48 Chapter 48: Consumed by Darkness (2/2)
”What a pity. I gave you the opportunity to be vastly powerful yet you did not grasp it. But either way, it's okay. I'll just have to harness great amounts of hate to make you a Devil Lord Puppet.” Byron was disappointed that he wasn't able to make Dylan his apprentice but he could still settle for a high rank puppet.
”What do you mean harness hatred?” Dylan had an ominous feeling due to what Byron said.
”What I mean? It simply means that I will kill all of your employees... in front of you!” Byron smiled.
”What the hell?! You bastard!!!” Dylan bellowed as hate started to show from his eyes but he did his best to control his emotions because he knew this was what Byron would want to happen.
”That's right hate me! But I'm not done just yet! Wait for the main show to arrive.” Byron's smile became denser.
”Huh?... Frank... Scarlet? NOOOO!!!!” Dylan screamed when he saw a puppet was carrying Scarlet who was struggling in one arm and carried the bloody and unmoving body of Frank in the other. His mental fortitude began to crack when he saw her sister struggling at the hands of the Devil Puppet.
”Uncle Frank!! Nooo!!” Mary and Marie sobbed as they saw the bloody carcass of their uncle. They wanted to go to him but they were being pinned down by the Devil Puppets to the ground. Feeling helpless, they could only cry.
”What a pity, your uncle fought back when my puppet stopped them. That is why he's all dead now.” Byron told the Aaron cousins what happened to their uncle and it resulted them glaring hatefully at him.
”As for your sister, I'll save the best for last. I'll make you see a grand ending. I'll torture your beautiful little sister and once I'm done with her, I'll have her be violated again and again by these rebels! Then kill her afterwards! That would be quite an amusing show, wouldn't it?” Byron stated in an amusing manner.
”Byron, you monster, you animal, you devil!!!” Dylan growled as his eyes became increasingly bloodshot. Because of anger and hate, his reasoning was clouded. His soft spot was his little sister and now that Scarlet was in danger, he continued to roar in madness and despair.
”Don't worry. You'll be free from being pinned down when I kill everyone you love.” Byron continued to smile coldly.
”But before I release you, I must first break all the bones of your limbs and chest.” Byron stepped on Dylan's arms and legs one by one and thoroughly crashing his bones. After which, he had the puppet punch his chest dozens of times and thoroughly broke his ribs.
”ARRRRRGHHHHHHH!!!!” Dylan roared in immense pain. He fainted a few times already but was already awoken by the pain he felt.
”SIIIR DYLAAAAN!!” All of the employees cried in pain when they saw how Dylan was being tortured by Byron and his puppets.
”BIIIIG BROOO!!! NOOOO, STOOOOPP HURTING HIM!!!” Scarlet screamed so loudly that it scared some birds. She cried so much when she saw how her brother was being maltreated. She couldn't stand the sight of her brother who always cared for others to be tortured like this.
”Now, to destroy your Cultivation Base and seal your Magnate Strength.” Byron punctured Dylan's abdomen and broke his Cultivation Base. He then formed a seal and placed it on Dylan's forehead to seal his Magnate Strength.
”There. Now I release you from being pressed down.” Byron gestured his puppet and it slowly floated towards him.
”Byron, you're a monster!!!”
”Byron, you're a beast!!!”
”You're no human! You're a true devil's incarnate!”
Everyone who cared for Dylan cursed Byron. They can't do anything but say curses. However, to Byron, who was already used to this, it was nothing but music to his ears.
”Oho, you all are already legible to be low-rank Devil Puppets! This is quite the harvest.” Byron felt proud of his achievements.
”Now to kill all of you! Devil Puppets, ready yourselves!”Byron signalled the puppets.The puppets placed their hands on top of the head and on the chin to ready and dislocate the necks of Dylan's employees.
”No...ooo...” Dylan was crying as he used his chin to drag his entire body. His chest, arms and legs were completely and totally destroyed. He couldn't use his energy in Cultivation and Magnate Strength. He was no different to a cripple in this state.
”Get, set!” Byron signalled.
”Stop... it... please...” Dylan cried as he tried to hasten his movements. His chin was bleeding and scarred yet he still kept moving forward disregarding the pain he felt.
”It has been a pleasure serving you, sir Dylan.” Jack accepted his fate and said his farewell.
”Goodbye, sir Dylan. I'll see you in the Heavens and there, we could drink to our heart's content!” Ronald said as he tried to control his tears
”Don't cry, sir Dylan. We'll still see each other in the Heavens. Promise me to recreate the Gardenford Restaurant there. We promise to work twice as hard.” Larry and Rick bid farewell while tears flowed down their eyes.
”Sir Dylan...”
”Sir Dylan...”
”Sir Dylan...”
”Thank you for everything!” They all bid their farewells to Dylan with smiles on their faces.
”Go!” Byron signalled and the puppets followed as they twisted the heads of Dylan's employees!
”NOOOO!!!!!!!” Dylan and Scarlet howled in anguish and pain.
”You... will.... DIE!!!!” Dylan's wrath soared to the skies. He only had one desire! To kill Byron! Due to the nearing death of his employees and comrades, his hate became so dense and so strong that Dylan started to conjure pitch black gasses like Andrew and Byron. But Dylan's dark clouds were more darker and concentrated than Andrew's. It's shade almost approached Byron's Dark Clouds!
”MANSION! PLEASE HELP ME!!! HELP ME SAVE MY EMPLOYEES BEFORE THEY DIE!! PLEASE GIVE ME POWER TO DO SO!!!” Dylan went to his mindscape to beg to the mansion to give him power because outside his employees our currently going to be executed by Byron's puppets. But to no avail, no matter how much he begged, he was not given anything.
”Shouldn't gifts like you help transcenders like me in my TIME OF NEED?!?! Why can't you do just that?!” Dylan continued to curse the mansion inside his mind. He couldn't understand why. Almost all of the MC's he has read would receive a power up in these times of life and death situations. He just couldn't understand why wasn't he granted the same?!
'What the hell?! He is able to conjure Hell Clouds without the use of the Darkness Castle Sutra?! What's more is that it's already as nearly dark as mine?! Just what kind of talent is this kid that he is able to conjure Hell Clouds without external help?!' Byron was totally shocked about this sudden discovery.
”I guess I have to take you to the Darkness Castle with me to be trained by Castle Lord. I didn't expect an X-grade Magna Magnate in this country. I'll have to deal with you first before killing your employees.” He created another set of seals. This time it was a dozen seal that he distributed to Dylan's body which caused the dark clouds to be slowly sealed. For the final seal, he had to place it at the heart so Byron formed finger sword and and strike Dylan's chest.
But before he could place it, he sensed an extremely bright and hot aura that appeared out of nowhere. When he turned his head, he was punched and sent flying hundreds of meters to the forest! Byron felt and extremely hot feeling in his face it was as though his face was burned! The punch burnt the hood and revealed his face.
The final seal was not put into place. The residual dark clouds that Dylan had conjured due to anger and hate seeped to his chest until they disappeared.
”I can't let you kill anyone who I love!” The one who spoke was none other than Scarlet. But she was completely different from before. Right now, she was surrounded by flames that formed nine flames. Her eyes was like stars that could burn anything and his hair danced like the flames. The flames that surrounded her was so strong that it was able to incinerate all the puppets pressing down on Jack and the others.
But the most distinguishable feature that Scarlet currently had, was the”nine tails” that were portruding behind her petite body!
Byron got up. He was stunned when he saw Scarlet's current form and spoke the words. ” Nine-tailed Sacred Flame Dawn Fox..”