Versatile System Online

The dean looked in horror at the scene in front of him. He watched as Edward's body slowly disintegrated into nothing.

He watched it whole, from a single drop of blood to slowly a river of blood as it flowed through the portal, to be devoured by the Lord Of Black Night Forest.

During the whole process, Edward only had a content smile on his face as he endured everything for what he thought was the best.

As all of the blood within Edward's body was devoured, his skin disintegrated and all of the flesh on his body was devoured as well. Leaving behind an intact skeleton.

After this was over, the Lord slowly turned his head as he looked over at the dean and spoke,

"And you, Earthling. I see that you have gotten stronger than before. Let it be known to you that Earth has a month before the first phase of integration starts. It is up to you Earthlings to decide your fate. To be devoured by the other world or to merge with it", The Lord then continued,

"If you wish for the latter, strengthen yourselves, fight for yourselves and claim the dimensional rifts that will open a month later. Also, make sure to visit the other world to reconcile with their people and to reap what you can before it all ends",

Saying all that, the Lord turned around as he vanished into thin air while the blackish portal slowly closed.

Even after everything calmed down and silence reigned supreme, the dean stood there, petrified. His face had a look of anguish on it as his eyes turned watery until,

"Drip… Drip… Drip…",

Slowly, tears started to drip down from his cheeks as the dean kept his head down,

"To think that you would go to such an extent. Just for a better world. A world without those that killed your parents. I understood your pain, but why did you bring such a calamity to this world? For all these people, all these innocents that did nothing wrong. Why did you drag them all into this? Tell me…. Tell me….",

The dean cried in anguish as a river of tears flowed from his eyes.

"Whyy? Why did you do all this? Just so you could condemn the wrongdoers? So you could punish those who wronged you? Then why did you not punish me instead? For I was also one of them? For I knew everything but was scared to say a word. So why did you not punish me? For you were my friend since we were kids. You could have at least thought of our friendship",

"Whyyyy…. Why bring this world to an end when not even a percentage of this world is ready for it…Whyy? Why send thousands and millions to their deaths when you can't even live to see your revenge",

The dean continued to cry as he spoke in anguish, he said all he wanted to. He said it all out. However, his timing was wrong, he was too late. The one to whom he should have spoken these words to was gone.

His friend who had been with him since childhood was gone. For what? For revenge on the people who wronged him. For revenge on those who used him for their purposes and threw him away when done.

Now, those people's mistakes caused the future of billions of people to be in limbo. Their lives and deaths in the hands of fate.

"Thudd",

The dean fell on his knees as he cried his heart out adding a small portion of guilt to the mountain of guilt he already felt in his chest. However, there was nothing he could do to feel better.

He could only keep it all in and continue with his life and fight for Earth, for the people of Earth, and humanity.

Meanwhile,

In the depths of the forest, 4 teenagers could be seen navigating their way through various trees and bushes.

Of the four, one lead them while one guarded them against any dangers that may come from the rear.

These teenagers were Ray and the others as they followed Emma as she lead them to the location the dean asked them to regroup at.

"We will be there within a few minutes", Emma said as she jumped off a trunk and dashed forward.

"Whoosh… Whoosh… Whoosh",

The others followed behind as they produced gusts of wind from their speed.

As they rushed ahead, Ray accelerated forward and came near Emma as he asked,

"Can you sense how far deep in the forest we have come",

"Yes I can, and from what I sense, we are at least a few kilometers deep in the forest", Emma spoke as she continued to rush ahead.

"Hmm.. Okay", Ray nodded and slowed down as he continued to follow Emma along with the others.

"Aurora, do you think there is something fishy going on here? The dean asked us to come so deep into the forest for no reason at all. Either, the dean found something he wants to show us or there is something else going on here", Ray asked Aurora as he analyzed the whole situation.

"Ray, you have to trust the old man. He is not the one to betray us, he genuinely cares for humanity and would do anything to fight for the right and against the wrong", Aurora replied calmly.

"Then what do you think of this?", Ray questioned.

"I think that the dean has something to show you all and that is why he is calling you all there. Also, from what I can sense, the location the dean asked you all to gather at recently had a strange spike of energy in the celestial realm. Therefore, in my opinion, whatever it is that he called you all for is very important", Aurora replied as she told Ray her thoughts and analysis.

Aurora's assurance calmed Ray down, but he still had a heavy feeling in his heart. However, he trusted in Aurora and kept faith in the dean.

After running ahead for a few more minutes, Ray and the others reached a large clearing. In the middle of the clearing, stood a large artificial cave.

Walking forward, Ray saw two figures leaning against the entrance of the cave, looking at the silhouettes, Ray and the others got alarmed as they took out their weapons and spoke,

"Whoever you are, show your faces and throw your weapons. Or else we won't show you any mercy", Ray shouted as he summoned his sword and pointed it at the silhouette.

Listening to Ray's words, one of the silhouettes turned around, lifted his hands in the air as he spoke,

"Hey Ray calm down. It's us, Noah and Elina. We happened to reach before you guys, so we were waiting for you at the entrance", Noah said as he moved forward and showed his face.

Listening to Noah, Ray and the others calmed down as they kept their weapons in.

"Where is the dean? Did you find him here or should we go inside and search for him", Tim asked Noah as he looked for the dean everywhere.

"No, we didn't see him anywhere", Noah shook his head as he replied.

"Okay, then we venture inside", Ray said as he clapped his hands and led others inside the cave.

As they entered the cave, they felt a strong smell of iron from within.

"What is this hideous smell?", Aliya cried in complaint as she pinched her nose to stop the smell.

"It is the smell of blood. Many people died here and that too quite recently", Ray said as he continued to walk further in.

After they covered some distance, Ray and the others came across different bodies that were in different conditions. Some were killed by weapons, some were burnt while some were frozen to death.

However, they didn't stop and continued to walk forward until they reached a broken lab.

Test tubes lay on the ground, broken into different pieces while syringes and different instruments also lay here and there.

In the middle of the lab, stood the dean as the area around him was blackened as if an explosion had gone off.

Walking forward, Ray sensed a strange presence as his instincts flared up all of a sudden.

He summoned his sword and armor right away as he took a battle stance,

"No need for that, it's just a leftover presence. The one you are sensing is long gone", The dean's slightly hoarse voice sounded out.

Listening to the dean's voice, Ray calmed down a bit as he asked,

"What happened here?",

To this, the dean replied,

"It has started",

Confused, Ray asked again,

"What has started",

To which, the dean answered in a low voice,

"The Merging Of Worlds".

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