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Chapter 7 - CHAPTER 07 - THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE

AFTER TAKING THEM INSIDE

QAYOMI IS TREATING THEM

AS KRISSHO IS BREATHING HEAVILY

BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER SEEN

SUCH LEVEL OF BRUTALITY

HE'S LOOKING AT RAMAYUKI

THAT MOMENT WHEN RAMAYUKI

SLICED THAT FIRE PERSON IN HALF

IS FLASHING BEFORE KRISSHO'S EYES

CONSTANTLY, WHICH IS MAKING HIS

HANDS AND FEET COLD

BUT WHAT'S MORE DISTURBING HIS MIND

IS QAYOMI'S CALMNESS

AS QAYOMI WAS TREATING THEIR WOUNDS

AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED

AS KRISSHO SHOUTS

"HOW ARE YOU GUYS SO CALM?!!!!

HE JUST SLICED A PERSON ON HALF!!!!!

QAYOMI!!!! HOW ARE YOU SO CALM?!!!

AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED!!???!??!"

RAMAYUKI TELLS HIM

"CALM DOWN KID

IF YOU FALL APART IN WIND THIS FAINT

HOW'LL YOU STAND YOUR GROUND

IN FRONT OF A NOR'WESTER???

IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD

YOU CAN'T LEAD YOUR LIFE THROUGH GENTLENESS

GENTLENESS IS A WEAKNESS IN TODAY'S WORLD "

"BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT TO FIGHT

THE ENEMIES YOU HAVE TO BECOME THIS MUCH BRUTAL!!"

"UHUH!?

THEN TELL ME

WHAT WAS I SUPPOSE TO DO???

THEY CAME TO KILL THIS LITTLE BOY AND GIRL

YOU SEE THEM???

THEIR HEADS ARE BLEEDING

THEY THREW STONES AT THEM

ON THESE KIDS!!! LITTLE KIDS!!!!

AND WHEN YOU THROW HEAVY STONES AT SOMEONE

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE TRYING JUST

TO STOP THEM RIGHT???

IT WAS TO IMMOBILE THEM OR WORSE

TO KILL THEM!!!"

"THE SECOND ONE IS RIGHT" - KAYA SAID

"SEE...??? THEY WERE TRYING TO KILL THEM

AND IF I DIDN'T DO SOMETHING AT THAT TIME

YOU'LL ALL BE DEAD BY NOW"

"BUT---YOU COULD'VE------ JUST BEATEN THEM !!!!

THEY WERE RUNNING ANYWAYS

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL THEM??!!!!!

NOT TO MENTION SO BRUTALLY!!!!"

"SO JUST HOW BEATING THEM

AND HEARING THEIR SCREAM

MAKES YOUR TYPE OF JUDGEMENT

ANY BETTER THAN MINE?????"

FIRMLY KRISSHO REPLIED

"BUT IF YOU KILL THEM THEN

WHAT MAKES YOU ANY DIFFERENT FROM THEM??!!!"

"I'M NOT HERE TO CREATE A DIFFERENCE

I'M NOT A HERO OF JUSTICE

OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT

BUT IF ANYONE WHO TRIES TO HURT MY FRIENDS

IS GONNA PAY !!!!!!"

"THIS ISN'T LOST ISLAND KID

YOUR SENSE OF HUMANITY AND JUSTICE

WON'T WORK IN THIS HELL

ONCE YOU START TO KNOW ABOUT THIS WORLD MORE

YOU'LL UNDERSTAND, THAT -

'BRUTALITY IS YOUR ONLY SALVATION'

THE MORE BRUTAL YOU ARE

THE MORE FEARED YOU ARE

THE MORE RESPECTED YOU ARE

THE MORE LOVED YOU ARE

THE CORE OF EVERYTHING

IS THE POWER OF DOMINATION"

"ANYWAYS, WHAT IS IT KAYA, TELL ME

WHY WERE THEY TRYING TO KILL YOU?!??!

I SAW THEIR CREST

THEY WERE FROM YOUR OWN CLAN, WEREN'T THEY???

