The beating of his heart was so loud in his ear and his breathing was getting difficult. His vision was getting distorted because the figure that was lying on that platform was very familiar to him. The long black hair that has fallen down on the side of the platform and the floral dress he gave her as a birthday gift.
Consumed with anger, Cygnus's magic had lost control and a strong gust of wind threw the people who were surrounding his sister. They were thrown and hit the walls of the place, hard. The invisibility magic wore down as he slowly walked towards the platform where his sister's body was placed.
His mana was swirling around him as he stepped forward. His footsteps faltered the nearer he got to his sister. Cygnus couldn't feel it, the breath and mana from his sister. He couldn't hear her heartbeat and the warmth that he would usually feel was replaced with coldness.
He got to the platform and the anguish he was feeling couldn't be hidden any more. His hands covered his face as he screamed at the sight of his sister's dead body. The entire cavern shook at the dispersal and scattering of his mana. Waves and waves of mana started to destroy the whole place, cutting the pillars around the platform into two.
Tearing the enemies until they became only a pool of blood. His tears flowed out like a river and the pain brought him to his knees. The regret of not coming earlier started to eat at him. His sister's blood that stained the land. His sister's smile that disappeared into the abyss. His sister that he loved so much returned to him as a corpse.
The shaking of the earth alerted the kidnappers of the presence of an intruder in their temples. They immediately went down to check on what was happening and saw that one of the cells was opened but that was less of their concern. They could feel a strong wave of mana that was coming from their sacrificial altar.
They did not hesitate to attack the person who caused the disturbance inside their territory. They were able to use magic but all of their attacks were rendered useless in the face of the berserk mana from Cygnus. This only served as a catalyst to the disaster that was about to befall them.
Cygnus stood up from his kneeling position and as a voice echoed in that eerie place. The kidnappers who were there shivered and fell down at that voice. Some of them managed to look up and saw a dark figure that was hovering above the man who caused the disturbance.
"Pitiful child, the gods don't care. She prayed profusely but she was still sacrificed. Oh, how pitiful it is." The dark voice that echoed in the place spoke as its red eyes stared at the young man who was standing there.
"Will you give me the power to destroy the gods?" Cygnus asked as he lifted his head and looked straight at the eye that was staring at him.
"What are you willing to give me in return?" The demon who appeared asked in curiosity. The young man was interesting.
"My life and the destruction of everything related to the gods." Cygnus did not flinch and was even more willing to strike a deal with the demon.
The demon laughed and it caused the ground to shake. "Amusing, how amusing you are, child. I will give you the power to destroy everything in your path. Your life is yours and whatever you do with that power depends on you. I will be watching you and what you will do. Once you decide to die, I will take back what I have given. Travel into dimensions, into worlds and bring me the amusement I haven't had in a very, very long time."
The dark shadow slowly disappeared and its voice slowly faded. Just as the shadow disappeared, Cygnus felt the surge of overwhelming power within him. He closed his eyes and savored the feeling of power coursing through his body. This was it, the card he needed to destroy them all.
Cygnus turned around and saw that there were still ants that were still alive. He tilted his head and only narrowed his eyes towards their direction. In that moment, the bodies of those enemies simultaneously exploded. After he was satisfied, he turned around and carried his sister's body.
He carried her and walked through the path turning the ground black. As he walked away, dark flames started to eat the bodies and the altar. The whole place was consumed by fire and it even rose above ground tainting the blue sky black. The hunters who were with Cygnus looked with apprehension at the burning temple.
The fire was not normal, from its color to the heat it was releasing. Even the devotees of the god of earth, the men with the white cloak who kidnapped the children, were also in trepidation as they watched their beloved temple getting burned down. As they watched the temple burn, all of them saw a silhouette coming out from the burning temple.
Cygnus emerged from the black flames with Elara in his arms. His eyes looked in the direction of the people who did this to his sister and in the blink of an eye all of them were on their knees. They were clutching their necks and raising their hands like they were asking for help. Their faces started to contort in a disgusting manner as they tried their best to breathe.
The hunters were horrified when they saw what was happening. One-by-one the devotees fell to the ground, dead. The hunters and the children who were with them looked at the direction of Cygnus who started to walk towards them. The young man stopped in front of them without any reaction on his face and no words from his mouth.
"Let's go home," Hannah's husband said in a solemn voice. He urged them and they started their journey home.
Once they returned to Amarilyo, Cygnus buried her sister amongst the flowers she loved. He stayed seated beside her grave for three days straight. Hannah's husband came and sat down beside him. They remained silent in that position as they watched the flowers sway amongst the wind.
"What will you do now?" He asked after a while. He got the feeling that the young man wouldn't stay in Amarilyo.
Cygnus stayed silent. When the man thought that he was not going to answer, he started to talk. "I will leave and find those people. I will kill them all!"
The man tilted his head to the side and looked at the young man's slouched figure. Those words carried so much weight and emotion that he did not have the heart to stop from what he was about to do. He wanted to advise him otherwise but the young man was already consumed with anger.
"You are going down a perilous path and you might lose yourself in the rush of the moment. You might even forget what your sister looked like, her voice and her smile. I don't want you to get consumed by anger. Keep her close to your heart so if you stray even further into the unknown, you will not lose your sanity." The man instead advised. He reached out and patted the young man's back before he stood up and left.
The next day, Cygnus was nowhere to be found in Amarilyo. Some of the survivors tried to look for him but Hannah's husband shook his head. They then understood that Cygnus left and he was not sure if he would return. They held hope though, because his sister was buried in that place. Hannah's husband only hoped that he had listened to his words.
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