Free End Online: Volume 2 by D. Wolfin Page B

sword and sell the other two pieces of equipment. I could not use
them anyway. 
    Walking across to Fen, I see that she is still unconscious. I
think I may be able to wake her with cold water, but I have none left. Leaving
her till she wakes up on her own I lie down and rest myself.
    I held my left hand up and inspect the back of it. Just like I
had heard, now that I was no longer under level 50, a black tattoo had shown
itself on the back of my palm.
    A symbol of a wolf inside a circle, the mark that I belong to
the Kingdom of Glace.
    My entire mind felt like it was still running on fumes. Mentally
I was ready to collapse, but the game forcibly kept me awake in consideration to
being inside a dungeon. Lying on the floor, my eyes are closed as I empty
myself of all thoughts. 
    I don't know how much time passed, the entire experience seemed
to be out of focus from my exhaustion. 
    A faint nudge on the side of my face revealed Fen, wide awake
and full sized. Standing up, there is a slight pain as my mind still seems to
be spinning from the high speed movements in battle.
    "I'm glad to see you are okay Fen, that one was far too
close. I don't want to lose you, you know." I had a gentle touch to my
voice, all my past anxiety turning into relief and calmness inside of me.
    The wolf glances down, regretting its carelessness. 
    "Well it's time to go, let's shrink you down and-" I
was cut off by a voice speaking directly into my head
    'Lost, are you there? I need help. I logged back on where I left
in the dungeon. I don't think I would be able to get out by myself and Sir
Laurence is currently offline.'
    It was Verde! Back online finally after a week.
    I was extremely unsure as to whether I should go and help or not
though. While I did want to apologise to her, I feel scared to face her again
after what I did.
    'Please, Lost.'
    'Don't worry. I am nearby and on my way.'
    How could I possibly refuse her when she asks like that. 
    "Fen," I address the wolf behind me, "There is a slight
change of plans. Verde is stuck in this dungeon so we are going to go escort
her outside along the way."
    As I go to pull out a scroll of shrinking, a pair of slender
arms suddenly wrap around me, pinning my arms to my side and preventing me from
moving. My heart skips a beat, I can feel the body of the person behind me to
be about nearly my size, but my equipment prevents me from
discovering more.
    Before I have time to react to the threat, a voice enters my
ear.
    "Don't... Go to her. She is a liar. Let her die and just
stay with me..."
    While Verde's voice was intoxicating. This crystal clear
voice is pervading, causing my whole body to react, and leaving a longing
to feel it again when it was gone.
    Going from the events of me telling the wolf what we were doing
to this person behind me. It couldn't be.
    "Fen?" I try to turn around but the grip of the person
tightens, crushing my arms and preventing me from looking at them.
    "NO!...” I sense a vague sense of uncertainty in the voice,
“You can't turn around. I don't have any... Clothes..."
    What I couldn't feel was the shape of her
body, although my mind was currently in the process of filling in the
blanks from my imagination.
    What I could feel however, was all the heat inside
my body rising to my face.

 
    Chapter 8.5 – Chronix’s Fury
    -Chronix-
    Outside
of virtual reality, my name is Chrona Axelle. At 19 years of age, I live in the
Upper District of Taile. Sticking my short blonde hair straight up so I seem slightly
taller, I'm a little touchy about the fact I am slightly shorter than most
other people my age.
    My
parents are quite rich. Owning a chain of electronics stores, I can live my
life comfortably at home, doing whatever I like.
    Back when
I was at private school I was always the best at everything I did, whether it
was sports or academics. I was always picked first for everything, and even the
teachers favoured me. That's right, I was always the best.
    That's
why