Freedom Jumper-Chapter 89: Good and Evil

Breathing deeply and slowly, Elijah laid his head against his crossed arms that sat behind his head. The sound of the water acted as a sound machine that allowed him to effortlessly fall asleep. Or was it the energy used with the Astral projection?

"...lijah. Elijah. Elijah!"

"Huh? What?" Elijah leaned up from his nap and wiped Elijah from his face in disgust from finding himself breathing from his mouth. "Abel! You are back! Were you exploring The Catacombs? Looking for an exit?"

"Yea... Until I ran into an old friend." Behind Abel came three people from the shadows.

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"Well well Elijah. I thought I told you not to see him without letting me know! I found out just now that he is corrupted by the void." Amaris warned Elijah while waving his hands. "Before you talk, This is Mikhail, Landon, and Leah. Three powerful figures I trust that you have also met at you know what... I do, however, need your help, because they are now confused by what I just said."

Elijah himself was now confused as well. 'Help with what? What do I have to do?'

"Let me guess, they are confused and are denying everything you have told them?"

Amaris paused and began to walk towards Elijah while speaking in a way that everyone heard him. "No, I actually haven't told them anything at all besides them hearing me say how Abel is corrupted. I need you to touch them, get close to them, I don't know... Hug them maybe?" While closing the distance and taking another brief pause, Amaris whispers into his ear. "I know about Novius learning of the secrets of this world. It is no coincidence you know, and the key is you. You are a lot more special than your affinity makes you."

This is it! I am the opposite of corruption! I have thought about this fact very recently, but then why isn't Alexia affected? I have hugged her a numerous amount of times as well as her being my first friend. Could she be hiding it? "I understand what needs to be done, but couldn't you do it as well?"

Amaris calmly smiled and walked away.

'I guess there must be a reason why. The three figures of Landon, Mikhail, and Leah do look very huggable... Especially Leah with her...'

"I need to hug each one of you for sometime. Please understand this is for a reason related to the kingdom, not some weird fantasy of a ten year old."

All three of them voiced their agreement. First was Mikhail. The few minutes I spent close to his body allowed me to understand how built it was. This guy was not big to the point of losing out on mobility, but had muscles as hard as steel. Landon was the same except for having slightly less muscle. Leah on the other hand, was not necessarily soft and squishy besides her breasts that she dug me into on purpose, but extremely defined with muscles that surely granted her mobility that outshined both Mikhail and Landon. Shaped like an hourglass and a symmetrical face was a woman that could rival any top paid model in Elijah's past life. The difference is how women like this were extremely common within the kingdom. Elijah's confirmed theory of how health is equal to attractiveness is playing a huge part. This also entails the past generations of health, and how every day posture will overtime lead to an imbalance if improper.

"Okay, that should be enough Elijah. Are you okay? Seems like you might have had too much fun haha!" Amaris joked around while noticing Landon and Mikhail kneel to the floor, and once Elijah had backed away, the same happened with Leah.

"Did I over do it?" Elijah asked Amaris.

"Did you even feel the warm energy leave your body and enter them?"

"I... I wasn't even thinking something like that would happen."

"Elijah, the reason why I was able to not be affected by the corruption of this kingdom is because I was hugged just like they were before I left. What was just transferred were small amounts of what my kingdom calls Benevolence, which is the opposite of corruption. There are only a few people within the kingdom that have a source of benevolence that they say is passed down from the gods. I wasn't hugged by a person, but by a huge crystal that is the size of this cave."

This revelation that came to Elijah felt overwhelming. So many dots were just connected, including the remnant voice from the conversation that explained how Elijah is the opposite of Corrupted. Benevolence! The energy that was slowly transferred to his family and friends that he spent a lot of time with was the cause for their change to a believer. However, new questions arose like his mother and brother, as well as Alexia. Could the difference in the change be the people everyone spends time around. If Alexia's parents spend time around people who are corrupted, and that spreads to Alexia, then the effect I have on her would be neutralized or reduced. Of course, this is with assuming Corruption and Benevolence are equal in power, like two sides of the same coin.

"What the hell are you two talking about?!" Landon was dismayed while clutching his fists and scratching different parts of his body. Meanwhile, Abel was calmly sitting in a corner while watching everything go down. Abel survived by eating the beasts outside his cavern, and drinking the water that came from the void. Ever since meeting Elijah, his memories had begun to come back without even laying a finger on him.

An hour passed into the conversation between Amaris and his fellow comrades who believed in him. It took a lot of questions and processing, but eventually, all three of them came around with a mind that seemed to be born anew.

"Now that everything is settled, Elijah, would you like to tell me about your plan of escape?"

'Shit. How does he know? It is not a bad thing, but he may not allow me to leave...'

"I plan to leave after the tournament ends. I am going to Gion and escaping through The Catacombs. I have already found a cave system using astral projection and made incisions to guide me through."

Amaris was impressed by Elijah's plan. "Well, I guess I can't really stop you. So... Can we all go with you? You are gonna need help haha."

"I don't know? Can you? Aren't you supposed to figure out and solve what is going on here?" Elijah asked as he stood up.

"They don't control me, so I can return whenever... But, not to Gion. I can't go back there..." Amaris told everyone not to ask.

"Wait! This is all a little too much to process! You are talking about leaving this kingdom for what, a kingdom we don't even know exists?!" Mikhail voiced her opinion while Leah and Landon were inside their own heads.

"It will take time for them to come around, but I am sure they wi..."

Mikhail interrupted. "Why are you ignoring me like I am some tool?!"

The conversation quickly became heated but was cooled down by Elijah and Abel. The plan would be discussed again during the tournament, as well as after the tournament, which means Elijah might have to wait longer than he expected. However, this also means he has more time to find where Niko is, and plan for an extraction right before the escape.

Everyone slowly returned through the cave system after watching Elijah fly into the torrential whirlpool. Conversations of fear were heard by Elijah himself, and the only thing he could do was smile and wave.