'The Healing cards!' Ed snapped out of his sorrow after remembering that he had some hope left He quickly checked his Inventory. He didn't have enough Healing cards to help them all, which made his heart sink even more, but he still teleported near them to try and help.
"System use Healing card!" Ed didn't want to wait any longer. If he could save even two of them, he would do it.
[Host might be misunderstanding something. The Healing card will only heal the damage that was dealt to their bodies. It cannot bring back souls.]
This time, Ed felt as if his soul was being twisted. If the system couldn't help, then they were truly gone. This was the first time Ed truly lost someone dear to him. Even in his old world, all of his family members were healthy, and his grandparents were alive. No one close to him died. All of the emotions that Ed was feeling right now made his brain go into a frenzy.
He couldn't focus on anything so he didn't notice. Ed's Sharingan was forcefully activated, and the Tomoe in his eyes started rotating. Suddenly, they merged into a square-like shape. The square started rotating as well, leaving behind copies of itself. When his eyes were finally stable, the group of squares that were intersected shaped a circle inside them with a small hole inside of it as well.
*Ding*
Sharingan evolved into Mangekyo-Sharingan.
Ed didn't even care about the notification. He stood near the bodies for a while before collecting them inside his Inventory. They were dead so they could be stored. He even took the two old ladies who were dead next to them. He recognized the two ladies since he met them before. They were one of the old people who always helped Eri and the children. 'They probably came to visit them, or they wanted to help them'. Ed was thinking about the reason the children were in the slums.
The children either wanted to visit the people who helped as usual, or they noticed the monster invasion and wanted to help them. 'They probably remembered that I told them they needed to be strong, so they wanted to save them and show me how strong they were'. The theories Ed was making were all hurting him even more. Every time he stored one of their bodies, he would remember his chats with the children. How they wanted to be with him. How they enjoyed his company, and how they laughed when playing with Suika and Raikou.
When Ed finally stored Eri's body, he could hear her voice in his head. 'You're the only family we ever had'. Tears started appearing on Ed's face, and he started sobbing uncontrollably.
[Forcefully de-activating Mangekyo-Sharingan. The host can let loose however he wants, I'll take care of healing …]. Even the system who was always distant decided to help Ed. He even suggested he would heal him, using the potions and healing cards Ed had in his inventory. The system even sealed the Mangekyo-Sharingan so it wouldn't drain him.
Ed stood up and withdrew all three of his Katana. Monsters didn't approach him while he was storing the bodies, but now Ed was approaching them. Most of the monsters in front of him were at King Establishment. None of them could even react as they were being sliced by Ed. The more monsters he killed, the more rationality he lost.
Even a group of Steel armadillos, who were King Establishment level 5 monsters, known for strong defense, fell one after the other. Ed was using, magic, sword skill, and Nen at the same time. Unless monsters above Earth Establishment level 5 appeared, Ed would easily kill them. Plus in his current state of anger, he was letting out more and more power.
By now Ed had killed hundreds of monsters, he didn't know where he was, or why, if a monster appeared it would be killed.
*Ding*
Acquired new skill: Berzerk.
Even the system's notification didn't wake Ed up. By now, almost all weak monsters were eradicated, only Earth Establishment monsters remained. Ed still continued to fight, his usual finesse in killing was gone, but it was replaced by brutality. He took many injuries, but no fatal ones. Every time the system felt he was in danger, he used a potion or a pill. Ed was like a one-man army at this moment.
After a while, the capital's soldiers finally reached Ed's area. When they saw Ed mercilessly, and brutally killing the monsters they froze in their place. The killing intent he was releasing rooted them to the ground. One of the soldiers, who had a decent cultivation approached Ed and tried to stop him. Only to be greeted by a punch to the face. The soldier was a King Establishment level 5. Usually, he would withstand a normal punch easily, but Ed's sent his consciousness flying away.
The soldiers gave up on stopping Ed and assisted him. Afterwards, the teachers of the academy, as well as Ed's friends came to help. Even the general was present. Everyone who saw Ed's situation didn't know how to stop him. They didn't know what caused him to go berserk. But, Raikou who was always with Ed knew what had happened. "Aooooooo!" Tears filled Raikou's eyes as he was fond of the children even if he didn't show it. His howl was filled with sadness, helping the bystanders know that a tragedy had struck.
Raikou, Gobuta, and Goburou approached Ed. Even though he killed the monster he was fighting, he still continued to swing his swords. But none of those slashes had any power behind them. He was exhausted. His companions stopped him, and Raikou put him on his back while going back to the academy. It was time for Ed to take a rest.
Ed was full of blood, and other liquids he got by killing the monsters, but his friends didn't care. They left with Raikou and helped him get to the academy safely. The teachers, sane students, and Ed's companions were able to subdue the controlled students without losing a single life. Making the academy safe for now. But, Ed had lost more than anyone today.
Hello everyone! It was hard to write the last two chapters, poor Eri T_T.
Btw, I will stop using 'The' in chapter titles from now on. It was getting hard doing it that way.
