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I was overflowing with malice and anger, I kept screaming but it was all drowned by whatever that was roaring behind me. There was one thing on my mind... Slaughter...

Everything went dark

'No matter what you do, no matter how much you struggle... the world will always take away something from you' from within my magic bag, an ancient voice sounded out... it was the same as the one I heard when I entered the floating island

'Go on a rampage, kill everything, nothing else matters, let the world know your wrath' He kept speaking but thanks to it, I kinda regained a bit of my sanity

'Why would I do that?' I asked

'You've lost someone close to you, isn't that enough of a reason?' It replied

'Of course I'd get my revenge but I will never ever, hurt anyone else other than my target' This is like the evil guy in anime's that pushes the characters to hurt those close to him

'Hehe... naive! you want strength right?! I'll give you strength! all you have to do is lose control'

'Fuck off! I don't need you! I have everything I need and I will protect them with my own hands! I don't need you!'

'...you will regret your decision...'

'my only regret is that I actually paid attention to you'

I opened my eyes and when I looked around I was in my armor, I heard cries so I looked behind. Ritzu and Riza were still crying, I quickly arrived towards them and removed my helmet.

"It's alright, it's okay, it's me... your big bro..." I did my best to not be so imposing

"Bro..?" Ritzu looked at me before hugging me, Riza also did the same... these kids were really terrified

"I want you guys to be strong okay? You have to carry your sister away and take her inside" I first need to make sure that everyone is safe

"...Okay!" Riza nodded and dragged Ritzu away before they started dragging Youko away

"Lyan!" I heard Mira call my voice so I looked at the gate and saw the entire group enter

"Ms...Lucia?!" Arachne was first to notice Ms.Lucia's body on the ground

"Take her and everyone else inside the house! I got some score to settle!" I roared out before using [Storm Dash] and chasing after Sigurd

Sigurd was blasted towards the forest by the south of the mansion, I saw him struggling to stand up. I used [Dragon dash] and appeared above him before clasping both my hands and swinging them down like a hammer, he was still recovering from my attack earlier so his response was a second late and I broke his lance. He threw the broken lance and jumped back but I grabbed his leg before he could even escape, I held him up by the leg and started smashing Sigurd left and right like some rag. After doing so for 6-7 times, I got tired of it and thew him up before using [Storm dash] and sending a knee kick towards his stomach while mid-air. I opened my palm and conjured [Lightning Strike] before grabbing Sigurd and crashing down the ground like the ninja that fought a sand prince in anime that I watched, I separated from Sigurd moments before impact.

I stood up and walked towards the spot where I smashed Sigurd, he was in the center of the pit, unconscious. My armor vanished and I was left with a weary and sore body but I soldiered on and dragged Sigurd by the towards the mansion, we are going to have lots of fun...

I never thought I'd need it but there was an underground room just behind house beside the mansion, that's where I brought Sigurd. I tied him up to a chair before taking a rest, I want to be full of energy when he wakes up. I mentioned this place to Blue and the others so they arrived moments after. My torture room is quite simple, it's like those room for interrogations in police shows. In the middle of the room was a chair which was illuminated by a weak light stone hanging from the ceiling, there was no other light source so the entire room was dark. The chair was the same as those in the execution rooms that use high voltage electricity, it had a lot of straps.

Mira, Arachne, Valeria, Mizu, and Blue were all present so we started, they will observe from the darkness. I woke Sigurd up by electrocuting him

".W..What?.." He focused his hazy eyes on me

"You know why you're here?" I asked

"Fuck you"

I snapped one of his fingers

"Tell me, what happened in the last two months"

"I will never tell you!"

"Let's see how long you will last" I slowly started breaking all of his fingers

The room was filled with stifled cries of pain that came from Sigurd

"Feel like speaking?" I asked

"To hell with you!"

"That's the response I wanted" I chuckled and started breaking his toes

After that, I started breaking his bones one by one. When I was done with him, his face was wet with tears and sweat.

"Did Rivera arrive?" I asked

"I'm here Cap" Rivera stepped out from the darkness, I asked Ritzu to send Rivera here once she wakes up

"Heal him" I requested

"Right away~!" She was more than happy to comply

Healing only recovers health and not the stamina, Sigurd didn't have time to recover from our battle and had to endure my torture so I'm betting that he has no stamina left and is only holding on to pure will

"It's your turn, go crazy on him" I walked towards the darkness and Mira came out

Mira took out two of her most sharpest knives before starting to skillfully cut, slash, skin, stab and wound Sigurd. When Mira was done with him, you can see various parts of his internal organs through small holes that she carved out. Mira walked into the darkness, Rivera was keeping Sigurd alive the entire process

Arachne came out with a whip that she weaved, She started whipping Sigurd here and there as she roared out in anger. She wasn't satisfied and started slowly stabbing several Lances that she weaved at areas that were not critical to the human body. Arachne had her fill, Rivera was exhausted so Blue took her place and healed Sigurd to full health.

