THIRD POV

"Die!" Julian try to stab Damon in the heart only to be block by Damon himself.

Damon doesn't want to kill him but Julian is too persistent in killing Damon and send Damon difficulty.

And in the mean time, Glenn arrive at the place as he panted heavily and look at his father that is fighting with Damon who dodge his every move.

"Duke, I'll help you!" Glenn exclaimed as Damon only nodded.

However, Aaron suddenly appeared in front of them making their eyes went wide.

"H-how-!"

"Oh, don't worry. About your friends, they're not dead. Just tired I guess." he exclaimed while standing beside the Emperor.

Aaron look at the Emperor and form a playful smile. "Greetings Damon. Quite a surprise to see you alive."

". . . Quite a surprise to see you still blinded by the past." Damon exclaimed back, much to hit Aaron's nerves.

Aaron didn't waste anytime as he charged towards them.

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Edward slash one of the imperial knights as he manipulate their blood and turned it into a sword.

He turned his head at Gale who just arrived to assist him to fight Edan.

"Geez, you two really want to kill me that much?" Edan asked with a raised eyebrow along with a smirk.

Edward merely nodded as he quickly charged at Edan and try to slash him but Edan immediately pull out his sword from thin air and dodge it.

Edward click his tongue as he fall back then Gale immediately switch place with him to attack Edan and it succeed.

Much to their surprise, Edan suddenly vanished as Gale and Edward's eyes widened in surprise and immediately look around their surroundings.

Edan suddenly appeared in front of Edward and slash his back. However, blood was coming out from Edward, that's why he can control it as he immediately form a blade from his back by using his blood and stab on Edan right on his heart.

Edward twisted the blade behind his back, all the while sinking it deeper and deeper through Edan's skin. Edan's skin was tearing to shreds as the blade rotated, the sound of his muscles and nerves being gouged growing louder.

Edan's eyes widened in surprise while looking at the bloody blade that went through his chest. He never thought this through.

When the blade vanish, Edan sank to his knees, continuing to scream, convulsing and trembling like a wild animal and thick blood flowing freely from the gaping hole in his back chest while Edward panted heavily waiting for him to die.

Gale hurriedly run towards Edward. "Sir Univers! Are you alright!?" he asked worriedly while looking at Edward who is a bloody mess.

He cough up a bit and lift his head. ". . . I'm fine."

Gale turned his head towards Edan and notice something as he approach the lifeless second prince.

". . . He's only being controlled." Gale exclaimed while feeling somebody's life infront of Edan using his mana.

"That's what the Emperor's did. Controlling and brainwashing people." Edward exclaimed as he turned his head towards Edan. "Just because he's being controlled earlier, doesn't mean we should spare him either."

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Carlos went his way inside the original banquet hall where no one was present.

He look around only to find Adolf Bedford dragging unconscious Violette.

Carlos's violet eyes went wide as he look at him with bulging eyes. "What the fuck are you doing!?" he raised his voice angrily and turned into a beast in a split second.

Adolf's eyes widened in horror as he let go of Violette and prepare his sword to fight Carlos but there's too much difference in power.

Carlos run towards him in full speed as Adolf turned around, terrified as he started to run for his life. Looking at that, Carlos shifted back to his original form as he run towards Violette. "Oi! Violette!"

Maybe because of his voice, Violette's eyes slowly open to be greeted by his violet eyes. And what shocked Carlos the most was that she has alluring emerald eyes as her brown hair slowly turning into the same colour as snow.

". . . B-brother. . ."

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With the help of Valerian, Viola made all of the knights bow down on their knees.

"We're winning!" Valerian exclaimed with a wide smile towards Viola as the Univers knight cheered.

However,

An arrow suddenly pierce through Viola's heart from the back as she coughed up blood and everyone's lips parted as their eyes went wide.

The arrow met flesh, soft and pudgy, and made a satisfying squish as the tip of the blade sank deeper through her heart.

Valerian who notice that, turned his head towards the one who shot the arrow only to find Adolf who is grinning crazily while holding a magical bow and arrow that Valerian assume belongs to him.

"Bastard!"

Valerian immediately manipulate Adolf's body and made it twisted that his bone crushed from inside as Valerian forcefully made Adolf's head turned back and it cracked.

