"You dare to turn your back on me? How insolent, I will destroy you, rip your soul to shreds and of course, accompany you in the deepest parts of hell..." Sheon who had taken over baby Henry paused, as he noticed the fear in their eyes.
'Did I overdo it?' He thought but then smiled in satisfaction. Although he only exerted one tenth of his devil present, it's still commendable that the humans are still alive.
Mr. Darkling, was calm and collected but Sheon could see how gripped with fear he was.
"At least that's what I would have said, thank your stars I have taken a liking to you." he continued.
It was a shirt time, but during the time Mr. Darkling was pouring mana into Henry, he was able to see a crack from overloading Henry's energy gate was suffering. Using that opportunity he cast a spell on Henry, which would pass his will into action, using a bit of his devil presence.
Henry, the baby has boe become a messenger, to kickstart his grand plan. Luckily, the celestial eyes were enjoying the meal, feeding off the overflowing mana to notice anything.
"I am a devil king, the ruler of the abyss. I have taken a liking to your family, and I want to conquer the world with you. Your son is my current host, but I do not see him fit. I shall watch from here, to see who I conquer the world with among the four of you, but, while I wait, prove to me that you wouldn't hinder my plan.
You're to make my host wish for death, break him until he isn't able to stand back up. Anyone who's able to achieve this automatically becomes my next host. And if you decide to ignore me, I shall come for your loved ones first.
This is the devil's game, you get to play without a choice, the race officially starts, I'll be watching you." Following the voice, the baby closes his eyes, and slowly floats down into its cot and starts sleeping again. The pressure in the room lifted.
A drop of sweat dropped from Darkling's temple. It was not because he was weak to handle but mostly by the presence–it was godlike. He had a lot of questions to ask, but he couldn't, he only understood one thing and that was enough, that his family is in danger.
He adjusts his suit, turns and sees his children greedily coughing for air, as they struggle to survive. His eldest daughter compared to her younger siblings, was fine.
"Let this be only known to whoever I dim fit." He said, turned to look at Henry and then left.
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'This isn't right. I won't allow it. I will never.' Olivia thought as she put herself together, turned and left.
~Cough! Cough! Cough!~
Riley and Raphael who looked like they were going to die as they coughed and inhaled as much air as they could.
'What was that power? A devil? Possessing my little brother? Haa...' Raphael got up and wiped the drool off his lips, he then looked at his brother who had started to sleep.
'I don't know what this excitement I'm feeling is, but I must obtain that power. I must get a hold of it. It's not meant for this world and it's definitely not meant for you dear brother. Raphael thought as he stood up and stretched his hand to help up his twin sister, who had also recovered.
'I admit that this is quite a plot twist. So what is he now, the main character? He was about to get discarded but his worth has been proven. I can't get more excited than this. Welcome little brother; welcome to your world of nightmares.' Riley took her brother's hand as they both smiled at each other and left.
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In front of the door to the ward where Mr. Darkling and his children were, a spy in disguise of a nurse was eavesdropping on their conversation. Noticing that Mr. Darkling was exiting, he teleported away; appearing inside a dimly lit office room, she genuflect (kneeling on one knee).
"Sir." She greets
"I thought I told you not to teleport into my office, just because you can." A man sitting on a swivel chair said as he was looking at the city through the floor to the glass wall of a skyscraper's last floor.
Despite his words, there was no hint of threat, anger or disappointment in his voice. It was just... normal. His figure was just a silhouette, as the light from the city struck through the window and cast his shadow towards the nurse.
"I'm sorry sir, but this is huge news and it's something that will pique your interest."
"Let it be worth it." He said
"It's about the Darkling's family, there's now a huge secret, that could probably turn into a weakness." As she said this, the man adjusted his sitting position. She had caught his interest.
"Go on"
"Mrs. Emily put-to-bed, she had a son with purple eyes,"
"Oh, those pair of useless eyes, same as his mother, is that all?" the man commented.
"No sir, after the ritual, Mr. Darkling had already concluded that he's weak and will be disowned, when suddenly a pressure hit the room. It was a power I never felt before and it felt unworldly, if not of the artifact, I would have already passed out or even worse, died." She summarizes
"What kind of presence?"
"I don't know sir, I couldn't hear anything after that but I'm sure it came from the child. I was able to use the artifact to conjure a spell to peep inside, although it was only a glimpse, I'm certain I saw the child floating, he looked like a devil. As soon as it noticed, my artifact cracked." She said raising up a wand with a blue crystal on top.
'It's the highest ranked magic crystal I rewarded her for her loyalty, even that asshole can't break it.'
"Hmmm..." The man hummed in thought. She can't possibly be lying to me because of the soul spell. But a kid's presence to break an S grade artifact, Darkling, just what have you birthed?
"I see, it's worth looking into. Get the B's search team to look into this case, but prioritize the programme we're working on." The man answered.
"Yes sir." She replied and teleported away.
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Mr. Darkling reached outside and called Charles.
"Sir." Charles answered
"Tall, fair skinned, mage type." He said and entered his car. Charles had understood what he said.
"Yes sir." Charles replies and enters the car after him, it was a mission to take on later.
"The devil's game." Mr. Darkling muttered to himself.
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Sheon is in Henry's mana world reading through a giant book, with black and golden outline titled "The Record" as he flipped and let out a laugh.
"Hahaha, that was successful. I could see the look in their eyes, they wanted me, of course they wanted me, hahaha! But that bastard, even while under my devil's presence, he still put up a sound barrier, and also the person that was outside... I couldn't destroy her magic tool.
The human realm is interesting. To think there's an item I can't completely destroy with my devil's presence. How intriguing. I look forward to taking over this world.' He said and continued his reading