《Demonic Descent》 1 Eloping Together Night. There was a young man, probably in his early twenties, busy writing something in a brightly lit room. He was sitting at the copper-red study desk, holding onto a pen and writing something onto the paper after giving some thought. The faint yellow light radiated by the candle reflected brightly off his blond hair onto his fair and handsome face. His name was Kael Strider. Beep¡­ Beep¡­ The sound of notification on the phone distracted him from his study. Realizing it was already dark outside, so he checked his phone. The message was from his girlfriend Sophia Lowell, but upon reading the content he was shocked at his very core. ''Today the Head of Hammer Pharmaceuticals proposed my marriage to his eldest son, Louise Hammer and my father accepted his proposal. He had already fixed the date of marriage as well, without my consent. I tried to change his decision but he won''t listen to me and my mother refused to consider anyone of lower social standing.'' ''If you love me then come to the playground behind the college campus before midnight, we will elope together. We can change their point of view with time after the marriage. I will be waiting for you'' He and Sophia met each other through an online chat group. Though they first started as enemies, they eventually got to know each other and ultimately developed feelings towards each other. But Sophia''s family background was worlds apart from his. Her family had reached a point where their assets had surpassed a massive number which was in the billions. So naturally, they would not hand over their only daughter to some unheard-of man such as him! Even then, Kael Strider was not a poor and miserable nobody. He had a luxurious home, a few branded cars, and a few hundred thousand dollars in his bank account. In the eyes of regular women, he was what they would deem a bachelor with exceeding qualifications. Still, compared to the Lowell Family, there existed a huge gap between them. With his efforts in vain, the elders of the Lowell Family treated him just as coldly. They almost chased him out of the house! The only thing that Sophia could do was to shed tears for him. She could never agree to this planned marriage on her own. She only resorted to eloping as there was no other method for them to be together. After calming down, Kael changed his clothes and took his car keys before rushing out of the house. *********** Honk... A faint horn sound could be heard floating in the night sky as if spirits were howling. But it also sounded like the low hum of a certain animal. Clang... A man with a tall and strong figure opened up the grass bushes in front of him. He looked left and right as he immediately tightened the black gun in his hand and walked forward. The man was wearing a white body-hugging leather suit. He was also carrying a leather bag, his whole body covered with a layer of protective gear. On both sides of his waist, he carried two matte black holsters. The moonlight shone down from the sky and fell onto the man''s back. Its light appeared in a faint, pale white color. After realizing that there was nothing wrong with his equipment, the man continued to walk forwards. However, there were countless men and women with robust build walking behind him in black suits that came out of the cars that followed behind the first car. They each carried a Bluetooth earpiece that blinked red. "Do not let him get across," the man in white commanded. "The task this time is very easy so, Young Master Louise doesn''t need to supervise it himself. My team members are all capable of capturing a normal alone, with all of us there is no way he could get away" An old man came to ''young master'' Louise. "I know it''s overkill but I want to meet the person who dared to have his hand on something that I had my eyes on" he continued, "And it would not be any fun if he reached the playground behind the college campus" "Everyone, take positions. Let''s finish the job without any hitch" the old man commanded others in a black suit. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. ******* In the playground behind the college campus, a tall beautiful girl was sitting on the bench giving an otherworldly aura. The girl had her golden hair tied in a ponytail. Her skin was fair, her face as sharp as a knife and she gave off a British, glamorous vibe but this view had a major flaw and that was the fact that she was crying instead of smiling. There was a deep longing in her eyes with a mix of nervousness and anxiety. Her name was Sophia Lowell, waiting here for her boyfriend, Kael Strider. Soon, she was disturbed by noise from car engines as a lot of cars rushed towards her. "No, how can they be here? I made sure that no one would find out about my escape from home" looking at numerous cars there was a look of anger and reluctance on her face, as a large number of guards surrounded her. A mature woman walked towards her from one of the cars and answered "It was Young Master Louise, who contacted us about your whereabouts. It would be wise for you to follow us back, otherwise, we would have to use force as your father, Master Lowell has ordered us to break a few bones of that Kael Strider, if you refuse to come" ********** Kael was rushing towards the playground as fast as he could but due to the distance between his house and his destination, it took him almost an hour to reach the campus. Just as he was about to take a turn towards the playground, a large SUV blocked his way. In his rush to reach there instead of waiting for the SUV to give way he ran out of his car towards the playground which was less than a kilometer away from here but before he could gain some speed something huge hit him in the back of his head and soon everything turned black as he lost his consciousness. 2 A Prayer To Change The Fate Somewhere in the Andes mountain range, a helicopter lands on a snow-covered helipad that was in a state of disrepair. From it, a man with a tall and strong figure wearing a white leather jacket came out. Soon he was greeted by his old butler who started nagging him the moment he saw him "Young Master Louise, it''s the day of your marriage, why are you here? You should have contacted me if you required something, instead of coming here yourself. If you are late for your wedding your parents would be very angry with you." "Don''t worry Walter, I have asked my father for his private jet so I will reach the venue on time, so let''s see how my ''love rival'' is going to congratulate me on my wedding with his girlfr¡­ I mean my fianc¨¦ Sophia" He replied to the old butler before walking off towards the building guarded by a large number of guards. ************* Kael Strider woke from his sleep, or better call it a nightmare, because of the sound of the Iron door opening. He knew it would be another day of torture for him. "Hello there! Hehehe¡­ I can see that you are in a bad situation here, ain''t ya?" Said the man who entered his room but upon hearing this voice, a chill went down his spine but he forced himself to calm down and started to wait for another ''torture session'' to begin but this man kept talking to him. The man approached him and sat on a chair near his bed. He crossed his legs and said, "You must be wondering why I left my soon to be wife to come here before my wedding" "Hmph, cut the bullshit!" Kael coldly said in a hoarse voice as he stared at his captor. He knew that Louise Hammer was adamant about marrying Sophia Lowell. However, this was not because of his feelings towards her, it was due to the Lowell Family''s fortune. Both Lowell and Hammer Families were massive figures in their respective industries. If they were to unite through marriage in the case of Sophia''s parent''s demise, Hammer Pharmaceuticals would be able to swallow the entirety of Lowell family business as Sophia was the only heir to the business empire. Hearing this, Louise chuckled but his facial expression contained no intentions of humor. He said coldly, "That bitch delayed the wedding for 4 months because she had to find you! Hmph! After the wedding, I shall go back and take really good care of her." Kael went into a rage, he tried to pounce at Louise from the bed but he was stopped by the straps that kept him in place so he shouted, "If you even dare to lay your hand on a strand of her hair, I''ll kill you! I will kill every last one of your kin" "Hahaha¡­ not only will I be going to touch a strand of her hair, but I will also be going to mess her up, mess her up badly! That bitch slept with you several times, did she not? Then that bitch made me out to be a bad person!" Louise''s handsome countenance faded. "Bastard!" Kael said in the same hoarse voice. Louise scoffed and began the preparations for the ''session'' but he was interrupted by his butler Walter "Sir, please stop! Blood will stain your clothes, which will result in further delay. You can torture him after your wedding" "Kael, this time I will not play with you but I will make sure you get to see the wedding of your girlfriend and how I play with her after that. Live!" He said coldly as he walked away along with the butler, leaving a crying Kael all alone. He was captured and then tortured by Louise Hammer, the ''to be husband'' of his girlfriend Sophia Lowell before they could elope together. It has been like that for months now, he stopped counting after passing the 100th day, he couldn''t even scream from pain anymore, as his throat was torn open during one of his ''torture sessions''. He was given first-class medical treatment from the doctors here whenever he was at his last breath, they would treat him enough to save his life and then the sessions would start again until he was at his last breath or when his body would give him some relief in form of unconsciousness. He tortured Kael in all kinds of ways, cutting, whipping, starving him for several days, and even forcing him to watch the video clips from his dates with Sophia just so he could see the look in his eyes when he was kissing her. First, he was asking him why all this cruelty, but as the days went on, Kael knew that his begging and crying wouldn''t do him any good so he just turned into a mute, neither responding to her questions nor showing any reaction. He just stopped wailing like a slaughtered pig and accepted his fate, yet the hatred and rage that dwelled within him kept growing every second. In fact, he wanted to kill him in the worst possible way and pay back everything he had done to him until now, yet he knew that it was just wishful thinking. He was never a religious man, he never believed in God. Yet after all the time prayed, he was sure that if God existed he had already forsaken him, or just never cared at all. Kael was but an insignificant being to God, why would HE do anything to save him? And so the hellish days continued and Kael''s rage only grew greater and greater until today. After some time a huge TV was placed in front of him by the guards which caused him to pray helplessly once again but this time he was not praying for someone to save him or for his death. This time he was praying for revenge, he was willing to give up anything and everything to get his revenge. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. ********* At the same time, an asteroid was passing by Earth. Unknown to everyone in the world when Kael started praying for revenge, the asteroid changed its trajectory and headed towards Earth, apparently to change the fate of one who prayed for it. 3 Adone Outer Space An asteroid was passing by Earth, but it suddenly changed its trajectory and headed towards Earth. The size of the asteroid was about the size of a small coffee table, small enough that it was not noticed by the scientists on Earth. The stones and ice that made up almost all of the asteroids were burned up in the atmosphere due to friction only to reveal a black crystal ball the size of a basketball. Generally, even the strongest asteroid of such a small size would burn up completely in the atmosphere but this black crystal ball didn''t even turn red from the high temperature due to friction. Passing through the upper part of the atmosphere, it suddenly accelerated. It was headed towards the Andes Mountain range on the continent of South America.{NOTE- I previously typed North instead of South America} ¡¥\_(¥Ä)_/¡¥ ******* Kael''s rage only grew greater and greater as he watched the proceedings of the wedding of his girlfriend Sophia and Louise. Unable to do anything to stop the proceedings, he just stayed there as he sobbed silently while praying for Louise to drop dead. Just as the TV the scene showed Louise, as he was waiting for his bride at the altar while the guests had already taken their seats, an asteroid came crashing down on Kael, demolishing the roof of the building he was imprisoned in. Before guards could react to the asteroid impact, tremors caused by the crash of the asteroid caused an avalanche that resulted in the whole building being covered up in the snow, sealing Kael and guards in an icy coffin. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. ********* Kael woke up from an intolerable pain in his chest, only to find himself in an empty throne room. When he looked down, he saw his chest which had a black crystal ball lodged in, then he slowly remembered about the asteroid that came crashing down. ''At last, I can rest in peace now but Sophia would have to suffer because I was not strong enough to protect her, nor was I rich enough to be with her with the blessing of her parents. I wasn''t even able to take care of my family¡­..'' While he was dwelling on the regrets of his life, he saw a human-like figure appear out of thin air and stand in front of him, he couldn''t really distinguish the silhouette''s face, it seemed blurry, but maybe it was him being dizzy at his death bed and he just couldn''t see right, after all, there was a motherfucking crystal ball lodged in his chest, and he could barely stay conscious. "Welcome to my Kingdom, as per your prayer we{1} brought you here, to enable you to take revenge and do much more and trust me when we say much more, it truly means much more" said the man, as he sat on the throne. Kael Strider thought that he was hallucinating, after all, how could this be possible? But this man kept talking to him emotionlessly. "You are not hallucinating,all of this is real" the man replied in his same emotionless voice, implying that he could read his thoughts. "Are you a God?" Kael asked as he looked at the man. "No, I am still far from becoming a God but I am still capable of helping you that is if you are willing to pay the price" he replied. Due to immense pain in his chest, Kael was unable to reply but he still looked straight at the man, signifying his attention towards this man''s words. The man continued, "The price is your humanity and your future. We will grant you unimaginable strength but you have to fulfill our desire¡­" "I¡­ I wi¡­ will do anything ¡­. as long as you give strength to kill that bastard and destroy everything he loved" Kael growled slowly while bearing the pain. The man smiled as he approached him and extended his hand, suddenly, a blob of crimson red substance with purple lines in it appeared in his hand, he then said "With our blood essence we will to give you a new life as a Chaos Demon, ruling over all as one of our descendent" and touched his chest where the black crystal ball was lodged with his palm, and just like that, Kael''s chest returned to normal. He didn''t know how to describe it, but the crystal ball melted and merged with his chest along with the crimson red blob. He felt no pain whatsoever throughout the entire process. Only a faint tattoo of the black sun with a face in it could be seen where the black crystal ball was lodged before. "We guess you can call it some form of rebirth and, being the generous person that we are, we''ll let you keep your bloodline memory of the Chaos Ancestors. However, nothing is free in this life, as a chaos demon, you must bear some responsibilities as well" Kael stood there dazed for a second before looking at the man in front of him in disbelief. "What are you? And what did you do to me?" Kael asked after some time. "Hahaha¡­ you finally notice ehh? Good, good I am Adone, the Imperial Chaos Demon" said the man. "No need to get anxious, I just said it, I''m Adone the Imperial Chaos Demon, I''m a Chaos Demon from the royal family of Chaos Empire, it''s complicated to explain and as we don''t have all the time in the world so we will let you see for yourself" Before Kael could try to comprehend the whole demon thing Adone snapped his fingers and the entirety of the throne was replaced by a similar throne room but this throne room looked clean and majestic while the previous one was dilapidated. A man with shoulder-length black hair with red hue on the ends and purple eyes with looks that were better than even the best lady killer, he sat on the throne giving majestic feeling as if he was the ruler of all that land eyes could see, but there was a problem with his looks and the problem was that there were two dark red horns on his head. "He is my son," Adone said as he looked at the man on the throne solemnly as he stood beside Kael. 4 War in Hell "He was my only son, Alexander, Emperor of the Chaos Empire" Adone said as he looked at the man on the throne solemnly. Only then did Kael notice that the man on the throne was surrounded by a large number of humanoid creatures, some had pitch-black eyes, others had serpent-like tails growing from the back and few were similar to humans but Kael was sure they were not humans at all. They were discussing something in a completely different language but Kael was able to understand it clearly after some time that they were ministers of Alexander''s court discussing the military actions of the kingdom. "So you can tap into your bloodline memory of the Chaos Ancestors, not bad" Adone complimented before he continued to explain, "Bloodline memory of the Chaos Ancestors is the knowledge that every member of the Chaos demon race passes down to the next generation." Alexander, who was silently listening to the reports of ministers while sitting on the throne suddenly stood up and rushed towards Kael Strider, before he could even blink his eyes Alexander passed through his body without any resistance what so ever. "What was that?" Kael asked Adone. "These are the memories that I have awakened in you so that I can see my people one last time and explain to you, your responsibilities as well" Adone said before snapping his fingers again. It felt like he crossed an endless tunnel at a speed very close to that of infinity. He flew past the space filled with nothing but darkness, the light