《trust is venom》 last mistake, second life ¡°Where is the prisoner?¡± ¡°He is on the way my king.¡± ¡°Make him come faster, today is his day after all.¡± The king laughed. On the place in front of the castle a crowd had been gathered and the king and the other nobles were sitting on a stage made especially for this occasion. Today, they would kill a ¡°traitor¡± to the kingdom. A man known for his strength and loyalty by the people. As they chatted about how to share his possession, the guard finally arrived on the execution platform. The man was bulky but wore only rags. His face was bruised like the rest of his body, his stature dwarfed the guard that brought him here. As they finally reached the center of the platform, they pushed him on his knees while a man stood in front of him with a piece a paper open. This man that was called the virtuous knight was a 2 meter tall and bulky man. He was known for his strength equal to ten men. The people around the platform all looked uneasy in front of such a spectacle but none of them dared to say anything. Even if they were used to this kind of spectacle they never expected THIS man to be here. Next to the king a woman was smiling devilishly. She looked at the man with a mix of pity and hatred. When the crowd finally stopped speaking, the man with the paper finally spoke. ¡°Citizen, by royal decree, today, the traitorous knight will be executed for the cited reasons: treason, murder and rape. As a proof the princess herself will give a testimony in front of the priest. If she ever were to lie, her life would end.¡± As he finished his speech, the woman came in front of the stage with teary eyes. ¡°This man raped me! He killed my fianc¨¦ an-and¡­.¡± She didn¡¯t finish her speech and fell on her knee crying. The man was looking at her, shock on his face, how could she say that, how could his wife slander him that way. They spent twelve years together but he never imagined she would do that to him. The king stood up and hugged her. If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°Hear me people, this so called virtuous knight is nothing but a fiend. We trusted him but he sold information to our enemy to get money, and perpetuate atrocious deed.¡± The citizen, angered by the so called revelation took the rock on the ground and began to trow it at the ¡°fiend¡±. He tried to speak but the rain of rock kept him from doing so. The people he protected, the people he knew and fought for, they now hated him. His king, his wife¡­ they betrayed him. He wasn¡¯t a fool he understood why they did it but never expected them to do it. Who could have thought that his most trusted people would betray him¡­ The pain of the rock made him face the ground. He didn¡¯t cry, he couldn¡¯t. He could only look at the ground and stare at it blankly. He trusted them and his trust was used against him. This lesson would be his last one. As he thought about that, the executioner brought down his axe and the world darkened. His last thought was filled with regret and hate. Meanwhile the nobles were laughing and the people in joy. ~~in another reality~~ ¡°How did the summoning go?¡± A young woman bowed to the necromancer and cried. ¡°I-I¡¯m sorry master!!! I made a m-mistake in the rune spelling¡­.¡± The old man pinched his nose and frowned. ¡°what kind of mistake?¡± She bowed again, crying. ¡°I misspelled ¡°obedience¡± and ¡°place¡± ¡° Hearing this the old man became red from anger. He brought his hand to the young girl face and in a flash reduced her to cinder. ¡°You fool¡­ Who know what kind of monstrosity roam the world now but much worse than that, hundred years of natural mana wasted ¡­. ¡° Meanwhile, in a forest, a man in full black armour and golden ornament was lying on the ground, unconscious. the hunter ¡°Hum? It¡¯s already that late?¡± The knight in black armor woke up. He looked at the sky and saw that the twin moon were already high in the sky. At his feet, a squirrel was sleeping. It had two tails and three eyes. Seeing the man move, the small beast jumped on him and posted itself on his shoulder. *Squeaq* ¡°I know idlu, I should hurry home.¡± He stood up, took the claymore and went in direction of the village. It took him a few hours to reach it. The village was simple. Since it was far from the front and small, they had no problem with warrior and bandits. As he entered the village, a few kids rand to him and tried to catch the small squirrel. The small animal tried its hardest but got caught in the end to the greatest pleasure of the kid that were now sitting on the ground petting him. The knight saw his small companion and smiled. The houses were made of rock and wheat. One could call those house simple and they would be right. After a few minutes he finally reached his house. It was made with greater effort and was really different from the rest. The walls were made of pure stone and the ceiling with wood and wheat. Since this man was a knight sent here for retirement, they made him a decent house and left him to rot here. Inside a woman was cooking with a small girl in her arm. The knight took of his armor and went behind her. He hugged her and kissed her cheek. ¡°What did you make?¡± The woman smiled and kissed him back. ¡°stew. How did it go?¡± The man took his daughter and while hugging her frowned. ¡°I couldn¡¯t found him. Even with the scroll his highness gave me this dragonkin is undetectable.¡± Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Upon hearing this, his wife came next to him and rested her head on his chest. ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry, after all he never attacked anyone or made contact with us. Even when I saw him, he was just drinking at the river and when he sensed me, he disappeared.¡± The knight raised an eyebrow. ¡°I didn¡¯t know you saw him, why didn¡¯t you tell me?¡± The woman sighed and took back her daughter in her arms. ¡°I ¡­. I don¡¯t know. When I saw him I thought it was a child that lost his way but when I approached him, I remarked his tail and pupils. I wanted to ran away but then he saw me. The way he looked at me¡­ It was full of disdain¡­ ¡° ¡°Then why didn¡¯t you tell me?¡± ¡°He looked so much like a child¡­.