Night of Waterfalls (Venom Series 2)

Chapter 74

Dedicated to: Melody Borromeo

Chapter 74: Covered Eyes

Have you ever experienced that lukewarm feeling? It was as if you were suddenly whisked away to a place filled with mist, thin smoke, and floating clear bubbles, where everything you see is blurry. Everything around you feels so warm and slow like time has its own haze. There's soft music whispering into your ears, like flowing water accompanied by the creaking sound of swinging bamboo in the wind. It's when you find yourself in the middle of it, where the world swirls around you, the sudden thickness of the air makes it hard to breathe.

Slowly, realizing it, it dawned on me, that it was me— the woman who found herself caught in a realm she never thought existed.

"Now allow this king to serve you."

When Tobias uttered those words, Claret raised one of her hands above her head, and the globe of blue light slowly melted away, revealing us—Tobias standing in the center, with Claret and me at his sides.

I still don't know how long I stayed inside the mirror if I took hours, weeks, or even years inside it, but what I knew right now was we were facing Atlas again, and he was here because of Astrid.

I had a slight background on Atlas and his story, as Claret herself shared it with me. He was completely different now compared to the person we had met before. I could still remember witnessing his genuine emotions when Divina and I met him for the first time, but now it was so different as if he had killed himself and been reborn as someone else.

Saglit nagtama ang mga mata namin ni Atlas, wala na roon ang lalaking nakausap namin ni Divina.

I never witnessed how everyone went all the way against him during the last war, as I had my own fight. But with Zen's sudden gush of memories from when we fought together before I crossed the mirror, and with our current situation, I knew how Atlas's presence could affect everyone's sanity—especially Zen.

Now that everyone was aware that Veda was awake and that Atlas would do more for her, we knew this would be our toughest fight, far beyond what they had faced against the goddesses before. Atlas, Mitchelle, these witches, and Veda are not just normal enemies like the goddesses; they are deeply connected to all of us. That made everything worse.

Zen, Seth, and Blair were fighting against Atlas. The witches were on the loose, with Marah, the white werewolf, and a gray-haired vampire after them, while Pryor was having a hard time with his opponent Mitchelle.

When I entered the mirror, I remembered that it was during the Water Festival in the Floating City, where everyone could witness my performance. But now, I found our battlefield in the vastness of the ocean, with floating small land-like islands where everyone could rest and attack again in the air.

I sighed in relief, realizing that we would not affect the innocent citizens of this kingdom.

May sari-sarili ng mundo ang lahat ngunit ang higit kong napansin ay sina Zen, Seth at Blair. Even from afar, it was clear that Atlas had the confidence to single out those three princes without putting too much effort. I glanced at Claret; I saw a similar expression on her face. We were both aware of how Veda's presence greatly affected the power of an ancient demon.

They were in an air fight.

Halinhinan sina Zen, Seth at Blair sa pag-atake. May pagkakataon pa na sabay-sabay sila ngunit hindi man lang iyon nakapipinsala kay Atlas. Sa katunayan ay sila pang tatlo ang tumitilapon. Even in the air, I could feel the strength and pressure of their attacks.

With Atlas's wings being bigger than Seth's even in their fistfight, Seth had a hard time maintaining his distance. The wind from Atlas's wings was so strong that it restricted his movement. In the end, Seth took a heavy punch that sent him flying like a crashing rocket launcher. He crashed onto one of the floating islands, and with the impact, he passed through it and sank deeper into the water.