CHAPTER 25: THE AWAKENING

Taylor plunges deep into the emptiness inside himself, he wants to run away from the endless regret and sadness he was feeling. The emotion of losing everyone dear to you and everyone you know is of greater despair. He can't handle this feeling.

'The only solution to get out of this is to give in. Give yourself to me, I will help you change everything'

These words kept on ringing in Taylor's mind and so he gave in and entered the deep slumber. He wants to be free of pain, the pain of regret, the pain of sorrow, the attain a pain without remorse, guilt, shame or the stigma of his inanity of past deeds.

Upon Taylor entering the slumber of emptiness, the demon's will emerge out from within the swirling whirlwind of red smoke that devoured Taylor. This demonic will looked similar to that of the entity that fought with Edward in the dream of Taylor. But it doesn't have the lower half of the body where now merely smokes are floating in the place of the leg, like a gene.

"Hahaha... I never knew I would get his body this easily. And what was that dream he had, why is he fighting with the demons army?. He has too many secrets. And finally, everything belongs to me."

While the demon was laughing to itself, a will or a force arrived from the depth of Taylor's soul. It made the demon to shout in terror. It felt like it will dissipate at any given moment.

"Why a devil's will is here. What is occurring in this man's body? I have to leave him."

Then it struggled to get free from Taylor and run away from the man full of a riddle to it.

The mask that is attached deep into Taylor's face started to rip out. Red steam started to emerge from the mask.

Deep within the dark space of abyss, Taylor heard a female voice.

That voice contained warmth in it. That voice expressed a deep love.

That voice gave him hope.

That voice pulled him out of the despair.

"I BELIEVE IN YOU"

It was a gentle voice that said gentle words, but that words had a strong belief in it. It was a voice with power. From those words, Taylor felt that the person who said those words was someone important to him. He couldn't remember that person or the name. but he knew that individual will always be for him, believe in him, stand behind him.

Taylor felt that he should be true to that person's word. He has to believe in himself. He can't make her disappointed.

'I can't be defeated this easily. No, I can't disappear just like that. I forgot why I'm even here'

'Yes, I'm here to change myself'

'I'm here to gain power so that I can stop the bleeding battlefield'

'So that I can be free of that nightmare, that's curbing my life.'

Taylor felt a lot of memories flooding in on him. He remembered things that have been sealed away.

Aghhhhhhh

When Taylor opened his eyes again, he shouted out,

"Let me out, imbecile"

As his words came out.

Taylor stood in a familiar place on the battlefield. On the high sentry of a kingdom's wall. There stood a lot of people beside him, but he couldn't see their faces. He now had his warblade on his hands. He made a small swing bedabbling out the blood in it. His eyes showed intense hatred.

Then Taylor looked up to the sky with an evil grin on his face there he saw a dragon flying towards him. He couldn't clearly see how it looks like. It was the same black dragon that killed Edward. Or so was his thought. On the back of the dragon stood the demon entity that cut Edward in half. Similar to the dragon, he couldn't see how it looks. It is holding the same axe in its hands, that cleaved Edward in half.

The demon let out a hearty laugh,

Haha

"At last, you came back. I got bored killing those small fries before."

Hearing that Taylor just spread out his left hand before him. Then a large amount of dark mana started to swirl around his hand. It formed a strong suction that absorbed all the dark energy in the surrounding. When the dragon was just about ten feet before him in the air it opened its mouth and breathed out the flame to engulf the sentry. Now he could see its large white teeth and red eyes glinting with blood list.

But Taylor just chuckled, when the dragon flame was just about to reach him, Taylor disappeared. Dragon flame just scorched the sentry that is empty. Both the dragon and the demon were alarmed.

They heard a voice behind them in the air,

"Demon God, my foot. You are the small fries."

When they looked back, all they could see was a black light arc cutting their heads away from the body.

Thud... Thud...

Two heads fell from the air on to the sentry.

Blood painting the castle wall.

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Taylor again stood in the dream space where he spent his 9 years of life. The black and white space fighting his clones.

Before Taylor about ten feet away stood the demons will or to say correctly, it floated there in horror. It had a panic-stricken expression. It also saw the castle panorama of blood. And it knows how powerful that dragon and demon were. It looked all around with great fear,

"Where am I, who are you?"

Taylor just said,

"You don't need to know that"

The next second he appeared right before the demon's will and slammed his left-hand right on its chest.

Bang...

With a slamming sound, the demons will, was disrupted into smoke and a swirl formed on Taylors left hand. The demons smoke was totally sucked in by the swirl. After absorbing the demon's last will Taylor disappeared from the dream space, with a red glint in his eyes.

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When Taylor opened his eyes again in the cave, the black skull mask was falling down from his face. Taylor caught it in the air and put it into his inventory.

Even though the things that happend to Taylor in the dream space looked to be around several hours. Here in the cave, it feels like the time has stopped the moment he put the black skull mask on his face.

The poor snakes are still rushing toward Taylor while opening their mouths to swallow him.

The snakes realized something is wrong. In their point of view, they first saw Taylor wear that evil mask. The next second they felt the demonic energy take over Taylor's body. And again they saw the demonic evil energy in the mask spread out like it was trying to run. Then a moment later they felt Taylor return to himself. And the black skull mask loses its power and dropdown.

The demon will completely be annihilated.

They can feel tremendous pressure coming from Taylor, even the way he looks at them now, it is like he was seeing an ant. But they still attacked, because they knew, if now they didn't succeed in this attack, what awaits them is dead. They believe that they will be put into suffering if they miss this attack. And they were true.

Their attack reached Taylor but both the snakeheads felt that their mouths are empty. Taylor has disappeared right before their eyes. Then they felt a pain in their neck. And that is their last sensation in this life.

Both their heads got severed from the snake's body.

Taylor who was in the air fell down and landed elegantly on the snake's body. The snake's body was still twisting on its own even after their head was severed.

Both the severed heads have fallen in a way that, all their four eyes are now staring at Taylor.

Seeing this Taylor chuckled,

"Damn, reptile"

Taylor plunged his warblade into the snake's body pinning it into the ground. Then he sat above the snake's body that is twisting at a slow pace and said with an annoyed look on his face,

"Damn, I have travelled back in time."