Chapter 250: Leaving the empire (2)

Derik's actions left everyone puzzled but Cyrus' words pierced Elsa's heart like a table knife cutting deep into butter. She fell into deep thoughts as she considered Cyrus words, realizing it is true after a while. Derik and Cyrus use to be different, more compassionate, and thoughtful in the past. Even though Derik has always been ruthless and a bit wild due to the nature of his magic, they weren't necessarily bad people. But now these two people were like total strangers to her, their emotions, actions, and line of thoughts seemed strange to her, it looked like she was gazing at total strangers. They have become completely different people.

Could this be because of their magic or their power?

Does it mean the stronger one becomes, the less human they are?

They have lost their humanity and won't flinch when killing those they see as threats, even if those people were once their allies…