It was Mizu's turn now, she wrapped Sigurd's head in a watery sphere that almost caused him to die by suffocation, she kept repeating this until she was tired and started to forcefully make Sigurd drink the water. She used her trident and dug a deep poke in Sigurd's stomach where the water came out, she stopped after three liters of water because Sigurd was dying.

Valeria's approach was a bit different, she started making deep cuts before rubbing some honey in it before she released some bugs, the bugs started to eat the flesh that was exposed. It was a bit slow but we can work with it, we waited 5 hours before we finally stopped it.

"So? want to speak now?" I asked, he should be long broken by now

"I-I-I'll talk!" he eagerly replied

"Ok, tell me what happened this past 2 months"

"T-The King! he ordered some spies to release a drug to Central city!"

"And then?"

"Th-These drugs, they were from a demon that he made a deal with!"

"Oh? so that King of yours really is retarded. Tell me, what do these drugs do?"

"A-All the King s-said was that i-it can turn lo-long term us-users into demons"

...So that's what happened...

"Is the king aiming for an invasion?" Why hasn't he attacked yet? I mean this is the perfect chance

"...No... I d-don't kn-know what he wants!"

"Well then, guess this is goodbye" I picked up a bucket full of rats and tightly strapped them on Sigurd

"N-No! what are you doing?!" He frantically asked

"You really think I tortured you to ask questions? this is my revenge for Ms.Lucia" I coldly spoke as I lit a fire at the bottom of the bucket

The rat's inside were being cooked alive but this is what I want, the rats struggled to survive and started biting through Sigurd's chest, he kept screaming the entire time as rats bit a hole through his chest.

The rat finally dug a hole to Sigurd's back and escaped being cooked alive, Sigurd took his last breathe and died. I killed the rats and started burning them along with Sigurd.

"Don't worry, I'll send your King and beloved prince to accompany you in your afterlife" I spoke as I opened the entrance and left, the others followed

I looked around at Central city and noticed that it has calmed down, I started walking back to the mansion. I opened the door and went to my room, there laid Ms.Lucia, peacefully sleeping, it looked like a scene from snow white but no matter how much I kiss her she won't wake up. I covered her body with my blanket before I carried her and started heading for Magus Academy

"Good lord, thank God you're back..." Mrs.Sasha was at the entrance, she was tending to so many students and teachers despite her ragged appearance but she was shocked the moment she looked at the body wrapped in my blanket

"...This is not the place..." I couldn't look in her eyes, so I spoke out as I looked on the ground

"...let's go to the forbidden land..." Mrs.Sasha lead the way as Mira and I closely followed behind

Arachne and the others stayed behind because they were still processing Ms.Lucia's...

We finally arrived at the shrine, old man Zephyrus was wounded here and there. It looks like everyone had to step up to stop the demon's sudden attack.

"...is that..." Zephyrus didn't finish his sentence

"...Let's go inside" He opened the door and took us in

"She...my daughter...she's gone..." Mrs.Sasha who always had a mischievous smile was now crying

"Lay her down here kid" Zephrus pulled out a long table where I laid Ms.Lucia

Zephyrus slowly removed my blanket and exposed the peaceful slumber of Ms.Lucia

"...Sasha, come and tell your daughter all you need to say" Zephyrus walked towards the weeping mother and helped her up before walking back at the table

"...Dear...can you hear me...?" Mrs.Sasha caressed Ms.Lucia's face as she spoke out, it was painful to watch so I looked to the side as I stopped the tears from rolling

Mira held my hands tightly, I looked at her and it seems that she's afraid... she's afraid of something but what? I don't know what it was but I knew I had to be strong not for myself but for all of us, I took a deep breath and gripped her hands. My actions seem to have brought some kind of comfort to her

"...I'm really sorry mother wasn't there for you..." Mrs.Sasha kept saying words of apology and regret but in the end she started smiling and saying thanks to Ms.Lucia for the times that they've spent together

"...young lad...did she at least..." Zephyrus asked, I already knew what he meant

"...Don't worry, she told me... everything" It was a bit hard to answer

"...Then, she died with no regrets"

"I agree"

"...Young lad, this is a man's job... send her away" Zephyrus patted my back and pointed at the pool that we used as before

I nodded and carried Ms.Lucia's body towards the pool, Mrs.Sasha kept protesting at first but in the end, she stifled her cries and did her best to watch every moment

"...Young lad, chant with me" I heard Zephyrus' voice

I nodded my head without looking back

"...Let the river carry your brave soul

with a piece of our hearts once whole

May the Heroes welcome you

with open arms in the skies ever so blue"

The chant finished there as I arrived at the center of the pool, I was about to release Ms.Lucia but I saw the charm she gave me hooked on her fingers, I slowly took it off and kissed her forehead before finally releasing her. The pool gave off a golden glow as the ground beneath my feet vanished, Ms.Lucia fell deeper and deeper until I can no longer see her

I left the pool and left the shrine, Zephyrus guided us out this time because Mrs.Sasha was still grieving the loss of her daughter. We returned back to the mansion and I went to my bed, I was tired so I called it a day and slept

"...Hey there" Grimm visited me in my dream once again

"Hey..."

