[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 151: Cryll Rescue Act (8)

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Meanwhile, somewhere not far from Noelle's location and the others were.

The figure of Olivia can be seen sitting on an iron pole that has been tilted horizontally. He lightly swung both of his legs, while both of his hands supporting his own chin seemed to rest on his thighs.

Those obsidian eyes seemed empty and showed a bored atmosphere. But, for some reason the soothing warm air can be felt around it.

"What are you doing? "

Stella approached him, standing right behind Olivia, clutching an arrow made of ice.

Olivia glanced a little at him, then returned to her previous state.

Based on her pretty messy appearance, Stella must have just finished investigating the location that they both made the temporary headquarters.

"I'm just making sure of Noelle's condition" Olivia replied briefly.

Stella smiled faintly upon hearing his answer. He then chose to sit right by her side.

"Are they all okay? "

There was a very clear anxiety behind Stella's calm voice. Although she has no special connection to all of those who go on this mission, she still feels a sense of guilt that she accepts on behalf of Cryll.

That might be weird. However, feelings are something so complicated that they cannot be easily understood.

"They must be fine. Noelle's with them."

" … You trust him so much, yes … "

Stella knew this. But, no matter how many times he saw her, the trust Olivia had towards Noelle was simply too high. And to be honest it made Stella feel a little worried.

Even herself was not sure if she could trust Cryll like Olivia did to Noelle. Just by looking at it, Stella already knew that Olivia had become completely attached to the existence of the man.

In response to that, Olivia simply smiled wryly. He then raised his face and stretched his body while still sitting on that collapsed pole.

"There are many reasons for all of this. I could waste hours just telling her how I got close to Noelle. Do you want to hear it? "

" … I don't think so."

They really aren't in the right time to do all that.

But, since the situation at their location was completely different to the situation that Noelle was facing right now, it would not hurt to relax a little.

Stella sighed lightly, and stretched her body like Olivia did before.

"By the way .. How did you guys get so close? I've been with Cryll for a long time, but I don't think we're as close as you guys … "

His voice faded as he reached that last word. He didn't finish all his sentences.

Despite that, Olivia clearly understood what Stella was thinking. She may be worried because the relationship she has with Cryll is not as good as the relationship Noelle and Olivia have.

"Even if you ask me. .. I don't know myself. Everything goes by itself. Of course I took a lot of extreme approaches to him first, but I doubt it produced a good result … "

What he just said was the truth.

" … That's not very helpful."

It seems that asking Olivia for advice is a waste. Because to him, Noelle's whereabouts were all the things he needed. Stella did not have such thoughts towards Cryll, so she might not be able to understand him.

In response to that, Olivia simply smiled wryly and shrugged her shoulders lightly, before finally jumping off that pole.

"I'm not very good at explaining things. You probably already know that. But, what I want to say is, don't get too fixated on your present level of closeness. You just have to live your life as usual. And of course, by involving himself. Well, I guess it's gonna be hard."

In terms of sensitivity, Cryll is just like Noelle. He is very sensitive to the feelings that are directed at him. But he is often confused as to how to respond.

" … I understand ... Dan .. Can I ask you one thing? "

"What's? "

Olivia tilted her head and looked at Stella in confusion.

"Why do you always squint your eyes like that? Is something wrong? "

It was something that had plagued Stella's mind all along. Ever since the two of them were asked to be on standby in this position, Olivia sometimes narrowed her eyes as if trying to focus on something.

In addition, he also often tilted his head even when he was not interacting with Stella.

Stella knew that Olivia wasn't the type to do things for no reason. Of course he would be confused by Olivia's behavior.

Olivia blinked her eyes a few times, as if confused by what Stella said.

"Did I do that? "

"Nn. You did it."

When Stella said that, Olivia's eyes immediately narrowed.

The air around him instantly changed, clearly showing an increase in his vigilance. As if he had realized something.

Stella who was confused by all that did not have time to ask. Olivia immediately ran away from Stella, and approached one of the rubble scattered around her.

"Olivia? "

Stella tries to call out to him, but Olivia completely ignores the call, and continues digging through the scattered debris.

It seemed that Stella's existence had completely disappeared from her mind.

Stella who saw this was of course confused. She had heard from Noelle that Olivia was a very unstable person. He can act differently in just seconds. But, he did not expect that he would witness the change right before his own eyes.

While she is still confused by Olivia's unclear behavior, Olivia, who is the target of the confusion, still seriously digs the ground.

Grain of cold sweat seemed to adorn the pale skin of his face, and his large braided hair swayed whenever his hands moved to dig the ground.

Ignoring her hands and clothes that had been tainted by the ground, Olivia continued to climb the ground, as if searching for something.

Those obsidian eyes seemed to tremble anxiously as he finally felt he had discovered something.

"So it's true … "

Olivia's two eyebrows fused together as she said that. He slowly lifted up something that he had just discovered.

"Whatis that? "

Stella confusedly asked. He noticed the shape of the thing. In appearance, nothing special. Just a large black stone that looked extremely shiny. Some people may be interested in storing and making them collectibles, but it seems that most people who find them will consider the stone as something worthless.

It was different with Olivia. He clearly showed his anxiety towards the stone.

"Something that is able to withstand our strength. The moon rock."

"Month stone? "

Stella still did not understand, but she vaguely began to understand it. Olivia had just said 'something capable of withstanding her power'. That means, the stone is not an ordinary stone.

Olivia nodded. "Nn. You know that Noelle and I are vampires, right? "

Hearing that, Stella instantly widened her eyes in surprise. Maybe because he was one step closer to the conclusion.

