Sin and Virtue System



80. Unworthy and restart.

<Reset begins in 3..2..1>

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I was on the verge of a breakdown. I had seen the same golden light repeatedly, and the past few visuals or illusions had left my mind in turmoil.

'Now, what will it be in front of me? Will I die at the hands of someone I trusted again?' It didn't take long for the answers to my questions. My eyes opened.

"Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Even if you are a hero, I must say, you are unworthy of that title!" A man was sitting on a throne. He was shouting at me and then the entire hall turned silent. But the silence didn't last long.

"What is the reason for the king to shout like this?" 

"Isn't that Sir Hero? How could he do something like this?"

"Shh! Are you courting death? What if he heard you?"

"Heeh? He can't even stand still in front of our king, and you expect me to fear him?"

"B-but you know what he did to those mongrels right?"

"So what..?"

The hushed murmurs of the people inside the courtroom were audible. 

After all, it was not an everyday thing, a king shouting at a Hero; someone who was sent by the gods.

My thoughts were interrupted by a sudden action.

"I did everything I could... It was your army's incompetence that they died! I am amused that you were able to build this hollow kingdom with that trash army of yours?"

'So I am watching this illusion as a third party?' I concluded since it wasn't I who answered the king. I followed the King's direction and found a man bound by some metallic chains.

The man accused by the King was standing in shining armor, dyed in blood. A glossy sword hung on the left of his belt, and a silver lance hung on the other side. Although the chains restrained his movement, they couldn't hold his natural aura.

His eyes were bloodshot, and from his body language, it was that clear that he was enraged.

"Shut up! You fool! How dare you speak to the king like that?!" A mage, holding a staff in his right hand, pointed his finger and shouted. He shot a fierce attack with the mana condensed from the surroundings.

"Old geezer, don't you understand your position?" The man in armor broke the chains easily and unsheathed his sword. With a fluid motion, he slashed the mage's attack in two halves.

Bam! Boom!

"Arghhh!"

"He's gone crazy!!"

The people in the hall ran for their life, but the King sitting on the throne remained unfazed. He watched everything unfold with his naked eyes.

"You insolent brat!" The old mage, on the other hand, felt humiliated. However, the man in the armor did not bat an eye before slicing the mage's body in halves with another slash.

Everyone who watched the great court mage getting butchered like a pig was horrified.

"Subdue the hero!" The knights and soldiers along with other mages attacked the hero, but no one was spared. The said "Hero" did not like this action of the knights. So, he did what he did earlier; slaughtering everyone.

Different magic attacks flew across the room, blasting the entire hall, but none of them were able to harm the "Hero". 

Many swordsmen, spearmen, and archers were cut without even them knowing how they died. The "Hero" had some kind of movement technique that was heaven-defying. 

Finally, the fire started spreading inside the castle.

There were only two people who observed everything happening and were not able to do anything.

First was the king, who was not moving at all. And the second one was me, who was as confused as always.

…

After a long time, the sound of clashing swords and spears stopped. The only sound that remained was that of burning fire. 

The wooden decorations along with the gigantic door of the room were charred.

'Unlike all the other visuals, this one seemed to last longer.' I thought.

Although I tried to avoid it, the pool of blood and flesh on the floor was impossible to not look at.

Limbs, bones, heart, brain, intestine, and so on… There was a variety of organs lying on the ground.

The most noticeable thing was the way that "Hero" had killed every one of them. He spared no one. He killed everyone in the most painful way possible.

The soldiers were thrown inside the fire to burn while their limbs were chopped. Those who tried to flee were halted by some basic earth spikes. But the mana in those spells was so high that even the armored knights were unable to fight it!

In the middle of the puddle, the "Hero" stood as if nothing had happened. Not even a single scratch was there on his armor.

The "Hero" glanced at the castle's ceiling and then nonchalantly toward the King.

"How are you feeling now? Have you achieved what you wished for?" The "Hero" asked. There were no emotions in his voice.

"What about you? Did you achieve what you desired?" The King glared at the Hero and answered with a question.

A mocking smile appeared on the Hero's face.

