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Black String of Fate

"Is Fate the excuse of the forsaken, is Free Will the delusion of the chosen?" Such was a question that Xavier, the Demon King, never had the chance to ask himself. As he lay defeated, awaiting his death, he wondered about the wretched life he lived. 'The hero who killed me, the one who held the same ambitions as me. We both wanted good for the people, for the world. We are both two sides of the same coin, yet, fate decided that he will be the one the light will shine on. Perhaps it was me too, perhaps it was my karma for flowing the rivers of blood with my sword. But still... It was fate that squashed the humanity in me first! Damn fate, if I had one more chance, I would've lived for myself more, I wouldn't have taken this arbitrary role of being a necessary evil... This world, this game of destiny... It can burn to ashes for all I care.' As he sunk into the cold embrace of death, a certain [REDACTED] heard his dying wish with amusement and cast their die, reversing the wheel of time one last time and going all in on him on a risky gamble with the stakes of their world. ************** Discord Server (fixed): https://discord.gg/rZhT6zdp2f Author is on a break, exams are coming soon. The placeholder chapters are being updated, so you will not be notified if you add to library, since it's technically not a new chapter. ...Plus working on a new book that'll be released next year

Audatic · Fantasy
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Reno’s Orphanage (6)

"W-what… How? Why? Why them?"

Xavier stuttered while looking at Thomas and Adam's fingers. He was stunned silent, with thoughts running in his head at extreme speed.

'Why them? I was obviously the weaker target. Why not the easy pickings? I'm sure nobody on the enemy side really knows the extent of my strength, so why did they risk a 1v2? This doesn't make sense…'

"If we knew why, we wouldn't be standing around here." Lafia said with a weak voice. Xavier could see in her eyes, she wanted to cry, but somehow she held her tears back. The former demon king perfectly understood her feelings, the feeling of losing those who had trusted their back to you.

'It might sound cruel, but she was ready to accept losing just one member. It was an unfortunate, unexpected casualty. But this… her party just got decimated. There's no way she could still stand strong in this situation. This mission is a failure.