James glimpsed at the figure lying in front of him.
The boy will die soon.
He shook his in disappointment. Till the end he can not learn about this strange connection between them.
He had strange feelings about this boy. On the one hand, he should have already killed him but on another hand, no matter how much he tries whenever he is about to kill this boy a strange voice from inside stop him.
Finally, he sighed and said in a bitter expression.
"Bah, ...Boy, I don't know you or your mother, maybe you are mistaking me for someone else. You should surrender now and leave. If you leave now I wouldn't kill you and forget this as never happened.
Alex body twitched few times as he mechanically stood up. He was silent and still, his eyes closed in concentration.
"Ha hahaha.....hahaha..hahaha...." Eventually, he started laughing like a manic.
His eyes started shining in blue and black colour, even the mask wasn't able to hide it anymore.
A dark mist rose around his feet and slowly expanded. It covered the whole area of hundreds of meters around him shocking everyone present.
Ellen and rest of the people shivered as the mist touched them. It was... cold.
I raised an eyebrow in surprise. "This is..."
The Loli beside me frowned. "...The boy gave us too many surprises today."
"He belongs to the ancient demonic clan called Maggeddon. They can use extremely powerful dark and ice magic at the same time, in ancient times it was the only clan contending the dragons but due to its extremely low rate of birth, the whole clan perished."
"His mother should be the possibly last surviving member of the clan..."
The mist was filled with an extreme feeling of horror and chill. It was much colder than the ice. The worst part of it was you can't break it like ice.
It was giving excluding an extreme sense of dread and fear.
James was stunned seeing the mist, but Alex didn't give him any time to think, as he directly materialised the mist in form of spikes and launched it on him.
Multiple projectiles launched all at once at James.
He managed to evade many of it, regardless, few of it managed to hit him.
Blood was gushing out from his various wounds.
Alex began to move in his direction.
*...Click* *Click*. *Click*
Each step he took was like a devil awakening from hell, he carried a dagger in his hand, which was excluding extreme chill, like the lowest depths of the underworld.
The amount of dark magic infused in the dagger was enormous , if you got hit by that no one here will be able to detoxify it.
... Excluding me and the Loli beside me.
*Click* *Click*
"... You said you don't know my mother."
"So, you don't know...Eva."
"You don't even know the women you killed yourself."
"You...." James expression was full of horror and disbelief, he can't believe it. He thought he was never going to hear that name ever again. But today a strange boy came to avenge her. [ wh-who is he? ]...
"W-Who ar-are you." His voice trembled.
Alex looked into James' eyes and spoke."I - Am-Her...Son." He threw away the disguise, as his real face came into sight of everyone.
"!!"
James gasped at the figure in surprise.
Arthur stared dumbfounded as he whispered in realisation. "...He is ...James's Son."
He has wavy blonde hair the same as James. His right eye was dark black, while his left eye was like a crystal, shining with deep blue colour. It was a demonic eye, a half-demon.
James body jolted as if thunderstrike hit him.
"A-Austin" He looked at the boy in from of him in disbelief, his body started trembling from emotion. He was excited, ....excited that he can finally reunite with his son...so excited...that he even forgot that he was inbetween the battle and the same son was is in front of him glaring with killing intent.
Alex completely ignored the expression of disbelief and excitement on James' face, inserting the dagger in his chest.
*'Squish*
The dagger slowly pierced inch by inch into his chest. It finally reached up until to his heart.
*drip* *drip*
Blood gushed out from his chest, but James was unwavered by it. There was no expression of pain or anguish on his face, instead, he was just staring at the figure in front of him blankly with longing and excitement, finally , ... he laughed.
"Hahahaha...*cough*...*cough*...hahaha...Haha.."
*thud*
"Puff..." He spluttered blood as he fell on his both knees, but he didn't stop laughing.
"Hahhaha...*cough*....hahaha..." The pain was not enough to stop him, he cried out at the sky. "..are you seeing this...Eva...our son.....our son...*cough*, Austin... He has grown up,... He is now the youngest demigod in the whole Empire...can you see this...he is even stronger than me...hahaha.."
Alex looked at the man in front of him perplexed, a strange emotion was rising within him.
Perhaps, he didn't notice it himself, but unconsciously, all these years, he had sealed all of his emotions deep within his heart... A crack was gradually appearing on it.
James noticed Alex abnormality and smiled gently. "...hey, Austin, come here." He said in the authoritative tone of a father.
No matter how strong he is in front of his father he is just a child.
Alex involuntarily walked, squatting down near James, he supported him.
James nodded in satisfaction. "Good, ....so, Son we didn't have a good chat in a long time right, ... unfortunately, ...*cough* looks like I don't have much time remaining..."
James wanted to say something but Austin interrupted him.
"I-I saw it you killed...Mo-mother."
James raised an eyebrow in surprise. " ...so that's how it is....you were there...the boy peeking from the shrubs that day."
Austin nodded, silent.
"Haha, good that I didn't guess wrong that day. When that Archangel sensed someone peeking he wanted to finish him off, I thought it might be you that's why I tried to stop him, even though I wasn't able to defeat him but stall enough time for you to escape..."
Austin looked at James in shock. After thinking about it indeed that day he shouldn't be able to escape from Archangel.
James murmured. "...everything was not in vain...I got arrested by the church but was able to protect you...haha...good...*cough*, it was worth it."
"W-why did you kill her."
James narrowed his eyes at Austin and sighed.
"...Do you think I killed Eva because she was a demon?"
He smiled bitterly. "...I always knew she was a demon if I wanted to kill her...why would I wait for years...I was forced...by the Bastard." Slight killing intent leaked out of James.
Austin looked at James in confusion, James ignored him and continued...
"...I was happy, I wanted to introduce you both to my best friend Arthur. But the next morning I found traces of Archangel nearby. I know he will kill you both if he found you. I got scared...I wanted to escape to the farthest corner with you. Unfortunately, it was late he had already spotted both of you."
"I was helpless...I got no choice, ...he said he will spare you if I kill Eva... I fought with him. But we humans can never contend with the Angels."
"After getting defeated he gave me a last change to repent ... I got no choice I have to that but the Bastard even wanted to kill you after it, ...haha...*cough*...it's good I was able to protect you at least."
James smiled self-deprecatingly. "I wasn't able to protect her ...you are right..that's something I regret most in my life...that day, I did not only kill her...but also a part of myself...if not for the hope of finding you maybe I would have already died...*cough* *cough *...*cough*."
" ...if possible forgive your dad, for everything...for not protecting you...all these years...you must have suffered a lot....forgive me for being a bad father, Austin ... I wished to spend more time with you Austin, B-u- *puff*..." James splurted out out blood.
James' voice grew dimmer as he spoke. "I don't want you to take revenge just...Live. Remember no matter what anyone says, ... I am proud of you....my...Son."
James closed his eyes, the last bits of remaining life left his body.
DEATH OF A HERO