Chapter 30

"Who… Are…You?" Ashborn, who was pressing his leg on Elijah's neck asked.

Elijah couldn't speak, he just stared at the person who was holding him. He was terrified, Ashborn's eyes even if not having emotions in them, gave off the feeling of death.

"I will ask again, who are you?" Ashborn repeated his question again, but it felt like he wasn't asking Elijah.

Ashborn wasn't looking at the young dwarf's face, but his chest, at the location of heart to be exact.

"E-Elij- K-Knight..." Only his name escaped from Elijah's mouth. He couldn't continue speaking with his throat being pressed down.

Ashborn flickered his eyes from Elijah's chest to his face, then again he looked at his chest.

'I see…' Though Ashborn conjured his sword again.

Arthur, who was silent until now yelled out when he saw the sword.

"Ash! He isn't an enemy stop!" Ashborn still finished conjuring his sword.

Without any care to his surroundings, Ashborn held his sword over the chest of Elijah. Sharp edge of the sword was pointed directly at the heart, which was beating at a fast pace.

Elijah looked even more terrified, he tried to grab the sword and change it's direction.

"Hey, I said he isn't an enemy! What's wrong with you?!" Arthur yelled on top of his lungs.

But when he saw that there wasn't any way to stop his brother from talking, he started entering his Beast Will.

Gold runes started spreading in his hands, and even under his eyes too. Sylvia's will granted Arthur the ability to get out of time and space's reach.

Color of the world around Arthur changed. Arthur felt a big amount of pain in his chest, but he had to save Elijah now. He didn't know him much, but right now in his eyes his brother is killing innocent.

He walked towards Ashborn and Elijah, he could see how close the sword was already to rip through flesh.

He looked at Ashborn for a second, but what he saw shocked him even more.

Ashborn's eyes were staring at him, piercing his soul itself. Nonetheless Arthur has seen enough surprises from his brother already.

So he moved Ashborn's legs away from Elijah's neck.

'What the hell is with this… Does he weight a fucking ton.' Arthur yelled in his mind. He barely managed to even move Ash's legs away.

He then carefully dragged away Elijah from there.

And finally he deactivated his Beast Will. Colors shifted back again to normal, and everything started moving. (I get 'Za Warudo' vibes.)

"Arthur, you aren't in condition to use your beast will." Ashborn started calmly and started walking towards them.

"I can't let you kill innocent people." Said Arthur and prepared to use his beast will again.

But his limits were already reached, and he wasn't in condition to surpass them.

[Ruler's Authority]

Ashborn's mana froze Arthur and Elijah in one place. While other people were watching this whole scene, they still couldn't do anything.

'I can't move!' Arthur tried to move and drag the already unconscious Elijah away.

Without wasting time Ashborn quickly appeared next to them. He again pointed his sword at Elijah's heart, and with thrust…

It went through flesh…

In the end reaching heart…

"1

2

3"

When Ashborn counted to three he took out his sword from Elijah's chest. Loads of blood didn't follow, even though Ash clearly cut to the heart itself.

It could be seen that Elija's clothes were cut, but beyond them nothing could be seen yet.

Just when everybody thought that he was dead. Already cut flesh started again reforming its place.

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(Elijah's POV)

"Ugh…" I groaned and woke up.

When did I fall asle- ?!

I suddenly remembered that someone was about to kill me in the dungeon. Should I be dead…

'Was this all just a dream?' I wondered and looked around.

I was in an unfamiliar place for sure. I was lying too comfortably… I looked down, and actually, I was lying on a bed conjured from the earth.

"So you are finally awake, huh." This voice…Don't tell me?!

I looked at the person, and my memories again flooded my mind. It was the same person who actually killed me! or wait… I'm not dead.

"E-Excuse me, shouldn't I be... dead?" I asked nervously.

"You were dead." What?! I WAS DEAD?

Is this hell? No, I didn't want to be in hell.

"For a few seconds only." He added soon…

Nani tf? Since when are people alive after death? I think he was just joking.

"Your heart clearly wasn't functional for three seconds. Brain was still alive, so before it completely died I healed your heart again. You can say you were dead…" Oh I see…

'Wait! Why am I in the room with my killer?!'

"Calm down, I'll explain your situation. Remove this expression, it's weird and uncomfortable." He told me.

You! How can I calm down after being killed! Besides, you really did stab me when I was unconscious.

"I'll explain it, so even an idiot understands. You had two souls occupying your body…" He…

'He just insulted me didn't he?' I asked myself, but mainly…

I had two souls occupying my body. Is this even possible? Then why didn't I feel anything strange? I don't remember me having two personalities.

"The second soul was trying to take over YOU. So I helped out a little." He told me and I still don't understand why?

"D-Did you have to stab my heart?"

"It was the easiest way." He nonchalantly replied.

Easiest… So there was a harder one, but probably not so frightening and painful. Well considering that I'm alive and that he actually healed my heart, do I have a choice of not believing in him?

