LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 26: Own Morals
"Y-you can't k-kill me I-I am a noble!!!" seeing the bodies of these two guards of his lying flat on the ground, the lavishly dressed young man said with shaking voice as his empty threats reaches Diluc, causing the young man to laugh at his words as something in him exploded once again.
"Don't worry, I didn't kill them…" Diluc said as a pressure similar to the one that an emperor is giving off to his subject starts oozing out of every pore in his body, making the people looking at him want nothing but to kneel in front of him to show their unwavering loyalty to him.
"…Although I think it would be better for them to be crippled with the way things are going" he added as he smiles maniacally towards the group lead by the lavishly dressed young man, his smile scaring them so much that some of them couldn't stop themselves from letting out terrified and panicked murmurs and words.
"I-I'm warning you Diluc, you better not mess with me!! I am a noble!!" the lavishly dressed young man shouted in fear Diluc's distance away from him gets smaller and smaller, some of his guards even so scared that they start going behind him, as if they are expecting him to protect them instead of the other way around.
"Noble this, noble that, noble those, noble your ass you fucking useless piece of junk, you think I give a damn about you nobles huh?" as his emotion starts exploding, the emperor-like temperament collapsed and turned into that of an asura in a battlefield, as if he's a fiend ready to lay waste and create mountains of bones and rivers of blood upon his wake, the bloodlust exploding from him suffocating the lavishly dressed young man so much that his face starts turning a sickly red.
'What the hell did this fucker got in his time outside that he grows so powerful like this!?' the lavishly dressed young man asked to himself as he looks with eyes full of terror rather than the previous resentment towards the asura-like young man, all while his mind goes on regretting why he even starts messing with him this night in the first place.
"Hey mister noble, aren't you going to say anything to try and scare me now?" Diluc asked with an emotionless expression on his face as he looks down on this young man, his fist prepared to move towards this target anytime now and just waiting for a movement that will allow him to do so, his rational still in him, completely intact despite the raging anger he is currently feeling in his heart.
Hearing his question, the lavishly dressed young man repeatedly shakes his head with the terror painted in his eyes clearly showing that he will no longer mess with this asura of a being again, causing said young man to nod in satisfaction as he disperses that pressure he is subconsciously letting out to suppress everyone in this group effortlessly.
"Scram the hell out of this place now then, you're all ruining the party's atmosphere" he added as he turns around, disregarding this group completely as if there's no longer anything that they can do to him, this action appearing to be a failure on his part as the lavishly dressed young man's face changes into one of anger once again before pulling out the sword hanging on his waist, his face revealing a maniacal smile as he screams in joy while rushing towards the other young man, the people in the building trying their best to catch up with to stop his action but it is already too late.
"HAHAHAHA Diluc, it is your fault for turning your back in front of me you arrogant retard, now face the consequences of underestimating a noble!!!" the lavishly dressed young man shouted in joy as he thinks of the fact that he will finally get rid of this young man who overshadows him every time when they were a kid, being the greatest genius among the nobles of this city.
And when he thinks that it is finally his time to shine when he lost his parents due to the scheme of majority of the powerful nobles in the city, this young man continues to shine bright even among the common folks as he continues to cultivate with such vigor despite the lack of resources that his strength grew on par with some weaker nobles in the city, something so absurdly difficult to do due to the difference between the resources of them and his lack of resources.
Not to mention that now, all those talents that seems to be suppressed for nearly a decade appears to explode into fruition once again, the feeling he is getting from this young man something that he knew he couldn't reach no matter how great the resources his family gives to him, causing him to decide to eliminate such competition before it gets too late for him.
'It's your fault for being too bright' he thought to himself as he thinks that his sword should've pierced through his back now, only for him to be more frightened than he already does as the sword in his hand snaps into two, the only damage it does to the asura-like young man being the tear on his clothing, with nothing as much as a scratch on his back as if someone just decided to cut his clothes and nothing else.
"H-how!?" filled with disbelief as he looks at the snapped sword on his hands, the lavishly dressed young man asked with a completely baffled expression, his knees shaking as the thoughts of him clashing against someone he shouldn't finally sinks in on his mind.
"This backstabbing nature of yours and your entire family is really amazing, Michael, you think that after what your bitches of parents did to my old folks I will not guard against such actions from you?" turning back towards the lavishly dressed young man, Diluc said with a smile on his face as if everything is going according to his plans, as if something that he had been waiting for finally comes into fruition.
"W-what are you talking about?" hearing the words coming out of his mouth, the lavishly dressed young man asked with an unconcealable expression of horror and disbelief in his face far more intense than when he is shown of the strength of this opponent of his, as if something fundamental in him is telling him that he is screwed.
"Oh please, drop with the innocent act you little son of a bitch, you think just because I'm also young back then, I wouldn't know that your parents are the ones mainly behind my old folks' death?" Diluc said before leaning in a bit as his hands reaches out and held the lavishly dressed young man right in the face, before lifting him high in the air effortlessly as if doing this is nothing too complicated and hard for him.
"You see, while my old folks taught me all things about mercy to everyone, I do develop my own morals and principles Michael, I only show mercy to the ones that are close to me, as for my enemies, well, let's just say nothing good will ever come upon them so long as they couldn't eliminate me" Diluc added as the mocking smile on his face fades into oblivion, the mana in the surrounding fluctuating and surging towards him in an uncanny manner, as if they are willingly obeying his every thoughts and commands different from how spells are forcing mana to act according to its formula, making his display of power more terrifying and beautiful than even forbidden spells and techniques known only to the greatest of mages and martial artists.
"W-what are you p-planning to do!? I'm telling you, you won't get away with this!!!" the lavishly dressed young man said with a terrified expression as he struggles to get out of the asura-like young man's grasp, his legs flailing around while his hands are trying to remove the grip of his opponent from his face, something that he always fails to do no matter how hard he tries.
"You think so? I think I can get away with this though?" Diluc mocked as the mana in the surrounding surges even more, threatening to destroy the nearby tables and chairs if not for the owner of the building waving his hands and isolating the two young men from all the audience.
"Although, you don't really need to worry about me getting away, I won't have any intention of wasting my time with you if I were avoiding confrontation with these little fuckers of parents you have, why do you think I enter myself to this mess in the first place?" he finally added as a modest smile appears in his face, this smile seemingly more of a grateful one rather than a mocking one making the lavishly dressed young man all the more terrified about what he will do, something he is about to find out as the mana around the two of them finally stopped surging as if something is about to happen.