"Yes ... If it's not wrong .. You became vampires by accident, right? "

Olivia nodded. "That's right. But that's not the point."

"Then? "

"Me and Noelle, or maybe all vampires do have a higher level of strength than ordinary humans. But, we have a very fatal weakness."

Olivia without hesitation said it. Normally, one would not tell others about the weaknesses he had. But, Olivia had trusted Stella to some degree, so she unhesitatingly recounted one of her fatal flaws.

After all, Olivia was confident that she could still survive even if there were a lot of people starting to attack her based on that information.

"One of our very fatal flaws is that we will lose almost all of our strength when in the new moon phase."

"Eh? Wasn't the new moon phase finished a month ago? Then ... Why … "

" … Is it because of the stone? "

Olivia agreed. "Nn. This is a moon rock. I could feel how my strength was slowly starting to dissipate. All because of this rock."

" … Can it really happen? I don't think a stone can diminish a person's strength."

"If it's an ordinary stone, it's not. But, what I'm holding right now isn't just a rock."

Olivia lifted the stone, and pointed it at the sky. More precisely, to the position of the sun.

"I don't know how they got it. But ... This is a real moon rock. We misunderstood a little bit back then, so we didn't know it. But, our weakness is not the new moon phase. Except the moon itself."

" ……… I don't understand what you mean."

"It's okay if you don't understand. In essence, this moon rock has caused quite a drastic reduction in my and Noelle's strength. And I'm worried that Noelle hasn't noticed."

It was a little complicated, but finally Olivia was able to understand her own weaknesses.

However, for now, Olivia will put all that aside.

All of his attention was focused on one thing. It was Noelle who was there.

" … Will he be okay? "

The question from Stella made him realize. Olivia tried to smile in order to erase all the worries clearly on her face, and muttered.

"Noelle must be fine. Somehow Noelle will definitely handle it."

Olivia did not want to show her worried face to someone who was now in a situation more complicated than her. Although her closeness to Noelle is much better than Cryll with Stella, Olivia still wants to show herself as a figure that will make Stella calm.

He then narrowed his eyes, before finally pulling the rapier hanging on his waist.

"Prepare. There's an enemy approaching."

Olivia's sudden warning left Stella almost unable to respond. Despite that, he finally regained his senses and jumped back, taking a position right behind Olivia.

In his hand, had prepared several arrows made of ice. He is ready to attack at any time.

While feeling the coldness slowly running through her body, Stella was finally able to feel the presence of the enemy that Olivia meant.

It didn't take long for the enemy figure to show itself.

An extremely fast slash came attacking Olivia, but Olivia easily repelled it using her sword. He then kicked the assailant in the stomach, and made him bounce far back, until he hit a large tree.

A second later, Stella also fired her arrow, and hit right on the tree that was hit by the enemy.

As soon as the arrow that Stella shot struck her trunk, the huge tree immediately froze. It only took a few seconds until the ice covered all parts of the tree.

Even so, the enemy figure could not be found there.

There was only a black robe that had frozen due to Stella's magic arrow attack earlier.

Olivia jumped up and shot an ice chain behind Stella, then pulled herself there.

He then swung his rapier sword, which in the end crashed into something and produced beautiful sparks.

"Oi, oi! Rapier isn't the kind of weapon you can swing! "

The enemy finally spoke. Based on his voice, he was a man.

Her body was still covered by a robe, so Olivia could not recognize her clearly. But he realized one thing.

Enemy's strong.

He showed up at a really bad time. Olivia's power was drastically reduced due to the presence of moon rocks. So he can't bring out his full strength.

And now, he thinks. How should he face the enemy before him? It might take a while until he finally finds the answer.

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"Free! We can't run! "

"Someone! Help us! "

"There is no hope! They won't help us! "

"You people! Fight if you want to survive! "

"Hey, why did all this happen? "

"Have we lived all this time .. Just to die now? "

"No! I don't want to die! "

"Help me! "

"Hey, do you think ... What does our existence mean? "

"Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?! What are they doing?! Many lives are wasted every second! What the hell is going on?! "

"I'm not going to run away. It won't! "

"Living today is only to die someday, isn't it a waste? "

"It's okay, I'll protect you. Don'tbeafraid. I'll always be with you."

"Hey, do you think .. We are just a tool that can be discarded when it is not worth using? "

"Help us, Cryll … "

The voices continued to echo in his head.

Cryll gnashed his teeth with emotion, while both of his eyes felt extremely hot, trying to hold back from letting out a single tear.

However, his true feelings cannot lie.

He felt regret, sadness, and suffering. Even though he did not know the owner of the voice, he could still feel it.

How the sound of their agonizing screams, and how desperate cries they experienced. Cryll clearly felt that.

However, he could do nothing to erase that feeling.

Every time he ran and tried to reach the sound, he was always trapped in the same dream and labyrinth.

It was as if it had deliberately locked itself away in order to never reach their voice.

Cryll forced his throat, and shouted as he could. However, no sound came out of his mouth.

Just a total void, nothing around him. There was nothing, other than the screams of suffering from everyone he should never have known.

"You're an Egoist, right? Are you going to let us die in vain here? "

(No! I'm not gonna do that! )

No matter how hard he tried to scream, his voice would never come out. So he could only answer them all in his own heart.

However, what answer he chose, he himself did not know. It was because he felt something stuck in his heart, preventing him from turning around and helping all the owners of the suffering voice.

"Help us, Cryll."

(Shut up! It's noisy! I'm not–)

"Are you trying to escape? Just because you've been enveloped by this cruel fate? "

"Ah–"

Cryll raised his paled face, and found himself still in the cold cell.

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