seeping into this space from such a long distance away slammed into him in an instant. After the blinding light dissipated away... Kael was greeted by the immense spectacle laid out before his eyes ¨C no, below him. "Oh, my god...." was the only thing he could utter. An army consisting solely of innumerable monsters stretched far beyond the scope of vision below him, with a few humanoid monsters supervising. From where he was, to all the way beyond the horizon. Countless monsters completely covered the ground until there was no uncovered patch left. In all honesty, that was one hell of a terrifying sight to behold. If only a few of these monsters came to Earth, humanity wouldn''t have a chance in hell at winning against them. Just from seeing this, he felt his innards tighten as if he was having indigestion. "Hold on... Where is this place, anyway?" It couldn''t have been Earth. He could see thin, tall, and bizarre-looking rocky outcroppings jutting out from here and there, on these reddish-brown dried up plains where not even a single blade of grass grew. This was a completely foreign landscape that he had never seen before. His eyes could catch the sight of the reddish-brown ground, those strange rock formations, and then, the great army of monsters standing on top of the said ground. Kael shifted his gaze over to these monsters. This disparate gathering of monsters of different species was busy looking up and waiting for something to happen. "What are they all looking at?" Kael followed after their gazes and raised his head to the sky above. And then... he discovered it. "¡­..!!" He saw a pure white lake, quietly floating high up in the sky. No, it was not a lake. He mistook it for a lake because of its sheer size, it was a curtain of light. This curtain of light was blocking up the orange sky beyond it. "Orange sky is it.....?" Seeing the color of the sky that should not exist, he became doubly sure that this was not Earth anymore. In a world that was not Earth, something major was about to happen between the monsters and that black hole. "This is hell and those monsters below are the cannon fodder of armies of various empires in hell with some demon generals supervising them" Adone finally commented while looking at the scene below. Kael unconsciously swallowed his saliva upon hearing this. Trapped within this eerie silence, his nervousness also increased as time went on. "CRACK!" What came out of the curtain of light were soldiers decked out in silver armor, with pure white wings attached to their backs. These silver-armored angels poured out of the curtain of light like agitated bees rushing out of the disturbed beehive. "Angels! Are they Angels?" Kael asked the question with an obvious answer. Adone nodded as he silently watched the war below. While monsters covered the entirety of the ground, these angels in turn utterly blotted out the sky. It was truly a spectacular sight. Kale couldn''t stop admiring this incredible view. The monsters, however, thought rather differently. They began howling at the top of their lungs upon seeing the silver-armored angels covering the sky and began bucking around in agitation. He didn''t even have to be a genius to figure out what would happen next. It was a war. "Swahhh-!!" The flying angels became silver drops of light and descended to the ground below. As it turned out, there was more than one curtain of light in the sky. There were several of them, and angels poured out of them one after the other. Monsters on the ground versus the angels in the sky!! The two groups, clearly burning with hostile intentions against each other, soon collided just above the ground. A battle of indescribable scale and proportion unfolded next. "ROAR¡­!" The beastly roars of the monsters shook the land below. And "Vuoooo¡­!" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Horns being blown away by the silver-armored angels thunderously resounded out. Weapons collided with other weapons, the sounds of armors shattering noisily rang out. The beastly roars soon morphed into screams and pained groans. The ground below was steadily being dyed the color of blood. The superiority in this battle was established very quickly. The silver-armored angels were very powerful. These guys easily sliced off the necks of the monsters that were strong enough to rip high-ranked Hunters apart with their bare hands. Such powerful beings had formed a massive invading group, so perhaps it was only inevitable that the monsters were being swept away. The balance was tilting noticeably in their favor. Even then, silver-armored angels continued to pour out of the circular curtain of light non-stop. The waves upon waves of silver angels came crashing forward as the incoming tide, erased all traces of living monsters off the dry plains in no time at all. "Kuwahk!" "Kiehk!" The war began as a fierce clash between the two forces, but has now descended into a blood-soaked massacre, instead. The swords and spears of the silver angels knew no mercy. Because of that, the number of monsters decreased quite rapidly. Kael watched this scene of the horrifying monsters being killed off with little to no resistance and was overcome with a puzzling mixture of emotions. ''Am I mourning all those angels who lost their lives to these monsters, or am I feeling rueful for monsters being massacred just like that....?'' Such trivial thoughts remained in his head for only a short while. The truly extraordinary event only happened afterward, with the complete annihilation of the monsters mere moments away... The silver angels of the sky that violently pushed their enemies back suddenly stopped moving one at once. "What''s going on? Could they possibly have developed a sense of pity for these monsters now, of all times? But there was just no way. If they do, then they shouldn''t be gripping their weapons even tighter like that." They were gripping their weapons so hard, in fact, their hands were beginning to tremble noticeably, too. On top of that, the emotions filling up the faces of these silver angels were as far from the ones of compassion as you could get. No, they were filled with terror. Their collective gazes were focused in a certain direction. And that was somewhere behind him.Kael suddenly had a hunch. He felt that something extraordinary was about to happen behind him, one amazing enough to overturn this situation on its head. However, his gaze didn''t immediately look behind him, but instead, to the ground below. On top of this reddish-brown land, a black mist was spreading out. This mist rapidly spread beyond the blood dyeing the land red, as well as the mountains of corpses. "Ah...!" "Ah¡­ Ahh¡­!" ¡­.. As the mist sped past underneath these corpses, mysterious screams could be heard. Screams that no one could tell where they were coming from. A powerful chill ran down Kael''s spine immediately. He slowly, agonizingly slowly, turned his head around to take a look. There he found an impressive knight covered in jet-black armor from his head right down to his toes. From this knight, and the horse he was riding on, the black ghostly strands of energy continuously rose up. Kael could think of only one person when looking at that black knight. "Alexander," he muttered unconsciously. Whether it was the silver-armored angels from the sky, monsters below, they all forgot to breathe and simply stared at this Emperor of Chaos Empire. Every single gaze within this battlefield was now looking at only this black knight. The Emperor glared at the Angels in the sky, before extending his hand out as if he wanted to grasp something. Kael could see the sight of the silver-armored angels wince as they started to back away in fear. The intolerable stillness that stifled one''s breaths pressed down on the shoulders of every single being under the heavens. And soon... The Emperor''s solemn voice shattered that stillness. "Devour" 5 Truly Horrifying Warfare "Devour" The ripple generated from this word spread out at a frightening speed and roused up the mist. The battlefield dyed in the colors of monsters'' blood roiled and tumbled in black waves. "Ahh¡­.!" "Ahhh¡­.!" ... The injured monsters and angels on the ground surrounded by the black mist roared out in what could have been screams of horror and anguish. They then turned into dry corpses like husks before turning into ashes. As for the silver angels in the skies, the scene before them was worthy of sending cold shivers down their spines. Too bad for them, the Emperor''s powers didn''t stop there. "Woo¡­!" The Emperor bellowed heavily towards the skies. That powerful roar didn''t attack the eardrums of the listeners but directly shook their hearts, instead. Hearts, legs, and even the ground shook from his roar. The land began crying in its response. Kael didn''t need a lot of time to figure out what that roar was meant for. Because¡­ the black mist rose up high and surrounded the angels. Just that single roar alone and the black mist transformed this battlefield completely. From this corner of the land, all the way to the other side ¨C the dead angel husks instantly starting to fall from the sky. Kael had been quietly observing the process while holding his breath. A powerful shudder ran through his entire body from the combined roars of the angels. If this scene was supposed to demonstrate the true pinnacle of the Chaos Demons, then it certainly succeeded in letting him know just how much power they held in their grasps. Eventually, the angels in the other parts of the sky stopped hesitating and began moving again. They gathered into one large mass, and, like a gigantic swarm of bees, descended on the black mist surrounding Alexander. However, it was all in vain. The angel army and the black mist got tangled up on top of this expansive land. Explosions rang out constantly, and the ground quaked over and over again. The battle that should have ended as a one-sided massacre reverted to full-on warfare. Just the entrance of a single individual had changed everything. Now, this was a display of truly shocking power. Kael didn''t know why this scene was being shown to him, but he found himself unable to tear his eyes away from it. The violent, fierce and suicidal clash continued. A desperate and bloody engagement, incomparably fiercer and more violent than the first battle that took place, unfolded before his eyes but the angels were unable to cross the black mist. "Oh, well, the truly terrifying thing about this black mist is the fact that it helps us Chaos Demons to devour anything in this world and convert it into power that strengthens us, that''s why no matter how many angels do kamikaze attacks, it''s all strengthening their opponent, Alexander" Adone explained. Kael tore his eyes away from these angels and took an overview of the entire battlefield and its situation. The battle taking place between the angels in the sky endlessly pouring out from the curtains to light in the air, and the black mist expanding under the orders of the Alexander, was incredibly even. As the black mist expanded and more angels poured out of the curtains to light to match the number of the dead. ''So is this what a war in hell looks like?'' Horrifying warfare that a human''s intuition couldn''t even properly tell what would happen next breathlessly continued in this vast land. However, the balance between these two opposing sides broke in a single instant. The flow of the war shifted very quickly when Alexander stopped using black mist from far back and personally stepped forward to enter the fray with his demonic army clad in black armor. The black horse carrying the Emperor dashed into the battlefield. Whenever he swung his sword, thousands of enemy troops fell to create a pathway. And the dead enemies, without exception, became his nutrients, as they were devoured by the mist. Just one flick of the Emperor''s sword and all those enemy angels flying away to safety had their wings broken and they all crashed back down to earth. The area the Emperor and his army dashed through got utterly swept away as if a storm rampaged past there. For the first time since the two opposing camps started clashing their weapons ¨C the angels in the sky were being forced back. Hundreds of thousands, no, millions of silver-clad angels couldn''t deal with him and were constantly pushed back. Kale could only gasp out in admiration at this marvelous spectacle. He thought that the war would come to an end like this. However... Just as the Emperor began pushing back the tides of the silver angels in the sky, an ominous, eerie wind that was hard to describe in words blew in from somewhere behind him. Auras powerful enough to send a shudder down his spine rushed in. Emperor Alexander temporarily disregarded the enemies to his front and looked behind him. Two ginormous curtains of light had been generated in someplace far behind the mist. Their sizes didn''t lose out to the ones floating up in the air. And from these two curtains of light, two disparate groups of monsters poured out in droves. On one side, beast-type creatures are being led by a Lion the size of a mountain. And from the other one, knights and soldiers rushed out with countless banners proudly announcing their clans being waved about in their midst. Kael''s eyes grew wider and wider. "Huh...?" "These are the armies of demonic clans of Carreau''s, Carnivale''s, Oeillet''s, Rosier''s, and even Rosier''s. Those crests belonged to the aristocratic clans of demons that were part of the Empire of Chaos but they betrayed us and joined the war against Chaos Demons partnering up with the Demonic beasts and Archangels of Heaven," Adone explained again. The beasts and the demons began attacking the Black-armored soldiers together as if they had a prior agreement. The backline of the Black-armored Soldiers was immediately torn to shreds from the combined assault of the two monster armies. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. That wasn''t the end, however. Their front was occupied by the angels in the sky, still alive and ready to battle. These silver-clad beings changed their strategy and began striking back once more. The soldiers of the sky to the front and armies of beasts in the back surrounded the Black-armored Soldiers in a pincer attack and closed in on them. The flow of the battle had changed once more. Kael''s gaze slowly shifted towards the Emperor, Alexander changed the direction of his mount away from the army in the sky and towards his rear. His black horse kicked to the ground and rushed forward. The ensuing battle was truly intense. Corpses formed mountains. Blood formed oceans. This conflagration called ''war'' created by countless soldiers swallowed up every single life form still standing on this land and continued on its horrific path of destruction. But, even then ¨C this stubbornly persistent battle that didn''t seem to end was slowly marching towards its inevitable conclusion. Not too many remain standing on the battlefield now. The Emperor, Alexander, lost his mount during the battle. He wasn''t hindered in the least, however. He cut down two demon knights blocking his path and stood before the demon in command of the armies of aristocratic clans of demons previously under him, breathlessly panting away as it leaned against a bizarre rock formation. The demon''s face was hidden behind its helm, but Emperor Alexander seemed to know its identity as he glared down at his feeble prey. "We could have ended the war with angels today but, why did you betray me?" Emperor Alexander asked. The demon weakly faltered its head, but it forced himself to look up. It had already suffered grievous wounds and it seemed unlikely it''d be able to survive its injuries. "So.... regrettable. We could have ended you for good today, but...." The voice coming out from beneath the helm sounded precariously close to being cut off. Emperor Alexander''s voice became even icier as he asked again "I said, why did you betray me?" The demon''s shoulders trembled as it painfully cackled before it raised its head again. And then, it tried to say something. "I...." But before the demon could say something he was killed by a silvery-white light that came out of the curtain of light and stabbed him in the back. Only after the demon''s body collapsed lifelessly on the floor was Kael able to see that the silvery light was an angel and it had six pair of silver wings on his back, unlike others who only had a pair of them. "It''s an Archangel" Adone introduced. Soon, the battle between the twelve wingedArchangel and Emperor Alexander started. It was easy for even a normal human, like Kael to understand that Emperor Alexander had an upper hand in the fight but just as Alexander was beginning to force the twelve winged Archangel back three more silver lights rushed towards him from his right, left and back. Before he could see what the result was, he felt the same feeling of crossing an endless tunnel at a speed very close to that of infinity. 6 Legacy of Rage It was similar to his previous experience as he flew past the space filled with nothing but darkness, the light seeping into this space from such a long distance away slammed into him in an instant. After the blinding light dissipated away Kael was greeted by the same dilapidated throne room. "What happened? What happened to Alexander? And why did these aristocratic clans of demons betray the Empire of Chaos?" Kael asked all the questions, which he had while watching the war. He didn''t ask them during the war because he was afraid that he would miss something. "Instead of asking these questions shouldn''t you be asking something else?" Adone asked. "Like¡­ like what was the cause of this war?" Kael said. "Or, why were there so many angels in hell?" Adone then explained "This war was fought to gain the right to enter the Ancient Temple where first being of hell attained Apotheosis, and the person who gained apotheosis was the goddess of death. Or this was the reason that they told the public but the real reason was to gain the treasure that helped the Goddess attain apotheosis" "But there was a problem with the activation of core region where the treasure was kept as it required a large number of sacrifice of souls, so royal families of the top seven empires in hell that are also the families of the seven most powerful beings, at Devil Master level in hell, came together to decide the course of action." "Alexander represented me as one of the eleven Devil Master level powerhouses and proposed the idea that we should gather all the low-level monsters in our armies and use them as sacrifices but the Divine Beast Empire''s Suanni Lion, one of our longtime opponent was against it. Due to consent from other Devil Master experts, he was unable to do anything other than silently go along with our decision" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "But unknown to us, the Empire of Light, in heaven discovered the truth about the ancient temple and the treasure. They also found that the number of sacrifices that would be required would be in billions, if not in tens of billions of souls" "So, the angels being the haters of demons as they are thought of using an entire empire of demons as a sacrifice, to get their hands on the treasure and they found their perfect target and that was Chaos Empire" "...."