Rey was pissed.
No, that felt like an understatent compared to what he was feeling at the mont.
His friends and allies were all gone, and he couldn't do anything to save them. All his classmates were also caught up in it.
'Alicia too… DAMNIT!'
The rage swelling from within him felt like it could explode him from within.
He hated how he was feeling. He knew he was being extrely insensitive to Es, who was most definitely still confused about the whole thing.
But… he couldn't stop mulling over everything.
'What was that, though? A Dungeon Trap?' Rey wondered to himself.
If that was the case, then it made a lot of sense. This would be the first ti sothing of this scale had happened—since such traps usually only transported one person or a small group—but that didn't discount the possibility of a much bigger trap.
This was a Grand Calamity Class Dungeon, so sothing of this scale had to be expected.
Yet… Rey wasn't satisfied with that explanation.
If it was a trap, then that ant there was no rhy and reason to its effects. The Dungeon just reacted to their presence and used one of its defense chanisms.
Plain and simple. But…
'It can't be that simple!' Rey found sothing gnawing at his heart.
He was tempted to leave things as they were, instead focusing on saving everyone, but he couldn't ignore an explanation that was rising from within his depths.
'Adrien! Maybe he… no, not maybe. He has to be the one behind this!'
Everything that had happened thus far couldn't have just been coincidences. Rey had tried his best to consider how they could all be natural, but this was the last straw.
Perhaps he was seeking out patterns where there were none.
Maybe he just felt so frustrated that he needed so 'living' entity to vent on, rather than the automated 'Dungeon Defenses.'
It was even possible that he was being illogical and unreasonable.
BUT—
"This Mass Teleportation… I think Adrien is behind it!"
—Rey didn't care any longer. He already knew Adrien was behind this, one way or the other, so sothing of this scale could also be attributed to him.
"What do you an Adrien?"
Despite faintly hearing Es's question, he was too imrsed in his thoughts to offer a coherent response.
'But why? What could he gain from doing this?' Rey gnashed his teeth as he considered the possibilities.
'Is this just one of his gas? How will this benefit anyone? How will it help the cause?!'
No, perhaps this was never about benefiting humanity.
This was rely just Adrien selfishly doing what was going to be beneficial to just him.
'Even if thousands die in the process…'
There were no Floors here. Just rooms that Rey considered 'Zones.'
'If Alicia, or anyone I care about, gets trapped in a Zone that is a lot more dangerous than they can handle… maybe a Boss Room or sothing, then…'
His heart thumped loudly as his eyes turned bloodshot. With his fists clenched, the air around him began to quiver.
Everything shook trendously.
"… I'll KILL him!"
At this point, his gaze happened to reach Es, whose face seed to be pale with hints of fear and disbelief.
Her body was vibrating, almost as if it was being shaken by an invisible force.
'H-huh…? What?'
At that mont, Rey snapped out of his dark thoughts and stopped the intense bloodlust that was being released from him without his knowledge or control.
Once he did so, Es gasped very loudly, almost as if she had been deprived of air for so long. She collapsed to the ground and fell on her knees, gasping even more.
Rey saw this, and his raging heart instantly lted.
"I-I'm sorry, Es!" He swiftly apologized, rushing close to her until he knelt.
Before he could reach her, she raised a hand and stopped him.
"I-I'm fine. Don't worry…" She slowly raised her head, and streams of tears were falling from her eyes.
That went on to break Rey's heart.
"I'm so… so sorry."
"I know you are. But…" She placed her two hands on his shoulder, gasping for more air while panting very loudly.
"… Don't you ever do that again!"
Her gaze seed dangerous, almost like she was warning him.
Rey had never seen Es so mad at him before, but it seed like she genuinely was upset for his action; sothing that he completely understood.
"Do you understand?"
Rey slowly nodded his head, causing her to sigh very loudly.
Es raised herself up, though staggering a little once she stood. Her pale face had recovered, and she wiped the tears on her face away.
"My philosophy makes consider anyone who may hurt an enemy. You're dangerous, Rey, and I already knew that…" She looked at him as he picked himself up from the ground.
"But I never considered you a threat to . That's why I don't see you as an enemy."
Es's moist eyes that glistened with clear blue felt like diamonds carved from the sky. It felt exquisite, yet distant.
"I don't want that to change, Rey. I don't want to think of you as an enemy, or soone who could hurt ."
"I'm not an enemy, don't worry! And I won't h-hurt… you." Rey instantly recognized how false his words seed in light of his recent actions.
Yes, he didn't know what he was doing. However, if there was a chance that an unconscious action of his could hurt her, didn't that make him dangerous?
"That's why I said don't do it again." She said with a small sigh. "I know you didn't an that."
"Y-yeah… thanks."
Rey's head shafully hung on his shoulders as more worriso thoughts burdened him, almost to the point of being overwheld.
Then, he felt a warm hand rest on his shoulder.
"There's no need to overcomplicate things with useless thoughts. Whether or not Adrien is behind this, the most important thing right now is saving everyone."
Rey raised his head and saw Es's smile. That look she gave him, devoid of fear and full of hope… it saved him.
"So are you coming with or not?" Es stretched out her hand and nodded invitingly at him.
There was no way Rey could refuse now.
"Yeah! Let's go!"
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