“Is this love? How touching.” Mark said jokingly while looking over Locux and Holland

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Locux just continued to stare down Mark. He was thinking of a way to get out of this room with Holland. He obviously couldn't go out the way he came in because of Mark’s obstruction. If he had any confidence in going against Mark than he would just go past him but Mark was a deity force cultivator and he was a mere mortal. The outcome of such a collision is easily determined by any sane person. There was no was no way for a mortal to beat a deity force cultivator.

After thinking through all of this he was lost in despair.

“Why did you do this? What did she do to you and where’s her family” Locux questioned Mark hoping to get some answers and buy some time.

“I did it because this little slut wouldn’t willfully come to the sect with me. As for her family, they are all dead because of her rebellious nature.” Mark answered all of the questions without the slightest bit of emotion. It was as if he was discussing something completely unrelated to him.This person was a truly heartless individual.

“You…..You killed them.” Locux was shocked. This person before him was a sick person. He could kill and torture people without blinking.

“Yes and I’ll kill you too. ‘ Mark calmly answered.

At this moment Locux was lost in thought. How should he get out of here? It was at that moment that he remembered.

The Window!

He remembered the window that was behind him. He was on the second floor so he wouldn’t sustain that much damage but he also had to think about Holland.

“Any last words before I send you on your way” Mark smiled at them with a radiant and pure smile despite what he was saying. It was a strange scene.

“You’ve got to catch me first!” Locux jumped up with Holland in his arms. He turned around and ran towards the window with all the speed he could possibly muster. When he was close to the window he wrapped Holland in his arms and jumped out of the window! The glass shattered and many pieces stabbed made their way into the skin.

On the descent, Locux once again wrapped Holland around him so that he would take the most of the damage that would come from impacting the floor.

SHAWCK!!

Locux hit the ground hard. He felt extreme pain but he knew he couldn’t afford to rest so he ignored the pain and got up with Holland. He ran with her in his arms for two minutes before he saw Mark near them.

“Put her down or I will let you experience hell” He didn’t shout but his words still carried an imposing air.

Locux knew he couldn’t stop or death would be certain for both him and Holland.

“So you would rather run to hell than stay in heaven.” Mark then gave some command to the knights near him. The Knights seemed hesitant at first but that was only for an instant. They took off after Mark’s order but strangely enough they didn’t chase after Locux they rode their horses out in various directions

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Mark looked towards Locux after the Knights rode away.

Locux was still running at top speed even with all the injuries on him and the added weight of Holland. This was a situation in which a human suppressed their limits in the face of danger.

Locux was nearing the outskirts of the village but then a shadow of a person appeared in front of him.

It was Mark!

“How…..how did you catch up that fast?” Locux had fallen into despair. He looked around for a way out but he couldn’t see anything that could help him.

“Just let me and Holland go. We won’t speak of a word of what happened and who would believe the words a few nobodies?” Locux tried to reason with Mark.

“HAHAHA, "you are right but letting you go wouldn’t be as fun as what I have planned for the two of you.” Mark laughed at Locux like he was a fool.

“But….” Locux wanted to respond to Mark but all of a sudden everything turned black

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“Hello everyone of Carefree village” Mark’s voice sounded out.

“Uhhh, ” Locux had regained some clarity and could open his eyes but as soon as he opened his eyes he wished he hadn’t.

He was inside a cage with a cover over it. His hands and feet were also bound.

“Today I have a special event planned out.” Mark’s voice once again sounded out.

All the villagers were surrounding Mark and around the villagers were Mark’s Knights.

“What could young noble Mark have planned?” Some villagers asked.

“Maybe he wants to present a gift to a village. Be sure to thank him.” Other villagers responded with their various guesses.

“HAHA” Mark laughed when he heard these villagers.

Locux had a bad feeling about what would happen next.

“Villagers let’s look at what’s under this cover.” Mark grabbed the cover and pulled it off the unknown object

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The moment the cover was pulled off, the village was filled with countless gasps.

“What could you mean by this Mark!? Is this a joke?” The village chief stood out and yelled questions at Mark.

Under the cover were two cages. In one cage Locux sat there looking around in shock. In the other cage, Holland was slumped over looking lifeless and dead.

“This is not a joke by any means village chief even though the outcome will leave a smile on my face” Mark calmly responded.

“Son! Are you ok?!” Locux saw his parents in the crowd when they called his name

“What happened?” The village chief asked.

“This pest invaded my residence and tried to steal something that belonged to me.” Mark pointed to Locux as he responded to the village chief’s question.

“Is this true Locux?” The village chief turned to ask Locux.

