Chapter 8
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-Rald, are you ready?
Anonyma looks anxious. This time, his emotions aren't faked. He really is anxious. With the return of Shem, emotions are returning too like tidal waves… Powerful, huge, strong! But this is not the only reason. It clearly isn't because Rald will risk his life, but because he can't stop himself from reviewing everything in his head from the start to the end. Will his plan work?
Anyway, Rald already learned his arts. He should be strong enough.
-Yes, teacher.
A teacher-student relationship is important. Even if Anonyma doesn't really consider him as his student, he still needs to keep the act in front of Rald.
-Then it is time for me to retire. I'll hide myself for the few next hours.
Anonyma hides. But doesn't really go away, he's going to watch from the sidelines, and wait for his moment to act.
Soon enough, a brain is growing at an incredible speed while Shem's consciousness is appearing again in the body's mind space.
-Did you really think I wouldn't hear about your scheme because I was in a deep slumber?
Without waiting for any of them to react, he immediately attacks Rald, who stands between him and Anonyma.
A huge mental wave is coming to Rald.
Rald is totally concentrated, and erect a few hundred mental barriers in succession.
Even with that, the wave is much stronger than his expectations, destroying slowly but inevitably all the barriers until hitting Rald, significantly weakened, but still shaking his foundations.
Rald doesn't wait and immediately respond with a powerful mental ray.
That ray is stopped by walls raised by Shem.
For three days and three nights, both fought to exhaustion.
After suffering grievous injuries, Rald succeeded in killing Shem.
He felt Anonyma consciousness slowly revealing itself, approaching.
-Teacher, I succeeded! Did you see tha…
Thunk.
The only thing that answers him is a stab in the chest as well as a sudden pain. Both physical and mental.
-Teacher, you…
Thud.
His mental self falls of weakness.
-Hmm, you what?
Says Anonyma while kicking his corpse with a elated smile on his lips.
-You fell in our scheme.
Answers a voice in his back.
The reality around him seems to change, as the corpse is changing from Rald to Shem and the pain that Rald should feel seems to penetrate his mental self from the back to his stomach.
-How…
Whispers Anonyma, unable to speak louder than this, before his corpse falls to the ground.
Rald is watching both corpses slowly rotting, his eyes seemingly lost in ancient memories…
In his mind, he remembers what Shem told him, before putting Anonyma's brain in his head:
Rald, when we'll fight, we must use illusions and stale for time, in the state he will be in, he won't check the real identities of both the winner and the loser, if we both change appearance in the fight, he'll totally forget the existence of the loser. You'll be able to get behind him. The only moment he'll lower his guard will be when he'll think he won. You must succeed! He is too dangerous to be left to be retrieved by a machine similar to us.
Rald sigh, and says:
-You can grow again, now!
-Hmm, I did.
Says Shem behind him.
-I still didn't understand why you took so long to grow again.
-It was important for him to believe you were weak, and his arts might be useful in the future!
-Anyway, let's go retrieve my body.
Shem is before his secret room. But instead of pushing the button, he pulls it. A new room's entrance appears beside the other one.
No one would think that you can pull a button. This is essentially why everyone would think that the other room would be the only secret room, including the people sent to check if he was alive he can feel inside the room.
In the new room, is a body similar to his: tall, muscular, too perfect…
Shem opens both heads, and puts Rald's head in his body.
-Finally! My body!
Rald says before leaving the room in a flash.
Shem is about to follow his example, but stops at the entrance.
His look is strolling around the room, and halts on his fireplace. He takes a bottle from his pocket, and throws the brain inside as well as the alcohol in the room. Then does the same with a second, a third, a fourth bottle… each time quicker than the last. If one looked at him right now, one would see a flurry of blurred arms moving at lightning speed. Once the last bottle is empty, he lights the fire.
He watches as the fire is burning the room and its content.
After a few minutes, he tosses Anonyma's brain in the fire, and leaves the room, letting the warmth of the fire as well as his past behind him.
Everything becomes ash in the end…
Together, Rald and him will roam around the world, no, the worlds! Walking step by step to the future!
At that moment, Shem's positivity disappeared too, he reached a state he didn't know before. It didn't characterize by feelings, strangely, but by lack of feeling.
Shem was experiencing peace of mind...
The more-than-500-words Author's note:
I actually said man by error in the chapter 5, when I was writing I was thinking about ways of keeping her gender secret, but I didn't think that maybe "man", even if it can refer to a member of humanity, refers also to a gender. So I edited all the references to "man" by "person". Oh and R.I.P the people in the secret room lol, but letting them out/do something would destroy the peace of mind of the MC.
