He remembered bits and pieces of what he did after that. Everything was fuzzy and blurry. The more he tried to recollect what happened after he killed that man, the more the memories slipped away.
Ugh...forget it. All he knew was that once he woke up, eveything was over. The village was razed to the ground and all the bandits were long dead. He stank of blood and guts, unsure whether it was because of his injuries or his enemies.
As he walked out of that village, with each footfall, while looking at all the death and destruction, the mournful cries, the sobs and screams of pain and hatred, everything he thought he knew came crashing to the ground.
His opinions, morals, thoughts, everything fell to the earth and was crushed under his steps. He walked out of his hometown a new man.
After taking a small bath in a nearby river where the villagers used to collect and use water for their daily uses, he made his way towards the other villages and towns to find a new home for himself.
Whenever he stumbled upon people travelling in caravans or transporting goods, he killed them and drank their blood to quench his thirst. Then he spat it out cause it was disgusting and he wasn't a vampire.
He lived off of the things he stole from their dead bodies and their caravans. After 20 years of travelling and living his life as a bandit, he had finally found the town of Frarie. His new home.
He was not alone, however, after all that travelling, he had a sizeable gang following him. They all took him as their leader and took an oath to follow him till their dying day.
Part of the reason why Frarie was a lawless, bandit filled, hell hole was because of him. He killed the previous leader of the town through the careful use of gaseous poison and his demonic power. It was a tough battle that caused many casualties on both sides, but in the end he triumphed.
He made a trusted subordinate the leader of the town because he didn't want the responsibility. Instead, he decided to be the king of the underworld, having the power to make the illegal, legal and the wrong, right.
Oh and if that is confusing, then just know that he could do whatever he wanted in the town. He could kill anybody on the streets infront of everyone and they would all have to stay silent.
Of course, this caught on. Everyone started killing, stealing, selling illegal items...Haaa,,, let's just say they were influenced by their leader.
The entire town became a lawless place for the bandits and murderers to hang out. Slave auctions happened every week and drugs were sold on the streets everyday.
There was no orphanage, or at least, no real orphanages. There were orphanages that disguised themselves as orphanages to lure abandoned kids and make them slaves though, so uhhh...they had that.
Since parents could die at any time and orphans were wary of orphanages, orphans filled the streets, hiding in alleyways and in rickety wooden shacks.
Darwin set up Pharoah's Pharmaceuticals so that he would have a front for all his wicked plans. He could also control the town in a way, whoever got on his bad side would not be able to survive without his medicines.
No other hospitals or clinics were in that town after all. He single handedly controlled the entire healthcare system in that town. So no one dared to cross him.
He would not be able to lift his head if he lost this battle! So he would give it his all!
"ARRGGHHH"
He gritted his teeth in pain as blood poured from his mouth. His life force was decreasing. He didn't use this power without care because of the side effect. The rhino just harrumphed.
"Humpf"
"Don't look down on me!"
The black aura around him coated his arm and turned opaque. He rushed at the rhino, bellowing and launching his black fist at it. He suddenly heard a voice in his head.
'You use a forbidden power, but even then it is not enough to best me. Let me show you true power. Power that only one of the guardians of the forest can wield.'
His eyes contracted.
"Gu...Gua....Guardians of the forest?!?!"
'Shit'
He had made a big mistake. The guardians of the forest were unparalled beasts that lived in the Farm Forest. The forbidden land that even he did not dare step into. One of the rulers of that place was no joke.
An overbearing milky white light erupted from the rhino and its horn grew longer, and longer, and longer. It grew into a 10 foot long milky white saber. In terms of aura and pure power he was completely beat, and he knew it.
All he could do was burn more of his life force and add more power to his fist.
[Undying Light]
[Plague Fist]
The two full powered attacks met. The shockwave blasted in all directions, crushing all the food stalls that were not already crushed and sending several people flying through the air.
"Ahhhh, save me mommy!"
"You're a grown man, act like one"
"Quick! Grab my pole!"
"The f*ck?! You bastard! Just because you are gay don't assume someone else to be!"
"I didn't mean it like that!"
"What else could you have meant?"
"I meant the pole I'm holding on to"
"Then learn how to speak properly! Also, I don't need to hold that pole! I'm already holding this pole!"
"Ohh! So you can hold another pole but not my pole? Some friend you are."
"ARE YOU GUYS REALLY HAVING THIS COVERSATION RIGHT NOW?!"
"ARGGGHHH"
Darwin was blown back, spitting blood. His right arm was gone. He crashed into a wall, causing several cracks and was wedged into it. He coughed more blood before he looked begrudgingly at the rhino before slowly closing his eyes.
He wasn't dead yet, but his fate was wholly uncertain. Whether he would live or die rested completely on his enemy's shoulders.
Would the rhino show him mercy, or would it finish him right here?
He did not mind either outcome. If he lived then he lived, and if he died then he would accept that as well. It was not the loser's job to question the winner. He would at least have died fighting.
A tiny part of him even wanted the rhino to kill him.
"Mother...sister,,,when I return to your side...will you forgive me, or will you curse me? Hahaha...maybe I won't be able to meet you anyway, so what am I worrying about..."