Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 196: Fated to die

"Hah, man don't get too attached. We don't know what will happen during the war."

Gunther whispered into Reegan's ear as they stood inside the intricately designed circle and with Nazlane written with weird symbols in the center.

"Bruh, you are fucking jealous, Old man!"

Reegan frowned at him as the circle brightly lighted up.

"This fucker! I am just a few years older than you!"

As Gunther frowned the light slowly engulfed the members into it and wholly swallowed them.

Zooom!

With an ear-piercing sound, they were teleported into the portal chamber in a flash of light.

The moment they opened their eyes. They found themselves in a dampened chamber that was totally covered with some bright tiles. It was closed like a prison and opposite them were several men who were pointing their weapons towards them.

And there was a zillion of men and women in armor alike to his group gathered in a massive amount near the portal gate. All teleported from different locations.

"Hah"

Nix sighed noticing the weapons pointed at the team and smirked at one of the men who was barehanded. He was someone he knew.

The man looked stunned and the women next to him were stunned as well. Nix slowly descended down the portal stage along with his members following Oria who slightly nodded her head signaling the guards of the portal to pave their way.

"Didn't expect you, man."

The black-haired man said wearing a perplexed expression on his face. The blonde-haired woman along his side looked at Nix with hostility while the other women wore a dazed expression on their faces.

"Lower your weapons people" Oria ordered looking at the crew that still hadn't lowered their weapons.

"Nix!"

Shreya gasped his name and noticed there were ladies around him and got disheartened. They were exceptionally beautiful compared to her. There was even an angel. The sense of defeat devoured her craving for Nix's punishment.

She was obsessed with him. And her kinks could be certainly phenomenal even for Nix who was sexually very active.

"Are you the Transgressor Lord?" Nagendra asked stepping towards Nix sweeping his black hair upward.

"Indeed," Nix replied indifferently with a nod after peering at Shreya and the blue-eyed woman Sonali.

"Good to see you on our side, man." He said and slightly hugged him after a handshake.

"Well, for now."

Nix replied and retracted his body. 

He was never interested in becoming a lapdog for the so-called gods. Unlike someone who had poured and amassed an extremely immeasurable amount of trust in the Gods of Integrity.

Each side possesses a story from Nix's point of view the gods were typical entities alike to any other being that possess emotions who have enslaved the souls of the people. They might have a justified story but he certainly was ready to hear that story.

Nix turned his head towards Sonali, the first woman he was attracted to when he entered Empyrean.

"Not a bandit but, a clan lord. The black-masked Revolutionary who is suspected to be the destroyer of Zerast and killed a hundred thousand people. Did you really do it?"

Sonali said looking at him. Her way of talking hasn't changed in the slightest. Her way of approach was mature and often wouldn't cross the barrier of a person's personal space. She also looked literally the same when to how she entered Empyrean. Her gaze showed fear towards him.

"Well, that's mere speculation and I am not bound to answer such questions."

Nix said and continued

"Take me as a rude asshole. I do not care." 

The last time they met he was an assassin. Who sneaked into the building and did some underhanded scheming. From the point of a pure maiden who had never been exposed to the cruel side of the world, Nix was a sociopath who killed thousands. He didn't have the time to care. He might have been attracted to her in the past but, he knew damn well that outright lying his ideologies could be like selling his own identity.

He didn't need to justify and he believed he cannot convince someone with such broad-mindedness neither did he need to? He knew too well that she believes in the nonkilling strategy. If he was to remember the days he spent in the forest of scrutiny. He knew full well that she was hesitant and did not dare to even kill once.

'Let's check out how these people have grown.'

After those thoughts, his eyes naturally met with Nagendra who was looking at Nix anxiously.

[Private ability: Truth eye activated]

[Opening target information...]

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| [Name: Nagendra Age: 20] |

|[Level: 8(Unstable)] |

|[Class: God hand]| 

|[Height- 183cm Weight:80kg] |

|[Gender: Male] |

|[Faction: Regulars]|

| [Affiliated Company: Light sword] |

|[Alias: Nag, Womanizer ] |

|[Titles gained: Apostle of Integrity, Director of Strivers.] |

|[ Achievements: Labrinth pioneer, Peace keeper] |

|Stats: |

| STRENGTH - 58|

| AGILITY- 50 |

| DEFENCE- 49 |

| STAMINA- 53 |

| ENDURANCE- 49 |

| MAGIC- 40 |

[MANA CORE- MANA DEVASTATION (Rank: D)]

[2 Remaining stat points]

[1 Ability points remaining]

HEALTH CONDITION- GOODHEALTHY

STATE OF MIND-  GOODCALMLAWFUL

[PARTICULARITIES:

LAWFUL

( Good and reasonable minded )

CAPTAINCY

(Likes in commanding and leading others)]

[SINGULARITY:

A Prodigy

( Has an extremely extraordinary aptitude to learn things. A Talent that can not be rivaled.)

