The Power Of Wrath-Chapter 29: Noisy Boys

Though to anyone watching, Rio had just spoken a mere empty word, to Ark who the word had been spoken to and the grand priestess, this word of his was imposing changes on a much deeper level of reality.

Ark flinched, releasing Rio and taking a step back as his head was suddenly hit with a deep piercing headache, he didn't know what was happening but he knew Rio had just become 10 times dangerous and needed to die immediately.

To the grand priestess who could see into this deeper level and understood what was happening, shock flashed on her face and for a moment she considered the option of killing Ark to save Rio but stopped.

"I've already invested so much in Ark, it will be a shame to just end him."

Watching the two boys and considering ending the conflict between them, the grand priestess's face scrunched when she noticed that Rio was reaching into the metaphysical realm again and also about to move his mouth.

"Idiot, don't use that power again, you're just killing yourself."

Doing nothing though, the grand priestess watched as Rio once more commanded Ark who had only stumbled backwards and fallen to his knees.

"Die"

The look in Ark's eyes reminded Rio of the faces of the executives back in Lincoln's cooperation, and his emotions were sent even deeper when Ark began talking.

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Rio couldn't understand a thing Ark said, but the careless confidence he had spoken with, like he could never do a thing about him took Rio right back to his last time with Raymond.

The swaggering confidence that the fat old man had exuded, Ark also exuded, the supreme surety in his position that the white-haired monkey possessed, Ark also possessed and lastly just as Raymond sat on an elevated position, so did Ark.

Last time he had swallowed the anger, worrying about the consequences of his actions, but now things were different.

The changes to the world had opened Rio's eyes to a choice he had always had right from the day he was born,

"do or die"

It was okay if others were scared of death, he wasn't.

Never would he stand before another man like he had Raymond.

After declaring death the second time, Rio had lost all feeling of his body, his body felt like a prison to him and though he felt a dangerous sensation building up in him like the light of his life was about to be snuffed out he ignored this danger and peering through his eyes which had become the window of his prison, the moment he saw that Ark was still alive, he angrily reached out, took control of his body and let it speak again.

"Ark Pulmas, Die"

Before the three words left Rio's mouth, the feeling of death washed over Ark, he didn't know how, but he could feel that he was already a doomed man.

Desperate to avoid his fate, Ark struggled to his feet, his helmet popping over his head, yet as he stood to his feet, Rio's voice sounded and the next second Ark Pulmas fell to the ground dead.

Raaaahhhhhhhhhh!!

This roar didn't come from Rio, the two-headed direhog or the grand priestess, it came from the centre of the village.

It was a roar that had everyone in the village even those at the base of the hill falling to their knees, some dying as their heart stopped beating, the lucky one passing out and the rest dropping to their knee while bleeding from all their orifices.

On the hill, Rio who had fallen to his knees jerked and then fell flat on the ground. He was passed out but it didn't save him from leaking blood from his ears and nose.

Lying on the floor covered in blood and dirt, Rio was like the victim of a deadly virus.

The roar didn't just apply to those in the village, it applied to every living thing and at that moment in the region, there were only two people unaffected by the roar, the two-headed direhog and the grand priestess.

"Grawl! Grawl!"

Glancing at the beast which had gotten into a frenzy and was clawing at its cage with all its might, the grand priestess looked to Rio and shook his head.

"There is nothing to return to, he's about to become a corpse."

"Graa! Graa!"

"Fine suit yourself."

For the grand priestess, understanding the two-heeded direhog even though she shared no familiarity with it was no hassle.

She waved her hand over the cage trapping the direhog making it shatter apart in red-dotted lights and watched as the beast sprinted to Rio.

The direhog's little size rapidly increased as it ran. Its frame swelling to 5 times its previous size by the time it stood before Rio.

It bit a still Rio by the cloth and flipped him in the air so that he landed on his back, but before it took off, it turned towards Ark.

The mouth of the right head stretched open and began widening past parameters for even its size but before anything could happen, the grand priestess, waved her staff making Ark's body disappear and appear beside her.

"That armour would buy a 100 of you and there would still be spare" the woman chided nonchalantly.

Aggrieved at losing such a valuable snack and the insult it had received, the two-headed direhog growled at the seductive female and then turned and bolted away, its figure turning into several blurs as it disappeared into the forest whose flames had been quenched by the loud still ongoing roar.

"Another noisy boy" The grand priestess muttered under her breath exasperated at the person producing the roar.

Several more seconds passed before this roar died out and when peace returned to the land, the uncaring expression on the grand priestess's face disappeared and she staggered towards the Ark's corpse which was still well in the pristine silver armour.

She fell to her knees and then with a tear dropping down her eyes let out a harmless high-pitched wail that spread out for miles enveloping even the village.

"My King" The grandpriestess screamed her voice dipped in agony and this time echoing just around the hill.

She placed her head on his silver armour and sobbed, remaining in this position till about a minute later when several men riding on mounts climbed up the hill and hurriedly came to her aid.