57 Chapter 57

"Uhm, a crazy psychopathic, mass murdering, bloodthirsty fiend" was my reply to Vito. I had no idea why Vito would ask such of me. Maybe Vito wanted me to understand his perspective now that he thought that he had won.

"Your vision is a fact, but not my truth" was Vito's reply. Before Vito shocked me by starting the his back story.

"I had been born with a deficiency, that affected my senses. I could only see everything in grey, voices sounded like noises, everything tasted inedible and I couldn't smell anything. I was fine with all this until, I saw the beautiful colour of blood, I discovered that the red colour of blood is all I could see. Can you understand my joy??" Vito asked with a hopeful smile.

I just looked at him perplexed on how the story just got twisted in a horrible direction.

"….." was my reply to Vito.

"Tsk, boring" Vito said at my silence.

"Anyway, I was excited at something new and decided to experiment with it, but to my disappointment my blood didn't work. It had to come from other people with negative emotions included, such as pain, terror etc…I started attacking other people to sate my curiosity and the new discovery's pushed me further. Did you know that I can hear clearly when someone screams loud in despair??" Vito suddenly asked me another question.

"No, I would assume that's something unique to you I guess" I replied. My natural healing had almost closed my flesh wound and I had recovered a decent amount of mind. Ready to expend it all to kill Vito by all means. Vito needed to die here, he was too dangerous to be left alive.

"You don't look like you pity me in anyway which is good. I only want to show you the difference between my truth and your facts" Vito said before continuing his story.

"Because of my condition and discovery's, I had come view myself as a defect to the world and it also served as proof that the world is an imperfect place. This is why I want revenge on the world and joined the evilus to destroy it completely and then rebuild paradise from its ashes. No one like me will ever be born in such paradise" Vito concluded his reason and goals in such a grand manner.

I was unsure of what to think of Vito's ambition and remained dumbfounded. There was an actual goal beyond just pure destruction. The man named Vito had much more layers to him than I had initially thought.

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Meanwhile back on the surface, Zald had no concern for the opinion of others. However, he had a personal promise to keep, which he was determined to fulfil.

Realizing that he had already talked for too long and not wanting to wait for Alfia and the others, he resolved to destroy babel alone.

"Stoooop" Ottar screamed, barely standing up once more. This made Zald wonder how Ottar planned to stop him while severely injured, but his thoughts were interrupted when Ottar in a burst of speed suddenly attacked, managing to strike his helmet off his head.

Shocked at first but Zald soon noticed the frustration in Ottars expression.

"Is the reason that you fight so hard ahead of me??" Zald suddenly asked. This made Ottar jolt a bit, confirming Zald suspicion.

"I don't care what you say" Ottar yelled to cover that he was shaken.

"Just how injured are you under that amour??" Ottar asked, changing the topic. This astonished Zald but he still stayed to listen to Ottar.

"I don't care about your promise or whatever but I got a glimpse of your will through your sword by fighting you. You are trying to act as a challenge for the adventurers of Orario to become stronger just like Maxim 8 years ago" Ottar said.

Maxim was a level 8 adventurer of the Zeus familia and was also its captain.

"I don't know what you are talking about" Zald said in a poor attempt to deny Ottars claims.

"Then what motivates you to go so far?" Zald asked in return.

"It is due to the shame that I have experienced at your hands and my own weakness that I curse. That is why my goal will remain to beat you down" Ottar replied with renewed strength.

"Then come challenge me and prove that there is a Conqueror within you" Zald replied.

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The adventurers of Orario started to fight back again with renewed vigour, reassured by the sound of Ottars battle. Annoyed by this turn of events, Valletta orders the release of all the monsters they had left.

"Valletta sama, there are no more tamers left. Without them, the monsters could attack our allies too" Valletta's subordinate said but she still insisted on pushing through with the attack.

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Meanwhile at the Ganesha familia manor, the battle ongoing there was intense. The addition of monsters had pushed most of the adventurer past their limit but many were still dying.

The evilus were relentless, not giving any breathing room for anyone and those that caved in due to exhaustion died by horribly being torn by monsters alive.

"Clair can you help at the gates" Dimitra suddenly asked as she was extremely exhausted from constantly shooting arrows.

"Sure, I have rested enough" Clair replied. They had taken Draco's advice and attacked in shifts while the others rested.

Despite being level one adventurers the Bahamut familia and shown it mettle and hadn't lost a single member of their familia in the chaos of battle.

They stuck together, supporting and covering for each other while some of the more powerful adventurers perished.

"I will go with you" Michalis suddenly said, he wanted some alone time with Clair. Perhaps because the battle was intense and their survival wasn't guaranteed.

He had decided to confess now because if he didn't he would cower away from doing so for a long time.

"Clair, I have liked you for a long time and I am aware that you like Draco nii. I don't know how he feels about you but I do know that my feelings for you is genuine. You don't have to give me an answer now but I hope you can think about it" Michalis suddenly said on their way towards the gates.

"Ok" Clair managed to reply. She was left flustered and unsure of what to do or say.

She had noticed his subtle glances at her from time to time but didn't want to be directly confronted with his feelings until she had heard what Draco thought of her.

Suddenly a new wave of monsters assaulted the manor, attacking both the evilus and adventurers alike.

The monsters were unexpected and soon breached the gates along with the evilus. It was truly an unexpected situation.

Clair perhaps still lost in thought or still exhausted from the previous monster wave didn't notice an incoming attack from behind her. All she heard was the voice of Michalis.

"Clair watch out" Michalis yelled but it was too late. All Michalis saw was her smile to his call.

Perhaps her smile was a way to ease the awkward tension they had earlier or an acceptance of him. Now Michalis would never know.

Her reaction was too late as the monster was a high leveled one. There was nothing a level one like her could do even if she had noticed.

He had to watch Clair's head get ripped off by a dungeon monster. Her blood splattered across his face and her flesh ripped to shreds in front of him. All that was left was the hollow feeling of loss and intense rage.

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Back inside the manor, Bahamut felt the connection to one of her familia members disappear. She could immediately tell who it was. It was Clair Strauss.

Rage filled the mind of Bahamut as her eyes glowed with intensity.

This wasn't the release of her arcanum but just a part of her passive skills as a dragon goddess. Ganesha who was beside her felt the brunt of her draconic aura.

"What happened Bahamut" Ganesha hesitantly asked.

"One of my children have perished" Bahamut replied with clarity as if the rage she displayed earlier was a lie.

Bahamut had lost her first familia in a battle with another goddess.

Perhaps because she was overprotective of her first familia, it stunted their growth and when they were faced with a difficult adversary, they easily perished.

She had raged and destroyed a lot in a battle with the goddess that took her familia away from her.

Now she had a new familia with Draco, she had decided to let them grow naturally without interfering much.

She knew someone had to pay but she didn't know any of the evilus gods except Erebus and when she finds him, he was going to pay.

"Ganesha, I will be going somewhere for a while. Watch over my children" Bahamut said.

"I will, but please the city is already mostly destroyed. Keep it to a minimum" Ganesha replied while watching Bahamut sprout Draconic wings and take off into the sky.