Chapter 237 237- Crushing World (Part 2)

Chapter 238- Crushing World (Part 2)

Kai's mind didn't comprehend what she said at first since he simply found it absurd. What she just said was simply too ridiculous to believe.

"What…" With widened eyes and a blank face that didn't know what reaction to form, he uttered one word with great difficulty.

"I did it under his command. He wanted to know what you had been hiding and what you were planning. I needed to tell him everything." Aria replied with a solemn tone that ignored every possible reaction Kai would have.

She just seemed dead serious on all fronts that even Kai knew that she wasn't lying or joking. She was saying the truth, 100%. However, how could he simply accept that? How could he accept that all of it was a huge lie?

Those words were akin to a bombshell dropped on Kai's head mercilessly. He just stood there, deeply rooted in his place as he stared directly at Aria.

"Hahaha, what a shocker indeed! I've never seen you react like this before, son! She really did a perfect job, didn't she?" His father said with a wide grin as he laughed loudly.

"..."

At that moment, Kai couldn't even hear his father, instead, all he could perceive was the echoing sound of his laughs and the words that Aria said reverberating in his head. He remembered every memory that happened between them. Every moment they spent in the library or outside it. Every smile she made and every hug she gave him.

All of those moments came back to his memory like a movie. Each one of them hit him harder than the other one. He felt his mind going vague, turning every memory into a broken shade of its former self.

All his life, he lived it not trusting anyone because he knew that they were all after his powers or talent. He made sure to keep away from people and live his life the way he wanted to even though he knew that he was a prisoner, as much as everyone else inside this cursed city.

He was successful in that for years and yet, the first moment he put down his guard when he thought he finally found the person that he was truly meant to spend his life with. A person who understood him and made him change his view of life with her beautiful, innocent smile.

That person was the one to succeed in stabbing him in the back. How ironic could that be? Kai felt like laughing loudly at his own foolishness. But, the increasing pain in his heart kept increasing.

At that exact moment, something was severed within Kai. He didn't know what it was, but something about this whole situation shifted completely. The pain he felt at that moment vanished completely and his vision and senses came back as he looked up again. His eyes were deadly cold.

"What did you tell him?" He asked his chaotic aura calmed down.

Aria and his father noticed that quick change in his demeanor and they were certainly surprised by it. Especially Aria who knew Kai the best, his shift made her shudder inwardly. Never before had she seen that look on him before. It wasn't simply cold or hostile, it was… dead. Completely dead.

For a second, Aria's breath halted before she quickly shook her head.

'Get a hold of yourself, Aria. I must protect Kai. I can't back down now when I'm this close.' She thought to herself.

"None of your business what I said. Why did you even come back? It's not your place to enter this spire." She said threateningly.

"Hahahaha, am I about to witness a fi-" Before Kai's father could even speak, a silhouette appeared in front of him. Kai's cold eyes flashed across his eyes before he found a blade sliding through the air at terrifying speed, aiming for his neck.

'Fast…'

*BANG*

Upon contact, a huge explosion of Origin shook the whole spire as long tentacles of energy hit the walls, pulverizing the rock as if it were made out of butter.

Aria was barely able to avoid the huge gush of air and energy that rushed toward her right before she got hit.

'The pressure! Ugh!' Feeling the sheer strength in use and the auras clashing in the heart of the huge cloud of dust, she covered her face with her arms to protect it from the sharp Origin being thrown everywhere.

Inside the cloud of dust, Kai's face had a cold, stoic expression as he felt the blade of his sword halt, not moving another inch.

When the cloud of dust was swept away, he finally saw what stopped his sword. His father had used his arm to guard his neck. The sword sliced through it, only to stop mid-way as if it got stuck into something.

Blood gushed out violently from the man's arm. However, Kai's father didn't seem to be that affected by it.

"Ah, ah, you really did it, didn't you?"

"Wha…"

Before Kai could even react, he felt a powerful blow hit his stomach. Coughing out a mouthful of blood, he was launched back to the other side of the room, smashing against the wall.

"Ugh!"

'Landing on his knees, Kai heaved up and down with difficulty as he tried to quickly heal his injuries. However, because of the sheer damage he sustained to his internal organs, it will take a few seconds for him to fully recover.

"You're truly my son, Kai. Your talent is just something this world has never and will never see. Even though you're barely 7 years old, you're already a monster that can't be stopped."

"Shut up…"

"Shut up? For what? Why do you always look at me that way, son? Why the disgusted look? I'm your father, my blood runs in your veins. I've taken care of you, trained you, taught you how to be a great man and an unrivaled leader. As my son, you're bound to rule over this world and beyond!"

"I don't… want to be… like you…" Standing up slowly, Kai cracked his neck before he stared coldly at his father and Aria. "I don't want to be anything like you two. I'm different…"

Kai's aura flared up as he pointed at the two of them. Through his bloodied face, he said. "I will never be like you, scum. You, I wish I had never been your son. And you… Aria, I will definitely make you regret doing this. I will turn your life into hell. I will be your curse for as long as I'm alive." He said.

As he spoke, the hatred he started harboring for these two kept growing as it threatened to spill over and engulf his mind completely. However, he knew that he couldn't let that happen or it would spill his loss. His situation was already very bad as it was, and with a clouded mind, he was bound to end up being captured.

Whether he liked it or not, Kai was certain that he couldn't beat his father. That man was simply too strong for him. So, what he needed to focus on was to find an escape route from this place.

"Is that what you think, son? After all, I did for you. This is your pay back?"

"Don't give me that crap. You're just a blinded egoistic bastard who thinks he's a deity who made a bunch of idiots follow him like a headless chicken. When my mother realized how much of a monster you are, you killed her with cold blood. I already knew you will. After all, why would a fool like you believe that he ain't the god he thought he was?"

"Kai… Don't push it, boy. I'm not god? Then, what am I? Who is like me? No one! I'm the sole man destined to rule this world and since you're my heir, you are the one that is meant to follow my steps! We're destined to shape this world however want it, son!"

"Kai…" Watching their conversation from the side, Aria felt as if her heart was being destroyed to pieces. Kai's threats hit her stronger than she anticipated. She already predicted the hatred he would harbor toward her but it still hurt, greatly.

She wanted to yell, to tell him the truth. But, she knew that if she did, she would end up regretting it for the rest of her life. If Aria truly loved Kai, then she knew that she couldn't just put his life at risk because of her selfishness.

Kai was the light that she never had and the path that she wanted to move on for the rest of her life. But, this world was unfair. It has always been unfair to her but she never hated it. After all, she believed that the future, as vague as it was, could be holding a bright life for her, away from pain and suffering.

But, time and time again, she was proven that happiness was never the constant and that life was all about it. It was but a fleeting moment that would disappear the moment everything came crashing down.