The Demon Swordsman 3
Ch. 224 - A Sin
'If there's anything more rotten than garbage, then it's you.'
"Shut up."
'You don't deserve to live. Even to die, the earth will not accept your corpse.'
"I say shut up!"
'You've been banished by your family, you're cursed by all humans, you're exiled, no one expects your existence. You're the world's ugliest man.'
"Stop! Goddamnit! Argh!!"
Both knees of his feet fell on the shallow surface of the river, he held his head with both hands. Closing his ears even though the sound was getting louder in his mind.
"If no one will accept me, I will force them to accept me. Correct ... Become a new leader ... I've been so close to that. I made them fall apart and had to turn to me. Even that Xin sneak. I will make him worship me. Die ... Die, you all, damn it!"
His hand tried to shatter the shadow of his face reflected on the surface of the water.
The man had no idea why everything had become so broken.
It all started when the coup he did to his father. In the end, his brother was appointed the next Emperor. The wrong way to hire the Devil Cult to help him win the war was a huge catastrophe that changed his entire life.
Starting from there, he was imprisoned.
Humiliated, maki-maki and lost everyone's trust - even his own family. His relatives no longer viewed him as a human but a demon. His brothers treated him like a criminal.
He was not given mercy.
Her dry tears turned into a rage that burned her soul to the roots. He just wanted everyone to see him, not his brother.
At this moment his eyes could see the reflection of the face, a face that everyone was reluctant to see. A face that is always given a look of hate. The sadness on his face grew.
Remembering the one who had been by his side, Qin Yujin again grieved over Fu Qinshan's departure. He only realized that all this time the woman had always put him above everything. Fu Qinshan was not a tool for combat, the woman sometimes looked jaded with all the ambition she was pursuing.
Fu Qinshan never complained.
Although he had to kill his own sister, for her sake.
"Nothing." Water droplets fell from his face, making small waves over the water.
He pulled out a small clock like a compass inside which was inserted a speck of blood. The blood showed a hint of direction, a place where Qin Yujin should be chasing after. The man knew it, how to find the Demon Tears. The devil's blood will show it to him.
A terrible grin was plastered on his face, re-discovering his true self.
"Yes ... How else. Everybody hates me. Even the angels take away lives. Hell or heaven may reject me. Then my only place is here and continue this Era of Destruction for the New Era."
He got up while looking straight ahead.
"For them I am a sin like the ancients who called the son of the devil a Sin. Then I don't mind being that forever." His gaze turned violent, all this time he had been known as a heartless demon. "I'll be back, Xin Chen. To destroy you and retrieve Fu Hua's body. Risen him with demonic powers, he is my son. Until then, you won't be able to stop me."
"What's been going on?"
Xin Chen frowned as he looked down, thousands of houses were burned by the flames. Piles of undead flooded entire villages, towns and even the suburbs. Explosions occurred from a distance, the impact of tall buildings and the roar that never subsided. All of this mixed up into one of the deadliest disasters.
The planned apocalypse has happened. His hands shook, his whole life had never seen such destruction. The pain slipped in his heart, watching the children down there running around to save themselves, terrified.
Now what he saw was the same as what had happened in the Wei Empire. Disaster that would scare anyone. Xin Chen clenched his hands, free if he went down. Everyone there has become infected. The rest have been bitten.
"Don't see it if you can't."
The fox in front of him realized that. Ye Long flew higher, balancing his wings and flying steadily above the clouds. Xin Chen did not budge and was still staring at him.
"I let this happen."
"Understand your brain which is just a grain of rice" said the Thunder Fox. "The bad things that happen outside your control are not your fault. You're just not ready for it, make it a lesson not a regret."
The words of the Lightning Fox made him speechless.
"Lessons .." Xin Chen tried to understand the intent of the Lightning Fox. The demon never said anything as simple as his words, there was always meaning in them. But in the midst of his immortality Xin Chen could barely think. Anxiousness haunted him. The circumstances of his own family he does not know.
But Ye Long said that when the disaster happened he was not home and when he saw the house was empty. It all happened so fast. Luckily Ye Long was able to fly and survived. Ordinary demons even became that infected meal.
"But this guilt never stops. I know I can stop it."
"Then you put too much hope in yourself."
I heard the fox voice. "If you believe you can handle it, then you have to believe you can end it all."
The Lightning Fox no longer heard the disciple speak other than silence.
The next bang made such a fierce storm, Ye Long had lost his balance due to the strong winds below. One of the oil refineries exploded, some of the soldiers who were there were killed on the spot. Then the oil spills spread and burned.
Explosions after explosions set fire to housing, and the fire continued to spread to dozens of homes. In a short time the village was filled with embers. Xin Chen was about to descend but the Lightning Fox would not allow. They had to bring Feng Yong and Fu Hua quickly. There is no time to take care of all the things below, because if they do they will never get to the destination.
"It's really bad. Is the entire Empire like this?"
"Rragh! I had a chance to see at the border of the Qing Empire. They also experienced the same thing" Ye Long said.
"Better?"
"Maybe by now half of them have turned into infected."
They arrived at a city that had been filled with fog, it seemed that in the past two days it had been burned to the ground by fire. There is no sense of perceived existence. That place was much different from the previous Fanlu Town.
Ye Long continued speaking, "We're up."
He lowered his wings, landing on a familiar path. Xin Chen went down and watched in front of him in disbelief.