54 The Lord of Fire and The Barbarian King (2/2)

”Of course, I'm blessed by the gods and I will use it for the greater good!” Devon smiled wide as he looked at the little boy and ruffled his head.

”Come on guys, moves faster but quieter, okay? We need to go that camp at Port Maria that got broadcasted from the radio that Winston made and we need to reach it before nightfall and you don't want to be outside in night time” Devon urged them quietly.

Devon, 29 year old guy who was a former gangster before turned over a new leaf and become a well known kind of guy in the streets who wanted to become a buddhist monk and help people whose in need of his help.

Sadly, his dream didn't come into fruition as the epidemic suddenly came out of nowhere. On those days, he saw a lot of people die in front of his eyes, his family, people who are very close to him, friends and the town's people, he watched them die, helpless.

On the rainy night of the fifth day, him and his only family left his sister was being chased by big mutated beast that looks like a cat and that's when everything change. His sister got tripped and fell down on the ground and when Devon was about to help her, the monster beat him onto it as the monster arrived beside his sister and started feasting on her. Her cries that night and that eyes pleading with help with her hand outstretched towards him.

He really wanted to help her but he knows he won't even be able to put up a fight, he just stood there as he watched his sister die in front of him with blood red eyes under the rain and he slowly knelt on the ground and screamed towards the night sky.

”Ahhh~~~! Ahhh~~! Ahh~~!” he just kept screaming full of rage to the point that he was already crying in tears of blood, when suddenly he gave an ear piercing and then stopped like something just snapped inside him.

He felt dizzy and he saw that world around is pulsing like he was hearing his own beating and after that he felt a pain he had never experienced before that made him scream in pain.

”Arggghhh~~~!!!” he felt his body burning is so much pain like he was suddenly thrown into pot of boiling water as something weird was happening on the the muscles around his body, his veins were bulging and would move like a snake swimming in the water and his muscles would deflate and then inflate like it was a balloon.

”Argghhh~~! It hurts!!” suddenly a wave of relief came upon him and then came silence while his head just drooped down towards the ground.

This time the monster who was ignoring him earlier and was just feasting on Devon's sister was now staring at the silent Devon while slowly backing away from him as it looked at him full of wariness.

Then Devon moved and slowly stood up and he was standing in a weird posture with his back arched, his arms were hanging down and his head facing the skies with his mouth opened as ball of mist would come out along with his a heavy breathing.

Something changed in him, his aura of desolation was now like an ancient beast that just woke up from his long slumber.

Devon snapped his eyes wide open and slowly looked at the retreating monster who caused the death of his sister.

”You mons..ter juju....Die as an offering to my sister in the afterlife!” Devon roared as he charged towards at the now fleeing monster but the monster who was supposed to be faster than a human was now like an ordinary car with the Devon being a supercar who's now slowly catching up from behind.

”Monster! Get back here!” Devon shouted in rage as he suddenly uprooted a utility pole while running and smashed it towards the fleeing monster.

BANG~~!

The monster, whose clearly a mutate cat is still alive after being struck but it can't move as its body was stuck on ground.

”Die! Die! Die...!”

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

He repeatedly smashed to pole towards the monster and only stopped after he saw that it already turned into a meat paste.

Thud~!

He dropped the pole on the ground and slowly walked back towards the corpse of his sister. He didn't feel happy or even a bit of joy, instead he felt anger and so much sadness.

”Ashley, your brother has avenged you” Devon said as he silently cried.

2 minutes later, he stood up and clasped his hands like a monk and bowed towards his sister's corpse before he picked up what was left of it and went to bury it somewhere.

His body was surrounded by desolation and loneliness as it slowly moved forward under the rain as his steps, creating a ”piter pater” sound on the soaked road.

And later they were known as John the Lord of Fire and Devon the Barbarian King.

And Leo?

Well...they're powers are practically useless in front him.