Chapter 2: The death of a man with 'the red'
Authors note: There is a Prologue before chapter 1 I advise reading that if you want some more information.
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Just as he was about to get some relief because he was on the asphalt road he heard the words of one of the men in black.
"Oh, we found the old man first...!"
The words were heard and his steps slowed. "..." After a few more steps he turned around to face the two who had arrived first.
"Where is my father? What have you done to him?" This time, the full moon illuminated the face and figure of the young man who looked in his early twenties.
His medium-length raven-black hair, which was tied in a bun, was swallowing the light of the moon, he rolled up his sleeves showing his slightly tanned forearms, which were full of scars.
"Speak." His voice wasn't angry nor did it sound concerned, he was calm as he stood there and assumed a martial art stance, which showed off his rather muscular build.
"Oh, don't worry, you'll see The South Immortal in the afterlife, child!" The man charged at him.
'Huh? Are they from that army...?' Hearing the name the man called his father he recognized where the five were from.
'Anyway, let's beat them first, I talk later...' As the man got close, he prepared for the coming open right punch.
'Is he tired?' He didn't understand the slow man.
'He can't even dodge... ' A smug face appeared on the man.
"So slow..." The young man grabbed the man's punch and threw him with a one-arm shoulder throw.
'Huh? The sky?' The man couldn't even recognize the situation.
'I'm flying?' He flew from the strength the throw had, and only hit the hard asphalt a second later.
*Kaha* His body reflexively tried to scream, but the air had already left his lungs beforehand.
*Kha... Kha...* The man desperately gasped for air while the young man turned back to look at the other who had run at him.
Staring into the eyes of the other man with his sea-blue eyes, he took a step back.
"Be careful, your right!" The other man called to his friend as he saw the young man kick.
He abruptly stopped his advance when he saw his friend sent flying, but now seeing him get knocked out cold, from the hit in the head, he started to run toward the young man again.
'Fuck he is a monster, he can even use Mana...' The thoughts of the man were of fear, but in truth, he couldn't have been more wrong...
The young man was only using the natural result of the years he survived in hell, which his father called training.
"You!" The man threw a punch, but it was dodged, and as he threw a new one...
"Weak..." The young man grabbed his hand and pulled him forward.
"Eat this...!" To the pull, the men responded with an attack to the stomach.
*hm...* Feeling the hit, he changed his plan from throwing the man to the ground to instead, kneeing him in the stomach.
*Uhag...* The foe lost his balance from the pain and was pulled harder making his body fall.
As the young man grabbed the man's hair and pushed his head lower, "No...!" the man screamed while they hit the ground, blood splattered from the man's head.
"Huh...?" After he stood up he kicked the man in the side.
"Hey, are you dead?" The man didn't move so he called out.
'Dad always says not to kill... I will get beaten...' Noticing the sound of running he turned around to look at the open gate.
"..." Seeing the slower three men running toward him angrily, he took a few quick steps back.
'Let's use this...' The young man reached into his pocket and took something out without the three seeing what it was.
Holding his hand up, he threw it at the face of the man in the middle. 'What the...?'
As those were his keys they couldn't do much damage, but since the three didn't know, it slowed their advance.
'Now.' The young man used this to rush at the man in the middle with his shoulder forward.
*UH...* He shoved the man and pushed himself off him to punch the man on the right, blood splattered from the broken and deformed nose of the man.
In return for showing such a big gap, he got hit in the back, "Hmh...?" Surprised by the strength the kick had, he hummed.
'He is stronger, is he the leader...?' The young man suddenly turned around with his arm stretched out, and hit the man with a backhand hit.
As he was surrounded from the front and back, he glanced to his right to look at the man he had just pushed.
'Good...' The man lying there was bleeding from the head.
"Fuck! Are you okay?" The man who was grabbing his face and nose wobbled, while the other called out to the man who was lying on the ground.
"Shit! Why must you be so persistent!"
"Then why come after me..."
"...!" Hearing the nonchalant words anger rose in the two men, with this they attacked first.
'The leader should have information...' The young man raised his hand to defend against a punch then turned and grabbed the stronger one's leg which was about to kick him.
"Fuck...!" The boss grabbed its leg to keep its body from falling.
The young man turned back to the man who was punching his opening, but he didn't defend instead, he let the man hit his abdomen.
"Fuck!" The man jolted from the pain he felt in his fist.
With a swift movement, the young man reached out at the defenseless face and grabbed it.
*AHHHH...* The man screamed from the pain, blood splattered onto the road and flowed down his hand as he kicked the leader's other leg.
"Fuh...!" The young man kneeled to one knee while hitting the bleeding man's head on the asphalt.
He released his hands and raised his right while curling it into a fist, "Ugh...?" the bleeding man noticed the release late since he was dizzy, and just as he raised his head he was sent back to the ground.
'Done...'The young man raised after knocking the bleeding man unconscious.