Please report us if you find any errors so we can fix it asap!
-Rald, are you ready?
Anonyma looks anxious. This time, his emotions aren't faked. He really is anxious. With the return of Shem, emotions are returning too like tidal waves… Powerful, huge, strong! But this is not the only reason. It clearly isn't because Rald will risk his life, but because he can't stop himself from reviewing everything in his head from the start to the end. Will his plan work?
Anyway, Rald already learned his arts. He should be strong enough.
-Yes, teacher.
A teacher-student relationship is important. Even if Anonyma doesn't really consider him as his student, he still needs to keep the act in front of Rald.
-Then it is time for me to retire. I'll hide myself for the few next hours.
Anonyma hides. But doesn't really go away, he's going to watch from the sidelines, and wait for his moment to act.
Soon enough, a brain is growing at an incredible speed while Shem's consciousness is appearing again in the body's mind space.
-Did you really think I wouldn't hear about your scheme because I was in a deep slumber?
Without waiting for any of them to react, he immediately attacks Rald, who stands between him and Anonyma.
A huge mental wave is coming to Rald.
Rald is totally concentrated, and erect a few hundred mental barriers in succession.
Even with that, the wave is much stronger than his expectations, destroying slowly but inevitably all the barriers until hitting Rald, significantly weakened, but still shaking his foundations.
Rald doesn't wait and immediately respond with a powerful mental ray.
That ray is stopped by walls raised by Shem.
For three days and three nights, both fought to exhaustion.
After suffering grievous injuries, Rald succeeded in killing Shem.
He felt Anonyma consciousness slowly revealing itself, approaching.
-Teacher, I succeeded! Did you see tha…
Thunk.
The only thing that answers him is a stab in the chest as well as a sudden pain. Both physical and mental.
-Teacher, you…
Thud.
His mental self falls of weakness.
-Hmm, you what?
Says Anonyma while kicking his corpse with a elated smile on his lips.
-You fell in our scheme.
Answers a voice in his back.
The reality around him seems to change, as the corpse is changing from Rald to Shem and the pain that Rald should feel seems to penetrate his mental self from the back to his stomach.
-How…
Whispers Anonyma, unable to speak louder than this, before his corpse falls to the ground.
Rald is watching both corpses slowly rotting, his eyes seemingly lost in ancient memories…
In his mind, he remembers what Shem told him, before putting Anonyma's brain in his head:
Rald, when we'll fight, we must use illusions and stale for time, in the state he will be in, he won't check the real identities of both the winner and the loser, if we both change appearance in the fight, he'll totally forget the existence of the loser. You'll be able to get behind him. The only moment he'll lower his guard will be when he'll think he won. You must succeed! He is too dangerous to be left to be retrieved by a machine similar to us.
Rald sigh, and says:
-You can grow again, now!
-Hmm, I did.
Says Shem behind him.
-I still didn't understand why you took so long to grow again.
-It was important for him to believe you were weak, and his arts might be useful in the future!
-Anyway, let's go retrieve my body.
Shem is before his secret room. But instead of pushing the button, he pulls it. A new room's entrance appears beside the other one.
No one would think that you can pull a button. This is essentially why everyone would think that the other room would be the only secret room, including the people sent to check if he was alive he can feel inside the room.
In the new room, is a body similar to his: tall, muscular, too perfect…
Shem opens both heads, and puts Rald's head in his body.
-Finally! My body!
Rald says before leaving the room in a flash.
Shem is about to follow his example, but stops at the entrance.
His look is strolling around the room, and halts on his fireplace. He takes a bottle from his pocket, and throws the brain inside as well as the alcohol in the room. Then does the same with a second, a third, a fourth bottle… each time quicker than the last. If one looked at him right now, one would see a flurry of blurred arms moving at lightning speed. Once the last bottle is empty, he lights the fire.
He watches as the fire is burning the room and its content.
After a few minutes, he tosses Anonyma's brain in the fire, and leaves the room, letting the warmth of the fire as well as his past behind him.
Everything becomes ash in the end…
Together, Rald and him will roam around the world, no, the worlds! Walking step by step to the future!
At that moment, Shem's positivity disappeared too, he reached a state he didn't know before. It didn't characterize by feelings, strangely, but by lack of feeling.
Shem was experiencing peace of mind...
The more-than-500-words Author's note:
I actually said man by error in the chapter 5, when I was writing I was thinking about ways of keeping her gender secret, but I didn't think that maybe "man", even if it can refer to a member of humanity, refers also to a gender. So I edited all the references to "man" by "person". Oh and R.I.P the people in the secret room lol, but letting them out/do something would destroy the peace of mind of the MC.
