The next morning, Jackson woke up in a soft bed made out of wool.
As he looked around, he saw a young beautiful lady with simple clothing, who was taking care of him by putting a cool, damp washcloth on him and constantly checking his temperature.
For now, the young lady hadn't noticed him awake, so Jackson continued to look around the room.
It was a small house with two big rooms and a kitchen, which weren't of the highest quality. Though, it was to be expected as the fishing village was somewhat poor compared to the cities.
Jackson noticed that he was partially wrapped around with white cloth, acting like a bandage.
"Oh, you are awake!" The young lady said while giving him a sweet smile. "It's such a good thing that you were able to escape the murderer! A few more minutes and you would have...anyway, want some food?"
"Eh, no thanks, I need to-" Jackson tried to get up but his body wouldn't let him. "Huh?"
The lady let out a small giggle. "Sheesh! You need rest! You can stay here as long as you want."
Jackson wasn't used to this kind of treatment. For the most of his life, he was an orphan roaming in the streets, picking fights with other orphans on the streets for their money that they pickpocketed.
He was always treated harshly and with cruelty but after the age of eight, he got used to it. Eventually, he got very skilled in combat due to countless fights that he had picked throughout his life. Which lead him to be the gang leader of an orphan group.
However, someone beat him up and sold him to a criminal organization.
Nonetheless, he still had to act normal.
"Um...thanks" Jackson replied, letting out fake tears. "Thank you so much, this is...just...I am so sorry I can't even speak due to your kindness."
The young lady's heart melted. "Aww...I am so grateful that you can think of me as that way."
"No, no, I am grateful for you, thank you so much" Jackson forced a smile.
In reality, Jackson had clenched his fists in humiliation. "How dare she treat me like this? I don't need her sympathy. Once, I recover, I'll fucking kill this bitch." Jackson thought.
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Inside the realm of Shattering Catastrophe...
Everyone was fighting Kenji, including Ronx.
Only 30 seconds were left before all of them were going to be shattered.
"Why?! Why did you trap us inside too?!" Alex asked, raising his voice and demanding answers.
"I had no other choice. Sometimes following the rules needs sacrifices" Kenji answered, opening his eyes once again, indicating that he was about to get serious.
"Fuck your rules!" Keth yelled, raising the middle finger. "This stupid organization is why I can't live in peace!"
Kenji clenched his sword, unable to hold his anger. "I will not tolerate anything said against the organization!"
Before the conversation could heat up any further, the four of them realized that they were wasting time as only 20 seconds were left.
"Realm of volcanic eruption" Keth mumbled.
"No way...A realm clash?!" Alex gulped.
"What's that?" Ronx asked.
"When two different people use a realm at the time, it is called a 'realm clash', the person who has a stronger power usually wins the realm clash" Alex explained.
Before Ronx could say anything, half of the area was covered in lava and giant rocks. It looked like a hollow cave with the ground being lava. While the other half was the white void with the giant floating glass pieces.
The both realms clashed and created a shockwave so powerful that all of them were instantly launched far away. There was a large and extremely bright light in the middle of the realms, forcing everyone to cover their eyes with their arms and look away.
Eventually, the bright light disappeared, along with both realms.
All of them were then teleported near the warehouse.
Kenji was perfectly fine while Keth was covered in blood and had several different injuries.
One of his rib cage bones were sticking out of his body, a few had pierced his lungs and both of his leg bones were broken. He was unable to move and almost completely dead.
"What happened?!" Ronx said, looking around.
"The both realms were equal in power, causing both of them to disappear" Alex replied, who was looking at the injured body of Keth.
"Who else dares to defy the rules?" Kenji yelled.
No one replied.
"Good" Kenji said, sheathing his sword and closed his eyes. "We should hurry up, we only have two hours to reach the hotel."
"You three, travel there with the vehicle, I'll come there using my speed" Kenji ordered.
"What about Keth?" Alex asked cautiously.
"Leave him be" Kenji answered firmly.
Alex had no choice but to nod and follow his orders, knowing that if he defies him, he will be executed right on the spot.
Ronx, Blake were sitting on the same seat in a uncomfortable position. While Alex was comfortably sitting in the driver's seat.
"You idiot! Move!" Blake said, trying to aggressively push him away.
"You have so much space, you should move!" Ronx replied, trying to push him.
"Both of you! Shut up!" Alex yelled while trying to figure out how to drive this thing.
"Huh?! What did you-" Before Blake start a fight, Alex cut him off.
"PLEASE!" Alex raised his voice, looking at Blake dead in the eyes. "Keth and you are the most annoying types to deal with, seriously."
Eventually, Blake managed to stay silent and Alex finally learned how to drive the car, crashing into a few walls and objects in the process.
He was somewhat able to drive it, though, not perfectly. Nonetheless, they finally started to make their way to the Grand hotel.
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A white-haired girl with a scythe appeared in front of Keth, the same girl who had attacked Ronx last night.
"Tch, you caused trouble once again, didn't you?" She said, who started to carry him.
She then disappeared and reappeared in the base of the organization, telling Elvis to heal Keth, which she agreed to.