Free Web NovelChapter 259: Chapter 258:Blame fate..
As the dust cleared and the aftermath of my attack revealed itself, a heavy silence fell upon the entire area.
I could feel Khalifa’s disbelieving eyes staring right through me, but there was no ripple effect within me.
As I took in the devastated landscape, the scorched and charred fissure lines that travelled across the ground like dried up veins.
As I looked at the bottomless crater that was once a bustling city filled with probably thousands if not tens of thousands of demons, only one feeling surfaced within me.
"Good riddance."
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"You’ve been awfully quiet since we left." I decided to break the silence that had been accompanying both me and Khalifa since we left the scorched city behind.
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"Are you.... Upset?" I asked, confused as to why she would be upset all of a sudden, I mean, sure the attack was sudden, but I was fully aware and made sure no harm could come to her.
"Did you know what you just did?" Yet before I could complete my thoughts, her silent voice sounded from beside me as she came to a halt midair, I stopped as well, turning toward her, "I just eradicated a city filled with demonic filth, why?" I answered, still confused.
"Is that all it was to you?"
"Should it have been anything else?"
"You just wiped out a city full of life, there were babies, little children, elderly people, and yet, with just a whim, you wiped them out, and you feel nothing?"
"I didn’t wipe out a city full of life. I didn’t wipe out a city full of people. I wiped out a city filled with demonic scum that shouldn’t have been left to fester for so long."
"THERE WERE KIDS!!!!!" She suddenly yelled, catching me off guard.
"There we kids. Innocent souls that knew no better.."
"They were demons, khali, it didn’t matter if they were kids or not, I already know what they’ll become when they grow up, monsters."
"And how will you know that? You didn’t even give them a choice before you snuffed out their lives, and you act like it was nothing?"
"It IS nothing. Khalifa, why are you so concerned about the lives of demons when you are here, aiming to take the life of one?"
"I seek the life of a depraved creature, not innocents."
"No demon is innocent khali..."
"Is that... is that how you truly feel?"
"Be they kids or adults, demons are all the same, their nature never changes, at their core, they’re war mongers, entities only attuned with destruction and death! What I did today was make sure none of those filth in that city ever make others go through what I had to..."
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A tense silence fell between us, as Khalifa just stared, her eyes seemingly searching mine for something.
"It seems you really feel that way, huh? Alright then, I apologize for acting out.... Let’s go." She turned, and continued her flight.
I stared at her departing back for a few moments, wondering what spurred such a reaction, before shaking my head and catching up to her.
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We arrived at the outskirts of another city not long after, teleportation having been canceled because, well, the city didn’t exist anymore, but yea..
The entire journey was quiet as it seemed Khalifa still had something against what I did.
"Okay. We’re here, you can go ahead now." She suddenly stopped, looked at me, then spoke up.
"Go ahead and do what?" I was confused.
"Go ahead, there’s a city full of demons right before you, what are you waiting for, erase them all."
"But, wouldn’t that ruin the whole point of stealth you were talking about earlier?"
"Heh! Now you care? Well I don’t, it’ll make things easier anyway, now, just get it over with, since that’s all you are, a merciless demon butcher."
"Wait, Khalifa, what are you...."
Before I could complete my statement, a laugh interrupted us,
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Finally found you, you little rats." A heavy aura descended from the skies as the whole area was immediately cut off from the outside world.
"Shit!" Khalifa cursed as her massive blade immediately materialized in her hands.
"To think you would be capable of erasing an entire city with just a single move, I am tempted to believe that you’re simply hiding your true level behind that mortal facade you’re putting on." The speaker finally revealed himself.
It was a humanoid figure, with a man’s upper body, and a demonic looking tail.
Twin horns curved like spirals out of his forehead, as a pair of tattered bat wings flapped gently behind him..
<Abithar>(???).
The rows of question marks on the demon’s name clearly said he wasn’t playing.
"You must be the one they call Dante!"
"Hmm? How do you know my name?" A demon filth I had never seen before, calling my name, now that didn’t smell funny at all.
"Hahahahahahahaha!!!! Now, how indeed do I know your name? I wonder?"
"Dante! Get behind me. That bastard is strong!" Khalifa’s urgent voice reached me as she appeared in front of me, shielding me from the the demon in the sky.
"I thought you were mad at me? Why are you suddenly so jumpy?"
"Shut it! This isn’t time for that. Now stay behind me."
