There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 577

Chapter 577: Chapter 571. Rampaging Force

Han Joon stepped out of the fog with Dean just as the field of fog started to rampage. He felt the heightening pressure and jumped out of the field just in time.

"What the actual hell..."

The rest of the operation members watched in dread as the thinning fog churned and swirled into one single point in the sky, before rushing toward the ruin. The storm inside the black shard had materialized in the outside as the field of fog shrunk into a deadly tornado pointing at the ruin.

"Not in my watch!" Tian Yu stomped his feet on the ground, and a dome with one hundred and eight layers circled the black shard chamber, clashing against the rushing tornado. The leftover miasma inside that dome was getting obliterated by the slithering snakes of darkness from Bassena’s shadow.

In the center of that dome, a triangle of light shone brightly as another battle was raging inside the shard; a silent battle that could only be felt through the vibration of the three shards. Zein, gripping the shard tightly, flooded the entire world with soothing water that chased the rampaging miasma.

He struck the attacking miasma and absorbed the weakened part, immediately turning the absorbed part into mana to strengthen the staff and the field of sanctuary around them. Slowly, as the world inside the shard was filled with water, the blackened surface crumbled. The painful scream and cry that filled the world turned into a fighting shout filled with anger.

"That’s right," Zein gripped the shard tight. "You fight too."

The black shard vibrated strongly as if shouting its battle cry, and the two shards responded with an even stronger vibration. The light shining from the triangle beamed out strong enough to push through the thick miasma, stretching out to the sky like a beacon.

But it wasn’t just the shards who sent their battle cry--the miasma was rampaging even more as if it was their last struggle. Indeed, Zein would make it to be their last struggle.

"Aaagh!"

Digging every experience he had for the past two decades, Zein’s water crashed into the rest of the miasma rushing into the core. Like an open dam, he poured every blessing and Celestial power he had to clean the shard, ending the twelve years-long misery.

Khieeee!

The shriek of the rampaging tornado was akin to the desperate cry of a monster on its last breath. Might as well. The moment Zein flooded the shard’s core with his soothing water, the light formed by the combined might of three angry shards exploded kilometers away.

The espers and guides closed their eyes as the light of purification washed over them; washed over the miasmic tornado and the persistent poodles of tars over the fifth lane; washed over the obstacle that had been plaguing them for weeks and months.

But most importantly, washed over the pain and misery of the poor shard.

Zein slumped into Bassena’s arms, who quickly caught the guide before he hit the floor. All of Zein’s attention, however, was on the shard in front of him, who was shivering in his arms and sobbing in his head--this time not in pain but in relief. The two shards rushed over and tried to console the crying shard, and Zein leaned back against Bassena’s sturdy chest in relief.

"Haa...we did it."

"You did it," Bassena wiped the guide’s drenched forehead, planting a soft kiss on top of the black hair. "You’re the best."

Zein chuckled softly for a start before gradually turning it into full-blown laughter. He was out of energy, and his mental capacity was almost at his limit. Elena’s bracelet was completely black, and the white staff had returned to his wrist. He didn’t think he could move at all, probably until the next day, but he was satisfied. His laughter, ringing beautifully through his mask, could be heard by the people who approached the now-purified area.

"I don’t think I ever heard you laughing that nicely before," Radia chuckled as he stepped into the chamber. Well, it was a chamber before, but it became more like an open amphitheater after the fog cleared.

"It used to be my privilege," Bassena muttered childishly, but Zein just laughed even more.

It was only purifying one shard on the verge of corruption, but he felt like he was winning already.

No--it was indeed a victory. The one who caused the shard to get corrupted by the miasma was the Fallen Star after all, so canceling that meant a victory for them. "Another victory," he smiled widely behind his mask.

"You’re right," even Radia looked up to the dark sky and allowed himself a wide smile he had never done before. "It’s another victory."

"I did nothing but...I can’t lie that I feel happy," the old man Tian Yu laughed too, filling the ruin and the forest with a boisterous sound.

"Don’t say that, Sir. It’s thanks to your presence that we can do our job with more ease," Naoya, who had grown rather close with the old man, said with a smile.

While Tian Yu laughed and patted the archer on the back, someone was running toward Zein and hugged him excitedly. "Captain! You’re so cool!"

"Heh--you didn’t even see me," Zein scoffed while Bassena was prying the girl away from Zein, hugging the guide for himself.