Chapter 100 The lady in white.
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Updated : Sep 23rd, 2025
His gaze shifted back to the twins, who were still locked in combat with his subordinates. Though their movements were clumsy and inexperienced, they somehow managed to evade the assassins lethal strikes.
When they were hit, the wounds healed almost instantly, the blood sealing and repairing their injuries as if they had never been harmed.
"What the hell is happening here?"
The leader whispered, his voice laced with confusion and fear. His sharp eyes caught sight of something else; golden shields, seemingly forged from the same blood as the spears, hovered around the twins. They moved with a mind of their own, intercepting the assassins' attacks with unnatural precision.
The assassins faltered, their relentless assault beginning to break under the strain. The shields blocked their blades, the spears flew with devastating accuracy, and the twins, though untrained, moved like they were protected by an unseen force.
The leader's mind raced. His blood burned, his strength waned, and his forces were faltering. These girls... these
amateurs,
should have been easy prey. Instead, they were becoming the center of a storm he couldn't comprehend.
"What... what are they?"
He muttered, his voice filled with both rage and dread. The golden spear in his leg pulsed again, and he fell to one knee, realizing far too late that this fight was no longer in his control.
The twins were far more than what they seemed, and whatever force was protecting them was ancient, relentless, and utterly unforgiving.
While chaos unfolded in the mansion's garden, Rex and Carlos were in no condition to help. The two had succumbed to an impressive and dangerously irresponsible amount of alcohol consumed in under two hours.
Rex was sprawled across the sofa, snoring loudly, while Carlos had somehow ended up on the floor, curled around a liquor bottle like it was his long-lost lover.
"Mmm? Where is this?"
Rex muttered groggily as his consciousness flickered back. His surroundings felt... wrong.
He rubbed his temples and blinked, trying to make sense of what he was seeing.
"I'm pretty sure I was drinking with Carlos at the nightclub just a second ago. Could it be... I was drugged again? Haha, that brings back old memories. That time Carlos almost lost his balls, and I nearly got one of my organs harvested. Good times, good times."
The humor in his voice couldn't quite hide the unease creeping into his chest. Rex stood up, his boots crunching against an unfamiliar surface. His eyes scanned his surroundings, and the realization hit him like a punch to the gut.
He wasn't in the nightclub or anywhere familiar, for that matter. He was standing in an infinite expanse of white sand, a vast, otherworldly desert stretching endlessly in every direction.
Above him, the sky was a surreal mix of darkness and brilliance. Two enormous crimson stars glowed fiercely, casting an eerie light over the desert. Their presence felt unnatural, their fiery radiance burning through the pitch-black heavens.
"So... where the hell am I?"
Rex muttered, his voice carrying across the silent expanse. His unease deepened as he began to walk, the sand crunching beneath his boots the only sound accompanying him.
"Carlos!? Cleo!? Can you hear me!?
" Rex shouted into the emptiness. His voice echoed faintly, but there was no response. He reached for his communicator, fumbling with the device in his pocket, but it was dead, no signal, no static, nothing. Just silence.
"
Damn it,"
Rex froze. Of all the things he had expected to hear, this wasn't even on the list. For a moment, his panic gave way to sheer confusion.
"What son!?"
Rex yelled, spinning in place as he scanned his surroundings, his head snapping from side to side.
"Y
ou've got the wrong guy, demon! I'm an orphan! Good luck next time!"
His voice was defiant, but his nerves betrayed him. His hands trembled slightly, and his eyes darted toward every shadow, every flicker of motion in the periphery.
But the voice didn't respond in anger. Instead, it laughed, a soft, sweet giggle that seemed to echo everywhere and nowhere at once.
"You are not an orphan, my son,"
the voice continued, calm and patient
. "While it is true that circumstances kept me from you, I am full of joy now. For you are finally strong enough to connect with me, at least in your astral form."
"Astral form? Seriously? Now you're making up excuses!"
Rex barked back, his defiance masking the unease gnawing at him. "
If you're really my mother, then show yourself! Prove it!"
The voice laughed again, but this time it was different, closer, deeper, more real. It wasn't just sound anymore; it was presence. The darkness that surrounded him began to shift, like ink spilling into water, and from the ground beneath his feet, a radiant white light began to shine.
The cabin trembled, the wooden walls groaning as if they could barely contain the energy erupting from beneath them. The light grew brighter and brighter, so blinding that Rex instinctively shut his eyes. Even with them closed, the brilliance seeped through, painting his vision in shimmering white.
When he finally opened them, the desert, the cabin, and the oppressive darkness had faded away.
Before him stood a woman, radiant and otherworldly. Her long, snow-white hair cascaded to the ground like a waterfall of light. Her skin glowed with a soft, pale luminescence, as if she had been sculpted from moonlight itself.
Crimson eyes, deep and piercing, locked onto his with a warmth that made him instinctively step back.
She wore a flowing, single-piece dress of thin, ethereal fabric that seemed to shimmer like starlight. Blue ornaments adorned her dress, their intricate patterns pulsating with energy. Behind her, a massive, glowing circular sigil floated, its design both divine and arcane, a perfect blend of mystery and majesty.
Rex stared, completely dumbfounded.
There was a long silence before he finally blurted out,
"Definitely not my mother. No way.
" He gestured at her, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he tried to mask his awe.
"First off, I'm not this good-looking. Second, you're way too tall! What are you, three? Four meters? I was a perfectly normal human of 1.8 meters a few years ago."
The tension that had gripped him moments ago began to loosen. Now that he could see her, it was easier to speak, easier to feel like himself again. But deep down, there was a sense of unease he couldn't shake. This woman, this being, felt far too powerful, far too...
otherworldly.
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