The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 600: Conviction to Save a Friend

While the destructive battle keeps on going, the person that feels guilty for starting this whole ordeal was helping Edward to get on his feet and had a chance to talk with Rex that has already been possessed by evil and blood.

Pulling the sword of light, Edward groans in pain finding the sharp hissing pain in his chest.

Although the blood was not coming out of the hole in his chest due to green energy from the Bead of Life that prevents it from leaking out and also repairing his internal organs, the pain was still there as Lady Giana carefully pulls out the sword of light.

It took her almost a minute to do that, fearing that she would hurt Edward even more.

Swish!

Lady Giana finally finds the tip of the sword of light before she pulled it out completely from Edwardʼs chest, sparking a painful groan out of Edwardʼs mouth. She looked at the sword of light with a complicated gaze.

Many memories lie in this sword of light, but everything ended like this.

Gritting her teeth finding that this shouldnʼt had happen, Lady Giana shatters the sword of light.

Under the gushing arcane mana that gathered onto her fist, wanting to destroy this sword that almost made the situation ultimately worst, Lady Giana punched it and the sword of light shatters into a thousand fragments of sparkling light.

With both hands supporting his body on the ground, Edward tries to collect his breaths.

Looking down at his chest which has a big hole in it but was blocked by the green energy, Edward gazes forward where he saw sparks of shockwaves in the sky from the clash between Rex and Sebrof, he forces himself to stand up.

But just when he was about to put some strength into his legs, his entire body started trembling.

”Arghh...!”, Edward stumbles over and falls to the ground again.

Even though the Bead of Life helped him survive the grasp of death that should have already sucked his soul into the underworld, it was not enough to fully recover his weakened body that still has traces of death gripping it.

In that moment of blackness, he really thought that he has died and his story has come to an end.

Maybe due to that realization that death managed to grasp him quicker, he was in despair for not being able to repay his life debt to Rex just like he failed to do to Kyle. But the world wonʼt stop his misery and gives him another chance to fix that guilt inside of him.

”Edward, youʼre still weak. Iʼll help you go there...”, Lady Giana said softly from the side.

Despite the guilt that was clearly etched on her face for starting all of this, she was still the cause of him failing his life mission of repaying his life debt. It was clear enough from the way she was acting and the expression she was wearing that she has something to do with this, it doesnʼt take a genius to figure it out.

Zero is undoubtedly Lady Gianaʼs subordinate, and that made Edwardʼs view of her change.

Just hearing her voice alone irritates him to no end, he canʼt believe that a ninth-rank realm Awakened that should be the representation of humanity did a blunder this bad without taking to account that this situation might happen.

Leaders should be able to see into the future as nobody else can, but Lady Giana failed to do so.

Clenching his jaw tightly, Edward tries to stand up, refusing Lady Gianaʼs stretched hand.

Although it took him a moment he was finally able to get to his feet despite panting heavily, he then glances at Lady Giana before he said, ”If you want to help, give me a chance to talk with Rex. Help Sebrof, youʼre linked directly to this mess so do something to fix it. Iʼll reach there on my own”

Lady Gianaʼs body froze for a moment, but she then clenched both of her hands into fists.

”I will... I promise that I would try and fix this”, she mutters softly.

In the next moment, her entire being started to be circled by blue energy that gives off a sacred feeling, and her armor slowly changed into the traditional blue-dominated outfit while blue markings cracked her skin and started to spread all around.

Wings spread on her back and two chakrams appeared in her hands, filled with arcane mana.

Even though it was the first time for Edward to see a ninth-rank realm Awakened turn into the Gladiator Form, he was not impressed at all as he was loathing Lady Giana to the core. Itʼs hard for him to even look at her.

After gearing into her Gladiator Form, Lady Giana slowly opens her sparkling crystal eyes.

”I know what I did was wrong, I never expected Zero to do something this reckless. But itʼs too late to turn back time now, I need to bear this responsibility. Even if this sounds selfish, I put my trust in you to get Rex back to his senses so that others wouldnʼt suffer because of my mistake”

Edward stood there without even looking Lady Giana right in the eyes.

But she knows what she did was wrong and already expected this kind of treatment from those that knew that this was her fault, so she can only smile wryly intending to help Sebrof calm Rex down. Just before she can do that, a phenomenon catches their eyes.

At the far distance, an expanding red lightning field can be seen.

”Itʼs Sebrofʼs Elemental Dominion, I think they are going to go for the final clash!”

Not long after the red lightning field can be seen, a black expanding field suddenly engulfs the entire place, reaching even the place where Lady Giana and Edward are standing right now. Sebrofʼs Elemental Dominion is big, but the black field is at least twice bigger.

Knowing that the black field should come from Rex, Lady Giana didnʼt sit idle any longer.

Gathering more arcane mana and spirit energy into the sublime blue wings on her back, Lady Giana immediately zooms off, heading to the source of a battle between Rex and Sebrof. In under any circumstances, sheʼs still a ninth-rank realm Awakened and can make a difference.

”Rex... your mother wouldnʼt want this”, Edward mutters with a troubled expression.

