Merciless: The Exiled Knight
Ch 10's. Events That Were Never Expected

(Slurb~)

"You are my true enemy, Louis."

The king's words accompanied the sword that stuck deep in Luciferd's stomach.

It actually makes Luciferd had flinching, immediately staring at the face of Verdy.

The skies over the entire Athareas continent darkened, thickening the gripping atmosphere that enveloped the pool of blood around the surroundings of the kingdom of Grantarte.

But it was only an illusion, a shadow of Luciferd's subconscious after he meditated in the shadow of the universe.

"Until now, I still regard you as father."

(Zwush~)

Luciferd instantly slid his body towards the back, releasing the sword that Verdy was holding. "And you will die as a father, with my own hands" snapped Luciferd.

The incision wound in Luciferd's abdomen slowly fused, the effect of black mana magic reacting within his body.

Verdy was not surprised at all, he seemed to have understood what was going to happen in the future. "Louis! Drop your sword now! You've been incited by the demon queen's talk! Surrender and regret what you have done from now on!" her cheering.

"Rush?" Luciferd even more tightly gripped the handle of his sword. "I have given up on the situation. If it wasn't for Beelzebub's help, maybe you'd be showing me my death in front of people" he replied.

(Gum!)

Luciferd shot out as fast as lightning, accompanied by a black aura that billowed over his body.

(Trank!)

Broken. The sword that Verdy used to fend off Luciferd's attack was broken in half, but he was lucky to have avoided the sword of Luciferd. "T—impossible! My grandfather's holy sword broke just like that?!"

Verdy then looked up to see the blade of his sword smashed into pieces, which was immediately crushed by the metal fragments of the sword was stepped on by Luciferd's feet.

"Look who is standing before you, Father. Innocent little boy who doesn't understand anything about the curse you're predicting." Luciferd slowly walked over to Verdy, the black aura engulfing his body growing larger, indicating that his strength was truly limitless. "Every day I'm cooped up, humiliated, even persecuted by the curse. Who cares? Does anyone feel sorry for me in the least? You and them just think of me as a monster of misfortune" said Luciferd calmly.

Verdy can't just keep quiet. The king instantly elicited a light-shaped magic reaction on both of his palms. "Curse is a curse! For the peace of all my people, I'm willing to change your life!" his reply.

(Jwooff!)

With those two palms, Verdy spewed a deadly light elemental magic energy towards Luciferd.

(Twoar!)

There was a terrible explosion, even to the ears of the members of the royal family, who were sheltering behind Verdy's shield of light.

"It was a magic explosion Your Majesty! Did he defeat him?!" ask one of the magic elders.

The restlessness of all members of the royal family spontaneously subsided, after hearing the explosion.

"No." Anna Grantarte immediately stepped closer to the shield of light. "If indeed Father succeeds, of course this shield will be removed. I have a bad feeling about her" the princess of the kingdom of Grantarte argued.

What Anna felt, really happened.

Returning to the area around the front courtyard of the royal palace, the post-explosive puff of smoke instantly faded, displaying the figure of Luciferd who was not the least affected by the explosion.

"What's my fault, father? Why do you want to kill me so badly?" luciferd asked, making Verdy's view sharper.

The explosion is fatal when it hits a person, it can destroy the entire body of the person. But for Luciferd it was nothing.

Verdy again intends to launch his magic attack. "I am a King! I will be kind and wise before all my people! But in the face of an enemy like you, I wouldn't hesitate, Louis!" reply with loud.

(Zwooff!)

(Jwooff!)

(Jwooff!)

(Guarr!)

(Twoar!)

(Twdaaarrr!)

Several light elemental magic attacks were launched towards Verdy at Luciferd quickly, creating a series of very deafening explosions for those who heard them.

In the thickening puff of smoke, Luciferd instantly shot up.

(Slerb~)

Luciferd was completely unexpected. In just one strike, he was able to cripple the King who was feared throughout the continent.