-Rald, are you ready?Anonyma looks anxious. This time, his emotions aren't faked. He really is anxious. With the return of Shem, emotions are returning too like tidal waves Powerful, huge, strong! But this is not the only reason. It clearly isn't because Rald will risk his life, but because he can't stop himself from reviewing everything in his head from the start to the end. Will his plan work?Anyway, Rald already learned his arts. He should be strong enough.-Yes, teacher.A teacher-student relationship is important. Even if Anonyma doesn't really consider him as his student, he still needs to keep the act in front of Rald.-Then it is time for me to retire. I'll hide myself for the few next hours.Anonyma hides. But doesn't really go away, he's going to watch from the sidelines, and wait for his moment to act.Soon enough, a brain is growing at an incredible speed while Shem's consciousness is appearing again in the body's mind space.-Did you really think I wouldn't hear about your scheme because I was in a deep slumber?Without waiting for any of them to react, he immediately attacks Rald, who stands between him and Anonyma.A huge mental wave is coming to Rald.Rald is totally concentrated, and erect a few hundred mental barriers in succession.Even with that, the wave is much stronger than his expectations, destroying slowly but inevitably all the barriers until hitting Rald, significantly weakened, but still shaking his foundations.Rald doesn't wait and immediately respond with a powerful mental ray.That ray is stopped by walls raised by Shem.For three days and three nights, both fought to exhaustion.After suffering grievous injuries, Rald succeeded in killing Shem.He felt Anonyma consciousness slowly revealing itself, approaching.-Teacher, I succeeded! Did you see thaThunk.The only thing that answers him is a stab in the chest as well as a sudden pain. Both physical and mental.-Teacher, youThud.His mental self falls of weakness.-Hmm, you what?Says Anonyma while kicking his corpse with a elated smile on his lips.-You fell in our scheme.Answers a voice in his back.The reality around him seems to change, as the corpse is changing from Rald to Shem and the pain that Rald should feel seems to penetrate his mental self from the back to his stomach.-HowWhispers Anonyma, unable to speak louder than this, before his corpse falls to the ground.Rald is watching both corpses slowly rotting, his eyes seemingly lost in ancient memoriesIn his mind, he remembers what Shem told him, before putting Anonyma's brain in his head:Rald, when we'll fight, we must use illusions and stale for time, in the state he will be in, he won't check the real identities of both the winner and the loser, if we both change appearance in the fight, he'll totally forget the existence of the loser. You'll be able to get behind him. The only moment he'll lower his guard will be when he'll think he won. You must succeed! He is too dangerous to be left to be retrieved by a machine similar to us.Rald sigh, and says:-You can grow again, now!-Hmm, I did.Says Shem behind him.-I still didn't understand why you took so long to grow again.-It was important for him to believe you were weak, and his arts might be useful in the future!-Anyway, let's go retrieve my body.Shem is before his secret room. But instead of pushing the button, he pulls it. A new room's entrance appears beside the other one.No one would think that you can pull a button. This is essentially why everyone would think that the other room would be the only secret room, including the people sent to check if he was alive he can feel inside the room.In the new room, is a body similar to his: tall, muscular, too perfectShem opens both heads, and puts Rald's head in his body.-Finally! My body!Rald says before leaving the room in a flash.Shem is about to follow his example, but stops at the entrance.His look is strolling around the room, and halts on his fireplace. He takes a bottle from his pocket, and throws the brain inside as well as the alcohol in the room. Then does the same with a second, a third, a fourth bottle each time quicker than the last. If one looked at him right now, one would see a flurry of blurred arms moving at lightning speed. Once the last bottle is empty, he lights the fire.He watches as the fire is burning the room and its content.After a few minutes, he tosses Anonyma's brain in the fire, and leaves the room, letting the warmth of the fire as well as his past behind him.Everything becomes ash in the endTogether, Rald and him will roam around the world, no, the worlds! Walking step by step to the future!At that moment, Shem's positivity disappeared too, he reached a state he didn't know before. It didn't characterize by feelings, strangely, but by lack of feeling.Shem was experiencing peace of mind...The more-than-500-words Author's note:I actually said man by error in the chapter 5, when I was writing I was thinking about ways of keeping her gender secret, but I didn't think that maybe "man", even if it can refer to a member of humanity, refers also to a gender. So I edited all the references to "man" by "person". Oh and R.I.P the people in the secret room lol, but letting them out/do something would destroy the peace of mind of the MC.
