Chapter thirty-three - Thunder Breaker

Princess Byakuri was standing at the front of the golden gate, her outstretched arms emitted magic on a floating sphere, her lower half was shaped like a beautiful white jade carp, she and a group of magicians of different races are together sending they mana to the sphere, they are tasked by kept the seal on the small world in which their father hunted an invader.

Byakuri's face was swollen and her eyes were red, it was obvious that she had shed many tears that day. The reasons for her tears were her half-brothers, even though their mothers were different she loved them all, her father had sent them first to the small world and they were all killed, but even in so much pain she had no choice but to obey her father's order.

Byakuri hated her father, she hated what he did to her and her brothers, she hated what he did to her mother, she hated what he did to every living being in that kingdom that showed some potential, she spent her days in despair knowing that one day it would be her turn and she could not escape her father's clutches, the golden rings on her wrists and tail made it impossible for her to escape him.

When the great golden gate opened, Byakuri and the magicians canceled the seal, they bowed together to pay off they respect to the Emperor Rudra, such a surprise theey have when the emperor came through the gate like a chased dog, wounded, frightened and in a deplorable state. The sight of her injured father made Byakuri feel strange, her father seemed in pure terror.

"A wounded animal always comes back to his den..." A strong voice sounded, Byakuri turned and saw a 'little' dragon unlike anyone she knew, he had beautiful shiny black scales, he was standing there, beside the entrance to the golden gate, indifferent. As soon as her father noticed the stalker he flew into the skies at full speed, destroying one of the jade towers in the process, Byakuri understood that the black dragon was the source of her father's terror.

'Is this the invader?' Byakuri thought, 'He is certainly stronger than my brothers, but his power is a long way far from my father's power! How did my father get so hurted?'

The black dragon suddenly disappeared from her vision and Byakuri was confused, at the same moment her father let out a howl of pain, he fell from the skies over the golden city, bringing buildings to the ground.

Her father started throwing lightning through his mouth and all over his body, causing even more destruction, but the black dragon didn't even seem to care, he poured more and more punches into her father's skull, totally ignoring all the lightning and electrical powers. a series black explosions tearing her father body.

"It can't be... my father... is he losing? Losing to a being for ranking lower than his?" Byakuri was confused, the whole situation seemed unbelievable, Byakuri jumped, a layer of water surrounded her bottom and she started to swim through the air, going towards where her father and the black dragon were fighting. Her brothers pursued her in their own ways.

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Locke hit Rudra's head hard again and again, always aiming at the injured areas, deepening the damage more and more, Rudra rolled and roared, spilling lightning all over his body, facing death Rudra had lost all lucidity and all he could do was keep trying to use the only weapon who always saved him.

"Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact... same f*cking thing... over and over again expecting... shit to change...!" Locke scoffed, he shot Rudra with more punches, finally cracking the bony layer. "Don't worry, old snake! It will be over soon!"

Rudra was too wounded, the black mana had a strange effect, it burned deeply in his body, causing damage to his physique and his soul, he barely had the strength to move. "N-no! Stop! I can't... I can't die like that! I... I was almost... almost becoming... a true god! It can't end like this!" Rudra pleaded.

Locke looked at Rudra indifferently, "Well, it's going to end like this!" Locke began to charge his breath with all his might, ready to launch it at point zero, directly into the brain of the sky dragon.

A strange... mermaid girl? dressed in a beautiful multi-colored obi appeared at that moment, she floated in the air as if she were swimming, with a layer of water surrounding her tail. The mermaid landed a distance away from the two and Locke looked at her suspiciously, ready to fight if she attacked him.

A lot of beings of unknown races appeared with her, most of them wore armor and carried weapons, all formed a circle at a distance from Locke and Rudra, with weapons at the ready.

"Byakuri! Byakuri my daughter! My beloved army! Come on! Come and kill that worm and save me! Save your father, my daughter! " Rudra screamed happily, even though the black dragon was strong Rudra refused to believe that Locke could alone destroy his entire army.

Locke took up a battle position, ready to fight, but realized one thing, none of the observers made a single move. Locke smiled, understanding. "I don't think anyone will save you old snake, I don't think anyone cares about you..."

