Hellbound With You (WN)

As Alex sped towards the direction of Zeres, his speedy movements caused the wind to whistle through his hair, giving him the feeling of being free and unrestrained. However, the next second, an unhappy scowl painted his face as he remembered that his current reality is the exact total opposite. The fact that he was moving this fast, in this particular direction just further solidifies the fact that there is nothing free and unrestrained about what he needed to do next. His heart could not help but clench a little knowing that in the next few seconds he would need to come face to face to the next hardest thing after matters relating to Abigail.

Now, standing in front of Zeres ’ hideout, Alex ’s frame was as still as a statue, but his eyes were resolutely fixed towards the figure of an outstanding man standing up on the building and looking down at him from the third floor. Even at this distance, he could perceive the razor sharp and unfeeling gaze being directed at him. For the first time, Alex felt genuine danger and something dark coming from this person who looked like Zeres. All the power and emotions he possesses right now were not something that belonged to the Zeres he knew from before.

This seems to be a completely different person from the man he had talked with the last time they met up in Country V. Just by meeting his gaze, Alex somehow understood why the witch queen and Zeke failed to stop him. Because looking at those eyes, Alex remembered how he was after Abigail died in the past, when he fought against Lexus.

Alex could no longer remember every detail of the battle but there was one thing he was certain about during his battle against Lexus. He couldn ’t feel anything. Even though the dragon was once precious to him because he had always seen the dragon as his beloved ’s pet and protector, he didn ’t hesitate to kill it. Because back then, he no longer felt alive. His emotions had died along with Abigail and there was no room for any human feeling inside him anymore. Everything inside him screamed only one thing – to fulfil Abigail ’s wish. His desperation and the pain of losing Abigail had consumed him that time to the point that he did not only feel nothing at all when he slaughtered the dragon, but it was to the point where he did not even feel a single ounce of regret for the fact that he had sacrificed countless lives all just to fulfil that final mission in his mind.

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Looking at how Zeres looks right now, his stance and the aura surrounding him, Alex gritted his teeth, because he could tell now that whatever he said would be futile. No one could ever stop a man with those eyes, he of all people should understand this better than anyone else. And that was why it pained him even more in this situation. He had wholeheartedly prayed that this person would not need to go through something so agonizing like this.