CHAPTER 475: DEATH IS THE DOOR

Pablo was finally free from the ashes.

He came out of their hold just by the sheer amount of not wanting to die.

But the experience was surely traumatic as he panted heavily.

Cupid asked him what did he faced to become like this and Pablo answered honestly:

"Death."

He had figured that what he saw about Sera and Draxus was an illusion and to break out of it, he killed those two and then himself.

He wiped the sweat from his face and looked around.

His eyes went to Sera and he asked her the main thing, "Did you feel the illusions too?"

Sera nodded, her hand was in Pablo’s hand and he didn’t mind it.

"I suddenly saw you behind me, telling me that you love me and then jumping on me. But Andre broke me out of it. I will never forgive him for that."

"He saved your life. Otherwise you would have drowned in the ashes."

"I know. But even if it was an illusion, I felt happy. I deserved at least a few seconds of your love."

Pablo shook his head and looked at Cupid.

"I was overconfident that this ground got no shit on me. But now I am convinced. This ground is a monster itself."

Cupid nodded like a chicken. "Yes. Yes. You finally got the seriousness of it. Look around, everyone is drowning in ashes. Save them. If they die, then you will already lose the war!"

"I know. I already saw them. Sera, tell Andre to save them too. Ask him to do the same magic he did to you. I assume you are completely fine on this ground?"

"Yes. I am hearing no voices, this ground is just like my home now. Andre helped me."

"Make him help others. I don’t give a fuck whether he agrees or not. Make him do the same thing to others, including me, that he did to you."

"Yes. Yes. Andre, do it. I don’t care. Save them all. Start with my dear first!"

Sera ordered and the male Angel obeyed like a pet.

He spread his arms and muttered something under his breath.

Pablo waited and the next second, the voices inside his head suddenly died.

He finally felt like himself again and not only him, Andrezj’s magic worked on everyone all at once. Even Cupid was free from the effects of the Crucible.

Andrezj had shown no excuses and tantrums as he believed if Pablo stayed fine then his dearest would stay fine as well. This was a war and if something happened to Pablo then Sera might become enraged and might go on to fight the enemies herself and die. So it was crucial for Pablo to stay safe.

After Andrezj was done, every soldiers’ eyes were shot open and they all began squirming and jerking around. Because like Pablo, they were also covered in ashes and were about to get swallowed by the ground.

"I have made them free. Coming out of the ashes is in their hands. My dearest didn’t face such a problem because I had helped her instantly." Andrezj said.

Pablo nodded and after hearing the angel...

"Everyone!" He shouted. "Use everything you have to get out of the hold. The ground is trying to swallow you. Don’t give in. Fight it. If you give up even for a second, you all will DIE! Men like you should only die while fighting. Not like this! Get UP!"

Pablo could not possibly go to each soldier and help them so he tried to make the soldiers aware of what was going on so they could fight against it.

Also, the soldiers had Egoes so they could use it to get out of the hold of the Crucible. Pablo had no Ego at the moment, so it was hard for him to get out the ashes.

Just after Pablo finished his shout, somewhere from his right...

BOOM!

An explosion happened.

Everyone looked there and as the ashes settled down, a figure emerged.

They all knew the person and it was no surprise that it was the first person to break free from the ashes after hearing Pablo’s words.

It was Admiral Harlia and she was the one who caused an explosion, breaking the control of the ashes.

"This place is worse than I expected." She said, walking towards Pablo.

"What was that explosion? Your Ego?" Pablo asked.

Harlia shook her head. "I just flung my hands with all my power and I was free. There is no need to use my Ego for something like this."

So she broke out of it just by brute strength. Strong.

"Hearing any voices?" Pablo asked another thing.

"No. Nothing is happening. I am fine. It seems those who break the chains of the ashes here, became free from the voices as well."

So Andre’s magic really worked. He cured them all. Good.

Pablo didn’t ask anything further and one by one, soldiers began to break the holds of the ashes.

Some used their Egoes, some used their strength, some got help from those who got free before them. But all in all, everyone was doing fine.

After five minutes, the billions of soldiers were finally free and they talked among themselves about how they were feeling better than ever with no voices inside their heads anymore.

Pablo was finally sure that Andrezj really helped everyone.

He opened his mouth to address the soldiers but Harlia stopped him by asking something.

"How did we even fall for the illusion? I would have called all of them weak but me and you both got trapped too. There must be a trigger for this. I was just simply walking when I suddenly felt sleepy and began hallucinating."

"Hmm." Pablo stroked his chin.

He recalled everything he did after coming here. He had touched the ashes with his hands but if that was the trigger then only he should have been trapped. Not everyone else. Harlia hadn’t touched the ashes after all.

It should be something that everyone felt or saw. It could be something that can reach everyone.

He looked around to see something like that but he saw nothing. Lines appeared on his forehead with all that thinking and in the end, he let it go.

He shook his head and was just about to tell Harlia that he doesn’t know about the trigger when in the corner of his eyes, he caught something black.

He looked there and just as he saw it, his brows shot up.

He found the trigger.