-Kael. "Yes, the Chaos Empire was their target as Chaos Demons, the rulers of the empire had too little population and the rest of the empire was filled with other races. So, it was easy for them to tempt some of the aristocratic clans of demons to betray the Empire of Chaos and they aligned themselves with the Divine Beast Empire." "When, I was waiting for the activation of entrance of the core region along with other Devil Masters, they used the fact that the Ancient temple blocks all forms of outside communications to lay an ambush for my son Alexander while he was fending off against army of angels that were marching towards the Chaos Empire along with armies of Divine Beast Empire and various aristocratic clans of demons." "While their leader Archangel Master Augusta led an attack on us Devil Masters with his Archangels just as we found the treasure that was surrounded by black gasses. So we Devil Masters decided to partner up to defeat him together before fighting for the treasure ourselves but Devil Master Dylin, the Suanni Lion backstabbed me at the last moment just before we could defeat Augusta and made a run for the treasure" " But just as he touched the treasure it revealed its true appearance. It was a Black Crystal Ball but soon after the contact, the treasure started to absorb Dylin''s life force, apparently, the amount of sacrifice was still not enough for the treasure. The treasure was so strong that Dylin had to amputate his hand to save himself before he escaped the concentrated barrage of attacks from the other five Devil Masters. The other Devil Masters were unable to solve the problem of sacrifice and left the temple to find more sacrifice for the treasure, after capturing half dead Archangel Master Augusta" "But only after coming out of the temple was I able to understand the real price that took to open the place where the treasure was kept. My whole race was exterminated by the armies of the Empire of Light and Divine Beast Empire because we were betrayed by the people and families that we trusted." "The death toll reached 13.2 Billion for Demons, 4.6 Billion for Monsters and 6 billion for Angels totaling about 23.8 billion deaths. Of them, tens of thousands of Chaos Demons died, while a few that were not in the empire were hunted down by Divine Beast Empire." "Due to serious injuries from my fight with Dylin, I was unable to protect myself, let alone fight for the protection of members of my race. So in order to not waste the sacrifice of my race, I tried to find a way to utilize the treasure Black Crystal Ball in my last days in hell, to leave a legacy behind so that people could carry the rage of the entire race and restore our race to its peak glory" "And then I found that only a person, that had died from due to this treasure before, could use this treasure, while others would simply be absorbed by it and even this method was not a guaranteed success " Adone completely explained everything to Kael with teary eyes as his facial features were slowly revealed to him. "So, it was because of you that the ball was lodged into my chest¡­.. But does that mean I am dead?" Kael asked. "Umm¡­ yeah, technically you are dead but my powers are keeping your soul intact while my blood essence is slowly recreating your body to speed up your Rebirth as a Chaos Demon" "So, why did you choose me? Why not someone of your own race?" Kael asked. "The survivor of my race are either turned into slaves or are being hunted down, so they don''t have the space to grow as well as the potential danger is very high and they would be easily tracked by forces of heaven if they left hell" Adone told Kael his reason for coming for material world before continuing "And I choose you of all people because you have determination as well as will to take action and you were willing to let me in by praying to me and offered to do whatever I say" 7 My Blood Will Remember "My blood essence will turn you into a Chaos Demon. Which technically makes you my son and the ruler of Chaos Demons after I am gone. Come, this will be of help to you" Adone said before walking towards the throne and gesturing him to sit on the throne. Kael hesitated for a second before following the instructions and started walking towards the throne, just as he sat on the throne Kael felt as if his whole body was on fire while his brain was placed in a freezer. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. He wanted to scream on top of his voice because of pain but he was unable to do so, he was not even able to move his eyelids or breathe but surprisingly he didn''t feel suffocated at all. "The throne will preserve your soul while turning it from a mortal soul into a Chaos demon''s soul. All you need to do is wait for your body to completely reconstruct, then the throne will automatically send you back to your planet in the material world" said Adone before vanishing from the throne. "There are people after me, so I cannot stay with you for long or they might find you. Remember that everything you require is in the bloodline memory of our ancestor who reached Apotheosis" Kael just stared at the place where Adone stood before he vanished as he heard the voice, while he was tortured by the unbearable pain but what he didn''t know was the fact that this changing of his soul would change his personality as well. ********* Near the outer region of Material World. A large number of golden figures were rushing towards a shrouded man, and soon they surrounded him. "You should be aware of the fact that no being of Hell or Heaven at or above Devil or Archangel level is allowed in the boundaries of the material world or are you trying to start a war with the Great Council?" an old man in monk robes and golden skin shouted at the shrouded man. Surprisingly, all the figures were wearing yellow monk robes similar to the old man and had similar but duller golden skin. "I am aware of it but I am short on time, so I am unable to take a detour around your territory," the shrouded man said emotionlessly as he released some of its power. "Then let us escort your esteemed self" The old man changed his attitude towards him immediately upon sensing the power that was being released, while a scared look appeared on his face but it was immediately hidden behind his smile. The shrouded man nodded before he flew away in space and the golden figures followed him. This shrouded man was Adone, who was returning to hell to try to take revenge on his own and protect members of his race, those that had managed to stay hidden, along with those that were enslaved, to ensure another method for the continuation of his race. ******* Days after days passed by but Kael was unable to differentiate the difference between day and night in the throne room and soon he became depressed by thinking about his family and his girlfriend but he was unable to see them while he was stuck here. So all he can do is try to sleep and forget about everything else. Soon days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, but Kael was unaffected by the passage of time. ********** In Hell A girl in her teens was running as fast as possible while panting profusely. There was a group of ugly looking demons with grey skin, green eyes and a mouth full of jagged teeth wearing only animal skins that were chasing her. "Why are you, the low lives of the Stone Demon race after me?" Apparently, she was unaware of the fall of the Chaos Empire as she was searching for resources on the Abyssal Continent, near the outskirts of the Green Abyss forest for almost half a year. Chaos Empire was located on the Dis Continent, in the central region of Hell, the distance between the continents and the lack of major settlements on Abyssal Continent protected her from pursuers of Chaos demons all this while as well as kept her in the dark about the fall of the Chaos Empire. But slave traders from the Stone Demon race got wind of her as she tried to find a way back to Dis Continent and pursued her for about half a day. "Whoever managed to capture her, would get to enjoy her after the young lord is bored playing with¡­." A tall Stone Demon shouted but before he could even complete his sentence his head exploded into blood mist. Before the other Stone Demons could react their heads exploded as well as a hazy figure landed in front of the girl. "Come with me," Adone told the girl before flying away with her, but his path was blocked by Dylin, in his humanoid form just as he was about to return. "Where are you running off to? Hand me the secret techniques of Chaos Ancestor and all of the treasures from your secret treasury and I will let you live" Dylin said scornfully. "Die..." Without wasting any second, Adone lunged at him while making sure to give enough space to the female chaos demon to retreat, but his attack was blocked by Dylin''s palm. "You think you would be able to fight me head-on, all alone" Dylin mocked Adone as he knew that Adone was on his death bed due to his sneak attack in the Ancient Temple, in which he used the special knife ''Evil Banisher'' capable of easily slaying any Devil[1] level being of Hell that was given to him by Archangel Augusta. Adone knew he was not a match for Dylin so he used the most powerful attack to make a gap between them so that he could retreat with the teenage Chaos demon. "Chaotic Strike" A large amount of black mist came out of his body that wrapped around his leg as he kicked Dylin on his chest but before the kick could reach Dylin''s face, it was blocked by his hand which had turned into a claw. Adone used the rebounding force from his attack to rush towards the retreating teenage girl and hugged her before trying to fly away but instead of rushing away madly, he stopped and looked down in disbelief towards the teenage Chaos demon. There was a dagger stabbed directly in his heart and purple lines were spreading from where the dagger was stabbed to towards the rest of his body. Meanwhile, the face of the girl started to melt away, soon a new mature face was revealed in its place along with the change in skin which turned from red to pale white and hairs turned into silver from black. "Trina, Chaos Demons never offended you or Blood Demon race, so why are you with him?" Adone said in disbelief. "Of course, I came because he offered me some of his blood in advance as well as all of yours along with your essence and half of the core," she said as a matter of factly. Adone gritted his teeth before his body started to bulge and upon seeing the changes in his body an ominous sensation filled both Trina and Dylin as they started to retreat together as if having a tactic understanding. "MY BLOOD WILL REMEMBER THIS BETRAYAL. NOW, LET''S DIE TOGETHER" Adone roared madly towards the sky. "Krakoom¡­" A massive shockwave burst out of his body that instantly vaporized everything in the thousand-mile radius of him along with his body, causing destruction in a ten thousand mile radius. The fate of Trina and Dylin was unknown. 8 New Beginning In the dilapidated throne room, Kael felt intense pain and a sense of loss when he heard Adone''s voice in his head "MY BLOOD WILL REMEMBER THIS BETRAYAL. NOW LET''S DIE TOGETHER" Kael felt a lot of foreign memories that were not his, appearing out of nowhere in his head, he knew that these were the Bloodline memories of Adone, who just passed away. He felt a sense of loss as if he had lost someone close to him at the same time he was angry at the perpetrators of this incident. Kael also became aware of the circumstances of Adone''s death upon slowly analyzing his memories. As well as the fact that though Adone was seriously injured by Dylin, it was the act of separating a large amount of Blood essence for Kael that weakened him so much that he was easily killed by two Devil Masters that were on the same level of cultivation as Adone. The reason for such actions was because Adone did not wish to see the sacrifice of his entire empire would go to waste or with the resources of the whole empire at his disposal, he could easily return to his peak form by utilizing, his devouring ability of Chaos demons. Kale then tried to analyze more memories that appeared but he felt a throbbing pain in his head when he tried to know more than that, so he was forced to stop. ****** As time passed quickly, the day when Kael''s body was completely reconstructed finally came. Kael was thinking about his parents when he lost his sense of sight and hearing abruptly at the same time he felt was a cold, an intense cold as if he was submerged in freezing river water. After some time, he gained his sense of hearing as he heard the sound of whistling above him. So tried to move his body towards the sound but found that the movement of his body was restricted by something. He tried to force his way through the material that was restricting him with all his might before he managed to open a small hole above him with his hands, from which light came down illuminating his surroundings. "What the fuck!" That was all Kael could say as he peeked outside from the hole. The wind was whistling loudly around the hole as it harshly pelted the surroundings with thick, white snow. This site could be considered cool for those who lived in the tropics, but for Kael, this was his graveyard. With his eyes open, Kael could see only thick piles of snow around him as well as above him, and to his dismay, the height of these snow piles only continued to increase as time went on. This sight managed to shake off Kael''s happiness of finally being able to move, as he began to feel scared for his life. "Damn it! It''s too cold here," Kael growled as he forced himself up from his icy grave through the hole after widening it a bit. But just as he managed to pull himself out of his snow grave, he saw the surrounding area that was a snow laden land with tall mountains all around him. "From the looks of it, there is no way that I can get out of this area all alone without someone to help me," Kael thought to himself as he let out a cold sigh. At this point, Kael knew that there was no way out for him without a guide or GPS. "Grouwl¡­" Kael held his stomach that was showing his resistance due to hunger. "I need to find something to eat before trying to get out of here or I will collapse from hunger" he thought to himself as he looked down at his own body which was covered in ragged clothes caked in his own blood, the color of skin on both of his hands had turned red just like Alexander''s which shocked him to his very core. "Paff, paff." But before Kael could get used to the fact that his skin was red and maybe there were horns on his head as well, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps on the snow. This surprised Kael so much that he was unable to react in time, so he looked toward the source of the sound, and what he saw made him scared. He saw an armed guard walking towards him, even if his surroundings were covered by white snow, Kael could still clearly see the guard from a distance of around 300 meters in a snowstorm as well hear his footsteps. "He''s from Hammer Pharmaceuticals" Kael was sure of himself as he spent months in there ''care'', so he tried to hide but before he could find a place to hide in this white expanse, he suddenly heard a scream. "Monster!" the guard stood in a daze but he soon reacted like a trained professional by aiming his hand gun at Kael. Kael''s eyes opened wide with shock as he realized that it was the guard who was about to shoot him, so he tried to snatch the gun from the guard, after rushing up to him. {WARNING: GORY SCENE AHEAD, SOFT HEARTS SHOULD SKIP A PARAGRAPH} Instead of snatching the gun from his hands, he ripped out the guard''s hands along with the hand gun. "Ahhhh¡­." The guard wailed like a slaughtered pig. "I am so sorry, I just wanted to snatch your gun that you were aiming at me. I didn''t know it would result in this. Let me help you, stop the bleeding" Kael panicked first then he tried to help the guard but just as he took a step towards the guard, he started to shout. "MONSTER!!! SOMEONE SAVE ME¡­" "Don''t worry, I only want to HELP you" Kael emphasized on word help as he tried to stop the man from shouting as it would attract more guards from Hammer Pharmaceuticals who would mistake him for a monster or if they find out his identity they may capture him for new ''sessions''. "NO¡­ NO¡­ DON''T COME NEAR ME!!!" the guard screamed as he backed away. {WARNING: GORY SCENE AHEAD, SOFT HEARTS SHOULD SKIP TWO PARAGRAPHS} Hearing him scream even louder, Kael tried to cover his mouth, but just as Kael put his hand on the guard''s mouth. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Crack" the mouth caved in, like a molten wax sculpture killing him on the spot. ©ß©¥©ß ¦à©c(`§¥¡ä)?¦à ©ß©¥©ß Upon seeing the gruesome scene of the brutally mangled face and ripped limbs, Kael wanted to throw up but fortunately, he was too hungry to do that. Just then a warm current came from his hand, before dividing into two streams of warm current, one traveled towards his chest while the other towards his head. He heard a sound in his head as the warm current reached his head and something appeared in his vision. 