Parallel - A Virtual Reality.

V2. Chapter 4. First Death, Unforgiving Time. (Part 1)

The boy goes berserk, dark matter begins to seep out of his wound and he lunges at the person responsible for his injury, ripping his body apart and absorbing his life force.

The man starts yelling for his life, but the whole village was petrified from sight of the monster standing before them.

The elder tries to stop Mar, but even he, who loved the boy, is filled with fear at the scene before his eyes.

Mar is indiscriminately killing the people who approach him.

In the aftermath of the massacre, the boy was able to recover his senses.

Seeing the bloodbath in front of him, the boy screams in terror-after all, he is only a child.

Mar sees grandpa and tells him "I-I- didn't want to do it" tears streaming down his face.

However, the elder ignores him and surreptitiously backs away from fear. The elder asks in a trembling voice "wh, what are you?"

"I-I am human elder, I am like you" answers Mar who responds with a panicked expression to the elder's actions.

"YOU ARE NOT LIKE ME! MONSTER!" Shouts the Mayor while crawling and getting farther from Mar driven by his fear towards Mar.

Mar face goes blank, the words of his Grandpa pierces his soul.

A hollow expression shines on Mar's face, and he begins to laugh hysterically as his arm goes throw the elder's heart

It was then that he had an epiphany:

He was a monster! Something foreign from them! He wasn't human! If he had to endure suffering because of them, then why should only they be allowed to bathe in the sunlight that people call happiness? He should also be given the privilege or happiness should cease to exist.

This is how the Evil Being Mader was born, who enjoyed the expressions of terror from the faces of his victims.

He had continued on his path of savagery until he eventually was transformed from the innocent adolescent to a creature of abomination.

Now the once young adolescent is on the ground with blood seeping from his wounds. He had learnt many things about demons, and those who rule over them—the death lords. It was his goal to eventually become one and bring suffering to the masses. This was the hedonistic goal that he held dear.

Yet it seems that that his dreams would end. He is soon to be defeated by lowly adventurers whose flames were burning away at his very essence.

'So I really became a Monster...' he was thinking while laughing out loud.

He shouts at the young man in front of him

"YOU ARE JUST LIKE ME!"

He wanted his final moments to be able to gaze at the expression of trepidation and confusion from the young man but the response he receives is something that he had not expected.

"Of course, you were once human, and I am one too, don't think I will have mercy on you" The boy responds.

The response elicits long forgotten words and memories of his childhood. He now wanted to believe, more than anything, at the words of this young man.

What he sees isn't the face of a man in denial or one of deception, but of acceptance. Mader becomes silent while bearing the flames that now still continue to burn away at his flesh and damage his soul.

'Ahhh, being erased hurts this much...'

And with that last thought Mader disappears from existence.