1 Profound Red

A young man was casually taking a stroll.

His brown hair and hazel eyes emanated a sense of tranquility and resignation. As if a problem he had for a long time was finally resolved. However, with the end of one problem, another arrived.

He had a majestic brown-white robe that would have smitten every person on Earth.

Beside the young man was a small, cute red panda. Its blue eyes showed off its uniqueness as it pridefully walked next to the young man.

"What happened to Crocs?" The young man asked as he turned to the red panda with a warm smile.

"He is having fun. Just like we are about to." The red panda replied with a cheeky grin.

"That we are." The young man named Stell chuckled before a mask appeared in his hands.

The red panda looked at the mask doubtfully before asking Stell. "Are you sure that you want to use it?"

Stell chuckled as a cold gleam appeared in his eyes. "Peach, don't worry. I won't lose myself. They need to pay, and I need 'him' for that."

Peach nodded as he watched Stell slowly put the mask on his face. The mask was completely black with a red outline. Its devil-like appearance and coloring made a person believe that only the vilest of men could use it.

Then, as the mask was put on, Stell's eyes changed color as they started resembling a red nebula. Full of mysteries, profoundness, and depth.

"Let's go now." 'Stell' lifted a corner of his lips, smirking as the aura around him turned sharper.

Peach nodded, calmly following. Then, Stell arrived in front of a mysterious gigantic door. With a push, he opened the doors, startling the residents of the building.

"Who dares enter the throne room!" A shout was heard. It was of a young woman, no older than Stell.

Stell majestically entered the room, ignoring every warning and curse word he heard.

Inside the throne room were only two people. A young woman who had veins appearing on her forehead from the rage she felt, and an older man who was sitting calmly on a throne.

The moment he crossed a certain distance, the doors closed by themselves. Following the loud sound of the doors closing, Stell looked at the older man.

"Hello, sect master. I trust you have been doing well?" His mocking tone and cold smirk made the young woman feel like attacking immediately. However, she waited for the order of her master.

"Seeing you here, something bad must have happened, right? Or are you really just courting death?" The sect master smirked in response, comfortably sitting on the throne, awaiting Stell's answer.

"Didn't you hear? Your daughter was captured, your disciples slain, the world treasure stolen?" Stell chuckled as he said every word with as much care as he could.

"Insolent!" The young woman couldn't control herself anymore as she waved her hand, multiple blades appearing and attacking Stell.

Stell only glanced at her before returning his gaze to the sect Master. As the blades fell beside him, Stell chuckled. "You have quite a fiery one here."

"I missed?" The young woman gritted her teeth as she waved her hand again, red flame appearing and flying towards Stell.

Stell only shook his head as an Earth Wall appeared in front, blocking the fire attack as if it were just a child's play.

"What kind of element is this? This is no simple Earth Wall!" The young woman cried out as she watched her attack being so easily negated. Then, as if it was never there, the wall crumbled, vanishing.

The sect master's eyes flickered as he looked at Stell with renewed respect. "You aren't half bad. So this is the reason you sneaked so nonchalantly here."

Stell only smiled as he looked at the sect master coldly. "Your disciples like bullying people, so I hope they are bullied in hell."

"The world treasure you so dearly wanted is now in my hands." He smirked as a treasure appeared in his hand.

The young woman started trembling as she listened to Stell. Even the sect master lost his composure as he listened to the news. Looking at the beautiful treasure, the young woman coughed blood while the sect master's eyes turned bloodshot, his breathing irregular.

"And your daughter liked forcing people so much, so I decided to force her as well." Stell laughed as his evil laugh would have made every person with morals hate him at sight.

The disciple collapsed as the sect master coughed blood. "YOU DID WHAT? JUNIOR, YOU DARE?!"

Stell laughed even louder before answering with a cold smirk. "I already did."

The sect master's expression twisted for some time before laughing bitterly. With a mad rage in his eyes, he punched the side of the throne as his voice started resonating through the whole sect.

"Since you court death, I shall grant you one! Heed my words, the ten thousand disciples of my sect will rip you to shreds, doing every single evil and torture you can imagine!"

As his words echoed throughout the sect, the doors of the throne room opened, and many people flew inside in various colored robes.

"Ahahahahaha!" The sect master laughed as he watched the scene. "Behold, those are the elders of my sect!"

Then, the people who were 'flying' fell down to the floor, creating a loud sound that startled the sect master.

Stell smirked as he mimicked the sect leader's previous words playfully with a mocking edge in them, "Behold, those are my friends."

As his words echoed, several people entered the throne room.

"You still aren't done with him? We are already done on our end." A voice was heard behind Stell.

As the sect master watched the people entering, he could catch a glimpse of the destroyed sect and thousands of corpses.

His heart started loudly beating as panic overwhelmed him.

Meanwhile, Stell looked behind as he coldly said. "You were almost late."

One of the people who had entered slapped a person on the head before explaining. "This idiot kept looking for treasures and whatnot."

"Ouch." The slapped person covered his head before grinning at Stell. "But hey, seems like we arrived at a perfect time. What luck."

Stell turned his head sideways, leaving a single sentence behind before looking at the sect master again. "I'll deal with you later."

His words made every person who entered shudder as they finally noticed Stell's red eyes.

The sect master looked at the scene with an overwhelming sense of bitterness and misery before lifting his head and laughing madly. "So this is how you treat me, heavens? After all I've done for you? SO THIS IS HOW?!"

As he shouted, his aura kept rising, making even the people behind Stell wary. Meanwhile, Stell only chuckled as he looked at the sect Master coldly. "So, what are you going to do now? Kill yourself?"

Sect master laughed even more as a treasure appeared in his hands. "This is the sect treasure. In exchange for my life, I can get any life I wish for. Unless you are a whole order above me, it's impossible to even think about resisting."

The moment his explanation ended, he pointed the treasure at Stell before it shot a laser.

Stell lifted both of his hands as a Black Earth Wall appeared, blocking and delaying the laster.

Sect master laughed. "Incredible! Such talent! Such power! You aren't even in that order, but you can still defend against such attacks! Too bad you antagonized me!"

Stell's red eyes deepened as he smirked before the laser broke through his Earth defense, piercing right through his chest.

The sect master sat back on his chair weakly as he could feel his sucked lifespan. With a bitter chuckle, he summoned the rest of his aura, ready to fight off the rest of Stell's company.

However, before he could even think of a plan, he could feel a dagger stab through his heart.

"What?" He weakly turned his head before noticing his disciple smirking at him. With a painful and hoarse voice, he asked weakly. "Why?"

"I never trusted you, idiot." The disciple's face suddenly cleared as if it was an illusion. Instead of a young woman, it was a devilish mask with profound red eyes.

The sect master coughed blood as his eyes blurred. Weakly turning his head, he saw that the person pierced with his last attack was his own disciple.

"My dear-" He coughed another mouthful of blood as tears streamed down his face. Then, his tender gaze was redirected back at Stell's profound red eyes. As rage burned deep within the sect master, he could hear Stell.

"Good job on killing your own daughter." Stell grinned as he pulled out the dagger, watching the hopelessness, despair, and rage in the fading pupils of the sect master.

"Curse." In the end, the sect master could only mutter a single word before his life ended.

Stell silently watched the scene before smiling as he looked at the others. "What a nice play, what do you say? Brings back memories, doesn't it?"