Revenge And A Promise

READ THİS İF YOU ARE CONFUSED BY MC'S ABİLİTİES AFTER THE CHAPTER:

1) Predator's Mind: MC enters in a completely calm zone that enhances his observation and senses greatly. In this state of mind he won't get distracted by pain or emotions, he only sees the target in front of him.

2) Voice Of Souls: MC can understand any species with ease, when this ability is trained to it's peak MC can hear other people and animal's thoughts, read their mind and feel their emotions. MC can't read ponegliphs with this ability however unlike Voice of All Things.

3) Genius Gunner: MC can use guns as if he is a master at it because he was a marksman in his last life.

-THİS CHAPTER MARKS THE END OF THİS ARC-

NEXT ARC:

1) There will be less drama and more fight/action scenes

2) Mc will meet 3 extremely important canon characters( Their identities are spoiler but you can probably guess 2 of them :)

3) Thx for reading until here, your comments are important for me, please give me some feedback(negative or positive)

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[Howling Woods, 1 Hour Past Midnight]

''This f*cking beast is finally dead. It has killed 15 of our man. Damn it!'' Bernard curses as he looks at the Tiger King's corpse. 'At least I will be able to go to my hut and 'relax' now. As Bernard was thinking that, a pirate opens the door with a panicked expression:

''B-Boss, there is a problem. Someone escaped from the village.''

''WHAT!? Who is it?''

''Little brother of that Robert boy.''

'Shit. He has probably gone to warn the navy. We need to escape here now, I don't want to fight the navy just for this little village.'

'' Prepare the ship. We are abondoning this village.''

''That's the problem boss. A ton of Mice has destroyed our sails, we can't set sail.''

'' Mice has destroyed our sails? What kind of nonesense is this!?'' Bernard shouts at the pirate, making him take a few steps back in fright.

''...'' There is a silence that lasts for a few seconds as Bernard calms himself down.

''... Prepare for war.''

[Exit of The Howling Woods, 30 Minutes Before Sunrise]

'' We will attack the Huts while another group will rescue the villagers via ships from coast. I don't need to repeat the plan do I?'' Maynard asks.

Everyone nods at his question before starting to move towards the huts. One marine asks towards Maynard: '' Hey where is that kid that lead us here?''

''...'' Maynard is speechless as he also just realised that the kid disappeared who knows when.

''Let's be quick I have a bad feeling about this.''

[Howling Woods, 20 Minutes Before Sunrise, Restricted Area]

'The war has begun' I think when I hear the voices of guns exploding and screams of pain from each side. I don't care about that now though, because I am searching for a particular scum.

''Crow, did you find him?'' I ask to my friend.

''Yeah... Maybe we should wait for marines to co-''

''Let's go.'' I cut him off with a cold voice. He looks at me for a few seconds before leading the way, resigned. We didn't have to walk for long before I hear his voice:

'' Damn, let's go. We are leaving this village while they make us some time.'' Bernard shouts to his 3 underlings.

'' B-but boss what about our crewmates?'' A pirate asks naively.

'' You idiot! We already lost this war, go die with them if you want, I am getting away from this place.'' Bernard snaps at the pirate. Pirate thinks for a second before following Bernard to escape. I watch them with a calm that even surprises me. All my hatred and bloodlust that I stored inside me turned into an extreme calmness at this moment. I feel a strange sensation as I look towards Bernard, then I realise that my mind has already marked this man as dead. The pirates along with Bernard takes a few steps before realising I am here as well.

''İt is you!'' Bernard hisses towards me with hatred and fury.

'' İt is me. '' I answer with a completely calm voice much to his surprise.

''Kill this kid, guys! He is the reason we are suffering today.'' Pirates point their weapons towards me as I look at them passively.

''E-Ethan...'' Crow tries to warn me but he is too late as they unload their weapons towards me. I feel the world slowing down in front of me as I take a step towards right. Bullets whizle past me barely missing me. I start walking towards them while 'listening' them. Not realising I am the only one I can hear them here. 'The pirate on the front will aim at my shoulder' I tilt my shoulder a few milimeters to the side as a bullet passes by barely missing my shoulder. 'The pirate on the left side is aiming at my head?' I tilt my head towards right before another bullet whizles past, barely missing my head again. This continues for half a minute before pirates realize that I am not hit at all as I arrive in front of Bernard. I can 'hear' his fear.

''W-what is this, what kind of monster are you!? I don't believe we can't deal with a kid. SHOOT HİM!'' Bernard screams towards others. A few seconds passes with no one answering him. He looks around and realises the 3 corpses around him. His fale turns pale as he drops to the floor in fright.

''Y-you...? How!? This doesn't make sense, how are they dead? S-stay away from me, you devil!'' He screams while trying to crawl away from me. I shot both of his legs, forcing him to stop as he screams.

''... Do you regret it?'' I ask in a cold voice devoid of any emotion. He looks at the ground before a barely noticable foxy smirk appears on his face:

''Y-yes, I regret it. I regret it all. Please, give me a second chance... I will do anything you ask, be a better person than me, let me live please.'' He starts begging in a pitiful voice with tears and snot on his face.

''... What are you talking about? Aren't you dead already?'' I ask in a confused voice.

''W-what are you talking about...'' He starts with a confused voice before realising the bloody wound in his neck, cleanly cut by a knife.

''W-when?'' He says his final words before falling to the ground right beside his underlings.

'Don't worry. You weren't worth much when you were alive... Your death however will be a great example' I think as I walk towards Crow with my blood covered body.

''...E-Ethan, what was that you did back then?'' Crow asks slightly nervous.

