Chapter 45 (1/2)

*SCREECH*

A bright and shrill sound resounded in the air, announcing the end of a life.​​

*ROARR*

The next roar was deaf and filled with pain and hatred, resonating for miles around.

This powerful roar, which frightened most people, became less and less every second until it died out.

The end of this roar heralded for all who heard it the end of a reign of infernal reign and persecution.

In the village, all the villagers as well as the children lay on the ground with reverence and hope.

Every second they spent listening to the battle from afar was such a torture that they would almost go mad.

'Please, our fate depends on it'.

The chief was trembling, his hands closed in fists and his fingers were digging into his flesh.

His prayer was not for his own happiness but for the happiness of the children and their parents.

In his case, he was already at the end of his life, death was opening his arms and he would soon jump into its embrace.

But before that, he wanted to have peace of mind knowing that his loved ones were safe and happy.

”These children haven't even been able to taste the joy of life and the parents haven't yet been able to take on the blessed role of parenting”.

”These children and parents are innocent and they still have a whole life ahead of them and a future”.

”So please, give them a glowing one!”

The chief's words were touching, and in the face of his devotion to them, the villagers could only mourn their fate and hope for a better one.

And when they had finished their words, a muffled and powerful roar rang out in the distance.

In spite of the distance, they could never forget this roar that they had experienced for so long.

On hearing it, the prostrate faces of the villagers and the chief turned pale, thinking the worst.

And as despair took hold of them, the powerful and tyrannical roar turned into a high-pitched, suffering roar.

Noticing this, the villagers raised their heads in confusion when they saw within a second that the once dark, cloudy and threatening sky receded to make way for a radiant sky of astonishing purity.

These two events were enough for the villagers to understand the situation.

”Evil has been defeated!”

It was only one sentence, but it carried everything the villagers had been waiting for for so many years.

Joy, liberation, freedom, happiness, trust, courage and hope.

Cries of joy and tears of happiness were unleashed to fill the air with their well-being.

”Thank you,” said the chief, moved with all possible sincerity.

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Shin was always on top of the dragon, his hand stuck in his ċhėst.

The purple reptilian eyes of the dragon were now gone to make way for completely white eyes.

No more pupils and irises, only the sclera.

There was not a single fluctuation of disgust or fear in Shin's eyes.

Only cold and indifferent eyes.

As already said, he will not hesitate to take someone's life if necessary.

He thinks he has enough morals and common sense to be able to judge whether a person is good or bad.

This is not overestimation but ȧssurance, without having any, how do you want to be able to make a decision?

He would only have pity for those who, despite their bad deeds, have a past that can, not forgive or justify their actions, but be worthy of compassion.

But the dragon was not one of those people.

Shin pushed his arm and pulled it out of his ċhėst with a sharp blow.

He stood upright on the dragon's dead body with his wings spread and his hand covered in blood.

His clothes were a little torn and his sleeve was completely torn off, showing that his opponent had shown resistance.

His appearance at the moment was quite bloody and without his beautiful wings which added an ”angelic” and reassuring side to the scene, people could swear they were seeing a demon or a god of death.

The wounds that Shin had on his arm had already all disappeared. In fact a few seconds after he had received them, they had already healed leaving only dried blood.

Blood flowed down the hand to fall and land on the ground.

The sound produced by the drop of blood took Shin out of his thoughts as he looked towards the source of the noise.

Seeing his hand covered in blood, he swung his arm to the side to remove all traces of blood from his hand.

Without dwelling on the dragon's corpse, Shin jumped out of the body.

Like a child, he hastened to take the scales from the dragon and put them in his personal space.

When he finished taking all the scales he could, after all he had come to the base for that, his eyes fell on a pool of blood formed by the accumulation of blood flowing from the dragon's ċhėst.

”This blood could be useful, it seems that magic is flowing inside.”

While observing, Shin decided to take the blood so he took out a bottle to fill it.

Magical dragon blood could always be useful, couldn't it?

”It's become really desolate...”

Shin couldn't see anything for miles except rock, barren dead earth and craters in every corner.

”It's my fault so I have to fix it.”

Shin reached out his hand and opened his palm to concentrate a large amount of Life Energy into an orb.

After a few minutes, the orb reached the size of a football and Shin threw it to the ground.

As it descended to the ground, the orb entered the earth and immediately afterwards the dry and barren earth began to regain colour and liveliness.

Nature returned and spread at an alarming rate for miles around, transforming this desolate land into a lush, bustling land of life.

Having finished his work, Shin nodded his head in satisfaction and his body burst into flames to transform itself into its Phoenix form.

With a flutter of his wings, he flew at full speed towards the village without forgetting his little gift.

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As all the villagers were feasting, they were all thrown into a darkness as if night had fallen except that a feeling of warmth was still present.

It doesn't make much sense.

Raising their eyes to see reason, they saw Shin hovering just above them.

Their eyes widened as they saw the Celestial Phoenix reappear and then suddenly...

*BOOM*

Not far from them, a huge thud resounds as if a very heavy object had fallen from the sky.