Calm Before the Storm

The skies were dark, and silence permeated throughout the streets. Residents of New York city were in total panic and chaos. Many media and news reporters silently broadcasted the commotion which was happening on the roads.

Houses were locked tight, windows were shut, the lights were turned off, and the curtains were pulled. Despite all the necessary precautions, there were two major things humans would give into. Fear and curiosity.

Both most definitely came hand to hand under such circumstances. With many eyes peeping out from many windows, people were unable to comprehend the type of morbid creatures in front of them. What made things worst was the fact that monsters seemed to be waiting for the orders of the woman in front of them.

Currently, millions of people around the country and presumably the world was witnessing something incomprehensible.

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Indra gaze shifted towards many creatures which were growling at him. Mindless creatures who were once innocent people. People who fell under the cruelty of Maria. His face did not reflect the slightest emotion and yet his arms were trembling. His eyes widened slightly when many more demonic creatures started to gather. Soon there were hundreds of monsters behind Maria and her group.

"Well, how do you like my creations brother? We have worked hard to this date, and we were able to produce many creatures who bow down to our will." Having noticed his slight astonishment, Maria smiled arrogantly.

"Master, how do you plan to let these monsters wreak havoc while he is here?" Ema, without providing Indra a chance to reply looked towards Maria.

Aaron and Maria let out a slight chuckle as they looked at Ema, like they were facing a little kid.

"Silly girl. You must be aware of how Maria plans things ahead of time. Even though I do not like to admit, she definitely is a brilliant strategist when it comes to situations like these." Maria smirked and said, "Oh my is the sun rising from the west? Aaron, did you just throw me a compliment? If so, then I am very much honored."

"Shut it you stupid woman and hurry up with the plan already. We have to act quick or everything we worked for will fall apart!" Aaron scolded as he gritted his teeth. He wished he retracted his statement, but it was too late, and Maria would definitely remember this.

"You must be waiting for someone to help you back at your company right brother?" Indra narrowed his eyes as he realized that Freddy and the others were in grave danger.

"What do you want?" Indra asked hesitantly. He wished he had acted sooner. Alas, there was no use in complaining over spilt milk.

"It's about time you asked me brother. Let's see, what shall we have him do? What do you guys think?" Maria turned towards her members and asked excitedly. She always wanted Indra to suffer and at last she had received yet another golden opportunity.

"Oh, I know! How about we let him kill himself right here and then we can be done with him?"

Aaron was the first to suggest, only to be fully ignored by Maria, as she looked towards Ema and Winston. Glaring towards Maria, he firmly shut his mouth as he realized that even Winston remained silent, unable to help him in this situation. Ema simply thought of Aaron as an idiot.

"If I may, how about we send our strongest monster towards the plaza? I have heard that he is acquainted with the healer Alice. I've also heard that they have gotten quite close to each other." Winston said.

Maria widened her eyes in delight. It was an excellent plan indeed. Not only would the people and Alice due along with them, but she would also be able to see Indra's misery from being unable to do anything. It was quite a sight to behold. This was the moment she was waiting for.

It didn't matter to her if she was killed by Indra after that, because even if he did, she would witness Indra being all alone. It was not about life or death. This was beyond all of that. Her inferiority was on the line and witnessing Indra's downfall was something was willing to see, even if she was willing to die for it.

She was also confident because of another man. Once he returned, Indra would eventually be crushed by him. Among her two goals, she felt like she was getting close towards the first. Crippling him emotionally and psychologically was all she needed to do. Daemon would simply handle the rest.

"Well then, we'll send our biggest bad boy here. Go ahead and kill everyone within the plaza over there my cute little toy." Having issued the huge monster behind her an order, the titan of a creature ran towards the plaza with full speed.

Despite it being slow, the ground beneath it shuddered immensely as cracks appeared on the road. The vehicles were all crushed under the giant. Fortunately, people have long abandoned their vehicles the moment they noticed these dangerous looking purple creatures.

Just as Indra was about to crush the monster effortlessly, he noticed Maria holding the trigger within her hands, and her slender finger on the button.

"Aarghhh!" Indra punched the ground slightly in frustration. A medium sized crater was formed as the shockwaves spread several hundreds of meters, breaking glasses and the cars were all flung away with sheer force. Despite using little to no power, his power exceeded the demonic creature that had ran past him.

The group across Indra became extremely wary, especially Maria. She knew she would not be able to keep this up for long. Knowing so, she sent some of her army towards the Golden Enterprises to make sure the bomb would not be detonated.

She had purposefully calculated everything. She knew killing Indra was impossible, but not only did she have to have her plan work out, she needed to escape from all of this once this ended. She needed Daemon to wake up as soon as possible. Noticing a signature several rooftops away, she smiled and signaled towards them. It looks like she needed to keep Indra occupied.

Having received her signal, the three people on the roof disappeared and reappeared next to Maria. Indra on alert, noticed three new people in front of him. Upon closer observation, he noticed two unknown people and one seemingly familiar woman. It finally clicked when he realized who the young lady in front of him was.

'This woman, and the two old people beside her…' Indra thought as he recalled the events back in the Demonic Tarragon Cave in Draconian planet. It seems she had come back with stronger reinforcements.

Indra let out a huge sigh as he felt the immense killing intent radiating from the trio in front of him. As if the problems he was facing weren't enough, more and more problems kept popping up in front of him.

"Remember me pretty boy?" The young lady arrogantly asked as she transformed into her demonic form.

"Kindness can be forgotten quickly but hatred will continue to exist, irrespective of how long." Indra mumbled as he gazed at her sudden increase in power. From the King's realm to the early Emperor's realm. It seems the Dem-Potion has given her quite the power boost.

"What are you mumbling about? Have you forgotten the fight we had and how you have humiliated me?" Luna asked begrudgingly.

"I usually do not have a habit of remembering people weaker than me." Indra casually lied, as he did not want to engage in a petty conversation with her.

Luna gritted her teeth her in frustration and was about to jump in action, only to be stopped both her grandparents.

"It seems it was this lad, who has hurt our precious Luna." Luther replied as he bore his pressure towards Indra, only to be quietly staring at him, without the slightest struggle.

"It seems he is as strong as she said. Well then, it's time to return our debt two-fold for what he did to our precious princess." Selna replied in return. This was just the calm before the storm.