The sheer blood lust override any will they may have had of fighting. Their survival instinct kicked in, they turned around, running as fast as they could.
I blitz toward furthest victim, in a blink of an eye, I crash down on his hips, bones crumbling to dust underneath.
Freeze.
I was now on the opposite end of the floor.
Their eyes widen in disbelief.
Despair changed to resignation.
Some were already on their knees
"ISN'T THIS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING?"
A grin still plastered on my face
I rush in again, breaking their bodies, but being careful of avoiding anything vital.
'Can't have them die quickly now.'
Cries of their agony filled the air.
Seeing their broken bodies yet clinging to life
A sense of ecstasy filled my mind
'It's SO FUN!!!'
I bring my bloody hand up to my face
Cover my lower half of my face
'So beautiful'
My eyes roll up at the pleasure.
Seeing what awaits them is certain death, resignation hardens to unity.
Despite the terror in their eyes, they charge.
All of them rush forward, uncaring of who falls, stepping on whatever falls under their feet.
'YES! FIGHT ME!'
My consciousness shifts back to the other side.
The water has reached my chest and slowly rising.
When I am back
Blood was flying everywhere.
I sense a new group that come running in.
"What the hell happened here?"
I notice the politician crawling toward the new group,
"k-Kill it, kill that thing!"
My face was flush from excitement
I felt sober yet drunk
At one point, I had pulled out my other blade.
I tilt my head to the right as extend both my hand forward, palms open - as if asking them to cuff me.
My Blades were dangling like they will fall at any moment.
"Do you….want to play with me?"
I face had an innocent smile.
The water reached my neck and then finally my eyes.
Darkness
Memory rolling
'Ji-yoon came through the door'
?
It's my room, back in my parents' house
With teary eyes she came rushing to me
Clutching me in her safe embrace
"I…..Sor..ry….parents….."
I couldn't hear her.
Doesn't matter
'It's…. comfortable'
I slowly sank into her embrace.
"…S-Stay"
'I … want to sleep'
…
Their cries were a beautiful song in my ears.
I don't even know who's I am cutting anymore.
Faces blurred
Only thing that I cared about was how beautifully the blood was spraying everywhere.
I felt like a painter painting.
At some point I start dancing to the beautiful song.
'Why am I… does it matter? It's peaceful'
I close my eyes, surrendering to the beautiful song and dance.
New people came to join in the play.
They push me back.
I let them.
Reason being, I wanted to crush the head of the ones I have chopped up.
I danced and danced until I was breathless.
The music quieted down.
Eyes open.
Around me lays a bloody carnage.
Limbs dismembered from people's torso.
Heads crushed.
Some had been cut so much that they can't be called a person's anymore. Not that they counted as one.
Huff* Huff*
I felt proud of what I created
[Demon like judge of fire looks at you with concern]
[Song of the sea is urging incarnation to 'get a hold of yourself']
[Secretive plotter looks at you silently]
Around me more people had gathered around.
However, they were disappointing.
I look at the terrified audience.
"M-monster"
I see people crying, most vomiting.
Many were shouting slurs.
They seemed to be not part of the group.
Maybe?
'Should I cut them too?'
At my sudden release of blood lust, they quiet down, falling to their knees.
I could help but giggle
Every single soul turned paper pale.
"Each of you standing here means you murdered someone"
I look at them, my head tilted at an unnatural angle
"You killed a man who had dreams to live"
"And now you're acting like this?"
"At least these … creatures had the guts to be honest"
Some I recognize, they are from part connecting to line 3,
Anger rose from within.
'B-because o-of them I felt helpless'
'It-t's their entire fault I made HER cry!'
For a minute I wonder
"How will it feel like to break you?"
I felt intoxicated; my hands came up to my face. Cupping them as I Bite lightly on my pinkies
[Demon like judge of fire is concerned, urging you to not do it]
[Song of the sea is crying seeing you like this and urges you to stop.]
[Constellation aligned with evil likes....]
…
[Exclusive attribute "reason" clashes with Exclusive attribute "Madness"]
The fog thins out.
Anger turned dull
At the depth of the water, there came
-Light?
My mind focusing on them.
Could help but tilt my head on the other way
"Is killing you even worth the effort?"
I step hard on the floor. A thunderous roar boomed through the station. The crowd quickly scrammed in fear.
Couldn't help but look at the attribute [reason] with resentment. It did something now I don't feel as euphoric as before.
[Constellations aligned with good finds you methods disagreeable but is somewhat satisfied with the end result]
[Sponsored 1200coins]
[Demon like judge of fire looks at the other with accusatory gaze, asking not to promote this]
[Constellation aligned with evil loved the show you put forward]
[Sponsored 4700coins]
[Demon like judge of fire warns constellations to not corrupt her angel]
I pause
"Show?"
I stare above with deadeyes, where I think they are.
"You think this was for your amusement?"
I search through the system.
"How do I return sponsorship?"
My face was stone cold.
[Constellations aligned with evil shakes their head in denial, saying they don't think that way]
[It was just a figure of expression]
I stare blankly at the massage.
Abruptly my expression broke into a smile.
"Then you patron is appreciated"
[The prisoner of the golden headband likes you gut at the same time finds you disturbing]
[Insane one is aroused]
[Insane one asks you to become his disciple. No need to have him as a sponsor]
[Demon like judge of fire asks the insane one to respectfully f*ck off" and not to spread his disease]
[Devil of lust and wrath asks you to consider joining him]
[Demon like judge of fire unsheathes her sword as her warnings are going unheard]
[Angels rushes to restrain her]
….
