The tower was quite small, hence the space within the Chaos Bell was even smaller.
Alex was currently carrying Mica in his arms, hiding in this cramped space.
It was quite hard to even turn around in here. However, it wasn’t that much of a problem for now. Besides, they were being protected by the bell, so the fire was being blocked out effectively. They didn’t have to worry much about being burnt alive yet.
“Hey, move a little,” Alex said.
“What did you say?” Mica was in a rather bad mood. She had just watched Donovan kill her father, and to make matters worse, discovered that Donovan, who she had loved deeply for many years, was her biological brother.
Having experienced both of these incidents, she was mentally unstable, as if she were a volcano ready to explode.
Alex’s words were like throwing a lit match into a bucket of gasoline.
“You jerk! You bastard! How could you say that? You assaulted me, yet now, you want me to move? I outright refuse!”
“Uhm…” Alex froze, realizing she had misunderstood. “I didn’t mean it like that.”
“Then what do you mean? Think I don’t know how dirty your mind is? You’re but a hideous jerk that takes advantage of people! Do you think I’d oblige and let you do whatever you want to me? Dream on! I’m already in such a bad state. I’d rather die! You can beat me to death if you can, but I won’t move even if you do so!”
Alex fell speechless, he just wanted to move away from her.
“If you won’t, then I will, okay?”
Upon hearing this, Mica instantly started shivering from fear, her bossy attitude faded away. She had heard of such incidents before, that women would feel extreme pain in these moments. If the man wasn’t being gentle, the woman would feel as if a layer of her skin was cut off. She couldn’t help but feel terrified when knowing that pain of such magnitude awaited her.
Despite thinking this, Alex didn’t do anything of the sort to her. He merely pushed her off, and the two changed their positions. He then tried to communicate with the Chaos Tree.
***
Donovan looked furious, he felt quite uneasy standing outside of the tower.
The battle began within the howling of the crowd.
Since Donovan had just suffered a great deal because of Alex, he was dying to release all that pent-up anger within him. He figured that these weaklings would make a nice stress relief.
Just then, Donovan looked as if he turned into a demonic god, slaughtering countless people.
Thud!
He crushed the ribs of a female disciple in one stomp, to the point her entire chest deflated and flattened to the ground. He then punched a hole into another disciple’s stomach with his fist… Blood splattered everywhere. Painful screams filled the skies.
“Help us, ancestor!”
“Why aren’t you attacking, ancestor? Our sect is getting wiped out!”
As despair filled their hearts, all the members of the Plenilune sect began wailing.
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