Chapter 145: Cinzia's story (1)

He stared at her for a while without answering.

"You won't say?"

She asked with teary eyes.

"I didn't have a choice. This was the best possible outcome. I didn't want to lose this town and you and other members. Indeed, I don't have any reason to feel attached to this town. But, I need a place and power."

"I've reached this position as a clan lord and did not want to lose my position in this world. I'll be honest I liked being in a high position. I am greedy... A world with several divisions and higher existence who hold high authority. Believe it or not, there are still several things we'd face. I won't justify my actions. Fuck it! I am a twisted guy. But I need this land as my base to at least fight back other monstrous existences."

"It's okay..."

Cinzia said with a smile.

Well, he was not a hero but, he did care for those he cherished. What more would she want? She was not a heroic or a good woman either. She had gone through several things. 

He smirked and firmly gripped her waist and pulled her closer and began speaking.

"Zerast is no more and its branches in other cities will crumble. And hell hounds wouldn't be a problem. For a few months, I assume. This doesn't mean I have won Nate and Feroz khan of hellhounds. Both Zerast and Hell hounds will rise again. Revenge isn't over yet. That's something to worry about later. I wanna know your past..."

He said and kissed her forehead. She thought he was explaining something serious but, expect such a mood swing.

He was actually glad that she supported him while people looked at him as though he was a monster in human skin. He thought even if he changed the prophecy, he'll lose everything and wander around the world as a pawn of the gods.

She walked towards her office, sat next to him, and pointed at the portrait that was placed on her table.

The portrait contained two women in their bikini and a tall man standing in the center. The three of them were Rafila, Cinzia, and Cinzia's cousin brother Damian.

He looked tall and possessed Dark skin just like Cinzia and a neatly trimmed stubble beard. The picture seemed to be taken when they went on a vacation to a beach while they were on earth.

When he went to Requiem he saw a similar picture. It seems Rafila gave her this one.

"Well, This is Damian. He was very different to you unlike what I assumed at first. Actually I like that quality of yours. He  had different conceptions about humans, more like the goody two shoes who loves saving people..."

She began narrating her early days in Empyrean and how she changed and why didn't trust him in the beginning.

Cinzia was twenty years old about that time. Just the same age as Nix. She was traveling with  Eshwar, Damian, Dalia, and Rafila. Damian was a 25-year-old office worker.

He wanted to take his time off so he called Rafila and Rafila invited Cinzia; this went on and on, making the three siblings tag along with the couple.

They went to a restaurant, beach and roamed someplace. They pretty much had fun all day. That's when they took the pictures it seems.

If things ended well they'd be having a peaceful life but things went bad. When they were returning back using their car they were hit by a Truck.

At least that's what they thought until they woke up in the forest of scrutiny. 

Waking up in the forest Cinzia's witnessed a gore sight of Damian slaughtering a monster. The sunlight, the dust particles that were floating and glimmering by a ray of light that escaped through the trees and fell on the ground went pale in comparison to the horrific scene that was occurring.

Unlike Nix's ordeals. They went through different ones. 

They were given a mission of killing fifty monsters to get teleported back. Although this was complete bull shit to look forward to from people that barely have any prior combat experience.

There were several reasons behind it. People all around the world were randomly teleported. Though Transmigration was seasonal the gods do it randomly. In winter they'll summon a heavy population and in summer they'll summon a lower number. In most cases when they summon more than two hundred across the globe. They'll reduce the number by giving harder missions. 

In Cinzia's case, this was what happened.

"What's happening?"

She questioned waking up in a startle. Unlike how she currently looks and behaves everything was different. She seemed lean and there was no scar on her face, moreover she seemed like a naive young woman.

Next to her was Rafila still unconscious. The thing that surprised her was Damian seemed like a soldier straight out of Medieval age. His dark armor long sword went pale with the big ass car door though.

He was severely bleeding yet, his hands were moving at great speed. He was a fitness freak. Who trained his body to a perfect condition. On Average, people work out one hour per day, but this man spent three hours doing that.These cannot state how he was able to fight the undead or other monsters but that was the core reason how he managed to do it. He possessed great stamina and strength. Also he was a sportsman.

He smashed the undead's rotten head with his foot and turned towards Cinzia with eyes that were brimming with hope.

"Thank god you woke up!"

He exclaimed.

"Where are we?"

She questioned.

"I'll explain it later, help me vacate..."

He hurried and threw Rafila on his shoulder.

"What are you doing...I don't understand anything and what is that monster doing here?"

"We have to survive this forest for 30 days. It's already been six days... Since we were teleported." 

Cinzia's pupils dilated as a few more undead came towards them. Everything was so hard for her to believe. Damian explained things after fighting the remaining undead. He was severely wounded and he also explained that there was a safe house where people can heal up from all the injuries.

Damian was a good human being and most of all he wanted to save others. He was fighting and protecting all four of them, day and night in the hopes that they'll wake up. This was certainly plausible considering his strength even though he lacked fighting skills.

By half a day he managed to transport Rafila and the two other kids with Cinzia's help to the safe house.

As usual, their conditions were restored. Even Eshwas, Dalia, and Rafila woke up. The safe house is where they met new people. Nate Fraser was leading a group of twenty.

"I am glad you managed to survive out there."

Nate politely greeted Damian.

"I am Damian."

"I am Nate Fraser."

They both greeted each other as Cinzia witnessed.

He turned towards Cinzia and smiled. And Cinzia smiled back.

As a young woman, she was naturally attracted by the man that leads men and seemed strong. Her first impression of Nate seemed good. This didn't mean she was fooled by him or fell in love.

She was attracted to him and admired him from a distance. Everyone does mistakes and her mistake was assuming things.

As a naive young woman who was living a pretty simple life, she was yet to experience terrible things during those days.

Damian quickly captivated people after hearing his story of him protecting four people alone. If it was anyone else, they'd have surely abandoned them. Considering the chances of them waking up was slim.

"h-H-Hi I am Gregory. Nate's friend"

Gregory said hesitantly, staring at Cinzia.

"Hi, people I am Jack Frose. Nice to meet you all!"

Jack said cheerfully. 

The safehouse was safe unlike what happened to Nix's party. They stayed there for a week to hunt monsters and each of them had to kill twenty monsters. 

The problem was within two days they weren't able to find any Undead around the vicinity. Moreover, they were surrounded by Five Cyclops on their third night.

For some reason, they were not attacked by them. They waited for the prey to come out on their own. They didn't have a choice. They possessed a water supply that'd last for two days and a food supply for two days if they used the food supply conservatively. They may have gone on for one week without the need of stepping their legs out. 

The worst thing was the Cyclops ate the Undead and waited for them patiently. People in the safe house were extremely frightened. Some couldn't hold their tongues and even stole food at night. Within four days they were starving and their plan was utterly destroyed.

It was both a good and bad thing. If they waited for more than tha

t things could have turned more devastating. Humans turn into beasts when they are put into cages or wilderness. When the survival instincts kick in they turn into monsters.

There were several conflicts for food and other things inside the safe house. Though Nate and Damian controlled them as the people that stood atop of the others both in physical strength and other qualities

Things turned wild on the fourth night. A man approached Dalia when everyone was sleeping. In fear, Dalia didn't utter a word as a fat bald man tried to insert his finger into her clothes.

Noticing the scene Cinzia helped her sister reflexively by stabbing his neck with a sharp iron rod.