In a split second, Viola slowly falling on the ground as if the sky was pushing her to the ground.

Valerian who saw that, immediately run towards her and perfectly catch her as his violet eyes greeted her emerald eyes.

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Glenn who panted heavily while holding his sword, fell on his knees because of the tiredness he felt.

Damon already crushed Aaron to bits leaving the Emperor alone. But he's not the one to look down at.

But suddenly, Glenn felt something strange around his heart as he raise his hand and clutch his chest. Just like those clouds, his insides were in a chaos. A mess. Something was bothering him. Something was hurting him. Something ached inside him. Something felt so wrong, so invalid.

He tried to pin point the cause for this unexplained pain but failed. He tried to reason this unbearable burning but didn't find any, but the moment he finds it, his eyes went wide.

"V-Viola!" he raise his voice that is audible enough for Damon to hear as Damon snapped his head towards Glenn. "I-I have to go to her!" he stand back up forcefully as if he's forgetting his current fight and turned around as he slowly and immediately exit the hall.

"No you don't!" the Emperor exclaimed angrily as he tried to stop him only to be blocked by Damon.

Damon also wants to go there to see Viola desperately but he can't because of the Emperor.

When Glenn exit the hall completely, Damon stayed calm, trying to stop all of this.

And then, he was inside a void. A blank place.

"Ya-ho!" a cheerful voice greeted his ear as he turned his head to be greeted by a familiar figure.

". . . Lend me your power, Adelina." he exclaimed while looking at her.

Adelina blink as she burst into laughter. "Are you really going to use my powers? I mean, you could die!" she continued to laugh as Damon turned his head downwards.

". . . I don't mind."

Adelina stopped laughing, noticing Damon's seriousness. "Hey, are you sure?"

". . . Yeah. You didn't know what to do yet and without me, you can't do it. So I'll be reincarnated again. Don't mind it too much." Damon slowly exclaimed as Adelina observe his movements.

"Hm. . . Alright then! Don't blame me if you die!!!"

". . . I won't blame you." he exclaimed with his usual cold voice as he forms a small smile of guilt.

"I guess I can't really grant Vio to see my soul when she turned 17."

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". . . B-brother?" Violette exclaimed weakly as Carlos hold her as he forms a small smile.

"Yeah?" he asked softly while looking at her.

". . . I don't feel good. . . I'm tired." she exclaimed weakly, getting paler and paler. She can feel that her heart slow it's pace.

". . . Yeah?" Carlos asked again as tears form in his eyes, falling down to Violette's cheek.

The tears burst forth like water from a dam, spilling down his face. He hears his own sounds, like a distressed child, raw from the inside. It takes something out of him that he didn't know he had left to give.

". . . Ah. . . . is brother crying?" she weakly asked while looking at above her as Carlos's eyes went wide by her statement and notice her dead eyes, without any lights.

". . . No, I'm not. Why would you think that?" his voice cracked as he held her close.

". . . I'm so happy. . ." she exclaimed as she forms a small smile. ". . .Thank you for being with me. . ."

". . . At least let me do something for you for the first time as a. . . brother."

". . . Brother?"

". . . Yeah?"

". . . Am I your sister? . . . Sister Viola's. . . family?"

Carlos stayed silent as more tears started to form in his eyes while he held her closer to his embrace.

". . . Yeah. You're my family."

In the end, Carlos cherished both of his sisters.

Violette smiled warmly by his answer as she slowly close her emerald eyes out of relief.

". . . . . I'm glad. . . I'm very lucky." she exclaimed weakly with a small satisfying smile.

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"Violette?" Carlos exclaimed as silence filled the hall. ". . . Violette!" he gently shake her once again but there's no reaction coming from her.

Her body was lifeless in the middle of the small war. She looked like she could be sleeping but, it's not the reality.

Carlos's eyes drip with tears. The walls that hold him up, just collapse. Water drops fall from his chin, drenching his luxurious suite.

He press his head against her cold forehead that held no warmth as he trembled a bit.

"Violette. . . Univers. . ."

Rise of competition between the two household enhanced the blood lust with no distinction between the healers and those who did harm.

They acted as the right one that takes no distinction between heroes and killers, that kills them all and then wonders why the natural world and society become so unstable and chaotic.