Chapter 18 – A Dance with Madness
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Two Days before the raid, in the inner City.
In a fancy Manor in the innermost place of the City Nacht. The usual dark and eerie atmosphere even reaches this far into Town. A cold breeze of wind sore through the streets of the wealthy people in this place.
“What does the report say?”
There stood two men in the room, one sitting on a table, his orange hair halved in the middle reflected themselves in the cup of coffee in his hands. Noble clothes, in white and red, the attendant before him wore black clothes, resembled the clothes of an assassin. His ice-cold black eyes stared directly into the orange eyes of the man sitting on the desk before him.
“The Scouts have found out the origin of this Dungeon and the type of Monsters within. It is now confirmed that the Dungeon originated from the grave of the first ruler of Nacht, the infamous Stark Reinhard, who once split the sky with a flick of his fingers.”
“So, it´s really a Dungeon formed by his lifeforce left behind on this world, this could end up being troublesome…. What about the Monsters within?”
“Shadow-Types and powerful one at that.”
“Shadow-Type, huh…This could get interesting. Bring the two others to me, we are going on a little trip.”
“Yes, your future majesty Dawn. I will command them to regroup in the city, they should arrive in two days’ worth of time.”
* Haha just you wait bitch, I will make this the chance to ascend as the ruler of Nacht, Noon.
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“What are you planning to do in the next two days, Kage?”
“I will make preparations for the Raid.”
Sitting in the corner of a room while searching for something in a chest. They were in an abandoned house.
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“Found it.” He took out a pen with ink and an empty sheet of paper.
“I will map out this city.”
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“Why don´t you just-“
He sat down on the ground before him, he put the pen and paper on the desk before him. Yuki sat next to him. He closed his eyes and started moving the pen. The paper slowly resembled the structure of the city.
-I need to focus my inner Qi inside me and let it all out over the Town.
“Done.”
He looked at her, waiting for praise, but he got something entirely different.
“Why don´t just buy a map?”
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Clearly sad, he stated, “ I don´t have money.”
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“What do you plan to do, Yuki?”
“I-.. I will look around town.”
“Fine.” What about that look of hers? She is clearly hiding something, I will need to be careful around her, because she is the only one that has seen my Face, and I don´t know anything about her.
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“Then I will get going, I´m going to find you again soon.”
“Huh, okay.”
She jumped out of the window and disappeared in an instant into the horizon.
He lifted his hands with the map of Nacht in his hand. “I should take a better look at the city too and wait until nighttime.”
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Outside wandering around in the outer City, in a small marketplace, piled up with junk, hard inedible bread that had been molded for a week. People freed of their pained limbs lying in each corner eating their daily crumble of bread. Skinny children that had been sick for weeks, before deaths door fighting each other for a crumble of molded bread.
Kage walked through the market receiving glazes of awe and jealousy, from the inhabitants. As he walked through the lifeless City, a breeze of cold wind swept through the streets, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the inhabitants, at first look everyone would look at them with pity, but that was not the case for Kage. They were in a small alley next to the market. Surrounded by both the front and behind Kage stood between these people.
Kage glazed at the people cornering him as he gazed up upon the sky filled with grey clouds as always, with a wry smile behind his mask he began laughing and laughing, louder and louder.
“I see, now I know what I need to do.”
“What is he spouting on about, guys he seems to be wealthy, if we gang up on him, we may have a chance.” With a frightened smile trying to justify himself, he announced “Yeah, we are doing the right thing, we are the good ones. We are not doing anything wrong.”
“No matter where one is, people always try to justify their wrongdoings.”
From both sides, the evil disguised as the good, rushed in on him.
“Good and evil, are only one step away from one another. One single step can lead you down the wrong path. The strong are always at the top, only because you were unable to become the one at the top you blame others for your own shortcomings and justify your actions.”
“Shut yer trap” the one leading the assault screamed out loud.
A dark- purple mixed with the color black burst out of Kage, pushing everyone on the ground, falling to their feet.
“w-what..”
“A single line between good and evil, a single step between right and wrong, it only takes time for light to become the Darkness. But… I shouldn´t be the one saying this, because I was already born in the darkness.”
As he stretched out his hands reaching for the sky, five rings on each of his hands began emitting the same purple aura.