"Huh?" Noticing that the leader was getting up he kicked him in the side stopping him, the man tried to get up once more but before he could, "Ough..." he was kicked in the face, causing him to fall back and hit his head.
*Fuuu* "It was a long time since I had to fight so many at once..." Blood stained the road red as the young man spoke.
"Now, I ask you, where is my father? What have you done to him?" The young man grabbed the supposed leader's collar and lifted him.
Blood flowed from the deformed head of the man onto his hands, the kick was so strong the man's nose became crushed and some of his teeth fell out.
"Fuck... you..."
"Hm... No, this isn't the answer. " Seeing the man's resistance he grabbed one of his fingers and twisted it.
*AHHHH* "Now?" While the man screamed with pain the young man's voice was delicate, no anger nor urgency was in it.
"Go... and fucking die..." *AHhHH...* One more broke.
"If you don't want more broken, tell me where my father is."
"It's...it's..."
"Hm?"
"Ah... probably the black market..."
"I know that too, but where?"
"..."
"In pieces..." A smile showed on the bloody face of the man.
"What?"
"..." Hearing the young man's confusion the smile turned to a grin.
"The money on his head is a Billion... what do you think an Immortal heart is worth?"
"..."
*Ahchg...* Without further words, the grip of the young being changed.
"..." As he squeezed the man's throat, harder every second, his 'persona' slowly cracked.
The persona 'his' father worked so hard to create was breaking right at this moment.
{All beings have a purpose...}
'Kill them, eat them, carve out their souls!' Voices started to speak in his head.
'Son...'
'Kill them!'
*Ahchg...*
"Shut up!" While he called out, he shook his head and strengthened his grip.
'Don't be a monster...'
'Disembowel their very dreams!'
*Ahchg...*
"Shut up!!" He squeezed it even tighter.
'I'll always be there for you... after all...'
"..."
'I'm Immortal...'
"..."
"Father..."
"..."
"You..."
"..."
"You too lied..." With the thoughts, his eyes cleared, but still, his hands didn't release the man's throat.
*Ahchg...*
{Even if they don't know what is their purpose, every being is trying to find or create one... this is true for humans, gods, and any concept that was ever born.}
"Why?" At this moment he glimpsed 'the red', not the one on his hands, but the one... the one above him.
"..."
*Ahchg...*
"Why!?" As 'the red' moved above his head it slowly fell closer and stretched.
"..."
"Why must you steal the last of my family!?" He lifted his head towards the sky and shouted.
"Was my mother not enough!?" His eyes reflected the red veil.
{As a young being has been stripped of his purpose, his very existence has been questioned.}
"You took my sister, you took my love, and now my father!?"
"What is it that you want!?" His eyes turned red with the words.
*Ahchg...* It was at the moment when the man was about to faint from lack of air...
*Puff*
*Cough* "...?" His body wobbled.
*Puff*Puff*
*Cough*
Red gushed from his mouth.
"This... How is that thing still standing? These were holy..." Words were heard from behind the young man.
"I..." Yet at this moment, the young one couldn't hear anything. No, to say... he was already...
"...!?"
"How!? What is this shit!?"
"I... I DENY IT!!!" The words of the monster were spoken and the world of the young man went into complete darkness.
...
"Uh...?" When the young being opened his eyes, the world he saw at that moment was a world drenched in red.
'The scent of iron...?' At the moment when questions started to arise, he began to hear a strange rhythmic beat.
*Badum...*...*Badum...*
{Is there anything left to do if he has no purpose?}
'Who...?'
As the young being closed his eyes he dropped to his side and after a second he heard the sound of running.
*Badum...*Badum....*
'I...' The young being opened his eyes but could barely move, too tired to care, he turned to the sky.
'The moon... ' As the young being looked up at the sky, the bright moon shone onto his face.
"The... world..." As words were spoken, even redder appeared.
"The world...didn't drown... I... I didn't fail... right...?"
"Father?" Questions that had long lost their meaning, yes these were the last words of a child who just wanted one thing and even that was taken from him.
After a few seconds of looking at the full moon in silence, the lost child heard the strange beat again.
*Badum*...*Badum*...
As the young being closed its eyes and listened to the pounding, 'A heartbeat...? No... it isn't just a heartbeat, it is mine... But... what is this...?'
*Badum*
[Ho... HP is dec...]
*Badum*
'A voice? Who...?' Hearing the strange sound, the young creature tried to open his eyes, but he couldn't do so, so instead, he waited and listened.
*Badum...*
[The Host's HP is decreasing..! ] As his heartbeat slowed, he heard more and more of the voice.
*Badum...*
[Warning: The Host's HP is decreasing dangerously fast!]
*Badum*
[Warning: The Host's HP is dangerously low!]
[The Host will die in 3...2...]
'Wait...!'
[Notice: Acquired Legendary Skill!]
[Legendary Skill Reincarnation has activated!]
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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