What Would You Do For Revenge?
Chapter 9-One Too Many Is Never Enough When The One That Kills You Is The One That You Love
When I was running to Oryi, the girls were laughing and giggling, they thought this was fun. While I was running, we eventually made it to a forest. To get to Oryi the fastest, you have to go through this forest. There are obviously a lot of bandits and monsters. But don't worry, I got this, this is not gonna turn out like the time in the basement.
30 minutes later...
Damn it, I got a hole in my chest. This sucks, the man who did this to me is a monster, crazy powerful. My wife, son, now I can finally join you in heaven. Hah, I'm sorry my daughter, I can't see you again. I see a man in black robes and had a skull for a face. He came over to me and pulled something from my chest, it hurt and it looks blue.
This man looks important but that orb, I really want it, I'm entranced by it. I start trying to pull the orb back to me but it's no use. He is stronger than me, and he took the orb away and disappeared. Man, this hurts, I'm on my last leg. I take my final breath and then all I see is the dark.
30 minutes earlier...
This forest has a lot of nice animals. A wolf came up to me and I was about to kill it, when it rubbed itself on my leg, so cute. I pet it and started to walk away and it followed me, looks like it likes me, I wonder if I can keep it as a pet, it's kinda badass.
I look at the girls for confirmation and they had sparkles in their eyes, looks they wanted to ask me too, and I took their silence as a yes and we traveled with the wolf. It had gray fur that felt like metal and the fur was black running down its spine. He had blue eyes and he looked liked a puppy, it was so adorable, like an over sized dog.
We were walking for awhile and Fenrir started barking. Fenrir is what we named the wolf, badass huh. Soon enough, bandits jumped from the forest and surrounded us. The girls weren't worried and I smiled. Seeing our confidence, the bandits started getting confused and the leader came forward. He looked completely average and everything about him screamed average,
"Umm, could you please hand over the two women and please back away, umm, or I might kill you, umm, I'm sorry." This man had no confidence, what the hell. I just shrugged and thrusted my hand through his chest. He fell to the ground and started whispering stuff about his family and the Death God. He saw him too huh. But that stuff about his family makes me feel guilty about killing him. The rest of the bandits panicked and started fumbling around, running into each other. What the hell is this?
"Holy shit, he killed the boss, he was the strongest one here, no one in your squad ever got close to beating him and this guy killed him trash. Everyone panic! We're all gonna die!" Someone shouted and everyone panicked. I just walked away and left them, Fenrir was, I assume, laughing and the girls were definitely laughing, as hard as they could actually, it made me smile.
Later on we found actual bandit group, they looked like real ruffians and I smiled. The boss came out and I didn't wait for his demands and thrusted my hand into his chest, using the momentum to push him back, stop my feet, and his body goes flying, leaving his heart in my hand, I drop the heart and look around. Everyone didn't even look fazed, now this is what I was looking for. They all charged at me at once and I used blood magic to explode their bodies, or course I covered the girls eyes and got away before I removed my hands.
We were walking through the forest, when I saw a ball of white fall from the sky and create an explosion where it landed. I started heading in that direction and soon, it was nightfall. I found a cave and laid the girls to rest. I was gonna check out that explosion tomorrow. Soon, more balls fell from the sky and more explosions were heard. I was anxious, so I used my magic and fell asleep.
I woke up and went into the forest to get breakfast and I found two rabbits with the help of Fenrir. I skinned them and cooked the meat, then I woke up the girls and washed them with water magic, after they were done, I gave them the meat and they ate it and we left with Fenrir, he would get his own food, so reliable.
Soon, we arrived where the explosion happened and there was a crater with a man with golden wings was surrounded by people with silver wings. This doesn't look good, the man was all bloodied and was barely managing to stand, panting heavily.
"Haha, gonna have to do more than that if you want me to kick the bucket, but how it looks right now, I might kick it any minute. Well then, don't let this old man keep you all waiting with his rant, come at me." He said and everyone started rushing at them but suddenly stopped. The man confused and looked to his left, seeing me. I used mind manipulation magic to control them, now they'll do whatever I want. It was an illusion spell.
"Who are you?" I said and he looked confused.
