A man twice Rhy's size stood next to the lady and grabbed her by her hair
" Your mom really knows her away around boy, me and the boys will enjoy her tonight and will pay her heavily " said the man
" STOP IT RIGHT THERE, I'LL KILL YOU I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU " said Rhy
" Try me bitch " said the man
" Please keep Thum safe, I beg you Rhy.. promise me "
" Ma!! " shouted Rhy
" You were puny, and weak and couldn't help her could you? Avenge her now Rhy, kill that man " said the voice
Rhy clenched his fist as he tried to run towards the man, but the man took out his katana and stabbed the lady's chest, causing her to cry in pain. The closer Rhy reached her, the farther they went away from him
" Don't accept it Rhy " said the lady
" Listen to your mom " said the man
Overwhelmed by emotion, Rhy grunted and shouted in rage, as his eyes turned red and his fragile body shivered from head to toe..
Rhy rushed at the man and stabbed his throat with a sharp object that manifested in his hand. He stabbed and stabbed and stabbed the man again and again until his body wasn't twitching. He opened his hands and saw that the sharp object was the crystal that the hand was offering to him.
" Farewell " said the lady as she started to cry and scream in agony
" You have done pretty well " said the voice
" Kill them all now " said the voice as a it started to crawl back in the sky
A large aura surged in the battlefield, causing winds to blow and the remaining ground below to crumble.
" HIS POWER LEVEL JUST INCREASED AND...AND... IT'S.. GROWING " said Thum
" What was that ma stuff? " asked Abel
" I never thought I would say this to a human in my life but it goes many years ago, probably decades or even centuries..I don't remember the exact period but we were young..7..and 5 years old " said Thum
" Woah you are that old " said Abel
" Our mom was the clan of the weavers, she used to weave and thread clothes for the king's and the peasants, she was the most beautiful woman of her era, so much so that she used to reject even the valiant of the valiants and the best of the best. One day during a war between two kingdoms, her village was dragged in the turmoil because it had great relationship with both the kingdoms. During he battle of the kingdom, one of the side was on the brink of defeat. Desperate, they made a deal with the devil, which allowed them to win the war but cursed their lineage that they will go corrupt in morals and their woman's would be infertile until they sacrificed their 1st born and the 3rd born to the devil. One day, when she was delivering the clothes for the king's queen, she saw that the midwife, sliced the babies navel and took the baby to the demon's chamber, feeding him the baby. She tried to maintain her calm and composure and tried to run away after becoming a witness, she was unfortunately captured. The kingdom was unaware of the act that the king was worshipping a devil and using the kingdoms future as offering. She could expose them and thus become a target. She was sent to the executioner to be executed but her beauty mesmerized the butchers. The used a decoy to execute the execution but in reality kept our mother captured in a hidden chamber inside the castle's prison..where " said Thum as he took a pause
" Where?? " asked Abel
" She was tortured and raped for 3 years...3... whole years " said Thum
Mimiko and Kanako started to cry as they covered their mouth in shock
" And then..after 3 years she conceived a baby..whose father was unknown..the demon who tricked the king into feeding him the humans for 5 years, was back to his former strength and when the king asked for his help, the demon killed the king and plagued the village. Using the opportunity of the turmoil and the revolution against the king, Ma tried to escape and was running through the fields, while carrying Rhy.. eventually her body gave out and she fell into a ravine, her body floated for hours before landing near an old hut". said Thum
Abel kept his hand on Thum's body as Gorosuke lifted his body and kept it on his lap and tried to read his past before Thum continued.
" A Ronin, rogue samurai saved her life and helped her deliver the child. However that son of bitch tricked her into believing that he is sending her back home, but in reality he sold her into a red light area..for hefty amount of money, because she was still young and had her beauty..