"No! No, that is impossible! My sons and daughters are loyal to me! Quick, all of you! Obey your father's order! The golden ring forces you to obey me! Then why? Why don't you obey?" Rudra shouted angrily. "Unless? No! No! No! He meets the requirements! But all of you have a choice! You have a choice, my children! Save your father! Save your emperor! Save me! Save me or I will devour you all!"

"I told you, old snake, nobody seems to care!" Locke laughed. "That's it! You're going to die alone! So just die at once!" Locke thrust his claws into Rudra's brain mass, causing great damage, Rudra screamed in pain, Locke released his dragon breath right there, and Rudra's brain was reduced to nothing.

As Rudra's conscience disappeared he was lost in his memories, he still refused to accept his end, his soul was being destroyed along with his life and he could feel the painful process of disappearing.

'What did I do wrong?' Rudra thought 'Why did my children refuse to save me?' He remembered his daughter's scornful eyes. 'You do not understand? You are my steps! You were born for me! You were born to serve me! You were born to increase my strength! Why did you betray me? You should all be happy! You had a grand purpose to fulfill! You were the way to my divinity! Then why? Why did you, my children, leave me to die?'

His mind was now almost empty, his soul was slowly imploding, consumed by black mana. For some reason Rudra remembered his brother, he remembered his younger brother, the day he killed him and stole his power.

"Uloe, my beloved brother, please, we are the same flesh and we have the same blood, I refuse to fight you" his brother pleaded, while Rudra attacked him.

"Shut up Hayah, I will not be less than you! I refuse to be the weakest among us! I was born to be the greatest! I am unique among all of us! But you dared to become a sky dragon before me! I cannot tolerate this!" Rudra, or Uloe at the time, attacked his brother, biting his neck and electrifying his body.

"Uloe... please... I am your brother... I... I love you Uloe..." Hayah pleaded, Uloe continued his attack until his brother died, and then he devoured his body.

"I did it by force! I did it to get stronger! That's how I managed to become bigger than all of them!" Rudra screamed into the face of death, as if he is trying to justify himself.

Rudra's memory changed, he was on the edge of a bed, a beautiful mermaid with golden scales was tied to the bed, her body was a mess, she was crying copiously.

"False god Rudra! The shame you made me will come at an expensive price! You kidnapped me and held me prisoner for years, you forced yourself on me several times! You made me produce your offspring! And even though I hated you, I loved those children, because even though they came from a monster like you, they were still my babies! My beautiful babies! But you! You take my children and devoured them! You made me watch them grow until you take them of me! Each one of them! My poor babies..." She sobbed. "And you didn't just do this to me, how many women of how many species did you imprison in that same bed? How many children did you force them to nurture until you took them out of they arms and devoured them? damn you, you false god! Tell me why? Why did you do all this? Why do you eat your own meat and your own blood? Why did you kill my babies?" The tears fall endlessly.

"...To become bigger and stronger, to stop being a' false god 'and become a true god! To be the one above the skies! The only one! I did it for what is rightfully mine, I did it for power!" Rudra replied proudly, while putting on his cloak.

"Dammed false god! Damn you and damn your power! One day it will arrive where you will find death! And your power will be useless in the hands of the reaper! Your body will be torn and beaten, your head will be opened and your insides will be burned! Your life will be devoured and even your soul will be destroyed, so you will realize that everything you sacrificed in search of power was in vain!"

Rudra remembered to laugh and mock the golden carp declaration, he remembered to force himself a few more times on her that night, just for the pleasure of humiliating her, he remembers to pin her back in her saddle with her little baby in the crib.

Now, facing death and disappearing faster and faster, Rudra realized that the words of the golden carp were correct.

His soul was now nothing more than the flame of a candle, being shattered by a storm, going out.

His last thought before the void are questions for himself.

Could things be different if he had never betrayed his brothers? Would it have been different if he remained faithful to his master? Would they be different if he was good to his children?

The answer never came, Rudra was annihilated by the black mana.

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[Congratulations! You have completed the impossible mission: Destroy a transcendental before reaching level 100!]

