[Ryujin's POV]
Clara was a lot stronger than when I fought her ten minutes ago. Her ability is truly a mystery. I know S-ranks that can hide their strengths but not to this level.
She could hide her strnegth and even her mana perfectly.Even the system couldn't properly appraise her ability .If not for my sixth sense than I would not have been suspicious of her.
"You are quite the species yourself. Just how much did you expreiment with your own body to get to this level."
Clara looked at me. Her eyes showed resentment and anger.
"No matter how much I messed with my own body it didn't hurt even a bit of what the world had done to me. This world drives you mad,Ryujin. You haven't exprerinced the pain that I have felt. If you had, we would be on the same side."
Clara increased her aura even more. The aura was suffocating. The girls who were at the edge of the barrier fainted. Her aura didn't show any malice. It showed anger and the pain she had to got through.If not for Kairos I would have fainted as well.
" I don't know what you had to go through but that doesn't mean you kill anybody you want."
Clara had enough of my talking. She threw several black colored balls towards me. I started running in a circle. Each of her attack was devastating. Once the ball touched the ground, the ground would explode immediately.
One hit of that and I would have to face several injuries. I could block those attacks but each one of those attack was S-rank and I had to fool the world that I had to charge my Divine Ability.
One of the balls was near my face. I ducked the attack but the attack came back. I dodged it again.
Next ball came right to my face again. I couldn't dodge it this time. If I dodged it the girls behind me would be hit. I erased the attack.
"Swish!"
"You are too soft Ryujin. You should have dodged the attack."
Clara came from my right. She thrusted her hand towards my stomach. I could erase her hand but I had to act that I was powerless cause I just used my Divine Ability. Ahh! Only if people were not watching.
I acted to barely manage to dodge the attack. Her hadwent and pierced my right torso.
"Arghhh!" I screamed in pain. This part was definetly not acting. It hurted like hell. Blood was flowing out of my body trmendously.
"Ryujin!"
I could hear Ciel shout.
[Please use you Divine Ability to heal youselves otherwise you may die.]
The system also warned me but I had other plans. I fell on my knees because of the pain.
Clara then kicked me in the face and I acted as if I lost my consiousness.
"Our hope-our hope is lost."
I could hear some reporter rambling. Hope? Me? They must be day dreaming. I am not their hope. I don't want to be that. That is a huge duty that I woudn't want to have.
"Finally! You are out of my way. It was quite a battle. I have to admire your strength. If you grew you would probably be the strongest human to ever live."
Don't worry Clara I am not dead. It just that I am an A-class actor.
"Ting"
I could hear metals clashing. I had to close my eyes to fake my injury.
"I will kill you."
Wait! Ciel. I have never heard her this angry.
"He was innocent. He was my saviour.The world didn't understand him. Even I didn't at first but when I did I chersied him. More than I cherish myself. You took him away from me. I wil make sure to drag you down to hell with me."
Umm. Ciel I am not dead and you have to realize that the world and I can hear your words.
"That is life! It takes away things."
Clara said to Ciel.
I partially opened my eyes. Clara pushed back Ciel with her hand. I used my sixth sense in active mode and Nagis eye at the same time.
I could see my friends killing the zombies and rushing to take out the staff.
I could see few tears in their eyes. This fuck*rs must think I am dead. I won't die this easily.
I saw my chance.
"Rune Magic: Telepathy"
I used my rune magic secretly and casted a rune magic on Clara's mind. It was quite though to penetrate a S-ranks mind.
'Don't kill Ciel, Brie"
Clara touched her forehead. She had quite a look on her face. She turned back and looked at me.
'How?How are you alive and How do you know my name?'
She shouted inside her head.
'Keep fighting Ciel but don't hurt her.'
I could see the mana in her hand slowly going down. She was listening to what I was saying. Just me knowing her name made her obedient towards me.
' I can't tell you how I know your name, unless you tell me what your motive is.'
' My motive you say.'
Clara or should I say Brie grabbed her hair. She kept parrying every attack that came in her way. Ciel was not properly focusing as well. Right now,her action were based on her emotion.
'Are you a fool? My aim is kill Ciel.I want her vampire powers. It is simple as that. All I want is to see her lifeless body.'
The voice that came inside my head was as if Brie screamed on top of her lungs again while saying that.
' That is not your motive but the Oppressor's. What is 'your' motive Brie? Tell me.'
When she heard her name again, she got lost in her thoughts.Some of Ciel's attack managed to connect but did nothing to her.I could see pain in her eyes. Her past was surfacing back to her. She was trying her best to deny it but her emotions rushed to her mind like a tsunami.
' What will you do once you know? Will you laugh at me? Will you sympathize with me? I don't need that. I am tired of that. Are you ready to help me if I tell you to?'
I stayed silent for a while. . No matter what I say now, nothing would got through her head. I should let her control herself first. Slowly she started to gain her composure back.
'Remember my words I said to you just few minutes ago.No matter how cruel life is everybody must have a chance to experience it. I mean this to you as well. I don't know what you have been through. I don't give a fu*k but I do want to give you another chance so you can experinece life again if our motive is the same.'
Brie coudn't understand what I was saying.
She was trying to comprehend the odd feeling going inside her head..
'Why? Why would you do this for me?'
The look in her eyes showed hope. To her I was like a ray of sunlight after a heavy rain.
'Because that's who I am.'
Brie was left spechless.
'For now! Listen to my plan. If you don't you are going to die either way. At least if you work with me and I can listen to what you want and maybe help you.'
'What if I want to destroy the world?'
Brie gulped as he asked me.
'You don't want that do you? Your eyes show revenge. I don't know who that revenge is directed towards but if our target is the same I can definetly help you but if our targets don't match I will kill you. Even if you manage to escape, the Oppressors will kill you. Either way you are going to die so I give you a chance. Now choose!'
Brie was fidgeting. Her whole body was trembling because of my words. She was not focusing on her fight with Ciel. She quickly glanced at me and said
'So what do I need to do?'