Single Wish: Rise Of The Omniscient Paragon

437  436: Pamela

(Pamela's POV)

For months, maybe even years, Pamela could not recall the last time her surroundings were not enclosed by walls, her arms were not cuffed and sealed, her legs chained, and her sight blinded.

She thought she was going to rot away without having a chance to fight, but then to her surprise, she was given freedom, and the only price she had to pay was to partake in the Battle of Chosens.

It sounded absurd, insane, and too good to be true.

But unlike what she expected, she was given freedom and she found herself in a strange dimension called The Dimension of The Old Ones.

She heard the words of The Clown, and so many questions popped up in her mind, but there was none to answer her.

Only the dense fog around her was her companion. She was a little confused, but then she saw the faint image of a city in the distance and she decided to stay there for the time being knowing that she needed information and knowledge regarding the strange dimension she was in.

Although she encountered some annoying situations because she was an 'Outsider' and a tier 4 female, she was able to live 'comfortably' in Gravenborn City.

She stayed in Gravenborn City for 11 days, and she learned a lot about the city and the dimension she was in. Although she could have left the city after a week, she remained for an extra four days for one reason only.

The runes told her to stay.

Ever since the day her entire life changed, her eyes changed and she was not only able to see the mana and runes in the air, the runes were able to communicate with her.

Her affinity with runes was so high to the point that if she wanted, she would see the rune composition of a person and not the person itself. The runes she saw would show her what skills the person had, his or her race, the tier of the person, and whatever secret ability the person had.

It was a terrifying ability, and she rarely used it unless she encountered a powerful foe or somebody that piqued her curiosity. She knew that if she depended on the ability, she could eventually stop seeing people as flesh and blood but as runes instead.

From the moment she appeared in the dimension of The Old Ones, the runes of the dimension constantly spoke to her, and she knew that there were a lot of opportunities for her to grow stronger… much stronger than she currently was.

However, the runes also told her that somebody important was coming to the city and that she just had to wait.

It was the first time that the runes would tell her that somebody important was coming and that she should wait, and she was immediately curious.

There were times the runes would warn her of incoming danger, of the intentions of a person, or of artifacts that were secretly powerful or valuable. However, this was the first time the runes would tell her that somebody important was coming.

How could she not be curious?

So she waited. The runes guided her and told her to wait outside a particular outdoor restaurant on her 11th day in the city, and then she felt it.

The first thing she felt was a mana so pure and so different that it caused her to tremble. She snapped her head in the direction of the source, and her light green pupils reflected the image of the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life.

However, what caught her attention was not his beauty, but the mana she could sense coming from the man. It was of such a high quality and purity that for an instant, her body subconsciously craved the mana.

The other thing she noticed was that his aura subtly influenced the runes and mana in the environment. They seemed to become more… obedient?

'He's not a human… No human should have such mana quality and purity.' This was the first conclusion she came to, but then she had another thought, 'Or is he an immortal?... What's his tier?'

This was the other conclusion she came to. If the man was actually a human, then it would make sense that the man was of a high tier.

However, when she focused more on the man, her eyes widened in disbelief and shock when she sensed the man's tier.

'He's a tier 2?'

Pamela felt like she was finally running mad. Just as she was about to question her sanity, the man paused with a frown, and then he stared back at her.

Slowly, the man's eyes widened in disbelief as he also stared right back at her.

Seeing the shock in the man's eyes, she didn't know what to think.

'What did he sense?'

This was the only sensible thought she could make, and then she could no longer hold in her curiosity.

Her light green eyes changed, and it was no longer green but silver. Her silver eyes glowed, and at the center was a swirling deep purple and midnight-blue dust, giving them the appearance of miniature galaxies.

At the center, her pupils were etched with faint, intricate rune patterns that shifted and glowed softly. Surrounding the irises were faint golden rings that pulsed like a heartbeat.

Gaze of the Seraph

To her surprise, the instant she used her ocular skill, the man's eyes changed and it became pure white.

Her eyes flickered, but before she could formulate a thought, she almost exclaimed out loud in extreme shock and horror.

'What the hell?!'

Reflecting in her gaze were the rune compositions of the man, but what she saw almost caused her to run mad. She had no choice but to hurriedly reduce the intensity of her ocular skill to the lowest level, but even such a thing was too much for her mind.

She understood none of the runes. It was the most complex set of runes she had ever seen, and she could not get an iota of information from the man.

Blood slowly fell from her eyes, and she deactivated her ocular ability. She closed her eyes, and then she got up and approached the man who also had an expression filled with disbelief.

A few moments later, she stood less than a meter in front of the man, and she could not help but blurt out. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Who are you?"