¡± The man hugged her again and sighed. His wife was full of good intention and way too caring with others. ¡°I know, even the description made it to be a youngling. That¡¯s why we must catch him before a slave trader do. Dragonkin are extinct, if we let them catch him, who now what would happen to him, even worse, how would the demi-human alliance react. While we never had good relation it would worsen it to the point of being at war¡­.¡± The both of them looked at their daughter. They didn¡¯t want for her to experiment war. The man took a chair and sat. ¡°Enough bad thinking for today, how did it go while I was away?¡± The two began to speak about the state of the village and the future marriage. Unknown to them, the dragonkin heard everything. secret mission, mysterious tribe Damn, already 40 readers, it makes me shy somehow and five follow, I¡¯m getting dizzy :9. Just so you know, I¡¯m a fan of plot twist and this story (as I have already prepared everything) will be full of it. You may think you understand how I will start it but you¡¯re so far from the truth ¡­. My mind is like a broken mirror, you can try to put the piece together but in the end, I¡¯m the only one that know the place of each pieces (I think). Thank you all, here goes chapter 3. Human~ so arrogant, full of themselves Near the house of the knight, the dragonkin was listening to their story. While he had the appearance of a child, he was two hundred years old. Look can lead to mistake. As if we could disappear, the strongest race of this world hmpf¡­ He retreated in the forest and sat in a meditating pose at the base of an old tree. His elders sent him in the human country to investigate a sudden surge of power. Something they only experienced when the human tried to summon a hero. Every time, it would end in a gruesome fight against the human army and their hero. As hero, it means overpowered human, a human with so much power it was ridiculous. The first time the human did so, they suffered enormous loss and had no choice but retreat but after that, they also summoned their own hero. The situation became complicated, when their heroes fought, they destroyed everything around them. Even the humans were not fouls, if they won with so much devastation, it would be the same as loosing. After the second ¡°holy¡± war, they asked for a cease fire and a conference. The beast men elder accepted and so they met. It ended with a treaty of non-interference. While they upholder theur part, the humans took some liberty and they had to deal with the human slaver. When they confronted them with this problem, they claimed it was the beast men fault and insulted them. Angered, the elder then made the choice to kill every human unmarried to a beast man or beast woman on their country and throw them in the sea. The humans took that as a declaration of war and began to prepare for war. The elders sent him here to see if they finally summoned their so called hero. For what I saw and heard, they don¡¯t have enough mana yet, maybe ten years or twenty who now¡­ The dragonkin stood up and throw a stone on the ground, a portal appeared and he went past it. The portal than disappeared and only the sound of the wind and animals could be heard. On top of a tree, a crow was watching the scene with interest. When the portal completely disappeared, the bird flew to the ground, grasped the stone and flew away. ~~~~a few month later in a human school~~~~ Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. ¡°Master did you found anything about this new tribe?¡± An old man and his disciple were searching through old books in an old library. ¡°Nothing, no trace of them anywhere¡­. How could we miss such human¡­¡±? Since the explosion of energy a few days ago, a few knight had been dispatched in the whole country to found anything they could about it. Somehow one of them had been to the northern part of the continent because of some merchant swearing to have seen human stronger than everything he ever saw. His mission lasted two months and he reported strange event. On his way, he saw a group of people, probably nomad, travelling. What troubled him was their way of speaking. He never heard such language and the way they were dressed was also strange. While their women were covered with clothes to keep warm with the cold weather, the men only had some kind of pant and war paint of them. He observed them a few days and was about to leave when he saw a slaver caravan stop and prepare for an assault on those people. He thought they would be killed since the slaver had more than 200 men and they were fifty at most but what happened next surprised him. One of the ¡°savage¡± went down his horse and howled. His whole body got covered in black fur and he became like a wolf beast man. The only difference was his height which was taller than the beast men and the way it happened, when he transformed, the knight swore he saw a woman, no a goddess, embrace the warrior. When the transformation ended, the savage warrior took a strange looking sword off his horse and jumped in the slaver men. It was a carnage. He killed them all while his people simply watched while talking incomprehensible language. The massacre took only five minutes to end. When all of their enemy died, the man that transformed, went back to his people and went back to his human form. They spoke between them a few hours before going farther to the north. The knight was surprised. The few days he observed them, they were peaceful, hunting and fishing, he never thought they could be this strong. When the king heard of the report, he sent more men to search for this tribe, if he could somehow add them to his army, he would have a trump card that could maybe realise with a hero. Sadly, the knight found nothing, no trace and no tribe, as if they disappeared in thin air. They thought the knight lied but story of hunter meeting them by accident farther at the north proved the knight story. A clan of ¡°human¡± living like beast men and stronger than them. The king made the order to found them no matter the cost and bring them to him, peacefully or forcefully if necessary. Thus, the search for this strange tribe began. truth finally revealed but... what? "Here he is again¡­¡± A man in marine¡¯s uniforms sighed and looked down. In front of him, sitting against a wall on the deck. This man had the same uniform beside his epaulet. While he had three stars on his, this man had five of them. He was younger than him and everyone under his order but still was the highest officer. ¡°Admiral, are you writing again?