Imp to Demon King: A Journey of Conquest

As Luna's tragic tears smeared his chest, his muscles twitched uncontrollably.

His nails pierced his palm, and his arms twisted the air with their violent tremors. The wrathful drumming of his heart reverberated in his ears, his face contorting. Sharp teeth glinted under the moonlight, his lips curled to reveal his whitening gums as the noise of grinding teeth permeated the air.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

But no one heard it.

Instead, chaos swirled in his narrowed eyes, red engulfing his vision.

He tried to contain it, but the inferno of hate clawed at his throat and numbed his rational mind. Zepar's actions were just too much.

'To build trust with a child, only to kill her when she believed you were her last friend. To kill the only person who genuinely cared for her in the worst possible manner. How sick is your mind?'

Dark flames crackled, drowning his emerald eyes in dark as his suppressed roar burst through.

"You dared touch my Luna, bastard! You complimented yourself? I'll compliment myself for blasting you into a million pieces. Not a single body part, your territory, or your name will remain after I lay my hands on you." His hair shot up, swirling upwards under his essence's pressure. "I'll erase you from the universe. I'll devour everything you own and find a way to torture your soul for what you did. Even if you call for salvation with all your wishes, you'll never find it." His voice turned darker. "I won't let you find it."

His words echoed through the entire territory, causing the early sleepers to tremble in their beds.

The ones awake shuddered and snapped as a single man towards the source, a question burning their minds.—who could have infuriated their gentle lord so much?

In the chaotic forge, Muramasa's focus wavered as Adam's enraged words echoed in his ears. He paused, lifting his face above a piece of scalding metal.

However, he lowered it again, the rhythmical noise of his pounding overwhelming it. Time was too short if Merlin's words were correct.

Adam's fierce words reverberated into the Qi tower, where Wu Kong's bare chest glistened with sweat. His eyes snapped open for a second before he closed them tight again and hammered against his dan tian's walls. The fifth, no! The sixth tier. He had to reach it by the end of the week, or the situation would spiral out of control.

Nearby, atop Adam's roof, Merlin gazed into the starry night sky, his voice echoing a dark omen.

"Fate shattered under the spreading chaos. However, the three fates still clutch the fragments of the most important events." He inhaled sharply, a steely glint flashing in his sky-blue eyes. "I won't let them come true! On my name, Adam, you're not becoming one of them!"

In the room below Merlin, Tiamat and Mab roared in laughter as they glared at a darkened string.

Sectioned into two halves, it lay powerlessly on the desk before them as Tiamat thundered.

"You don't need fate, Adam! Walk your own path and do whatever you want."

Two chaotic pools, which forced Mab to swallow nervously, swirled in Tiamat's eyes as she passed her hand over it

SIZZLE

With a melody of sizzling sounds and swirling smoke, it disintegrated, leaving only the memory of Adam's string of fate and a burned mark on the wood.

An ugly shadow danced behind them, its twisted arms shifting and a cruel smile curling on its lips.

"You'd better not renege on your promise, Tiamat." Its threatening voice echoed with a tint of long-buried femininity. "I lost too much divine energy stealing his string from the fates for you not to deliver it!"

Tiamat shrugged. "You want to see Zeus and his little pack engulfed in chaos, dear Eris?" She smirked. "Let us stage a strife the godly realm has never known. Hahaha!"

The ominous laughter faded, replaced by Luna's soft shudder in Adam's embrace

She could feel his heavy breath and smell the sulfur permeating it. On one hand, her heart warmed for his genuine care, but on the other, she trembled as she raised her tear-stained cheeks to gaze at him.

His handsome face... It was no longer the one that made her blush. Instead, it had become a malignant incarnation of deaf rage—one that would engulf everything blindly if left loose.

"N-No." She pushed him back, stuttering, before she lunged at his neck and reached for his face through the flames. "Argh." Explore more at empire

Despite her wails and her reddening hands, she pushed through and gently cupped his cheeks.

Lips twisted in pain, her soothing voice echoed through the cracklings.

"Don't let your rage guide you, Adam. Look, I'm fine." She forced a smile and continued. "Don't take my burden away, only to suffer alone. We'll do this together. We'll conquer the realms to bring peace to every species."

However, the flames intensified and evaporated the moisture in the air as Adam exhaled a mouthful of stale air.

"Gods or demons, I'll shred you all to pieces!"

She gritted her teeth, understanding he was already far too gone. But how did it happen so fast? Love couldn't be the only answer, not with his mild natural character. It was as if... as if someone else's hatred amplified his to unnatural proportions.

But what would knowing do? What could she do to help him recover?

Fueled by her desire to save him from the horrific change threatening to engulf him, she forgot about her fears and trauma and jumped. Her legs locked around his waist, and she leaned a centimeter above his face.

Her cheeks burned in shame. But with so little time, it was the only thing she could think of, and even if she would have never done it before, she would do it now. Not only to save him but because she loved him, too!

"I'll kill you if you don't recover, you boor!"

Heart drumming in her chest, she closed her eyes and shoved her lips against his.