9 Divine Apostle *Ding* He heard a sound in his head when the warm current reached his head from his hand and a translucent screen with some text on it, appeared in his vision. [Congratulations on becoming a Divine Apostle] ''It still feels like the gruesome scene along with all this demon stuff has finally caused some mental trauma'' Kael thought to himself. But some new text appeared on the screen. [This System will help your God/ Goddess in supporting your growth as their Divine Apostle while also helping you serve your God/ Goddess more effectively] [You have chosen to be the Divine Apostle of High Goddess of Death, Nebthet] (Link to know more- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephthys ) [Please pass the trial of acceptance given by the High Goddess of Death, Nebthet for becoming her official Apostle, failing to comply with the System''s instructions will result in your death and annihilation of your soul.] The last part of the text sent chills down his spine, though he didn''t understand what the ''annihilation of the soul'' was, he knew that it was something equal to death or worse. "I should deal with this guard and get out of here before thinking about all this stuff" Kael started to drag the body towards the hole from which he came, then he placed it in the hole along with its hands and covered the hole with snow, after searching for anything useful on the body. He found a pack of cigarettes along with a lighter and an energy bar, which he gingerly stuffed into his mouth and consumed it whole in a couple of bites. "At least I won''t have to struggle against hunger for some time and think of getting out of here" Kael mumbled as he walked in the direction from which the guard came. He only managed to cover less than twenty meters, when he was confronted with a small group of guards dressed similar to the previous guard, who started to shoot him with their hand guns on first sight of him. ''Fuck! Were they alerted by the guard''s screams'' Kael thought to himself as he tried to protect his head from bullets with his head while shouting "I AM NOT A MONSTER" However, the firing didn''t stop, instead, it became more accurate as one bullet hit him in his right leg. "Ahhh¡­." Kael wailed like a slaughtered pig due to pain but the pain was less than what he expected from a bullet wound so he looked down only to find a hole in his tattered pant from which his red skin could be seen that had turned purple due to impact from bullet but the bullet didn''t manage to pierce his skin. "I am bulletproof. Heheheheh¡­.." Kael started to laugh manically upon this discovery, much to the horror of guards who stopped shooting. "He is a monster, run¡­"A Guard shouted and the whole group started running away. *Ding* Kael laughter came to an abrupt end upon hearing this sound. [The Trial of Acceptance Quest has been generated on the command of the High Goddess of Death, Nebthet.] ''The Trial of Acceptance Quest!'' Kael raised his head. He just looked at the text on the screen for some time and the quest window spread out before his eyes. [Trial of Acceptance Quest: Part->1. Kill all the escaping enemies] [Life forms are holding murderous intentions towards the Apostle. Kill them all before they could spread the information about you, to secure your safety. If you do not follow this instruction, it will result in your death. The number of enemies left to kill: 9 The number of killed enemies: 0] Kael''s eyes opened wider. ''To complete the trial quest, all of the guards must die?'' Kael hesitated as he was not a cold blooded killer. Yes, he wanted to skin Louise Hammer alive and finish him off but that was because of his hatred towards him but these guards didn''t do anything to him. Though he wanted to beat them for shooting at him, that was all, after all, he wasn''t hurt. "Hello Jerry, it''s me, Matt, send all the men that are available at the base, there is a red fucking monster after us. Order them to come with rifles, bullets from hand guns don''t harm him" A guard who was the farthest from him took a radio handset from his backpack and started asking for help. Just then the text on the screen changed. [Trial of Acceptance Quest: Part->1. Kill all the escaping enemies.] [Life forms are holding murderous intentions towards the Apostle. Kill them all before they can spread the information about you, to ensure your safety. If you do not follow this instruction, it will result in your death. The number of enemies left to kill: 9 The number of killed enemies: 0 Remaining time: 1 minute 12 seconds] What a clear-cut threat that was. If he didn''t finish the quest as intended in the given time, he would die instead. ''Kill if I don''t want to be killed, is that it?'' The content was pretty shocking, but Kael''s fluster didn''t remain for long as if all his hesitation was slowly being pulled out of him. Soon, his flustered mind morphed into one of calmness. He even found it hard to believe, but that was the truth. There was fear that lingered in his mind as well, and then his Stat values popped up in front of his eyes. [Status: Hungry Name: Kael Strider Race: Chaos Demon (Infant) Level: 0 Type: Awaiting completion of Trial of Acceptance Quest Title: None Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Lifespan: 500 yearsAge: 21 years Strength: 5Agility: 4 Stamina: 4.9Vitality: 6 Intelligence: 4 Spirit Energy:?Mana/Qi:? (Available points to distribute: 0) Skills Race Skills -Chaotic Soul Passive skills: -None Active skills: -None.] [Note: - One point represents the maximum amount of a human can possess, and 5 points of strength means 5 X the maximum amount of strength of a human] The stats he saw were quite similar to the characters from an online game he used to play many months ago and what he paid attention to was the ''Skills'' column. A Racial skill called ''Chaos Soul'' and nothing else. For some reason, he felt rather apprehensive about it. 10 Revenge Part 1 Kael focused his attention on the guard with a radio handset, disregarding everything else. He rushed towards the guard with all his might, easily reaching the guard before he could even see what came near him. *Boom* Kael was unfamiliar with the speed of his newly reconstructed body, so instead of stopping in front of the guard, he fell backward creating a small pit in the snow covered ground, when he tried to stop himself. "At least I didn''t crash into him" Kael muttered self mockingly, before continuing smilingly "Look I am not a monster so please keep everything that happened here a secret. Okay?" His smile looked like an evil grin to the guard, who nodded his head without hesitation. Kael heaved a sigh of relief but he soon started to panic when he looked at the translucent screen. [Trial of Acceptance Quest: Part->1. Kill all the enemies running away] [Life forms are holding murderous intentions towards the Apostle. Kill them all before they could spread the information about you, to secure your own safety. If you do not follow this instruction, it will result in your death. The number of enemies left to kill: 9 The number of killed enemies: 0 Remaining time: 42 seconds] While he was contemplating about the quest, the guards where retreating, however, one of the guards retreated strangely, he was shifting his jacket towards Kael covertly from time to time while walking. This peculiarity was very obvious to Kael who had heightened senses due to his new body. "Stop," he commanded the peculiar walking guard "Strip" The guard stood there dazed so Kael shouted again "I said strip" The guard paused then looked towards his comrades who ignored him as if they didn''t have anything to do with him, obviously, they had given up on him. He slowly unzipped his jacket before taking it off. What was revealed below his jacket was a body camera tucked into his shirt''s pocket with its shining lens peeking out. "You¡­" Kael shouted in anger but before he could finish his sentence a bullet hit him on his head causing his stagger while blurring his vision as well. *Bang* *Bang* ¡­.. Bullets started raining after the first bullets, as he was caught with surprise and he was unable to find cover, he became an open target and about 70% of the bullets managed to hit him. The quest also changed. [Life forms are holding murderous intentions towards the Apostle. Kill them all before they can spread the information about you, to secure your own safety. If you do not follow this instruction, it will result in your death. The number of enemies left to kill: 9 The number of killed enemies: 0 Remaining time: 16 seconds] "Aaahhhhh¡­.." Kael howled as anger started welling inside him, overshadowing his reason, while his eyes started turning red. When he saw a muscular guard coming towards him with a huge machete, along with the time remaining to finish the first part of the trial, he made his decision and that was to kill them all. Kael lunged towards the muscular guard with a machete while shouting "Die." *Crack* The cracking sound came from the guard''s body as Kael''s punch went through his chest. *Ding* [Normal Human Killed! Unable to gain Exp from Soul! Saving soul] [The number of enemies left to kill: 8 The number of killed enemies: 1] Without even looking at the dead guard and the change in the text in his quest window, he picked up the machete. Kael swept his gaze at the group of guards like a predator eyeing his prey before he rushed towards the next guard. The guard closest to Kael swallowed his saliva. His comrade''s death shook him to the core rather greatly. ''How did he kill a trained professional in one hit?'' This was the only question in his mind before he was decapitated by Kael with one swing from his machete. "Run!" One of the guards shouted as he turned away to escape, but before he could gain some distance he was hacked in two by Kael, who appeared behind him like a ghost. ''Wher¡­ where the hell did this monster come from?'' was the only thought that came to his mind in his last breath. Seeing that the monster had gone berserk, all the guards started running in a different direction, but Kael was faster than all of them combined. "You son of a bitch!" a guard cursed as he ran with all his might. The dagger stabbed straight through his neck. Stab! Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Keo-heok!" He tried to cover the hole in his neck and collapsed to the floor. Unable to utilize his immense strength completely, Kael used his body as a wrecking ball and machete as an ax, crashing and hacking guards one by one while the text in quest pain kept changing and sounds kept ringing in his head. [Remaining time: 3 seconds] [The number of enemies left to kill: 0 The number of killed enemies: 9] *Ding* [You have completed ''Trial of Acceptance Quest: Part->1. Kill all the enemies running away''.] [Completion rewards will only be available upon the completion of the second and last part of the quest.] [9 Normal Human Souls Saved] Kael glanced at the quest pane with his red eyes, there were many notifications of his killing ''Normal Humans'' and system''s saving their souls. "So it really is similar to systems in online games but why can''t I gain Exp? And what''s with saving souls?" Kael was confused. [It is Apostle''s job to reap souls for their God and the God, in return, provides Exp to their Apostles through System which can be used for leveling up or for other purposes] [If Apostle desire to gain Exp please pass the Trial of Acceptance and become an official Apostle of High Goddess of Death, Nebthet] Unexpectedly, the system answered his queries. Kael then looked around himself and searched all the dead bodies for cameras and other devices that may reveal him. He found 2 body worn cameras, a GPS and one radio handset along with 4 and a half-eaten energy bar along with a thermos of hot water. Just as he was about to start eating after destroying both the cameras, a familiar sound rang inside his head. 11 Revenge Part 2 [Trial of Acceptance Quest: Part->2. Take Revenge] [Kill Louise Hammer. He is a life form that the Apostle hates to his very core. Kill him before this hatred of yours, clouds the Apostle''s judgment and hinders your future path to power. If you do not follow this instruction, it will result in your death. Time Remaining: 24 hours] "I don''t even know how I will find him in 24 hours, let alone kill him?" Kael shouted in frustration as nibbled the remaining energy bar. ''First I should find better clothes to cover myself or I would be hunted like a monster by all the people who saw me. He then stripped off all his tattered clothes, only then did he notice all the purple marks from the bullets were gone. "This body is amazing!" He used the water in the thermos to wash away all the blood and gore stuck on him and while washing himself, he felt two small bumps growing on his skull. "So, will I have horns similar to Alexander''s? When will I have the ability to change my appearance similar to him?" He lamented his situation while recalling Alexander''s enviable face when he sat on the throne. Kael stole, all the clothes that were not tainted with blood or ripped during the fight from the dead bodies, and he then wore the ones that could fit him before fashioning a makeshift headgear large enough to cover his head and face. He then picked up the GPS, only to find a location already saved in it. With no other option, he started walking toward the marked location seemingly without a care for the dead bodies of guards lying in the open. ************ In a well lit room, a man with brown hair was sitting in front of his computer, video chatting with a handsome young man with black hair wearing a white shirt. "Mr. Hammer, Matt is not serious about his job. He just informed me that he was confronted by a ''monster'' and asked me to send each and every man available at the base armed with assault rifles to his aid" He complained before continuing "If someone as irresponsible as him, continuing to work here it may result in some serious issues in the future." "Jerry, just deal with him according to the rules and make sure it doesn''t affect our operations," the young man said before disconnecting. *Knock knock* Someone knocked on the door. "Come in" A beautiful young lady walked into the room, with a serious expression on her face. "Boss, a suspicious man came looking for you. He said that Matt sent him to convey a message to you" "Bring him to me" He said as he leaned on his chair. The lady soon returned along with a two meter tall muscular man, who was covered from head to toe in guard''s uniform with his face covered with a flimsy looking headgear. "Who are you and where is Matt?" he asked the suspiciously dressed man. "Are you Jerry?" The man asked as he checked the room for any hidden cameras. "Yes, I am Jerry. Now tell me where that fucker Matt is?" Jerry asked. "We will talk about that after you remove that body worn camera of yours" The masked man proposed as he was very apprehensive of revealing his identity to others. "How did you....." Jerry was shocked to find that an outsider knew about their body worn cameras that only the internal members of Hammer Pharmaceutical knew about. "Jenny, you should go check the consignment personally" after thinking for some time he ordered the lady to leave in order to have a private conversation Jerry then fished out a camera from his shirt, then placed it on top of his desk. "Now would you mind telling me where Matt is?" "He is dead just like the rest of his team, and if you don''t obey me, you will have to accompany them in the afterlife" the masked man said as he crushed the camera placed on the desk by gripping it tightly in his hand. He then removed his mask, only to reveal a man with a completely red face, shoulder length black hair with a red hue on the ends and purple eyes. This was Kael Strider, who walked all the way to the location marked by GPS, only to find a research facility of Hammer Pharmaceutical similar to the one he was held in, which was a disguise they used to hide their illegal drugs manufacturing unit. It was a perfect disguise for them as nobody would doubt a pharmaceutical company for manufacturing and selling illegal drugs. So he used the only information he had from the guards, while regretting not getting more information from them and that was the fact that someone named Matt contacted a man named ''Jerry'' to get reinforcements from the facility, which was a very risky move but he didn''t have any other way to find Louise Hammer within time limit. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Holy¡­" Jerry was scared shitless by the appearance of the man or it should be better to call him a monster or a devil [1]. "What the hell are you?" He asked after overcoming his fear. "It doesn''t matter what I am. What matters is what I would do to you, if you don''t listen to me." Kael said as he picked up Jerry by his neck with one hand while his eyes showed a red tint. "Gugu¡­ gha¡­" Jerry tried to call for help but he was unable to utter a single word because of Kael''s tight grip around his neck. "So, what will it be?" Kael asked, ignoring the fact that Jerry could not even talk. "...." "I will release you and if you don''t want to meet Matt and his team, help me reach Louise Hammer as soon as possible" He put the man down, who started coughing immediately after. *cough¡­ cough* "I will get the private plane ready so" *cough* "So you can leave for Danville after some rest." Jerry proposed. "I don''t need to rest, get the plane ready as fast as possible or this drug operation of Hammer Pharmaceuticals would end today, along with you" He threatened again. "Yes, I will get going" Jerry said as he picked up his phone, calling someone "Get the plane ready, I need to report something important to Mr. Hammer" 12 Revenge Part 3 After the call was disconnected the room descended into stifling silence which was even more nerve raking to Jerry than the time when the red monster was threatening him. "How will you get past the immigration and customs enforcement? I mean, even if you get yourself a fake passport and identification, you will still be required to show your appearance to the immigration officer" He asked. "Don''t tell me that a company that is in the business of illegal drugs would be unable to deal with such a small problem" Kael replied with confidence. After all, he had the first-hand experience of the expertise of the Hammer Pharmaceuticals in this area when he was kidnaped by Louise and brought here in Andes mountain range. "¡­..." "Now make preparations for our journey," Kael said. "Our?" "Do you think I am stupid enough to leave you alone so that you can report everything to Louise like a loyal dog you are? You will not leave my sight until I meet that bastard" Kael said casually. "Okay" Jerry gritted his teeth before calling someone again to make arrangements for both of them. "Get me a laptop, I need to find something" Kael commanded without giving much thought to the fact that he just threatened Jerry so that he could find his boss and kill him. "I will have someone provide you with a laptop and whatever else you might need" he answered in frustration The more careless Kael seemed, the more scared Jerry got as he thought that the monster sitting in front of him was capable of easily ''dealing'' with him, thus he didn''t care much about him. To justify this theory of his, Jerry texted someone to go investigate the location of Matt''s team. While Jerry was waiting for the result of the investigation and Kael covered himself in his headgear again, Jenny, the beautiful young lady came in with a laptop for Kael along with some refreshment. ************ Kael could feel his back becoming wet in cold sweat when he threatened Jerry, fearing that he would not listen to him and would want to be loyal to his boss until his final breath and be willing die for his boss like in the novels he used to read but the real-life is always different than movies. His demonic appearance helped him in hiding his fear as well as intimidating his opponent. There was another thing that was bothering him and that was his family and Sophia. He didn''t know what happened to them while he was being tortured by Louise Hammer for months and then spent an unknown amount of time in that throne room waiting for his body to reconstruct. And when he finally returned, he was forced to kill people, even though he just wanted to find Sophia and his family, who didn''t even know his whereabouts, all this while. Just as he was contemplating this, he was greeted by the beautiful young lady, Jenny who came in with a laptop for him along with some refreshment. When he opened the laptop he was stunned by the date shown on the corner of the screen, it was nearly two and a half year since the day of his kidnapping if it was correct. He gingerly opened the web browser, after making sure that the laptop was connected to the Wi-Fi and searched for ''today''s date''. The result that came up destroyed the last bit of hope that he had. Anger started welling up inside him. It all started because he was not rich enough to get the approval of Sophia''s family. Then he was ripped apart from his family for such a long time and unable to protect the one he loved because he was not strong enough. The anger in him started to change his temperament, to slowly form a strong determination to become strong be it financially or physically. His new temperament aligned with that of a Chaotic Demon thus greatly stabilizing his transformation. ******** After a couple of hours, Jenny came in "It''s time to leave, the chartered Plane would be ready to take off by the time you reach the airport" Jerry looked at Kael and upon seeing him nod, he stood up and walked out followed by Kael. As soon as they were out of the building, there was already a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, one of the best Off-road vehicles, parked at the entrance waiting for them. Kael was surprised when he saw Jenny stepping forward and opening the backseat door for him.Before entering the car, he thanked "You are too nice, Ms. Jenny". The Off-road vehicle began to move. The vehicle was quite like it was gliding as it crossed the snowy terrain to reach the airport directly. