August 29 Year 9000
The same night that day, Calter can be seen walking along the corridors deep down below the City Lord's Magic Tower. There are cages everywhere him that contained all sorts of Magic Beasts. Otto used those beasts for his magical experiments causing some of them to have some mutation. Whether the mutation is harmful or beneficial
Calter's face was as emotionless as usual, indifferent to the angry growls of these beasts. He stopped in one particular cage. That cage didn't contain any Magic Beasts like the others
On it, only a single human bounded on his arm and legs can be seen. His hands were on his back covered by metals while a chain was wrapped on his feet. There are a lot of cuts and bruises on his body but his condition was already a lot better than the last time Calter saw him
It was precisely the assassin that almost caused Kence's death. Calter's eyes flickered with anger when he saw this assassin. The assassin on the other hand looks as if he saw a demon and his body trembled all over
He went on one corner as far as the chains on his feet can get him and cried out tears of despair. The man can still remember the inhuman torture he went through and he didn't want to experience that again
Too bad, Calter gave him a wicked smile before waving his hand and a metal box dropped down to the ground. The loud banging sound it made startled the assassin, giving him more fear
"P-please don't hurt me!" The man said while tears continuously flow out from his eyes along with his nose full of snot
His words just made the sickening smile on Calter to deepen. "Why shouldn't I?"
Calter crouched down on the ground and opened the metal box. Inside it was rows of things used for torture. Calter picked a small knife, wanting to start from it
"N-no!! Please!! I'll tell all I know!" The man begged. Calter didn't even made any action on him yet but he already broke down. His willpower was as thin as a paper to the demon in front of him
"Oh? Don't worry I'll let you spill all you know but not now" Calter said before shaking his head and walking to the assassin with the small knife on his hand
The man wants to get away but the space he can move was very limited due to the things that bounded him. He can only move a bit before the chains on his legs will stop him due to how short it is
While still having that wicked smile on his, Calter used the knife on his hand and reopened the man's cut wounds one by one. The cuts on him were still fresh and was only starting to heal yet it was mercilessly cut open again
"A-AAAHHH!!" The man screamed as loud as he can disturbing the Magic Beasts on the other cages causing them to growl louder
Calter's whole body trembled from excitement, for him the man's agonizing scream was music. His acts were too ruthless and inhuman but no one can understand how much pain and despair he felt when he thought that Kence died
It was a pain that no amount of physical torture can give you. His hatred from this man is not something that he can satiate just by a normal killing
Minutes passed and Calter finally reopened all the wounds. He went back to the torture box to use another tool for bringing pain but just when he was picking a hammer he heard the sound of footsteps
He turned his head to the source and saw an old man full of white hairs which is the City Lord. The smell of blood and the assassin's current state brought discomfort to Otto. It was not because it was gruesome but because it was done by a fifteen year old youth
Seeing another human, the assassin's eyes was filled with hope and get as close as possible to the City Lord. "H-HELP! I WAS WRONG! PUT ME FARAWAY FROM THIS DEMON!" the man shouted which made Calter frown from the irritating sound
A single ball of acid formed from Calter's palm and flew to the man's crotch. The assassin's eyes widened in shock and wanted to hold his crotch from pain but his hands were bounded and he can only scream like a little pig being slaughtered
"Do you know the mastermind yet?" Otto asked and Calter shake his head. This caused Otto to narrow his eyes. From how the assassin was despairing, it was visible that he has no resistance on him. How was it possible that he still didn't spill the beans? It can only mean that Calter didn't plan on getting information on him but was only here for pure torture
"Go for now. I'll handle things here" Otto said as he didn't want the youth to walk further on the path of the wicked. He's not a saint and was also vicious on his own enemies but he didn't went this far. Torturing his enemy for pleasure is too much for him
Calter knew this and he only nodded his head before putting back the torture box on his spatial ring and walking away. The City Lord can only look at the assassin with pity. He is angry for the man yet also pitied his current situation because of Calter. Otto can only call for a healer to heal this man's injuries and not let him die, at least until he still didn't know the things he want to know
Calter reached his and Kence's room. He saw that Kence was still unconscious which makes his heart to ache again. He walked to the youth and brushed Kence's hair with his fingers gently. He still remembered how much Kence put great care on his hair and how he always brush the youth's hair after bathing at night
He was this close to Kence yet he didn't noticed that a high levelled power was pulling the energy from the surroundings to the moon necklace
