Prologue

*Rumble*

* Bam *

The skies rumbled.

The arid, scorched earth could be seen in abundance for several miles around.

You could see areas with large chunks of ice.

Craters where there were once mountains and lakes.

What was once a beautiful forest, with lakes and mountains, was changed to the current state by a group of 5 people, if one looked up at the thundering and twinkling sky, one could vaguely notice five silhouettes that belonged to people.

Three men and two women could be noticed, if one paid more attention. However one might also notice that the conflict of the five people was strange.

It was actually a single person fighting the other four, this person was one of the man.

You could see how he is doing his best to defend against the combined attacks of the four people.

His efforts were only wasted by the barrage of attacks that rained down on him, leaving no time to take a breath or counter attack.

* Bam *

All his effort to defend himself was useless when he received a full attack and was thrown to the ground, causing an immense hole several meters in diameter.

"Caim your efforts are useless, give us the artifact" Said one of the women, her appearance was not exposed, as she was wearing a large golden tunic and white silk gloves with flowery ornaments, with a mask covered in rubies that completely covered her face, the only thing to know was her long hair that was like the same blood along with a height close to 170cm.

"What she says Trixia is true, if you give us the artifact you can still get out alive," said one of the men with a height of 190cm with a pale complexion in addition to his long silver hair, beautiful face with a captivating purple. eyes, wearing gray and black armor.

The other two stood to the side watching, not even saying a word as if they agreed with his words.

His performance was so good that they could fool anyone, however Caim knew it was mere empty words, he knew that once he gave him the artifact they would kill him.

The only reason he could still breathe was because none of them knew where the artifact was.

The four of them waited for Caim's choice, as he slowly floated out of the crater where he was.

"I ... I won't give it to them, so they will have to finish what they started" Caim replied after floating at the same height as the rest.

His voice was tired, but his tone showed his resolve at her answer. The four of them did not show surprise at his words, but their irritation and anger could be noted as they let a large amount of energy escape from their bodies.

"Tch, then don't blame us for not giving you one last chance" Trixia said the woman covering her body and face.

"* Sigh * a shame for the death of someone as beautiful as you" Said the other man within the group who had been silent until now. With long, ink-black hair as well as her eyes that made a beautiful contrast with her snowy skin, her blue tunic with a golden sash and a design similar to a river of various colors in the lower part in blue tones along with three drawings of lotuses.

His words did not surprise the others, as if they were used to him.

Caim noticing the behavior of the others, did not stay still and also let out his energy. Although it could be seen that it was duller and weaker than the others, that could hint at how weak and injured it was currently.

Neither said anything, and they began to exchange attacks again, this time Caim had abandoned all defense and chose to only focus on attacking.

...

Their fight lasted so long that it spanned several hundred miles, attracting the attention of several people who stood at a distance as they watched.

The place that was previously in poor condition, was currently devastated to a greater degree.

The four people could be seen floating a few meters from Caim, they did not have the same fresh and clean appearance. However, despite that, you could still tell that they had no injuries.

For Caim it was the opposite, a missing arm as well as his two legs, along with a hole in his stomach.

However, a small smile could be seen on his face, which only irritated others.

"At least I'll take one," Caim muttered.

Although his murmur was in a low tone, it was still heard by the others and only served to disturb them.

"Caim, YOU!" Said an agitated Trixia, making the other three people look at her demanding explanation.

Leaving no time for others to understand what was happening.

"Late" were the last words Caim spoke.

Caim, began to burn in bloody fire, while his energy soared surpassing that shown by them.

His energy was so powerful that his presence could be felt for several tens of miles scaring people in the distance. Making them flee the place immediately.

The others could tell what was happening, seeing the state of Caim.

Each of the four did not utter a word as they flew off in different directions.

Despite his effort to flee it was too late, when everything several miles away was covered by a large crimson dome-shaped explosion, painting the entire sky red.

The explosion lasted for several seconds, before fading and leaving a huge hole.

Ending Caim's life.

-UNKNOWN PLANET-

Inside a hospital you could see how heavy and quiet the environment was.

Inside one of the corridors there were a large number of people in suits, as they surrounded a middle-aged couple. The man had in his arms a woman who had her head buried in his chest while she shed tears staining the man's brand suit, however this did not seem to matter to him, seeing that he had his gaze fixed on the room at the end of the hall.

* OPERATING ROOM *

The couple did not hesitate another second to leave the party and go immediately to the hospital where they transferred their son. For them, his son was his most precious treasure, Edward had to fight all his life to climb and grow his position in society, becoming one of the richest and most feared men in the world.

However, that does not leave him exempt from enemies, who want to seize his wealth. Therefore, his wife and his son were the only place where he could remove his mask and be "himself."

Jessica, was a woman of high birth who met Edward at a party, when they both met it was like the meeting of two souls, from the party they began to see each other as friends and over time they had already become husbands.

Not everything was rosy, Jessica had problems having children, Edward never complained and was always by her side, when she found out about her pregnancy it was the happiest day of her life followed by the day she became the wife of Edward, being able to give birth to her son and live a comfortable life.

However, all the joy of several years fell tonight with the news received.

Some time passed when the operating room opened and the doctor in charge came out.

Jessica broke away from her husband's arms and held the doctor by her arms.

"My son? How is my son?" Jessica said as she shook the doctor, unable to let him speak.

Edward approached them and drew his wife, as she released the doctor but did not take her eyes off him.

"Excuse me my wife, Doc. Ferreyra"

"* Sigh *, no problem, no problem" Doc. Ferreyra said as he fixed his robe. Before looking back at the couple.

"However, your son ..." he said while shaking his head.

Both were stunned by the news of her son, Jessica could not hold back the tears as she hugged her husband for the cruel news received.

"I-I-" Edward tried to say something but he could only feel his throat catch.

"My condolences" was the last thing Dr. Ferreyra said as he patted her shoulders before leaving them alone.

Edward could only hug his wife, while he felt her eyes burn, letting a small stream of tears escape from her old face.

The people who had come with them, heard everything that made their faces go pale, they all left the room giving the couple a moment alone.

However, they all had only one thought in their heads.

BLOOD OF RAIN.

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