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. The airport was the most important passenger, a cargo distribution center in the southwest part of Andes Mountain range. It has expanded a couple of times in recent years due to the increase in the number of mountain climbers and skiers. They directly headed to board the plane upon arrival without any security checks and all the troublesome procedures. Kael followed Jerry and entered the plane. There was a beautiful air stewardess in blue uniform to lead them to their seats. When she saw Jerry and Kael, the air stewardess took the initiative to greet them while smiling politely "Good evening Mr. Jerry and Mr.¡­..?" "It doesn''t matter who I am, just lead the way," Kael said coldly. She smiled wryly, before leading them to the middle section of the plane where spacious recliner seats were arranged asymmetrically but looked beautiful. In the seat close to them was a middle-aged Caucasian man who walked up to Jerry upon seeing him. "Thanks for your help, Mr. White" Jerry thanked the Caucasian man, who apparently made their direct boarding possible. "You owe me a big one for this," the Caucasian man replied while grinning before taking his seat. Jerry just nodded while smiling. Soon, the plane took off. ********* In his seat, Kael was feeling very uneasy as time went on because soon he was going to kill Louise Hammer, who was Sophia''s husband and he wasn''t sure that Sophia was still in love with him. Would she accept his new appearance and what he has become? Or would she hate him for abandoning her? After all, she didn''t know what happened to him or where he was for the past two and a half years. While he was silently contemplating while staring at the clouds outside the window, Jerry finally received the result of the investigation on Matt''s team from his subordinates. They found the corpses of most of the members hacked in half, with some missing clothes. The corpses were lying in the open, apparently without any intention of hiding the horrendous sight. This made Jerry even surer about his decision to obey this monster, who wanted to meet Mr. Hammer, although he could guess it was not for a good reason. But it was not his concern right now, what mattered to him right now was to not anger the monster sitting next to him. 13 Revenge Part 4 As the plane got close to landing, the air stewardess in the cabin politely asked the trio to fasten their seatbelts to prepare for landing. As fully masked Kael was silently contemplating while staring at the clouds outside the window, he didn''t hear the air stewardess''s instructions, so she arrived at his seat, smiled professionally and said while bending over, "Sir, the plane is going to land soon, please fasten your seatbelt." "I''m very curious, Sir. Could you tell me what were you looking at throughout the journey after fastening your seatbelt?" Mr. White asked, trying to start a conversation with him. Kael was in a bad mood so he said, "I''m trying to contemplate about the consequences of the action which, I will be taking soon after landing, on me as well as on ones I hold dear to me" He seemed to have a little change in him after contemplating for such a long time. He had gained much more confidence and determination. "Then you''re thinking in the right direction. Success only follows those who think of far ahead" He then helped Kael to fasten his seatbelt and said with a smile, "Welcome to Danville City" The plane landed slowly then it dashed down the runway before decelerating to a stop. The trio released a sigh of relief while feeling tired then they left the plane one after another after the air stewardess gentle announcement. "Are you tired? There''s a huge time difference between Danville City and Southern Andes Mountain Range, you can eat once we get to our hotel, so you can rest early. I have already prepared a hotel suite for you." "I''m not hungry, nor do I need to rest in the hotel. Just lead me to Louise Hammer, then you can do whatever you want," Kael coldly responded following behind Jerry. Standing in the check-in area, Jerry switched on his mobile phone that had been switched off, so he could call someone to make arrangements for him, "Lavin, I''m at the Danville airport, make arrangements so that I can have an urgent meeting with Mr. Louise Hammer" The airport was much bigger, there were also tourists and staff of different colors. However, that was about it. Both Jerry and Kael then followed Mr. White, who weaseled his way out of the airport using maze-like hallways and fire exists. They were both amazed at the ability of Mr. White as they followed behind him. As soon as they were out of the airport, Mr. White took a sigh of relief before saying, "I will be staying in the Seven Seasons Hotel''s Danville Branch for some time if you need anything just call me" He then hailed a cab and went his separate way. Jerry also hailed a cab for both of them, and he then explained, "The Hammer mansion is located in the Highbeige community in Grey Hills, Danville, which is in the center of the city. It is more than fifty kilometers away from Danville Airport" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. They then got into a yellow cab outside of the airport that was driven by a Chinese person. In less than half an hour, the duo arrived at their destination. Grey Hill was filled with fresh air, streets that could contain four cars in a row nicely, big and tall trees on both sides of the streets and wide pedestrian lanes, lush green neat grass fields and beautiful hills in the vicinity with massive mansions of various styles that seemed to be structured on the hills. As they got out of the cab, Kael felt that the surroundings he was looking at were perfectly describing the dream house for at least 80% of people. He then looked at the quest pane. [Time Remaining: 4 hours] They both walked towards the mansion with Ivy and ferns growing on both sides of the winding white marble path, which led directly to the colossal structure. The mansion, entirely painted in white, loomed proudly behind beautiful Victorian Era iron gates, flanked by rows of Eastern Redbud trees crowned in pink, swaying gently to the chilly evening wind. At its threshold stood the delicate marble fountain, the soft gurgling of the clear water melodic as it resonated in the surrounding silence. Jerry who was beside him asked, "What do you think about this place?" ""It''s way too beautiful for Louise Hammer''s death place, but we can change it easily" Kael thought to himself, then while placing his right hand on Jerry''s shoulder, making sure he won''t double cross him, he said "Take me to Louise Hammer, then you are free to do whatever the fuck you want to do." "Yeah," Jerry replied nervously. The entirety of the mansion was guarded by a large number of armed guards dressed in black suits. Even before they could reach the gate of the mansion they were stopped by a blond masculine guard. "Jerry, why are you bringing someone so suspicious into the mansion? I will only allow you two to enter if you let me see his face and verify his identity" the guard asked as he looked at the two meter tall man fully covered in flimsy winter clothing. "Bruce, you better show the respect that a guest of Mr. Louise deserves or you will have to bear the wraith of your ''young master'' all alone" before stuffing a note into his hands, which read ''He is one of the best cooks out there. His face was severely affected in an accident during one of his latest experiments on some ''new stuff'' in his infamous RV, a 1986 Fleetwood Bounder {1}, even though he could get it fixed with plastic surgery, but he wants to share the results of his experiments with Mr. Louise first'' "Is he the legendary ''Krystal Ship'' guy?" Bruce asked just to be sure of his identity. Jerry nodded to the question. The note was something he came up with so that it could be used when someone asked about this monster''s appearance and he was sure that no one would offend the infamous ''The Krystal Ship'' guy. "I am so... sorry, Sir. I am a big fan of yours, please come in, I will personally lead you to meet Young master Louise" He tried to please him, before leading him without knowing that the man in front of him was not the legendary ''Krystal Ship'' guy instead he was here to kill his ''young master''. Kael ignored his pleasing words and all that made up shit and silently followed behind him into the huge hall which led to various rooms. Bruce knocked on a door, then said "Young master, a guest has arrived" "Come in" A voice came from the room, which was too familiar to Kael. 14 Revenge Part 5 A faint odor seemed to be diffused throughout the huge hall from the door that Bruce just opened, lingering behind and clinging onto Kael with every breath he took. It made him feel repulsed and uncomfortable from the depths of his soul, a disgust that he couldn''t express in words. The room he was led to wasn''t the largest in Hammer Mansion, but its size was still befitting that of royalty. The hall was fifteen meters tall, extremely lofty and gloomy in spite of all the lighting lining the walls and the massive crystal chandelier hanging in the center of the room. Their light could hardly illuminate the enormous room. On a table that was twenty meters long, Louise sat upright at one end dressed in lavish white attire. He was facing a scantily dressed young lady dancing on top of the table that could serve up to thirty people at once while eating. Louise was an oddly charismatic man, with a smile on his face. His black hair was combed back so neatly that not a single strand was loose, forming an indispensable part of his face alongside his short, thick beard. Eyes like emerald orbs were filled with lust and desire. As he sat there casually, he skillfully sliced the roasted lamb chops on his plate as he ate in quick bites, sipping on the red wine on occasion. His actions were strangely rhythmic. Of course, he was eating too quickly, too eager to conquer the''feast'' dancing before his eyes. The feast laid out in front of Kael, on a trolley, was sumptuous; the delicacies by the huge kitchen of the Hammer Mansion, whose crew was made up of one of the best chefs in the entire country. However, he didn''t appreciate the food on the trolley. He didn''t give a fuck about the food or the decorations in the room or the mansion. Kael couldn''t deny that Louise''s wealth was way beyond the reach of normal humans, even as he wanted to smash his head open. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. But for now he had to bear with it; not for himself, but for Sophia. He still wasn''t aware of Sophia''s whereabouts and the implications of his actions on her, but his unwavering determination, patience, and wisdom told him that he would understand all of it, just by asking Louise in a single ''torture session''. Kael Strider tried his best to hide his anger and walked into the room. After gracefully polishing off the lamb chops, Louise Hammer finally wiped his mouth clean with a snow white napkin and smiled. His huge mouth revealed two rows of dazzling white teeth but it soon turned into a frown. "Bruce! Why are you here? Who is supervising the operations in the Andes?" He asked, as he pulled the lady dancing on the table and gripping the clothes in front of her chest. He then ripped her entire dress apart with ferocity, instantly revealing her bare, naked body. The young lady instinctively cried out in fear, but immediately choked back the shrieks that were about to follow. She obediently placed her hands on either side of her body while clenching her fists tight, resisting her instincts of covering up her exposed breasts and lower abdomen. He then started to fondle her breasts with his left hand as he looked at the men who had just walked into the room for answers. "I ¡­" Before Bruce could utter another word, Kael moved as fast as he could and closed the door before using his raw strength to lock the door in place by bending the door. He knew that the longer he gave Louise the more trouble he would have to face, so he took action as he saw him put his guard down. "Sir, what are you doing?" Bruce asked as he tried to reach for his revolver tucked into his waist but before his hand could reach the gun, another hand grabbed his neck. It was Kael, who managed to see the outline of the revolver on the shirt due to his heightened senses and reacted in time. He then knocked him out by bashing his head with the revolver before rushing towards Louise, who was silently retreating towards the window of the room upon seeing the actions of the masked man. Realizing that he was his next target, he pushed the naked lady in front of Kael, still lacking proper control over his new body, he crashed directly into her. "Ahhhh" she screamed before losing consciousness. "Help!!!" Louise shouted as he pushed the window open, trying to jump out of it. But before he could jump through the window, a hand grabbed him by his wrist before pulling him in the room. "Where the hell are you going, Mr. Hammer?" Kael asked as he slammed him heavily into the long table like a medieval washerman {1}, washing clothes. *Boom* The table showed its fine quality by bearing the force without any harm to it, much to the dismay of its owner. "Ahhhh¡­." Louise screamed like a pig being slaughtered, as he curled into a ball due to pain. The screams alerted the guards of the mansion, so they rushed towards the door. "Open the door" an aged voice came through the door that Kael locked. "Sir, the lock is broken" "Break it" *Bam bam* Upon hearing these noises Jerry slowly walked away from the door. Trying to find a way to escape. Kael ignored all this, he only stared at the man who tortured him for months on end. "Where is Sophia Lowell?" he finally asked Louise after picking him up. "Kill him! Somebody kill him!" Louise ignored his questions as he was unable to comprehend the severity of his situation. Kael was angered by his actions, so grabbed his left hand''s little finger and, directly ripped it off of his hand. "Ahhhhhhhhh¡­." Louise wailed but his tormentor didn''t stop as he ripped the little finger of his right hand. "Ahhh¡­ ahh... Stop! PLEASE¡­ STOP!" he growled while resisting his urge to scream. "If you want me to stop, then tell me where Sophia Lowell is? Where the hell is your wife?" Kael barked as he proceeded to grab Louise''s left ring finger. "Stop! Are you sent by Lowell family? Look, I will double whatever they offered {2} you for this, so please let me go" he pleaded while offering the infamous deal of a famous dwarf. (¤Å£þ 3£þ)¤Å But Kael didn''t stop and ripped his left ring finger, then, ignoring Louise''s screams he removed all the clothes covering his face and upper body, revealing his red skin and the barely visible tattoo of a black sun with a face on it. His crimson eyes and black hair enhanced his demonic looks, which scared Louise shitless. Even Jerry who had already seen his face was scared as he crept into a corner, afraid of diverting this monster''s attention towards himself. "It''s me who will be asking questions. Your only job is to answer my question. Do you understand?" Louise nodded without wasting any time, afraid of losing another finger. "Where is Sophia Lowell? What made you think that I was sent by Lowell Family?" 