¡± The man quickly looked up but returned at his paper as fast. ¡°Yes.¡± The old first went next to him and took the paper. As he began to read it, a frown formed on his face. ¡°Again with you MC absent story? Indian, dragon, knight¡­ Do you know how frustrating it is for the one that read your story?¡± The young man smirked and kept writing. ¡°It¡¯s exactly why I¡¯m writing it this way. Just imagine when I finally reveal the MC or the MC absence. It¡¯s not like anyone will read it anyway. ¡°I¡¯M READING IT! And your last story frustrated me so much that I had to go to the gym room to punch the bag!¡± The young admiral slightly laughed and stopped writing. ¡°We have the strongest ship ever made, four main turrets able to destroy a village of 100 000 souls in one volley, a dock with tank, jeep, attack and transport helicopter and more importantly a DCA and radar at the top of the technology. Yet, they sent us far from the front line.¡± The old man sat down, putting the paper on the desk and looked at the ship from the window. ¡°Kanan, you know why we are here. We don¡¯t have enough men to spare on this ship and even if the two of us can fully operate it thank to the new tech they put on, they won¡¯t use it and wait for the right time.¡± The young man frowned and put down his cap, revealing the face of a young man with an almond face, green eyes and black hair. ¡°It¡¯s all about politic¡­ They know they need to use this ship but the ¡°good¡± guy can¡¯t use such destructive power¡­. They are fucking hypocrite, they know we are the only answer to our current war yet they won¡¯t use this ship¡­.¡± The old man closed his eyes and waited, usually he would rant but this time he just used one sentence. It really was unusual. ¡°Anyway, I won¡¯t complain since I can use my free time to write¡­¡± The conversion ended on such comment and the two men simply sat in silence, one writing, the other watching the sea and enjoying the wind. The time went on and both of them went to sleep when the night finally came, activating the guard protocol. ~the same night~ *Tweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* ¡°Nghhh, what the fuck¡­.¡± As he slowly woke up and got dressed, a pale window opened in front of him. [Enemy fleet detected, requesting shipmaster for main weapon firing] So it¡¯s finally time.. He pressed on the transparent panel and spoke. ¡°Open the targeting window and map viewer, full report on the enemy fleet. Wake Olivier.¡± The panel disappeared while he walked to the deck and new windows opened. One with the turrets status and aim and another with the surrounding area map. [first mate castel is on his way to the deck, next directive?] As he sat on the ship master chair, he organized the windows and listened to the report. ¡°Thank you Lyze, make sure to keep the infinity energy generator stable¡± [Understood sir.] [Report on the enemy fleet: two cruisers and one submarine, two minutes before reaching the firing range.] Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°How strange, they should know they stand no chance against us, why would they¡­.¡± He couldn¡¯t finish his sentence, from where the fleet was supposed to be, a violent flash of light appeared and the three signals disappeared and a nuclear mushroom appeared. ¡°They didn¡¯t dare¡­.¡± Olivier came on the deck and looked at the sea, spotting the explosion. ¡°So they broke the taboo.¡± Soon after, two more flash appeared. ¡°Lyze, report on the event.¡± [ten nuclear explosions detected on a radius of ten kilometres.] [Trying to contact the headquarter] [No answer, second try] [No answer] Kanan looked at the explosions and hit the desk. ¡°Those bastard¡­ Lyze, connection to the satellites and report on the world state.¡± [Done, nuclear explosions spotted on the whole world. Main city destroyed, Presence of plasma explosion on small city and village, radiation on all the continents.] Olivier sat and leaned his head. ¡°My wife ¡­ haaa¡­¡± He fell on the floor, a hand on his chest. His face was red and his eyes bloodshot. ¡°You won¡¯t do that to me old man. Lyze, bring the medic robot.¡± [The robot won¡¯t be here in time. Recommending direct cardiac massage from ship master.] ¡°Alright¡± Kanan put his hand on Olivier chest and began the massage after taking off his clothes from the spot he was massaging. ¡°Don¡¯t die on me old man.¡± [Vital signals falling dangerously.] ¡°shit shit shit¡± He tried to accelerate. [Vital signals disappeared. Subject deceased. Cause: hearth attack. Waiting for the nurse robot to cremate the body] He sat on the chair next to Olivier corps and stared at it. ¡°Old man¡­ I told you it was a bad idea to stay in the army with your problem¡­ not that it would have been better anywhere¡­ ¡° ¡°Lyze, take control of the turrets, authorisation to fire if needed. I need to sleep. Today was ¡­. eventful ¡° [Understood] And I thought my situation couldn¡¯t get worse¡­ He went to his room and sat on his bed. As he took off his uniform and boots, he thought on what to do next. Since he had a food creator and a water maker, je could stay on this ship without problem regarding this and the maintenance robot could keep this ship floating for hundreds of years. As for the energy, the reactor was one he made himself, it is a plasma reactor able to recycle the heat created by the energy consummation to make energy, strictly speaking, a generator with infinite energy. Since the turret use this energy to fire, it would need to recharge after firing a dozen time. The vehicle docked in are also using this energy and can travel two thousand kilometres before needing a refill of energy. Truly this ship was a cheat but since the material needed to make it was rare they could only make one. [Admiral, multiple nuclear warhead incoming. Impossible to dodge. Requesting order] ¡°Let them come. It¡¯s not like we can do anything, it was a pleasure lyze, I only regret my inability to make you a sentient being.¡± [It was an honour admiral] The warhead reached the ship and exploded. ¡°What the?????????¡± change ¡°GRo¡­. Lyze, report on the ship state¡± [Ship integrity 100% all systems operational.] ¡°start the body scanner¡± [anomaly detected] ¡°report¡± [Presence of mixed AND in your genome admiral.] As she said so, Kanan rushed to the infirmary. While the scanner could make basic check, he couldn¡¯t make detailed test. Surprisingly his body felt lighter and he was running faster than he was used too. As he reached the infirmary, he sat on a medic chair and started the full check of his body. ¡°Lyze, result of the analyse¡± [Mix of human and tiger DNA, No cure found in the data base.] ¡°Wait, tiger?