Chapter 14: Chapter 14 - Our Lord and Savior, Dio-sama!
[This chapter is unedited. Please kindly point out the mistakes.]
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Our lord and savior, Dio-sama!
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The world spun around him. Like he was riding in a carousel, he could only sit there, watching the world burn to ash. Blood and flesh splattered, cries of pain and despair resounded, but none of them reach him.
"HAAH!!!"
As if in a trance, Dio destroyed everything in his path. The feeling of his fists plunging against that familiar texture. That never-ending thirst for carnage. Like a forbidden fruit, once tasted, forever lasting. He could never get tired of the feeling.
Heads exploding.
Skin tearing.
Bone crunching.
Blood splashing.
Chaos spread in his wake. Jumping from building to building, tearing limb after limb, Dio's bloodthirsty gaze roamed everywhere. Despite massacring countless Titans in his path, not a drop of blood was on his clothes.
As if there was some sort of invisible shield protecting him from the crimson rain, Dio's figure was bathed in a white haze. Even as he tore through them like a wild animal, his expression never changed.
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Like a killing machine on a battlefield, Dio's hands moved on instinct. Claws formed on his fingers, digging through Titan's flesh like butter. His scarlet pupils narrowed on every target. He moved fast like lightning, his boots creating massive craters every leap.
"The world."
The panicking Eldians watched with mouths agape as a human-shaped canon ball decimated the man-eating giants they feared. Every blur of his hands, a Titan would fall on its knees, only for the man to swiftly cut their necks off.
Five minutes.
It only took him five minutes to finish off the Titans that rampaged in their walls. Not a single speck of dirt nor blood could be seen on his pristine ebony black suit. With his golden blond hair highlighting his otherworldly appearance, the man stood atop a broken tower and loomed over them.
Like an angel descending from the heavens, his figure was illuminated by the falling sun. An orange glow emanated behind him, darkening his features as his shadow covered the entire populace.
Opening his mouth, he spoke.
"Hear me. Oh, pitiful humans."
The moment his voice spread through the devasted city, a strange aura engulfed them. His voice crackled like thunder, a heavy and authoritative tone rang in their ears.
"Do you wish to live?"
Under his condescending gaze and oppressive arrogance, they all felt the urge to kneel. It was as if he was looking at someone inferior, like ants that he could crush whenever he wanted.
"I... I want to live..."
With their lives on the line, they had no other choice. They were desperate. Someone who could kill their nightmares appeared, and now, he was asking them if they wanted to live?
"P-Please...! Please save us!!"
"Messiah! Help us!"
"Ah...! Help... Please! Have mercy on us!"
One by one, they all got on their knees and begged. No matter what age or gender, they all knelt on the ground and prayed. They prayed for their savior. They prayed for mercy. They prayed for help.
As they knelt on the ground and pleaded, Dio's eyes held no emotion. There was no pride, there was no arrogance, and there was no pity.
There was only indifference.
"Then follow me."
Indifference that made one's bone tremble.
"Only then can you live."
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Under the lead of Dio, the survivors stormed through the city in a straight line. Even if there were Titans in their path, Dio casually dispatched them by jumping in the air and severing their necks.
"Forward."
Pointing the makeshift sword he picked up somewhere, he continued his assault. As they passed broken houses and demolished bridges, people gathered under his banner. Even though they didn't understand what was happening, seeing the man slay Titans effortlessly, they decided to follow him.
"Who's he?"
Once they reached an intersection, some of the soldiers who were confused about what was happening asked. Alas, the one he asked was someone who had a few screws loose in his head.
With his eyes shining creepily, the balding old man answered.
"He's God."
"Huh?"
"God. He's the chosen one. He who frees us from this cage."
"W-What?"
The soldier grew flustered when the old man suddenly held his shoulders.
"Praise him, and he shall grant you salvation."
"Hey! Let go!"
"SERVE HIM FOR HE IS CHOSEN!!!"
"Uaah!!!"
Hearing the commotion, some of the survivors glanced in their direction. All they saw was an old man shouting something indiscernible before he jumped the soldier and started screaming something about 'He is the chosen one!'.
Eren didn't know what to feel at this moment. Although he was amazed at how strong Dio was, seeing him change his behavior from a friendly guy to a cold killer, he felt that it was kind of creepy.
But...
"Oraah!! Fight!!!"
He still finds his actions cool.
"Kill those Titans!"
Mikasa and Armin thought that Eren had gone crazy too.
"Should we stop him?"
"..."
"I guess not."
While they were talking to each other, they eventually arrive in front of a gate. Soldiers who were busy lifting cannons and setting up a barricade froze.
"Huh? What? How did you... get here?"
They were trying to evacuate the elderly and children in secret, but they didn't expect the survivors to reach them this fast. One of the leaders of the soldiers came up and asked.
"What's the meaning of this? How did you get here so fast?"
"..."
The crazy old man's wide eyes stared at him. With his mouth closed in a thin line, the old man's face loomed over the platoon leader's.
"Ssay... aare, yyou... aabandoning uus?"
"What the hell are you talking about? Speak more clearly."
Faced with the soldier's cold attitude, the old man's eyes grew even wider.
"Yyou... are, are you a heretic?"
"Heretic? Hey! Get your mouth out of my face!"
"H-hEretIc!! This HERETIC! You DARE abandon US god's ChIlDrEn!?"
The old man's saliva pitter-pattered on the soldier's face. Like a faucet, the old man opened his mouth and spoke about god and heretics, pouring curses upon curses on the poor soldier.
