Ari

Chapter 108: The Twin Goddesses

The sky and the land blackened as the moon covered the sun, causing chaos on the land of mortals. There were strange movements of the land causing earthquakes and huge tidal waves. The male beastmen suddenly lost their control, causing them to transform to their aggressive forms—females and young ones ran to save their lives as the goddesses fused together.

Just a moment ago, before our fusion, me and my group went to the abandoned temple and entered from above since it has no ceiling. I could see the statues of all the Immortals in the center of the huge temple. The Horned Owls knelt down as I walked towards the center.

The sight was exactly the same as the dream I had years ago. I looked back and saw everyone kneeling except Dylan. They already started praying but didn't dare to walk to the center.

We were suddenly taken aback when darkness slowly covered the land—the eclipse was already starting. We felt the ground shake as they all transformed to their aggressive forms. Tora looked terrified and backed away.

Dylan ran towards me since he was the only one that was not affected by the movement of the moon, "My dear..."

I heard Lowell howling to the moon while the others were growling.

"What's happening?" I mumbled.

Ayla suddenly appeared in front of us as she restrained the others before putting them to sleep. Dylan covered up for me, but she didn't budge and just smiled at me before she suddenly released her power against Dylan. He tried to fight back, but he couldn't retaliate—he's no match for Ayla. She placed chain-like restraints on him that restricted him from making a move—he couldn't break free. I instinctively stepped back as Ayla looked at me with a saddened expression.

"Arie... My dear sister... Why do you always choose that fool? I already gave you my precious wolf," she asked with a miserable smile as we both got pulled by an unknown force towards one another and fused together.

I felt an extremely unbearable weight on my heart the moment Ayla and I fused. It was nothing like the first time we fused together. I suddenly felt the power of the moon within me heightened and I lost control over my body.

My head was suddenly filled with memories that I had long forgotten.

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[Flashback]

We were born as twins, but we have different fathers. My father accepted Ayla as his own and treated us equally. Even Ayla knew this so she also loved him dearly, but she loved me the most.

She was extremely hurt when she learned that I gave my stone of oath to Dylan.

She cried so much and told me, "Take it back from him! I don't want him to take away my only sister."

"But Ayla, our father already sent it to him. We are not allowed to go to the land of the mortals until our coming of age. Also, an oath can never be taken back.

"He's so pitiful. He chose his loyalty despite knowing he would become an orphan and that his race would be condemned by our queen mother. Father also agreed with my decision, please don't bear a grudge against him.

"I really like him, he was the only one who treated me well besides you. The others were bullying me," I responded, trying to explain my point.

I really love her, though she was a bit excessive at times. She didn't know I was being bullied by the other children of the Immortals. She was petrified when she heard my words.

"Who dares them to spout such nonsense? Not a single one of them has the right to say a word against the child of the queen goddess!" she said furiously.