¡± He stood up and ruched to the mirror behind him. ¡°What the .. ??????¡± In front of him stood a ¡­ Beast man? A man with a tiger head, a tail and fur. He stripped his uniform and looked again. His body was covered with fur, tiger¡¯s fur. His normal body now looked like an athlete body, even his arms were muscular. He stared at the mirror and began to make strange pose. ¡°Hum¡­. How so interesting¡­..¡± He kept doing so before dressing up again. Surprisingly his uniform wasn¡¯t that tight. Good idea to take one bigger than his actual size. He looked at his ¡°hand¡± and smirked he had paw in his palm and his nails were now retractable claws. He looked again at the mirror and studied his face. It was a real tiger head, even his eyes were different. His fangs were bright white and sharpened. [Report, incoming ship.] He stopped what he was doing and left for the deck. ¡°On screen¡± A window opened in front of hi showing a boat made of wood. He studied it and saw women dressed like knight on the bridge. ¡°Lyze, activate the speaker¡± [done] ¡°Ahem, UCN last hope to the incoming ship, stat your intention¡± At the same time, he looked at the screen and saw their reaction, they looked around and then at the ship, swords out of their scabbards. Finally, a woman dressed with fine clothes came out from the crowd of warrior and spoke. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. ¡°We are from the kinza kingdom. Per royal decree, your ship is now ours, surrender and no harm shall befall on you.¡± ¡­. ¡°Lyze, fire near their boat with one of the secondary turret. One shoot with 10% of the max power¡± [Understood] Two second later, the energy bullet hit the water ten meters away from the ship. The women knight looked at the ship strangely. Kanan activated the speaker again and spoke. ¡°This was a preventive strike. If you do not change your cape, I will have to make you do it.¡± The woman that spoke earlier frowned and spoke. ¡°Do you think such pitiful show of strength could scare us?¡± ¡­ ¡°Lyze, two shoot, 100% of power in front of them.¡± [understood] This time the explosions made a hole in the sea and created a wave big enough to shake the unknown ship. He activated the speaker again. ¡°I give you two minutes to accept my request or I will have to use force.¡± This time, the women had a real shocked face. They spoke between them and one minute later, their leader finally spoke. ¡°Will you let us go if we decide to go back?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Very well, we shall retreat.¡± As she said so, the sails changed direction and slowly the ship departed. I looked again and saw strange writing on the ship. ¡°Lyze, scan the area¡± [Area scanned, no answer in the database, new land discovered, 100 kilometres at the south of our position. Life form detected.] So It like that¡­ ¡°Change our direction to this island, I¡¯ll go sleep wake me up if something happens.¡± [Understood admiral] Plot twist! The pain woke me up¡­. Such nice dream. It would have been a better setting then mine¡­. It had been twelve years since I arrived in this world. When the angel first appeared in front of me I was overjoyed. He told me about reincarnation and everything I would need to know. I learned about this new world I would reincarnate in and how magic and legendary beast lived here. He taught me the basic and when he finished sent me. The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was the faces of a woman and a man. The woman was crying while speaking to me while the man just looked happy. They were obviously my new parents. The woman was good looking and the man awesome, even with my poor eyesight I could tell it. It took me only a few weeks to learn to walk and talk again. The fact that I still had my past knowledge helped a lot. I kept it hidden from my new parent for safety reason. Just imagine if your new-born child could suddenly speak and walk. You would only be scared. Listening to them I understood better how this village worked. Apparently my father was the village hunter and my mother the town healer. When they took me out, the villagers were friendly and looking at them with respect. I grew up in peace. While the food and lifestyle were different I somehow adapted and began to find it rather nice. At my first birthday my father had my magic tested. Apparently, even if magic existed, only a few people on the world could use it to fight, five with all the country taken in account. If one had even a bit of mana and managed to use it, he would be considered as a noble and would be treated like a king. Thanks to the angel I already knew how to gather mana and use it but this world people didn¡¯t understand the concept. Some did but kept it for themselves, fearing to lose everything they had. When the man that had to test it arrived, I made it look like I had no mana. He gave them the result and while they were a bit sad, they were also relieved. I would be ¡°normal¡±. Years passed and I reached my fifth birthday. My mother learned my secret. How? I don¡¯t know. She just came to me one day and told me she knew about my ¡°secret¡±. I thought she was buffing but she explained about my hidden magic power and my knowledge. I simply nodded and she went away. I kept on my daily life. Learning hunting with my father, housework with my mother and farm work with the other villager. One day a man came to the village, he was dressed with good looking clothes and a lot of jewel. At first he only talked with the village chief but when he caught sight of my mother everything went bad. At first he only talked to her but he kept on coming and began to ask her for favour. She refused every time but he kept on insisting. At my seventh birthday, He began to use violence. Luckily I could use magic and sent him flying before he could do anything. I thought it would be enough but it didn¡¯t stop him. Meanwhile I told it to my father and he confronted the man. They yelled at each other and after hours of yelling the count left while yelling threat. Weeks passed without sign of him so we thought he forgot or got over it. At my seventh birthday I lost my magic. I don¡¯t