" That samurai was Goki, the cockroach guy you-all fought " said Gorosuke
Hiro's unconscious body started to shed tears as the story continued
" She was beautiful and had her whole life ahead of her, but she was sold into prostitution.. she had one hope that Samurai but he..he betrayed her..the brothel owner was the only kind person she encountered in those past 4 years.. She made sure that nobody did anything physical with her and only made her do house chores, like cleaning and cooking and she was impressed by her weaving so she gave her, her own surname and made sure that no one could touch her, everytime someone asked for her services, that lady would refused the client, claiming her to be her own daughter. Everything was going fine, one day a rich samurai who was known for her nobility and valiant saved the brothel owner's life and in exchange offered to marry her daughter, our mom to that man..My mom was happy because she started to love him, he would often pay hefty money just to spend time with our mom, help her in the work, fed her , teach her things, they eventually married and had a child..me.." said Thum
Everyone were still crying after hearing the story
" That man, started to change however..after losing a duel for the job of being the bodyguard of the king's son, he was depressed and he started to become more violent..one day he beat up a few gang members and they came back for revenge. He killed 27 members alone, but they burnt his face using boiling water and chopped of his left leg before the king's guard arrived.
He started to drink, in order to hid his pain and anger of becoming a burden he started doing odd jobs but was rejected everywhere, he took some loan for his business but it failed and the debt burdened upon us.he was tired and...eventually committed suicide..The money extortion gang ravaged our home taking everything from us..Rhy would try to fight but he would be beaten until he couldn't anymore...Mother had enough so one day, when the guy tried to be physical with her, she pierced his eyes and chopped his ear off scaring them away..
We were happy was they weren't disturbing us anymore and we eventually managed stuff out, the lady from the brothel took us in once again and helped us with money. We grew up and were taught the art of Zither playing by her..we eventually mastered it and we used to perform shows at the age of 9 and 7..One day while celebrating our show..mom fell, as she coughed up blood from her mouth...The priest and the doctor were called who said that she was diagnosed with an unknown disease that was dormant inside of her from the past 5 years.. I found out later through her letters that she contracted the plague from the plunderer kingdom who worshipped the devil I was kept in dark and Rhy was the one who stood by her till her last breath. The old lady made sure I wasn't near her " said Thum
Everyone who were healed crawled near Thum's body as he completed his story
" Me and my brother became really disheartened and had grudge against the God we never were happy in our life never ever we got peace but somehow our mothers words kept us alive and motivated to became better her father was a very violent man near his last days who used to beat her and even blame her for all her tragedies me and my brother used to sit in silence wondering why she never blamed everything on destiny or fate or god.
One day the gang leader who's ear are mom slashed off, ravaged the entire brothel in order to find her. When he got to know that she was on her last stage and wasn't even able to move from her bed he laughed and started taunting her. Rhy had enough, and using her hair pin stabbed his other eye. He told me to hid in the closet and close my ear
and I was scared so I followed. He stabbed that man's throat and despite getting beaten near death he stabbed that man to death.
When I came out of the closet I saw the whole mat was filled with blood as the man had multiple pores around his body, is eye was gouged out and his intestine were lying on the floor. I looked around and saw Rhy sitting in the corner near our mom. His teeth were broken, lips swollen, his right arm was chopped off and his face had slash marks, with a broken ankle, he sat in silence and stared at mother. I froze and eventually went unconscious because I never saw blood in my life, that incident was so brutal that the old lady started to fear Rhy. I don't remember what happened next but after that day, Rhy made sure I was never in trouble. Because of the incident when I used to go the market, everyone would take a step back not promoting to anger Rhy.. Eventually by the winters our mother took her last breath and she passed away. " said Thum
A whip made of bones rushed at Gorosuke and grabbed Thum's body.
" WATCH OUT !!! " shouted Jetchi
The whip dragged Thum's body and slammed it on the ground. It then retracted and dragged Thum's body alongside the whip inside that grotesque shell.
Abel whose eyes were filled with tear looked around and saw everyone was crying except Gorosuke.
" Was he telling the truth ? " asked Abel
" Yes..but it was his half of his story..he never got to know about Rhy's promise. The promise that He made with their mother. The promise which he broke " said Gorosuke
" Silence " said Rhy