Transmigrated as the Novel's Final Boss-Chapter 85:Groupings [5]

At that moment, as three figures sprinted toward me and one stood above me, time seemed to freeze.

Silence overtook the environment, and a sense of sadness suddenly overwhelmed me.

I couldn’t describe the reason for the emotion, but I knew it was there.

The combination of dull colors around me, the eerie silence, and all the gazes on my figure overwhelmed my head.

Only one color shone, futilely fighting against the grey color everywhere.

And, it wasn’t the mana particle above me.

As my heart began to race, practically surging out of my chest, I floated in the air, my two shoes standing on nothing but air, with my right arm extended as far up as possible..

In this world, I had no one to trust, no one to entrust my deepest secrets to... no one to comfort me when it felt like the world was out to get me.

It was me and only me.

I missed Earth.

Being alone was hard.

I had taken the company of my parents and friends for granted.

But, now that they were gone, I felt it...the hole in my heart.

As my fingertips passed through the edges of the mana ball, I ignored the cold sensation overwhelming me and looked past, at the shining balls of light above me.

Two white pupils, locked onto my figure, glowed like quartz crystals, sucking me into an endless void of light.

Unlike the pitch-black voids I had seen earlier, this one was made completely of white, and rather than invoking a feeling of fear, the void provided comfort and ease.

Somehow, though, it was more dangerous..

It felt as if I were to enter the white void, I would never come back out, succumbing to the tranquil and joyous sensation inside.

I wanted to do it...I wanted to jump into the white void and stay there forever.

It was better than this hellhole of a world where I would have to spend every second training and trying to survive, trying to defy fate.

But, in the end, I didn’t.

Though every muscle in my brain begged to fall deeper into the white void, my brain commanded my head to turn away.

I didn’t particularly feel sad, but bittersweet.

Thoughts of what could have been flooded my head, but I shook them off, forcing a smile onto my face.

Various pictures flashed through my eyes...images of my parents, photographs of my friends...memories of my childhood that I had long forgotten.

I couldn’t deny the sadness within my bones...But I could accept it.

Things would never go back...and I just had to accept that.

My parents...everyone on Earth, I would never see them again.

They would just be occasional memories that flashed across my brain while I traversed this new world.

Perhaps...one day, I would even forget them...forget Earth and everything about it.

It seemed like I had discovered another emotion to invoke my time element.

Melancholy.

If combined with hopelessness, my power and speed with the element would greatly increase.

Though I didn’t feel happy upon learning about it.

Why was I sad, even though I had accepted the fact that a return to Earth wouldn’t be possible?

I couldn’t tell you.

Finally, as time resumed to normal, I descended to the ground, the mana ball above me disappearing.

Liam, Zeke, and Mira continued sprinting forward, toward the covering, but Evangel remained still above me.

As my elemental sight wore off and color returned to the world, I had to fight against my own body to stay standing.

I wanted to scream, shout, beg...and demand that I be sent back to Earth.

Taking one last look at my body with elemental sight on, I saw a line of faint blue mana particles surrounding my palm, which had passed through the mana ball.

Almost immediately after my descent, a voice sounded from the stairwell.

The voice echoed from the second floor above, entering both the floors above and below through the stairs.

"Everyone, return to the second floor. The competition has concluded."

Finally, the three running figures halted, staring at my figure while I casually jumped off the hanging and landed on the lush-green grass.

Shaking my head, I forced myself to smile and crossed my arms so that they formed an "X."

"Looks like none of us won...huh?"

Perhaps it was because I wanted to be alone...or didn’t want anyone to see me like this, but the lie inadvertently left my mouth.

As they all looked at me with confused expressions, Zeke was the first to speak as he let out a deep sigh and replied.

"Ah...to be honest, I thought you just won."

Letting out an annoyed " *TSK,*" Liam turned around and also responded.

"I guess so. Well, it was a good competition."

Turning around and walking back toward the stairs, Liam dragged Zeke behind him and said in an irritated tone.

"She better not have won."

Thus, Mira and I were left alone.

Pausing and gazing at me for a moment, Mira questioned.

"Are you not going up?"

Looking down at the vivid green grass, which contrasted greatly with the grey color from earlier, I hid my expression and answered.

"I’ll be there in a minute. Just a bit upset I lost, you know."

Turning around so swiftly that the sides of her pitch-black hair flew backward, revealing her pale-white ears, Mira began walking and said while not facing me.

"Not all things can be done alone, you know."

As her figure disappeared from sight, walking up the stairs, I collapsed, falling back-first toward the ground.

No particular emotion appeared on my face as I stared up at the sun, as every one of them vied for control in my brain, turning my head into a warzone.

My head ached with pain, but my expression remained neutral, my blood-red pupils motionless, and my lips sealed.

Professor Snape would realize my disappearance soon...I had to get up.

I had to move.

At that moment, my surroundings immediately shifted a familiar scene replayed in front of me.ƒгeewёbnovel.com