know how and why but I couldn¡¯t use it anymore. Luckily I still had my regenerative power. I could heal injury in no time. First day of spring, the count came back¡­. But he wasn¡¯t alone. Behind him stood mercenary with swords and axes. He stared at the villager that came to see what he wanted and ordered his men to slaughter us. The women ran away while the men tried to fight back. It was useless. The mercenaries were trained and their stuffs were better. They slashed down every man. My father fought as best as he could but the sword wasn¡¯t his favourite weapon. They ran after the women and killed them with the children and elders. Blood spurted every time they used their weapons. Scream filled the air and the count simply smiled on the back. I ran with my mother, faster and faster. Suddenly, she stopped and fell on her knees. I looked at her and saw an arrow on her head. She throws a last glance at me and smiled, telling me to run. Crying, I tried to ran but something hit my legs. I fell on the ground and lost consciousness. When I finally opened my eyes, I was chained in some kind of jail. I looked around but there was nothing but strange tools. After a few hours, the count appeared with a vicious grin and that¡¯s when I knew my hell just began. Every day, he would come and torture me. He would use a different way to inflict me pain every time and when he finished, a man in white dress came to heal me so I wouldn¡¯t die. At first I cried, again and again. Then rage kept me awake, I would insult him spit on him but he only smiled and became even more vicious. Then I gave up. The rage was still here but I couldn¡¯t do anything. He kept doing it for days, weeks, years. My power coupled with the healer power prevented me from dying. While he didn¡¯t torture me, I thought. I thought a lot. Why am I here? Did I do something wrong? Why did my power disappear? Did the angel lie to me? So much question¡­. Then I remembered from my previous life the Greek god. They loved to see the human suffer. Sometime they would present them great gift only to take them back when they needed them the most. I came to the conclusion they were the same. I then thought of humanity. Even without the gods interventions, they were bestial, they would hurt each other for ore or stupid idea like honour. The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. This years of pain and suffering made me realise how stupide I was. My rage became sorrow and finally hatred. A hatred so deep that I couldn¡¯t sense the pain anymore. I don¡¯t know how much time I passed in this place but my body changed a lot. I grew up to be taller than the count. It enraged him and his torture became more violent. I was still thin because of the lack of food and my skin was covered with scars and I had my left arm cut. He teared it off one day when I refused to scream. The healer stopped him when he was about to end my life, telling him it would only end my suffering. And here we are. I¡¯m still in this hell, waiting for the day he get bored from this ¡°game¡± as he call it. ¡°What a tragic story.¡± Ha¡­ it had been a long time¡­ ¡°Not enough strength to talk?¡± ¡­. ¡°Not that I mind.¡± Again with this condescending voice¡­ ¡°Hey, what about my way of speaking.¡± Hum? It¡¯s a first, the voice never rebutted before. ¡°Well I¡¯m not a ¡°voice¡± as you put it¡± So, what are you? ¡°Let¡¯s just say I¡¯m here to make a deal with you.¡± Ho¡­. The devil then? ¡°NO! ¡­ excuse me, I just hate to be called that way. Well it¡¯s not wrong but I¡¯m not the devil like you imagine it.¡± I¡¯m listening.Not that I can do anything else. ¡°You see, gods love to play with the humans and humans love the games of the gods. I on another hand hate humanity and gods. I¡¯m what you call a rebel god. I¡¯m the god of the demi-humans and dragons.¡± How noble of you¡­ ¡°Hmpf¡­ Aren¡¯t you interested in the deal I want to propose you?¡± If it involves me being free from those chain, then I¡¯m listening. ¡°Good, good¡­ I want you to be the first of a new species I want to ¡°create¡±, the Nephilim.¡± As in geant or fallen angel. ¡°Fallen angle. Truth be told, I want you to become a high Nephilim. A race akin to the god.¡± I can¡¯t help but think you¡¯re not telling me everything. ¡°Ha ha ha¡­ You won¡¯t have all the power of the Nephilim but one over an element of your choice and since I don¡¯t really trust you I will take a part of your soul.¡± Will you free me if I accept? ¡°No, I¡¯ll give you the power to free yourself then you¡¯ll have to help me in my project and¡­.¡± I accept. ¡°not even thinking about it?¡± Hell or partial freedom¡­. Do I need to think about it? ¡°¡­ Be it then.¡± The voice disappeared and when I thought I was definitely going crazy; my body began to hurt. I never felt something so painful. Even within those years of torture. My whole body felt like it was burning from inside. I lost consciousness from the excessive pain. When I woke up, I felt¡­ good¡­. I felt fine. My body was still covered with scar but where I had only skin before, muscle appeared. My missing left arm was here again and my hair grew black. When I thought about what kind of power the voice talked about, my head hurt for a moment. Everything¡­ I knew everything about my power. Control over water and ice. I looked at the puddle of water and it flashed to my chain, cutting them. It was still strange. Even with the few memories I had from when I was a kid, I remembered how hard it was to manipulate the flow of mana. But here¡­ it was natural¡­ as if I was born with this capacity. I cut the remaining chain and stood up. I moved my left arm and in a simple movement sent everything flying around me. For someone from this world the way I used this power would seem impossible but with my past knowledge it was natural. I waited for the count and when I finally opened the door, I used my new power to extract every bit of water from his body, slowly¡­. Painfully¡­. Just like all those years¡­ He tried to fight back but it was useless. After hours of struggling, he fell on the floor, dead. Surprisingly, the healer wasn¡¯t here. I looked at the door and sent a bomb of compressed water on it, destroying everything around it, the wall, the ceiling, even creating a crater beneath me. I looked around and finally, saw the sky, after all those years. The bomb I made was too strong and destroyed everything in a