We've finally reached chapter 10! From now on, prepare your psyches even more! đ„ł
In the middle of an immense darkness, a spotlight illuminated a man, with blond hair and red eyes, on a sandy floor. Lights began to turn on, one by one, and then revealed a large arena, or rather a coliseum, an audience with countless people watching, and the person in the middle was Arthur, or rather the killer with a thousand faces, the silent death, the killer popularly known as "Zero".
-Ladies and gentlemen! It is with great pleasure that I inform you that another day of our much-loved tournament governing life and death will begin. As you well know, two teams of 10 will face off in this arena, and the rules are quite simple! One dies and the other lives!
The audience shouts euphorically, everyone cheers, and then two large metal doors open, malnourished men with ravaged appearances appear.
-It gives me great pleasure to introduce the two teams! You've both fought fiercely, lost companions, but you're still committed! Today's reward will be three days of feasting! So, shall we begin?
The teams got ready, some were trembling, others were drooling as they imagined the feast, like beasts they just waited for the command.
-So, have you all placed your bets? Then start!
The men advanced, madly, the first with a hammer hit his opponent's leg, but was stabbed in the back and the man pulled out his sword, ripping his belly open, and then another jumped on his back and bit his neck and tore a piece out, and then pierced him several times with a dagger.
The fight was brutal, a struggle for survival. The audience was screaming, team 1 had the advantage with 4 more men, several men in the audience were begging team 2 to turn, after all they had bet a lot of money on them.
And in the end the winners were team 1!
-My congratulations! You've done it!
Arthur applauded. Out of 10 men, only 3 survived.
-Now, you've decided what will happen to the bodies! Will they go to the "abyss" or to the much-loved simulacrum?
"The abyss!"
"The abyss!"
The whole audience shouts, and then Arthur smiles.
-Since that's what you want! Then I'll send the trash that's been killed into the abyss!
The sand began to move in a spiral shape, in the audience a man watched ecstatically, as if he had been waiting since the moment he stepped into that coliseum, suddenly a purple glow lit up his face, a huge smile opened, "perfection" he had nothing else to describe it.
- So let's get on with the fighting!
The coliseum, a place hidden by an ancient magic that is invoked by an artifact, a secret place that only trusted people can see this spectacle, the energy of death rules in that place, and what's more, there's something scary about it. Very scary indeed. They call it the abyss, a spectacle that can only be seen in that place.
In a corridor Arthur was going somewhere, the smell of blood in that corridor was unbearable, the smell of mold also hung in the air. The further Arthur walked, the worse it got. Decomposing bodies on the floor, impaled bodies, and at the end of that corridor there was a gigantic room, it looked like a city, an underground city, but ironically it was very bright as if the sun was there. Bodies in every corner, from the houses people watched through the gaps in the window, the fear of just feeling his presence was apparent, but Arthur didn't care, he just walked as if it was something normal in that place.
In a building that is probably a town hall, and inside there were men with various scars, sitting on various chairs, and when Arthur opened the door they all got up and knelt down.
- Is that it?
The men were trembling as if there was a monster in front of them that could kill them at any moment.
-Sir! Me. I got what you wanted.
Arthur cracked a big smile. And begins to clap his hands. The man shakily hands over something packaged.
-As I said, I'll give you a wish, think carefully about what you want.
The men look at each other and then their leader steps forward.
-"Sir! We want to go far beyond mere henchmen, please let us join that organization!
Arthur changes his expression and gets up from his chair. He walks over and puts his hand on the man's face, who shivers.
-I wonder how the information about this organization got out, I thought I'd done everything correctly, but apparently there's some maritaca with a big tongue.
The pressure emanating from Arthur's murderous intent brought everyone to their knees.
-Who leaked the information?
The man cried out in pain, but then answered.
-It was... a woman!
The pressure stopped.
-A woman?
Everyone falls to the ground and begins to breathe slowly.
-Yes, boss! She had dark hair. Dark brown eyes, and she was quite short, around 155 and 160.
Arthur smiles.
-Right, take it. - He tosses a piece of paper to the man who, when he opens it, flashes a big smile of excitement. -Now go to where the paper says and talk to that guy.
They leave the room.
"How magnificent. I didn't expect anyone to find out about the Illuminatis, not even the government and church dogs managed to find out about them, I'm sure I covered every possible trail and yet this person found out... how exciting! I can't wait to meet you... so, now I have three people I'm interested in, it looks like... almost all the preparations are done, now... I just have to wait."
Who is this mysterious person? What is the abyss? I want to see you try to find out, so I want to see lots of comments about it!
End of chapter!