''...There are still others. Crow, lead me to them.'' I ignore him as I demand with a cold voice. Crow looks at me deeply before leading the way again.

[Howling Woods, 5 Minutes Before Sunrise, The Huts]

'' Lieutenant Maynard, the war is over. We lost 22 men but we managed to kill or capture all the pirates.'' A marine soldier reports to Maynard.

''What about the villagers, are there any casualties among them?'' Maynard asks.

''No, we were able to ensure their safety.'' Soldier responds. Maynard sighes at this in relief. ' Even if we lost many brave soldiers today, at least the villagers are safe.'

''L-Lieutenant Maynard, I have an urgent report!'' Another marine soldier comes running towards them, interjecting with their conversation. Other soldier looks at him displeased as he thinks 'this is not the proper way to report, why are you so panicked anyway.'

''Lieutenant Maynard, t-the pirates that we captured to prison are all dead.'' He says with a nervous tone.

''What!? Explain the situation!'' Maynard says with a stern voice.

''They are all found with a bloody wound in their necks, appearently killed by one hit. This is not the end, however as we found their leader Bernard dead in the woods with the same wound on his neck.'' The pirate answers making Maynard and the other soldier shiver.

''... Have you found the one who is responsible?'' Maynard asks.

''...This is the unbeliavable part, according to a villager that claims to have seen this situation, a kid around 7 years old killed all the captured pirates. Based on that villagers description... he might be the same kid that lead us here.'' The soldier finishes his report with a shaken voice.

'This is... Unbeliavable. A 7 years old killing all the pirates ruthlessly, including their leader!? İf this is true... He is too dangerous to be left alone.'

'' Find the kid.'' Maynard orders the soldiers in a stern voice.

[Next Morning, Hillcrest Village, A Relatively İsolated Hill]

A boy, a girl and a fox is sitting beside a tomb in silence. İn front of this tomb writes the following: 'Robert from Hillcrest. Fearless against the evil, selfless towards the innocent. A hero of this village and the best big brother in this world. May your soul rest in peace before we unite again.'

We stand up to leave as I look at my brothers grave one last time making a promise ' I will be a devil that clears the scum from this world so that people like you won't have to suffer in the future. I promise, brother.' I don't realise that at the same time that I make this promise a similar promise is being made right beside me. 'I will be stronger and stronger, I won't be a hindrance to anyone and will protect the people beside me against all odds, I promise.' Callisto says inside her.

''Let's go.'' I tell them and we start to walk towards the village. We walk for a few minutes in silence before Callisto breaks it:

''... The villagers say that a Devil child last night killed all the pirates including their leader. Was it you?'' She says this while looking at me.

''...Of course not. I don't know what you're talki-'' I start lying before I am cut off by my sister.

''Stop lying to me, I know it is you anyway even if you won't admit to it.'' She says, before stopping her steps.

''Callis-''

'' I don't care what they call you nor I care if you really are the one who did it. Just know that... You are my brother no matter what happens. And I love you... Even if you are a huge liar.'' She hugs me while she say this. I can't help but tear up a little bit. We stay hugging each other like that for a few minutes before she breaks the hug and turns her back against me. She is again the one to break the silence:

''... You are leaving the village aren't you?'' She asks, I can't see her expression as her back is against me but I can hear her voice is slightly cracking.

''...''

---Flashback to last night, after the massacre of pirates.---

''Lieutenant Maynard, we found the kid, sir.'' A soldier reports while pointing to a black haired kid with a crow on his shoulder, sitting on top of a rock watching the see, deep in thoughts.

''Okay, leave me alone with him.'' Maynard answerds to the soldier.

''B-but, this kid...'' Marine continues before he is cut off by maynard.

''This is an order, not a request.'' Maynard says sternly.

''Y-yes sir, we are leaving right away.'' Soldiers leave with this sentence.

Maynard sits to the ground, in front of Ethan.

''... You are the one who killed them?'' Maynard asks to be sure.

'' Yeah, they all deserved death. I won't regret it even if you imprison me.'' Ethan answers calmly.

''Sigh, you really are incredible, but also too ruthless...'' He starts as Ethan passively watches him.

'' I have an offer for you Ethan. I want you to join the marine branch 12 under my supervision. You have too much potential to be left alone.'' 'And you are way too dangerous.' he says the last part in his head. '' I will give you permission to kill any criminal as long as it is not against the law. Also you can leave it in the future, I won't force you to stay if you don't like it. So, what do you think? ''

''... I will think about it.'' Ethan answers calmly.

---Flashback ends.---

'' Don't worry, I won't leave you alo-'' I start but I am cut off by my sister again.

''You should leave. I know you hate this village. You want to leave here more than anything. I will be fine here, marines are protecting here now. Golden is also with me. You are not getting too far anyway, you can visit me if you want. I don't want you to stay here... because of me.'' She finishes with a calm tone. 'When did she think about all these' I think as we fell silent once again. I am the one breaking the silence after a minute passes by:

''I will visit you often.'' I tell her with a tired voice.

''You better do that, or I will be mad at you.'' She answers back while beaming at me. I nod at her before taking her hand and going towards our house, not aware this will be my final day with my sister, until we meet again many years later.

[Next Morning, Entrance Of Howling Woods]

'' So you decided to come with me, good kid!'' Maynard answers clearly in good mood, not aware at all he changed the fate of West Blue in the near future.

''Yeah, let's go.'' I answer back.

'The strong decides the fates of weak. I will get stronger and stronger until I can stand above all. I will clean this world from scum and anyone who is in my way shall not be spared.' I think as we ride towards the marine branch.