15 Revenge Part 6 "Sophia! Don''t call that bitch my wife. She ran away, just before our marriage. When I found out about her escape, she was already on a flight to London. Apparently, she was trying to hire one of the best private detectives, Mr. Holmes to find her boyfriend but she was never seen after she walked out of Heathrow airport" Louise said. Kael released a sigh of relief upon hearing that she wasn''t married to him, he could now easily take his revenge. How could he possibly have forgotten about that last text message he received? How can a 21st-century girl, determined enough to elope, be forced into marrying someone she didn''t like? Yes, she would try to show her family that she was willing to marry Louise while silently trying to find him. "We were not able to find her for almost three months, then Mr. Lowell found out that she was not alive from his contacts. From then on he started to hold a grudge against me and my family thinking that I was somehow responsible for her death¡­." Kael was not able to process what he said after that. At that moment, he only wanted to puke blood in anger. He was also aware of Louise''s character and it would be very likely that he would try to take revenge upon her after she publicly humiliated him by running away. "I WILL KILL YOU!" he roared as his eyes slowly turned crimson red, frightening everyone in the room, well only the pair who were conscious. *Boom* Before he could finish Louise off, the guards managed to break the door open. They rushed into the room in a trained manner with their guns ready to shoot anything that may harm Louise but they were stunned in their tracks upon seeing a red humanoid monster with red eyes holding their young master from his neck. Old butler Walter was the first to regain his senses as he started shooting Kael without any further delay while shouting "Shoot him down." *Bam¡­ Bam¡­ Bam¡­* *Bam¡­ Bam¡­ Bam¡­* *Bam bam bam bam bam * ¡­ Upon being woken up by old butler Walter''s actions, other guards started to show their professionalism as well by shooting Kael accurately while making sure none of the bullets went near Louise. "Ahhhh¡­" Kael was unable to react to the shooting in time and instinctively tried to shield his face with his arms. Bullets rained down on him and unlike his previous confrontation with armed guards, these guards were elites whose bullets would find his body like a moth to the flame. Although the bullets didn''t pierce his skin, the large number of them enabled the brute force of these bullets to still injure him enough that he started puking blood. Just as he tried to move towards the guards while trying to cover his body behind Louise''s who was too afraid to say anything, a one-eyed muscular guard attacked him with an electric baton from his blind spot. Kael, who only managed to survive till now due to his demonic body, without any kind of combat training tried to block the baton with his arm but the guard changed the trajectory of the baton from his chest to his head as if he was aiming for it from the beginning. *Wak* The baton slammed on the right side of his head which caused him to stagger and lose his grip over Louise''s neck. **************** Kael''s initial plan was to kill Louise and then escape after getting Sophia''s whereabouts if she did not have any feelings for Louise, he simply didn''t think of the possibility that she could have moved on in her life as he didn''t have the strength to bear with it but the news of Sophia''s death broke the final sanctum for Kael''s humanity. With all the torture and changes to his soul, only his strong will to meet his love and family kept him sane and in touch with his humanity but now he found out that she was dead, he completely let go of all hesitation and accepted his new identity, his new race. A murderous aura started to leak out of him, which scared the guards who "Ha-ha! Ha-ha¡­! Now I have changed my mind. I will kill everyone who tries to protect Louise from me, then kill his family in front of him" he laughed hysterically as he lunged at the one-eyed muscular guard. The one-eyed guard''s complexion turned extremely pale, his pupil shrunk instantly. His body tightened and became tense in a split second as he tried to retreat while shouting "Nooo! Brother Walter, help m¡­" *Bang* Kael landed a kick on the one-eyed guard''s chest, sending his body flying outside the broken door. *Ding* [Normal Human Killed! Unable to gain Exp from Soul! Saving soul] The old butler Walter''s complexion turned into that of madness and fury as he swiftly snatched a three bladed black army knife from his waist, then threw it toward Kael. At the same time, other guards rushed forward while shooting non-stop. Before Kael could even look at the dead guard and the system''s notification, the black knife suddenly pierced his chest but only its uppermost tip managed to pierce through his skin. Under the stupefied gazes of his enemies, he pulled the knife, only to reveal a small cut that healed instantly. "OH MY GOD! Even a carbon fiber knife only left a small cut on this monster" a guard shouted in disbelief. "Heheheheh¡­ All of you overrate yourself and attempt to do something impossible; much less you''re overestimating your own strength" Kael''s strength and speed far surpassed an ordinary person''s limit. Due to his demonic body, he needed no specific moves or styles. He could casually punch and kill them easily. He used the black knife in his hand, then slashed and tore open the nearest guard''s wrist that held the gun. "Ahhh¡­." Feeling such piercing and acute pain, the guard screamed in agony but his scream was cut short as Kael smashed his skull into gory red and pink mush with some white bone pieces mixed in. "Don''t you fucking dare to move!!!" more than 10 meters away, the skinny guard pointed a grenade at Kael with shaking hands as he shouted with a stern voice. Kael sneered as he jumped forward without the slightest hesitation. He then rushed through the enemy filled room bearing with the bullets. Before the guard could remove the safety pin from the grenade, he reached him and managed to snatch the grenade before kicking him in the shoulder. *Ding* [Normal Human Killed! ¡­] "Take cover." Seeing the grenade in Kael''s hand, the old butler Walter grabbed Louise and retreated to take cover in case the monster wanted to use the grenade against them. This caused the rest of the guards to panic as they broke their formation to find cover. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. For the first time since the door was broken, which was a couple of minutes ago which seemed like an eternity to Kael, there was no gun pointed at him, enabling him to reap lives like a grim reaper, while system notifications kept coming, though he was a clumsy grim reaper at best. Soon there was only the old butler Walter and his young master in the room, while the rest were ''harvested'' by the red reaper much to their dismay. Louise looked at his loyal guards dead on the floor as sorrow and fear made his face violently twist. Then, he yelled out of hate and bitterness, "Why are you after me? I haven''t offended you in any way, so why?" "You haven''t offended me in any way? Oh, Louise, it seems like I was too hard on you. You don''t even remember me. Let me jog your memories a bit and make you remember me and my promise to you" Kael said coldly as he walked towards the broken door slowly and silently. 16 Revenge Part 7 "Louise, it seems like I was too hard on you. You don''t even remember me. Let me jog your memories a bit and make you remember me and my promise to you" Kael said coldly as he silently walked towards the broken door. He walked out of the room and then moved towards the direction of sound in the huge hall that his heightened hearing kept picking up. He stopped in front of a door that appeared similar to the rest of the doors in the hall. He entered the room after opening the door, the room was similar in size to the room he met Louise. The walls in the room were covered by many beautiful paintings and statues of different shapes and sizes. Kael wasn''t attracted to any art piece except for one that was hanging on the wall in front of the door. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. It was interesting because he could hear the muffled sound of breathing from the painting or from the other side of it. "Rich people really are creative at creating hideouts for themselves" He muttered before punching the painting with all his might. *Boom* His punch left a hole the size of a basketball in the painting, from which light was coming in. Before he could peek inside the hole, a grey revolver was pointed at him. *bang* The bullet hit his forehead, the pain felt similar to an electric shock that made him dizzy. *Bang* Before he could get over his dizziness, he was shot again. This time the shooter targeted his chest. "Uhh..." Before the shooter could shoot him a third time, he tolerated the pain and tried to use both of his hands to widen the hole. The wall made of metal behind the painting was easily twisted by him. in the secret room, there was a young lady in her early twenties huddling behind a mature woman who was aiming a revolver at him with shaky hands. The young lady was shivering from fear while tears trickled down his cheeks. "Don''t worry Natalie, God will protect us from this evil being" the mature women said in an attempt to calm the girl behind her but even she didn''t believe in her own words. "Lady I am here on goddess''s will, though I am pretty sure she is not the god that you are talking about" Kael joked before rushing up to the women and snatching the gun. "Mom¡­" the young lady huddling behind the mature woman shrieked as she saw Kael standing near her mother. Hearing her call the mature woman ''mom'', Kael was able to easily guess the identity of the duo. "It would be a lot easier on both of you if you follow me without any struggle or it won''t take me much time to knock both of you out, though I don''t know if you will only be knocked out if I took action" he grinned and offered the choice as he wanted to bring them with him without harming them and wasn''t confident in knocking them out without killing them. "We will follow you" Knowing that they were like ants in front of this monstrosity the mature woman gave up on the struggle. ************* After Kale walked out of the room, Louise was too scared to check the Kael''s location so he asked his butler "Walter go check if it''s safe for me to retreated to the ''safe room'' or should we find somewhere else to hide from that thing?" Before Walter could answer, he saw someone jumping out of the window that Louise opened during his failed attempt to escape. *Dhoo* "Sir, Jerry escaped. I think we should follow him, after all, he came with that thing to meet you. He would know more about him than us" Walter suggested. *Boom* Before they could do anything they heard a loud sound which sacred them even more so both of them decided to escape from the window. "Let me check the route first" Walter jumped from the window first to check if it was safe to escape from there or if it was a trap laid by the red monster. *Bang* *Bang* He looked around for a while and just before he was about to ask Louise to jump out as well two gun firing sounds came from his left side. Too scared to think properly Louise hid behind the table to save himself. Walter being a veteran was able to make decisions properly in such a situation and he climbed back into the room before rushing towards the location of firing sound. But his path was blocked by Kael who came back with the mother ¨C daughter duo. "Let madam and young miss go this instance or I will fight to the death with you" He roared upon seeing the duo following behind the monster. "Thanks for confirming their identity," Kael said cheekily. Hearing this, Walter lunged towards Kael. But before he could even come near him, Kael took a step forward before meeting his punch with his own. Though the Old butler was a veteran who fought in two wars, he was a normal human with ''normal'' strength in the end. When both their fists met, a crunch sound could be heard from Walter''s arm as his body flew backward like a kite in wind. *Puff* Blood gushed out of his mouth as he crashed into the wall of the room with his hand completely mangled. But instead of taking care of his injury, he tried to stand up while bearing with pain but failed to do so. In the end, he pleaded "Let them go, I know what kind of things Louise has done and I covered it all for him but they are innocent, you can deal with us as you want but please let them go" Kael stared at him for a while before walking towards him "I didn''t know you were such a loyal dog, so I will be a little bit compassionate for you and¡­" He came close to him before brutally stomping on both his legs, turning them into mush. "Ahhhhh¡­" Walter wailed but instead of stopping Kael broke his last normal limb before continuing. "...let you watch the faith of your young master and his family. Hehehehe" he started to laugh menacingly. Watching this Louise was both furious and scared but to protect his family from this monstrosity he rushed towards him from his hiding place below the table but being an untrained man who passed his time between women''s legs he was easily caught by Kael. 17 Revenge Part 8 Natalie and her mother were full of fear. They watched Kael brutally delimb their butler Walter as they stood at the entrance of the room. "Natalie, you should take your brother and run away from here and wait for cops to arrive. I will try my best to distract him." Her mother felt cold from head to toe but clenched her teeth and whispered in her daughter''s ear "As long as both you and Louise are alright, I will be happy. You are still young. When your father becomes aware of this, he''ll definitely get revenge in the future, he''ll slaughter the whole family of the person who sent this monstrosity" Natalie''s face was already as pale as a sheet, and her eyes were filled with tears. She sobbed, "You can''t stop him. Once you irritate him, he will kill you just like all the guards. This monster, he wants to kill off our whole family, if you distract him, you''ll be killed for sure" Kael''s face was full of malice, his expression was twisted, and his eyes were filled with endless rage as he heard their conversation. He said "I know, one day, you''ll try to kill off my entire family so I will take care of you and save myself from any future trouble" Kael gripped Louise from his shoulders with an evil grin on his face. "Ahhhhhhh¡­" As Kael squeezed both his hands with all his might, Louise, whose shoulder bones started producing cracking noise, shrieked loudly. Both the ladies rushed towards Kael in order to protect their brother/ son but they stopped in their tracks when Kael''s gaze fell on them. Kael smiled and said with a raspy voice "Young master Louise, we''ll continue our session after a little while", and released him before walking towards Natalie and her mom. "You!" Louise''s face changed, his expression suddenly became insane, "Both of you run! Leave me and run," he lunged towards Kael in an attempt to stall for some time. Unable to use his hands, he tried to head butt Kael. "Boom!" Kael struck Louise''s chest with the force of a cannonball. Accompanied by the sound of bones shattering, Louise was thrown into the air. When he dropped to the ground, he was already bleeding from the seven orifices in his head. Unable to even move a finger, he stared helplessly at Kael. Louise was just a normal human who was seriously injured as well. Against Kael, who was a demon, he was knocked out with just one blow, without being able to put up even the slightest bit of resistance. "My Sophia was an innocent girl. When you killed her, did you even think about what you were doing? Did you think about how she felt at that time?" Kael sneered. He walked to Louise''s side, then he dragged him and forcefully threw him near Walter, "I need both of you to watch what I''m about to do" Then Kael suddenly sprinted towards Natalie. {WARNING: SEXUAL CONTENT AHEAD, SOFT HEARTS SHOULD MOVE TO THE END OF THE CHAPTER} Her pretty face turned pale, and she screamed, "What are you going to do?" "Obviously, I''m going to fuck you!" Kael grinned and quickly reached Natalie''s side. He opened his hands and moved towards her, forcefully restraining her. *Rip!* Before her mother could even react, Natalie''s bright-colored silk dress was torn to pieces. Her fair skin was quickly revealed to all those present in its full glory, and her beautiful yet voluptuous body was a sight to behold. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Nooo¡­" she shrieked. Her mother covered her with her own body, before pleading, "Please let her go, she is innocent. I will do anything, so let my daughter go!" "Anything?" he grinned. She nodded. He checked the quest panel for time limit before thinking about something. [Time Remaining: 2 hours 40 minutes] "Then strip!" He commanded with a lecherous smile on his face. "Here? Can''t we do it somewhere else?" She asked with tears running down her cheeks. "No, get up here and strip, let your son watch how I fuck you closely" Kael sneered. ¨R¨‘_¨‘¨Q She removed her top before giving it to Natalie to cover herself, who just collapsed there. She slowly removed the rest of her clothes, revealing her sexy, mature body that had aged quite well. Then he forcefully threw her on top of the table, and immediately got on top of her after removing his clothes. He laughed wildly, "Louise, do you remember what I promised you in the Andes? I promised you that I would kill all your family" Louise''s eyes were bloodshot, and he roared in madness, "You are Kael Strider aren''t you? How did you manage to survive? I thought you died in the avalanche along with a large number of my men" "Does it matter how I managed to survive?" Kael said casually. "I curse you for eternal damnation! I swear, as long as I am still alive, I will one day skin you alive and pull out all of your bones! I will make you endure endless desperation and pain for all eternity!" He roared. "You! You''re that guy!" his mother suddenly screamed. She wanted to struggle frantically but found that she couldn''t stir the power in her body at all. "At that time, I was in love with Sophia, and you captured me to get me out of your way but you tortured me for months. You truly have a vicious heart. Today I will kill your whole family, but before that, I will fuck your mom in front of you just like you wanted me to watch you and Sophia" said Kael "Ah!" Louise''s mom screamed the tears of humiliation and grief poured out from her eyes endlessly. "Bitch scream! Your family is watching you while screaming, but they''re screaming miserably and you''re screaming lewdly!" Kael said coldly. Louise was unable to move due to his injuries and he could clearly see his mother screaming painfully under Kael. His expression twisted, he was stricken with grief. At this moment, he felt worse than death. ******************* At the same time while Kael was doing Louise''s mom, somewhere in the United Kingdom a middle aged man was enjoying his coffee when he was disturbed by his phone. Ding! ¨C Ding! ¨C Dang! ¨C Ding! ¨C Ding! ¨C Dang! "Fuck, can''t this elder enjoy his first vacation in centuries, in peace?" he cursed while picking up the phone. "Elder Bain, the Great Council has just received information on a non-human being, killing humans openly. You are requested by the council to deal with him and if he is a human who inherited some non-human inheritance, it is your mission to bring him into the council and help in the transition" an emotionless mechanical voice came from the other end. "Can''t I go after my vacation is over?" He asked. "Elder Bain, you fully understand the consequences better