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The Devil's Abyss

Life on earth was peaceful until one day where batches of people aging from 18 and above started disappearing on earth and only those who disappeared knew what's happening to them. A bloody game of survival, that is. [Welcome to The Devil's Abyss! Do your best to survive and most importantly, entertain our lord puny humans.] A game that does not discriminate. People of different backgrounds. Criminals, law-abiding citizens, soldiers, cops, and many more different kinds of people were taken en masse to play the game. Elderly people feigning weakness only to backstab those innocent people that fell for them in order to achieve the promised eternal life or immortality. Some women taking advantage of chivalrous men while other women do the killing themselves. There are even those psychopaths going the extra mile, toying with their victims before finishing them off. Those who cannot adapt are dead while those who adapt are rewarded. Anyone who can reach the Devil Primogenitor will be granted any wish they want or if they want, they can challenge the Devil Primogenitor to replace him or destroy all devils. The story follows a suicidal man who has lost everything. Watch as he thrives in this deadly game and become powerful. What happens if he becomes powerful? Where will he use his power? Will he use it to defeat the devil? Will he use it to replace the devil? Or will he become something else? Curious? Read the story and find out more. Note: I do not actually own the book cover photo. I just took it from unsplash and edited it. Credits to the owner of the photo Alessio Zaccaria. 10/1/2021: I just noticed that I placed “people aging 80 and above” instead of “people aging 18 and above” lmao. Anyways, I know I suck at sypnosis but please do read my novel :3

Valiantis · Fantasy
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4 Chs

William

A 24 year old Man wearing a bloodied suit is seen standing on the rails of an elevated road, ready to jump and kill himself. There is no water below the elevated road but only more hard concrete roads. The height of the elevated road from the roads below is high enough that if a man jumped from it, death is certain.

This man's name is William. William was quite a handsome man with black hair, white skin tone, eyes like the ocean, sharp features, 2 meters in height plus a muscular body. One look at this man and one can imagine how blessed this man must be.

But in this world, nothing is ever perfect. William lived a tragic life. His parents died in a car crash when he was just a baby.

A crime syndicate then adopted him to be part of a project. A project where orphans like him are nurtured to be future hitmans. Children have no names until they pass the final test. They are just called Child 1, 2, and 3 until they become hitmans.

They start getting educated at 4 years of age then trained to be killers at 8 years of age. At 10 years of age, they are taught how to end a life by letting them kill chickens and farm animals.

At 12 years old, they are given a test in which they have to kill a real human. The humans used in the test are those kidnapped by the syndicate to have their organs harvested.

Each children are required to shoot a bullet in the head of one of these people.

Children who pass this test are further trained until they are 16 where they start going on missions while those who fail are deemed incompetent and are executed because the syndicate has no need for soft hitmen.

Those who pass are given names. This is where William got his name from. Amongst the children who pass the test, William was the one who shined the most. He never failed a single mission and was deemed to be the syndicate's best hitman.

William in his life never showed emotion. Killing people without blinking his eyes. The blood of the innocent splattered into his face yet he shows no emotions.

All of this change when he met a woman named Hannah. Hannah changed his life. Hannah taught him what's love. Hannah showed him a world full of emotions. Hannah brought light to his world.

Because of Hannah, the once robot-like cold-blood killer became more humanlike and started showing kindness. William for the first time, had a dream.

William dreamed of a life where he and Hannah got married and have kids. A peaceful life where there is no more killing.

William wanted that and thus he talked to the boss of the syndicate to let him leave the syndicate.

The boss agreed to his request only if he completes one thousand more missions. William agreed and then went on a killing spree. He completed one thousand missions in 2 years.

He left the syndicate and pursued his dream. He focused on Hannah. He gave all he had for Hannah. Money was not a problem for William as he had accumulated millions of dollars during his hitman career.

They both traveled the world. They went to different places, tasted different cuisines, and many more. They experienced everything together.

Hannah was William's happiness and it didn't matter to him how much he spends on her because for him, Hannah's happiness is his happiness. Life was going well for them both and they got engaged.

But it all ended during the day of his wedding. A hitman who is after William's head crashed a car in his wedding and fired a gun at him. All the people ran out of the building where the wedding was hosted in horror.

Hannah saw this all and went in front of William, shielding him from the bullets.

"Fuck! Stupid woman. I'll get you next time." The hitman said as he rode his car out to escape. He was not gonna waste time anymore on killing his target as his accomplice called him telling him that the police reacted fast and are already on the way.

"Hannah!" William screamed Hannah's name at the top of his lungs.

"Hannah hold on! Don't die please! I am calling an ambulance!" William said as he pulled out his cellphone and called the ambulance.

William then took of his suit's jacket and put it on top of the bullet holes in Hannah's body in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

"William..... I feel cold...." Hannah said as he lay on the ground, in front of William. Her once beautiful white gown now dyed in her crimson red blood.

"Hannah please stay with me.... okay? Please Hannah... don't close your eyes...." William said while his tears are falling on Hannah's white gown.

"William.... I'm tired.... I feel sleepy." Hannah said while trying her best to fight back her urge to close her eyes.

"Hannah, why? Why did you save me?! Damn it! I should have been the one to get shot, not you!" William shouted as tears poured out of his eyes, his teeth clenched hard.

"Because I love you William.... I don't want you to return to your past.... I want you to live happy and kind to those around you.... William.... Don't take revenge for me okay? Promise me. I love you...." Hannah said as he reach out her hand to William's face while tears poured out of her eyes.

The hand never reached as Hannah stopped breathing and the hand fell to her side. The life in her eyes extinguished.

