Leaving the banquet hall, Liana walked fast.She didn't know where she was going as her mind was in a mess, but one thing was sure.She couldn't speak to Orion now.The words Jordan said to her made a huge impact. She understood that she had been very cruel towards Orion today.But what could she do ?It was the only means to make the nobles forget about Orion.She wanted to show all of them that they were no closer like before."Lia!"As she walked in a hallway, Orion's voice rang out.There was no one around, so Orion felt more at ease about speaking to her.Liana stopped her steps, biting her lips as she spoke."What is it, Lord Hero ?""...!"Orion was stunned. He thought that it was because there were other people around, that she behaved like that."L-Lia, why ? Did I do something that offended you ?"Orion stuttered as he spoke.Liana could feel his sadness and she felt very guilty. But it couldn't change now. She had to totally cut off her friendship with Orion so it would be
"Oh ? We have a little rat there."Orion felt his heart stop when he heard the voice from behind. Turning around, he saw a middle-aged person and an old man.But his vision was blurry from tears and pain."What ?! Did he hear all we said ?!""Yeah.""You should have noticed him !"The old man shouted."Oh yes, I noticed him but it was more fun to let him hear everything."Salazar smiled wickedly."Even if he is useless, he is still a hero, Salazar."The old man warned him but Salazar shook his head."Don't worry, I will take care of him."Saying that, Salazar approached Orion, who was trying to run away.'Why...? Why...? Why?!'Orion cursed while staggering in the hallway.Whoosh!Whack!Following a sharp pain in his neck, Orion felt his consciousness fade.Thud!"What are you going to do, Salazar?!"The old man panicked."Even if you are the vice-commander of the Solaria army, you will not come out of this unscathed!""I said don't worry, you will never see him again, Baino."Salazar
"Did you finish your task, Brother ?"Helio asked with a brotherly smile.Salazar wanted to throw up but replied with a smile."Yes, your Majesty. We took care of the hideout of the bandits.""Good then. Come, you have to introduce yourself with the others to the heroes."Salazar nodded and walked toward the Emperor and his colleagues."Greetings Empress, Prince Albert, Princess Aeliana."Salazar first greeted the imperial family.The Empress nodded with a smile at her brother-in-law, Albert nodded with a sour face as he was still angry at Andrew who, stolen princess Myriam from him. Finally, Liana ignored him."Lia ?"The Emperor called out to his daughter."Ah yes! Welcome back, uncle."Liana replied hurriedly with a tense expression.She was hating herself for what she said to Orion, but at least now he would be safe...Helio shook his head and clapped his hands to draw the attention of the people in the hall.Soon they all fell silent and turned toward the Emperor.Helio frowned,
Splash!"AH!"Orion let out a cry as the cold water hit his face."Cough! Cough! Cough!"He coughed the water that entered his nostrils and mouth."Wh-what's happening...?"Orion opened his eyes slowly and saw two people in front of him. The two of them were wearing a mask covering their entire faces."Finally awake."One of the masked men asked, his voice was muffled by the mask."Wh-what ?"Clang!Orion tried to move but he couldn't.Looking below, he froze.He was chained to a chair and he couldn't move at all.Then he remembered what had happened. He was heading toward his dorm when suddenly someone knocked him out from behind.He didn't even remember who knocked him out because of his blurry vision.He glanced around him and all he saw was stony walls. It was like he was in a cave.His surroundings were dark.He turned toward the two men in front of him again."W-what do you want...?"Orion asked in a quivering voice."You will know it soon."The burly man in front of him said in
Like the chapter's name said, it will be a dark chapter.For the overly sensitive people, don't read this chapter.I don't think I made it that gore but still I wanted to warn you.***"AAAAHHHH!"A painful scream rang out in a closed space.The scream echoed everywhere in the small place.Drip_ Drip_ Drip_The sound of a liquid falling on the ground resonated. It was fresh blood."Ah....ah.....ah...."Orion breathed heavily.His face was a mess as tears and snot were flowing down."Cough!"Orion spat blood again.With his blurry vision, he stared horrified at the absent nails on his fingers which were nailed on the armrest of the chair."It's just the beginning, mister Orion."An excited voice rang out. It was now Orion's most feared voice.The burly man approached Orion with another tool this time.It was a plier but different from the one he used to tear off Orion's fingernails.The blades were very sharp.Clank! Clank!A metallic sound rang as the man tested his tool.Orion's alre
BOOM!Crackle_!Violent explosions rang out and flames roared on the snowy ground.The snow was melting because of the fierce flames.The explosions caused the snow to fly through the air.Even though there was a violent blizzard, it wasn't enough against the destruction and flames around. Blood was painting the white ground red.Amidst this destruction, a beautiful young woman was kneeling on the ground, hugging a golden-haired man in her embrace.The man's face was deathly pale and blood was covering every inch of his body. A gape was visible on his chest where his heart should have been.He was dead."So-Soren...? Pl-Please...Do-Don't l-leave me alone..."The woman was crying and her body was shuddering from either the cold or pain or both. Her beautiful grey hair was tainted with red and dirt."So-Soren...!" She hugged him tightly and continued to call him like a broken record."He is dead, Runa..."A man suddenly appeared a few meters from her. He was in extremely bad shape. It s
"Argh!"A groan rang out in a bloodied cave.Snip!"...Ah!"Orion bit his lips hard to prevent any sound from escaping from him.It was now two weeks since Orion got a mental change and the torturer was not having fun anymore.He just wanted to finish his job and run away from the freak before him.Orion no longer begged or endured. The more the days went by, the more he got used to the pain.But that wasn't the creepiest thing.Sometimes Orion would laugh or cry out of nowhere while murmuring strange words and names.So the man couldn't even sleep peacefully.Yes, he didn't have a choice but to sleep in the same cave for the time of his job. It was an order from his boss.He accepted because of the huge amount of money offered, but now he was regretting it.Imagine being woken up by a laugh and sobs in the night ?He didn't cry anymore when he tortured him, so why the hell was he crying in the night ?!As for his laugh, it was even worse.He tortured several hundreds of people in the
Spurt!The flames were still burning the man but they were repelled as soon as they tried to burn Orion by the ominous wind.Blood spattered on Orion's face but he didn't care."GAH! Cough!"Still without emotions, Orion channeled mana in his left hand.The man opened his eyes wide, he wished to die right now. He regretted everything he did.The mind-boggling pain was driving him insane."AAHHHHHHHHH!"He was burned alive and his organs were being crushed in pieces by tiny wind blades at the same time.Buzz!A strange buzzing sound echoed inside the man's body. It was because of the sheer speed of the rotating wind.Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!Blood gushed out from every part of the man's body."ARRGHHH!"The man spasmed violently and his body shook violently.Orion channeled even more mana and...Boom!Splash!The torturer's body exploded in chunks of flesh and blood rained on Orion's body.Drip_ Drip_ Drip_Orion's impassible face deformed and a twisted smile appeared.With blood all over