At that moment, the faces of everyone in the room darkened completely.
"..."
"What's wrong?" Arthur didn't understand why everyone had that look on their faces.
"Arthur." Sophie didn't know what to say.
In a moment, tears began to flow uncontrollably down Lourie's face,
"Arthur... her." Arthur's mom said before breaking down in tears.
At that moment, Arthur understood everything. And just like his mother, his tears also began to fall.
Arthur, like his father, was always a rather cold person. He didn't cry easily.
However, Charlotte was his sister, and he loved her too much. So, he ended up being overcome by his emotions.
After wiping away the tears while holding them in so they wouldn't fall from his eyes again, he said. "Where?"
"Arthur, she... got caught in a portal." Sophie continued. She hadn't understood Arthur's question.
"Ask..." You could tell how anger began to slowly overpower him before he shouted "WHERE!"
This shout startled everyone. He was usually a pretty calm person with quite a bit of control over his emotions. So, they had never seen him this angry before.
"She was in the institute. That's where it all happened." Arthur's father added, with difficulty, as he was also holding back tears.
While the mother leaned in tears in his arms.
They were both trying to get over the loss of both sons at one point. One of their sons, whom they had given up for dead, had appeared out of nowhere on their doorstep. This had filled them both with happiness. However, that son seemed to be about to explode in front of their eyes. Both of them could no longer bear the pressure of the moment.
After hearing his father's words, Arthur quickly left the house with a clear destination.
"Arthur, wait, don't go!" His mother shouted in desperation. She was afraid that the portal that had taken her daughter from her would also take her son. Who they had discovered was still alive only a few hours ago.
"Arthur!" Sophie also tried to stop him, though without much success. "I'll go with him. I'll try to stop him before he does something crazy. You guys wait here."
She ran out after him. Without waiting for a response from Arthur's parents.
After they both left. They both stood hugging each other while Laurie cried incessantly. Leo tried to comfort her while holding back tears.
...
Leaving the house, Arthur took Sophie's car and headed to the high school that his sister used to attend, his eyes full of anger, small tears escaping from them occasionally.
Sophie, meanwhile, rode beside him in the passenger seat. All the way, she tried to restrain Arthur. After all, the portal was still working, and they couldn't clear it, even if they wanted to, at least not at their current level.
After driving for a few minutes, they finally arrived at the place. Although, they parked a little earlier. Because from a distance, they could see that in the area, there were quite a few people, with black military suits each one had his face covered by a mask and a strange insignia with the figure of the planet Earth. These people were surrounding the entire institute.
"Arthur, WAIT! It's the association, the portal is still active! They won't let you through!"
She had never seen him like this before. At this moment, Arthur looked like a total stranger,
With a quick step, Arthur approached the military. Although he was looking straight ahead, and the military was there, Arthur wasn't really looking at them. To him, they did not exist in his vision.
Arthur's vision focused solely on a large portal behind them.
[You are approaching an E-class portal].
[Warning: Your level is still too low to face this portal!]
Suddenly, the system that Arthur had forgotten about all this time began to give him warnings.
Although Arthur completely ignored them, instead, he kept walking, steadily until he reached the side of the military.
"Stop!" One of the military men shouted. None of them were carrying firearms. Because these were not too effective against these beasts.
It was much better to use the skills they awakened or even weapons like swords or katanas, since, as they leveled up, they could use these weapons much more effectively than a firearm. Even some people have skills with these weapons.
Firearms were only used by people who had not awakened their abilities. And these were kept, only to try to contain large waves of beasts.
While these were not enough to wipe them out, they were effective enough to give the hunters on the front lines of the fight a break.
"Arthur, you can't! Please stop now!" Sophie continued to insist.
Arthur, however, paid no heed to anything they said. He wouldn't even listen to them.
Completely ignoring the military man, he continued walking, though, after a few steps, he ended up coming to a sudden stop.
"Sir, you are not authorized to face the portal. Please step back."
The military man put his hand on Arthur's shoulder, stopping him completely. The military man seemed to have superhuman strength for no matter how hard he tried to push with all his might, he could not move an inch.
"LET ME GO!"
Arthur's eyes glowed a shade of crimson. In the eyes of Sophie and the Military Man, at this moment, he looked like a beast being moved by anger.
However, the Military Man didn't move an inch. He didn't even feel fear. He was well-trained.
Suddenly, the temperature began to rise all at once. The ground under Arthur's feet was visibly melting, leaving his footprints on the asphalt under his feet.
[You have activated the Unchained mode]
[Mana: 1000/1100]
[Mana: 900/1100]
[Mana: 800/1100]
Suddenly, the system gave a warning, and Arthur's mana began to drop rapidly by the second. However, he still did not react.
At that moment, Sophie began to feel fear, "Please stop." Her voice began. To lower in tone for some reason, she felt fear.
"Sir, this will be the last warning, if you don't stop this instant, I will have to use force." Despite the great increase in temperature, The military still did not move from his place, not even releasing his grip.
At that moment, several military men began to approach, curious. Though for some reason, none of them tried to intervene.
"Sir, this will be the last warning if you don't stop this instant, I will have to use force." Despite the great, increase in temperature, The military still did not move from his place, not even releasing his grip.
At that moment, several military men began to approach, curious. However, for some reason, none of them tried to intervene.