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...
Thousands of voices screamed from all directions. Incoherent cries choked the hollows of the abyss. The few pleading voices which had somehow strung themselves together were eclipsed by the endless misery. As Hatasuko stood with his feet in the pebbly sand of the Fons Vitae, he kept his nose just above the colorful water so that he could breathe. He kept his eyes closed tightly as he contemplated the anguish in the tempest. He could practically feel the lost souls writhing in his brain, destabilizing it with their misery. He felt more desperate now than ever before to find a way to end the Interfecti, but every time he let his mind wander to the future, he replayed the crushing memory of his most recent failure.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
As the calm water of the Fons Vitae slowly healed the bruises and cuts which scattered his body, Hatasuko remembered his last fight against the Interfectus. He remembered that the monster launched its scattershot at the factory where Vaida had been fighting; he remembered his injured body stumbling forward, desperately trying to somehow save her. He remembered his blood spewing from the gashes in his legs. He remembered being scared more than ever before. And when he had finally found Vaida in the factory, protected from the flames only by a shallow puddle of glass and water, he covered her to preserve her from the flames. That had triggered her to revisit her nightmare.
"I'm still mad at you," Vaida whispered from behind.
Though Hatasuko was awake, he had been trapped in a stupor—locked in his mind, caught between the tempest and his memories. He heard the splash of her body moving through the water behind him. But after he turned to face her, he was surprised to feel her arms wrap around his back. Vaida stopped swimming and embraced him closely in the shallows of the Fons Vitae. Her wet hair stuck to her face as her wrinkly fingers gripped his skin. Hatasuko could feel her heart race in her chest, but she had the opposite effect on him. The screaming tempest became quieter. The agony did not disappear, but it was hesitant to interfere.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
"I guess... I just don't see it. I don't think that I'm a miserable person. I try so hard to be strong for you, for all of them," Hatasuko said in a quiet voice, motioning over to the many other people in the Fons Vitae.
