What is the meaning of life? Is there even one... and if yes, where do we search for it? In our hearts, somebody we know, or somewhere else?
The meaning of something usualy lies in it's creator, but if there is no creator, is there no meaning in it?
Not being able to see the truth behind life, we often live with the ideas we have for it. True or false, it doesn't matter.... as long as they are there.... we have a pillar, to support our fragile souls.
Then again.... If this idea or meaning we give to life, perishes... do we perish with it, too?
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Once there existed a boy who loved his parents as if they were his whole world.
It wasn't a big family as it had only 3 members in it, but they lived happily. And if there was one word to describe it, it would definetly be 'closeness'.
The father was a strong willed man, serving for the military and the mother, an elexir master, known for her brilliancy throughout the whole empire.
Although the empire had a name a few thousands of years ago, it was now called 'The Ruined Empire'.
And in it's lands, no cultivator or mortal dared stay more than they had to. Trees grew, abandoned houses and cave adobes got reshaped with time, and the whole empire turned into a paradise for monsters, demons and adventurers....
A few thousand years ago the family of 3 were living a life of luxury in a medium sized city with a population of 20 million cultivators.
One destined day though... The boy, who could be described as a young man at the age of 1000 years already, was preparing to get married with his soulmate.
A beautiful woman at his age, with long and curly black hair, and green eyes. Her skin was similar to a baby's and her figure, one to make any female jealous.
"And may the two bond their lives with a kiss..." a priest said with a smile.
Looking at eachother with emotion for a few seconds, the young couple closed eyes and...
BOOOM! A loud explosion sounded right next to Ameron. The sweet sensation of touching lips he was expecting didn't happen. Instead, something sticky splashed all over him.
"H-Hayle?" Ameron opened his covered with blood eyes...
Gulp. Red... Everything was red. Left or right, everybody exept Ameron turned into a pile of blood.
"You will learn, not to offend the Royal family anymore..." a loud yell was heard from the sky. "... Or this will be your fate next time I see you!"
A handsome man with blond hair was hovering in the air a hundred meters away from Ameron.
It was the 34th prince of the Emperor and in both of his hands, he was holding the heads of Ameron's parents.
Crack. The prince crushed their skulls and the bodies fell right infront of Ameron, leaving him in a daze.
The woman he liked didn't chose him, so he would take everything from the one who took her from him! She ,on the other hand, would die without any mercy!
Looking at his dead parents, Ameron's heart skipped a beat before he lowered his head, only to see himself two holding hands. Hayle's hands...
Tup. Ameron fell to his knees as his tears fell like a fountain. He was hugging Hayle's hands while watching the bodies of his parents.
"Ahhhh...." he screamed.
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"Mom, why is that man hugging hands and looking like a beggar?" A boy asked his mother while pointing at a strange man, who walked like a dead man as if he just came out of the grave.
" Shush!" The mother slapped the curious boy on the back of his head. "Don't go near these type of people, understood?"
"Yes momma..." the boy felt wrong as he rubbed the back of his head.
Bam. The beggar bumped into a tough looking guy, a few heads taller than him. The hands he was hugging fell and he tried to pick them up after recovering his balance.
"Disgusting!" the tough looking man yelled and kicked Amaron, wanting to send him flying.
Crack. "Ahhh..." the tough man yelled. His leg broke just before he could touch Ameron and a shockwave pushed away the nearby passengers to the ground.
Picking Hayle's hands up, Ameron stood up as sorrow and desperation turned into hatred and pure rage while he watched the screaming man infront of him.
"He defiled her... He must die... Die... Die... !" a voice repeated in Ameron's head.
BOOM. Ameron stomped on the tough guy's head. The force he put on his stomp created a small crater with a diameter of 4 meters on the ground.
"To all nearby guards, requesting for help!" the nearby guard who was passing by yelled with full force as he activated a dharma treasure, with a form of a token, when he saw Ameron killing someone. "The murderer is highly dangerous! I repeat, the murderer..."
In the cultivation world the strong rulled over the weak, but the cities were neutral territories and had rules.
One such rule was that, if someone killed on the territory of a city, he or she would be executed on the spot.
In a matter of seconds, Ameron was surrounded by tens of guards positioned in a killing array formation.
They were going to kill him.
"All I wanted was to make a family of my own, be happy... What did I do to deserve this fate!?" Ameron yelled in his heart while watching the guards around him with red eyes.
He had enough of this! Life wouldn't let him be happy! The world wouldn't let him suffer by himself!
"If the world rejects me, I shall lead it to it's destruction!" Ameron yelled at the sky.
He had lost his reason to live when his family died, knowing he could do little against the Royal family, but now.... He found a new meaning to his life...
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A city with over 20 million lives was destroyed that day. Few managed to survive....
Ameron disappeared into nothingness the same night.
Not long after this disaster, rumors started running around the lands of the empire.
One such was of a giant monster who destroyed the whole city out of rage, because a hot blooded adventurer disturved it's slumber.
The adventurer wanted to get shelter in the city, but perished along with it.
Another one was of a master among masters, who got attacked by a greedy guard, leading to the destruction of the city and etc.
After a few hundreds of years, the rumors became legends.
Everything was back to normal, just as if nothing had happened. A new city flourished in the place of the destroyed one.
It was peaceful... for now.