DRAKE POV
It was a battle between one and an army of evil spirits (the underworld). Though, I gained the upper hand, I still had some setback. But as time went on, I felt my power and strength increase dramatically. It was like I had broken through my limits or somehow leveled up. But I knew the reason for my increase in strength and power.
As I fought with the whole underworld, I was likewise commiting a great evil and wickedness. Therefore, my heart was increasingly getting hardened and that also made my heartbeat slower. Slowly, I was killing my heart and was near my evolution into an evil heartless monster.
With killing more and more evil spirits, the dark chains surrounding my heart seemed to harden even more as darkness seeped into my heart. My heartbeat was considerably getting slower than ever.
After an hour, my power and strength had increased. It had increased so much that I easily killed evil spirits with only the slash of my sword. Then I noticed some changes in my body.
Yeah, my body was changing.
Black flame burst out of my body, enveloping my whole body with black flame.
The army of evil spirits, seeing the drastic change in my form and my increasing power, cowered in fear. Some even did good in retreating. Fear evidently could be seen in their eyes but I didn't care.
I let out a loud roar as the dark flame, successfully enveloped my body.
Floating in the air was no longer me anymore, but a figure of dark flame whose power kept increasing by the second. And as expected, my heart slowly started dying. The chains surrounding my heart had already hardened enough for my heart to die. Also, I could feel the darkness in me increase as well.
I grinned wickedly which the army of evil spirits couldn't see, cause my whole body was enveloped with dark flame. Tightening my grip on my sword, I attacked the whole army again, unleashing the power of my already hardened heart. Just a little more killing to do and I will be able to kill my heart.
The evil spirits floating in the sky panicked in fear. They felt my already increased power and my new form of black flame only added to their fear.
But then, I felt their fear turning into something else. A resolve. I felt their new resolve. A new resolve to fight back despite the fact that they had a lot of casualties. That only made me grin behind my new form.
They all lunged at me,one by one, doing all their best to bring me down. Though the air was tensed with death and chaos, I could feel my heart slowly making its way to death.
As I fought with the evil spirits of the underworld,an idea crossed my mind.
Why don't I just kill the whole evil spirits of the underworld?
It could significantly increase the death of my heart.
Seems like I would be having a change of plan. Unlike when I came into the underworld,all I wanted to do was to commit an evil deed that would further harden my heart but seeing that my heart is already hardened, why don't I commit a great evil deed that would quickly kill my heart?
At first, all I wanted to do was a cause a chaotic destruction to harden my heart but seeing the heart already hardened, it's best I kill all the evil spirits to further kill my heart. Then,my evolution into a heartless monster wouldn't be far away.
With a new plan forming in my mind, I grinned more wickedly as I continued killing more and more evil spirits.
It wasn't long till I couldn't feel my heart beat. It was as if it had died already and I couldn't help but let out a wicked laugh behind my new form. But when I waited for my evolution to take place,it didn't happen.
I withdrew from my constant attack at the decreasing army of evil spirits. If I wasn't wrong, I had killed about three thousand evil spirits or so. That should be enough for my heart to be dead and for me to start evolution. But I noticed that I wasn't evolving.
Getting frustrated, I tried to concentrate on my heart to find out it's state.
True, my heart wasn't beating but there was still some traces of life in it and that's why I hadn't undergone evolution. That's the reason why I hadn't turned into a heartless monster.
I sighed tiredly.
I had retreated a little bit and the decreased army of evil spirits were about a hundred. A hundred evil spirits floating up in the sky.
It seems like I would have to kill a few more evil spirits if I wanted to successfully complete the killing of my heart. Though, it wasn't beating,there was still a trace of life in it.
One wouldn't be able to feel my heart beat but I knew that my heart still had a life and if I wanted it dead for good, I would have to kill a few more evil spirits.
That seems like something I could do.
I was about to attack the decreased army of evil spirits again when a ball of dark flame flew out from nowhere in particular and hit me right at my chest.
I was sent flying down from the sky and falling into a building. The building of, course exploded and that shook the very ground.
Anger shot through me, that someone had interrupted my final evil deed that would forever kill this heart of mine. I wanted to tear that person to shreds for even daring to attack me.
The black flame that had enveloped my body seemed to burst out even more as anger shot through me.
All my whole life, I had been wanting to kill my heart and turn into a heartless monster and just as I was about achieving that, someone had to interrupt.
Firstly, I would kill a few more evil spirits and after that evolve into a heartless monster, then I would make that person sorry for even interrupting.
With anger increasing the black flame enveloping me, I rose up into the sky almost immediately. Once up in the sky, I was already surrounded.
I was taken by surprise. I was surrounded by the seven demon Lords and they as well were floating in the sky.
They seemed astonished at my new black flame form. I could even see doubt in their eyes that I was actually Drake. Seems, I had changed so much.
Just then, Legion alongside with my dad and mom came out of an opened portal in the sky. Immediately they came out of the portal, the portal closed. They took in the scene that unfolded before them and were all shocked to the core.
A black flame figure surrounded by the seven demon Lords and then their eyes simultaneously went to the remaining army of the evil spirits, they were about a hundred or less. Then their eyes went to the thousands upon thousands of casualties on the ground below them. They were left speechless.
After taking in the scene that unfolded before them, I could see rage and fury in the eyes of legion. Rage and fury well written on his face. He gritted his teeth in mixed emotions.
Suddenly, he transformed to his evil spirit form. Just like any regular evil spirit, legion's own had horns and his evil spirit form was completely different from other evil spirits.
He charged right at me without even thinking that my heart wasn't beating or that my power had drastically increased. He was really furious, that his territory had almost been wiped and his army suffering severe casualties.
Just as he was about to attack me after transforming into his evil spirit form, he was drawn back by my father. He tried to fight back my father's grip on him but it was in vain. He looked at my father with scorn and disdain. And my dad willfully returned such an expression.
"Let go of me".
Legion roared loudly to my hearing.
"Are you nuts? Don't be a fool. Can't you see that his heart isn't beating?"
My father retorted back.
It was then he realized that my heart wasn't beating and it seemed they thought my heart was dead. He realized that my form had changed and that my power had increased.
He stopped struggling as he tried to calm down his rage and my father let go of him.
The seven demon Lords, also noticing that my heart wasn't beating, surprisingly retreated.
It was only my mom who noticed that there was still a trace of life in my heart.
"He's heart isn't dead, Sandraino".
I could hear my mum say with a happy smile.
My father turned to look at her with a questioning look.
"Try to concentrate your energy on his heart and you will notice that there's still a trace of life in his heart".
My mom said with hopeful smile.
My dad did as my mum had said or I thought he did. But suddenly,a smile crossed his face.
Legion and the seven demon Lords also realized that there was a trace of life in my heart.
I gritted my teeth in anger.
These fools want to stop me from reaching my goal of becoming a heartless monster. Just only a few kills of evil spirits was enough to kill my heart but they all suddenly appear and find out that there's a trace of life in my heart. How perfectic can they be.
"Now, just to bind him and take him to the castle. Legion, retreat with the remaining evil spirits. Seven demon Lords, please help him take care of the casualties and the remaining evil spirits. I will deal with my son".
I could hear my father ditch out orders. But hearing the part about binding me and taking me to the castle made me somewhat angry.
That can't happen. Not when a few kills could make me turn into a heartless monster.