109 He Who Unexpectedly Saved Others 2 (2/2)

Yes! The Molotov ended up landing and exploding right in front of him, probably a step away from him. He and his sister were immediately engulfed by the fire. Since both of them were just kids who never experienced pain greater than a prick from a needle, they were too immature and were more inclined to mind the sudden pain that assaulted them than to think of what could help douse the fire. They only screamed and hoped for their parents to save them.

But then, his panicking parents who tried to come over and rescue them were stabbed to death by the madman!

As he, the boy, cried for help and rolled on the lawn hoping it would help alleviate the searing pain and put out the fire, he saw his mother crying and crawling towards them. The explosion had severely injured her too. But instead of worrying for herself, she kept shouting their names and for somebody to help her kids and husband. She was loudly screaming until the madman caught up with her and heartlessly stabbed the long knife in his hands to her neck and back.

When she stopped moving, that was when he also saw his unmoving father lying a little further.

Then he realized, his parents were already dead. His sister had also already stopped crying. She either had lost consciousness or died.

He, too, was dying...

And what about the beaten wife who they tried to help? The one who sparked their family's tragedy?

As the fire kept on torturing him and depriving him of air, he saw her standing near the man. She was mysteriously unhurt. The weakness and trembling she showed earlier were gone. Actually, he could swear, he witnessed the injuries in her body healing rapidly! Moments later, the bruises and wounds on her vanished like they were just an illusion!

He perfectly remembered what the madman said after,

”Alright! The notification's finally here! Task 'destroy a perfect family' completed! Whoaah! I'm so happy! My Original will surely like the number of points rewarded!”

Of course, that time, he didn't understand more than half of what he spouted.

But while the madman kept laughing and blurting out incomprehensible words, he was crying. Because despite being young, he was not that clueless about what happened. At least, he's smart enough to realize that his family had been played!

He didn't know the exact specifics, but it was obvious to his eyes that the couple schemed against his family! And they did, for the sake of this something called 'mission'!

Many 'whys' then played in his mind. Why them? Why his family? Why target them? Why can't they just target others?

Why can't they just die?

While watching them walk away from the burning house, great hatred started sprouting within his young heart. As he thought of how the happy days with his parents and sister would be forever gone, he couldn't control the hatred, unwillingness, sadness, and resentment that started welling up from within. He couldn't accept what just happened!

He wanted to live! To take revenge! And kill the couple who led his family to this disaster!

The more tears rushed down his burned eyes, the more this desire echoed in his heart and mind.

He wanted to live in order to kill them! He kept on repeating to himself.

Then finally, when only two or three breaths worth of life remained on him, he heard a voice speaking to his brain about desires and opportunities. It had come from her mother's phone lying two or three meters away from him.

He couldn't remember what happened after.

But because of it, he managed to live.

His sanity and morality slowly died, but he couldn't care less. All he knew, he had survived, and a year later, he finally managed to kill that madman and his Original.

Days then passed with him living a life without direction. To be honest, were it not for the system telling him about what an ultimate host could do, he might have ended his life there and then so that he could be with his parents and sister in the next world.

Thankfully, it did tell him.

It was what gave him a new drive in life and made him continue living.

After that, three years swiftly passed and now he was now one of the few Level 5 hosts in the world...

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