As he looked into their eyes as they kneeled, their souls were frightened to death.
“To escape the darkness you have fallen into, to create something new, one must first lose everything they have, and burn it to the ground.”
“If anyone dares stand in front of my will, be prepared to die.”
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“Y- you Motherfucker, y-you think w-we will be scared of y-you. KILL HIM”
“I have warned you.”
“AGGHHhh”
The people once again rushed against him, ignorant of the future outcome.
Abyssal Nexus
A short dagger formed in his hands, it was a small sword, with a metal mixed with the colors black and purple.
As the first people reached him, he seemingly just stood there still, but as they through their punches and rushed in with their poor tools, he deflected the punches with a light move of his palm, and with his other hand, that had the deadly dagger in his hands, he each time made a swift move cutting their throat’s, as they kept doing from left and right the body kept pilling up beside him. The movements made by his dagger almost made it seem like the line left behind the dagger was dancing in anguish.
“H-huh, h-how does he do that? The body´s just keep on piling up beside him. YOU BASTARD YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS-.” And his head too fell to the ground.
More than 50 bodies were piled up beside him, not even one remained alive. His body and clothing were drenched in the blood of the people he had slayed. As he took a glimpse at his hands, covered in blood.
“I did what I had too.”
His vision started turning blurry and red and his body began to shake. The blood ran down his face into his eyes.
He turned around, the dark aura covering his body and as it was being enveloped in it, the blood from his body and clothes were slowly sucked up by the power around him. He turned around and continued to walk his destinated path.
“Am I the same as them? Justifying my actions to not get completely absorbed by the abyss within me?”
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Hours later, at nightfall.
Kage stood before a giant door before him, the gate inside the inner City. Guards on Duty, guarding the gate.
“Hey, you Bastard, get the hell out of here, or should I dissect your whole family hahah? Hey, you are the same guy from before?”
The same guy he and Yuki had met before at the gate, when they first arrived here.
“It seems fate, really wants to let us meet again.”
“What are ya yapping about?”
As Kage stretched out his hands, he grabbed the guard’s neck and lifted him from the ground.
“Aghhh, what are ya doing? I will kill your whole family!”
The feeling of death filled the guards’ eyes as he discovered the dead purple eyes behind those masks, his eyes still filled with the blood of his enemy´s he only saw red.
“I will justify my action´s each time as long as I deem them necessary. Prepare for a blood bath bastard.”
As he crushed his throat with his hands, blood splattered all over the place.
“Who is next?”
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Somewhere in the inner City at the same time.
“My Lady we have prepared what you have asked for.”
A white clothed women kneeled on the ground reporting to the one she servs. She had long black hair and eyes just as black, unlike her clothing. Before her standing the one she servs, short dark blue hair with the exact same color as the sea at night would have, just like her eyes. She wore a dark purple dress, reviling most of her skin.
“We have prepared the necessary arrangements for the Dungeon Raid.”
Her bossy voice asked, “Did you encounter any trouble?”
“Yes, Dawn´s men tried to stop us, but we manage to obtain it, the holy sword we had stolen from the previous king.”
“What about that bitch Dunkel, did she do anything?”
“No, we have not noticed any movements from her.”
“Good job.”
“Yes, my Lady Noon.”
Noon slowly stepped towards her servant and bowed down to reach for her face.
“Continue to do a good job for me, if you want to see your little sister again, or else you know what happens, right? I don´t want to feed her alive to beast, like I did with your parents and other two siblings, right, right?”
A despicable smile enjoying the torment she is causing, looks down on her servant as she presses her face tightly.
A sad response, because she is incapable of doing anything, “Yes, my Lady.”
Sudden steps from outside the room were hearable, and a guard rushed in the room to report.
“The inner city is under attack!”
“What?”
The lady dressed in white locked shocked, yet happy at the guard reporting.
“A madman attacked the guards stationed at the south gate. And already killed more than hundreds of knights stationed there.”
“How is that possible? What about our vice- Captain?”
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“Answer!!”
“It was a one- sided beat-up, the vice- captain didn´t have the slightest chance.”
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“Oh my, this is getting interesting.” She licked her mouth while blushing, seeking excitement.
“Let´s go see that Madman!”
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End of chapter 18 --------------------------------------------------------------------To be continued