Athan smiled as he saw the changes Luna's face. She changed from a happy smile to a confused face. She did not want to think so far ahead but how could she not grasp the facts laid out before her.
He eyes shone as tears streamed from her eyes. She looked at he grandfather who did not return her gaze. It was Athan who spoke breaking the awkward silence.
"You know very well that I have never been part of this family in the eye of everyone. Just do as they say. I have been trying to leave the family for a long time now. Haha... I will not forget you in the future," Athan said and laughed it off like he usually did every time he committed suicide.
"You are part of this family I believe that you are one of this family. You are my aunt's son," Luna said but Athan Just smiled.
"No. Don't tell me that. Say that to your family. You better than that I am always on my own. Just do as the old man says. Have you not been anticipating this moment too?" Athan asked. He raised his hands and wiped her tears. He had disowned the Byron family ages ago.
"You have a gentle and kind heart that makes you vulnerable to being hurt. The only way to stop being hurt is by earning your own position. I am going out there and when I come back, I will make sure to destroy this family," Athan said as he released her.
He turned to walk away but she held his hand.
"I am not going in there without you," she said her eyes tearing up once again.
"You know better than anyone that that is just your wishful thinking. I will walk out of this place and you will not even take a single step to follow me. This is goodbye," Athan said and shook her hand off.
He then glanced at the old man and smiled.
"If anything happens to her, I will make sure that it will be I who kills you," Athan said as he walked away. Luna was left stretching her hand out as she fell on her knees. She stared at his back as he walked without turning back.
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The news of the retreat of the Byron family and other 20 prominent families in the world were the most trending. But the news about the deserting of the young master of the Byron Family hit harder.
It was even realized that the young master was no longer in the public sight. At this moment, there were many activities going on and many news were trending. But as for what was happening at the moment, it was a global event.
A sudden wind came from each and every corner of the world. Not long later, dark clouds covered the sky. But even scientists were sure that these were not rain carrying clouds. Also, they carried not the slightest of moisture.
Instead, the clouds were black and they fed on the moisture in the atmosphere. The clouds were accompanied by an eclipse. They covered the moon and sun and and the whole world was met with darkness.
It was the moment of the trending news and there were hundreds of people filming the eclipse. But in the middle of the filming process, all the cameras stopped working. Any electric device lost its power.
That was not all as even the generators and solar powered devices lost their power. The satellites in space were the first to lose their power. This was to mean that there was not going to be any any internet in a long time.
After every electric device lost its power, the next in line were the engines. All vehicles that were in the process of moving all lost their power. The planes in the skies crashed and some vehicles caused accidents.
Within a minute, over one million people around the globe died. This included those in planes, cars, trains and there were those in the hospitals who were being supported by machines. Some died when planes crashed into cities.
Just then, turbulent appeared in the oceans. Tsunamis and tornadoes were everywhere but there was no one to film it. These phenomena were all heading in one direction. There were earthquakes at several places and volcanic eruptions.
Again, there were more than two million people people who died and more died as the phenomena did not stop. It was like they were all heading in one direction. Many tsunamis and tornadoes combined. Hurricanes blew away buildings and vehicles.
After ten minutes of nonstop turbulence, they all came to a standstill. Suddenly in the skies, one could see a swirling wind on it. That was what it appeared like. The whirlpool started collecting lights from the surroundings.
Streams of all colors ranging from blue, brown, yellow, red, and green all headed towards the whirlpool. As the lights merged, they made a beautiful whirlpool that kept increasing it speed.
Those who still had the courage to observe were excited. Wasn't this how it usually went on in movies? How could they not get excited. Fools. Did they not know how such movies progressed? But they were in for the shock of their life. After around a thirty seconds, the whirlpool was now moving at incomprehensible speeds such that it appeared like it had stopped.
Also it stopped drawing the lights. There was lightning between its core which had a crimson glow. Above the skies, there was thunder and lightning striking at the portal. thunder sounded in the skies such that it felt like the sky cracked. Then hundreds of lightning strikes lit the skies.
What was happening now was that the natural law was being rewritten. The natural law had been altered years ago when a dominant species was removed from the existence. The species was the demons.
The effect of the natural law being rewritten was the decrease f the energy on earth by more than half. This was one of the reasons why the number of cultivators decreased and only the twenty families had the cultivation techniques to use in the energy deprived planet.
But now, the natural law was being rewritten and the lost energy was being brought back. But that was not the only thing hat was being brought back. The portal was not the natural law's doing.
It was the demons on the other side who were opening the first portal. The natural law was acknowledging the return of a species. The portal now became stable and something black appeared at its core.
One could think that this was the only portal forming but there were over 100 of them forming at every part of the globe. The same phenomena was taking place, the center red part having something black.
But it did bot take long before the first creature from the portal appeared. It was black. It had yellow eyes and black wings. It appeared like a bird but it had head of a monkey. The creature had strong muscles.
The creature then let out a screech as it flew downwards. The portals were around 200 meters above the ground. The screech was like a message. One watched with awe as they saw horns appear on the creature's head.
Everyone was sure that this was the armageddon written in the bible but it was not. Hundred of similar creatures started appearing from every portal. It was then the survival human instinct kicked in but it was already too late.
The creatures used to be blood thirsty cannibals. They never spared humans and they were usually afraid of humans of the past who had cultivation. But as for these humans, they had not a single ounce of energy.
They had not even opened their meridians. Well, this was going to be a feast for them. The creatures started flying downwards each aiming at a human. The humans ran on top speed and did not dare look back.
Things would become different when they felt their feet leave the ground and sharp talons piercing through their shoulders. Cries of pain and horror rang all over place. A police man stood in front of a creature and fired bullets at it.
He fired all his rounds but he did no damage to the creature. The creature shoved past him and with its sharp talons sliced his neck as his head rolled in the air. This was the first death that was caused by the creatures.
Seconds later, the creatures were standing on top of rooftops having a feast. There were approximately two million creatures that came out from the portals after the first round. And each of them was carrying a human.
Assuming that each of them killed a human and carried one, those were four million deaths in less than a minute. It was then the portals closed leaving two million man eating demons on earth.
People went indoors but luckily, the black out was lifted and people could use electricity again. Sadly, there was going to be no more internet. What was found working were only the the televisions.
It was then different countries were giving press conferences. Telling everyone to stay indoors and avoid making the slightest of noises. The shocking part was that the 20 families had not been touched. Their mansions were still intact...