a victim, leads to the deduction of 10 point for each victim lost. So now that is cleared out of the way… BEGIN!"
We immediately started to run towards the presence location of our first victim, but still, something felt off to me… about that dream… what did it mean… by.
"…just… a… matter… of… time… child… you… will… lose… it… all"
--back at the unity council—
Third person's P.O.V
"I want to warn you against harming my students and threatening the orphanage… don't think I wasn't aware of the midnight attack you launched at my school some few weeks ago… the ministry has now been tainted by you… and don't you ever think that I'm not aware of what you have in plans for me… and boy." Father Alfred spoke with a glaring stare at the monarch, as he kept on unravelling the ulterior motives of the council. "you plan to take the other half of the chronicle bestowed upon me by the previous monarch… I won't let you have it… never… and if you dare come after the boy again… I will make sure to make you all pay..."
All the bishops still struggled under the pressure of his power, as the monarch just frowned deeply at this, as he was about to cast a spell at father Alfred, who was about to turn his back to the council and leave.
"you fool!" the monarch roared out and sent a blast of pure holy magic that managed to ignite into a burst of flames the moment it was close to father Alfred… but before anyone could see what happened, as sudden slice of line went passed the side of the monarchs head, going through and neutralized the torrent of flames that was about to scourge him. The smoke cleared to reveal father Alfred glaring at him with his eyes glowing mist white.
"if you value your life and the life of this pitiful world… leave me, my children and the boy alone… or else." Father turned his back but then the 1st bishop roared out.
"or else what…"
"… I will reverse the causality of the great disaster you all caused… driving the world in darkness… and then… I will come and finish your ministry next… stay blessed."
Father Alfred walked out of the council and released his pressure from the whole room, seeing himself out of the hell pit.