[He who likes drama is enjoying himself]
In my head Ji-Yoon noona was still hugging me. And In my embrace was shin Yoosung.
I couldn't help but giggle in fulfillment.
I find myself catching my own reflection on a mirror. Head to toe – blood.
'Beautiful'
I do a little princess spin.
But suddenly a shiver runs down my spine.
My hands trembled violently
I slowly walk up to the mirror
"I-I …I.."
The words wouldn't come out
'She was still hugging me.'
'wh-what if she looks…'
'what if s-she to pushes me away, calling me m-monster'
My breathing turned ragged.
"Hah… hah… ah—"
I staggered backward, clawing at my own neck.
"No… no, no, no…"
Tears blurred my vision as panic twisted my expression.
A broken sound escaped my throat.
"Ah… ahh…"
I covered my face, shoulders shaking as tears streamed through my fingers.
I scramble out, almost slipping but balancing with fingers on the floor.
But then my legs freeze up
I curl up, my cries filling the silence.
…
After what felt like an eternity,
My gaze fell on the women.
My eyes kept flickering between them
Eight of them were barely breathing. Their injuries were severe.
Among them, three seemed to be in comparatively good condition.
I swallow dryly
My mind calmed a little
Thought were able to form slowly
'I-if I leave…I don't think…'
I notice shiver under my gaze.
There are more, but they died.
Even among them, seven are laying like corpses, if not for their chests moving up and down…
'…t-they are not m-my res-'
But my mind couldn't finish the thought; I was already gently gathering them to a cleaner place.
I walk closer to the woman in worst condition.
In desperation I try something
Her numb eyes follow my hand,
As soon as my hand touches her core, I fold in my fingers seeing her shudder.
"RE-relax, I won't hurt you" I soften my voice.
Her shoulders relaxes, no more like surrenders.
I carefully place my palm on her bruised stomach.
I close my eyes
[Blessed my imaginary reacts to you]
I try to push mana in
Slowly, softly.
Like how you would hold a brittle glass
I try to spread the mana through her, in an extension of mana sense. To sense her for internal injuries.
"….ackh"
"Shh.. don't resist, I won't hurt you."
Mana spread evenly
An image started to form as the mana circulated- From the blood to organs than bones.
Her insides were a mess. Her ribs and lower spine to the hip bone were cracked up. I am confused if the organs are okay, I don't know where the blood should flow.
A little blood was pooling in her gut with no out flow. Maybe that's an injury?
I slowly open my eyes to look at her
My finger stops just on buy.
'Why do I need to help them?'
My shoulder slumps, heart is beating against my chest.
Hesitant
'I...I-I...'
'I-I may be….a monster. B-but not heartless'
My face crumples as eyes tear up
'Kim Seojin they raised isn't heartless'
'I will help because my heart feels like it.'
My heart hardens as my breathing relaxes.
I buy a higher grade healing potion.
I call over the one who seemed to be in better condition than the rest.
"Gently hold up her head. I will pour this potion"
With the other hand I monitor her.
The potion worked like magic.
I watched how the cracks on the bones slowly mended together. How swelling of the organs was going down. Lastly, the pool of blood, after the bleeding stopped, the blood slowly broke down and disappeared.
I open my eyes to look at her.
Her skin completion returned to normal, her skin filled with vitality.
"How are you feeling? Any discomfort?"
Her eyes reddened, face crumpled.
Giving her small hug, I move to next girl.
Her injuries were lighter as there is no internal bleeding, but her organs were a little swelled? Some bones fractured here and there.
I try to replicate the mana the effect of the potion.
10seconds nothing
30 second still nothing
1 minute I finally give up and give her a lower grade potion than the previous girl. Her injury is lighter.
Next, I try again and if fail potion
Like this 6 women are healed. Finally, at the time of the 7th woman.
I try once again
[Congratulations! You reached enough proficient to earn healing level 1]
'!!!'
My eyes widen
Green light envelops my hand
With another hand I carefully observe.
The women were startled by the light but relax as seeing the girl in question show an expression of comfort.
[Many constellations scream that's not how this works]
[Prisoner of the golden headband understanding what happened pulls on his hairs saying this is not normal]
[Many older constellations welcome the new victims]
…
I move my hand on the various brushed areas.
One thing to note is that, her face was red for some reason, but seeing no injuries in her, I decide to ignore it.
I turn to the last girl.
"Come here, though you seem fine, still better check while I am here."
She shook her head.
"Problem walking?"
Nod
Frown
I walk up to her
As I put hand-
"HICK!"
I recoiled back two feet.
"…sorry..."
I just stare at her. Her sudden outburst startled me.
I could help but let a sharp breath out
Most of her injury was concentrated to her lower body.
On the surface she seemed fine but
She was not
Her inner thigh muscle on the left was completely torn while of the right, it was partially torn.
At the base of the right hip a ball like thing seemed out of a cracked up socket.
'Hmm that's not how it supposed to be right?'
I check others bones
'Yeah no, that's not good'
I recheck again
I physically recoil when I notice a long muscle on the left leg had pulled of a piece of the long bone in the thigh
'That's not where it supposed to be, is it?'