Rodney gritted his teeth. He didn't know what had come and messed up what he wanted to do.
It was shaped like a rod, or actually a spear. Whichever it was, Rodney felt that it would be quite troublesome since it could exert this much power even without anyone holding it.
Rodney immediately used all of his strength to push the thing away. He managed to do it after taking out a considerable amount of strength.
The rod flew and spun in the air. Then it returned to the hands of someone who had just stepped out of a rift.
He was a man wearing a dark purple cloak. His cloak covered most of his body. The man also wore a mask that covered his hair and mouth, leaving his eyes glowing red.
Rodney looked at the man with a frown. There was a dangerous aura that he could sense from that man. This aura feels familiar.
But that man wasn't a Celestial even though he had a bit of their aura. This made him even more confused.
"Who are you?" Rodney asked in a sharp tone.
The man didn't bother to answer. He moved in the direction Clyde, Lola, and the others were. Then he moved the weapon in his hand which turned out to be a spear and opened another rift behind them.
"Hurry in!" said the mysterious purple-cloaked man.
Without waiting for a long time, Lola and Albert immediately helped Clyde who was no longer able to stand and almost lost consciousness.
Meanwhile, Leon and Rosie rushed over to Wiley who was still writhing in pain after hitting the ground after having an arm cut off.
Rodney who saw that of course could not stay silent. He dashed towards Leon and Rosie who were about to take Wiley.
However, in the blink of an eye, the man in a dark purple cloak was already in front of Rodney.
"Arrghh! Get out of my fucking way!" Rodney shouted with an expression like a madman. He was so frustrated because of the man's arrival, his desire to kill Clyde became even more distant.
The man did not answer the words full of rage from Rodney. It wasn't that he didn't want to repay the words of a cruel traitor like him. But because he couldn't waste his very limited energy to say anything.
The man saw from behind that Reed and Mona had run to catch up to Rodney. Then he looked back, where only a few more people he had to rescue were about to enter the portal.
Rodney's Sword Slash came when the man in purple looked away from him for a moment. But the speed of the sword slash was still below his speed.
So the sword slash from Rodney just hit the man's spear. The force of the sword slash was enough to push him backward.
Coupled with his increasingly depleted energy, the man in the dark purple cloak felt that he was at a disadvantage.
Mona and Reed came from beside Rodney. Then Rodney said. "Stop them from entering the portal!"
Mona and Reed immediately dashed past the man in a dark purple coat who was still busy dealing with the sword slash from Rodney.
The man in a dark purple cloak immediately exerted enough force to push Rodney's sword slash upwards. Rodney, who had been consumed by anger, immediately charged toward him.
The man in a dark purple coat only glanced at Rodney, then thrust his spear into the ground. A moment later dozens of red sharp crystals shot out from the ground toward Rodney.
The man in purple left Rodney and darted toward Mona and Reed. He was so fast that it was too late for the both of them to notice before he was right behind them.
The man grabbed their necks from behind before they both had the chance to turn around to attack him. Then he pushed them both to the ground.
When he looked forward, the man already saw that the last person he had to save had entered the rift he had created.
Letting out a sigh of relief, the man dashed towards the portal. He reached behind him to summon his spear.
The spear shot from where it stuck as if it was so eager to fulfill the master's call. Meanwhile, Rodney who was still dazed stared ahead.
Her eyes widened in disbelief when she saw Clyde and everyone else had disappeared. Leaving behind the man in a dark purple cloak who is now also moving toward the portal.
Rodney shouted in frustration. He mustered up his remaining strength to lunge at his maximum full speed.
However, that speed wasn't enough to overtake the guy in purple who was only one step away from entering the rift.
A distinctive sound was made when the man entered the rift and the rift closed without leaving anything behind.
Rodney who slashed his sword could only swallow his immeasurable disappointment as the sword only slashed into empty air.
Rodney slashed the rocks and rubble around him to channel his anger.
With just a little more, he can kill Clyde and those who helped him. But, the mysterious man came and ruined everything.
'Who the fuck is that? Where did he come from?!'
Many questions are now lodged in Rodney's head. But no one could give him an answer.
Reed and Mona arrived next to Rodney a moment later. With their face still dirty from just hitting the ground.
"Who's that?" Reed asked.
Rodney suddenly grabbed his neck and Reed widened his eyes.
"See what have you done?! You let them get away from us!" Rodney said. From his eyes, Reed seemed to see a fire ready to devour him.
Rodney then threw Reed to the ground, letting him fall to his knees coughing and gasping for air.
Mona saw what had just happened and was afraid to do or say anything.
In the end, they could only wait until Rodney felt a little better. Rodney finally let out a long breath after a few minutes, trying to drive away the feeling of disappointment and anger.
"Let's go inside that portal."
After saying that, Rodney directly walked past the two of them. Reed and Mona followed behind. They looked at each other but neither said anything for fear that it would stir up Rodney's emotions again.
They felt that Rodney was so different. He was no longer like the leader who had always led them.
Instead, he became like a savage man who could turn them into the target of his anger at any time.
Reed and Mona helped Eric, who had difficulty standing due to the effects of Wiley's poisoned darts. Then, the Regressors entered the portal to another world.
The world they left behind will now only be one of those wasted worlds. Then it disintegrates shortly after its function is completed.
Everything in this world, all life, and memories will only be annihilated. As if it was all just a dream that never happened because soon it would be erased into nothingness.
Clyde felt himself being tossed around in a vast space. That place was like a boundless void that confined him in nothingness.
He can open his eyes. But all he saw was darkness. So basically, he can't see anything.
Clyde wondered, hoping some answers would come. But there was no one here but himself.
He also had no idea how long he would be in this place, tossed about like insignificant trash in the middle of a vast dark ocean.
Finally, Clyde saw a text flash in his vision.
[ Oh sorry. I mean, can you read this? ]
Clyde didn't know how to respond to the text even though he could see it. But after a while, the text came back to give him clarity.
[ Finally, I can find you there. Turns out you're not dead. Don't worry. You can answer by thinking about the answer alone. ]
[ You've been asleep for quite a while. Now it's time for you to wake up. ]
Clyde thought back to what happened. Because of that Clyde didn't feel like getting up.
[ That's not good. You have to awake and move on with your life. Don't you want revenge? ]
Of course, he wanted revenge. But Clyde remembered how he was the last time before he lost consciousness.
Even now he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Or is he still able to fight.
[ You're still alive. It's because of me. That's unfortunate because you were betrayed like that. But, you're still alive. So, it's time to wake up and do what you have to do. ]
Clyde actually just needed confirmation of that. If whatever being that sent the text said that he was still alive, then he was still alive.
For now, there was nothing he could trust other than the being behind the text. So, he decided to believe and gather his will to wake up.