radius of 500 meter. I felt tired from the magic used and looked around. I saw a river nearby and went to it. I plunged inside and let the water bring me to the sea. father sorrow d been years since I left for the front line. I left my son behind to rule over the villages and learn how to be a good count. At first it sounded like a nice idea but now ¡­. A few weeks ago, Arturius, the healer I hired to stay by my son side sent me a message. Apparently my son was misusing his newfound authority and did atrocious feat. He didn¡¯t give me more information. Just three words: torture, kid, plaything. That¡¯s when I knew I fucked up. I went to see the king and asked if I could go settle thing. He accepted and so I left. Our family had been known to rule fairly and listen to the people. Even the king listened to our advice. If the healer told the truth, then it would destroy everything we built. On the way I asked the guide to bring me to hellgate. Even if the name sound strange, it¡¯s a nice small village where one of my retainer live. A hunter named Gerald with his wife Sheila, a minor healer. They saved me when I was still young and since then, I treated them as my friends. When I left, they had a son they named kanan. In the letter, Arturius told me my son attacked the village. I wished they somehow survived but the sight I had in front of me proved me wrong. The houses were destroyed and the corps on the ground were already devoid of any flesh. Among them I recognized those of my friends¡­ ¡°I swear¡­ even I you¡¯re my son, I¡¯ll kill you.¡± Then I remembered something¡­ Arturius mentioned a kid tortured¡­ could he be talking about ¡­ no, it would be impossible but then again¡­. We kept going in direction of the castle but the first compound was destroyed. Instead of the prison and wall, there was a giant crater. I went down my horse and looked at it. On the other side, Arturius came out of the castle and used the wooden bridge to come to me. ¡°Arturius, what happened here?¡± HE bowed and looked sorrowful. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡°This is a long story, you should come in the castle so I can explain.¡± I nodded and went with him. The guards went their way and I entered in the castle. The maid helped me take off my armour and gave me normal clothes. I went in the throne room and sat, waiting for arturius. After a few minutes, he came in and bowed to me. ¡°So could you explain?¡± ¡°Yes count. After your depart to the front line, your son began to abuse his authority. At first it was just trying to gain favour from the maid but he didn¡¯t stop at that. He began to threaten the villager and even raped some of the villagers girls for ¡°sport¡±¡­ A few years ago he met a woman name Sheila and took a liking on her. He tried to bed her but she refused. Angered he tried to rape her but her husband intervened and kicked him off. He then hired mercenary to kill the villagers¡­¡± I frowned¡­ what a grave mistake I made¡­. ¡°I don¡¯t know how but a kid survived. He brought him here and¡­ ¡°played¡± with him¡­.¡± ¡°Torture¡­¡± ¡°Yes¡­ he kept doing it for years. I tried to contact you but he was keeping an eye on me and I couldn¡¯t do anything.¡± ¡°Do you perhaps know the kid name?¡± ¡°I think it was something like Kanat?¡± ¡°Kanan???!¡± ¡°Yes, I think it was kanan.¡± ¡°What of this kid, is he still alive?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, three weeks ago, an explosion occurred in the prison. Your son died here with the kid I think¡­. ¡° So I couldn¡¯t even save my friend¡¯s son¡­. ¡°I see¡­. What about the villages situation? I sent some spies and¡­ the result is as expected. They hate your house to the core¡­. When they learned about the count death, they throw a huge celebration¡­.¡± Not that I can¡¯t understand them¡­ ¡°It will take time to regain their trust¡­.¡± ¡°Yes¡­..¡± rebel angel ¡°What do you mean you lost his trace?¡± ¡°Well¡­ he isn¡¯t appearing in the world map anymore¡­.¡± ¡°DO you mean he died?!¡± ¡°No¡­ He just¡­. Disappeared. His soul didn¡¯t come to us¡­.¡± The angel looked at the map world and frowned. ¡°What about the angel that looked after him?¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°So?¡± ¡°He didn¡¯t has one¡­.¡± ¡°I hope you¡¯re kidding?¡± ¡°No, a high god came and told us to let this human without angel.¡± The angel frowned even more and pinched his nose. ¡°So, you¡¯re telling me you let the champion GOD choose without help or anything?¡± ¡°It was a high god¡­¡± ¡°And you didn¡¯t report it to me?¡± ¡°He told us to keep it secret.¡± ¡°FOOL. This human was the purest hearted man we ever found. Do you know how hard it is to found one? We had to wait for millennia to found him! Show me what happened to him after you left him alone. NOW!¡± ¡°Yes sir.¡± A window of mana appeared in front of the angel and began to play kanan life. At first everything went according to the plan but at his seventh birthday, the worst happened. The angel could barely look at the scene displayed in front of him. It was gore and violent. This young kid, for eight years got tortured daily. The angel destroyed the mana screen and look at the minor angel in front of him. His gentle face was now a big frown and rage could be seen in his eyes. ¡°Who gave you the order?¡± ¡°But..¡± ¡°WHO?!¡± ¡°High god zeus¡­¡± He stormed out of the flying castle to the mount of god and went in the crystal fortress. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡°God, an emergen¡­.¡± ¡°I know.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°I know.¡± ¡°You let your champion suffer while knowing????¡± ¡°It was a test. He failed.¡± ¡°You let him suffer for eight years, alone to test him?!¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°¡­Are you senile?¡± ¡°Mind your language angel. You do not need to understand our way.¡± ¡°FUCK YOU! I renounce your shitty rule I leave this damned place you fool.¡± ¡°Lucifer! How dare you!¡± The gods stood up but the pressure Lucifer used made them sit back again. Only GOD seemed unaffected. ¡°I see.¡± ¡°I will kill you all, false god. You¡¯re just overpowered bastard playing with mortal to pass your time. You do not merit the mantle of responsibility.¡± Lucifer stomped on the flood and left. In front of the fortress, angles were waiting. They were separated in two groups. One with black clothes, the warrior angels and one with white clothes, the protector angel ¡°What is the meaning of this?