AND WHAT WERE YOU GONNA TELL ME

SO BADLY ABOUT SHRIKAL

THAT YOU STOPPED ME FROM CHASING THEM???"

"IT'S ABOUT SHRIKAI

SEVERAL DAYS AGO

WHEN THE RAIN OF DESTINY FELL

WE ALL WERE HAPPY

BECAUSE OUR SPIRITS WERE ABOUT TO AWAKE

AND OUR ALL DID

BUT AFTER THAT DAY

SHRIKAL WENT SILENT

HE DIDN'T TELL ANY OF US

ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY

HE WENT COMPLETELY MUTE

ISOLATED - NOT TAKING TO ANY OF US

JUST REMAINING IN HIS ROOM ALL DAY - ALONE

EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD

WE THOUGHT MAYBE

HIS SPIRIT DIDN'T AWAKENED

THAT'S WHY HE'S UPSET

WE'LL GIVE HIM TIME AND HIS PERSONAL SPACE

IN A FEW DAYS HE'LL GET BETTER AND OKAY

BUT TODAY MORNING I DIDN'T KNOW WHY

EVERYONE WAS TERRIFIED

IT WAS A MORNING OF PURE TERROR

THE LOOK THAT EVERYONE HAD IN THEIR FACE

AS IF THEY'RE SEEING THEIR DOOM

AND WHO'RE THEY LOOKING AT???

SHRIKAL!!!

RAKA-SAMA GAVE ORDER TO EXECUTE SHRIKAI

LEAVING EVERYONE IN SHOCK

OR SO I THOUGHT

THE ONLY ONE WHO WERE SHOCKED WAS US COUSINS

THE ADULTS SHOCKINGLY THEY WERE OKAY WITH IT!!!

LIKE WTH??? EVERYONE AGREED!?!?

LIKW WHY???? HOW!?!?

EVEN OUR UNCLE NELI

WHO'S ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE

WHENEVER THE ELDERS JAWED US

HE ALWAYS SAVED US FROM THAT BLABBING

BUT TODAY, EVEN HE AGREED

AS THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD WAS IN CHAOS

I ASKED UNCLE WHAT'S GOING ON

BUT HE DIDN'T TOLD ME ANYTHING

AND STARTED CRYING SAYING SORRY

AS THE EXECUTION STARTED

I BEGGED HIM TO SAVE HIM

AFTER TONS OF BEGGING AND CRYING

HE DID !!! BUT SINCE IT WAS JUST US

US THREE VS THE WHOLE CLAN

AND WE WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE

AND NOT FIGHT SO IT'S BASICALLY

UNCLE NELI HAD TO PROTECT

AND FIGHT AT THE SAME TIME

WE GOT INJURED BUT BARLEY ESCAPED

BUT I'M MORE AFRAID ABOUT UNCLE NELI

HE'S PROBABLY DEAD BY NOW"

A STREAM OF SALT WATER RAN DOWN KAYA'S CHEEKS

"BUT WHY DID THEY DO THAT!??!?"

"THAT'S SOMETHING

ONLY SHRIKAL WOULD KNOW

AS I KNOW

HE HAS TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES

IN THE PAST FEW DAYS

BUT FAILED CONSTANTLY

HE WON'T TALK TO ANYONE

HE'S STILL IN TRAUMA

MAYBE IF WE GIVE HIM SOME TIME

HE'LL CHANGE TO NORMAL"

"BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN

THAT I'M GONNA FORGIVE THEM

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW A SANE PERSON

WOULD DO SOMETHING HORRIBLE LIKE THAT

THOSE DAMNED FIRE CLAN PEOPLE!!

THINKING THAT THEY'RE THE SUPERIOR ELEMENT!!!"

"THEY ALSO TRADED UKO TO SOMEONE"

"THEY DID WHAT?!?"

"AS YOU KNOW

UKO WAS BORN WEAK AND FRAGILE

HE'S AFRAID OF BATTLE

SOMEONE AS COWARD AS THAT

TAINTS THE NAME OF THE FIRE CLAN

SO THAT'S WHY THEY TRADED HIM, TO SOMEONE!"