"You fucker!? Huh!? Do you think you can decide our fate like this!? Let us on the boat before our God destroys you!"
"What the? Do you have any idea what you're saying? Can't you see there isn't any more space? You want me to replace the children with a nutjob like you?"
"Huh?? Fuck the children! Throw them aboard for all I care! I am god's apostle! You should let me in before I punish you using God's mighty fist!"
The soldier shut his mouth.
"Can't you see my people are dying? I can see the roof over there, can't we put the children there and let us aboard? What's the use of children anyways? They're just another mouths to feed!"
"..."
"Fuck, how about we throw you aboard? You useless fucks can't even protect us properly! Why do we even pay you our taxes?"
Before the old man could continue his crazy ramblings, a thick muscular arm reached him. It held him by the face and raised him in the air.
"The fuck is wrong with you?" One of the soldiers beside the leader asked.
Glaring at the old man in his hand, the muscular soldier snorted.
"Hey. Are you sick or something?"
"Keuk! L-Let go! I am one of God's chil-"
SLAM!
The soldier slammed the old man on the ground, killing him on the spot.
"Kyaaaa!!"
"Ahh! H-He killed him!"
The other soldiers also raised their rifles and aimed. Seeing the situation getting out of hand, the leader of the platoon took the lead and yelled.
"Get back! Everybody get back!"
He couldn't let these people on the boats, otherwise, it would capsize. Even if they try and seize them by force, he would rather kill them all than let the kids be killed.
"You crazy motherfuckers! I'll shoot you in the face if you don't get back!"
Before the situation could escalate any further--
"Hey! Over there!"
One of the crazy fanatics pointed at the gate that was about to be closed. Hearing his shout, the rest of the survivors turned their heads away from the boats.
"Let's go! We have to go through it! Even if we have to lift the wall ourselves!"
"Ouuuh!! Fight!!!"
With the lead of a little boy with green eyes, they ran towards the gate, ignoring the screaming of the soldiers.
"You fuckers...!"
The leader of the platoon chased after them, before arriving in front of a canon. Aiming it at the horde of crazy zealots, he barked.
"Get back! I repeat, get back! I'll shoot you if you don't listen!!!"
Being in the face of death, Eren's eyes started and bulged from their sockets. He hesitated for a second before charging with renewed vigor. Balling his fist and raising it high, he roared.
"FIGHT!!"
The leader ground his teeth and pointed the canon at the mad kid. "Don't blame me for this..." Closing his eyes, he pulled the line, and the hammer clicked. A spark erupted beneath the dark depths of the nuzzle before the smell of gunpowder igniting reached his nose. "Die!" A crazed look also appeared on the platoon leader's face.
Kaboom!
Eren's gut dropped on the floor, along with it was his whole body. The moment he saw the cannonball heading in his direction, he immediately kneeled on the ground and covered his face. Although he knew it was futile, at least he put in an effort, right?
"F-Fight..."
Before his life could flash in his eyes, a man in dark clothing seemingly teleported in front of him. The man raised his hand and then... the cannonball rotated on his palm, before releasing a strong gale that pushed them away.
The man casually gripped the metal ball, stopping its momentum before hurling it in the direction of another Titan, decapitating its head in an instant. They couldn't even blink before the whole ordeal was taken care of in a matter of seconds.
The leader blinked his eyes. Then he did it ten more times and rubbed it a few more just to be sure. His mouth formed an 'o' shape as he watched the blonde vampire walk in his direction, he paused for a second before backpedaling away from the monster.
"Y-You... W-What the hell?"
Dio's emotionless eyes stared straight at his soul.
"Open the gate."
Hearing his strict and demanding voice, he gulped a mouthful of saliva before replying.
"W-We can't... we don't have any more room for these... ahem, citizens. I-If we let them in... then what would happen to us? W-We'll starve to death..."
Grabbing the man by the head, Dio spoke.
"Don't make me ask twice."
Staring into Dio's blank blood-red pupils, he lowered his head and complied.
"O-Open the gates! Open the gates!"
"B-But sir... the Titans-"
"Open the damn gates!"
After finishing his job, Dio turned around. Subconsciously, he raised an eyebrow at the groveling Eldians, chanting his name with the kid named 'Eren' at the lead.
"Dio-sama! Our savior!"
"Ahh!! How holy! He changed his mind using mere words! Truly, as expected of Dio-sama!"
"Dio-sama! Please grant us your teachings!"
Pinching the bridge of his nose, Dio's face morphed from extreme calmness to unbearable disgust. He contemplated whether he should just abandon them and find the Founding Titan so that he wouldn't have to deal with this mess.
"D-Dio-sama..." A little boy suddenly approached him. Holding his smartphone, the boy handed it with reverence. "Y-You're DIOPhone..."
"..."
Dio didn't know how to react. He just grabbed the phone and turned around, not even bothering to thank the boy, much less acknowledge his existence.
"Dio-sama...!" Looking at Dio's back, Eren swore that he could see some sort of golden radiance around his body, signifying his holiness.
Armin and Mikasa looked at each other. Seeing the strange look on the other's face, they realized that they weren't dreaming.
Eren had gone insane.
"I think we should tie Eren up." Mikasa suddenly suggested. Armin was surprised that the silent Mikasa would suddenly say such a thing. "If we let him be, he might do something stupid."
Armin nodded his head at that.
"Yeah... I'll go grab a rope."
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