Chapter 46: I am Haughty
Jayden was standing in front of Shadow, looking down at him, as countless black figures were standing beside him, exhibiting a strong aura.
Shadow looked flustered at the sight of such horrendous figures, even though he knew it was all an illusion it could still kill him.
" Are you feeling alright, Shadow, your face looks a little pale. " Jayden chortled.
There was fear in Shadow's heart, but his gaze was still ferocious. He still had a Trump card up his sleeves, he was confident that he could kill Jayden in an instant if he used it.
Whenever his life was in grave danger, it always worked as his last resort. Even the previous leader of the shadow group was killed using this method.
With determination etched in his heart, he turns his face upwards, meeting Jayden's eyes directly. Suddenly his black eyes started to emit a strange brownish light.
Jayden used his skill Mind Manipulator to read his mind and also steal his killing intent. But the next instant his eyes widened when he found out about the attack Shadow was going to launch at him.
Jayden immediately tried to back away, but he was a second too late. Before he could do anything the light directly entered Jayden's eyes, making him fall back on the ground.
As soon as Jayden fell on the ground, all the figures surrounding Shadow disappeared and the darkness surrounding them vanished returning the land back to normal.
The offense Shadow had just used, attacked directly the soul, breaking it to shreds. It was Shadow's strongest attack, after using it he would be in a state of weakness for a whole year.
But no one who suffered from this skill, last to tell the tale. It was a legendary rank skill, it was actually this skill that changed Shadow's life completely. From an orphan and low-rank canon fodder for the Shadow group to the Leader of the same group.
With a grunt, shadow stood on his feet panting heavenly. He had several internal injuries, and the use of his eye art had weakened him significantly.
He turned to check on Jayden and was pleasantly surprised to see him still breathing. He could see that Jayden was nowhere near death, it was just a momentary thing.
With determination in his eyes, he lunged at Jayden and pierced his chest several times, shredding his heart to pieces. And for the last touch, stuck Jayden's head with his knife, brandishing the knife directly into Jayden's brain.
Then without looking back, he turned around and started limping back to the altar, where the ritual was on the edge of finishing, leaving the knife stuck in Jayden's head.
He was only able to take a few steps when he felt a dense purple light appearing behind his back. With a slight feeling of trepidation, he turns and looks at Jayden's body.
Jayden's body which was lying on the ground peacefully a moment ago, suddenly launched into the sky, emanating a purple light and a strong aura.
Shadow watched in horror, while Jayden's body stopped in mid-air, more than twenty meters above the ground. His whole body was covered in purple light, and it was hard to see what was going on inside it.
A dozen seconds passed, while Shadow just stood and looked into the sky, trying to understand the situation.
*Booooooom*
Suddenly, something fell from the sky sending tremors everywhere, huge crater appeared on the ground, and Shadow was thrown away from the impact.
Then the purple light subsided, leaving behind a man standing tall with his hands resting on his waist. Shadow slowly moved his body and looked at Jayden and was astonished at the obvious changes in his body.
His black hair and blue eyes completely turned to purple, giving Jayden a devilish charm. The clock and plus figures present in Jayden's pupil turned white in colour.
His body and aura executed a bad-boy charm, and his expression looked as if he was looking down on everything. His bad boy charms would be lethal to any girl.
" Hahahaha, I'm finally out. Those three bastards can't do anything now. Hoooo " a Hardy laughter echoed in the desolate place, as the person standing before Shadow bantered.
He looked at Shadow and with a big grin on his face, tip-toed towards him while humming a song, and moving his body to the rhythm.
With great efforts, Shadow sat back, and looked at him before asking: " Who are you and what happened to you? How are you still alive? "
Breaking his humming the person replied:
" I am haughty, wait no that doesn't sound right, it sounds more like a trait than a name, ughh, though I don't want to use that cowardly bastard's name, but you can call me 'Jay'. "
Shadow stared at the still-stuck knife on Jay's head and looked mortified.
Sensing his gaze, Jayden laughed again and removed the knife from his head. The wound which was opened after the removal of the knife, healed in a second, as Shadow looked at all this.
" Looks like after only coming out on short terms I'm getting a little rusty. " Jay mused.
" It's all thanks to you, that I could finally have my full freedom. As a thanks... " Jay said while looking at Shadow, after a pause he continued:" I'll give all 2150 of your men a painless death. "
Before Shadow could even flinch, Jay flicks his finger and all men who were looking at their fight with terrified expressions, suddenly fell to the ground one after another.
And at the same time, 2150 hearts appeared in front of Jay in place of broken stones that were lying there just a few seconds away, creating a pool of blood and organs.
Shadow's anger flared up at the sight of all his men dying in an instant. He glared at Jay and shouted:
" KNEEL AND DIE "
But unlike before, Jay didn't even flinch, he just looked at Shadow with disdain. It's as if there was no pressure on his body.
Then raising one of his hands, he spoke:
" KNEEL "
Just as Jay spoke, a huge pressure pressed down on Shadow. His bones started to break, his internal organs becoming mince meat. He throws a mouthful of blood and just lies on the ground like a dead dog.
Jay strolls towards him, and after reaching Shadow's side he bends down a little.
" Awww, look how badly you're beaten. You should've known better than to cross my path. Well, whatever. I would have loved to let you speak your last words. " Jay said before continuing again.
" Your voice is just too unpleasant to listen to, so instead let me tell you a story from a few years ago. "
Clearing his throat Jay begins to tell the story to Shadow:
" Being alone in this world, I was raged in an orphanage. I heard I was just a few months old when someone delivered me there. I just had this strange locket as a memento of my previous family. Although I had no family, it was still fun with all kids there.
