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<<Ben's POV >>

As Ash lost consciousness and dropped down. I couldn't help but worry.

I just wanted Father to teach him a lesson but this was going way beyond that.

" Now tell me what can you do now? huh!"

It was then that the atmosphere around us began to get heavy.

I looked at my dad and he was quite shocked to see a man coming toward us.

" Is it your doing Bob, answer me?"

As he said that an invisible pressure began to pressure me. My vision began to turn red.

I couldn't even stand straight and I fell to the floor pissing in my pants.

That man his eyes were shining red and his oozing bloodlust was so much that you could even see it with the naked eye.

The whole world was dyed red and I couldn't even hold my consciousness for long and dropped unconscious on the floor.

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As soon as Aaron came. It didn't take long before he became aware of the whole situation.

His son's blood gushing back and the sword that was dyed red were enough to tell him the whole situation.

He couldn't even control his bloodlust after seeing his son in such a situation and it wasn't like he wanted to.

But he still held on and controlled his bloodlust enough to not hurt other children.

As soon as they fell unconscious. He picked up his son and begin to slowly approach the dimwit of a man who had just peed himself and was responsible for her son's wound.

The man named Bob couldn't see a man approaching but only a demon in a human flesh

and he wasn't even half wrong.

" You monster, stay away, STAY AWAAAY. "

As he began screaming Aaron couldn't but wince a little.

" Shut up you fuck face. "

As Aaron punched Ben in the face he didn't control his strength and Ben's jaw broke.

Ben could only now scream in his agonizing pain.

" AH! now you look like a fuck face. My bad you shouldn't have screamed like a girl if u didn't want this to happen."

Now come with me. He grabbed him with his ponytail and began to drag him to the center of the village.

As he came across his own house he dropped Ben right in front of the house and took his son home.

As soon as Aaron came home. Samantha in the kitchen came running.

"What happened to ash?"

" Heal him first dear and I shall tell you everything but first I have to take care of some things. So please be patient dear. "

" Honey I don't know what happened but please don't do something you would regret and make him pay for what he has done to our son. "

Smiling at his wife he kissed her and left the house.

He didn't have a single worry for his son as now he was in the hands of one of the Saint candidates of the Holy Land.

Grabbing bob again by his ponytail he began to drag him into the center of the village again.

As he arrived at the center of the village, he let loose more of his bloodlust and amplified his voice with mana, and used it to gather everyone.

"I Aron Blake as the lord of this estate commands everyone to gather at the center of the village right now."

Everyone came running toward the center and the one ahead of everyone was the village chief. It wasn't the first time that he did make a sudden announcement like that.

Officially Aaron was the lord of this state and also held the title of a baron. But he refused the title and the authority to govern the village and gave the authority back to the village. It was also because Aaron didn't like bothersome tasks as he was an adventure through and through.

The villagers were all fond of Aaron and his family and were touched by his kindness. But in the world, there are always people who want more power as this is the basic drive driving many human beings.

One of them was the village chief Kien, he wanted an official title and an authority that couldn't be questioned by anyone. He didn't hate Aaron and he was even grateful to him. But he was a little envious of Aaron and wanted to be someone with much more authority.

So the village was divided into two fractions right now. But all that didn't matter to Aaron. He was strong enough to be an A-rank adventurer. That wasn't just a symbol of his strength but also his contributions to the Clowon empire and he was also the official baron of the empire.

Kien seeing his son in that state was fuming in anger but he couldn't do anything against Aaron even if he wanted to. The whole village was trembling due to his bloodlust. Today the whole village was seeing the anger of the red-eyed adventurer famous for his massacres of the demons.

" Did you all dare to think of me as weak just because I was a little complacent toward you? You dare to hurt my son after all the kindness I have shown to you."

The whole village was deathly quiet nobody there was an idiot and they quickly figured out the whole story with that context and their anger was all directed at Kien.

Aaron has done everything he could do to flourish the Khoj village. He had removed taxes from the harvest and had also been guarding the fields against demonic beasts and the village with his fellow companion.

Even Kein's fraction was grateful to Aaron.

" I didn't want to act forceful to you guys, But if u will take this path then I will welcome you with my unsheathed sword. Now I will make an example out of this fuck face to remind you who I truly am and where you stand."

Villagers were quite shocked by this declaration. Even if Aaron was the true power in the village. Kein wasn't that powerless either he also provided different services to the villagers and always acted to flourish the village. Not as much as Aaron but they were still grateful to him.

As Aaron unsheathed his sword Kein fell to the ground and begged for forgiveness.

" Oh lord my son and I have sinned greatly and I know that asking for forgiveness is shameless. But I will still beg for the lord to show his kindness. "

"Do you think you will be able to sway me with such petty words?"

