The Empire [2]
[Moments much earlier...]
Looking down, I can see the man, the emperor of the Vribette Dynasty, kneeling.
I stand up from my throne and walk towards him.
'I'm not feeling nervous despite the fact of what I'm about to do. There is no fear, no emotion.'
Is this because of the system? Or are there other facts that are at play here?
I'm going to use the exclusive skill of my class the [Dominate] skill in the emperor. It will corrupt the mind of the target and make the target follow what I want. It's the same as killing them, they will become a person with no will, blindly following my orders.
'Despite that... I'm not feeling any kind of emotion.'
Doing this is the same as killing. A normal high schooler won't even think of doing what I'm gonna do.
Do I still think of this as a game? We are in another world now, I accepted it. Based on what I see, all of this is real, even the person in front of me. He is a real person, not a data from a game.
This... is another type of evil. Do I want to become this evil...?
I'm only following what the system wants me to do. To show them that I'm the Lord of Darkness.
I don't know what will happen if I disregard the system but...
I will do whatever it takes even if it means going this far just to not suffer from those things again!
I still remember, if doing this means I won't go through that hell again...
I put my hands in the head of the man in front of me.
"[Dominate.]"
I'm ready to do everything. I don't want to suffer again. Not after getting this much power...
Black smoke came out of my bony hands, and black tendrils extended and goes through the head of the emperor.
The emperor trembled and tried to escape from my grasp.
"ARGHHHH!!! STOP STOP!! IT HURTS!" The emperor screamed. Snots and tears are flying everytime he screams. He struggled trying to get my hands away from him but I kept a tight grip.
"STO-STOP, I BEG YOU! P-PLEASE!" He begged me. Looking at his bloodshot eyes, I don't feel anything.
Something touched my feet, a puddle of water.
I see it comes from the emperor. He peed himself out of fear.
"Just kill me... I beg you..." The emperor said weakly.
His hands that are struggling fell from his side.
I can feel the connection that comes from my skill Dominate.
I took my hands away and let the emperor fell face flat to the ground.
[Dominate Successful]
[Julian von Vribette II has been succesfully dominated.]
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...
I look through the memories of the man I dominated. Memories of him run through my mind like it's mine.
...
I see... you have a family, you've protected what is dear to you with everything you have.
Even now, before I put my hands in him, he sent all his family away from this place.
'Julian von Vribette II, you are a good man. I promise to put you in good use.'
I look at his empire but I have other things in mind.
"Avarice, Queen of the Gluttony. Awake from your slumber!" I chant the skill. Feeling my mana drains away, I cast the 9th tier skill [Avarice.]
Black blob comes out of me. The [Avarice] skill uses my kill points as it's requirement to use other than mana. Feeling all of the human anguish and scream coming out of my body, I look at the direction it's going.
A huge monster is forming.
"Nirvana!"
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In the Vribette Dynasty, there is a council that consists of 12 members. They are the true ruler of the nation. Using Julian as their puppet. Diabolus knew that, seeing them from Julian memories.
One of the member is watching all of that is happening in the shadows. He saw the emperor get 'killed.'
And then a much more horrifying scene appeared before him. A massacre.
"Nirvana!" The monster screamed.
He saw a terrifying presence being formed right in front of his eyes by that monster. Slaughtering everything it lays its eyes upon on.
Devouring everything in it's path with little to no trace, as it's going back to how it was supposed to be.
He knew he need to get out of that place as quickly as possible, or else he will also get killed.
He tried to use teleport to get away but he can't!
He uses every other skill and spell he knows of but none of them worked.
"It seems we have a rat here..." A voice from behind spoke, startling him.
He looked and saw a man descending his way. He have a red glowing eyes. He can only think of one thing, a vampire.
The man tried to run away but the vampire caught him easily.
"Look clearly... what a fine work isn't it? The guildmaster uses his..." The vampire said but the man can't hear anything of it, as he was getting sucked in from the shadow.
There are only one thought in his mind.
He shouldn't have come here.
...
The empire is in shambles, no one can do anything to that monster. All of the citizens can only think of one thing.
That doesn't belong here.
No one can get out of the place, all of them will get killed.
Many of them tried to run away but they can't, Diabolus guildmates set a barrier in place so that even a rat can't get out.
Even if they got out, they can't run away for long.
In just a matter of minutes, all of the citizens have been killed. It's truly a massacre. The structures have all been devoured by the Avarice leaving no trace. The citizens corpse have been absorbed by Diabolus.
The Vribette Dynasty, a lively empire has been erased from existence in just a matter of moments. If it have been told to anybody, they won't believe it.
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[Quest Complete!]
[The Lord of Darkness has made a mark with it's successful appearance. Truly a befitting name...]
[Rewards:]
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"It's done... haaa, I can't believe it. Did I cease to be human? I killed dozens of people but I don't even feel anything."
I looked at my guildmates, none of them look disturbed by what I did. Do they realize it too? That we don't feel anything, or am I just the one...?
*DING!*
'Hmm?'
Another quest? Let's take a look...