Sour taste of betryal

" What the fuck is with this bullshit! I'm already tired of this paranoic propaganda against me. " Christopher shouted while he smashed his phone against the wall.

3 years went by after the victory against the huge army of demons and what happened after that was that Christopher started to lose his powers slowly. The nightmares that he had didn't disappear but on the contrary, he started to have visions even when he was awake.

After a throughout examination, no one could determine what was wrong with his body but many voices started to speculate that he was cursed by the demon lord after the last fight.

Many of the people that he considered trustworthy left him. He lost all his sponsorships and to add salt to the wound, every week the newspapers and tv programs brought up the speculation that he may turn into a demon.

The fact that he reached a point where he wasn't able to participate in any fights with demons was a strong base for these assumptions.

Christopher started to lose his motivation in going forward with this. From a young child trying to live his dreams to an absolute hero for humanity, he went down in living like a normal human.

" Don't pay attention to them Chris " said Alice while hugging him from behind. " We all know who you are and what you did for us. "

" Yeah... maybe you are right, maybe after a few more years they will leave me to live my life. " trying to keep his head up, Christopher turned to Alice and took her in his arms.

" By the way, do you want us to take a stroll in the Limitless forest? I want to spend more time with you today " he added

Alice was taken by surprise by his request and for some strange reason, she moved away her eyes from him.

" I-I need to meet up with Maria and the others since demon gates have begun to appear more frequently but we can meet in the afternoon in the forest, at our special place " she kissed him on the lips and then went to dress up for her meeting with the team.

' Yeah... I suppose that this is how is going to be from now on. ' he murmured to himself

In the past three years, they've spent less and less time together since Christoper was released from his duties by the Slayers Federation and Alice became busier because of that, but with all of that, the love that he had for her never dropped and that day he was ready to finally propose to Alice.

Several hours went by and after he dressed up in neat clothes, he went outside. The Limitless forest was pretty close to his villa, just 15 minutes on foot and he decided to take a walk there.

The gaze he received from people on the street every day when he went outside changed his personality to 180 degrees. Everything he did was for the people, his pain, sweat, and blood represented nothing in their eyes. Contempt, fear, disgust, he was facing all of that from almost every human that passed by.

Once he reached his destination, he stood down on a small tree branch and wait for Alice to arrive.

The forest was tremendous, clear, and young. Its canopy was reigned by yew, maple, and beech, and the occasional beam of light that made its way through the canopy allowed for a motley of herbs to grow in the moist and fertile bottom layer below.

Silent branches embraced many a tree, and an array of flowers, which grew in a sprinkled and disorderly fashion, adorned the otherwise unvarying forest grounds.

A mishmash of wild noises, most of which were rummaging critters, brightened up the forest and almost completely muffled the raging river cur.

While admiring the view, a pair of soft hands covered his eyes and then gently hugged him by the neck.

" I'm sorry for being late. " said Alice after he kissed him on the cheek.

" No worries. Is nice sometimes to be alone and admire this view. When I was a Slayer I never thought about this. We never took our time to admire the simplicity of life. " he replied.

Alice looked at him while silently biting her lower lip and said " You know... They have asked again for you to hand over the manuscript of YHWH. "

Christoper face contorted slightly while looking into Alice's eyes. Something wasn't right with her and he felt that since a long time ago but he didn't want to admit it. She insisted all the time on his items, saying that it will be for best to give them to the Federation even though she knew that, his items were the only thing keeping his memory as a Slayer.

" What it is Alice? Can we just stop all this nonsense and tell me for good why are you doing this? Who put you to do this, why are you insisting on this when you know how painful it is for me. " he stood up from her embrace and walked several meters away.

" Chris is not like that, is not what you think it is. " she started to cry while looking at his back.

" Cut the bullshit! I've known you for 24 years, you can't lie to me. Now speak, what is going on. " he yelled at her.

Alice looked into his eyes in disbelief, it was the first time when they'd actually had a heated argument and also the first time when Christopher was angry at her.

" I see, so you've changed your priorities. Then there is no point for me staying here, I'm leaving. "with that said, he turned his back on her to leave.

"No... please, don't leave. " she shouted in exasperation.

" Yes Chris, you better listen to your girlfriend here and don't leave. " an unknown voice was heard.

One by one, his friends started to show up between the forest trees and not only them. They were followed by at least 200 famous Slayers from around the world.

" What is the meaning of this David? " asked Christopher

" But of course, we are here to make sure that you hand over your legendary skills and items. We have tried everything, even Alice, your girlfriend can't convince you. We have repeatedly asked you to do so for the sake of humanity but since you refuse, it seems that the rumors are true, you don't care anymore about people, about Earth, and you are slowly turning into a demon. " with a smirking smile, David responded.

" What the fuck are you saying you motherfucker? Alice, do you know about all of this? Did you plan this with them also? Answer me! "

Suddenly Maria appeared in front of Alice and punched him in his stomach and just that casual punch threw him 6 meters away directly into a tree.

After he vomited blood, once again stood up and ignored Maria, he looked directly into Alice's eyes. " Say something, anything, just tell me the truth. "

"Do you want to know the truth? Alice is the benefactor of humanity, she was the one with the idea of taking your items and skills after she saw the change in your heart, you are turning into a monster Chris but we can help you. I promise you an easy and painless death if you do want we say, if not, I have my ways of torturing you. " said David.

Maria covered the crying figure of Alice, even though she betrayed her loved one, she didn't have the power to look into his eyes.

" You fucking bitch, how dare you, how dare you betray me after all of this, after everything I gave you and did for you. Now that I've lost my powers you don't care about me at all? You fucking sl*t. " not being able to control his body, he started to run towards Alice just to receive another punch from Maria.

" Know your place loser, this is the end for you. "after saying all that, Maria took Alice and left.

Still, in shock, he stood down unable to process what was happening. His lover, his friends, and everyone from that damned world betrayed him. At that moment, something has broken into him, he lost the last luster in his eyes and got up slowly.

" If you losers think that I would go down without a fight, you are damn wrong. I am the Lord of Light, I am the one who decides the fate of my life, not some vermins like you. "

Even though he was powerless, everyone that surrounded him grabbed their weapons and activate their strongest skills, his former title of the strongest Slayer in the world wasn't for show.

" If I'm going to die today, none of you bastards will live to tell the tale of my death. "