"Thank you, father. Your answer is very comforting to me." Luciferd slowly floated up to his feet, overseeing a royal palace that no longer had a leader. "Whoever opposes me will have the same fate as Father. Destroy all of you" he said.

Luciferd's two hands stretched wide, eliciting a synergistic dark magic reaction in both palms.

The King's shield spontaneously disappeared, as the owner had been declared dead.

All members of the royal family who witnessed it immediately assumed that Verdy had succeeded in defeating Luciferd.

"Let's go out to welcome your Majesty's victory!" exclaimed one of the magician elders, leading the entourage of royal family members who walked in droves towards the main door of the palace.

"T—wait a minute!" Anna reluctantly followed them, the bad premonition in her heart had ingrained. "I suspect that Ayahanda has lost that fight!" his cheers, practically made the entourage of members of the royal family stop.

Some of them also agreed with Anna's guess, although others still clung to the witch elders' assumptions.

"Really! If Your Majesty loses, we'll finish our history" said one member of the royal family.

"Let me go out. You stay here" Anna ordered.

Anna hurriedly walked through the crowd of royal family members, trying to open the palace door slowly despite being struck by a bad feeling.

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

Luciferd had not yet shown a movement, from just flying above the royal sky while expelling all black mana energy from within his body.

That lull, given by Luciferd, was an opportunity for Anna to walk out the palace door, find out what was really going on with the King.

Anna watched no one, except for the presence of the body of someone lying on the ground. He then walked over to the person's body, accidentally turning towards the head piece still spitting out fresh blood.

"T—impossible ... Ayahandaa!" Anna screamed hysterically, watching who was behind the head.

Luciferd spontaneously focused his attention towards Anna, it seemed that the presence of the girl made him intend to delay the final attack. "Anna ..." he said, then slowly stepped down and set his foot on the ground.

"Goddessa ...." Anna was completely shocked, her tears kept dripping as she hugged the piece of the King's head.

"Anna," appealed to Luciferd.

Anna spontaneously panned sharply towards Luciferd. "Louis ... Why did you kill Ayahanda? Why did you kill your father!!!" it was as strong as possible.

Not paying attention to Anna's clasping, Luciferd extended a hand. "Come with me. You are in exception" he said.

Anna shook her head softly, with her face appearing puffy. "Is that all you're saying? Didn't you ever think before you acted to kill Father? Did you never realize that you were a monster?!!" it's snapped once again.

Next to Luciferd's outstretched palm, it clenched tightly. "alright. You've escaped my exception" he replied.

Luciferd drifted back slowly, but this time a little lower than his previous height.

Anna was watching it. "What are you gonna do, Louis?" the girl said, but her voice was not heard by Luciferd.

"All of you are offerings, to Her Majesty Beelzebub's mother." Luciferd extended one hand toward the royal palace. "Receive my vengeance!"

(Kummoo!)

From the palm of his hand, Luciferd launched an enormous dark magic reaction. The magic that was extracted from the black instantly shot towards the royal palace of Grantarte, making Anna stunned before being hit by the dark magic attack.

(TWO!!)

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

The sky in all areas of the universe became dark, raising concerns in the hearts of the entities of its inhabitants.

"It seems Luciferd managed to master his black mana," the inner Azazel, watched Luciferd's meditation from a distance.

"Azazel! Is this from your side?! Why is our sky dark and the air feels so hot?!" accuse one of the angels, feeling panicked when they find the changes that occur around the waterfall area.

All the other angels were terrified, their attention staring intently at Azazel.

Azazel turned his head towards them. "Just calm. This is the reaction Luciferd showed. Wait until the child is awake from his meditation" he explained.

Imagining how the entire area of Grantarte's royal palace was destroyed, Luciferd suddenly opened his eyes. His breath was breathless, cold sweat immediately fell down his face.

Luciferd managed to get through his meditation activities in kahyangan, despite having to experience events that he never expected in his dream.

~Tbc