Chapter 118: Infanticide

Revenge was an ancient law. Damon knew it well. He had plenty of reasons to be vengeful, more than he cared to count. His entire village was a glaring example, filled with those who turned their backs on him. Then there were his so-called relatives who betrayed him for their own gain. And how could he forget the noble in Valerion who forced him to sell his father's house?

But Damon hadn't always harbored the concept of revenge in his heart. There was a time when survival had been his only priority. Back then, he would have surrendered to any injustice, carried no thought of vengeance, and simply endured.

That had only made people see him as weak, a pitiful figure to exploit. To escape that perception, he embraced the path of absolute payback. It was a harsh lesson learned from the unforgiving streets of Valerion, where weakness was a death sentence.

Perhaps that was why so many thought him recklessly foolish—or perhaps outright insane.