"AAAAGGGGHHHHHHH

THIS IS UNFORGIVABLE!!!

I'M GOING TO THE RAKA HOUSE"

"FOR WHAT??"

"TO TALK" RAMAYUKI CLENCHED HIS TEETH

"THE WAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME RIGHT NOW

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU JUST WANT TO TALK"

"BUT WAIT, WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER

IF ALL OF US GO TOGETHER???"

"NO, I'LL GO ALONE

THEY'RE INJURED SO THEY CAN'T WALK

AND IF ANY ENEMY SHOWED UP

YOU'LL BE THE ONE TO PROTECT THEM"

"OKAY...." KRISSHO NODDED

BUT HE IS IN DEEP THOUGHTS

"JUST WHAT WITH THESE PEOPLE

THEY TRY TO KILL CHILDREN

TRADING THEM TO SOMEONE

THIS GUY CUTS A PERSON LIKE VEGETABLE

AM I REALLY NOT DREAMING???"

RAMAYUKI LEFTS THE HOUSE AND RUNS

TOWARDS THE RAKA HOUSE

WITH A FURIOUS FACE

KRISSHO SAID - "LOOK QAYOMI HE FORGOT HIS AXE!!"

"HE DIDN'T FORGET IT YOU MORON

HE PROBABLY LEFT IT INTENTIONALLY'

"DAMMIT!!! I FORGOT TO BRING MY AXE!!" RAMAYUKI TSK!!

MEANWHILE...ON THE RAKA HOUSE

TWO FIGURES ARE TALKING

ONE YOUNG, ONE OLD ENOUGH

INDEED THE LEADER OF THE CLAN

"SO DID YOU COME INTO ANY CONCLUSION??"

"ABOUT WHAT??"

"LIKE WHAT WILL WE TELL HIM?"

"WHO??"

"RAMAYUKI!!

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN HE ARRIVES HERE??

WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU GONNA TELL HIM??

MORE LIKE WHAT'S THE PLAN???

WILL YOU TELL HIM THE HALF OF IT??OR FULL OF IT??"

"OF COURSE HALF OF IT!!!!

IF WE TELL HIM THE FULL OF IT

TRUST ME, HE'LL KILL ALL OF US

WE CAN'T LET HER KNOW ABOUT HER

FOR THE TIME BEING

JUST TELLING HIM ABOUT UKO IS ENOUGH"

"I SEE"

RAMAYUKI ENTERS BREAKING THE DOOR

WITH A FIERCE LOOK ON HIS FACE

"WHERE THE HELL IS UKO???

WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM???"

"WELCOME RAMAYUKI

WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU"

AS EVERYONE IN THE CLAN WATCHING

RAMAYUKI COULDN'T BELIEVE THEIR EYES -

"SO THIS IS THE RAMAYUKI EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT?"

"HE'S THE ONE THAT OUR KING HATES THE MOST?"

"KILLER OF INNOCENT PEOPLE??

"SO HE'S THE ONE WHO PUT A SCAR ON DEMON KING"

"SO THIS IS WHAT THE ANGEL OF HELL LOOKS LIKE"

"HEH, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT HIM???"

"HE'S THE ONE WHO ASSASSINATED A THOUSAND PEOPLE!"

"HE LOOKS WEAK

WHY'S EVERYONE AFRAID OF HIM??

THAT EVEN UTTERING HIS NAME IS A TABOO"

"SO HE'S THE ONE WHO KILLED HER THAT NIGHT"

"MOM, MOM! WHO'S THAT PERSON??!?"

"LET'S GO INSIDE ELEVA

HE'S A BAD PERSON"

IGNORING ALL THE COMMOTION

COMING FROM THE CLANS PEOPLE

RAMAYUKI LOOKS AT THE LEADER

RAKA WHO WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF HIM

IN THE COUNTRYYARD FOR A WHILE

"YARE YARE....YOU SOUND SO DANGEROUS!

SO YOU WANNA KNOW WHERE HE IS HUH???

WELL....UMM.....I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW EITHER

BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT!

UKO...IS IN THE DEMON REALM!"

