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Chapter 63 - chapter 62 - fragment of corruption

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Chapter 61: The Blue Poison and the Realization

Such a fierce fight and the attack of that terrifying tentacle had broken my body. There were deep wounds on my chest and hands, and with every breath, a sharp wave would run through my entire body. I had become badly injured, my head was spinning and my vision was becoming blurry, but I was not ready to give up yet.

I gathered all my leftover strength. And I began to try so that in some way I could stand up and finish that woman. I took the support of the debris, and with an inhuman effort, I stand up in a while. My legs were trembling, but I was standing straight. My gun was empty, therefore I take out my paper knife from my possession.

Then I gripped the knife tightly and moved steps in that direction where that woman had gone and fallen from my attack. The flames of fire were rising high like a wall, due to which there was blurriness and heat all around. But when I go taking the paper knife—my eyes were searching for that bloody scene—that woman is not there.

My heart sank. Because only the stain of her blood and the marks of being dragged were present on the floor. To save herself—despite her injuries and the unbearable pain of corruption—she had again escaped while crawling. She was not among those who give up; she was preparing to strike while hiding in some other corner of the darkness.

I looked all around, and not finding that woman there even at some distance, I fell into a deep dilemma and began to think what should I do now? I had two options; first—find and finish that woman, and second—go and save Helena.

In the meantime, my eyes turned toward that side where Helena was lying unconscious at some distance from me. Because of the flames of fire, a part of her face could be seen clearly in the light of the fire. There were neither many injuries on her face nor much effect of the stress born from the fight was visible. She was looking absolutely calm, as if in a deep sleep. That golden glow of her axe was blooming even more in the light of the fire and scattering a brilliance on her face.

In the meantime, I decided that I will first help Helena and only then go behind that woman to finish her. Anyway, at this time that woman has reached a helpless and dying-like condition; she was so badly injured that her immediate attack was impossible. And if she does recover, she might take so much time that by then she might go crazy while fighting the 'corruption' inside her. She was suffocating in the poison of her own powers.

Therefore, with this thought, I go toward Helena without delay. Crossing the debris and the fire, I reached very close to her. And reaching near her, what I see, seeing that I become completely surprised.

My eyes remained wide open.

The flames of fire were dancing on the wall, due to which the shadows had become distorted and scary. I saw there that half of Helena's face, which until now was hidden in the darkness of the warehouse, that part has become completely Blue. That color was so unnatural and deep, as if that part of Helena's face had taken the form of a 'Blue Avatar'.

Seeing such a terrifying condition of hers, I was filled with deep doubt and surprise. And my inner soul began to warn me of some big danger. To make a correct guess of her situation, I sat right there on my knees. And when I touched her face with trembling hands, my hair stood on end—because where the skin on her one side was feeling soft and healthy, the skin on the other side was hard like stone and icy. The blood on that side had completely frozen there, due to which her skin was not even appearing alive. That blue color was cast over the face, the clear meaning of which was that Helena has definitely become a victim of some 'Mystical Poison'. This was not an ordinary poison; certainly, this was the effect of that same kidnapper woman, but right now that sight was quite terrifying for me. I was holding Helena's head in my hands and was searching for a way to save her. And even after thinking for a long time, I had no other choice except the previous method. I again took out that same Reverent Card named 'Purify Co' from my pocket and became ready to activate it. Behind this was a logic of mine—because if this card can burn the impurities of 'corruption', then perhaps it will also destroy the source of this blue poison. But without thinking much about the consequences of that logic, I decided to carry out my task directly. I placed the card on Helena's forehead and chanted the activation spell— "Co"!

My words echoed in the air and the card once again began to shine with that same mysterious yellow light, as if some small sun were trying to pierce the darkness. The Aurum running in my veins pushed that energy toward Helena. But after just a few moments, that light suddenly went out.

But not even a bit of change came in Helena's condition; that blueness was merging even more deeply into her veins. The clear meaning of which was that the Reverent Card did not work. There was amazement in my eyes. "But why so?" I fell into deep thought. Was this poison connected to some such Entity which was of a much higher level than the purification power of this card?

But now, the fear inside me had begun to increase even more rapidly because I was able to feel that not much time is left with Helena. Her body was slowly turning cold and the 'Aurum Life Energy' inside her was now fading and finishing.

Fear and nervousness had taken over my brain in such a way that I began to use my 'Reverent Card' continuously like a madman. Once, twice, thrice... every time the same sacred golden light would come out from the card, try to pierce the darkness, but no effect of it was appearing on Helena's turning-blue body. Even after trying five times continuously when no result came out, my courage began to break.

Tears began to flow from my eyes and I was not able to understand after all why is this happening? I am the same person who, after reading Jona's diary, wanted to keep a distance from Helena fearing her strength and her temperament, but at this moment I was feeling her pain in myself. I wanted to take her out from these circumstances at any cost.

Despite being a 'Transmigrator', who had come into this body from some other world, it was an extremely strange thing that I had connected so much with the people of this world in such a short time. Perhaps it was so because even the 'own' people of my old world had never valued me the way the people of this unknown world 'value' me.

I was happy just by coming into this world because it was exactly like those fantasy novels where magic and impossible powers existed. But after all, what meaning of my existence is left, when I cannot save those people who give me so much importance? What is the use of those powers which I cannot use in the right way at the right time? What is the use of such a magical world where my beautiful fantasy becomes a terrifying nightmare?

My sobs were merging into the sounds of that burning warehouse, where magic had failed.

Crying at my helplessness, I was cursing myself. But now what could I even do? I defeated that kidnapper woman with so much difficulty, but in the end, she escaped just like every time. My fists clenched and teeth began to grind. The burden of my failure was crushing me, I am just cursing myself when just then a thought came into my mind.

Wait... what? Escaped?

A thought came into my mind. Oh yes! I understood! I wiped my moist eyes and looked closely at that turning-blue face of Helena. One end of memories began to connect with the other end.

Actually, that woman's Poison is able to take effect only by remaining in an 'Area' of that woman. I remembered that scene when that woman had escaped from us for the first time from the Harbour. At that time also something like this had happened. Then after her going to a certain distance, she had lost control over her kidnapped people. The returning of that glow of the eyes of those helpless people, their coming into their senses... it is very difficult to make a precise guess of that, but those kidnapped people were also perhaps victims of one poison or another of that same woman. And as soon as that distance increased, the bond of the poison broke. But as soon as that kidnapper woman moved away, they had begun to return slowly into their 'Consciousness'. Not only this, even her 'Purple Glowing Poisonous Particles' scattered in the battlefield had finished upon her absence. Those particles had vanished in the air as if they had no existence. After connecting all these links, it was clear that my thinking was absolutely right.

This blue poison of that woman is nothing else but a part of that woman's 'Uniqueness', except that it might be some specialty of the 'Void Pathway'. It was connected to her soul and her specific powers.

Therefore perhaps this must have been the reason that the Reverent Card is not working! My hand froze on that card. Because that can only finish the Fragment of some kind of 'corruption', rather than besides 'Nulling' a Dangerous Ability. The card could burn impurities, but it could not erase the active capability of a living hunter until that hunter himself is present there or the source of his energy is active.

The direct meaning of this was that the spell to save Helena was hidden not in that card, but in the elimination of that escaping woman. As long as she was alive and was in the influence of this area, Helena's blue poison was not going to decrease.

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