¡± The leader of the faction dressed in black came to him. ¡°We heard you senior angel. We wish to come with you. Those old gods made us do unspeakable thing on their name and we can¡¯t continue like that.¡± The angel in white came to them. ¡°We also wish to come with you senior angel. The gods made us unable to help the humans. We can¡¯t just look at them suffer because of the gods stupidity.¡± Lucifer didn¡¯t know so much angel shared his disgust of the gods. ¡°Very well.¡± On this simple world, the angels left, leaving behind them angered gods. boredome Okay, i''ll stop for a few chapter with the plot twist about the mc, here is our favorite ... or not? so frustrating :o Haaa¡­. I should stop daydreaming¡­ Sitting under a tree, a young man was watching as soldiers were training. He had a regular look, no really muscular but not fat. His eight was quite astonishing as he was two meter tall but the most interesting was his face, a face that could scare anyone. Usually the army wouldn¡¯t take soldier with handicap but his case was special. Even with he was deaf he showed strength equal to legendary heroes. With a regular punch he could break a rock and if he had to lift something he could go to two tonne, an inhuman feat. Aside from that he was a scum. He would only work when promised something in return or if he felt like it. He was more like a mercenary than a soldier. I n his free time he would imagine how life would be if things were different and now was the case. The soldiers training looked at him with hatred and awe. Even if he was a scum he saved their life in more than one occasion, willing or not and only the fact that he found no value in human life made him a scum. As he was daydreaming an official came to him and handed him a piece of paper before disappearing. He took it and read it. ¡° The council decided you were a danger to the wellbeing of our country. You will be disposed of.¡± He didn¡¯t have time to react as a bullet impacted with his skull killing him on the spot. Usually bullet wouldn¡¯t affect him in any way but his country made sure to create one able to kill him for safety response. Since most of the threat they fought against were erased they had no need for him anymore and couldn¡¯t risk him going wild or do as he pleased. If he was normal they would let him be but the fact that he found everything extremely boring made him unpredictable. Finally¡­ If it was anyone else they would curse their murderer and be engulfed by their feeling but for him it was peaceful. He was finally free, free of his boredom. His surreal strength made everything too easy for him and he felt like life had nothing to offer him anymore. A depressing thought for someone in his thirty. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. He closed his eyes and smiled. If he could reincarnate like in his wish he would do it in a heartbeat. He waited and waited but he didn¡¯t feel the feeling of freedom he was waiting for. He opened his eyes and got surprised. Instead of the military building and soldier he was in the middle of a forest. He looked around only to see trees and bushes. As he was getting calmer he felt something. It was the first time he felt something like that. He could hear! He tried to shoot but no sound came out. ¡­. Still better than being deaf. He tried to move but found it difficult. His body didn¡¯t feel like he was damaged but¡­ smaller? He tried to stood up and after several try finally succeeded. Getting a hang of his new body he went to a tree and put his hand on it. It should be enough to test it. He swung his right fist to the trunk and it fell on the spot, the place where it was cut was clean as if a blade was used but it was the simple strength of the punch that caused it to break so cleanly. So it didn¡¯t change. He looked at the fallen tree and went in the forest. He needed to find where he was and what happened. He died and that wasn¡¯t his imagination so it could only mean resurrection. As he walked he went past a small pond. Wondering what he looked like he went to see how he looked. In the water, he saw the face of a really young boy not older than seven years. He touched his face to make sure it was real and stoop up. It was useless to try to understand until he found someone to talk and gain information from. truth ¡°What a dashing young man! Such presence!¡± He was about to depart in the forest when he heard a strange voice in his head. He tried to look around but so no one. ¡°What are you searching for young man? Are you perhaps looking for.. this? ¡° In front of him, clothes appeared out of thin air. He tried to grasp it but it disappeared as soon as he tried. ¡°Or this?¡± This time it was a knife. Unsure, he didn¡¯t try anything this time. He waited for the voice to speak again. ¡°Not as fun as I like them¡­¡± In front of him a purple tent appeared. The entrance was pitch-black and no matter the position he took to look inside he couldn¡¯t see anything. ¡°Come, come and meet me.¡± He could just go away from this spectral voice but something told him he should go and meet this .. man? Even if thing went wrong he would somehow solve problems with his strength. After a few second of doubt he finally went inside. Was he saw surprised him even more. There was nothing but a table with two chairs. The chairs looked like thrones made of velvet and gold. Seeing no one, he sat on one of the chair and waited. He closed his eyes and when he opened them again a man was sitting in front of him. It was an African man with a skull painted on his face, a black suit, sunglasses, a topper and a cane. He had a big grin on his face and behind him, spirits were drifting in the air. ¡°Hey!¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°I almost forgot¡± he face palmed and snapped his fingers. ¡°It should be ok now. Speaking trough your mind would be boring after all¡± The young man was unsure about what he should do. Seeing this the strange man grinned and crossed his arms. ¡°You can speak now. And hear, you can hear.¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°Now, now kanan, we both know that you have a question.¡± ¡°How?¡± The strange man threw his arms in the air and laughed ¡°Vodou my small friend, vodou¡± ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°Some call me Sanmdi, other Baron but I took a liking on Baron Samedi.