"I don't know who you are or what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have, are a very particular set of skills, skills that I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let me go now, that will be the end of it, I will not look for you, and I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." He said and I was confused, the end of his speech didn't make any sense.
"I'm Xearos and this is my daughter Cristina and her friend Veronica. Who are you again?" I said and he was about to say something, but passed out from bloodloss, ha, I don't have to worry about that. I replaced the other people's memory showing that they found this man and killed him and I made them go back to where they came from, time to make this man disappear. I picked up the man and I took him back to the cave. I soaked up the nearby blood from that scene and shoved it into him and he woke up soon.
He looked around, startled and then looked at me and relaxed a little but remained vigilant. He was gonna attack until Cristina and Veronica got off my shoulders and stood behind my legs, staring at him, how to they manage to be so cute? He looked at them and his eyes glazed over, not good, I hit him and he looked around again, and then saw the girls and the cycle repeated until nightfall. I put the girls to bed and sat on the floor with Fenrir next me and the man tied up in earth while he was sleeping.
He eventually woke up and he looked around the cave and at the two sleeping, he relaxed a little then saw that he was trapped in earth and panicked again. Then he saw me and Fenrir in the corner with shadows covering my face and I say in a deep and menacing voice.
"Who are you?" I say and stay in the shadows with it covering my face and with Fenrir next to me, giving a menacing glare, we worked on this before he woke up and the man was visually afraid, but composed himself nonetheless. Neat
"I am Veg Vera, ex leader and strongest of the Angels in my current time period." He said and I was shocked, but didn't show it.
"Why are down here on the ground then, shouldn't you be up on your clouds?" I said and he became angry. Maybe that's a sensitive topic right now. I have experience with sensitive topics too.
"Before I can tell you my story, we have to start back at the founding of the Angels capital. In an era of never-ending death and destruction. Countries pillaged for more rights, more land, usual reasons for war. Back then, military might was not in the countries, but individual clans, they rented their military might to the highest bidder. Amongst these clans, there were only two that were declared as the strongest. The Vera, with a visual technique, capable of predicting an opponent's next bodily move and the ability to absorb any magic thrown at them, they were so gifted in combat that we became considered as an army." He said and I paid close attention, this wasn't in any history book.
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
"Within this clan, there was a man named Dred Vera. He was born with better use of the visual technique and a lot of mana. He spent every waking hour in battle, in a time where power was everything, he exhausted everything he could to get more, his family, his friends, everything. But, because of this, he became the most powerful member and leader of his clan. With this power at his disposal, he often found himself battling against the Creos, and it was inevitable that he would one day face it's leader, Jey. The first leader of the Angels, the strongest of his time and the only man he ever respected." He said, this story was amazing.
"The first man to hold the title as leader of the Angels, Jey Creos. He and his clan, the Creos, was respected by every other clan as being the strongest, both respected and feared. When they moved, we moved, the Vera were the only clan capable of standing against them. If one country hired the Creos, their enemies hired the Vera. Through Dred's fight with Jey, he became pretty famous himself. He used his family and friends as a stepping stone, but not for this fame, no, he did it to protect his clan. As the Vera's fame and reputation spread, their enemies increased. In a time of never-ending death and destruction, he obtained this power to protect his clan from outside sources, like the Creos. It was never about the fame, his family and friends knew this and let him use them willingly." He said and took a deep breath, now it's getting serious.
"One day, the Creos proposed a truce, and the Vera accepted. Both sides were fed up with the constant fighting, everyone had had enough. Dred, ended up becoming the lone voice of dissension. What happened to the hatred the Vera had for them? What did his family sacrifice themselves for? The Creos and Vera were like oil and water, the truce changed nothing. Dred was adamant that the Creos would destroy them all, but no one took his side, everyone wanted peace and as the leader, he had to follow their will. After this newly formed alliance, the country where the capital soon to be was, employed them to stabilize their borders and like that, the first Angel country was erected." He said and I shifted my position.
"Other cities copied the system and slowly but surely, the violence stopped. For once, there was real peace. But the Angel capital was thrust into chaos, because of one incident, choosing the new leader. The honor fell onto Jey and everyone supported him all over the country. It was clear to Dred that he would eventually take away the Vera's rights and power, he knew, as their leader, that the only way to protect his clan, was to stand up to Jey, but no one stood with him, they claimed that he wanted war and turned their backs on him. They came to despise him, portraying him as a greedy opportunist, they said that he was only motivated by lust for power, and that he used his family and friends to save his own life. What kind of monster would hurt their loved ones? He only wanted to protect the Vera." He said.
