Chapter 35 - Rise of the Demon King - Part 5

Standing on an Earth that is to be devoured by darkness, under a red dying sun, Nazar was holding his head in his hands as he crouched.

“Not this. Not this. Please. Not this.”

As the world around him got devoured by darkness, he couldn’t help himself but hold his head down.

People around him were shouting for help. He could help them. But he is too scared to help him.

(T-tu-turn off em-em-emo-emotions.)

His emotions should have been turned off.

But it didn't work.

He couldn’t take the easy way out. He couldn’t turn off his emotions.

"Why? Why is this happening…?"

His body started shivering in this hot world.

The cold never bothered him but right now, he wants to go to a place as hot as the sun to try and get rid of this cold.

"...r."

For a brief moment, he felt like someone was calling him.

"...ar."

"I… I don't w-w-w-want this."

"...zar."

He felt like someone was calling him again.

So, he forced his head to look up.

Looking up, he saw two figures standing in front of him.

They were wearing lab coats.

Seeing that, Nazar fell back on his butt due to fear.

His eyes opened wide in horror as he remembered something from a long time ago.

When he was a child, he was experimented on for years.

"Nazar."

He was experimented up by his parents.

"We finally found you."

Of course, Nazar knows that they were being controlled by a demon but he cannot help himself that he is scared of them.

"Why did you run away?"

(No… this can't be real…)

Nazar gulped.

He moved his lips but words didn't come out.

"Why are you scared? Let's go back to--"

"NO!!"

Nazar shouted on top his lungs as his molecules separated one-by-one, teleporting him somewhere else.

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Hundreds of miles away, in a small house in London, he appeared out of thin air.

He found himself in a very small room.

Nazar knew where he was.

This was the place where he lived most of his life in the original timeline.

Seeing his old bed, he laid down on it.

Cowering on his bed in fear, he felt his body slowly calming down.

The fear was going away slowly but surely.

(This can't be real.)

As his fear started to go away, he found himself being able to think again.

(The darkness… Mom and dad… It's all too random.)

The darkness was devouring the whole world around him. But he couldn't do anything.

The instant he looks at the darkness, he starts to tremble in fear. He also stops thinking clearly.

Nazar has been to space, which is dark and the Void, which is even darker. But this darkness is different.

It feels alive.

It is as if it has a mind of its own.

It would slither on the ground like a snake before entering the body of a human from their mouth and then starts devouring them from within.

It will then cover their whole body and eat them.

(Is this even real? I have seen similar darkness when I went to the end of time... everything. When everything died, it was this kind of darkness. Does this…)

Nazar's heart skipped a beat.

(Is this the end?)

"Hey, Nazar!"

He heard Emma's voice from outside the small room.

"Do you know…"

(But that was at the end of time... So?)

The creaking sound of the door being opened can be heard.

Nazar's whole body immediately twitched.

"...what's happening outside?"

Nazar slowly looked at Emma.

His eyes opened wide as he saw a dark tendril getting close to her.

Nazar moved his shaking hand and held his palm towards the dark tendril.

He shot an energy beam towards it.

However, it phased through the tendril and instead destroyed the wall.

"...!"

"Wh-wha-what is this… this… this thing?"

Emma also felt intense fear.

The tendril was coming towards her.

And it was getting faster.

(She is going to…?)

Nazar gulped as he forced his body to stand up.

(I am not going to let her die!!)

He tried to catch it but it was too late.

The tendril stabbed Emma in the heart. It didn't bother entering from her mouth like it was with everyone else. It stabbed her in the heart and then started to devour her body.

She coughed blood as she fell to the ground.

“EMMA!!”

The distance between him and Emma was less than a meter.

He could travel faster than the speed of sound.

But right now, he couldn’t cover that distance in time.

The darkness ate her from within and then it devoured her whole body.

“NOOO!!”

Feeling intense cold, Nazar watched as the whole house around him got devoured.

He couldn’t do anything to stop it.

Looking outside, he noticed that everything had been devoured by the darkness.

The whole world was gone.

Looking up, the sky was gone too.

He couldn’t see the stars.

The red sky had turned black.

Darkness surrounded him.

He failed to save her or the world.

Shaking because of the fear and cold, he held out his palm.

"Please… w-w-w-work."

Shutting his eyes close, he did something.

He created a fireball.

It was supposed to be the last light in the darkness.

Feeling a sense of accomplishment and happiness, he opened his eyes only to be disappointed by the universe and his ability.

There was no fireball. There was no light.

Only darkness.

"..................."

He touched his lips in confusion.

He had spoken. But words didn't come out.

Sound had vanished from this universe too.

Crying out in fear, Nazar moved his body.

He flew through the darkness for what seemed like years.

After flying through the darkness for so long, he finally stopped.

There was no escaping the darkness.

All roads lead to darkness.

That is his fate. To end up alone in the darkness.

(I remember something similar…) Nazar thought to himself. (When I first learned about what I had done, I sent a clone to the end of everything. I saw myself there. Alone in the darkness, as everything withered around him... or me.)

Over the course of some time, he had calmed down.

He was scared but he was calm enough to analyse the situation around him and think.

(This feels exactly like that time. Everything is gone. Nothing but darkness.)

He is scared of the darkness. He is scared of being left alone when everything ends.

At the end of everything, he will be the only person or thing left. Not even the slightest light will exist.

That's the curse of Godhood.

(I remember our conversation. He told me "There is no escape from this. Because for me, all roads lead to darkness. Unending darkness." And he was right.)

He looked down.

(I should have given the Nameless One or the Supreme One my power. Even if they couldn't take, I should have modified them and given them my power…)

He couldn't even see his own body.

