200 years ago, there was a king who thirsts for power. He kept on waging war to conquer the continent. As if not enough, he wanted to own the whole world and have all beings grovel under his feet.
"Kill anyone who dares to stand against me! Bring their heads and feed it to the crows."
He was known as the tyrant king, who wanted nothing but absolute rule. No one is worthy enough to stand by him nor does anyone dared to go against him. That was until the coronation of a new emperor in the neighbouring continent. He was the owner of a massive amount of light attribute which soon became someone respected on that continent. Being unsatisfied with this, he decided to make a deal with the underworld.
"Bring all my people here as a sacrifice!" He ruthlessly ordered.
The castle turned bloody and the darkness got freed. While light attributes are blessings of the angels, dark attribute is created by a deal with the demons. Horns broke through his head and jet-black wings stretched out of his back.
"…I could feel it. THIS is power!" The king grinned devilishly.
"Not enough, I shall kill even more!"
After killing his own people, he went to the other continent and began another massacre. Cries heard everywhere, screams of pain, agony and grudge.
"MOTHER! WAKE UP, MOTHER!"
"AGHHHHHHH!!!!"
"CURSE YOU DEMON!"
Yet, none of them managed to make the king felt any guilt, rather, he was ecstatic at the sight. The knights of that particular kingdom marches to fight against him but to no avail, they simply became yet another sacrifice for the darkness.
"Pitiful people…"
While the massacre occurred, stood yet another warrior observing the battlefield. The demon king who noticed the tremendous foreign power quickly recognised his presence.
"Well, well. If it isn't the infamous little angel," He soared through the sky and looked down at the other man.
"Stop this, Agares. This is not your land. Aren't you satisfied with sacrificing your own people?"
"Oh, Michael. There is never 'enough' in my dictionary."
Agares and Michael, a long-time rival since they were young. Agares had been deemed as a genius, though that was until Michael manifested his light attribute. The naturally greedy Agares took the path of treason and killed his own family to take over the throne at a young age. Now, they are finally facing off each other.
"You are still the same, Agares," Michael raised his sword that shone with blinding lights
They exchanged blows for a long time. The fight was intense, gust of winds blew every time their powers clashed, something that couldn't be handled by any civilians. The mana of light and darkness filled the space as the clashing goes on non-stop
*BOOOOMM!*
Loud explosion was heard as the ground cracked, large crater formed in the middle of the battlefield. Once the dust cleared out, it was barely seen that Michael's sword managed to pierce through Agares's heart.
"I suppose this is the end," Michael looked down with an empty pair of eyes.
He flinched when he noticed Agares's expression. Rather than the look of someone dying, he grinned maniacally.
"Who says this is the end? No, I will definitely return," He gripped onto Michael's sword.
Agares's body glowed and the sound of his heartbeat amplified, as if he turned into a ticking time bomb.
*BAAAAAAAANNGGGGG'*
His body exploded together with Michael. Michael, who barely managed to protect himself, received a great injury.
*I will return, Michael!* The voice echoed
The following years, people with dark attributes kept on appearing. Due to the fear towards the demon king, whether it was a woman nor a child, each of them will be mercilessly killed.
"P-PLEASE SPARE ME! I WON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID!" Pleaded a woman
"MOM! SAVE ME!" An abandoned child yelled desperately
Whether they are strong or not, they will be hunted. However, none of them were capable enough to be the demon king.
The remnants of the demon king lingered around to find the suitable vessel until he stumbled upon a little girl.
"Oh? This girl seems like she could bear my power."
He possessed the body of the girl and slowly eating away her consciousness. One day in a war, the demon king managed to take control of its host almost fully.
"Catherine…what happened to you?" A boy approached the girl
*This boy…he reminded me of Michael!* The demon king gritted his teeth
Just like how he thought, that boy turned out to be the descendant of Michael. The massive light mana shone from his heart and the demon king loses his consciousness.
*No, I'll definitely kill the boy!*
The demon king brought the girl to the underworld. The girl's mind was very hard to be controlled, probably the effects of that boy's power or just pure will.
*What a nuisance,* The demon king scorned.
***
It was until we met again during the Scourge. That girl got to her consciousness yet again and I was killed. I thought that was the end until the world returned back to a few years. However, my powers had gotten a lot weaker after being killed the second time.
"Let's find that girl once more."
Even after searching everywhere, I still couldn't find that same girl. Hence, I had to resort the other way, which is the earlier candidate of my vessel that I found before that girl. That body has lower affinity to darkness but with my current condition, he would suffice.
"Go and have some rest, Andrew."
Yet, that bastard still got in the way! The remnants of my soul can no longer stay in this realm and had to be imprisoned in the underworld for eternity as the price.
In the end, 'evil' could never win. 'Evil' is what I am but indeed, it existed simply to be trampled upon by 'good'. This is the fate that I could never change. Being 'evil' will always put me on the 'wrong' side, aimed as the subject for hatred. If only 'evil' and 'good' existed as one entity, would I also be right?
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