Versatile System Online

Chapter 354 A Heartfelt Goodbye

"Dear, I need to have a chat with you," After dinner, Xander had sat down with his wife. His voice was as light as a whisper but the look in his eyes told the whole situation.

Ellen loved Xander from the depths of her heart and she read him like a book, "What happened?"

"Well, I might leave,"

"So soon? You just came back from the last mission," Ellen did feel sad that her husband was leaving right after he came back but she knew it was part of his job.

"Ellen, this time is different," he held her hands in his hands and looked right into her eyes, "The council sent their hound dogs after me,"

Those were the words that made Ellen gulp. She knew what it meant, she herself had dealt with the council on several occasions and knew how the council worked. If they sent their people after someone, it only meant two things. Either an offer to join the council or to end the person.

And from what she knew, the council had tried to hire her husband multiple times but he declined it every time and with how he was acting right now, she knew the council sent people to end him.

"Okay, i will come with you too," Ellen replied, her eyes filled with conviction as she had already made up her mind, "no matter what happens, i wont leave you alone. You know we are in this in good and bad both. And I wont dare leave you alone in your worst time,"

Her words warmed his heart but he shook his head, "No, you can't come with me. Not where I'm going," His words were like a bullet to her as Ellen looked right into Xander's eyes and asked,

"Tell me, where are you going?"

"I'm going back to take my heritage and I don't think it will take less time," That was all Ellen heard as she shook her head, a tear sliding down her cheek; she looked at Xander and hugged him tightly, "Please, I beg you Xander, take me with you. You know I can't live without you,"

"Ellen, its not that I don't want to or that I wont be able to take you but our kids, they wont be able to traverse those dangerous spaces,"

"Please Ellen, for our kids. I beg you to stay," Listening his words, Ellen knew he was right and she just looked at him with tears in his eyes and slowly nodded.

Xander looked at her and smiled wryly, kissing his beloved deeply as both of them spent the rest of the night in each others arms, sharing the last intimate moment between them for years to come.

After the night passed, Xander got up and walked into the room of his children. Xander was a strong man but every man had a weakness and right now, he was looking at his weakness. Two cute children, a boy and a girl slept soundly on a bunk bed; smiles hung up their faces as they both seemed to be the happiest kids in the world.

Walking to his daughter, Xander took the little girl who was just around five years of age as he took her in his arms and hugged her with enough care as to not wake her up. Tears were streaming down his cheeks constantly as he just stood with his daughter in her arms and relished the five minutes he had with her. These were his last five minutes and he wanted to capture these sensations with him.

Next was his son. He walked up to him, only to notice him already awake. Tears were streaming down his eyes with huge dark circles below them.

"What happened Ray? Why are you crying," Asked Xander, as he hurriedly used his sleep to wipe the tears off his son's face.

"I heard you and mom," Ray answered amidst sniffs as he looked at his father with his eyes deep red.

"Dear, you know its not good to hear things when old folks talk. Come here to me," Xander said and took the boy in his arms. The boy was around eleven and he knew that his son was smart enough to understand everything. However he also knew that if his son knew of these things, he would one day go out for the council and pick a bone with them and Xander didn't want that. Especially since he knew what would happen in the future and if his son spent all the time garnering hatred for the council and this world, it would only lead to destruction of this world.

Looking towards his wife, Xander saw her nod as he slowly put his son to sleep. Laying his beloved on the bed, he put his hand on his temple and slowly said, "Dear, its best for you that you don't remember the conversation between me and you mum. Im sure one day you will forgive me of everything and one I will see you grow strong enough to rule everything. After all, its your destiny to be on top of the universe and be the savior of humanity," Saying those words, Xander's hands glowed a yellowish light as Ray's memory was altered to the point that all he remembered now was that his father had one day vanished when he was young.

Tears streaming down his face, Xander walked back to his wife as he broke down in her arms. One would never understand the feeling of leaving your family, knowing you wouldn't never be able to come back to them until they had a family of their own. After all, a man like Xander who had been dreaded throughout the universe had broken down in his wife's arms, others would have simply fell to the ground of this sadness.

"I swear one day I will come back and put the council back on its knees," Xander's thoughts were full of murderous rage but he knew now wasn't time. He bid his farewell to his wife as he disappeared, going off into the stars as he made his way back to the solar system where it all began.

The solar system where the powers of the universe had made their strongholds and became the pioneers of all life on this universe. The place where once the strongest man had sent chaos to and ruled over everything, the starting point of the Xander bloodline and his home.

Current times,

In the forest,

Ray had recovered enough that he could use his powers freely and he had estimated that it would only be a few minutes that he would be back to his prime. Though, the fact that a good twenty five years of his life had been lost, Ray didn't mind it as he knew that those twenty five years were nothing if it meant he had a chance to save Aella.

"Sirius, lets go. Its time," he looked at Sirius and walked out as he called Noah to arrive back to his location. However, as he contacted him; all that returned was a static.

"Noah's unresponsive. We need someone to look guard over them," he said pointing to Emma and Kashish. They both were using all their strength and focus to do their part of the plan and needed someone to keep them safe.

"What about Kid? Where is he?" Ray asked, noticing the absence of the ice mage that had impressed him despite his young age.

"We left him behind at the mansion. We needed someone to take charge of things over there," Sirius replied as he thought for a moment and then said, "I will leave my wolves to take care of the situation. If anything happens and they can't deal with it, I will use my link with them and walk through the shadows to fight off the problem and then traverse back to you,"

"Are you sure of it?" Ray asked as he raised an eyebrow, "It's going to be a lot of work and might drain you. Also, it has a lot of unknowns that I don't prefer taking my chances with,"

"You are right but we don't have any choice. We can't leave them alone, now can we?" Sirius didn't say wrong either so Ray nodded and went along with his plan.

"Okay, now hold on to me. We go to the head nurse first and tell her we will be going and wont be participating in the battle,"

Sirius understood Ray's words but was confused with one thing as he asked, "Shouldn't you hold on to me so I could take you along the shadows?"

"Nah, I know what I said and don't be afraid. It's just that traveling through shadows will waste some our times as the range of your shadow travel is still a bit short. I will use a bit more mana but it will save us plenty time," Ray spoke as Sirius nodded and held his hand tightly.

With his other hand raised, Ray's mana core pulse as a grayish color glinted in his eyes and a portal opened right in front of them.