World End: The Successor's Contract

The rumbling of the wagon Hina was sleeping in slowly woke her up as she looked to see that she was moving.

Once she had come back to her senses, she jolted up from the ground, "Lucifer!" She yelled.

Hina began panting when she noticed she was in a wagon, "Where am…" She mumbled before she felt a slight headache hit her.

"I see, you're awake Miss Hina, you've been unconscious for three hours now." Horina uttered with her body cuddled at the corner.

"Horina? What happened?" Hina asked.

"Well for starters, seems like Lucifer got what he wanted, the village went back to normal and well, there's her…" Horina revealed before setting her sight on Rina.

Hina's eyes widened in shock when she saw Rina lying in the middle of the wagon with her spear beside her.

"Rina!" Hina called out and ran to her side, "What happened to her?" She asked… 'Could she be in the same illusion as I was?' Hina thought to herself.

"She's been like that for a while now, we were worried when you both didn't wake up, but since you did, it's safe to say she will too." Horina expressed a bit of sadness.

Hina gave out a relieved sigh, "And Alisha?" She asked.

"She's the one riding, I'm actually surprised, she was the one that found us all," Horina revealed.

"She did uhn?" With a warm smile, Hina fell to her butt and rested her back on the wagon, "Can't believe I'll be going back to him with a failed mission." She grunted silently.

"Failed? Alisha and I planted the Shinoku plants around the village already." Horina uttered.

"You did!" Hina rushed toward Horina with an excited look in her eyes.

"Y-Yes.." Horina muttered, feeling startled at the action, "We had help from the villagers."

Hina looked down, "I see… thank you." She uttered with another warm smile.

After she thanked Horina, Hina stood up and had her strong character back, "Alright, we are done with the mission, let's head straight to the Carnon."

...….

*Carnon*

Zeno, Uta, Ava, and Andrew had just arrived at the Carnon, a wide space, formerly known as a mutual ground in the middle of the Red district.

It is a rocky path in the middle of four different villages, and Zeno planned to trap the Glinx there and take them out in one go.

Zeno got down from the horse and he could already feel the cold breeze blow past his body.

"Why is the Carnon always so cold?" Zeno said while he rubbed his hands against each other to heat himself up.

"Always?" Ava asked.

Zeno looked at her with a puzzled expression, "What?" He asked back.

"Well, you said, 'Why is the Carnon always so cold,' Have you been here before?" Ava responded with a question.

"No… I guess I haven't, but it just seems too familiar," He responded after showing a nervous chuckle.

With a sigh, Uta walked toward Zeno, "We should get this over with, Right?" Uta voiced out.

"Right."

Zeno walked over to the cliff to get a good view of the Carnon, he could see a couple of Glinx walking out of the forests, rivers, and paths leading to the other villages.

"Looks like they planned some of the Shinoku plants already." Andrew stated.

"Seems so," Zeno replied, "Now, we just have to wait for them to gather up and I'll begin the extinction."

Andrew chuckled, "How exactly do you plan to do that?" He asked.

"You just wait and see." Zeno expressed with a smile.

The sounds of horses approaching his position drew his attention, turning to check, Zeno saw two wagons speeding toward the cliff.

"Well, they came back sooner than expected." Uta uttered with her arms tucked as she walked closer to Zeno.

The wagons stopped at a side and Hina and Elsa came down with their subordinates behind them.

Horina was carrying Rina in her hands but she stood behind the crowd so no one would get distracted by it.

Elsa bowed her head when she got to Zeno's front, "We have successfully planted the Shinoku plants at Hamadan, lord Truk is there right now making sure everything is in place,"

"Excellent, how about you Hina?" Zeno asked. He could see the gloomy look on her face.

"Hina? Is something wrong?" He asked with a consoling tone.

"Don't tell me you failed." Uta asserted.

"Uta!" Ava called out before glaring at her.

Hina took a deep breath, "Apologies, yes we did complete our mission, by any chance do you know any demon by the name Lucifer?" She asked.

Zeno paused with a serious look on his face, "You met Lucifer?" He asked.

"Met isn't what I'd call it, more like he took over an entire village and went one on one with me." Hina elaborated.

Ava looked at Uta and saw the angry look on her face, "Uta? Is something wrong?" She asked.

Uta immediately closed her eyes with a sigh before turning to Ava, "It's nothing." She muttered.

"That would be a later problem, right now we have to focus on the project." Zeno uttered before turning his back and walking away.

But before he could get far, Hina called out to him, Zeno was forced to stop to see why she was troubled.

"What's wrong?" Zeno inquired of her to explain.

"One of my soldiers hasn't woken up ever since we left the village." Hina reported with a sad expression.

Horina walked out to the open after she heard Hina tell Zeno about Alisha. She walked towards Zeno and placed Alisha's unconscious body in front of him.

Zeno was furious at the sight, but he still kept a calm reaction, he went to his knees and placed his hand on her head.

"How long has she been asleep?" He asked.

"About five hours sir." Horina replied.

"I see…" Zeno muttered, he sat on the ground with his legs crossed and was about to reach Alisha's hand when Uta suddenly grabbed his hand.

"I know what you want to do, and I'm sorry, I can't allow it." Uta muttered.

"What do you mean?" Hina and Ava asked in unison.

"She is trapped in an illusion created by Lucifer, I know that too well, and Zeno here wants to go into her dream and remove her from it… forcefully." Uta replied with her eyes still fixated on Zeno.

"I see no other way here… she might not even realize that she's in a dream." Zeno asserted

"Sorry…but you're just going to find another way to play hero… I'm not letting you go through with this." Uta voiced out.