'He can kill me on the spot… Elijah calm down, he won't eat you.' I encouraged myself.

"Your teammates are resting here." Oh, I wasn't able to see them because I wasn't wearing my glasses.

(Ashborn's POV)

After I exited the room where Arthur's group rested, I decided to walk towards Kaspian's office.

Why I saved boy?

Two souls in one body. What would you think when you first saw such a thing? In a normal person at that. His soul wasn't strong nor was it old...

The second soul that I destroyed was totally filled with rage, hate, and malice. But what intrigued me more was who actually did that?

Why were there two souls in one body? Did someone deliberately put that soul into someone? If someone was able to pull that off, he is proficient in influencing souls.

So maybe Arthur is also the same? No, unlike this one, his soul is completely merged with one of a child. There weren't any issues with Arthur.

Wish I was the same…

Now onto the main subject. I have a serious talk with Kaspian.

I approached the door to Kaspian's office. I could already hear someone ranting inside this room.

"Kaspian, I have serious matters to discuss with you." I said as I opened the door.

"Who interrupted?! Get the fuck out of the room, I'm already here!" Another person who was in this room shouted at me.

'Judging from his appearance, he is noble.' I thought and looked at the man.

"I said, get the fuck out of the room before killed you here!" He shouted again.

"Kaspian, make Blaine summon the Wykes family here in the guild." I told him.

"How da-" I ignored another shout from a noble and looked at Kaspian.

Kaspian awkwardly smiled and pointed at the angry man. I got what he meant and turned my attention to noble again. He was clearly frustrated.

"So you are… Wykes right?" That was only what I could come up with. He was Wykes, right?

"Hey, you little shitty commoner… I'm repeating it for the third time. Get the fuck out." He started approaching me.

"It's rude to talk to someone who is giving you a gift like this." I said and he flinched back.

I took out Lucas's head from the shadows and threw it at his legs. He looked down to see what I dropped there, and when he finally saw what it was, his eyes widened from shock.

Kaspian was actually the same, he was shocked. More because I had the head of Lucas, he already knew that Lucas was dead.

"Do you all have a death wish?... I'm going to end your fucking lives today, just fucking wait. I will make King himself make guild my property… then I'll finally fire you! And then I'LL KILL YOU!" He yelled and pointed a finger at me. This wasn't the reaction that I expected from younger scum's relative

Even when a family member is dead, probably was killed. Instead, you still seek profits, this isn't a family act. This is what humanity's greatest scum would do, I admit that this person here is worse than younger scum. The boy had at least a goal of survival in mind, while this is completely different. This is whole another level...

"Unfortunately Mr.Wykes… The Guild isn't under the Royal Family's jurisdiction. In other words, your efforts would still be futile." Kaspian said in a calm demeanor, he wasn't fazed at all.

"Hah! If that ever stopped me!" He started laughing.

"Your family member died today, aren't you sad?" I had to ask this person this question.

"Tch, he was just son from that b*tch elf." He didn't have shame… he was talking about family like this…

"Are all Wykes like this? You don't deserve to live even more than Lucas." He turned his back on the family unacceptable.

In the next second scum of humanity was lying on the floor dead, but this wasn't the end for him. I placed him in my territory of death, his soul will be suffering from constant illusions of being eaten by ants, alive.

"Was it necessary to kill him?" Kaspian asked me.

"I decided it was." I replied.

"Are you also going to kill other Wykes? Their first heir is selected to be human Lance."

"If I decide so." I replied with the same answer if I decide I will wipe out the whole Wykes Noble house right now.

"Also, I wanted to ask if you saved the Elderwood Guardian core? It may come handy in the future to increase our friendly relationship with Elenoir." Kaspain asked and I shook my hand.

"It was corrupted, I destroyed it. It would only bring harm anyway." I said and sat on a nearby couch.

"What to do with the corpse?" Kaspian asked, looking at the dead body.

I just snapped my hand and purple flame engulfed the corpse turning it immediately into scorch.

"No comments." Said Kaspian. He was rather calm for humans, maybe affection for my blessing?

"Also, don't forget to tell the council that other continents have already stepped on this one." Now this made Kaspian's calm expression disappear.

"I will do this immediately, anything else I should also include with that?"

"Beasts in the dungeons will start mutating, it will be better to just block tunnels and nobody enters in it. I may take care of it later." I said and he nodded.

He walked to the exit and before he left the office, he again turned to me.

"By the way… Is Castle in Beast Glades territory you're doing, Mr. Ashborn?"

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OH MY GAWD.

Well, maybe not even discord members expected that. I showed sneak-peak there, but people probably didn't EXPECT THAT. I mean who would expect to be alive after being stabbed to the heart? Ofc if you aren't Itadori Yuji, He literally lost his heart heh...

Btw, what will happen to Bairon Wykes?

Hm... Good question. Don't know myself.

Discord: https://discord.gg/jX4rWv8FQU

Second FF: https://www.wattpad.com/story/284711075-tbate-severing-fate

Cyaaa.