[A great quantity of experience has been absorbed, a big level up is expected, the system has blocked progress to avoid expose the user to unnecessary danger! Please find a suitable place for leveling!]

[A large number of rewards have been accumulated, please find a suitable place to redeem your rewards!]

Rudra's body disappeared, absorbed into Locke's inventory.

"Is there at least a limit to how much can i fit in the inventory?" Locke questioned.

'Not that I know of... So, what do we do with the audience?' Tia raised an important question.

Locke looked around at all the beings that surrounded him, everyone was armed, if they attacked a difficult fight would be waiting, but what happened next was something unexpected.

The white-tailed mermaid girl screamed something in an unknown language, she bent down touching her forehead to the ground, the other beings began to imitate her, all screaming the same word in a huge chorus, dropping their weapons and bowing, touching their foreheads on the floor.

"Ta'f*ck dude? What the hell is going on? What the hell are they saying?" Locke was confused.

[Congratulations! Due to a large number of beings recognizing the user by a name, a title will be created! The user obtained the title: Thunder breaker!]

[Thunder Breaker: As the one who destroyed the a transcendental beign powered by the thunder, you gained a great influence over his former kingdom, his treasures are now yours, and his slaves have become your slaves. In battle, when facing enemies with power related to thunder, the user can submit them to his will, as long as the user power is greater.]

'Look, your first title! And it's a really cool one!' Tia joked.

Locke's form began to decline, his body seemed to be becoming mana and condensing himself, the wings and tail disappeared and when the mana fell apart Locke had returned to his human form.

His human body had changed little, his muscles seemed a little more balanced, his height had increased by a few centimeters, the only big change was his hair, which was now growed enough to reach his waist.

'Errrr Locke, do you realize that you are naked?' Tia commented 'Not that I care but the audience is looking at you strangely!'

"Shit!" Locke covered his 'sword and royal jewels' with speed, he took a set of clothes from the inventory and dressed quickly.

After getting dressed Locke walked over to the mermaid girl, she and the others kept their heads down, repeating the words that Locke imagined ebing 'Thunder Breaker' in their own language.

When he was in front of the mermaid girl, she looked up and looked at Locke with a little fear.

She had huge eyes that were completely black, shining like golden jewels.

Locke raised his hand and she shivered, Locke tried to be as gentle as possible while he touched her head.

Her hair had a strange texture, it was not uncomfortable, just different, Locke used extract language in the mermaid girl.

"I'm sorry about that, I didn't mean to scare you, but that was the only way to learn your language."

"You killed my father!" The mermaid girl exclaimed. "And for that, I thank you!"

"...You're welcome? So, can you show me the way out?"

"Go out? But you sir is now our master! we are all your slaves!" The mermaid girl bowed again.

"Wait a minute, Ariel! I don't want any slaves! I killed your father because he was a f*cking son of a b*tch! I have no desire to become like him! And why would you want to be my slaves? "

"We have no choice! Do you see the gold rings on our limbs?" the mermaid replied, showing her wrists, "They were created by a special divine treasure that our father stole from his former master, through them my father imprisoned us as slaves to his will!"

"So, why didn't you help when he ordered? He would still be alive if you had attacked me together!"

"My lord, the truth is that each and every one of us hated our father, he was a monster that devoured his own children in search of power! He stole the name of his former master and created this kingdom of ours, but he treated his own blood like slaves and food! None of us had the strength to break free! " The mermaid spoke passionately. "The divine treasure that enslaved us has its own rules, it cannot be denied as long as the target submits, but if the target is someone who faces the bearer and refuses to submit, the treasure turns their battle into a duel for his possession, none of the slaves will be obliged to interfere in the battle, except by their own free will! And the winner takes all, he become the new owner of the treasure!"

"Divine treasure?" Locke questioned. "So I now own a divine treasure that enslaves people?"

"Yes, my lord!"

"How do I use this?"

"You must call for the golden handcuffs, it will come out of my father's dead body and become yours!"

Locke opened the inventory, he realized that there was an item that he did not remember keeping there, some kind of leather thing. He removed the item from the inventory, the collar flew in front of him, shining in gold.

"What other treasures does your father have?"