Naive ...
I'm not going to protect you by your side, but I'll be the poisonous dagger hidden below your pillow.
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He couldn't smell anything but blood. It was spill out on the trees heading to the nearby village.
As fast as he could, Lucca desperately went to the village. His heart almost stopped because he was out of breath for a moment.
In a blink of an eye, there were bloody arrows, petrified corpse (it looked like a statue but it was bleeding) and a body of white snake which already ripped apart.
*Cough
Lucca couldn't hold it. He stopped for a while like he wanted to vomit. Not even a single moment he had a chance to smell the blood of human before and in that time, it was awful.
The entire atmosphere became gloomy. Crows were circling above him like they knew if there will be a great feast.
Slowly, he built up his courage to face the faith.
Ah there ... exactly, behind that hill.
『Stealth』.
He used his ability if in case there were something that might harm him.
Once, he reached the gate of the village. Lucca saw that the villagers were gathering around.
In the other side, he wondered why he couldn't sense the presence of his mother. Perhaps, there was a lot of scents that disturbed him.
The night had fallen.
A winter of wintry cold snap bit his body in a frosty way.
He climbed a hut in order to get the higher spot to see what happened there.
At the time when he could take a look what it was ...
The time stopped instantly.
A body of half snake and half human was tied and fell down.
A thug stood right beside it, lift up his axe like a champion while his right hand held a sack.
...
A drop of blood was fall from it.
!!!
The screamed of a boy came from the dark side of the village.
At that time, the entire village looked on him.
The sky became red.
It was a doomed red night.
Lucca's hair became white and his eye turned into crimson fire. His body transformed into a gorgon but it was different.
There was a crown with single ruby on his head
In one second, a magic circle appeared and trapped the entire village.
「Call of The Beast has been activated!」
If I had trained myself earlier ... if I had taken time to look for you ... If I were strong enough to protect you, you wouldn't have to become like this.
The village was drowned in fear.
This kind of creature was not familiar to them. Their hunter cornered because they never faced a crowned Gorgon before.
No ... more
No more mercy for you !!!
Curse you !!!
Lucca yelled to the thug and the villagers.
In a snap, his magic circle was completed. He was completely out of control.
One of the hunters figured out that a sprout turned into a stone.
They screamed and tried to run from their destiny but it was too late.
All of that village cursed into stones.
Bloody tears came from Lucca's eyes as a goodbye for his mother.
His heart sank in agony.