32 Realization

Hector felt despair as his emotion and desires had become uncontrolled, his will weakened, and his mind invaded.

"No, this is not how it is supposed to end! There is so much left to do." Hector could not just give up, he could not give in to some unknown force.

And how could he? His ego would not allow it in thousand years, no matter what. If he would was to be killed that he would take whoever was doing it with him. And as he could not he needed to resist, so he could fight another day.

He disregarded his emotions or desires as he focused his mind on surviving.

His chains started to hum, or was it him? He could not tell. Only that his whole body started to feel warm and chains started to move, chain rings started to break leaving his body through his wounds. They took the form of thorny vines which started to envelop rose vines.

Roses started to wither, to subside as ones from his chains started to sprout flowers of their own. Black and gold roses with bloodshot human eyeballs in the middle of each rose. And from the eyes, a sweet scent was released. It was enhancing his emotions and desires to the limit.

Hector's body started to shake uncontrollably as he felt disconnected from the body as if he was thorns that were cutting invaders as if he was black and gold roses blooming from consuming corruption as if he was the eyes spreading their influence and will.

Vilkar's roots buried deep into Hector's body, how could he abandon that which was his now? The body was his from the moment he poses it not so long ago.

Something dared to take it away, something tried to corrupt him. HIM!

"I'm corruption itself!" He yelled even though he didn't use his mount to speak. He did not know from where that thought came from but it felt right.

He was... He was... What was he?

His mind started to change, to expand. His memories started to unlock, and his meaning and purpose were becoming perfect. He was becoming perfect desire and corruption manifested.

But then he could hear a voice speak, " No... it is not time yet."

Vilkar felt something in him strengthening and his memories stopped unlocking. He regained a sense of self and started to put himself back into the body of Hector.

As if a parasite or more precisely a seed of corruption that rooted himself in the heart of Hector. Regaining control and sense of body, wounds on his flesh started to close and the blood that was spilled on the ground started to disappear as if it never existed.

Black and gold vines fully retracted into the heart and became dormant.

Hector was sighted in relief as he tried to move his limbs as they were no longer constricted by some unknown force.

"What was that?" He spoke but he recalled his locked memories.

"There is something in the sky or maybe the cosmos that is trying to corrupt me. Mere knowledge of it is being to bring corruption. But what was it that tried to corrupt me?"

Hector then felt as if some of his memories were unlocked and he came to a realization.

"Mother Tree of Desire 'She' is an Evil Goddess that corrupted Chained God and controlled the Rose School of Thought. Who was the king of Angels of Chained pathway? 'He' held two sequences 1 characteristic and even obtained Uniqueness.

"In the fifth epoch 'he' was worshiped as a god by the Rose School of Thought. When 'he' was captured and corrupted by the Mother Tree of Desire one of 'his' sequence 1 characteristics was peeled and gave birth to Suah.

" 'She' was also able to corrupt the Dark Side of the Universe but to the same effect as Chained God.

"That is the reason why Abyss had fallen into a state where most devils were unable to live in.

"It is because of 'her' that Rose School of Thought fell to the corruption and depravity, as they turned into an evil organization that believes in releasing desires and indiscriminately commit rapes, murders, and sacrifices. 'She' is deserving of punishment.

"Her goal is to get Tenebrour World, but it is sealed in the western continent she must wait until it will be unlocked. But as I hold a special connection with it despite the seal I'm the best option to get it.

"So 'she' is more than a God." Hector felt a warning in his mind as if he would try to understand her origin more there would be dire consequences. He was not strong enough to withstand such knowledge, he would need to be at least sequence 2.

"I-I see now why it was locked." He spoke as he thought about what it would mean and what exactly happened.

"Those vines with red roses were 'her' trying to corrupt me in my weakened state.

"So she already knows about me. I will need to be more careful about my mental state.

"And what if she sends someone after me... As long as I'm in Backlund they should not dare to come... hopefully. And now I don't know if she can corrupt me the same way after my chains transformed into thorny vines as they were able to consume 'her' corruption.

"But how was I able to resist? What were those vines with Black and gold roses, and those eyes... They felt as if they were me. But how could it be?

"Those chains are gone, or more precisely they broke themself creating my own thorny vines, which felt more like me than my own body." Hector then thought about the possibility...

"Was I those chains all along? Was my soul transformed into chains that bound this body and Tenebrous Word together? That would mean when I digested the potion of sequence 9 and a few of those chain rings had broken and got absorbed by the heart... this body got polluted by my will, fully taking over.

"What even mI, what was I made into? And who changed me, who was that man in my dreams and in that accursed ball?" Too many unanswered questions.

"I need to advance to higher sequences as fast as possible. Who knows what dangers lie ahead, and being unprepared could mean doom for me." Hector then stood up and went looking for more gangsters, he need to digest the potion as fast as possible, and a human skin suit could be useful if others would come to look for him.

When he saw a gangster in one of the alleys who had relatively the same height as Hector he walked to him and spoke, "Be not afraid. For your time has come. Your existence shall finally have any meaning. Know that your suffering will bring me joy, and your body shall be an instrument with which I will use for many purposes.

"So weep not as I will skin you, weep not for your future, as you have none." After he spoke Hector jumped at him and started to choke him. He raised his whole body with ease and then he broke his neck.

Then he stripped him of his clothes and took out his dagger and started skinning.

Hector started at the man's back, making one long cut and then continuing from there.