he could feel the latent power within him stirring up, reacting to his emotions, his rage. his eyes becoming bloodshed as madness threatens to drive him crazy from the overwhelming surge of emotions.
Kael cough out a mouthful of blood, his orifice leaking out blood while his body convulse from the immerse power strain rising in him.
the pictures and emotions he thought time had lessen the wounds the inflicted on him came back rushing like a tide.
kael bit his lips struggling to remain in control till the awaken reach its peak, the young lady in her last leg couldn't help but admire the resolute of the young man before her
she didn't know what he was doing but her instincts and sense of near death could tell he was in a terrible state, she could the foreign change going on inside of him and around him.
Kael cough another mouth of blood, this time it was completely dark and have a bit of a corrosive property. Kael didn't couldn't care about the state of his withering body, he quickly channel the power and emotions within him alongside those of the villagers whose lives had been so brutally extinguished
A maelstrom of dark energy slowly raise around him, rising from the corpse scattered all over the place. the heavy dark energy swaying in the air was so thick one could suffocate being around this area.
the young lady felt her skin creeping as cold chill run down her spine, her body reacts to this chill she felt, her body convulsing to the foreign energy.
kael quickly channeled this dark energy, weaving it into a thread of power, a lifeline extending to the dying lady.
He felt the souls of the dead, fragments of their essence, their lingering emotions, their unfinished stories, flowing into him, fueling his forbidden ritual.
He poured their anguish, their fear, their desperation, their grief, regrets and all, transforming it into a dark, life-giving energy.
The process was agonizing, a tearing and weaving of souls, a merging of pain and power. He felt the weight of their deaths pressing down on him, the burden of their unfinished lives settling on his shoulders and flowing through him.
while at the receiving end, the young lady was also going through her share of immerse pain, groaning and growling in pains even at her weak state.
the process lasted for a while till every string of energy disappeared from the air, all channeled into the young lady. kael collapse instantly breathing heavily.
at the same time a tremendous change was going on in the body of the young lady, sound of bone breaking and repairing itself.
When he opened his eyes, the woman's appearance hadn't changed drastically. Her face still held the same delicate features, the same stubborn defiance in her eyes.
her injuries were all gone, she is heal as good as new and the most profound different in her. A chilling stillness had settled over her, a glacial calm that belied the power now coursing beneath her skin.
Her eyes, once filled with pain, now glowed with a cold, unnatural light. The faintest trace of darkness lingered at the corners of her mouth, a subtle hint of the transformation she had undergone.
She has become a creature born from death and fueled by rage. Yet, she retained her original form, a testament to the fact that death had not yet claimed her completely before the transformation.
The darkness within her was a reflection of the darkness that had consumed the village, the darkness that had once consumed him. But now, she was his weapon, his ally in the war against the cruel world that had stolen so much from them both.
The war for vengeance had just begun, it's now a race for the best to win.
The latent power within Kael stirred up once again, a tempest fueled by his rage. Bloodshot eyes reflected the madness threatening to consume him as an overwhelming surge of emotion threatened to shatter his sanity.
He coughed, a torrent of blood staining his lips, his body convulsing under the strain of the immense power rising within. Memories, long suppressed, flooded back, a tide of pain and loss threatening to drown him.
He gritted his teeth, fighting for control as the power within him reached its peak, threatening to go haywire. The young woman beside him, could only watch, awestruck by his resolve.
She sensed the sudden profound shift within and around him, a terrifying yet mesmerizing transformation. she had just regained her clarity and the state sh saw the man who helped her left her speechless.
for some reason she really couldn't feel any particular emotion towards this young man who was once an apple in her eyes, it's like she couldn't have any other emotions other than rage and darkness.
Another torrent of blood, this time dark and corrosive, poured from his mouth. Ignoring the decay of his body, Kael channeled his fury, focusing it in a single point within himself.
A maelstrom of dark energy erupted, swirling around him, rising from his being, spreading out far and wide. The air itself felt thick with a suffocating darkness.
A cold dread gripped the young woman; her body convulsed as the dark energy pulsed around her. Kael, with a final, desperate effort, wove this energy into a thread of power, and with determined resolved forcefully sealed in deep within himself
locked away from reach, He felt the souls of the dead. fragments of their essence, their unfinished stories, their lingering emotions flowing into him.
Their anguish, fear, desperation, and grief became a dark, life-giving energy. The process was agonizing, a tearing and weaving of souls, a merging of pain and power.
The weight of their deaths pressed down on him, the burden of their unfinished lives a heavy mantle.
The young woman, too, endured intense agony, groaning and writhing despite her weakened state. The process continued until the last tendril of dark energy vanished, sealed deep away within his body. Kael collapsed, gasping for breath.
The young lady slowly stood up, pushing away the rubble of corpse on her like they were nothing. she squat beside Kael passed out body with complicated look.
no one knew what was going through her mind but her actions made it clear she is ready to protect Kael with everything she got. her aura and demeanor made that clear as crystal.
time passed till it was night fall, Kael eyes slowly flutter and opened. the first face that met his sight is that of the young lady standing guard beside him.
"how long have I been out?" kael asked after being helped up by the young lady, offering him a jar of water to wet his dry bud.
"I can't tell for sure how long you've been out, but from the position of the moon, it's certainly mid night already" her cold voice and tone made the simple answer look dreadful.
"hmm" Kael helped himself more with the water as his body aches from the strain of using his new bloodline, "you don't happen to have anything to eat right?"
the words didn't fly off his lips completely before a stale bread came flying his way, luckily for him, he got great reflex.
"you don't have to be afraid of me Lady, after all I saved your life. I already told you I'm no demon" Kael commented while helping himself to the bread.
the lady shot him a questioning gaze but remain silent, sticking woods into the burning furnace she set to help keep Kael warm when he was unconscious.
"I have a question to ask you though, mind telling me a name to call you. I don't like his young lady I keep saying anytime I want to address you"
her brow frow even more when she heard Kael words, after a short silence she decided to tell him her name. "Lyra, it's Lyra and I wonder how you forgot about it when ..." she stop and said no further.
Kael wasn't clueless to understand what she wanted to say, after all this body had reaction to her when he saw her earlier in that terrible state.
it obvious they must have been aquatinted one way or the other, if his assumption were wrong, they most likely have a bit of an history together.
kael took a mental note as he continued to gulp down his meal. "I know you have a lot of questions about me and who I am, there is no need pretending you haven't found out already"
Lyra nodded her head in affirmation, she already found out this person isn't the Kael she knew. that sweet little boy would be anything else but this, if she hadn't been saved by him, she isn't sure she wouldn't have killed him already
"my real name is name is Noel Oscar, the illegitimate son of the Oscar family"
Lyra stumble back in fear when she heard that name, her emotionless eyes showed deep hint of fear and dread.
kael was taken aback by her reaction, the terror in her wasn't concealed at all. every fiber of her body tense up
"yo...ou a.r..re Noel Oscar?"