Chapter thirty - I just had a bad idea...

"Tia, are you okay?"

"Hung ... I am, what was that?"

[ATENTION! A transcendent has been detected in the vicinity of the host, the top priority emergency mission: Escape! Was created!]

"What the fuck is a transcendent? I better get out of here!" Locke tried to run for the exit but realized that he could no longer feel it.

"The exit has been sealed! Quick, you need to hide! "

Locke looked around worriedly, his body was in poor condition and he saw no way to escape quickly, he had no idea where the attack had come from. A powerful voice came at that moment, causing Locke to fall to his knees, holding his aching head.

"WORM! WERE YOU ARE THE ONE WHO KILLED MY SERVANTS?"

A huge amount of lightning started to converge in the sky, forming a humanoid figure, little by little his shape became more compact, soon a man dressed in a beautiful golden cloak was in the sky, his hair and his long beard seemed made of light and shone in white, moving in the air as if they were alive. His eyes were two spheres of light, he had a golden crown stuck in a bun on the top of his head and a huge golden metal wheel floated on his back.

The man looked at Locke with contempt, he lifted a single finger and lightning descended from the sky, Locke jumped to the side narrowly escaping the attack.

"Do you dare to dodge? Worm!" The man spoke. A series of lightning strikes rained down on Locke, using the little mana he had recovered Locke formed a unidirectional shield in front of him, but it shattered easily, Locke stood in front of Tia trying to absorb all the damage.

"AAAAAAAARGHHHHHH !!!"

The lightning hit his body hard, Locke screamed with extreme pain, he was launched by the earth rolling with the impact, black smoke emerges from all over his body.

"Locke! Locke!" Tia screamed desperately.

The man descended from the sky slowly, stopping a few meters from Locke's charred body, he raised his left hand, a ring of light began to form around Locke's body, squeezing him and lifting him up into the air.

"So worm, who are you? What did you do with my Beelzebub fragment?"

Locke did not answer, the man made a movement with his fingers and the golden ring began to electrocute Locke.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Locke roared in pain, the shock was not strong enough to kill but it was just the right amount to cause a lot of pain.

"Answer me, worm!" The man screamed.

"Go... f*ck... yourself..." Locke replied, he spit some blood on the man, soiling his mantle.

The man's expression was one of pure anger, it looked like he was going to destroy Locke when his expression suddenly changed to surprise, he noticed a detail. "What is this?"

He passed his hand where Locke's blood had fallen and raised it to his nose, sniffing. His mouth opened in a mocking smile.

"I do not believe that! The worm has a dragon lineage! And a powerful one!" the man laughed offensively. "It is a pity that all this human blood has been mixed with the lineage, weakening it! Otherwise you would make a great elixir! Tell me, worm, which dragon was foolish enough to lie down with the cattle? Or are you a bastard who doesn't even know his bloodline?"

Locke looked at the man with pure hatred, he was trying to break free of the golden ring but he had no strength enough.

"GO F*CK YOURSELF!" Locke shouted.

"Look at that, you are quite brave, aren't you? Or else you are too foolish to understand who you're up against! " The man smiled. "I am Emperor Rudra, the god of thunder and lord of storms!"

"I don't give a f*ck who you are! Nobody calls my mother cattle!" Locke shouted, he started swinging his legs trying to hit Rudra.

"Hahahahahaha! You're funny! Isn't that what humans are in the end? Cattle?" Rudra scoffed. "Even if there is one or another interesting human among them, in the end humans are useless, their only good feature is the ease with which they reproduce!"

Rudra started to get serious again. "You have a little strength for a worm, it was enough to kill my puppies after all, even if they were at the level of servants they were still my children... Maybe it will be interesting to make you a slave, I want to see how far you can go in coliseum... But first, tell me, worm, what did you do with the Beelzebub fragment?"

"I stuck it up your *ss!" Locke replied mockingly.

"It seems that I need to teach you good manners! Try not to die!" Rudra moved his hand, throwing Locke to the ground with extreme force, the impact made Locke feel something break inside, spitting out a lot of blood.

Rudra didn't finish his attack, he snapped his fingers, the ring started pouring more electric energy through Locke's body, who screamed incessantly.

The torture lasted a few minutes, but Locke felt it had been a lifetime.

"Are you ready to submit?" Rudra asked with a smile.

"Go... f*ck... yourself..." Locke replied.

"Ahahahahaha! What an abused worm! It makes the process of breaking twice as much fun!" Rudra seemed to be enjoying himself, he came down from the skies and hovered over Locke's body, "Let's see how long you can take it!" He raised his hand ready for another attack.