if we don''t reach him first" the voice replied. "Okay, I will go" he then gulped the contents of the cup in one go and flew in the direction of Danville City. 18 Revenge Part 9 When Kael reached climax, a strange power that originated from Louise''s mother traveled through his little brother and started circulating in his entire body like a little stream. As the little stream went through each and every part of his body, it gave Kael a comfortable and relaxing feeling. It circulated in his entire body for a while before hiding somewhere in his body. He also got a notification from the system but he was so concentrated on this little stream that he totally ignored it. Surprisingly, instead of being tired after the tussle, Kael felt energized and refreshed. He then checked Louise''s mom, who had fainted after the tussle between them and her naked body which was quietly lying on the table, turned pale for an unknown reason. Louise had a pale face full of tears and mucus but due to his injuries, he was unable to do anything. Now, he could only gaze at him in hatred whereas Walter just kept his eyes closed, unwilling to witness what was happening. Just as Kael jumped down the table, he heard someone''s footsteps behind him. "Mom" Natalie, who was sobbing in a corner all this while, walked up to her mother and was trying to cover her naked body. "Oh I totally forgot about you," Kael said with a maniacal smile as he started to move towards her. "NO! You promised to let her go" Louise shouted hoarsely while Natalie ran back in order to escape. "No¡­ aulg..." Even Walter tried to shout but started to vomit more blood instead. "It was your mother who thought that I accepted her request, but I didn''t even nod at her proposal," Kael said before grabbing Natalie and ripping her top. Her young, beautiful yet voluptuous body ignited an evil flame in his body and his little brother took his position, seemingly ready for another round of action. "Noooooo¡­" "Kael Strider!..." "Brother help¡­" Not giving a damn about their screams, he forced Natalie to kneel on the table and went at it again as screams of agony, anger, and resentment filled the room along with his moans. A similar little stream came through his little brother and started to circulate in his body when he reached climax. And similar to her mother, Natalie too fainted after turning pale as the stream entered his body. But this stream was much thicker than the previous one and it circulated for longer before vanishing just like the previous one. Similar to previous times, Kael felt energized and refreshed and his little brother stood stronger and taller than before, without any sign of weakness at all. ''Looks like being a demon has its perk as well,'' he thought to himself while smiling. Initially, he only planned on killing Louise''s family but upon hearing about Sophia''s death, he did it to vent his rage. But now, Kael wished to experiment with the little energy stream, so he went at it for a couple of rounds with this daughter and mother duo, who turned paler whereas the little stream became thinner, with each round. He was forced to stop his ''experimentations''. It was not because his stamina couldn''t keep up, instead, it was the notification that stopped him for the most unexpected reasons. *Ding* [Normal Human Killed! Unable to gain Exp from Soul! Storing soul In Storage] ''What the fuck just happened?'' Upon checking, he found that Louise''s mom had stopped breathing while Natalie was breathing raggedly and appeared to be on her last breath as well. ''Was she fucked to death by me?'' he frowned, but he planned on killing her from the beginning, so it wasn''t a big deal. "Look, Louise, I just fucked your mom to death. Hehehehe... I think she died from shame, as she was feeling too much pleasure in front of her family and your sister seems to be having similar feelings as well." Kael then walked up to him and started dragging him along with Walter towards the table, while saying "Come, I am a passionate man so I will let you see them closely" "You are an evil motherfucker." Louise roared, but Walter just kept his silence. "Well, technically I am a mother fucker, after all, I just fucked your mum" Kael replied cheekily. "MOM!... NATALIE!..." Louise shouted in order to wake them up but it was all in vain. "Young master, I had always warned you that too much violence is not good for a guy with a family. Now both of us can see the worst results" Walter said bitterly, in complete resignation to his fate. He then pleaded, "Can you make it quick for the young mistress? Please don''t force her to suffer more, after all, she is innocent" "Why not?" Kael replied as he picked up a gun from one of the dead bodies. He then shot Natalie in the head as he managed to aim correctly due to the short distance between them. "No¡­ no¡­ nono¡­. Hu asn¡­ sdj¡­ jas {1}" Louise started to mutter incoherently upon seeing his sister dead. Watching him mentally break down due to the loss of his mother and sister, Kael decided that he had taken his revenge. As such, Kael shot him as well as Walter a couple of times. *Ding* [You have completed ''The Trial of Acceptance Quest: Part->2. Take Revenge'' Time Remaining: 13 minutes and 41 seconds] [You have completed ''The Trial of Acceptance Quest''] [Completion rewards will soon be given to the Divine Apostle by the High Goddess of Death, Nebthet.] [64 Normal Human Souls Stored] He released a sigh of relief as he saw the time remaining. It was a close call for him as he was too engrossed in his ''experiments'' and lost track of time. [Divine Apostle will be ready for teleportation through space ¨C time teleportation array in ten seconds please be ready] Different words and symbols that emitted light in seven different colors, started to appear on the ground and space just above him. These symbols and words appeared alive to him and just like tadpoles they were moving around in a chaotic manner. Soon seven lights from these symbols and words became so bright that Kael was forced to close his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he found himself flying past the space filled with nothing but darkness. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. There was complete darkness around him. Surprisingly he didn''t feel hungry or thirsty on his way. After an unknown period of time, a grey blob appeared in front of him. As an unknown force kept him flying towards this blob, he was unable to guess its size but he was sure that the blob was at least as big as Earth when he reached closer to it. And just as he was about to bump into it, a hole appeared in the blob and he was sucked into it. 19 Netherworld A hole of 3 meters in diameter appeared on the surface of the blob and Kael was sucked into it. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Just as he passed through the hole, a bird''s eye view of a barren world devoid of any plant life, littered with bones and withered trees greeted him. *Ding* [Welcome to the planner world ''Netherworld'', the Divine World of High Goddess of Death, Nebthet] Upon hearing this, Kael asked in confusion, "What is a Divine World and isn''t netherworld another name for hell?" [A Divine World, is a planner world created by a Divine Being to gain true divinity and become a true god] [Netherworld was created by the High Goddess Nebthet, after she ascended from hell. After the creation of this planner world, her priests started preaching to their followers that they would be allowed to enter the Netherworld in the afterlife if they were her devote believers. In her honor, the name of the headquarters of her church was changed to Netherworld but after millions of years, normal people of Material World and other worlds forgot about the real Netherworld, only remembering the Netherworld in hell. After all, High Goddess Nebthet is the goddess of death, so only undead and necromancers worship her] "Can you ¡­." Before Kael could even ask anything else, he was interrupted by the system. [Divine Apostle does not have the authority to access more information] "Can you at least explain to me what a planner world is?" Kael asked while smiling wryly. [A planner world is a world created outside the Material World, which means that they are created in the Void. Usually, they are created by utilizing materials from Material World to shorten the construction cost as well as time.] [Planner Worlds can also exist inside the body of the expert''s ancient races, who lives in the void. Divine Apostle belongs to one of these ancient races.] "I am a hum¡­ Chaos Demon. This means I can have a world like this inside¡­." Kael didn''t even try to imagine how big his body had to be to accommodate even the smallest small world inside it. While Kael was busy daydreaming, the mysterious force that was moving him started to slow down as another force started to pull him. ******* Kael was woken from his daydreaming by some screeching sounds, after an unknown period of time As he looked down, Kael saw a bunch of skeletons fighting each other while running in the same direction as him. There were different types of skeletons, some of them looked like a human skeleton while others were of different animals and monsters, and some were humongous while others were small. There was one similarity that Kael could observe and that was the fact that there was a creepy green flame burning in their skulls. ''They are just like the skeletons depicted in games I used to play'' Kael thought to himself. As he flew ahead, he saw different types of creatures like zombies, ghouls, semi-transparent ghosts and many other well known undead, as well as creatures that were completely different from ones he had seen in games and movies. A large number of them were fighting each other while others were either chewing bones or being chewed by others. There were also various types of plants as well, but Kael was sure that they were totally different from the plants he knew due to the fact that he saw a black withered tree gobbling up an entire skeleton in one bite when it came near the tree. There were also various small plants and grass but they were either white, black or grey, that grew upon rotting corpses of unknown creatures. "This is one hell of a scary place, even the undead are not safe here" [These are creatures of death race, and belong to a different race altogether. They are born from the remains of living beings that are contaminated by a large amount of death qi or Mana and undead that people of your world imagined are inspired by this race ¡­.] Kael listened to the system as he flew across various terrains, all formed from grey earth or black water. Soon an enormous black palace constructed on the black and white ground appeared in front of him, although the word ''enormous'' was used to describe this palace, Kael thought that this palace was too big to even use enormous to describe it. The size of the palace could be easily guessed by seeing the main gate due to the fact that it was large enough to force Mt. Everest to die from ''short man syndrome''. So it was quite acceptable for Kael, a two meter tall Chaos demon to be dumbfounded by the sheer size of it. As he came closer to the palace he was able to tell that the black and white surroundings of the palace were skeletons wearing black armor, some of them were nest to half rotted horses mixed with a large number of semitransparent people. A large number of them were silently kneeling towards the palace, while others were slowly chanting something in a strange rhythm. "They are the devote worshipers of the Goddess" said a hoarse voice that came from the palace. When Kael looked ahead, he saw a massive bone dragon flying towards him from the palace. "Welcome to the Netherworld, Divine Apostle. Please allow me to escort you to the goddess" The bone dragons said as his pure white bone shone from the pair of moons as big as the sun. Yup! You read it right. Due to the fact that death race prefers cold moonlight than sunlight, the High Goddess of Death, Nebthet created this planner world without sun only a couple of massive moons. After admiring the lustrous bones of the bone dragon for some time, Kael slowly landed on Bone dragons spin (back). The dragon flew towards the palace ignoring all the kneeling skeletons and ghosts. On his way, Kael saw similar bone dragons acting as guards of the palace though their bones were duller than the bones of his ride. When he passed the main gate, he felt like an ant entering a god''s palace. The bone dragon dropped Kael in front of a door that had been carved with many mysterious symbols. "Please go inside" the dragon said humbly 20 High Goddess Nebthe Kael was dropped in front of a massive door that had been carved with many mysterious symbols. "Divine Apostle, please go inside," the bone dragon said humbly as he retreated from the palace. Kael was nervous because he was meeting a goddess, who created the planner world he was standing inside. After amassing all of his courage, he looked at the massive door to find a method to open it but he only saw the mysterious symbols and words that were swimming inside the door like small fishes. "Are these symbols similar to the Space ¨C Time teleportation array?" Kael asked the system as he tried to touch the symbols on the door. [These symbols are called Runes and ones on the Space ¨C Time teleportation array were far more complicated than those on the door but Divine Apostle should acquire higher authority to access more information about the Runes] Just as Kael shifted his focus from the massive door to the system, the Runes on the massive door vanished and the door opened silently. Upon seeing this, Kael walked inside the door which led to an enormous hall which was more than a Kilometer long, illuminated by fist-size beautiful orbs that were floating near the ceiling of the hall. A massive white throne, at least 50 meters high and 10 meters wide was placed at the end of the hall. Due to his enhanced eyesight, he was somewhat able to see a woman in a black tunic skirt floating in a cross-legged position with black bat-like wings protruding from her back which somehow enhanced her beauty. Her black hair was silky smooth and her skin was more delicate than the best jade. This was the perfect lady. This was Kael''s first thought when he saw her. This kind of perfection was not just the perfection of looks, but the kind of perfection that no flaws could be found. She was completely flawless in all aspects. "Thank you, Goddess, for inviting me to your Divine World. I am Kael Strider, the hum¡­ Chaos Demon from Earth," his voice echoed in the hall, but it received no response. There was complete silence inside the hall. The woman floating on the throne remained still as though she wasn''t able to hear him. "Thank you, High Goddess Nebthet, for inviting me to your Divine World!" Kael shouted out once more. This time, even louder. Yet, there was still no response. The hall returned to silence once more. Kael was hesitant but he remembered the legends about Gods on Earth. Is she listening to the prayers of her believers? Could it be that the system brought me here without her consent? Impossible! "This is not a place where you should shout. Even if you are my Divine Apostle, you should wait for me to wake up, instead of disturbing my sleep," Kael heard a cold voice that came from the throne''s direction. The moment Kael heard this voice, he trembled in fear. It was as though High Goddess''s faint noise was enough to seriously injure him. Blood rushed out of his mouth as his heart started to beat as loud as a drum. He only calmed down after some time. "You have completed the task! Well, it is to be expected from a Chaos Demon, though you are just an infant from a branch family," she said emotionlessly while glaring at him. Kael felt as if he was stripped naked in front of the Goddess just by the glare of her. "Come forward," she said. Kael helplessly walked towards her as she started to explain, "A contract was made between us when you full-filled all the conditions for activating the system set by me. According to which you will act as my representative in the planner wars as well as give me souls of the people you kill, in return, I will provide you with Origin Qi in the form of Exp according to the quality of soul along with some treasure" As she said, she flicked her delicate looking wrist and a ball of red light suddenly appeared in the air and started moving towards Kael at lightning speed. Before Kael could even understand what was happening the red light struck directly in the center of his eyebrows and was absorbed by his body. *Ding* [Divine Apostle is officially accepted as High Goddess Nebthet''s third and last Divine Apostle] [There were 23.8 billion souls of various cultivation, and races that were sacrificed to activate the System which was housed inside the Soul Integrating Crystal Ball.] [As per the agreement with the creator of all the systems, the Ancient God of Wisdom. High Goddess Nebthet will reward Divine Apostle, something that is worth about 13,566,964,073,968 Exp] "So it''s more than 13.56 Trillion Exp," Nebthet exclaimed before continuing, "You are still an infant, so I will give you something that will guide you on the same path as your Chaos Ancestors." "¡­." Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. "Come with me." She commanded as she started to fly towards the exit of the hall. "?" Kael could not understand how he was supposed to follow her. But he soon understood what she meant. *Shoo* The part of the floor he was standing on, started to float before it started following her. As both of them flew towards the interior of the palace, as they approached a wall and a black arch door slowly & silently appeared on it, it was similarly filled with Runes. The door opened automatically as she approached it, and they flew in. Inside was a pitch-black hollow space without a trace of light. But with a snap of her fingers, the black space was illuminated. The treasury. This was no doubt a treasury of a goddess. The whole space was filled with a large number of shiny crystals of a different color, the smallest of which was as big as elephants. There was also a large amount of expensive-looking jewelry and weapons like swords, blades, spears, etc. Some of them even had colored clouds of mist floating around them. Nebthet walked to a corner where a lot of luxurious looking chests were placed on racks and searched around, finding a very sophisticated looking black & red metal chest. "Come here." She waved at Kael. Kael flew over. Although he did not know what she was up to actually, he knew she would not harm him, after all, if a goddess like her wanted to harm him, he would have died countless times by now. "Drink it." Nebthet opened the black & red metal chest. Inside the metallic chest was a test tube full of dark red fluid. She held it up and passed it to Kael. Kael accepted the test tube. He then composed himself and looked at it. ''It did not seem harmful, so it should be alright¡­'' He thought so in his mind. *Gulp* Kael opened the test tube and emptied it inside his mouth. Before Kael could even let out a breath, he felt as if a large number of scolding hot lava streams emerged from his stomach and were rushing straight for his heart and brain. Before they could reach his heart and brain, *Boom!