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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When Harvey had fought Hatasuko, he wore a twisted grin the entire time. But now as Vaida approached, all signs of happiness were extinct. His blue eyes turned solemn. His brown hair ruffled lightly in the breeze as he glared at the running swordswoman. Her little feet agilely dashed down the street, carefully dodging every crater or shamble in her path.
"Vaida, do you really think that this is an illusion? Are you really that afraid of me? How can you be so afraid of something you created?!" Harvey demanded.
When Vaida ran onto the street where Harvey stood with his sword in his hand, she noticed that the buildings were intact on both sides of the street. Harvey lifted his giant left hand and aimed at her, so Vaida jumped forward and leftward, slammed her feet against the wall of a house, and kicked off it as he unleashed his Astrodeus power. Several energy streams shot out from his hand, just milliseconds apart, and they all flew in her direction. But because she had jumped higher than he expected, Vaida soared over several bright beams which struck the buildings behind her.
The energy streams exploded all at once, and the fiery shockwaves forced her to fly faster. Once her running feet struck the ground at a high speed, Vaida swiftly jumped again, this time twisting and kicking off a wagon on the right side of the street. Though he had the opportunity, Harvey did not use his power to attack again.
As soon as Vaida landed, she lunged at him with a swift right stab. Harvey jumped to the side and deflected her sword by crashing his blade against it, but Vaida was much faster than him; she swung her left sword and tore a shallow gash in his stomach. With all the force in his extraordinary arm, Harvey tried to swing his sword at her in a quick counterattack; Vaida threw herself back since she could not block a slash with this much power. When her feet landed, she did an agile second jump. She landed in between Harvey and the same building that he had refused to attack earlier. Harvey glanced down at the palm of his left hand and sighed; he once again chose not to attack in this direction.
"I didn't create this, and I didn't create you! I'm not guilty of anything. It's not my fault that you fell in love with me! I can't say I understand it. I can say that I wish it never happened. I wish I never knew you. I wish you never happened," said Vaida.
"Are you really so delusional that you'd just forget the good times we shared? Can you really pretend that those memories mean nothing to you?" he demanded.
Vaida shook her head and answered, "No, Harvey... I can't. I couldn't pretend that. Those memories are untainted by the man you became. The sweet boy you used to be, the only friend that this hopeless burned girl had—he will not be forgotten. When I was in that hospital, when half my body was totally burned, you saw me and you cried! You held me in your arms and cried for me. You were screaming when they took me away. I'll never forget. I'll never forget that you were the only thing I had left. The only one who kept me going. Those memories are beautiful, but they're also heartbreaking. After everything you said and everything you did, it's just evidence that my self-destruction is contagious. Somehow, I turned that sweet crying boy into a monster, just like me. You're as scarred on the inside as I am on the outside. So this hopeless burned girl lost her friend, and now my favorite memories torment me in my dreams."