Everyone treated us orphans nicely in the orphanage, we were even being provided education there. I had many friends and there was also a girl whom I liked a lot, I would spend most of my time with her and we always talked a lot. She was two years older than me and very beautiful.
When I was thirteen, it was a few days after my birthday, I was going to her room as usual. But when I was near it, I heard some sound from inside it.
I opened the door and found that a boy was trying to force himself on Sydney, the girl I liked. I was enraged, I ran to him and pushed him away but he was already above 20. So my strength was not enough and he easily threw me at the wall.
Though I was too weak to save her, but with all the commotion and noises, everyone came to check and caught the guy red-handed. I moved toward Sydney and hugged her trembling body, thanking God that I was able to save her before the bastard could do anything to her.
The next day, the people who managed the orphanage called a meeting to decide the punishment for that bastard. After some discussion, they decided not to call the cops and just give him a warning not to do it again.
That bastard had a smile when everyone decided to give him a second chance. He looked at Sydney with lust in his eyes, making her hide behind me in fear and gave me a hard look.
I obviously wasn't satisfied with the result, the whole incident left a deep mark in my heart, the terrified expression of Sydney kept appearing in my head and that bastard was still as free as ever.
I felt a heavy headache, it was so bad that I felt as if my head was being split. At that time, I was born, all the alter egos were born. On that very night, I went to the kitchen and took kerosene.
Then sneaking into that bastard's room when he was asleep, I poured all the oil over his body below his torso to make it more painful. Then I woke him up with a punch on his nose.
He instantly became angry, as blood dripped from his nose. He looked as if he wanted to kill me, but before he could do anything I lit up the fire and dropped it over his body.
I was exhilarated seeing the expression of terror on his face, I hummed over his cries, I watched constantly as he started to run all over the place and his skin started to burn away.
It was night, so it took some time before everyone could come there. And before they could reach he was burnt to death. I looked at his body, a joyful expression on my face.
I heard footsteps coming from outside, I knew that killing is illegal and if I was caught, I would have to spend a long time in prison. So I ran away from there and started to live on the streets, after that I haven't met Sydney and since then my mind is broken. sigh "
With a sigh Jay finished his story, he looks at Shadow and found that he had just taken his last breath.
" Tsk, dead already. And here I was thinking of 100 ways to torture you. Well, anyway. "
He didn't gave shadow a second glance and looked at the altar. Four assassins were still performing the ritual, unaware of everything around them.
Jayden looked at the two men, standing near the altar.
One was Albert and the other was Stephen.
A playful smile appears on Jay's lips, and he disappears from his position and appears in front of the two men. Albert was terrified, he immediately turned around and ran.
Jay didn't even glance at him and looked at Stephen, after only taking a dozen steps, Albert's body swells up and burst like a bubble.
" Long time no see, how have you been, brother? " Jay asks looking at the frail man, it was hard to recognise him.
" Looks like all my sisters-in-law aren't taking proper care of you. Let's go together after I finish my business here, I'll punish then for you. " Jay jeered thinking of Stephen's beautiful wives, he couldn't wait to taste them all.
Even after hearing Jay's words, Stephen just stood there like a statue. Jay turns and looks at the assassins who had just finished the ritual and were now looking around in confusion and horror.
Without waiting he flicks his finger and all of them were crushed to the ground, Dead.
" I know I am very handsome and charming, but isn't it rude to just keep stalking me? At least I hope it isn't some perverted old dude. " Jay says as he tilts his head upward and stares at the eye present in the sky.
Then he waves his hand and the eye that has been watching him for a long time burst into small pieces, before disappearing completely.
Without paying it any more attention he turns to the three containers and spoke in a domineering voice:
" Rise my warriors. "
Immediately after, all three containers burst open and from inside three men, wearing black clothes appear in Jay's sight.
All three of them were looking around confusedly, Jay moves forward and uses his skill Mind Manipulator to give the three of them some common sense, literally.
The three assassins stood there for a second, and after sorting down their memories knelt in front of Jay. An evil smile appears on his face as he looks at the three ancestors kneeling before him.
All three looked to be in their early thirties, despite being many hundred years old. Each of them had an aura stronger than Jay's. All three were the strongest creatures he have seen, except for the ones he saw in his dreams.
" Rise " Jay commands.
They stood up and looked at Jay with respect and devotion. With the blood he added to their corpses not only did they become his loyal servants, but they also turned into vampires, increasing their strength exponentially.
" I shall bestow a name upon thou," Jay was clearly enjoying this.
He first pointed at the one who was the strongest among the three and older than the other two. Then so on with the remaining ones.
" ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA. From today, these are your names. "
" " " Yes, MY Master. " " "All three men bellowed at the same time.
With a straight face, Jay then states:" There are rules you three need to follow. First, follow each of my commands and never even think of betraying me. "
He continued:" Second, you three have turned into vampires, so you'll have to drink blood. I'll give you my blood, but you can't even think of drinking it directly from my body, that would be disgusting. That's all for now. "
After ending his speech, Jay orders:
" Beta, Gamma, go back to the castle and protect my wives till I come back. "
" Yes, master. " saying that both Beta and Gamma turn into shadows and disappear. Jay was a bit surprised seeing their skills. Then he orders Alpha to follow him, after which Alpha merges into Jay's shadow and disappears in it.
Jay nods with satisfaction, then he looks at Stephen and spoke:
" Let's go, my dear friend, I should say hello to my sweet sisters-in-law. "
Just as he turned to leave he stopped abruptly and turn back with a swoosh.
" Haa, I almost forgot it. "
With a slight glint in his purple eyes, he speaks:
" ABSORB "
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