186 Confrontation (1/2)
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Raven's heart bled as he gazed upon the countless dead bodies hanged up on the ceiling. He could feel the heavy resentment and shrill cries of the deceased. All of them died unwillingly, totally powerless to fight back.
In the heat of the moment, Raven began blaming himself for all of this. Why haven't he acted sooner? If he didn't stall for as long as he did, none of this would've happened. He also blamed himself for not knowing that such an event could possibly occur, he simply didn't remember this event ever happening back in his previous life. If he had paid attention to the event back then, he could've done something to prevent this cruel ending for them.
Droplets of tears fell from his eyes. He decided to mourn the deaths of the innocent later since he had things to do. He knew that he can't allow this to go on any further.
Raven closed his eyes and roused his blood in full. A strange aura began emanating around him, his body was then covered with a film of gentle red light as he drove his concentration even further. Blood tumbled inside his body, Raven reached out to the very essence of his life; his longevity, and use a technique that he only used on rare occasions.
When he opened his eyes, his pupils became incredibly resplendent. His stealth was broken due to him using a powerful technique yet Raven did not care even in the slightest. Many eyes were drawn to him as soon as they felt his wildly fluctuating aura, even Yael who was focused on chanting before, stopped and looked at Raven with shocked eyes.
They all began to wonder where did this brat came from, why was he here and how come he was never obstructed on his entry. The instructions they gave to the guards were absolute, once the ritual started, no one was allowed to enter, yet this brat was here! How come?
Unfortunately, before they even had the chance to question him, the gentle red aura that covered Raven's body began fluctuating wildly. Not long after that, the red light became a huge pillar that shot up through the ceiling. Unbeknownst to them, that red light not only penetrated the ceiling of this building but also the entire underground district. It practically soared up to the skies and created a huge screen of light that was seen by everyone in the kingdom.
\”How many?\”
All of the people inside the ritual room were briefly stunned when they heard him ask this question.
\”Tell me. Exactly how many people, you imbeciles used to perform this evil ritual?\”
Raven spoke with a horrifying coldness in his tone. His voice sent chills to everyone's spine as they listened. Despite this, no one knew how to react in this situation nor answered his question at that. They just stared at him like he was an idiot.
\”Not going to tell huh?\” Raven let out a visible sneer through gritted teeth, \”Fine. I'll just beat it out from you.\”
A black hammer then manifested on his hands after saying this. The hammer looked unimpressive at first gaze but in reality, it's a heavenly artifact that will cause wars ending in mountains of corpses and rivers of blood if known.
Yael recovered from his initial shock and inspected the boy. After which, a sigh of relief and a visible sneer appeared in his face, he then said: \”I don't know how a Soldier Stage brat like you appeared in here, come to think of it, I received reports of some bugs infiltrating my yard earlier, you must be one of them.\”
Yael sighed in disappointment and continued: \”Those worthless vermin, I use my wealth to pay them but they can't even do a simple job of preventing some brats to make a mess out of this place. One even reached all the way here!\”
\”Like I said, I don't know how you ended up here but consider this your bad luck. You fools, take care of this pest, we have a ritual to continue!\”
As soon as he said that, some people got up from their seated position and charged towards Raven. Despite all of this, Raven's facial expression didn't change, he simply glanced at the people who planned killing him and raised the hammer on his hand as a retaliation.