Destroying My Own Novel
chapter-529

(On the fiftieth floor of the Lucifer Tower)

Asmond slowly stood up and turned around as he raised his sword. People were cheering for him after they managed to kill a powerful demon that they thought was the Demon Lord. They had been wandering Gehenna to look for the Demon Lord because Asmond believed they could do it if they all worked together.

"It's getting hotter in here, let's end it for today's exploration and go back to the tower. We are running out of food, and we only have three days' worth of food," Roxanne said as she looked at the inside of her bag. There were only three loaves of bread for the whole team.

Asmond nodded in agreement and they all went back to the Babel Tower which would take three days. They had been exploring Gehenna for the past three weeks, and it would be impossible to find the Demon Lord knowing the place was too big to explore.

It was better to take baby steps rather than not doing anything, and Asmond was satisfied with the result. Not only did he get new friends and allies from other worlds, he also raised his level a lot and became level 79.

After three days of walking, they all came back to the Babel Tower with people welcoming them back. Food and drink were prepared for the exploration team who had just come back.

People were friendly to Asmond because he was the strongest compared to the others. Of course, there were people who didn't want to follow him and were jealous of his amazing feat. With that being said, things had turned a bit sour between Awakeners because of Asmond's existence.

"The rumors about you are getting worse and worse every time I heard them after the exploration," Rufus said as he sat down with a wooden cup of water in his hand. "Why don't we deal with those people? There are more and more Awakeners that came here. It would be troublesome if this blew up," Rufus pointed out.

"What do you want him to do? Do you think if Mykel came here and said something about reconciliation or something like that, do you want to listen to him? It's the same with these people. They hate Asmond for a reason, and knowing how they spread rumors like that, they want him to leave or die," Glen replied as he looked around to see which one of them started the rumors.

"The worse part about all of this is that some of those rumors are the truth. About him killing innocent lives just because he didn't want help from the Guild Association. About him running away from his world after that, and other things," Silas said and ate his soup.

Asmond didn't want to make the same mistake by putting trust in anyone and he would rather have enemies he could see than a fake friend that stabbed him right in front of him. He had enough of it and thought it would be best to let those who shared the same feeling and pain as him be by his side and the rest as his enemy.

"Let's go back home," Asmond said as he looked at them. "We have been staying here for more than a month, I bet you guys miss Earth and the food," Asmond continued.

"I guess there's no reason to not go back home. Our real home is Earth after all," Roxanne replied as she nodded. "It's better to stay low as well since things are getting heated down here because of the rumors," Roxanne pointed out.

Asmond told his allies that he was going back home with his team. They understood and decided to wait for him to come back before they went for another exploration. Without Asmond, they would only kill themselves outside the Babel Tower.

The moment they came back to Earth, Asmond had to cover his face and sword so nobody could recognize him. Rufus was the one who left the tower, then Glen, Silas, Roxanne, Arum, Enma, and lastly Asmond. It felt like they were some kind of fugitive that was trying to cross the border.

Asmond went back to his apartment and cleaned his room since he had been away for a month. He went to the balcony and looked at how peaceful District 10 was, and it reminded him of Mykel. He suddenly remembered Jeanne who had been brainwashed by Mykel.

"I want to see her, but how..." Asmond said as he sighed and looked at the street. "Wait... maybe Enma can help me," Asmond pulled out his phone and asked Enma if she had a plan on meeting Gunnar.

Enma replied and told him that she had planned to meet Gunnar tomorrow. With that being said, he asked Enma if she could ask Gunnar about Jeanne's whereabouts. Enma then replied and told him that Jeanne was planning to check District 13 tomorrow with Mykel.

"She's coming to District Thirteen tomorrow, maybe it's going to be a perfect chance to make her come back to her sense," Asmond said as he looked at his hand and clenched it.

The following day, Asmond went to District 13 and waited near the airport since they wouldn't take the train. But then he remembered that Mykel could teleport wherever he wanted based on Enma's story. Knowing that he started to look around and the first place he wanted to check out was the Lucifer Tower.

On his way to the Lucifer Tower, he saw Mykel and Jeanne walking on the sidewalk on the other side of the road. They both were holding hands like it was nothing even though people knew that Lyneth was his fiancee.

"Wait... in the first place, Lyneth isn't his wife or girlfriend. He's a God and he can be with whoever he wants," Asmond said as his eyes were focused on those two.

Asmond decided to follow them from behind and far enough to not be suspicious of them. Of course, Mykel already knew the moment he felt a Demi-God being around him. He also had predicted that something like this would happen the moment Aurea messed with Asmond about Jeanne that got brainwashed.

Mykel went to a fancy restaurant to have lunch with Jeanne, and Asmond was following them, waiting for a chance. Mykel always brought her to public places which made Asmond unable to make a move.

The sun was setting and they both went to a wine store and bought the most expensive wine to drink. Asmond's heart was pounding when they both looked so happy together, especially Jeanne who had been clinging to Mykel's arm.

They went to the park and drank the wine until the night came while Asmond watched them from the distance. The longer they were in the park, the fewer people were there, and it was a perfect place for him to confront Mykel.

Asmond looked at the time and it was 8 P.M., and when he looked at Jeanne, he was surprised that she suddenly sat on Mykel's lap. His eyes were wide open as he gulped when he saw Jeanne lean her head toward Mykel and started kissing him so passionately.

He couldn't take it anymore because it hurt his chest to see Jeanne being toyed with like a puppet.

"Jeanne!" Asmond said as he breathed heavily.

Jeanne glanced at Asmond and was surprised to see him in the park. She slowly leaned her head away from Mykel and stared at Asmond with a look of dislike.

"Don't you see that we are in the middle of something?" Mykel asked as he kept holding Jeanne's butt.

Asmond immediately used [Void Sanctuary] and covered his surrounding area with void clouds. He tried to dispel anything that was on Jeanne's body by healing her. He believed that if he used that skill, he might be able to remove the brainwashing on Jeanne's head.

"Jeanne, can you feel it? That he brainwashed you?" Asmond asked as he looked Jeanne in the eye.

Jeanne looked at Asmond with a weird look, but suddenly Mykel gently put his hands on Jeanne's face. He was smiling as he looked Jeanne in the eye and ignored Asmond's words. Jeanne also decided to ignore Asmond and continued kissing Mykel because they both were in the mood and in heat.

"Jeanne?" Asmond asked in disbelief. He then watched Mykel's hands start groping her chest. "Stay away from her!" Asmond shouted and crushed Mykel's hands with his thoughts.

Jeanne was shocked when Mykel's hands suddenly exploded, she then looked at Asmond with anger. But before she could say anything, Mykel had regenerated his hands back and cleaned the blood from her shirt.

"So this is how you want to play, Asmond?" Mykel asked as he stood up and stared at Asmond with a cold expression.