"HE'S IN WHAT!?!??"

"YEP, YOU HEARD IT RIGHT!!

HE'S IN THE DEMON REALM

IF YOU WANNA SAVE HIM

GO TO THE DEMON REALM

AND RESCUE HIM"

RAMAYUKI BECAME SO FURIOUS AT THAT MOMENT

THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO KILL THEM ALL!!

BUT HE CONTROLLED HIS THOUGHTS

BECAUSE UKO IS IN MORE DANGER!!

WASTING TIME HERE WILL BE THE WORST THING TO DO

SO HE LEFT WHILE SAYING -

"I'LL COME BACK FOR YOU!!!"

"HAI HAI ME WAITING....."

WITH AN EVIL SMILE

ON HIS FACE, "SORRY RAMAYUKI

YOU WON'T BE COMING BACK !!!"

RAMAYUKI RUSHED TO HIS HOUSE

GRABBED HIS AXE AND LEAVING IN A HURRY

SO QAYOMI GRABBED HIM INSTEAD AND ASKED

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING!?!?"

"THEY FREAKING TRADED UKO TO THE DEMON REALM!!!!"

"THEY WERE PERPLEXED!!! TERRIFIED!!

AFTER HEARING THIS

"I DON'T HAVE TIME !!

I'M GONNA GO FIND HIM!!

THOSE BASTARDS

DO THEY EVEN KNOW

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM??

TRADING A KID!!! TO THE DEMON REALM !!!!

I'M GONNA KILL THEM ALL"

LEAVE MY HAND

I GOTTA GO"

BUT KRISSHO QUESTION

"WHY WOULD ANYONE TRADE A KID FOR THEIR LABOUR?? KIDS CAN'T WORK AS GOOD AS ADULTS DO!!"

"I REALLY WISHED THAT WAS THE CASE"

"WAIT, YOU'RE GOING ALONE????"

"YES OR WHAT??

YOU WANNA TAG ALONG???

WELL GUESS WHAT?

NOT HAPPENING!

I'M GOING TO THE DEMON REALM !!! NOT FOR A TRIP"

"STILL, I WANNA HELP YOU"

"AND HOW EXACTLY ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT???

YOU JUST GOT YOUR POWERS FEW DAYS AGO

YOU CAN'T EVEN DEFEND YOURSELF !!

WHAT THE HELL

ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN THE DEMON REALM??

I CAN'T PROTECT YOU ALL THE TIME"

"I WON'T NEED IT!!"

"I'LL GO TOO" QAYOMI ADDED

"WE ALL WILL GO

ME AND QAYOMI AND YOU RAMAYUKI!"

"AND WHAT ABOUT THEM???"

"THEM WHO???"

"UM... WHERE ARE THE KIDS???"

"I WROTE A LETTER TO MY GRANDPA

AND A MAP BEHIND IT AND SENT THEM AWAY

THE LEVEL THEIR INJURY ARE

THEY DEFINITELY NEED A SERIOUS TREATMENT"

"YOU WON'T LISTEN, WOULD YOU QAYOMI???"

"OF COURSE NOT!!

LET'S GO SAVE THIS USO!!"

"YOU MEAN UKO"

"YEAH!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

MEANWHILE AT THE CASTLE OF ALANKARA

AS THE KING READ THE NOTE SENT BY MAYA

BREAKING THE POT FROM HE WAS DRINKING

THE KING SHOUTED -

"PREPARE!!!!! ALL SOLDIERS!!!!!

WE ARE GOING TO HUNT!!!!!!!!

THE ENEMY WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR SO LONG

HAS FINALLY BEEN FOUND!!!!

RAMAYUKIIIIIII!!!!! JUST YOU WAIT!!!!

I'LL KILL YOU!!! BY MY OWN HANDS!!!!"

NARRATOR - WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT??

WILL THE KING SEE HIM??? KILL HIM?? WHAT'S HAPPENING??? WILL RAMAYUKI GO TO THE DEMON REALM?? IF SO, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE???

FIND OUT ON THE NEXT CHAPTER OF KING OF INFINITE ELEMENTS!!!!

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