A moment later,

Step by step Edward traverses through the destruction that was once filled with white marble and mansions belonging to the top figures of Ramawati City, he watches the scenery with a broken heart, this was something that shouldnʼt happen.

But nevertheless, he kept walking forward, holding onto anything that he can use as a support.

Even though the situation was completely different and even worst compared to anything that he has experienced, Edward was thrown back to the time he was saving the captain on the battlefield as a second-rank Awakened fighting Zombies from the Undead race.

Despite looking like he was pushing through, it was all willpower that made his body move.

Back then the sky was shining brightly above his head, and now the sun is also above his head but the sunlight canʼt penetrate through the blanket of black field that seems to forcefully turn the day into night.

It was surreal and Edward even thought that he was hallucinating from the injury he sustained.

Violent gushes of energy can be seen coming from the center of sector 3, in the far distance, but Edwardʼs vision has already turned narrow as everything at the edges canʼt be seen by him. Numbness envelops his entire body.

Although the numbness also reaches his emotions, he stopped when he steps foot in sector 3.

Leaving the military for good ever since the last mission that he had done with Rex and Kyle, he was in a facade of reverie where blood was rarely seen. Ratmawati City is the safest place that can even wipe the bloodbath he had experienced.

But now everything reverts back once again, the scene reminds him of the time on the battlefield.

Gore, brutality, intestines, and blood filled his entire vision wherever his eyes darted to. Rubbles from the buildings that were once filled with people doing their daily lives, shock that was still etched on the corpsesʼ faces, and even the stench that he wanted to forget so badly instill the place with nothing but destruction.

This halted his step finding that the death toll has surpassed his expectation.

Some of the fresh blood coming from a crack in the rubble on his right slowly move like a snake toward him, it maneuver through the corpses before hitting the edge of his shoes which made him snap out of his daze.

Edwardʼs eyes suddenly bulged before he started coughing and falls to his knees.

Both of his knees landed on the pool of blood that has already formed beneath him, it splashes to the dry parts of the street while he kept coughing severely with blood coming out. It was clear that he was still very injured.

Out of nowhere, he suddenly can feel a hand reaches out to his shoulder.

Reacting very quickly to the sudden touch on his shoulder, Edward was about to hit the person that was already standing in front of him but quickly stop when he realized the familiar face. Itʼs the face that can be trusted.

”K-Kyran...?”

”I tried to go back as fast as I can but it seems I was too late”

Looking at the state Edward is in right now, Kyran already knows that he was way too late.

Sighing to himself Edward falls back and sits on the puddle of blood trying to recollect himself, his vision is already starting to be blurry again but shakes his head to force his body to stay awake. It seems he was lacking blood from the attack before.

Kyran straightens his back before looking at the sparking violent energies at the front.

”Bring me to that place, I need to talk to Rex. I need to try and tell him that his mother wouldnʼt want this to happen again to him, she doesnʼt want him to take revenge again”, Edward mutters tiredly, asking Kyran for help.

Upon hearing this, Kyran canʼt help but frown from the sudden bomb into his brain.

For all his moment being inside the Silverstar Pack, Rex has always been fixated on getting stronger and he also knows that he really hated Werewolves which is the race he wanted to exterminate the most.

It was only recently that he knew that Rexʼs real parents are actually killed by a Werewolf.

Everything that Rex did from the start, searching for ways to get stronger turns out to have the sole purpose of killing the Werewolf that killed his parents. It happened years ago, and that hatred still persevered throughout that years.

Out of all things, Kyran was sure that Rex is very determined and never lost his way.

Now that his foster parents were killed once again, and to make matters worst his foster parents were killed by humans that he trusted. It puts him in the middle, a dilemma that surely makes him insane like this.

Sighing to himself, knowing exactly what Rex is feeling right now, Kyran shakes his head.

”What about Ryze? I can sense him already turning into a Dragonman, and seems to be fighting someone too”, Kyran asks sensing Ryzeʼs presence even though they were quite far away from each other.

Upon hearing this, Edward pushes himself to his feet with hazy eyes.

Looking over at Kyran seriously, he then said, ”Donʼt worry about him, there are things that are more important right now. Help me get to Rex, or Humanity would collapse if either one of them died in this tragedy”

Nodding firmly, Kyran then supported Edward by the arm.

Cloaking both of their bodies with dark elements, Kyran glances at Edward once again before they leave the place and heads to the catastrophic phenomenon in front of them, ”Are you sure we shouldnʼt let Rex vent out? No matter the case, his parents died and he has the right to do this”

”Iʼm sure, his mother doesnʼt want this. Deep down, I too know he doesnʼt want to do this”

Edward shakes his head, this is not what both of them wanted, heʼs sure about it.

Seeing the determined look on Edwardʼs face, Kyran gazes to the front as his entire being tingles with an imminent danger that screams death to him, ”We might die if we get closer to that, you know that right?”

”Drop me off there then, I donʼt care if I die”, Edward replied shortly.

With a flash of conviction inside his eyes, he then continues despite his weak voice, ”No matter what happens, I will definitely stop his rampage. This time, I will not fail again, I will definitely save my friend from the darkness even if it costs me my life...”