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Kanan glared at the strange man. He was no fool, everything that was happening until now wasn¡¯t possible. It would require something as impossible as magic to do it. He thought about it and remembered something the man said:¡¯vodou¡¯. Back when he was young one of his teacher taught about a cult that revered spirit. He stared at the baron and spoke. The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Are you perhaps a Spirit?¡± The man laughed and sprawled on his chair, putting his legs on the table. ¡°You¡¯re quite knowledgeable, I¡¯ll give you that. Yes, I¡¯m the spirit governing over death. Well I say that but my wife is governing me so see me as some kind of second man.¡± ¡°¡­¡± While they talked, Samedi was playing with card while one the spirit behind him stared at kanan. ¡°Why are you here?¡± ¡°Well our chief, or god as you human call him found you quite interesting. Your spirit somehow allowed you to see event from different world and even feel them. Some spirit even lent you their strength. Did you never wonder why you were so strong, almost invincible?¡± AS he said so, he extended his hand to me and brought it back to him. Following his hand was a green smoke with a smiling face. ¡°See? This jokester lent you your strength against your hearing. What a jokester.¡± Not believing him, kanan tried to punch the table but it didn¡¯t even leave a dent on it. ¡°Ha ha ha ha, how does it feel to be human again?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I wouldn¡¯t let you like this on this world you know nothing about. Think of it as some kind of present.¡± He took a strange pose again but this time, the green smoke came out of his body and went inside kanan. He shook a bit and sat back. ¡°I will never do it again.¡± Feeling strange, kanan looked at his hand and body, trying to find if anything changed. To his surprise his white skin became matte but nothing else. Seeing this the baron laughed. ¡°I gave you tree presents, or power if it help you understand. I leave it to you to discover them, just tree words: spirit, card, shadow. Now I bid you farewell for someone you know way too well came to take you.¡± As soon as he finished speaking, everything disappeared: the tent, the baron, everything. Kanan could only hear a light laughter in the air. He stood up and looked around. Behind him stood a man with a complete black armour covering his whole body and an alien squirrel on his shoulder. ¡°What the¡­¡± baby step Few days passed since I left the village to search for the dragonkin. This young brat has somehow disappeared without trace. I was about to give up when I heard an explosion. I said explosion but it was more like something big falling on the ground. Unsure of what it could be, I rushed to the place from where I thought the sound came from. On the way, I clearly heard a child talking with ¡­ ¡°something¡±. The voice I heard with the kid¡¯s one wasn¡¯t human. I fastened my pace. If this child was with this being, it could be really dangerous. When I finally reached a clearing, I saw a kid dressed with rags alone, staring at me. He had a brown skin and scary face. Something I never saw before. I clearly understood he wasn¡¯t from this country. Most importantly, he said something when he saw me but I couldn¡¯t understand him. I approached him and contrary to my expectation, he stood still. Seeing that he wasn¡¯t scared by me I simply walked to him. When I finally faced him I could take a closer look at him. His eyes were green and his hair short. While he was still young, I guess around five years old, his muscles were well developed. He looked like a fine child to me. Strangely he was staring at me, as if trying to determine something. As the suns were getting low, I took his hand and made him follow me. He didn¡¯t resist and walked next to me. On the way he said nothing but seemed in deep thought. When I reached the village entry gate, I saw George make gesture at me. When I was near enough I tried to ask him what he wanted. ¡°George, for god sake, why are you moving like that????¡± ¡°Hana told me to bring you to her house when you came back. By the way, who is the little fela next to you?¡± I stared as the kid, he didn¡¯t react to George strong greeting and had an eyebrow raised. ¡°I found him in the forest. It looks like he can¡¯t talk our language. So, do you know why the chief want to see me?¡± Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. George tried to take a closer look at the kid and hearing me, looked back at me. ¡°duno, something about a ¡°strange vessel¡± appearing out of nowhere and the king making a decree.¡± I sighted and went in direction of the chief house. It had been a while since I let go of the kid hand but he kept walking beside me. On the way I saw him make strange hand gesture but seeing the smile appear on his face it could only be something good. =============================================================================== This knight¡­. I dreamed of him¡­. More like I dream of one of his adventure if I could call it like that. On the way to his home, I guessed we were going there, I thought of what the baron told me: spirit, card and shadow¡­. So much for hint¡­. Unsure of what he meant of spirit and card, I thought of shadow¡­ what could he mean... I guessed it had something to do with the shadow but how and why¡­ On the way I tried to interact with the shadow but without success. When we reached the gate a strange strong looking old man came to greet the knight. I stared at him trying to understand what he was talking about but it was useless. I needed to learn their language soon anyway. While he was studying me, I tried to manipulate the shadow again. Maybe it had something to do with the way I approached thing. I tried to make it moving by using body movement without success. Looking on front of me, I tried to imagine it moving differently from me. The simple idea gave me a violent headache but the result was here. Even if it was only a finger, I succeeded. It would need more work but it would definitely be useful, I was sure of it. finally i used this fiction as a stepping stone, trying to found a mc that would be suitable and i finally found it. Thank for those that ha the patience to read those foolish chapter. Well, at least this "end" is in accordance with the tittle