Kein's subordinates also fell and began to ask for forgiveness. Aaron became a little perplexed. Seeing this opportunity the whole village fell to its knees and begged for forgiveness.

Villagers knew that Ben's mistake will also be the fall of them and their relationship with Aaron.

Aaron was forced to give up on killing Ben. One of the reasons he made such a big scene was to warn villagers and make a sprout of fear in them and that was already done.

But he also had to pay Ben for what he had done.

"If that's what you all want then I will comply. But I have to make Ben pay for what he had done. "

Kein stood up and said

" Yes my lord, I will accept any punishment given to my son. "

" Hahaha that's good. Now, what shall I do with you, Ben? "

Ben who already couldn't speak was terrified for his life right now.

Aaron unsheathed his sword and in a swift slice severed Ben's arm in a single strike.

Ben let out a blood-curdling scream and fell unconscious.

The villagers were already terrified of Aaron's bloodlust but now seeing him slice Ben's arm with such ease and even smiling at such a scene sent shivers down the villager's spines.

" Don't ever forget this day and don't even think of harming me and my family or Hahahaha"

The laughter of their lord was akin to the devil's laugh for them and they all gulped in fear.

" Well, only one way to find out. "

After saying that Aaron left the center and began to move toward his house.

Villagers also sighed a sigh of relief and began to go toward their own houses.

Arriving home Aaron told the whole story to his wife Samantha.

Samantha sighed and came towards Aaron and hugged him. Aaron was a little perplexed by his wife's actions. But he compiled nonetheless.

Samantha's shoulders began to tremble. Aaron quickly noticed that and hugged her back.

" Is something wrong dear? "

" Aaron I don't know why but after I healed Ash he began to sweat and grasp for air and was not even waking up. I checked and I found a divine curse etched on his soul."

" What, how can this be? When did he even get that curse? "

A divine curse wasn't a simple matter. It was a curse that only appeared once in a century. The one who was cursed by Gods was not only hunted by the Holy Empire but all over the world. He was also the cause of great catastrophes to the world and himself.

"As far as I can tell, It was placed upon him at the moment of his birth or even before that. The curse's origin and effects all are unknown to me. Even my skills can't recognize it."

"But why did it activate just now."

"The curse hasn't activated completely but It has been activated partially for a long time, the reason why it has only started affecting Ash now is a mystery to me too."

Samantha's voice was trembling saying the last part.

Aaron hugged his wife more firmly.

" Don't worry Samantha, no matter what happens we will have to stay strong for Ash and Anya. We will surely always protect them and will remain as a pillar of support to them."

As the curse became partially activated Ash was starting to have dreams about that void from that day on and his past was slowly but surely starting to engrave on him.

Some days after the Incident sitting on a bench in the backyard Samantha was looking at the duel going on between her husband and son.

She was thinking of all the past events related to Ash.

<<Samantha's POV >>

The curse placed on Ash was of unknown origin meaning she herself wasn't sure which Gods cursed him. It couldn't be the work of a single God as divine curses are only given very scarcely and only by a council of God's.

But that curse didn't belong to the curse placed by the original council of Gods. As a former Saint candidate, I knew full well of that curse but the curse placed on Ash is something more anonymous. But the one thing that I am sure about is that this curse is divine and is the work of some bloody Gods.

Ash was also acting a little strange. Ash did tell us about his dream of that void but he also started to act a little more mature.

The place void as Ash speaks of it surely is a place that not a normal human can survive.

But Ash my sweet son was always strong-willed. I mean just look at him right now, being defeated again and again he didn't even once stop his charge.

But still, as a mother, I was worried for him. I didn't want Ash to suffer. I wanted Ash to continue to live his childhood without any worry.

Nobody should be allowed to steal anyone's childhood. Even if they were some bloody Gods. I have already turned my back on Gods for my dear husband.

It won't matter to me if I have to do it again for my son.

They both suddenly stopped their duel and began to run toward me. As both of them came near me they both lunged at me and hugged me.

"W-what happened?"

I was a little surprised by their sudden antic. But it wasn't something that new, to say the least.

"Dad made a bet, that whoever hugs mom first will win. So tell us mom who wins?"

"Hmmm what can I say? So are both of you ready for the answer"

Both nodded furiously. Ah! how can both of you be so cute? Ahem back to the topic.

"So the winner is Anya Blake."

I removed my shawl and showed them my little gem who had fallen asleep while hugging me. Both of them were baffled and their jaws literally dropped to the floor after seeing Anya.

As I was saying for me these three are my whole world and no God or devil could even try to take them away from me.