(If I had given them the power, they would have messed around with this universe as they pleased or destroyed everything… but I would have been free.)

He hated thinking only about himself. He cares for others who are close to him.

(If I could… if I could… I will give them power. I will give this power to anyone who wants it.)

But when it comes to the darkness, he only thinks about himself.

(I don't care what they will do with it. As long as I get to not see this… I will be okay with giving it to anyone.)

".... …… …. …"

(WILL ANYONE TAKE IT?)

He tried to shout but words won't come out.

No, words came out. It's just there is no such thing as sound.

(ANYONE?)

He stabbed his chest with his hand.

(Is no one willing to take this power? Completely?)

Moving his hand around in his chest, he reached his heart.

(Take it and become an actual God. Anyone? ANYONE?)

He held his heart and took it out of his body.

(Nameless One? Supreme One? Any of you? Please?)

As streams of tears started to come down his face, he squashed his heart in his hand.

(Please… someone just take it all away…)

He couldn't even see his own squashed heart.

While he was squashing his own heart, another one regrew in his body.

".........rrghghghhhg?!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs. But something happened.

He heard his voice.

This is the final darkness. There is no light. There is no sound. So, how can he hear himself?

Nazar, with a perplexed expression, looked around.

"Huh? I can hear again?"

He touched the corner of his lips with his fingers.

"Haha. There is sound here."

But then he realised something.

"Even if there is sound… I will be talking to myself for the rest… Ah?"

Suddenly he noticed something.

A ray of white light appeared in the darkness.

Looking at, Nazar's mouth opened wide. There was a mix of happiness and confusion.

In the ray of bright light, he noticed a human-like silhouette.

And he recognised who it was.

"Sorry, I am late."

"So…"

The darkness slowly started to vanish.

It was getting replaced by light.

"Solace?!"

He moved towards her and hugged her tightly.

"Please let go of me. You are going to break my body."

Nazar let her go.

"Solace? Is it really you?"

Solace nodded.

"Of course. Who else would it be?"

She crossed her arms in front of her chest and puffed her cheeks.

"You did originally created me to help you."

With a wide smile, he hugged her again.

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***Slight NSFW warning***

Unknown dimension:

In another dimension, outside the view of everyone, the woman in a black dress was lying down on a bed.

It was a large bed.

She was lying down on it while laughing like a maniac.

“Oh yes.”

While feeling exhilarating, she spread her arms in the bed.

“I will be the one taking it away from you.”

She was watching Nazar live his worst nightmare.

“I hope you don’t go back on your word.”

She was currently feeling intense pain but she didn’t care.

She was happy.

“I will gladly take your power♡.”

She was currently speaking in her natural voice.

The artificial voice was not present.

She bit her right hand’s index finger.

“I can’t wait to take it all away from you.”

With her left hand, she ripped her dress.

“I can’t wait to have all of your power.”

She grabbed her breast and fondled it.

She fondled it so hard, blood started to spurt from it.

“I can’t wait to let you free.♡”

She moved her bloody right hand towards her lower body.

“Is this not love?”

Feeling pleasure, she had completely forgotten about her pain.

“To give your lover what they desire the most♡?”

While she was pleasuring herself, someone entered the room.

“I used Satan to let him…ahhh♡... relive his worst nightmares…”

“And it worked, I presume?”

The person who just entered said.

“Yes… ahhh♡… It worked very well♡.”

“You could have asked me. I know him better than he knows himself.”**

“Yes… But this… ahhh♡… is fun. Seeing him suffer♡… It’s the best feeling ever.”

"I see."

"And the feeling of joy… hah♡… The feeling of joy when...mmm♡... I take it all away from him…"

The wide smile on her face got thinner and thinner.

"I will feel even more joy when I free him♡."

Feeling uncomfortable, the other man turned his gaze away.

“Can you not do that when I am here?”

“Then join me♡.”

With lustful eyes, she spread her arms wide.

“Come. I am in the mood.”

She sent a flying kiss towards the man as she winked.

“Please♡?”

"Will I get what I want?"

She nodded with excitement.

The other man sighed.

“Just watch after yourself. And don't reveal yourself too soon. The plan, after all, just started.”

The man then vanished into thin air.

Being left alone, she continued to pleasure herself while thinking of how she will approach Nazar and take away his power.

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Plymouth, UK - Earth:

Away from all of these troubles, in the massive state where Nazar’s family lived, something happened.

The bedroom was very large. There was a massive bed on one side of the room. At the other side of the room were two armchairs and a table between it. There was also a bookshelf stacked against the wall.

This bedroom belonged to his Nazar’s older brother, Aeron Hall.

Aeron was sleeping deeply.

In the dead of the night, Aeron suddenly woke up, breathing heavily.

“What…?” he muttered to himself.

Breathing heavily, he looked at his side and saw that the person next to him was sleeping deeply. She had not awakened by his heavy breathing.

He got out of the bed.

“How…? Why?”

He walked towards the armchair and picked up a hoodie.

Wearing it, he walked outside.

“I remember...”

Walking downstairs, he thought things through.

After a little while, he reached the fridge and took out a bottle of water.

After drinking the water, he sat down in one of the chairs in the kitchen.

“So...”

He slowly scratched his forehead as he thought.

“What he was telling... It was the truth…?”

Nazar had told him the truth. The whole truth. But Aeron didn’t believe him.

Nazar had shown them a few of his powers but he didn’t believe it. He didn’t want to.

Right now he remembered everything. His old life.

He remembered his old life and the power he once had.

“Fuck!”

He felt a little troubled and empty inside.

Sighing, he left the kitchen and went back upstairs with a bottle of water.

However, he could not sleep for the rest of the night since he was thinking about his old life.