‎After ’running away’ from the group, I went into the underground city and did not stop even for a second until I came before a modest building next to the gladiator arena which has a plaque that read; New dawn organization.

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‎Like always, the building had no guards and it’s doors were wide open. I calmed down my raging emotions from the earlier encounter, and walked through its open doors.

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‎As soon as I walked through it’s open doors, both doors slammed behind me. And I couldn’t help but sigh internally as I sensed seven hidden figures.

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‎’Khloe and her theatrics.’

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‎"What is it that you seek?" An alluring voice sounded from everywhere. My reaction to that was to wave my hand at a certain location.

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‎BOOM!

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‎A gale burst from my movement towards that direction. The moment I did that however, I instantly sidestepped to the side as a figure appeared and their crystal arm ploughed through the space I had been.

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‎I moved behind the perpetrator almost immediately and kicked them square in the back, sending them flying towards the doors, but they managed to stop their body from shattering the doors by piercing the ground with their crystal arm.

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‎From behind, I sensed another figure jump towards me, however, I ducked under their blade, before kicking at their legs, which made them stumble forward, right into my hands.

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‎But just then, I suddenly felt immense joy and the urge to burst out laughing, but I winced and quickly suppressed that feeling, before throwing away the figure in my hands like a ragdoll.

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‎"Alright, that’s enough." I said looking at the crystal man who looked ready to charge at me. "It seems you’ve really improved while I was gone, Bran."

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‎It took a moment before the crystal man processed my words, and the moment he did, the crystal that was covering his entire body receded from his head down to his neck.

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‎"Boss?!" Bran exclaimed, the expression on his face showing his surprise.

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‎"Wait... Boss?!" Pixie who I had thrown away like a ragdoll also exclaimed.

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‎The darkness and gloom covering the hall suddenly receded, replaced with bright lanterns that illuminated everywhere, revealing the five other presences I had sensed. Bob, Vera, Hugo, Alan, and finally, Khloe.

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‎"Boss!" Khloe called out for me before slowly walking towards where I was. "Boss, is that really you?"

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‎Smiling, I waved my hand,

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‎"Been a while, my young Padawan."

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‎"It’s really you!" Khloe cried out in relief. "Where have you been? Its been an entire month since you suddenly disappeared right in front of us. We’ve been looking for you, all over the place. We’ve tried searching for you through the spy network and everything. No matter where we looked we couldn’t find you."

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‎"Is that so?" I tilted my head.

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‎"Yeah." Vera replied this time, her eyes glowing. I could tell she was using her ability. Well, then, I guess I could play with her for a bit.

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‎"Haa, well, it’s a long story." I sighed.

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‎"A long story?" she asked skeptically.

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‎"Yeah." I nodded. "You see my young padawan, it’s one I don’t really want to recall, but since you’re my loyal subjects, I guess I could tell."

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‎"Oh, do tell." Vera rolled her eyes.

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‎I smirked.

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‎"Well, in short, I died and came back to life."

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‎"Haha, that is a lot even for you Boss." Bob said with a short laugh, however, the laughing expression on his face soon froze upon noticing Vera’s shocked expression.

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‎Vera stood in shock from the words that came out of my mouth. The others seeing her expression also froze.

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‎"...Surely it couldn’t be..." Alan muttered with wide eyes.

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‎"... Impossible." Hugo said. Pixie on the other hand looked like she had seen a ghost.

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‎They all knew Vera’s ability, and they knew it never failed. As long as a lie was spoken, Vera would know it, and even if it was truth, she’d realize it. Also, Vera was almost always calm, so the fact that she looked so shocked from my words meant that I had said the truth.

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‎After a while, Vera’s eyes turned to me almost mechanically.

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‎"You’re really terrifying, you know that?" She said as the glow in her eyes dimmed.

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‎That was the confirmation the others needed.

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‎"How did you..." Bran asked walking towards me.

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‎"No way... Boss, are you immortal?!" Bob asked in excitement.

