Tragedy

Back before the city was destroyed, right when the fire sword sect was confronting the blood angels. Luca went downstairs and was surprised that his parents were acting like normal, they hadn't felt what he felt earlier. His parents were surprised to see him up this early since they gave him the day off today.

"Why are you up earlier today" His mom was curious.

Luca was lost in thought as he walked towards the living room out of habit. He wanted to go ask John if he felt that. Since it was probably related to their bloodlines and their enhanced senses. Also on his chest was a necklace with an azure colored crystal, it was his skill shard. He decided to bring it with him to increase his training time since he found it fun. He was brought out his thoughts when his mom asked him that question.

"What?"

"I said what are you doing up so early?"

"Oh … I want to go to John house."

"That's fine but have breakfast before you leave."

Luca just nods his head as he rubbed his stomach. He was really hungry and so he went to the kitchen to eat some breakfast. Back at Johns house, John wasn't there. John hadn't slept that much maybe an hour. The rest of the time was spent trying to come to terms with his new situation.

He was too afraid to stay home, he was too afraid that he would kill his parents on impulse. He was having a hard time controlling his impulses. He sneaked out his house using his window, he had stayed inside the rundown house where they found the cultivation manuals.

John was huddled in the corner of the living room. His knees to his chest as he wrapped his hands around his legs. He was staring at the ground with lifeless eyes with a trail of tears going down his cheeks onto his tear stained shirt. Then he shivered nonstop as he felt the presence of the angels outside the city.

He was startled and repulsed when he sensed them. He only felt hate and resentment the moment he felt the angles presence. It came from within him by instinct. He knew it was from his bloodline because he had never heard of angels but he knew whatever that presence was, his devil bloodline wanted to destroy it.

He wiped his tears with his sleeve and was thinking about what to do. A part of him wanted to accept his fate and learn from the chaos devil inside the skill shard. But another part wanted to run away and hide somewhere away from the world. He had never considered suicide as he was afraid of dying.

"Am I coward?" John mocked himself in sadness

John was starting to feel that is was only of matter of time until he fell into his impulses. He felt an enormous thirst and hunger brewing inside of him for destruction. To him, it felt like he had starved himself for months. He had never felt so much desire and pain at the same time. He wanted it to go away, he hoped it would, but time proved him wrong as it grew worse. He started to cry again in desperation as he hugged his legs tightly to his chest as he kept repeating these words.

"Help me! Please someone, if there's a god out there, save me! I don't want to hurt anyone! I don't want to be a monster! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!" He cried in a fragile and cracked voice that was filled with desperation. His voice resembling the cries of a wounded puppy.

Luca was unaware of his friend's situation. His family and him were sitting together around the square table. He was happily eating his breakfast when he suddenly felt danger. His body jolting up from his chair as he instinctively did a backflip.

What happened next was something Luca would never forget, even if he wanted to forget, he never could. Time seems to slow down as Luca saw golden spears pierce through the ceiling. There were at least 10 of them as they dropped down towards the kitchen table, his parents weren't even aware of the danger.

They had food in their mouths with a smile on their face. Four spears landed right on top of his dad. The moment they touched his body they blew pieces of his body everywhere. The spears went through his dad and into the floor as they kept going into the ground. Just like that, his dad was blown to tiny pieces. His mom was pierced by five them, she was blown apart into smaller piece than his dad as they shot everywhere. His house was being destroyed around Luca but because of Lucas quick animal instincts, he was able to land in a safe spot. He still got grazed by a spear, that left a long scar on his arm, that stretched from his shoulder to his hand.

Lucas face and body were covered in a small pieces of his parents' blood, organs, bones, etc. As the terror in eyes grew. He just stood there frozen as what happened was too much for his pure and innocent heart to handle. He fell to his knees with his arms falling to his sides. In Lucas mind, "THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING, NO, IT'S NOT TRUE, IT CANT BE!"

Lucas mind and heart were on brink of breaking. Lucas felt like his heart was being stabbed, so much pain was being felt in his heart. Tears were falling from his eyes. Luca felt a lump in his throat. Then in a heart-wrenching yell he started crying so hard that he could be heard for hundreds of feet away. Anyone who heard him would feel the urge to cry as well. Luca slowly, while crying, crawled as he found two scraps of his mom and dads' clothing. That was the only thing left behind, after his parents' death.

John was lucky because the moment the spears fell onto the house. A magic circle with triangles and circles with ancient words written on it appeared on the roof of the building. The magic circle was protecting the house as it glowed in white. The magic circle was used for defense against spells because every time it was hit by a spear, the spears would explode like glass. But the magic circle was starting to dim as it brightness was fading every time it got hit by a spear. It looked like it wouldn't hold much longer.

John was spooked as he jerked his head to look at the roof. He was surprised by the noises he heard coming from the roof. Then a few feet away a golden spear pierced the floor and vibrated like metal after getting stuck in the ground. The magic circle had taken some damage from the attack. The good thing was that the attack was over before the magic circle was completely destroyed. Only one spear got through a destroyed section of the magic circle landing close to John.

John was scared and get up on his feet and looked at the spear. The spear disappeared into thin air after a while leaving behind a huge hole. He saw that the spear was made from some compressed elemental energy and saw that it scattered into the air returning into primordial energy.

"What the hell was that!?"

He was scared but he walked outside to see what happened. When he opened the door he was dumbfounded, his mouth wide open in disbelief. John thought he was in a wasteland, there was ruins of building everywhere and pieces of dead bodies and blood everywhere. But there was also a part of him that was enjoying this way too much. Slowly his face turned into a sinister smile and he had a blush on his face. His eyes turned completely black no white was left behind.

