My body shooked as I glanced at the brutal scene in front of me, people who were only alive a few seconds ago were now cut up into pieces, their bodies were nothing but lifeless hunks of meat soiled with blood. I tried to run but my legs were held in place by fear and my intuition says that if I run now...how can I guarantee Celene's safety?
"HAHAHAHA, what's wrong with you now? Did fear get you? HAHAHAHAH! This is what you get for messing with my host! Crown fragment of curses, bind him!"
Crown fragment of curses?! I have to move quickly! My body is not listening to me! What the hell is going on?! This person has a crown, I need to be cautious when facing him, who knows what type of crown fragment's he has, and most likely he has a ton of Thyl to be able to massacre numerous people at the same time.
"You sure have the willpower to be able to stand in front of me!" he shouted
"If I don't avenge their deaths I'll just be full of regret, for sure they're gonna haunt me for life if I don't do anything!" I stood firm and gained control of my body again as I strengthened my resolve
"Big words for a kid!"
"You just sound like someone I killed multiple times but keeps on coming back, his name is Belgis, heard of him?"
"You've met master BELGIS and you claim to have defeated him?! What a load of crap!"
"So your one of his dog's eh?"
"I'M NOT A DOG! I'M ONE OF THE 7 FAITHFUL DARK APOSTLES! YOU DARE CLAIM TO DEFEAT HIS GREATNESS THE BELGIS?! SUCH BLASPHEMY!"
Good, I provoked him and good thing I guessed correctly that he has some sort of relationship to that bastard Belgis, I guess he's still alive even after defeating his clones multiple times.
"So you really are a dog of Belgis, interesting! It is true that I've killed him multiple times, his clones that is and I've probably managed to harm his rel body somehow."
"You've killed his clones multiple times?! The clones are on the same level as one of the 7 faithful dark disciples! Are you telling me that a kid as thin as you have killed one? DISGRACEFUL LIAR!"
"Don't believe me? Let's see what will happen then once I kill you!"
"I'd like you to try it!"
I dashed for him as I summoned the Nemax on my left arm, I can't use the second form of the Nemax since it's so heavy that it will just slow me down. I reached him then he dodged to the left and he quickly sliced his scythe on me, the slice left a huge gaping wound on the left side of my stomach as it sent me flying to the wooden wall.
"See! I told you it's useless!"
"I let my guard down thinking your an easier opponent than Belgis's clones."
Crap I need to provoke him more, he's too strong...that's it! Why am I not using it?!
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he screamed on the top of his lungs
He dashed for me but I focused all my attention and strength onto burst mode and managed to grow two horns. My senses and strength heightened, I also dashed for him as I pushed myself from the wall and I boosted using the white flames. I brandished the Nemax while imbuing it with corrosion and corruption. I'm planning on using everything I have on this one blow so that this battle will end as soon as possible.
"TAKE THIS YOU MURDERER!!!"
"DOES IT FEEL SATISFYING TO KILL OF PEOPLE?!"
Those were his last words as the Nemax made contact with him, the whole of the lobby got covered in darkness, and once the darkness passed everything dissipated into the air including the bodies of the dead. What that nameless person said in his last moments got me. My mind is blank, I don't know what to do, I want to give up, I want to die, I don't know how to move forward, I'm just like them, a psychopath getting satisfaction from killing enemies. I kneeled on the cold dead ground, snow piled up on my head, tears flowed out of my eyes. Suddenly it felt warm as someone hugged me from the back.
"It's alright now, nobodies gonna harm you anymore, your gonna be fine..."
That nostalgic voice, mom...red spider lilies suddenly grew out of the ground, it's so warm and comfortable I can finally sleep peacefully. I saw my passed family in front of me smiling as they reached their hands to me, I raised my heavy right arm to grasp their hands.
"TARUS DON'T LEAVE ME YET!"
I snapped back to reality, the surroundings were barren and there was no single flower in sight, meanwhile, my family was gone without a trace. There was still warmth on my back, I turned around and I spotted a crying Celene, she's usually happy and cheerful but this time she was crying her eyes out.
"Why are your eyes like that? Empty, dark, lonely...where's the smirk on your face? Answer me! Do you hate yourself or something?! Tarus answer me!"
I want to move my mouth to answer but it was shut tight. I don't have the right nor willpower to answer your questions. I want to disappear...I don't want to live in this painful world anymore, I just want the peaceful life I had with Cherri and my family...but because of me, they're dead now.
[Stand up.]
"Cherri....?"
[I'm nothing more than a mere fragment living on in your memories...Tarus, stand up, be a man, don't let self-hatred, regret, and despair consume you.]
"I can't anymore..."
[Stand up, giving up easily will only lead to destruction, don't leave the leaving behind, once dead your dead, there's nothing you can do about the dead, but there is something you can do about the living.]
"I don't even know what to do anymore..."
[Stop worrying about us the dead, worry about the living...we're always watching from the other side Tarus!]
"Cherri! Cherri wait!"
I screamed and wailed as I moved both of my hands violently into thin air.
"Tarus! Tarus! Stop! Calm down! I'm here!"
"Cherri! Cherri!"
Our screams echoed into the wilderness as we were the only survivors left. Celene's grandma passed on peacefully...this whole manor was a mess...Sir Willsword and Patricia were missing...I don't know anymore...