"Hannah! NOOOOOOOOO! DAMN IT!" William screamed at the top of his lungs while punching the floor until his hands bled as tears poured out of his eyes.

"Hannah.... I'm sorry, I'm afraid that I can't agree to your request... I will never rest until I killed everyone responsible for your death!" William said with his teeth clenched as he close the eyes of Hannah.

The kindness in his eyes was replaced by darkness. His warm heart turned stone cold. Killer aura surged around him. Everyone around him would be suffocated if they ever stand close to him.

"Whoever bastard you are, I will kill you!" William said with cold murderous eyes.

William returned to his past self. He went back to the syndicate in order to find information regarding the hitman who killed his wife.

The syndicate was big and had many connections. It didn't took long for William to receive the information that he wanted.

Apparently, the hitman who killed his wife was named Jack and the syndicate behind him is apparently the rival of his syndicate.

Due to William's career of being a hitman and killing lots of people, its not a surprise that he has made many enemies and many people are after his life.

The one who hired the hitman was a 18 year old woman named Whitney Astrid.

"So its her... I should have taken out the roots." William said as memories of the past flashed back.

Whitney Astrid was the only daughter of Robert Astrid. Robert Astrid was a rich and successful entrepreneur. His competitors, afraid that he might threaten their company one day, hired William to annihilate the Astrid family.

Four years ago, William did almost annihilate the Astrid family. He killed everyone in the Astrid family except a 14 year old girl who he took pity on.

The girl reminded her of Hannah that day and thus did not kill the girl. William at that time was already not the same old cold-blooded hitman. Hannah at that time, already started changing him thus he did not kill the girl.

The girl then went on to inherit the business of his father. The girl was skilled in business and it wasn't long till the Astrid Enterprise was revived and she then started searching for the murderer of her family.

"Who knew that my pity for a girl would be the cause of Hannah's death.... Damn it!" William said angrily as he punched the wall in front him.

The last bit of kindness in William's eyes was extinguished.

"This time.... there will be no more mercy." William said with the bulging red eyes of a mad man. He can't wait to kill everyone responsible for his wife's death.

William then went to the syndicate's armory. A blonde man wearing a suit was there, sitting in a counter.

"Greetings, Sir William. Its been a long time. Are you back in business again?" The blonde haired man said.

"No Armand, this time its personal." William said as he pulled out a bag of gold coins. The gold coins has the face of the syndicate's founder engraved on it. This was the currency used inside the syndicate and it is only earned through missions. As a former hitman, William has many of these gold coins.

"Oho, I feel sorry for those who offended sir William. Feel free to choose any weapon to your liking, sir William." Armand said as he led William to the armory.

William then finished picking all the weapons and items that he need and immediately set off to kill Whitney Astrid.

-Astrid Enterprise Building, Highest Floor-

"What?! You failed the mission?! Fuck! Useless bastard! I paid so much money and all I get is this?!" Whitney Astrid said as she threw a glass of wine at Jack's face.

"Boss, it was the fault of that darn woman! He blocked my target." Jack said anxiously as he avoided the glass of wine thrown at him.

"Excuses! What is the purpose of your title then?! Jack the Impeccable?! More like Jackass! Fuc-" Whitney was about to scold Jack more when her phone suddenly rang.

Whitney answered the phone only to be greeted by the panicked voice of a security guard.

"Boss! There is a problem! Some Man in a suit suddenly barged in and started killing people! Boss be careful, he has many- *Bang*" The guard didn't finish what he said when the sound of gunshot was suddenly heard.

"Hello?! Tell me more about the situation! Hello?! Are you still there?!" Whitney Astrid said, uneasiness crept in her mind. She waited for a response when suddenly a deep voice full of cold killing intent said something in her ears.

"Im coming for you." Only those words were said as the call was hung up.

A single sentence, yet this sentence caused fear in Whitney's mind and her heart tightened due to the fear she is feeling. The last time she felt this was when a gun was pointed at her four years ago.

"Boss?! Boss, wake up!" Jack screamed, waking Whitney from her daze.

"He's here..." Whitney said while shivering and biting the nails of her fingers. Fear apparent on her face.

"Who's here?" Jack asked, confused.

"Its the one you failed to kill retard! Fuck! Go deal with him! I'll pay you double if you manage to kill him right now!" Whitney Astrid said as she opened her safe to show Jack the gold bars that she has.

Jack saw this and he almost drooled from the amount of gold bars the safe contained.

"Don't worry boss, the target got lucky last time. This time, he won't." Jack said excitedly. For him, this will be easy money.

Jack went to the door, ready to open it when suddenly heard a deep voice.

"I don't know about that." William said behind the wooden door as he fired his gun.

*BANG!*

Jack suddenly fell down to the floor with a hole in his chest. William opened the door and fired again at Jack's head to make sure he's dead.

Whitney saw all this with wide eyes. She immediately reached out at the gun on top of his table.

*BANG!*

"AAAAAAAH! Fuck!" Whitney screamed in agony. The arm she used to reach for the gun was shot.

William immediately walked to Whitney and pointed a gun at her head while she was holding her arm and agonizing in pain.

Whitney immediately froze and looked at William's eyes while she has a gun pointed at her forehead. Her eyes staring daggers at William.

"Any last words?" William said in a cold voice.

"I-"

*BANG!*

"Sorry, I'm not interested." William said coldly as he walked outside. Whitney was killed before she can even say anything.

Hello! Newbie Author here! This is my first ever novel! I just had an idea and I was like “why not write a novel?”. Seriously though, I had fun writing this chapter :D I hope you guys enjoy my novel! :D I also appreciate the feedback as I wish to improve my writing :D

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