"Oho? The big man is hiding behind the little girl, how embarrassing." The demon laughed.
"Demon! I don’t know who you are, but you would be wise to leave this place immediately, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what? Little girl? I don’t believe you know who you stand before do you?"
I could see Khalifa tense visibly, oh, she did, I’m sure she did, her reaction sold that fact.
"I am Abithar! One of the king’s shadows, , who do you think you are to dare threaten me?" The demon laughed.
"Damn it! Dante, we might be a little bit fucked here." Khalifa whispered.
"Hmm? Why?"
"This guy... he’s at the law integration stage, I don’t know how far in he is, but I can tell he’s very strong. Get ready, we might need to retreat."
I merely kept quiet as my focus returned to the demon.
"You. How do you know my name?" I finally asked once more.
"Hmmm? Oh, don’t you worry about that, I’ll be sure to let you know all about that when I take you to the king, of course, not without having a little fun first.." I could see the foul creature’s gaze suddenly fall on Khalifa.
"Little elf, what do you say to becoming this lord’s plaything for a moment."
"FUCK! YOU!"
"Oouh.. feisty! I like it. Hahahahahahahahaha... I’m going to enjoy breaking that feisty spirit of yours bit by bit, making sure to ravel in your exquisite beauty as I watch the life and hope fade from your eyes, and when you’re finally broken, wishing for death, I shall toss you to my soldiers, where they’ll each take turns, enjoying themselves thoroughly. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!"
"This... BASTARD..." I could see Khalifa trembling from pure rage, her teeth gritted so hard I could hear them creaking.
"Now, little girl, we can do this the easy way or..." the demon never got the words out.
"Hummphhhh..." I had already appeared before the filthy creature, my hand clasped tightly over its foul mouth..
"Hummphhhh!!!!" The demon flailed, trying to get out of my grip.
My eyes flashed, collapse vision activating as I released a stream of energy, targeting a specific spot within him that sent his body into shutdown.
I could see the surprise in the widened eyes of the filthy creature as panick and fear finally began setting in..
"Hmm? Why.. does this demon feel weak?" I couldn’t help the thought as I had expected someone at the law integration stage to be significantly more powerful, yet this guy felt pathetically weak.
"Compared to the old man...."
"Humph!!! Humph!!! Huummphhh!!!"
I shook away the thought as my focus returned to the helpless creature, my voice going empty as I addressed Khalifa,
"This is why you don’t show mercy on filthy demonic scum, khali."
"You have mercy on one, and you leave the possibility for something like this to sprout up."
RIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!
I grabbed hold of the demon’s neck, pulling hard until I separated the head, spine attached, from the rest of the demon.
Devour...
Both halves of the filthy creature were instantly covered by the black miasma, as they were promptly devoured..
<<DING>>.
I swiped the notification away, turning towards the still stunned Khalifa.
"You were saying earlier, that I was a merciless demon butcher, now do you see? Do you see why I refuse to let even one of these filthy creatures survive an encounter with me?"
"The moment you let them fester, they become a plague, one that will destroy, steal, kill, and ruin a countless number of families."
"But, that will never be on my watch. And if becoming a merciless butcher is the way to ensure no one ever gets hurt by these selfish creatures, then I shall gladly bear that burden."
I took a step, space folding as I appeared right above the city we’d arrived at.
It was another small city.
But I didn’t care.
I was here now.
Let me start small, then I shall slowly make my way up, until eventually, this entire kingdom, no, this continent, burns to ashes. freewebnoveℓ.com
"WRATH OF HELIOS."
The sun manifested once more above the city, the whole place being ignited at once.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
"It burns!!! It burns!!!!"
"Ahhhhh.... Mommy!!!! Save me!!!!!"
"Papa!!! I’m burning!!! Papa!!!.."
The hellish wails and mournful screams coming out of the city merely strengthened my resolve.
"I do this, so you don’t ever do to others what your filthy race did to me. Do not blame me. Blame fate for making you a demon."
"FALL!"
"DANTE!!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!
The sun fell once more as another demon infested city was wiped from the map.
Did I care about attracting attention with my large displays? No!
In fact, let them come!
It would make my mission all the more easier.
"That’s two down... unto the next.."
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A/N: so, we just went from gettting the head of a demon heir scum, to just erasing cities from the maps now? That’s what we’re doing? Dante.... C’mon... freewebnøvel.coɱ
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