  Destined one

(??????)

Nemesis

(Has a great sense of Rivalry to a man and believes him as his sole rival that pushes his growth)

Fated To die

(His fate is prefixed and shown to him.) ]

ABILITY LIST:

[Private abilities- ELOQUENCE (Rank: A) ]

[ELOQUENCE]

(Description: Ability to persuade and lead others with their speech.)

[general abilities- ...]

[Unique abilities-...]

[Class abilities-....]

[special abilities-...]

[Path - BLADELESS HEART]

(Description: Bladeless heart- It is a technique that's perceived by the user to use hand-to-hand combat techniques instead of using blades. A technique that was straightly derived from the 'Thousand hands technique'.) 

[Ethereal switch- Bladeless heart (Phase-3)]

(Description: Ethereal switch is the switch that triggers the VF and shifts the user's potential to the peak.)

[Unstable- This is a state only plausible for the Apostles. Where their stats fluctuate according to their situation and emotion which is influenced by the will of the God that had selected the apostle]

'Who the fuck is this guy's nemesis? Fated to die? This guy is cursed for life. The Nemesis sounds Sus... Haven't I already seen this type of shit in some shows where the protagonist gets literally obsessed with an edgelord?'

He thought inwardly and mocked the lined-up singularities.

In Truth, he was envious of him. His stats had already caught up to his. So, if the fluctuation is true then he might as well catch up to him in a fight. If he uses the Ethereal switch that already caused a problem when they last faced when Nix was using all his buff.

From a standpoint, Phase three might be two times stronger than the past one plus the unstableness could toughen up if he had to fight him.

"Nix... How are you?"

Shreya said hesitantly.

"Tch, I am fine."

Nix said in an annoyed tone. This woman often plays the damsel in distress plus she was a menace who once tailed him. She was the sole manifestation of annoyance to Nix after he followed him Ferandel.

Cinzia and Camila noticed the faint red tint in her face and looked at her with their threatening gaze.

"Alright, let's meet soon."

Nix bidded farewell and moved along with Oria.

The four of them were dumbstruck. He didn't even find them important nor had some chat. Nagendra's face contoured there was no sense of connection or friendliness between them.

"Man seems like that guy's in a hurry don't take us wrong but we gotta go."

Reegan apologized in Nix's place turning to his ex comrades as he followed Oria's ass.

From Nagendra'ss viewpoint, Nix seemed cold. In reality, Nix was in urgency as such he had quickly moved to Ranrak. He did not need to get obliged and explain his position and why he attacked the Daneren house.

"Hmm, isn't it quite crowded?"

Nix asked looking at Oria scratching his eyebrow with his thumb while peering most of them with his true eye. 

There were thousands of Outsiders and crusaders gather just in a single portal station. Each city possesses at least four of them so that they could travel faster inside the city. As such he can imagine over a hundred thousand people gathering there for the war.

This might be a vantage point in strategic warfare. If people gather next to Dracton and use it as a place to gather force they can attack the army of Dracton from the sides. And use the Ranrak city as a reinforcement or a surprise attacker.

Apart from all these Dracton also possess two strongholds. One was Barani, the southern city of crimes, The other one was saragame city which is relatively smaller than any other city. There should've been five strongholds after one being destroyed by Nix there were only four cities at the moment after adding Perunagaram a vagabond city owned by Outlaws near Dracton, a supporting city just like Nazlane.

But those three were the exact vantage points in the hands of Corruptists. While the Ralugerists possess about four large cities.

Ralugerists are actually the followers of Ralugerism and the servants who love their religion and ideologies vice versa to the Corruptists. 

In fact, the Ralugerists were in an advantageous position. They possessed four major vantage points that could, in fact, devour the three strongholds but the problem was the power levels. The outlaws were given tremendous levels during the massive levels ups which in turn drew more people into the abyss of Corruptism. As a result, more people got corrupted.

If his speculation was right Ranrak could possess a huge population as well which was in the middle path to the central city while locating exactly in the east closer to Barani.

The gods were the ones using their strategy to send forces according to their whims. Even though the Rae henil was the one who started it.

In the end in such a large scheming Nix and the others were nothing more than one of the pawns in their game of chess. That's how he felt.

"This is the vantage point. Every other soldier is continuously teleporting two places according to the strategies given by the gods."

Oria explained.

'Just as expected'

Nix muttered and turned back as he felt a hand on his shoulder.