"Probably yeah! I got to fuck a lot of girls! Your sister, daughter, and… wife! Hahaha!" The King did not answer but continued looking at the ground.

Probably feeling ashamed? Or so I thought.

"You are a demon.." The King finally mumbled something after staring at the ground for too long.

"Hm? What did you say?" I bet the "Hero" heard him correctly, but he was fueling the King's anger.

The King reacted to the "Hero's" mocking.

"DIE!!! YOU DEMON!!!!!" Maybe, for the first time in his life, the King got up from the throne.

Much to my surprise, the King blasted like an inflated balloon.

The Hero did wait a whole minute as he let the King's blood flow to his toes.

"Haah…" He sighed as he kept looking at the throne.

When the Hero turned to leave, just for a brief second, our eyes met.

"Maybe he was right… What is my purpose in doing all this?" The Hero started walking toward the exit.

"They say, 'you are a demon'… They call me 'the incarnation of the devil'… But are they different from me?" His steps were calm, yet heavy… I followed him, maybe that was the clue?

As he got out of the castle, he looked at the sky. The sun was setting, so the sky was red; which perfectly matched the color of his armor.

"What do 'YOU' want…" The Hero suddenly said something that caught my attention.

A question that I had heard somewhere… 

The Hero glanced at me and said-

"Maybe… I want to be a-"

"Demon..?" As if it was my cue, I answered instinctively, and to my surprise…

The Hero smiled.

…

"Arghhhhhh!" I opened my eyes only to find myself locked in a void.

I recognized this place since it was the start of my journey to Ventra.

"..." There was absolute silence in the void.

I felt weaker than usual and found it difficult to breathe inside the void. It was my first time as "Logan" to be here, inside the void.

I waited but nothing happened.

<...>

"I know you are there… Just tell me what is happening already!" I was impatient.

It was painful and too brain-wracking to wake up with pain in the chest every time. 

Dying, again and again, was tiresome.

However, the void did not answer.

"At least let me go and see what's happening over there!" I shouted after a few times but I got no response.

That mysterious human had put on some annoying spell called "Blind" and I lost my vision.

I needed to go back and fight that human.

'Lara, Lisa, and Anna are waiting for me!' Blood Knight's existence was not very important to me.

<...Asshole…>

My entire existence shook when I heard that voice.

It was the same sweet female voice that I heard every time I heard system notifications. But it sounded… Enraged?

"W-what happened?" I asked.

<...>

The system did not say anything and instead, a screen appeared in front of me.

…

"Lara!!!!" I shouted as I saw the screen.

Inside the screen, I saw something that made me feel dizzy.

The entire forest along with the selva village was burnt. 

There were hundreds of dead bodies piled up, and standing upon them were two humans.

One was Robert, the man I had killed and the second was the mysterious man.

"Tell me, what were you demons doing here?!" The mysterious man kicked Lara in her stomach while holding her by her neck.

"Kheuk!" She spat blood as her internal organs were crushed.

Her beautiful face had lost its luster. She had even used her berserk mode.

"Y-you bastard!" Before she could say anything… the mysterious man crushed her neck.

My blood was boiling as I saw the scene unfold.

Lisa and Anna's bodies were lying on the ground, dyed in blood.

This scene was horrifying but there was an even more horrifying thing.

"Is that me?!" I saw my body… with at least a thousand golden spears stabbed into my body.

<You are useless…> The system's voice brought me back to reality.

<Lustful, dumb, arrogant, and useless…> The system's voice continued.

<You were gifted with every fine gift possible… Yet what you planned to fight against Robert was worse than a third-rate adventurer.>

I could not argue with that.

<Your existence is useless in itself… Just die already!>

This was the first time I heard the system shout at me.

<...If you cannot fulfill your promise… then I will curse you for->

–Beep–

For some reason, I felt uneasy. I felt like my body was getting sucked. The system's words were left unheard.

This wasn't the first time I felt like this.

"X@s#!" I looked up as I felt someone's presence in the void. It felt like the system was calling me.

"X@s#! Consider this your last chance!" 

I could not comprehend.

'What do you mean by last chance?' I wanted to ask but…

"X@s#! I hope you achieve what you desire!"

'Huh?'