Chapter Two: The Tragedy

Seeing my village on fire greatly shocked and Scared me. It was only natural, after all, my mother was in the village which was currently on fire.

When I thought of my beautiful mother's face, I didn't even hesitate on what to do. I threw away the basket I was carrying and ran with all my might back to the village. I didn't know what happened, but all I could think about was that my mom was in danger.

As I approached the village, I started hearing screams like laughing and screams of agony. I ran into the village, and what I saw shocked me.

Men who looked like thugs were moving about the village and were slaughtering everyone on sight. No one was spared from them, including the children. Some of the men were shooting fire from their hands, which is what was burning the village with the people inside.

I knew I was dead if I was found, but all I could think about was finding my mom and escaping with her.

I ran through the road that would lead to my home with all haste because I knew that each time I waste would be the end of my mom. As I ran, I saw dead bodies of villagers on the road, but I steeled myself to focus on reaching my home before it was too late.

As I saw my house in the distance, I was relieved to see that the fire hadn't reached it, but that changed after I reached my house and saw what was happening on the front door.

"Well, what do we have here? This your brat Ellen?"

"You stay away from him. Lilia, don't just stand there, run away as fast as you can."

"Don't be like that, Ellen. A descendant of that guy will surely fetch a good price in the market."

"Over my dead body. Run, Lilia!"

In front of me was my mom, lying down on the rough ground with her stomach, and a man that looked like one of the bandits with multiple scars on his face, sitting on the back of my mom with a dagger in his hand. My mom was screaming for me to run, but my body was frozen from fear.

"Look at that. Your kid is paralyzed with fear at seeing his poor dear mother about to die. Hahahaha... this is too funny."

The bandit used his right hand and grabbed my mom's hair before he pulled it, which caused my mom's head to stretch back with her neck displayed.

Seeing this, my body moved on its own before I knew what was happening.

I rushed to the bandit while screaming, but he simply looked at me with his eyes glowing, and the next thing I knew was my face hitting the ground. I didn't know what happened, but it felt like my whole body was ten times heavier than usual, and I couldn't move a single inch.

"Damn brat! Making me waste my mana like that. Just stay there obediently and watch as I kill your mother."

The bandit brought the dagger he was holding in his left hand to my mom's exposed neck and was about to cut her.

"Please don't do it. I will do anything you want, but please spare my mom."

I couldn't move my body, and even if I could, I could never defeat the man who was about to kill my mom because I was weak. All I could do was beg, but my begging fell on deaf ears.

"Don't blame yourself for this, Lilia. Always remember that you are my little angel, and I love you with all my heart. Never forget that you are loved by not only me but by your father as well. Goodbye, son, I'll always be with you."

My mom smiled at me as she closed her eyes. I screamed and begged for the bandit to stop, but he slit my mom's throat with his dagger. I watched in shock as my mom's head fell on the ground as she bled to death right before my eyes.

The man stood up from my mom's dead body and approached me, who was still staring at my mom's dead body in shock.

"If you want to blame someone, then blame the gods for making you the child of that bastard Alex. If you need someone to resent, then resent me all you want, but it won't change your fate. After all, power is all that matters in this world, and those who don't have it are just fodders for those who do."

He was saying something to me, but I was in too much shock to pay attention to him.

"My name is Kibaou, and I am the leader of the Wolf Fang. You boy will be coming with us as our slave, and when we reach the nearest city, we will sell you there and get our money."

He grabbed my hair and dragged me, but I didn't fight him. I just watched my dead mom's body in shock. Even as I was put in a cage inside a wagon, I didn't react as I was carried away from what used to be my village. The shock and pain was just too much for me to comprehend at the moment.