“No, it’s not true! Mark, he kidnapped Holland’s family then he killed her parents. He didn’t stop at that and then he proceeded to torture Holland!” Locux revealed all that he knew.

“What?” The Village Chief was shocked. He looked towards Mark with anger.

“I invited her to the sect countless amounts of times and she continued to reject my invitations so I showed her the meaning of power,” Mark responded calmly.

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“How could you do this? You’re worst than human! Leave this village and never return.” THe village chief was furious.

“Yeah, get out of here!” Said a villager.

“You fucking beast!” Another villager cursed while yelling.

“Are you even human?” The villagers yelled and cursed at Mark. They all wanted him out.

“Haha.” Mark only laughed when he heard the villagers cursing at him and then he turned to Locux.

“I brought all these villagers here because I wanted to show you what true despair is like.” As soon as Mark finished speaking the Knights that were stationed around the villagers started to tighten their formation and move up. This caused the villagers to panic.

“What are you doing?” The village chief got worried when he saw this scene.

“I’m having a bit of fun. Kill any that try to run.” Mark jumped out into the center of the formation where the villagers were all gathered.

The villagers were shocked at his speed and while they were processing that a head came flying off a man but that wasn’t all. Another head came flying and then after that limbs came flying off.

The villagers wanted to flee from this killing God but the Knight's formation was unbreakable.

“NO! STOP! PLEASE!” Locux cried out and begged when he saw this happening.

All the people he knew were being slaughtered like farm animals and he could do nothing at that moment. He was a mere mortal and was in no position to oppose a deity force cultivator.

“Help!” One villager cried out before he was split in half with his guts spewing over. He could see the lower half of his body disconnected from the upper half. He yelled in an inhuman manner at the sight of this.

“Why have the Gods abandoned us?!” Another villager cried out as his sons and daughters had their limbs cut off and their hearts ruptured.

“HAHAHAHA” All the while Mark was delighting in his slaughter. He had a smile glazed over his face that was covered with the blood and body parts of others

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Locux was lost in despair at the sight of this massacre. He wanted to turn away but he was worried about his parents and siblings. He hoped that they would somehow make it out of this but his hopes were crushed in the next moment.

He witnessed his family members being cut down by Mark while he turned to Locux and smiled. Mark took his time with them as he wanted to make Locux lose his mind at the sight of his parents slowly dying with lost limbs.

Before his dad died with his mom next to them they looked at Locux and said “Son, we don’t blame you. Just live and we’ll die happily”

His family truly loved him. Even with him being the cause of their deaths they still showed him an immense amount of love. This only caused Locux to hate himself more. He was weak and his weakness doomed all those he loved and cared for.

“Lo...cux” A weak voice called out to him from his side. It was Holland. She seemed to have had awakened at some point during this horrible event.

“Holland! Are you ok?” Locux asked with tears in his eyes.

“Run...far, away.” After saying that a small amount of light emerged from Holland and traveled towards the cage that was holding Locux. The small light was dim but it radiated a faint aura of power. WHen this light made contact with the cage, it managed to cut through it easily.

“I’m free! Thank you, Holland.” Locux was free of the cage but that happiness only lasted for a second before he looked towards Holland. Blood was running down her lips.

“Locux run. Escape. I can’t live any longer. I used all of my life force to free you from that cage.” After saying that her eyes closed and she lay motionless in the cage.

“No, Holland! You can’t be dead. You’re the only person I have left.” Locux wanted to cry but he was completely drained of tears. He felt as if his world was quickly collapsing. Everything he knew was gone. Everyone he loved was dead.

While Locux was lost in thought Mark was focused on his slaughter. He sought to kill in many ways. He would often test how long a person might live with only one arm and no legs. He didn’t notice that Locux had been freed from the cage. The Knights were also focused on maintaining the formation. It was much easier now since the villagers had been mostly killed by Mark. In the beginning, there were about 200 hundred villagers but now only30 remained and they were being toyed with in a brutal fashion.

Locux wanted to rush in but he knew he couldn’t do anything.

“Mark Lyset...I will be back!” After saying these words he reluctantly ran away.

Mark was in the middle of finishing off the remaining people when he glanced over at the cages and saw that someone was missing and a huge hole had appeared in that missing person’s cage.

“Damn it.” He yelled!

“Contact the family assassin.” Mark relayed his orders to a Knight after he had finished with the last villager by slicing their tongues out and letting them bleed.

The future Locux was watching all these scenes occur with tears in his eyes. He looked as if he might give up on life at any moment.

“Don’t give up hope, kid. We have seen what we came here to see. Let’s go back to the present.” The shadow said that and then the world turned blurry and black.