"Leave Locke alone! You dress fag!" Tia screamed, revealing her shape, she stood in front of Locke as if she wanted to protect him.

"What is it? Does the worm have a little friend?" Rudra looked curious, he created a golden ring and imprisoned Tia.

"Hung!" she complained of pain.

"No! Don't hurt her!" Locke shouted.

"What an interesting specimen... but so little magic... So this is your pet? Do you like her?" Rudra made Tia float imprisoned in front of Locke. "You killed my pets, I think it's fair to kill yours..." Rudra moved his fingers, the ring that held Tia started to electrocute her.

"NOOOOOOOO !!!!" Locke shouted.

The fairy screamed in pain as her body dissolved in ashes, during the whole process Rudra laughed with pleasure, then the fairy's body disappeared completely. "There goes your pet!"

Locke lowered his head in pain, tears streamed from his eyes, he remembered all the moments he had spent with the fairy, her smile, her childishness, her joy, her dirty mouth, Tia was already an inseparable part of his life.

"I'll kill you!" Locke murmured.

"Hmm? What did the little worm say?"

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOOOOOOOOOOU!!!!!" Locke screamed, breaking thegolden ring that imprisoned him, his mana rose to the sky, painting it in black, he jumped towards Rudra trying to punch him, his mind is far from reason or intellect, just a crazy fury.

Rudra turned into lightning escaping the attack, rebuilding itself a few meters away.

Locke's mana seemed out of control, all his skin was covered with a layer of black mana and he screamed like a wild beast, his eyes were just golden light, he kept trying to attack Rudra who easily dodged. "Look, the worm can show some teeth! What a strange mana you have! It makes me want even more to have you as a slave!" Rudra started to attack Locke with lightning.

In his enraged form, Locke had no desire for anything other than destroying his enemy, he didn't even deflect, he just attacked furiously.

"But what a pity, it seems that the little worm has lost his mind!" Rudra looked disappointed. "All because of your pet's death?"

The mere mention of Tia made Locke even more enraged, he attacked hard, Rudra dodged as usual but this time Locke threw a shadow bar with his attack, the bar brushed Rudra's face, drawing blood, Locke fell back on the floor.

Rudra touched the wound on his face slowly, he looked at Locke with absurd anger. "You low worm, do you dare hurt me?" He raised both hands in the air, gathering a huge amount of electricity and forming a golden trident, "You are going to pay for this disrespect!"

Locke jumped trying to attack again, at that exact moment Rudra launched the trident, Locke grabbed it by teeth preventingthe weapon from tearing his chest, but the strength of it was absurd, Locke was thrown along the trident for miles, crossing forests and valleys, as electricity flowed through his body, frying him, at last Locke crashed into the side of a mountain, being buried deep, his body was inches from death.

'Locke, you have to get out of this! If you continue like this you will die!' Tia's voice rang out in his head.

"Tia? Are you alive?" Locke's enraged form began to fade, leaving only his body in its deplorable state.

'Of course I am alive! That bastard just destroyed my physical manifestation, as long as you live I will live too! but I'll need some time to rebuild my fisical form up again! '

Locke started to cry, "Thanks! Oh God thanks! Tia, forgive me for not being able to protect you!"

'Do not worry about it! I should be the most useful to you! If only I could fight too... But the most important thing is that we escape from here! First, use one of these."

Tia manifested a golden elixir in the air, just like the one Locke had used on the girls. The potion was expensive, but its effects were potent, Locke felt his wounds start to heal faster, but he knew it would take a long time for him to return to one hundred percent.

"There is no way to escape, that bastard sealed the exit, the only way to get out is through it!"

'He is coming! He knows you're still alive! What do we do?'

Locke started to think of ways to escape, but no escape seemed possible, he didn't seem to have a way to escape without a fight. But how could Locke defeat this guy? The difference was huge!

"Tia, I just had a bad idea... I hope it works!"

Locke took the Raijū's meat from the inventory and started eating it voraciously.

'Are you trying to evolve? I don't know if this roasted meat alone will be enough! 'Tia warned him.

Locke then took out a piece of the raw meat, he looked at it with disgust for a second, but closed his eyes and bit down hard, forcing himself to swallow.

The raw meat seemed to have more potency than the roast, and Locke could feel it, but he had to force himself not to let it all out, the taste was horrible, he could feel Rudra slowly approaching, it seemed that he was not afraid of Locke trying to escape.

'This is not going to be enough yet!'

Locke took the dragon's pearl out of the inventory, he didn't have time to absorb it slowly, so it was time to put his bad idea to the test.

Locke stuffed the jewel into his own mouth and swallowed it.