"I'm sorry for your loss"

"Yeah..."

"Say, do you hate me?" Grimm asked

"Why would I hate you?" I asked

"Hehe, everyone is afraid of death"

"You only deliver us to death" I replied

"Really now?"

"Yeah, it's kind of nice actually, someone's there to accompany you instead of a long lonely journey"

"That's new"

"What? no one ever said thank you to you?" I asked

"If you consider 'Please spare me' or 'Go away!' as thank you then I've received lots of em"

"You have it hard"

"I'm used to it"

"...say, was she satisfied in the end?" I looked at my hands as I asked

"...Yes, Yes she was" Grimm looked at me and replied

"Then... it's all good"

"You really are weird" He laughed as he turned around

"What?" Ain't that a bit rude

"...Don't worry kid, she's watching over you, she's waiting for you but make sure to live your life or else she'll be disappointed" He said those words before vanishing

I woke up the next day and found Blue sleeping beside me... I was so busy yesterday that I forgot about her... I kept tugging her until she woke up

"Lyan?" She rubbed her eyes and looked at me

"Morning" I pat her head

"Lyan, I- I don't know what to say..." Despite Blue's maturity she's struggling to give me words of comfort

"Don't worry Blue, I'm okay" I smiled as I hugged her

"...I see, then it's alright" She calmed down and returned my embrace

We soon let go of each other and went down to get breakfast, we all ate together and met up with Clay and the others like we always do.

"What do we do now Cap?" Clay asked

"We might need to see principal, Central city was the only one attacked so we don't have to worry about the other cities of the Kingdom"

"You think we're going to war?" Rivera asked

"Yeah, If the King won't then I will" I spoke out

"Cap you look so cool!" Clay laughed,

"I'm sorry, I'm dragging you to a war..." I looked at Blue and apologized

"It's okay, after all, we're soon to be husband and wife right? I should help you with your problems just as you did with mine" Blue looked at me with a smile

"...I love you" I felt so blessed and happy that I just blurted those words out

"L-Lyan! n-not here..." Blue's mature aura vanished and she started to fidget like a little girl

"...haha... let's go" I immediately urged everyone to leave because I can feel two claws pinching my waist

We soon arrived at the principal's office

"You guys wait here" I announced before I entered the room

Mrs.Sasha was just seating there

"So?" I asked

"I've been waiting for you" She raised looked at me with eyes filled with bloodlust

"What do we do?" I asked

"Isn't it obvious? we'll destroy Sigrid" She smiled

"I meant a plan"

"Oh... I was too busy imagining the fall of Sigrid..."

"*sigh* angry or not you're still the same as ever" I rubbed my forehead

"What do you suggest then?"

"The King of Sigrid only issued an attack and not an invasion, they're probably using revenge as a reason to attack"

"I get what you're trying to say... so we have to move carefully because we still don't know their motive?" Mrs.Sasha started thinking more clearly

"Yeah, that spy of yours, does he/she have any info?" I asked

"Nothing"

"I guess we can only turn to the King, let's go there and make a plan" I advised

"Sure thing, let's go"

It's great that Mrs.Sasha is a bit open

We all left Magus Academy and headed for the castle, everyone, including Mira and the others are in the same private room as the King

"...Sasha I-" The king didn't finish his sentence because Mrs.Sasha stopped him

"Let's talk about the plan then" He got the message and changed the topic

"Are there any elite or advanced soldiers you can lend us?" I asked

"No, nothing, I apologize" The King replied

"Then I guess this leaves us with our last option" I announced

"What is it?" Mrs.Sasha asked

"We sneak in and assassinate"

"...That is the only choice we have..." Mrs.Sasha thought about it and replied

"I will do my best to keep them busy" The King spoke out

"And I will gather info, I wish to come with you but I'm quite known" Mrs.Sasha apologized

"Then, it's only us" I looked at the Burning Legion

"Revenge" Clay spoke out

We all decided on sneaking. We all left to prepare our stuff, I looked at Blue, Mira, and Arachne... after this... It's time to hold the marriage... wait, what the fuck am I saying?! please don't trigger any flags. I kept cursing at myself

We were now set and ready to head for Sigrid in the west, before leaving, I went a quick towards the garage