Chapter 299: The Demon. (1/2)

”...Why?”

That was the only question Blaze had from the man who ruined his life.

”huh?” The man was obviously confused.

From the time he had been kidnapped, he didn't understand anything that was happening to him. Suddenly being asked 'why?' without any prior context only helped to complicate the situation.

Blaze noticeably shook in anger at the fact that this man didn't even recognize him after turning his life upside down.

With his cold eyes staring down at the middle-aged man who shivered unknowingly at this act, Blaze slowly took off the piece of cloth he had tied on his forehead to hide the crown of crystals embedded in his skin.

Years had passed, but he had never taken off this cloth in the presence of an outsider. Without a doubt, he knew that he would have to silence anyone who knew about this.

After all, even when they were now in the middle of the Mainland where people from all the corners of the continent gathered, he hadn't met a single person who was born like him.

But these worries only lasted until they weren't strong enough to protect themselves.

Now that Ozul was even able to kill one of the only Rank-10 Mages, he felt no fear of attracting attention to himself from the whole world much less this priest in front of him.

The crown of crystals glinted in the sunlight as if they were precious jewels.

It was especially true for the middlemost crystal which was more than twice the size of the rest. If one concentrated enough on that crystal, they might even be able to notice the tiny strands of bluish whiffs of energy particles forming and then disappearing in an endless cycle.

Staring at those crystals would make just about anyone lose their sense of time and make them completely engrossed. Blaze's birth was a miracle in itself.

Even now, if anyone were to look at those crystals, they would most likely feel that it was Blaze who had done it to himself for unknown reasons.

But that was only if it was someone else.

The priest in front of Blaze was more than familiar with those crystals.

The moment his eyes fell on the crystal crown, multiple images flashed through his mind at an instant. He might have forgotten a cyan-haired man such as Blaze, but he could have never forgotten those crystals.

”Y-you!” The priest shakingly pointed his finger towards Blaze.

It had been so long since he had seen those crystals and had almost lost all hope of ever seeing them again. He didn't expect to find that kid from years ago like this now.

But just as he remembered everything, the situation suddenly hit him. He finally began to understand why he was in this position right now, all beaten up.

For a moment, the priest didn't understand what he could do to get himself out of here. Even so, the murderous aura surrounding Blaze made it seem a bit hopeless.

Before he could think of anything to escape his doom, Blaze took a step closer to him. The priest didn't know if it was an illusion, but for a moment, he might have even seen Blaze's eyes turning just a little blue.

”S-s-stop! Stop right there! Don...t come any closer-!”

As if he had perceived his impending doom, the Priest hurriedly backed away. Though he couldn't run away when a giant ice spear came protruding out of the ground and aimed at his back.

”I will ask you again. Why did you declare me a demon?” Blaze questioned.

After all, there should have been no reason for this priest to call him a demon just based on the crystals embedded on his forehead. Although those crystals were unusual, it shouldn't have been strange enough for him to be called a demon by even his own family.

It was a magical world and anything could have happened. Not every out-of-place characteristic should have been directly related to being a demon.

Unless this priest was just a half-witted lunatic, there should have been a different reason behind his actions.

Either way, Blaze was going to get his revenge.

”I...” The priest, though, didn't dare to look straight into Blaze's eyes.

For a second, he didn't know what to answer Blaze. It looked as if he was contemplating his options.

However, his thoughts were forced to come to a halt when he felt the area around him turning colder by second.

”D-d-don't! I... will tell you...” the priest finally understood that he didn't have the luxury to hide anything.

The cold was already getting unbearable for him. Not to mention, he had also noticed the small needles of ice that had started to form out of thin air.

”Y-you... will you l-l-let me g-...o i-” whispers came out of his mouth.

”EeK! Arck!  Stop! STOP!”

The priest involuntarily let out a cry of pain and yelled for Blaze to stop when several needles of ice penetrated his feet and hands at the same time.

It was quite evident that Blaze had started to lose patience. The fact that he hadn't killed this man was already testing his limits.

”It wasn't me! It wasn't my fault! I swear! It was all on that Bishop! He did everything! Let me go please...?”

The priest began to shout frantically. He didn't want to die yet. There was no way he would give up on his life here.