Not only the necklace absorbs the moonlight but the rich ice energy in the surrounding was also being absorbed by it. The energy will then be injected straight to Kence's heart. The area that his heart turned icy blue in color was slowly expanding and it was about three centimeters now. It was still too small to bring any substantial effects
"Why aren't you waking up?" Calter said softly. It was already a whole day that Kence lose consciousness but the youth still doesn't have any signs of waking up
If the healer didn't said that Kence's body is normal now, who knows what Calter is doing now
"Wake up Kence, I miss you" Calter whispered on Kence's ears before he lowered his head to kiss the latter's forehead
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September 1 Year 9,000
Exactly a week after the Banquet and the day of Calter's fight with the Shan Clan. No doubt that the happiest people for the assassination attempt that happened at the Sternix Clan was the people from the Shan Clan
They even took action to make sure that Calter will stood up to his words and fight with them at the day agreed. It was shameless to fight an injured Calter but the Shan Patriarch didn't have a hundred percent chance of winning to a full health Calter if they delayed
Besides, if the fight was delayed and Calter was given more time it will only make him more powerful which is something the Shan Clan cannot afford. Also, they can use the excuse of a man never back down on his words to save themselves some face
But when the two sides fought, they will see how wrong of them to think that today is a sure win for them
Back at the City Lord Manor, Calter was currently preparing himself. He put the mask that the City Lord lend him on his face. He didn't alter much his appearance but just made himself to look pale as if he doesn't have any blood left on his body while also making himself to look skinnier
The information that Otto spread was that he got injured on his abdomen. In this way, he doesn't need to show wounds on his body as people will think that it was covered by his clothes
His aura on the other hand was masked and although he's already a Level 4 Magic Apprentice but Magic Knights and below will only see him as a Level 3 Magic Apprentice. Not just that, but the aura they will perceived was very faint and weak, an indication that his body was seriously injured
Due to his insistence and the City Lord's influence, the Shan Clan doesn't have a choice but to agree to the venue that Calter chooses. He chose to do it inside the City Lord's Manor. In case that Kence woke up, he wants to be able to rush immediately and see him
Calter looked at himself in a mirror. One look of him was enough to see how 'badly injured' he is. No one will believe he is in full health if they saw him
Calter grinned at himself at the mirror before envisioning on how he can make the Shan Clan's lives miserable
Someone knocked on the door and Calter went to open it to see one of Otto's servants. To protect his secret, Otto didn't let too many people on his special land. Only the people he trusted like Nan. While these normal servants on the other hand was the one that agreed in living their whole life in a single place. They are not allowed to ever go outside the snow and ice land
"Young Master Calter. The City Lord asked me to inform you that the people from the Shan Clan already arrived" Calter nodded his head before rudely closing the door after the servant spoke
He went back to Kence's side and kissed the youth's forehead. "I'll be back" he then exited their room and head to the fighting area
He also called Nan and the man already knows what to do
The place was an open area with a cemented ground painted in plain white. When he arrived at the scene all eyes stared at him. Most of it were staring daggers at him. Most of the people present were from the Shan Clan which are naturally angry at him for humiliating their Clan and Patriarch
Seeing how Calter was supported by Nan to walk, all of them have sneers on their faces. They can't wait to see him being beaten to death by their own clan member. Those few that knows that Calter's family came from the Shan Clan was the same. They want to see him being humiliated, forgetting the fact that he is still a blood relative of them
"Son!" Narry and Emily was also present and they immediately act when they saw Calter. The two showed a concern and worrying look especially Emily
As a mother, one will expect her to become so emotional and to help her son's plan she even forced out her tears. Her eyes turned watery and turned red as if she cannot see her own son in this situation
Emily run to her son and immediately gave him a hug. "S-son, please don't do this. You can still back out and reschedule this fight!" Emily said with a tone filled with worry while Narry who was behind her nodded his head in agreement
Her voice was loud enough for the Shan Clan to hear. They naturally won't let Calter to back out now. From the crowd, Kel emerged and went to the family of three
"Oh? Backing out? Your hateful son called our Clan a trash but if he will forfeit now doesn't that make him something even lower than a trash?" Kel taunted with a sneer on his face. The crowd of Shan Clan people clamored and fan the flames throwing words to Calter like "coward" "not a man" "doesn't have any backbones" and alike
Emily and Narry plastered an anger look on their faces and Narry spoke. "You're just afraid that my son will be healed and wipe the floor with your Clan's face! If you are confident then let's postpone this fight and wait when my son is fully healed!"