8 Aptitude (2/2)
(Blade with the ability to purge corruption and rend souls)
[Skill Soul Perception Activated]
With his new ability, his vision began to distort. Wisps of grey flame had apparated on the bodies of the dead clansmen and a white flame stood close by, clearly trying not to be seen. To his surprise though, his own soul was the brightest and most pure. He a.s.sumed it was because he only had sc.u.m as comparison. However, his soul was not the benchmark but the paragon.
He then decided to test the sword's new ability. Stabbing a cadaver, the wisps died out and somehow the corpse had s.h.i.+vered and also began to instantly rot.
Kamui then jumped out instinctively and began to admonish him, ”Not only do you kill our clansmen but you also desecrate their corpses. Do you have no respect for the dead?”
Itsuki laughed.
”You were lured out by corpses. Do you want to become one?”
Kamui was about to continue berating Itsuki but the question gave him gooseb.u.mps.
”In life, they were sc.u.m and in death, they will be worse. Why respect that?”
”They were your fellow clansmen!”
”Aaah Yes, the same one who wanted to sacrifice me”, Itsuki sneered. As if he would ever oblige to become a sacrifice in any lifetime.
”It would bring 50 years of prosperity to the clan!”
”You think I care about the clan?”
”We raised you!”
”To be a tool. Besides, groups are for the feeble and weak-minded.”
Kamui looked in horror at this 5 year old child as if he was an abomination. The ideals were far too demonic and individualistic which contrasted too heavily with this era's clan-oriented life.
”Are you actually my brother?”, Kamui asked fearfully.
”Not since you watched me get dragged away”, Itsuki said hatefully before turning to leave.
”Next time we meet will be our last. I look forward to how enchanting your soul will be”
Kamui stood in shock a for a while before deciding to return to the Clan. He then saw a mountain of lesser demon corpses right behind him and s.h.i.+vered.
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In a dilapidated paG.o.da, a messenger arrives to notify one of the five Demon Generals. A twin-horned oni the size of a hill, read the letter briefly.
”Looks like you'll be getting a younger brother”, he said to the person in the corner of the room.
The person who looked like a youth lifted his head and then slightly nodded. He had distinctive blood red eyes and pitch-black hair similar to Itsuki's.
Blood began to apparate and surround him in a spherical fas.h.i.+on. The sphere then compressed and he had disappeared.
In a random village far away from other clans, the people worked as usual. The only thing unusual was the blood red sky. A little girl pointed at a flying figure and nagged her mother. However, the mother didn't respond as blood began to pour from her eyes.
[Blood Lord's Decree]
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