"Betrayed by everyone, he turned his back on the Vera. He took on a new role, an avenger, and he challenged the leader of the Angels by himself, and he lost. His place of defeat became known as "Waterfall of Peace". He died there, everyone believed it and he faded from everyone's memories and history itself. To stop anyone else from doing what he did, the second leader gave the Vera special roles in the city as a sign of good faith. They were made into a peacekeeping force, but even this was a means to keep the Vera out of government affairs, they were simply being grouped together to keep an eye on them better. When some of the Vera noticed this, they planned to stage a coup, like Dred had, but by then, it was too late. As the years passed, the Creos came to control everything, the once great Vera, were now nothing more than a shell of what they used to be." This was getting interesting.
"Everything Dred had warned them about, came true, and finally, the last straw, the event that sealed the Vera's fate. A demon's appearance years ago. Only the Vera were capable of controlling the demon, so the upper brass of the Creos, thought it was a Vera behind the attack, but it was a natural disaster, a one in a million occurrence, the Vera were blameless, but the seeds of doubt were long since planted, the Creos believed the Vera were trying to take over the city. The surveillance would require more than a few spies, and the Vera were moved to a corner of city, perfectly quarantined. Only the third leader of the Angels voiced any disapproval, but the other higher ups overruled him, in the end, no one trusted the Vera and discrimination began. Being treated poorly led to a lot of bad blood, and the Creos' fears, finally came into effect."
"The Vera came together and started organizing a coup, so the Creos, knew it was time to act, and killed the entire Vera clan. Only a few were left alive because they weren't in the city at the time. When they came back and learned what happened, we tried to blend into society and it worked, no one told us apart. We lived in secrecy for years, until I was born. I had incredible control over the visual technique and a huge amount of mana. The Vera thought that I could finally make the Vera what it once was. They were right, I became the leader of the Angels, but then, everyone found out my heritage and turned against me." He said, a deep sadness in his eyes.
"I was up in my cloud, when my own race led a revolt against me. I was the ideal king, everyone adored me, I was democratically elected for God's sake. But my wife, an arranged marriage by the way, she was never happy, she always wanted to be the leader of the Angels. I took the position and she's always hated me since, she would send assassins after me and tried to poison my food, but she would act like nothing happened. I knew it was her but never let her know. I kept her around thinking she would eventually give up, but how wrong I was. The attacks kept getting more and more frequent. I was about to kill my wife for treason, but she got my entire race against me, saying that because I was the most powerful angel that the power would get to my head eventually and I would become unstable like Dred Vera, my ancestor. " He said and scoffed, I was entranced by his story, sounds like Magaki's.
"So when all the Angels eventually believed her and lead a coup against me, I couldn't do anything to my own people and my wife knew this, she used my weakness against me and my entire race tried to kill me. I escaped by coming down to the ground but they followed me and it resulted as you saw it. What did you do to them anyways?" He said.
"I used illusion magic to take over their minds and imprinted a memory of your death in all their minds, now you are officially dead to the Angels knowing. We are going to get you ready and take back your race with a bang, imagine, a man comes back from the dead and takes his rightful place on the throne again. Sounds nice huh?" I said and the man nodded.
"My race turned on me and my wife tried to kill me, of course I want revenge, but not an extermination. If some happen to die during this process then so be it, I will be killing my wife as well, no doubt she took the throne and got a new lover that she most likely had behind my back. But I would like to know the man I am working with." He said and grinned and I walked out of the shadows.
"My name, is Xearos Aveeno, pleasure to meet you. That is my daughter and her friend, we were on our way to Oryi when I saw you fall from the sky and here we are. But to be an Angel, and the king at that, I'm excited. I'm going to get you ready to take your race back, but we can't rush this, revenge only births more revenge, we have to win them with words, not violence, but a few can be casualties if you want. If you use violence, your revenge won't end with salvation, only damnation." I said and the man nodded. Looks like we will be meeting the Angels soon, hehehe