Birth of Sin

Pfft!

A young man with a pale face with blood on the corner of his mouth was standing at the edge of a cliff with despair in his eyes.

"F...father, please give me another chance. I will train harder and show you that I am worthy to be your son"

Artus, the young man was looking at his father and the people surrounding him and started pleading.

However, there was no reaction from his father Julius, who was the patriarch of the Morrison Family.

Around his father, a young man was standing staring at him with cold eyes and a smug smile on his face. He was Leon Morrison, the son of his uncle who was an elder in the family.

Aside from being his cousin, Leon was also the most talented in the young generation of the Morrison Family. It was said that his talent was comparable to their ancestor.

The one who builds the Morrison Family from nothing to being one of the most powerful families in the Dragonsword Kingdom.

Leon stepped forward and sneer at him, "Artus, you were the son of the patriarch and everybody have a high expectations on you. But what happened? You disappoint them all, we are both 18 years old. But you can't even block a simple sword from me. This shows that you don't have any talent in wielding a sword"

"You know that our family is a family of a swordsman. And you, who can't even hold a sword properly is a disgrace to the family, and especially to your own father"

"N...no... I can definitely wield a sword properly. I just only need some time to train myself" although Artus already knew to himself that it is impossible in his mind. His heart just couldn't accept the truth.

His eyes turned to a very beautiful woman who was staring at him as if she was looking at trash.

But Artus didn't seem to mind it and said, "Luna, please don't do this. I am your fiancee right, we grew up together, and you said that you love me and will marry me in the future. Help me this time please"

The disgust in Luna's eyes intensifies as she frowns and said coldly, "Artus, the words that we promised in the past was only because we were kids. I also want to remind you, my engagement with your family is to the young master of the Morrison Family. Now that you are no longer a part of the Morrison Family. Then technically, you were no longer my fiancee"

She then walks beside Leon and said, "Now that Leon is the future patriarch of the family. Naturally, the position of being my fiancee is transferred to him"

Leon deliberately put his arms around her waist and tauntingly said, "Artus I assure you, I will take care of Luna in your place"

Artus felt an incredible pain in his heart. He felt the whole world has turned dark, and he has no place in it.

His view in this world has finally collapsed, just as how he collapsed to the ground with a dead look in his eyes.

"I don't have a son who doesn't have any talent. You are nothing but a stain and embarrassment to my name. So please do me this favor, please die and save me from more embarrassment" Julius approach his son and speaks indifferently. Like there wasn't any blood relation between him and his oy child.

"This is my last gift for you"

Shiing!

Julius draws his sword and looks down at his son without any emotion.

Suddenly, his sword moves and stab Artus at his chest.

The pain from the sword woke up Artus from his state. He wanted to scream, however, no sound escape from his mouth.

Pffft!

Seeing Artus coughing mouthful of blood from his mouth staining his clothes. Julius narrowed his eyes clearly displeased and kicked Artus to the cliff with the sword still piercing his chest.

A trail of blood appeared in the air as he falls down to the famous cliff. The cliff which was connected to the entrance of the void.

While falling to the void, Artus gave one glance to the people who were standing at the cliff. He stared at their faces wanting to embed their appearance in his memories. Thinking that maybe in his next life, he could tale revenge against them.

At the edge of the cliff, a man approaches Julius and asked, "Is that alright?"

"What?" Julius answered looking at his brother. Who was also Leon's father.

"That sword is also a treasure, is it really alright to throw it away?"

"As I said, that is my last gift to him" turning around, Julius started to walk back with a solemn face. As if nothing important happens.

Seeing the patriarch leaving, the people around started to follow behind him.

-----

Artus felt that his body was very light. Although a sword was pierced through his chest, he was still alive.

With his eyes open, he felt that his body has been falling for too long. He couldn't even see anything, there was no light around him.

Only darkness

Endless darkness

His body continues to fall for an unknown amount of time until his consciousness started to fade away.

However, before he loses all his senses. He felt someone or something approaches him.

He only heard in his ears a very hoarse and dark voice,

"Betrayed"

"Filled with hatred"

"Heart hungry for revenge"

"The perfect candidate for the 'coming' of our plans"

-----

Deep below in the abyss, a young man surrounded by dark mist was floating in the darkness.

Naturally, this young man was Artus who was killed by his own family.

Hmmn!

A soft sound escapes his mouth as his eyes slowly open.

"Where am I," he asked while looking around only to see nothing but darkness.

"You've finally woken up"

A voice came from the surrounding surprising Artus. He quickly shouted, "Who are you?! Where are you?!"

As if listening to his voice, two bright red eyes opened up in the darkness glaring at him.

"I am the one that saved you from your death. If not, you will already be dead"

Artus then suddenly remembers what happened. What his father did to him, what the woman he loved said to him.

Pain

Anger

Hatred

Multiple emotions appeared in his eyes.

The eyes in the darkness clearly saw these emotions and temptingly said, "Do you want to return above? Do you want to take revenge against those people? If you want, I can help you achieve it. But there is a price that you might pay"

When Artus heard those words, he was clearly tempted. For the hatred in his heart was burning, he asked, "What do you want in exchange?"

Artus stare intently at the eyes and although there wasn't any mouth. He felt he saw a wide smile appeared in the darkness.

"Simple, I only want you to abandon everything"

"What do you mean by that?" Artus asked.

"What I mean is, for you to abandon humanity itself. Become part of the void, become one of us and you will achieve greater power and strength. Something that humans won't understand"

Artus remained silent as he thought about it and after several minutes, he said, "If that is what can make me powerful. If it will give me more power, I will agree to you"

Ha ha ha ha!

A loud laugh sounded and Artus felt the whole space vibrated.

"Good, good, good! Now that you've agreed, I will take your humanity away from you. In exchange, I will give you the power of one of the deadly sins. And the only remaining sin"

"Gluttony!"

Suddenly, Artus's physical body was crushed and transformed into a dark mist and disappears.

A white soul remained floating in the darkness before being engulfed by a terrifying crimson blood mist.

Artus's soul shouted as he felt his soul was burning being engulfed by the red mist.

-----

A whole week had passed in the Dragonsword Kingdom, the news of Artus dying from illness has spread in the whole capital.

However, those who knew the Morrisson Family was aware of what really happened. But they didn't do anything about it.

Because the Morrison Family was one of the most powerful families in the capital city, even rivaling the royal family.

With the news of Artus sudden death, another news was spread with it.

And that is the engagement of princess Luna Lightgleam, and the genius from Morrisson Family, Leon Morrisson.

Many people immediately forget the death of Artus and they praise the two families for the engagement of the two.

Luna Lightgleam was the most talented princess of the royal family.

While Leon Morrisson was a genius rivaling their ancestor.

With this pair, many guess that the future of the kingdom is very bright.

Meanwhile, while everyone in the royal capital was celebrating the engagement of the two families.

In the east of the capital, at the dense forest filled with magical beast. A crack appeared at the space and dark mist started to come out from those cracks.

Seconds later, a pale hand pierced through the cracks completely destroying the small space, and a dark breath filled with evil leaks out from the surrounding area.

A young man slowly comes out from the destroyed space with his dark cold eyes looking around him.

He was wearing a pitch-black cloak covering his body, and a long black spear behind him.

"My lord said that I need to build power for two years. And after that, the other six sins will join me to conquer land for us. Then that is the only time when my lord will appear to this world with his will"

After saying that, a strong pulse escapes his body traveling to three kilometers around him. In this span of three kilometers, he can detect and see everything. Nothing can escape him.

"My revenge can wait, but first I need to eat and build up my strength"