Ed woke up in his room. Two days had passed since his killing spree. Raikou, Gobuta, and Goburou were standing guard next to him for these two days. Raikou left sometimes to get something to eat since he needed food. "I guess it wasn't a dream after all…". Tears were forming in Ed's eyes as he was finally registering what happened.
"Thank you, guys." Ed could see that the worried expressions of his companions lessened after he woke up. He recalled Gobuta and Goburou, allowing to rest. Raikou went into his shadow, as Ed was getting ready to leave. He took all his belongings and stored them in his Inventory.
"I need to make a stop first. We'll leave afterward." Ed wasn't going to stay in this academy. Other than the friends he made here, nothing would benefit him. Even the library that interested him wasn't as appealing as before. He had the system's scan function. As long as he doesn't start the fight immediately, he can figure out the strength of the monsters.
Ed made his way into academy grounds. He was looking for either Harry or one of his friends. He needed to know what happened while he was asleep. It didn't take long for Ed to meet one of them. Hayato was at the entrance of the academy as if waiting for Ed.
"You're finally up." Hayato smiled at Ed. He still didn't know what happened to him, but he didn't intend to ask him. Bad memories are not supposed to be remembered, especially new ones.
"Sorry for worrying you. I want you to tell me everything that happened." Ed didn't want to waste any time. He had a lot of things to do now that he woke up.
"Well, where do I begin…" After speaking with Hayato for what seemed to be 30 minutes Ed finally knew the whole story.
After Ed left, Hayato and the others kept subduing the mind controlled students one by one. After finishing, they found that only 98 students were present. Norris and Ed weren't present in the scene. When Ed heard this he got an idea about how the students were controlled. Norris acted as an insider of the academy. His timely disappearance was too much of a coincidence. This could also explain why students kept appearing as red dots in Ed's map.
'If only I acted before…' Ed was blaming himself for not trying to find out why students wanted to harm him. 'If I did that maybe Eri and the children would still be alive…' Ed was blaming himself. But he knew that it wouldn't do him any good to keep feeling sorry for himself. What is gone is gone. He would get revenge, but he needed to make sure that those that remained were okay.
Hayato also told Ed that the army was able to kill the monsters. Some Heavenly Establishment monsters were also present but were killed by the general. Emilia left for her country earlier than Ed. She and Norris were from the same country, so she needed to know how the Blood sect got to him. Ed was worried about her. If the Blood sect had control of her country, then she would be in trouble.
Some of Ed's friends stayed behind to check on him. Ed met them one by one and thanked them. Then he teleported back to the castle, he needed to meet the king. Ed met up with Alicia and asked to arrange a meeting.
"You don't need to arrange anything. My father wanted to meet with you after you woke up" Ed was surprised to hear this, but he was also glad. This way he would save some time.
Ed made his way to the room where the king was at. It was not the throne room, but an office room like Arthur's.
"I was told you wanted to see me." Ed knocked on the door and entered. He was already familiar with the king, so he was allowed entre by his butler.
"Yes. I'm sorry to ask this of you right after you woke up. But, we need your help to know if anyone within the higher-ups in being controlled". Ed's ability to distinguish those affected was very valuable right now. The king was ready to pay for Ed to help him.
"I'll do it, but on one condition" The king nodded his, showing that he would agree. "I want to know the person who ordered the army to leave the slums unprotected". Even though Ed was going through a lot the day of the attack, he was still observant enough. The army was recalled back to the area where the nobles stayed. The slums were left totally unprotected. He wasn't going to leave the person who ordered this alone.
"I don't mind. But, I want you to promise not to kill him if he was one of the people controlled". Ed agreed since he wasn't going to kill someone innocent. He should be able to handle his anger well enough.
After reaching an agreement, Ed stood by and waited as the people who were going to be inspected came inside. Even the royal family was present.
"I want to know who ordered the army to fall back and leave the slums unprotected." The king didn't forget his promise to Ed. "Me your majesty. There was no need to protect those scum" An army lieutenant who looked like he was 25 years old answered the king. He was of noble birth and seemed to have a personality close to Norris'.
Ed inspected all the people inside. He found that about half a dozen was in a state similar to those who were controlled. But none of them were from the royal family. And the lieutenant from earlier wasn't one of them.
Ed took his leave and went into one of the room that he asked the king to prepare for him. He changed into his black disguise set and left the castle while using Zero sign. Then, he went into one of the rooftops, waiting for the lieutenant to come out.
Ed didn't want to kill him in front of other army officials. That would give some of the rotten nobles a reason to question the king's authority. However, no one would question anything if the man was killed outside.
Soon enough, the man came out and Ed appeared in front of him.
"You want to fight me? I'll have you know I'm at Earth Establ-". Before the man could finish his words, Ed appeared in front of him and smashed his face with a punch. He used almost his entire aura and focused it with Ko. Ed had powered up by killing so many monsters the other day, the man had no chance of retaliating.
Ed disappeared before the man's friends could even react. An army lieutenant was killed that day by a masked man. Yet no one dared to speak about this incident afterward.
Hello everyone. Ed finally has an objective, and that is revenge. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
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