* The lava streams exploded and Kael lost consciousness. 21 True Chaos Ancestors Inheritance When Kael woke up, he found himself in the vacuum of space. He tried to move around but he was unable to do so after some time he understood that he was trapped inside a gigantic red humanoid body but unlike his own body this one had a pair of black wings with mysterious starry patterns on them and a crown made from ten dark red horns that grew from his skull. He soon understood that this was the memory of his ''Chaos Ancestors''. According to the memory, these were the memories of the first Chaos Demon, who was later worshipped as The True Chaos Ancestor {1} by the Chaos Demons after he became a God. The True Chaos Ancestor felt hungry after some time, so he flew towards the nearest star. "It''s not a fruit, it''s a fucking star! Don''t go near it! You will die!" Kael shouted but it was to no avail after all this was a memory, not reality. All the sensations that the True Chaos Ancestor was feeling were transmitted to Kael like heat radiated from the star and it made him feel that the True Chaos Ancestor was trying to commit suicide by diving into the Star. "Noooooo¡­" The True Chaos Ancestor came near it and opened his hands wide before opening his mouth. A suction force started to well up in his mouth, and just like a black hole, the plasma in the star started to move towards the mouth and entered it without affecting the True Chaos Ancestor in any way. The plasma slowly moved towards the stomach but before it could even reach the stomach, it was sucked by the heart of the True Chaos Ancestor. Kael was able to clearly ''see'' the movement of the plasma through the body as if he was watching it flow through a glass sheet instead of True Chaos Ancestor''s body. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Inside the heart, there was a massive space that was millions of light years wide at the very least, as if there was a different world inside the heart. More than one fourth of the area in this space was taken by a Super Massive Blackhole that was spinning very fast. The rest of the space was occupied by a world that was just below the Super Massive black hole but the world had a peculiar vibe to it as there were only seven colors in this world without any life in it. "What are those seven colors? They are the same colors as in the Runes in the Space-Time Teleportation Array." [Ding! The Seven Colors are the seven types of basic Qi. Qi is divided into Elemental Qi of Air (Green), Water (Blue), Earth (Brown) and Fire (Red), Opposing Qi of Light (White) and Darkness (Black) and the judgmental Qi of Lightning (Purple)] [There are three more types of Qi, Elusive Qi of Life (White or Cream {2}) and Death (Grey) and the purest form of Qi that is the Origin Qi which is invisible. Although they were not found that easily in the world.] [Divine Apostle should acquire higher authority to access more information about the last three types of Qi] After getting the answer from the system, Kael returned his focus to the plasma which was sucked into the Super Massive black hole. After a long period of time the Super Massive Blackhole gobbled up the entirety of the star, Seven streams of Air Qi, Water Qi, Earth Qi, Fire Qi, Light Qi, Darkness Qi, and Lightning Qi were released by it. All the streams were absorbed by the world below, but there were no apparent changes in it. "The entirety of the star was absorbed by the black hole and the world but it could only satiate the hunger of the True Chaos Ancestor. Is this the difference between the might of Mortals and Gods?" At the same time as the release of the seven Qi, an invisible warm current was also secreted from the black hole that was absorbed by the body of True Chaos Ancestor. Kael wanted to ask about the invisible warm current from the system but he waited as wanted to concentrate on the memories. Kael saw the True Chaos Ancestor devour planets and stars as he flew across space. True Chaos Ancestor would occasionally encounter stars that would explode in resistance, but that was nothing different from drinking a soda, they were just bubbles bursting in its mouth, bringing about little to no threat. The time was meaningless to the True Chaos Ancestor as the immense gravitational force from the Super Massive Blackhole had distorted time already. Multiple years passed, even Kael did not know how many years. Strange creatures started appearing one by one on the planets that the True Chaos Ancestor devoured. Some of these creatures looked hideous while others were beautiful humanoids, but all of them possess strong powers. Even the weakest one of them was capable of breaking apart a star. The number of these creatures gradually increased. At first, all they did was observe the True Chaos Ancestor quietly, but after he devoured a couple of their planets, they left him alone. But it was not long before they returned, and this time around they were stronger than before. They started a massive war against the True Chaos Ancestor and this war lasted for decades as they would use their numerical advantage to tie the True Chaos Ancestor while concentrating their attacks on him. These kinds of fights were liberating and exhilarating to the True Chaos Ancestor. Gradually, he realized that the number of these creatures were decreasing so after killing all the powerful creatures he could find. He left the Material world to find more powerful beings along with almost all of his descendants, leaving only a few behind who were unwilling to leave the Material world. "THIS WAS THE ABILITY OF US, CHAOS DEMONS. TO DEVOUR EVERYTHING PLANETS, STARS AND PLANNER WORLDS ONE BY ONE WAS TO REPLENISH OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND FURTHER INCREASE OUR POWERS" While the True Chaos Ancestor was moving further and further away from the Material World, Kael heard a noble yet powerful voice in his head as a vast amount of knowledge was poured into his brain. Though he didn''t see his lips moving, Kael was sure that this was The True Chaos Ancestor who transmitted his inheritance to him. *Hu* All of sudden, Kael woke up only to find himself in the same massive hall where he met the goddess Nebthet. 22 Extermination Kael woke up in the massive hall, in the palace of the high goddess Nebthet. Before Kael could even process what he gained in the inheritance, everything in the hall suddenly went dark, he felt as if he had fallen directly into the bottom of the abyss. "Were you successful in inheriting his legacy?" The massive white throne right in front of him was the only thing visible in the darkness as he heard high goddess Nebthet''s voice inside his head. "I think I was able to gain the legacy" Kael understood that the knowledge that appeared in his brain was the legacy so he calmed down. "It seems that you truly turned into a Chaos Demon" Nebthet then asked softly, "What did you see in the memories?" "¡­." Kael did not understand how he was supposed to describe everything that happened to her as they were decades worth of memories, if not centuries as such he described the main events and skimmed through the rest. After listening to everything Nebthet sighed. "Can I ask you something?" Kael asked. Seeing Nebthet nod, Kael asked "The True Chaos Ancestor was so powerful, so why are the Chaos Demons in hell so weak, after all, they all had his abilities? And why did the devouring abilities of Chaos Demons deteriorate so much?" Nebthet replied without any hesitation, "Without the protection of your True Chaos Ancestor, the descendants who choose to stay behind, were hunted down for the cultivation techniques passed down by True Chaos Ancestor along with devouring ability by his enemies and greedy characters but no one other than Chaos Demons could cultivate that cultivation technique" "But in order to prevent future issues to arise as a result of this hunt they slaughtered any Chaos Demon they could find, as they feared that someone from the remaining Chaos Demons can become as strong as the True Chaos Ancestor" "Few tried to escape prosecution along with their children by hiding in Hell but their plan was doomed to fail." "On their way to Hell, they were surrounded. Seeing their end near, adults choose to act as the meat shield in order to give their children a chance to escape" "Only a small portion of kids managed to reach Hell safely but their legacy was lost so no one went hunting for them and after thousands of years, Adone a cultivating genius gathered all the Chaos Demons together to establish the Chaos Empire unknown of the hidden danger of such actions by rediscovering some of the devouring abilities of Chaos Demons" "Adone''s creation of Chaos Empire and rediscovery of devouring abilities scared some powerful beings who participated in the extermination of the Chaos Demons thus they used activation of my Soul Devouring Crystal Ball which housed the system as a front to exterminate the remaining Chaos Demons." "After all it could be easily activated by someone as long as he / she can resurrect after being slain by it. I did this to make sure that no one other than beings from the Death Race could use the system" "Who are these enemies? Where they related to the Angels from Heaven" Kael could not control his curiosity after seeing the Chaos Demons in the memories of True Chaos Ancestor and listening to Nebthet''s story. "There are some things that could only be known by those who possess the ability to protect that knowledge." Nebthet coldly glared at him before continuing: "When you are strong enough, the system will give you higher authority to access this information along with knowledge about other things as well." "After all the system gains all its knowledge from its creator, the Ancient God of Wisdom" "Now that you are aware of all this, you should return to the Material World and try to become as strong as possible in a year as well as deal with your mortal attachments in the Material World" *Ding* Just as she completed her sentence, Kael heard a familiar sound in his head. [A Necessary Quest has been generated as per the command of the High Goddess of Death, Nebthet.] "Now it''s a Necessary Quest, unlike the previous Trial of Acceptance Quest" Kael looked at the text on the screen for some time and more information on the quest appeared before his eyes. [Necessary Quest: Primary Objective -> Deal with all the mortal attachments in the Material World] Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. [Divine Apostle is emotionally attached to the life forms in the Material World. Apostle is required to complete his obligations and end these attachments as he is no longer a human being and these emotional attachments will create obstacles in Divine Apostle''s future path to strength as he is not strong enough to protect them. If Divine Apostle does not follow this instruction, it will result in the death of all the mortals who have emotional attachments with Divine Apostle. The number of emotional attachments left in the Material World: 5 Number of emotional attachments shattered: 0 Secondary Objective -> Became as Strong as Possible Divine Apostle is too weak to be called a Divine Apostle as such he should become as strong as possible during his stay in the Material World Time Remaining: 1 Year] ''What the fuck! Why can''t I have some familial relations?'' Kael wanted to scream in retaliation but he was sure that it would anger high goddess Nebthet, so he dared to grumble only in his mind. He understood that he was only an ant in front of truly strong beings but it didn''t mean he should stay away from his family. [Divine Apostle please be ready for teleportation through Space ¨C Time Teleportation Array in ten seconds] Runes that emit light in seven different colors representing seven types of Qi i.e. Air Qi, Water Qi, Earth Qi, Fire Qi, Light Qi, Darkness Qi, and Lightning Qi started to appear on the ground and space just above him. Soon the Qi from these Runes became so bright that Kael was forced to close his eyes. 23 Hope and Fear [Space ¨C Time Teleportation Array shifts the space ¨C time continuum to travel, which means it takes less than a second to move through it. It felt like it took months due to the fact that Divine Apostle has very low cultivation level] [And you felt like you spent centuries watching the memories of the True Chaos Ancestor because of your low level of spiritual cultivation but that was an illusion created by the True Chaos Ancestor to easily transfer the inheritance to his descendants. High Goddess Nebthet also used her divine powers to help you survive the process without any side effects. Thus you only left the planet for a couple of minutes] When Kael opened his eyes, he found himself standing in the hall of the Hammer mansion as the system showed the all technicality of the teleportation as well as explaining that only a couple of minutes had passed since his departure from Earth which also explained why everything in the hall was the same as to the time he had left the world. The hall was filled with mangled corpses and body parts along with numerous dark red puddles of blood on the floor. On the twenty meters long table, lay the ghostly pale dead bodies of the mother-daughter duo and Louise''s corpse lay near the table. The scene looked too traumatizing for most, fortunately, Kael wasn''t slightly affected by this, which greatly scared Kael. \"Have I truly turned into a cold-blooded monster?\" Kael muttered. \"Well, it doesn''t matter what happens to me. It was all worth it for my revenge but what am I supposed to do now that I have achieved my goal?\" From the torturous pain of the throne to the encounter with the High Goddess Nebthet everything happened as if it was part of some Web novel and he thought that just like MCs of the novels he would be able to live peacefully with Sophia after taking his revenge. After all, who gives a damn about taking revenge for some old monster and his race nor was it his responsibility to work for some goddess and harvest souls for Exp or Origin Qi or whatever. But novels have a bad habit of sugar-coating everything that enables them to come to a ''happy ending'' but reality doesn''t sugar coat things. And the news of Sophia''s death was like a slap that woke Kael up to the cruelty of reality. His eyes became watery as he started to reminisce about all the time he spent with Sophia and as he remembered her otherworldly beauty and gentle smile that could change a gloomy day to a happy one, a dangerous thought came to his mind. \"Without Sophia is there any point in living? I can''t even go back to my family or they will also consider me a monster just like everyone else\" *Ding* Just as he started to think about ending his life a sound stopped him from going on a path to the grave less death. [A Live Quest has been generated as per the conditions set by the High Goddess of Death Nebthet.] [Live Quest: Objective -> Locate the Elder of The Great Council and seek his asylum before Mortal organizations reach you] [Divine Apostle is currently in the Material World. It is necessary for the Apostle to stay away from the reaches of Mortal Organizations or Apostle would end up on a dissection table as you are too weak to even wrestle with kids of your race. If Divine Apostle does not follow this instruction, it will result in the death of Apostle by Dissection and it will also result in failure of Necessary Quest. Time Remaining: 10 minute] [Keeping your current predicament and strength into mind, the ability to transform into the human will be rewarded to you and as compensation, the system will not provide you with any reward for this quest as well as deduct the reward of the Trial of Acceptance Quest] [The souls stored in the system have also been converted into Exp] [Please check your status for more information] The threat of failing the Necessary Quest stopped Kael from finding his ''peace'' as he wasn''t willing to let his family suffer for him. \"Status\" he said. [Status: Healthy Name: Kael Strider Race: Chaos Demon (Infant) Level: 0 + Exp: 64 Exp required to Level up: 10 Type: None Title: Apostle of High Goddess of Death Nebthet Lifespan: 500 years Age: 21 years Strength: 5 Agility: 4 Stamina: 4.9 Vitality: 6 Intelligence: 4 Spirit Energy:? Mana/Qi: 14 (Available points to distribute: 0) -Chaotic Soul (Available Skill points to distribute: 0) Passive skills: -Humanoid Transformation Active skills: -None.] There were many changes in his status like the addition of Exp and a \"+\" sign button appeared in front of the level but what interested Kael more was the Transformation skill. And as he touched the Transformation skill, a description appeared in front of his eyes. [Passive skills: Transformation -> Allows Apostle to transform into a Humanoid of their choosing] Seeing that the system will provide more information about the skill, he tried to check his Racial Skill whose name scared him. [Racial Skills: Chaotic Soul -> Allows the Apostle to see the truth of the world without being affected by any falsehood or illusions and remain calculative without being affected by any emotion in any situation, while also allowing an affinity with the seven type of Qi of Chaos (This skill is unable to fully show its effects as it is lacking support of Qi)] ''Does that mean I will lose all of my emotions when I start cultivating the skills in the inheritance of The True Chaos Ancestor?'' This Chaotic Soul Skill scared Kael as he feared that it would turn him into an emotionless monster, after all, only emotions that differentiate humans from ''Monsters''. Kael who saw the hope of meeting his family after reading the description of Transformation skill was truly scared because of this Chaotic Soul Skill, as it would turn Kael into a monster. \"At least, I can meet my family with the skill\" Hope, one of the most powerful emotions powered him to bear with the loss of the love of his life and try to protect his family from the shitty system because he was sure that the system would surely kill his family if he fails the Quest. \"chuf\" \"chuf\" \"chuf\" Just as Kael strengthens his resolve, he is disturbed by a loud noise that was coming closer to him.