Chapter 4 : A Certain Undead Fellow

Ignoring the startled Riya, Allen turned his attention to the plates and started to dig in but inwardly he was cursing himself for being careless.

If something drastic happened to her right before these many witnesses, then Allen would be definitely thoroughly investigated and charged with some offence, which would be a lot of headache.

'This was a circumstance of my carelessness, where I did not restrain myself properly earlier. In the future I need to be more careful else it would happen again.' Allen understood what had just transpired.

He paid no heed to the confused ravishing beauty. Riya was also feeling a bit uneasy as she retreated immediately not willing to stay.

This accident happened because Allen wasn't paying attention and showed no restraint as his superior soul force overwhelmed the poor woman.

After dying for the first time, Keetarp's soul was in the astral plane for a god knows how long. That long time of solitude strengthen his soul as the astral plane nourished his soul realm.

After an unknown amount of time, his soul force became much stronger than a common person.

If not for that, it would have been impossible for hum to compete against shinobi Hiroki's soul for supremacy.

Although Hiroki wasn't some high class powerhouse, he was still leagues above a normal person. Not only did he have superior physical prowess but the shinobi's mental strength was also phenomenal.

It's only because Keetarp's soul had received baptism in the unending desolate darkness filled astral space, and his soul force was more powerful in quality that he could compete against Hiroki.

But even still the sheer will power of a shinobi is not to be underestimated hence, it took a lot of time to actually take over the body.

After that his soul was further enhanced and then he fought against Shen Fei for supremacy which was much harder.

Shen Fei cultivated soul force, in a strict sense soul wise he was more powerful than Keetarp and Hiroki, but fortunately Shen Fei was a silkpant only caring for carnal pleasure.

Opposite to Hiroki, he lacked strength of character and will. With the combined power of Keetarp's own strong soul further enhanced by Hiroki's wil, he emerged victorious once again.

Afterwards his soul fought against Allen Styles, this was the most easy fight as Keetarp swiftly devoured him.

Through this course Keetarp could feel that he changed under the influence of all three, not in a dominating way but as a habitual or characteristics development.

A small part of their traits become his own and at the end of all this, his own soul became ridiculously stronger.

If Allen doesn't restrain himself like he didn't just now, common people would be affected just by staring in his eyes.

Eyes are the window of the soul afterall.

'Hiroki was a shinobi with ample killing experience and an indomitable will, Shen Fei was a good for nothing but he also experienced fighting and was pretty ruthless character.'

'Hell even I got my fair chance of being an absolutely crazy fighting manic at the end of my line in my previous life, but this guy!'

'This Allen Styles...He makes me shudder. He is easily and most definitely the most weak one out of all of three people but his will, anger, malice, pride is something out of the world.' Allen thought about the previous owner of this body as he paid the bill and walked away from the inn.

Keetarp knew Allen like no one else did. Allen wasn't some demented fighting manic, he was just a kid scarred by this world.

Although he has to admit that Allen is too extreme for his own good but the loneliness, solitude, anger, hate deep inside his heart is chilling.

Allen's father the baron had two legal wives, Allen was the only child of the second wife and unfortunately his mother died right after giving birth to him.

His older and younger brother are born from the same mother, the first wife.

Even though the first wife of the Baron wasn't an evil step mother but she definitely held reservations in regards to Allen, especially with his unyielding and cold personality accompanied by his better talents.

To the small naive and lonely Allen; The baron, his wife and his two step brothers were a family while he was just an extra, someone who was not needed nor wanted.

With no love, friends, tenderness, support and care. Deep inside the tender heart of a small child grueling grudge and anger manifested, and fermented corrupting his soul.

The servants also didn't care about him since he was destined to have no future. To please the first wife they were more than happy to trouble Allen.

He suffered an uncountable amount of ridicule and abuses, but strangely enough he couldn't even cry

No! more correctly, he didn't had the heart to cry. He was barred from meeting the Baron so, his father remained ignorant of Allen's plight. Maybe deep inside he knew but didn't even care.

Baron only knew when Allen retaliated as the servants would quite often paint him in the colors of a villainous devil child.

After being reprimanded and disappointed by his own father a few times, Allen gave up and rather embraced the gimmick everyone painted for him.

This hate and anger grew inside him always! Until that one day he exploded. Allen's older brother was almost ten years older than him, so he had no chance in a fight against him.

