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Chapter 17 - Chapter 16

[M-master!] Zeichi suddenly shouted

"W-what do you mean master?"

[This is the tomb of the first titleholder of the 8th sin, Creevus Neispira!]

"W-what the hell, why would his tomb be here?"

[I-I'm not sure about that myself, he passed away 2,000 years ago....how can he still be alive or semi-alive?]

As I conversed with Zeichi, Heph and big sister Agnes looked at me with puzzled looms and I turned back to them and made up an excuse.

"O-oh sorry about that, just talking to myself out of fear."

"Little Tarus no need to be sorry, after all, your not the only one frightened here."

"Tch. What a wuss."

"Good your back to your old self!"

"Shut it!"

The little girl in Heph's arms hugged him even more and she just finished crying but she's on the verge of crying again. She seemed to be around 5 or 6 years old, I made some silly faces in front of her and she seemed to like it by smiling! She's so cute! Her plump cheeks redden a bit as she let out a huge smile on her face and I patted her curly red hair unlike her big brother with spiky hair.

"T-Tarus, can you stop staring at my little sister...not only is it creepy but at least give us some space as we just reunited today. I still need to talk to her if she remembers me and how she got into the possession of that lunatic."

"Ah, sorry about that!"

"Oh my, Oh my, I didn't know you preferred younger kids little Tarus..."

"Big sister A-Agnes! It's not like that!

[Tarus! The tomb is moving! You need to watch out!]

"Got it! Guys! You need to get ready, you never know what's inside that tomb!"

We're wary of the thing inside the tomb as the hand gripping the Nemax thrust the blade into itself. Then there was a loud horn sound similar to what I heard when the crown fragment of death showed itself to me. Is it the sound of an alarm indicating that something broke...I don't know what's going on. I covered my ears and I had to close my eyes because of the pain coming from the loud sound. As the sound subsided I opened my eyes to see the Nemax and the hand were missing, the others stood up with me and we walked a few steps near the altar the tomb and I suddenly felt that I was being struck by a sword 100x times more painful. I curled on the ground, groaning with pain as I clutched my chest even though there was no sword. The other two came running to me but it seemed they weren't affected by it. The feeling of being struck became more agonizing as I screamed even more and suddenly the two got pushed back a few feet and as I looked at them with a painful expression, they quickly got back up and ran towards me with their mouths gaping shouting out my name. I turned around to face a huge eye horizontally 5 feet tall and the iris was looking at me, I got frightened and several arms that looked similar to when I opened the gates of hell. The arms grab me and I couldn't move and all I did was look back to the others with a frightened expression on my face. The arms pulled me into the eye and I fell into a black void of nothingness, my legs and body were held by chains made of human flesh and skeletons. My arms were stretched to the side and my body is shaped like a 'T', this made me remember when I first touched the meteorite back in the ruins of the village and I got pierced with swords and have the same position as I have right now. The void let off the feeling of death with several skeletons of humongous beasts here and there and are tombstones with arms wrapped in vines with black roses growing in the palm of the hand. I heard footsteps on the ground coming toward me and the person who came was a familiar face clad in black but I recognized her two white dots...Zeichi is here!

[Tarus, are you hurt anywhere?]

"I-I'm fine, just a few scratches here and there but the feeling of a sword being thrust into my chest is still there."

[Master sure is harsh to newcomers.]

"M-Master? You mean the first 8th sin?"

[Yeah, this is his sector which is only unique to the 8 deadly sins.]

"This place sure feels unnerving..."

[W-well yeah, this place is filled with regret...]

"So where is he now?"

[He's gonna come any minute now and since he just woke up he might be a little bit tired.]

"Oh okay."

The loud sound of someone running on the floor whilst stopping at my back, Zeichi looked surprised a little bit with her small figure she stepped a bit backward to make some room for the upcoming visitor.

[KEKEKE, yo kid!]

An unfamiliar voice spoke to me and I turned around to see a tall figure also clad in black like Zeichi and had the frame of someone like big sister Agnes. I tried to squint a little bit but I couldn't find any more details about this mysterious figure.

"Who are you?"

[Kid....you already forgot?!]

[I think it's because you changed your voice from the deep manly voice to your real one.]

[Oh...my bad KEKE. Anyway, it's me kid, I'm the crown fragment of death! You can call me Hel!]

"O-Oh nice meeting you for real this time and why did you choose me out of all the other crown users?"

[Kid, your the only person who let out so much bloodlust and killing intent so no way I'm not picking someone so promising.]

"O-Oh I see, WAIT A MINUTE! Not only do you have a womanly voice but since when can crown fragments speak!?"

[KEKE...Kid once a crown fragment reaches a certain period or gets strong enough it will start forming a will or consciousness of its own.]

"Well then why doesn't the accursed fire crown fragment have a free will of itself right now?"

[Tarus that crown fragment is special because it's part of the cursed elements series and you need to collect the other 3 cursed elements for them to form their own consciousness.]

"Normal crown fragments sure have it easy."

[Kid, it takes at least half a century for a crown fragment to form its own consciousness.]

"THAT LONG?!"

[Unfortunately yes, it takes a long time for a crown fragment and they don't have it easy because most crown fragments break after 10 years and well cared one's only 25 years, so there's not much crown fragments with a will of they're own.]

"In a way that's kind of sad."

[No need to be emotional kid...kekeke....we're gonna be staying with ya since your promising and you may have a cursed future but as that woman said curses can turn into blessings.]

"WAIT! So it means that you guys can evolve?!"

[Correct! We can evolve after a set of requirements is reached.]

[So with that take care of us kid! KEKEKE]

"I'll try my best....by the way, Zeichi..."

[What is it Tarus?]

"Just what are you?"

[I'm the 8th sin crown fragment but I'm currently incomplete right now as I got destroyed and I don't know when and how that happened.]

"Well, I'll try my best to search for your other shards."

[Thanks Tarus! I knew I could count on you!]

Zeichi smiled for the first time and even though I couldn't see her face clearly I was glad that at least she smiled. We got disturbed by several powerful shockwaves in the distance and it made cracks in the void.

[Kid, I think it's time to go...nice meeting ya!]

[Tarus, I know you can do this...I believe in you!]

"Well....thanks and nice meeting ya Hel...."

[Ya kid...KEKE...he's here already.]

As Hel and Zeichi disappeared into the distant part of the void, I faced the man clad in black, with 10 horns on his skull forming a crown. The person in front of me is what I couldn't even call a nightmare, he's the manifestation of death and despair itself. His eyes color a pale gray with his iris being white and has several blood vessels. I tried to keep eye contact but I succumbed to fear, I just stood my ground and tried to think of something else...but something about this person is just straight-up frightening.....

{Who dares disturb my slumber? Who dares intrude on my sector? Thou shall receive damnation!}

His voice is so loud that I think I felt my eardrums pop and blood started to flow from my ears, eyes, nose, and mouth. A ton of needles dug through my skin and broke through the other end of my skin and it did so several times continuously. I tried to scream out loud but my vocal cords ruptured so I couldn't even speak. I'm losing blood at an alarming rate and I could barely move....my skin turned pale and I lost the sense of feeling anything anymore.....please stop this suffering...

{Want it to stop? I'll take that silence as a no then.}

The person's fleshy skeletal hands touched my forehead and I blacked out...I'm sitting on a grass field with a sandwich in hand and a familiar hand patted my head...felt nostalgic and I'm like back at home.....tears dripped from my eyes....and I heard the voice of someone I thought I wouldn't have ever heard again...

"What's wrong hun? Mom's here so remove those tears on your face and smile!"

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Author's Note: Torture....yes

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