Franklin was crying helplessly holding her severed body parts.
Just then, he remembered something Anna had said 22 days ago, the day they decided to run away.
"Franklin, you're not understanding how much I love you. Listen, if I ever die without marrying you, and you dig up my grave, you'll see it filled with blood. That blood will be from my heart… because I was separated from you, and my heart exploded inside the grave."
Her grave was bloody now, and her body was in pieces. Just as she had said, the separation from her love had left her like this.
Tears streamed from his eyes, mucus from his nose, and drool from his mouth, leaving his face a complete mess.
He then stood up and walked out of the graveyard. After some time, he returned with a sharp piece of wood in his hand.
He placed the sharp wood against his Adam's apple, ready to take his own life.
Just then, the black amber approached him and said,
"Poor Anna… do you think she would want to see you in heaven without you killing those nobles who made both of your lives so miserable?"
Franklin looked at the black amber with wide eyes.
"Don't you think it's all the nobles fault that she had to die? Do you think your friend did this? No....the society made it easy for him to take action."
"..." Franklin stayed silent.
"Did you know there was a little life growing in her womb?"
Upon hearing this, Franklin's face was terrified. His eyes were wide open, and he was gritting his teeth in horror.
"Soel cut her to pieces, maybe so he could carry her easily. After cutting open her belly, he saw a little life form. It was not in human shape, but he knew it was a baby. Having lost his mind, he thought of it as his son."
Since Franklin and Anna had a physical relationship, the story was plausible.
"He put the baby in his bag along with Anna's severed parts and tried to ran away. But he was captured. Do you know the Count Gradano's guest saw the little life form, said they could use it to make a powerful dark potion, and took it with them?"
" What..!!!!"
Franklin felt his chest was about to burst open. He held the sharp wood so tightly that it shattered, and his hand began to bleed. His eyes showed visible red veins.
"Now tell me, do you think Anna wants you to die in vain, or to avenge her baby....your baby?"
"She is a kind soul. Don't you think this world should know pain, and those who are slaves should gain freedom?"
The black amber constantly poured hatred into him. But the twist was that there was no life form in her belly. She wasn't pregnant. And the noble guest never took that life form for potions or anything else.
It was all a lie, a form of manipulation.
The black amber appeared and told him a secret, that Anna was cut into pieces. Since that was true, Franklin unconsciously started believing its words.
The amber was also trying to instill hatred in him. As it played with his mind, Franklin trusted its every word.
Just then, it told a fake story about his baby and made him emotional so that the black amber could manipulate him easily.
Since people aren't controlled by chains or force. If you give them the right emotion, they'll do anything you want without asking why.
"Franklin, you need to take revenge and reform this twisted world." The black amber said with sincere eyes.
Franklin looked at the black amber with trust and nodded.
"I vow in my love that I'll dye this world in blood and end slavery. I'll make this world a paradise where she can be reborn." His eyes were full of determination.
"Then give me your soul, and I'll give you immense power. With that power, you can achieve your goals."
"What?? Soul!! Power??"
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Dantalion, one of the 72 Demon Kings. Sell your soul to me and become my apostle."
The 72 Demon Kings are unholy beings trapped in The Chasm: the Graveyard of Madness. Unable to leave The Chasm, they wander in spirit form to find a suitable apostle.
Their appearance resembles small flames, just like this black amber.
This black amber is one of the 72 Demon Kings, and he is called Dantalion.
They can't use force in spirit form, so they rely on mind games and choose someone suitable as their apostle.
Franklin didn't think twice when the Demon King Dantalion offered him to become his apostle and gain strength.
To him, Dantalion's offer looked like salvation.
But he didn't know it was just a chain disguised as salvation.
After becoming an apostle, he went to the Count's room and killed him.
He also massacred many guards to quench his thirst for revenge. But he felt empty because he couldn't find the Count's guest who took his child.
Well, the story about his child was a lie. But he kept searching for his fake child, who was just a tool to manipulate him.
After a year, he found a group that claimed they wanted to kill all the hypocritical nobles and create a paradise.
The group was a secret orginazation called "Ataraxia."
After killing many small nobles, he had a deep thought, Killing small fry meant nothing. So he targeted the Noctvain family. But the higher-ups of Ataraxia were against it.
But one day, he received an order to revive a Soulborne. He took the opportunity and used that Soulborne to attack the Noctvain territory, hoping to kill someone from the Noctvain family.
But something unexpected happened, the Left Guardian was there. That meant someone important from the Noctvain family was present.
Franklin's eyes burned with excitement.
He ordered his subordinates to attack the Noctvain family guards when an explosion happened in the center.
But in the end, he was miserably defeated. He failed not only to end slavery but also discovered that the group he was working for was actually serving the nobles.