As Keetarp saw it, the elder brother wasn't very critical towards Allen. He was rather more busy taking care of the extremely troublesome territory and training to inherit his Baron's title.

His brother didn't have either any time or ill intention towards him and this indifference only irked Allen more. As if no matter what he does he can never cause him to worry or frown, like Allen's existence couldn't possibly cause any ripples in his life.

So, he changed his target to his younger step brother.

They both fought in a friendly spar arranged by the Baron. Allen was asked by the baroness to lie down and be beaten by his younger brother because his father was spectating.

She tried her best to manipulate Allen trying to emphasize that losing might mend the relationship between the father and son but she couldn't fathom the darkness in Allen's heart.

Allen didn't do what she asked for opting to fight properly, his younger brother in anger of Allen's defiance took a cheap shot which angered the caged animal inside Allen, and immediately after before anyone can act Allen brutalized his step brother to an inch of his life.

Alas, with such a scene unfolding right before the Baron's eye Allen Styles was banished from the territory.

No one wants a rabid loose cannon like him. His dark evil eyes and coldness which chilled people's bones were horror for all servants so, his expulsion was grandly celebrated.

Allen was a victim of his own mindset, others played him and he allowed them to do so.

For Allen, everyone was his enemy! His prideful character was a defence mechanism which he used to keep people away from him.

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Outside of the inn, Allen was back into the streets of Alwis City, he started to walk towards the outer zone of the residential sector.

The place that he is currently in, is called the Zither Moritz Area, this is the most populated and important area of the Alwis City being the center of commerce, trade and education.

The Zither Moritz itself is divided into many regions and Allen was walking in the residential sector which is divided into four parts.

The most important and central part which houses the key members of the Alwis City is called the Core Zone.

After that is the Inner Zone, only people of a certain status are located there. Inner Zone is filled with extremely beautiful shops and a well planned housing construction.

Outside that is the Outer Zone, this is where most of the people live, the inn was also in this zone. Living and necessities are not as expensive and are pretty affordable.

The last zone isn't actually listed in the plan of the Zither Moritz Area. It's more like a slum, this is where the poor refugees and homeless who have nowhere to go reside.

"In any world as long as there are sential beings they would always be a certain discrimination and classification. Democracy and equality is the lullaby the superiors of Alwis city sings to put every citizen to sleep in their illusionary perfect dream world. Once opened to reality, they would see the true faces of these people but no one wants that, ironically enough they even despise it." Allen slowly walked away from the outer zone and entered the slum area, it was filled with an awful stench, as disposal and excrement were everywhere.

Allen has no distaste for the Alwis City, but they aren't as meticulous and benevolent as they put themselves to be. All of their actions are for a reason, a reason which profits the top brass. He cannot say for sure what it was like when the city was founded but currently it is just like any other place which runs for only profit which isn't wrong either.

It's just laughable how they try to keep a clean image up and about and talk about equality yet there is this place right under their noses.

The darkness has veiled the city as night approached and along with it, coldness also crept. Allen could see various shivering figures in rugged clothes hugging each other for warmth, some were even hiding in the garbage to stay warm.

Allen saw but didn't stop his footsteps. He knows that his kindness would have little meaning, when someone shows kindness to others at needy times they become God to others, but here is the catch.

Kindness could very easily be turn into nothing, when people get something important for free they start to expect that and eventually when you stop, you would not only receive no gratitude from them but instead their hostility because such is human nature.

Per say, when parents do everything they can to fulfill the wishes of their children, are all the children always thankful? No, we expect more and once not fulfilled we act against them.

This is basic human nature. People love free things but no one respects free things.

Allen looked at the ground as the sewage water on the ground that gave out a shiny silverish lustre, his attention was automatically turned upwards looking at the source— Moon.

As he watched the moon, for some reason he remembered a certain undead skeleton dude who was in a situation quite like his.

He was also brought up in a strange and unknown world as he also looked at the dark filled night and the shining moon, of course he had a much higher altitude than Allen does.

"Maybe....Maybe I should conquer this world!" Allen thought as his dark unfathomable eyes looked at the radiant shining moon, his eyes looked as if they could devour the light and push the world towards unending darkness and despair.

Allen smiled and continued to walk but unlike before, his steps were not without any purpose because he has found a destination. At least for now.

His destination is — The Kemosin Ruin island.

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