John was starting to lose control. Then he heard his best friend crying because of his increased hearing. This snapped him back into reality as his eye returned to normal. He was struggling to maintain control because of his environment but he ran to Lucas house in worry for his friend. He had to get to Luca something bad must have happened.

When John got to where Luca was he understood immediately what happens. He saw Luca holding scraps of clothing crying out "Mom, Dad". He got close to him, but he was feeling horrible and wanted to die because he was feeling pleasure from his friend's situation!

He couldn't take it anymore he could no longer resist the temptation, he gave up. This moment was the breaking point. John's last resistance in his heart was gone, allowing the chaos devils essence to finally influence his mind changing him as a person. He would never be the same again now that he was influenced by its strong bloodline.

His eyes turned pitch black and his true form was revealed. It was different from what he first transformed into when he did the bloodline ritual. That was a disguise that the chaos devil used for protection when born. This would be his true form, the chaos devil.

He grew 8 feet tall and grew 4 strong black wings, two on each side. He grew out a tail that had spikes coming out from the base of tail all the way to the end of the tail in a straight line. His muscles where bigger and thicker like a bodybuilder All of his skinned turned a dark red and his fingers turned into sharp black daggers. Two red horns grew out his forehead. His horns were a foot long and curved back. His ears turned long and sharp. He let out a powerful roar that was filled with killing intent.

Emma gasped out in surprised because she was trembling with fear. Not because he was strong but because his bloodline was forcing her to submit to him. It was normal for a high-blood to force others of related weaker bloodlines to submit, but this was on another level.

"This cant be, you clan was exterminated centuries ago!" Renzo was having a hard time excepting this!

Renzo knew about the chaos devil and how they looked. He heard about them from the emperor who had a high evaluation of their power. He was curious about this clan of devils that could make even the emperor speak out in praise. But he couldn't find a lot about them but what he did find made him surprised as well.

First, he found a sketch of one that looked sinister. He also learned that the chaos devil where hated by everyone even the devils wanted them dead. The reason was simple, the chaos devils would never submit to anyone. They only wanted destruction and chaos which wasn't a good thing if you wanted stability. They couldn't be controlled, this wouldn't be a problem normally because you could just kill them off.

But the chaos devil where special because their bloodline allowed them to grow in power after they absorbed the souls of living beings. They could grow two, three or even 4 times strong then a normal bloodline holder in the same stage. They were also hard to kill because of their regenerative abilities that used the souls of the dead to work. So, the longer they could rampage the hard it was to kill them.

They did have a few weaknesses that the book mentioned. Like that they could lose control during a fight and become mindless killing machines. They needed time to consume the souls and couldn't use them immediately. So, if you wore them down long enough they could be killed. Also, that they need a constant supply of souls to stay at their current power level. If they were starved they would lose their power over time. They were said to be driven to extinct by their enemies a long time ago but then why was this kid able to get the bloodline of a chaos devil?

He had to kill this monster before it was allowed to grow in power and flourish. He took out a talisman used for one-way communication.

"Report to central commanded that we discovered a chaos devil and are engaging the target."

On the other hand, Emma didn't know what kind of devil John was. To be fair all material related to the chaos devil was off limits to anyone below the sovereign stage in the Infernum Kingdom. The devils were disgraced by the fact that the chaos devil was related to them so tried to hide the truth.

If she had known, she wouldn't have risked her life to save this boy and bring him back alive. She thought that the king would give her a promotion for finding such a powerful bloodline! John, on the other hand, had lost his mind as he punched his hand towards Luca aiming for his heart. Sergio looked over and with a simple step was in front of Luca as he flicked John away with a finger. This sent John flying through the air as he hit a broken wall. Luca was in disbelief, his own friend wanted to kill him! He felt his killing intent on him and knew that it wasn't for this strangers help he would've died.

"WHY?" Luca was in even more emotional pain

John didn't respond as he got up and looked up at Renzo. Sergio could've killed him, but he didn't want to do any more work then he had to. Also, he felt that if he killed Lucas friend he would have a hard time getting Luca to cooperate with him later.

"Hey kid this guy isn't your friend anymore. He's been consumed by the bloodline of the chaos devil. It would be easier if you forgot about him" Sergio spoke calmly

It was surprising that Sergio knew about the chaos devil. He didn't seem afraid of the monster or more like he didn't really care. That this wasn't his problem to handle, he was way to carefree.

"Let's go, kid, there's nothing left for you here"

"Who are you? Why should I listen to a stranger?" Luca didn't understand why this guy was even here

"You have a good point, but you see that cocky angel in the air. Yeah, that's the one. That guy is the reason why your town doesn't exist anymore. Tomorrow this place is going to be filled with angels just as strong as him. So, do you want to die here or survive and come with me?"

When Luca found out who killed his parents his sadness turned to hatred! The bloodline of the azure demon fox that was known for being vengeful and holding grudges was influencing Luca. He looked at Renzo and without fear and spoke.

"You damn angels I swear that as long as I live, I will make you pay for this!"

His anger got the better of him as he transformed and was ready to fight. Sergio sighed.

"What a pain in the ass. I guess I have to do this the hard way"

He walked up to Luca and knocked him out with his finger. He then picked him up in one hand as he walked away from the battlefield.

"This is no longer my problem so good look guys"

He finally cracked a grin as he was done with his job. He was sure that what came next would be intense, and a lot of work, so it was time to get the hell out of there. Why work so hard when there was nothing to gain? This was Sergio's philosophy, if there are no benefits then why try? Since everyone's attention was on the chaos devil, now was a good time to leave. He took a step and became a blur, a second later he was far away from the town going in that dread forest again.