This is a multimedia webnovel with giant city-crushing monsters, a valiant man who dares to fight them, a hero who loses himself on a righteous path, and a darkness which conceives a profound love. But I suck at descriptions, so I strongly encourage...
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He asked, "Vaida, is something on your mind? Something other than this, of course."
"I think I know why the Interfectus managed to hide from the tempest," she whispered, glaring at the glowing road so that he could not read her face.
"Can you tell me? Please? Even now, the tempest is roaring and screaming like never before; it feels like the abyss is striving to steal my soul. I need to know."
Vaida's lips began to quiver as she steered the sail-rana around a large rock on the side of the road. After they passed it, the slope of the mountainside started to level out. The high-speed winds accelerated the sail-rana to a faster speed. And because the mountains punctuated the flow of the wind, it essentially created a wind tunnel upon the path that ran between the mountains. The sail-rana swiftly became faster than ever before.
Vaida confessed, "You've said before that, well, that when you're with me, the tempest tends to fall silent. But I don't, I guess, um, I don't think that's true. The lost souls want to tell you what to expect, I think, but I know you can't hear them. You can't hear them when you're with me. I don't quiet the tempest. I know this because I can't soothe anyone. I think I just caused your ears to close so you can't hear them... so it's my fault. It's my fault that you didn't know this was coming. It's my fault that all these people had to die."
"Vaida, you're worrying too much over something that isn't even a theory. There are a million reasons why I didn't know the Interfecti would attack this place. Maybe this is a new Interfectus, or maybe they have some cloaking mechanism that we haven't seen before. And even if you're somehow right, it still isn't your fault. If it weren't for you and the way that you shield me from their screams, then I would have fallen long ago. And since I'm the world's only Astrodeus, that's a risk we can't afford to take. So you have to stay with me! You didn't cause this, but if you did, then it's still better than what would happen if I was left alone with my curse. You've seen how the others have turned out, right? Those who have been touched by the darkness become the children of the Interfecti," Hatasuko explained as he glared at the road ahead.
"But I'm not as vital as you think I am! You're just saying that because your heart is in the way, because you somehow found a way to fall for me. But we both know that you hunted the Interfecti for years before you met me."
"Do you know how close I was to my breaking point? When you found me in that smoky city, when you saved me at the last second from the Interfectus, I was closer to the edge than ever before. The tempest gets louder and angrier with every day that passes. Every time the Interfectus appears, my anguish becomes stronger than anything I've ever felt. It might be alright if the curse simply drove me to my end, but we've both seen what happens to those who've been touched by the darkness. They don't just walk quietly out of this life," Hatasuko explained with an urgency in his voice.
The Interfectus had finally arrived in the sky over the mountainside. Its feet hovered high over the rooftops of Hatasuko's hometown. Even from a distance, Hatasuko and Vaida could hear the shouts of citizens trying to run away. They heard frantic voices over the howl of the wind.
