[ You have slain a lvl.100 demigod. Name- Archeon, Angel of illusions.]
[ You have defeated the ruler of the moon, transferring the ownership.]
Error.
[ You don’t have a spirit domain.]
[ Assessing the rewards, you have received a half-divine flawless ability rune: — ]
Error! Error!
[ You don’t have a spirit domain.]
[ Evaluating the condition of planet, Iris.]
Scanning...
[ Scan complete. ]
[ Planet Iris, the home world of humans has been destroyed by the angel’s army.]
[ Total humans alive: 001! ]
Error. Error. Error.
[ The ’Champion of humanity’ is dead!!! ]
[ The ’Queen of shadows’ is dead! ]
[ The ’Son of Sun’ is dead! ]
[ Humanity is dead!!! ]
...
[ You have failed to save your planet.]
[ Fourth and final passage of hell is descending! ]
[ PREPARE FOR YOUR DOOM!! LORD OF FLAMES.]
***
In an alleyway a man wearing black suit was beating a young boy, who looked no more than twenty.
The boy’s fiery-red hair was in a mess, his nose was bleeding profusely and his face swollen by the injuries.
"You little shit! Dare to touch my little brother." The man said as he kicked the boy in the stomach.
The boy raised his hands to stop the kick but found himself flying to the back, and staggered into the wall.
"Ahh." He groaned loudly as his head struck the wall.
"Hahaha!" The man laughed seeing the boy struggling to rise against the ground.
"Don’t let me catch you next time or I am going to rip your pretty head off." The man said, leaving a half dead boy alone in a dark alley.
"Fuck you!" Hadeon cursed, showing his back a middle finger.
The man stopped and glared at the boy as if ready to kill him in the next second.
A cruel grin on his face.
"I am not done yet," Hadeon said, his eyes filled with rage as he stood up. His legs were still shaking and vision was painted red by his own blood.
The young boy spat clotted blood as he wiped his bruised lips.
This man’s little brother has made fun of his dead father. Hadeon in a fit of rage has beaten him and gang members.
After finding a boy had single handedly beaten his brother and two gang members, the gang leader had to come personally to deal with the boy himself, so no other slum rats dare to raise their voice against them.
"So, you can take a little more beating, can you?" the man asked in an amusing tone, no longer having a threatening look but a sinister smile on his face.
But Instinctively, Hadeon backed away, finding his back to the wall again, the man emitting a cold killing intent.
"I give that to you kid, but let me tell you something, courage is not enough to win a fight." The man said as he walked closer to the boy, trying to grab his neck.
"Your brother started all of this—" Hadeon shouted as he found the approaching man dangerous, trying to find a way out of the alleyway.
"Doesn’t matter." The man said as his voice grew colder.
For a moment the man stopped and stared at the night sky covered by dark clouds.
"It’s going to rain today! Huh?"
Then he turned his gaze to the boy.
"Have you ever killed somebody?" the man asked lightly, his voice no more than a whisper, as he looked into Hadeon’s eyes trying to inflict fear in his soul.
The next moment Hadeon found himself hanging by the man’s arm.
He punched the man’s chest and kicked his legs, but the man ignored all of them like a passing wind.
There was not much strength left in those shaky limbs.
The grip of his hands on the boy’s neck tightened slightly, and the fury and brightness of Hadeon’s bright-orange eyes started to dim with each passing seconds.
Hadeon was dying and the man had no intention of leaving the boy alive.
’I can’t die. Fuck! At least not after all these years living in a shit hole and now, when I had a chance to leave the slums for the good.’
’I am dying?’
’Fuck.’
Hadeon found his remaining strength leaving his body making the struggle more and more futile. His consciousness started to fade slowly and he was pulled into the darkness.
It was not uncommon in slums to die by the hands of a gangster, but he had never imagined himself facing the same fate.
’Who imagined such things afterall?’
Hadeon still couldn’t believe killing one only because of a small fight was possible.
’How can a man kill others so easily?’
’So that’s how I die?’ He tried to open his eyes one last time but then decided to leave it close, ’atleast I am not going to die seeing this fucker’s face!’
Hadeon cursed inwardly.
But then finding his thoughts to be a little funny; thinking about stupid things while getting murdered.
’Hahaha’
’How like me! Let’s meet again in hell, you bastard." He laughed inwardly, and with his last thought he finally gave in.
***
The narrow alley of the slums was swallowed by darkness only to be lightened by thunder claps. Rain drummed against the rusty and old rooftops, the land turning into thick mud.
In a shallow pool of mud laid a motionless body.
The only things that made it look alive was the occasional rise and fall of the chest.
And then...
A wisp of fire entered the lifeless body as it twitched uncontrollably before returning to its usual calm state.
The frequency of breathing increased drastically; followed by the movement of the boy’s hands.
At the same time, a lightning struck the roof of a nearby slum alley, making the darkness disappear for a moment turning the haunting rainy night into a day.
Error! Error! Error!
Error! Error! Error!
Hadeon tried to open his eyes but it felt so heavy as if his eye lids were covered with stones. He hasn’t felt this kind of weakness in a very long time.
[ You died! ]
A mechanical sound ringed in the mind of Hadeon, followed by painful memories; Planet Iris getting destroyed after the death of his teammates by the hands of humans greatest enemy.
Error!
Error!
Feeling the rage and pain for losing his friends and family, he woke and sat up, his eyes now filled with flames— madness taking over them completely.
No longer looking like the eyes of a boy, who he was just a few hours ago.
His face twisted into agony as if he was burned alive. He clenched his head tight with both hands, trying to make sense of all that had happened on the moon.
"H-How?"
’H-How? How did the champion of humanity die? He was supposed to be undefeated! The faith of all humanity was in him.’
Noooo!!!
Noooo!!!
Ahhhh!!
A haunting scream left the boy’s throat.
Ding!
[ Anomaly detected!!!]
[ Initiating the termination of host soul... ]