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‎"I’m just messing with you all, I’ll head inside for now." I smiled. Khloe was about to open her mouth again, but I cut her off. "I’ll explain more later."

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‎Smiling, I waved my hand and urged them to move. For now, all I wanted was to rest.

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‎Yawning out loud and stretching my arms, I walked past them and headed deeper into the building. I walked towards a familiar room and dropped down on the bed. Before I knew it, I was drawn into the dream realm.

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‎"So, enjoying your new life?"

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‎"Shit, you’ve got to be kidding me." I cursed silently. ‎The reason for my curse was none other than the fact that I once again woke up in the nebulous void. And the insidious bastard was staring right at me with a conniving grin.

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‎"To hell with you."

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‎"Now that’s not a very nice thing to say to someone who brought you back to life." He said, his grin widening.

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‎I felt the sudden urge to punch his teeth off, but I knew i didn’t stand a chance. This son of a bitch could kill me with a thought it seemed.

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‎"Why am I here again?" I scowled. "I thought we had a deal."

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‎"Well, I wanted to congratulate you on your re: life, so welcome back to life."

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‎"..."

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‎My mouth twitched.

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‎What was wrong with this bastard, I thought, but then, a chilling thought occured to me.

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‎"Wait... I thought you weren’t the one pulling me here, and that I was arriving by myself?!" I asked exclaiming as the frown on my face grew more pronounced.

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‎"Ohohoho, that’s the exact reason why I brought you here. you agreeing to let me take control of your body for over a minute made it possible for me to exploit that link and bring you here, hahahaha." He cackled.

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‎No, this wasn’t good, this wasn’t good one bit. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to see the bastard for a very long time, but now he could drag me here anytime he wished?

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‎For the love of all things that lived, why wouldn’t this bastard let me rest?

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‎"How foolish, striking a deal with some unknown entity, but I can understand your situation." He nodded sagely. "You mortals would to anything to cling to life."

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‎As the bastard kept talking, I soon reached my limit. My first swung towards his face.

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‎Bang!

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‎To my astonishment however, he didn’t move an inch, not his head, not his cheek, hell, not even his skin.

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‎His eyes suddenly turned towards me, raging with divine fury.

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‎"How insolent!" His voice sounded layered, and sounded as if it was coming from everywhere at once.

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‎Before my dread filled eyes, he raised two fingers and flicked at my forehead.

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‎Bang!

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‎The two fingers struck my forehead with the force of a sledgehammer, and it felt like some jarring current was running through my head before everything faded.

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‎"Gah!" I sprang up from the bed with beads of sweat rolling down my forehead. I stayed like that for the next few minutes, before swinging my legs off the bed and standing up on my feet.

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‎Though I still felt sleepy, with that bastard hunting me in my sleep, I didn’t have the need to sleep anymore. Checking my trusty watch, I realized that it’s been five hours since I crashed down.

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‎I tidied my clothes and went out to the lobby where the seven were still present.

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‎"Don’t you guys have anything to do?"I asked as I saw them lounging there.

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‎"We decided to close for the day, Boss." Bob replied.

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‎"Since you came back from the dead, we have to celebrate." Vera added, her eyes still scrutinizing me.

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‎It was then that I noticed the doors were still closed. My thoughts paused there, lifting my head up and staring at Khloe, I clapped my hands.

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‎"Khloe, start making preparations."

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‎"Preparations?"

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‎Walking towards the exit of the building I nodded my head.

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‎"Yes, we’re going on a long trip."

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‎Meanwhile back in the nebulous void, as soon as the replica flicked at Damon’s head, a black energy left his fingertips and and settled itself on Damon’s forehead.

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‎Slowly, the black energy shifted and twisted, until it turned into a small pitch black vertical crescent moon tattoo on his forehead.

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‎"That does it." The replica sighed. "How could I forget to give him the mark when I resurrected him?" he muttered as Damon’s body faded from the void.

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