Chapter 339: It Can’t Be
Humans outgrew them, but now with this new evolution, they returned, stronger, bigger, and more savage than before.
Those living in rural areas or exploring forests and mountains before the mana blanket that engulfed the world in darkness were in danger zones as their summons might not be enough to support them.
All these were details she got online and were confirmed by her parents, but today her concern was different, as the family discussed something sensitive this morning.
Aurelia looked at where her brother usually sat with pursed lips. Her mother saw her and turned to her husband.
The man sighed. "We’re looking for him. I know he can’t kill the Pendragon Heiress. Adonis may be too stubborn for his own good, but he won’t kill someone. That’s not the son I raised. I’ve been sending mails to Mr. Arthur and once he approves, I’ll be able to meet him."
He faced his daughter. "He’ll be back soon."
Aurelia nodded.
"He might be extremely disobedient, but he’s my son," her father muttered.
His wife held his hand, smiling warmly.
Just then, an incorporeal giant walked through their door. It was so tall it had to bend. This being was over twelve feet, covered from neck to toe in gray bandages, with a massive butcher blade attached to a slim long handle. It was a frightening eight-foot-long weapon. The handle was covered in bandages.
This creature had a gray hood over its head, made from the same bandage cloth. Its face was completely black and hollow, like a void, but two ghastly white orbs, like eyes, pierced through, locking on the trio.
Black mist left its body and formed a human being. He had white hair that covered his eyes and wore a black robe, his arms crossed.
"How weak. Rage doesn’t even need his weapon against you," Jon scowled, then lifted a finger.
"If you dare unleash your summons, I’ll make sure mine are well fed." Those words made Aurelia shiver.
A Fanatic was at their doorstep, and he was much stronger than them. Had her parents dealt with one of them recently?
"Now, if you don’t want to die, call Adonis."
Aurelia turned to her parents, who looked at themselves.
"We don’t have his number. I’m telling you the truth—!" The man couldn’t finish as Rage appeared before him, a fierce gale billowing due to his sudden movement. The dining table was sent backwards, throwing Aurelia and her mother to the ground as Rage looked into her father’s eyes.
Before her eyes, it devoured her father’s soul, and his hollow shell turned into a solid stone statue.
"No!!" His wife screamed at the top of her lungs, unleashing a huge crocodile. Rage crushed its head with a stomp, grabbed it, and tossed it through the wall while the woman spat blood and fell to her knees.
As Rage approached the woman, Aurelia screamed. "I’ll call him! I’ll call him ... don’t touch her!"
Jon looked at her.
Aurelia looked at her mother, shivered, reached out to her phone, and called her brother. She would have called the authorities, but this man would notice and kill her.
It was better to call her brother. Snow promised her that he would protect her no matter what. Her big brother would be here, and he would make this Fanatic beg for mercy, yet he won’t find any.
With trembling arms, Aurelia called Rowana.
***
The sound of her phone ringing got to Rowana, who was in the bathroom. She was right in the middle of it and didn’t bother leaving, so she ignored it.
It had to be that weirdo who wouldn’t stop pestering her.
When the ringing refused to stop, she took a towel and left the bathroom. As she came out, the phone stopped ringing.
Rowana picked up her phone, a bit wary at first, but her eyes went wide when she saw several missed calls from Aurelia.
Coming to the conclusion that she wouldn’t pick the call, Aurelia sent a message.
’Help me.’
Rowana nearly collapsed. Was there a dungeon outbreak close to their house? Were they under attack?!
She rushed to the window, looked down, and saw the boys.
"Adonis!!"
All of them looked up.
***
It took quite a while to get to Jon’s house since neither Isolde nor Godfrey knew about it. When they got there, Snow saw a few people were already there. The crocodile’s corpse announced the situation.
Their expressions unsettled Snow’s heart. He knew it wouldn’t be long before the authorities were here, but he didn’t care.
Snow rushed into the house and saw his sister, Aurelia, on her knees in the sitting room, eyes wide and her hands on her phone as she had turned into stone.
Her soul had been devoured.
He instinctively tried to change everything with black glimmer, but it didn’t work. Snow tried and tried yet it was useless.
Staring at that stone statue that was once his lively sister, Snow felt his world become silent. The sound became mute, the gentle breeze became cold.
He turned and saw the broken statues of his parents lying around. Carved into the wall was: ’You shouldn’t have killed my Isolde. You will feel the pain I felt.’
"Aurelia," Snow whispered as his knees slammed the floor, tears rolling down his eyes. Wasn’t he the one that turned people into stones... was this rpenance?
’What do you think I should do about my family? Do you think I should at least meet them? Honestly, it’s been a while.’
His own words came back to him.
’Big bro! Show me your butterfly!’ His sister’s voice from when they were much younger rang in his ears as he began to sniffle, eyes red and full of tears.
’Aren’t you tired of white? Is it because you have white hair? Do you want to be like the snow?’ Her naive voice rang once more.
Snow bent over, his face on the floor as he wept loudly, crying like a child. He couldn’t cry silently anymore, the pain was too much.
’Snow? Why’s your sister calling you that? I gave birth to a boy, not a girl!’ His mother’s teasing voice rang.
Godfrey froze at the door, his lips slightly parted. Isaac, Lucy, and Rowana were horrified, while Isolde gazed at the writing on the wall.
’It can’t be.’
It couldn’t be him... right?
The writing matched him, but the death of these people was done by summons with abilities he didn’t have.