บท 183: Just an Act

Aaron looked at the darkening ball of energy in his hand, and a sigh made the ball dissipate, forcing the sphere's aura back inside of his body. He didn't want to do anything rash, which was pretty hypocritical since he almost unleashed a theoretically world-destroying attack on this guy. Aaron looked down towards his arms and shook his hand, loosening it up, and in this moment of distraction, the man took his chance. Aaron felt a metal blade enter and exit his skull as he looked up at it in shock. "You poor fool. Imagine falling for such an act. We may be stupidly strong, but that doesn't mean we're invincible. No human, Boundless or not, can survive their brain being pierced. Die, and go to the next planet. This one is mine, and I won't stand for another person trying to take over." He mocked Aaron, pulling the sword out, blood lining the metal blade, as Crystet and the others ran around, finally finding Aaron. The smog had cleared, so they had quickly begun searching for him. They saw him with a hole in the centre of his head, and they couldn't help but feel shocked.

"No...what the fuck happened?" Crystet asked himself as Aaron fell to the ground. Aaron was just as shocked as them. He had fallen for such a simple act. The group rushed up to Aaron, and Free just looked at him in fear. She had taken over control just as they were rounding the corner. Clair didn't need to experience this, so she'd take on the task herself. Free tried to lift Aaron up off the ground but failed. The man in the mask simply turned around, laughing. "Your friend is dead! He's been stabbed through the head! How do you feel, losing someone important to you!" He yelled out in glee.

The second after he said that, a force held on to his throat. He tried to grab at it, but all he could feel was his own skin. Aaron was on the ground, his hand extended towards the man in the mask. "I-impossible!" The man yelled, trying to grab a breath as he did so. "I stabbed you...through the head! You should...be dead!"

Aaron stood up sluggishly, and he began to laugh. "You remind me of myself, you useless fuck. You may be more powerful, but I have something you don't!" Aaron exclaimed, his wings slowly re-appearing from his back. "I am not human! I am a skeletal angel! A Skelengel!" Aaron screamed, the top half of his body's skin disappearing, revealing a skeleton with wings coming out of his back. Aaron sped forward, suddenly ten times as agile. He was sick of this person's shit. The bottom half of his body was still that of a human, just to preserve some decency. The man tried to slash Aaron with his sword as he approached, but Aaron teleported behind him, grabbing him by the head with a single hand. "I'm sick of your shit. You tried to kill me, and you remind me of myself. A shitty person with no care for who they kill. You never learned from your mistakes, and now you will pay the price of not learning from your mistakes." Aaron stated, before floating into the air, his wings as still as a frozen sculpture. "Mistakes?! What mistakes are you talking about, you lunatic monster?!" The man yelled at Aaron as Aaron continued to rise into the air. "You decided to kill people, and you obviously didn't care for who you killed. I've killed way too many people, and I've learned, but you? You were never going to learn. I'm going to show you what happens to people like you. What should have happened to me!" Aaron responded, slowly putting pressure on the man's head, crushing his skull. The man yelled out in pain, the mask falling off, and it quickly became too small to see. Aaron turned the man's head to face him, and it was not a face he could recognise. Short white hair, green eyes, a small nose, nothing memorable. "You are worse than me. I'm a monster, yet I was trying to establish good relations with humans. You are standing in the way, and it's just for selfish reasons. Well, considering how you reacted, that's what I assume your intentions are. Selfish. I'm establishing peace on this planet, and if you don't want to be a part of it, I'm going to end your life right here. You can try to kill me as much as you want, but I will guarantee you, it won't work. As long as you don't try to stand in my way, I won't kill you. Attempts on my life are alright, for they are futile." Aaron stated as the man created a ball of mana and slammed it into Aaron's face, lighting up the sky with a cyan explosion. The man dropped from the sky, and Crystet, None, Seph, and Free could only look on in fear as Aaron did not appear to escape the blow.

Aaron appeared on the ground, a smile on his face and his hand outstretched. His smile widened as his eyes flashed pink, and the man without his mask appeared in his grasp. Aaron had his hand around his throat, and he tightened his grip, which caused the man to drop his sword. "I told you that it'd be futile, but you didn't believe me, did you? You could try to kill me, but with your methods, you'll fail every single time." Aaron mocked him, his eyes going slightly black. Although, he quickly noticed something was wrong and calmed himself down. His eyes went back to their natural colour, and Aaron sighed. "I'm not letting either of those two things happen again. I don't know what was about to happen, but it was probably one of those two things.

"Y̶̯̦̾̾ǫ̶͕̦̮̟̫̞̂̎u̴͔̝͙̮͉͍͛ͅ ̴̣̫͕̝̍̀̾͗̀͒̕̕̚r̶̡̛͍͙̭̹̥̙̪̠͗̓̇͊͂e̵͕͈͐͑͊̇̅̀͝͝ä̸̝̺̤͉̹́͝ḷ̶̱̣͆̓͌͛̀̌͂̋̕l̸̯̩̩̤̬̻͒͜ȳ̶̢̼͓͈̦̜̀͐͋͑̂͆̃͂ ̵͖̺͉̯̬̩̈́̄̍́̒͊͊̚ȟ̶̙͍̗͗͆̅͒̄̓̚͜a̵̛͈͋ḋ̷̝̟̾̾͌̃̓̕͘͠ ̶̤̱̗̬͈͇͈̺̬̄̈́́͋̐͊̄t̴̨͇̀̒o̴̹͍̓̍́͊̊̆̐̑ ̴̢̦͇̮̜̣̙̤͆͆̀̚͝ͅc̶̥̅̾̕à̵̢̼̗̔͊͗̽́̀l̷͉̥̱̿͗m̷̳̹̻̲͐̀͋͛̅̅̚͝ ̴͙̟̯̼͗͛̈́̓̽ȳ̶̢̢̢̦̺̟͉̋͠o̸̩͈̗̩̍͆̑̉͌͛͘̚͝ͅư̷̭̅̅́̑̃́̃r̴̬̤̣̖̱͂̔̊̈́̉͂̉̕̕s̸̡̲͍̼̙̺̔͛̓è̵͖̦͈̠́̏̎͑͜ḻ̶̨͓͓͙̙̣̩̋̐̈́͊̑̀̋̏f̵̨̯͓̟̋̑͒,̵̨͚̯͂̽͒͂̉̈́̕ ̷̨̡̛̖̮̙̥͒̔̔̉̓̅̆͜d̴̹̍ḯ̴̳͚̻̹̰͓̥̈́̄̋͜͠ḑ̷̢̗̙̟̩͖̟̆̌̀͋̊ṅ̷͕̥̿͝'̶̛̛͔͚͎͖̹̻̎͛̈́́͐̉t̸͍͉̰̥̳̺̮̳͍̀̈ ̸̨̞̻̭̲͈̉͑̃̑͊͜ͅȳ̶̟͔͎̭̿͑́̊̕͝o̷̡̢͕̣͈͚͔͛̊̿̃ú̸̘͈͌̔͊͒̋͠?̷̛̬͕̊̈́͗͆̌̓ ̶̣͎̠͕͍͓̜̽́̃́̓̑̋̋͜S̵̥͚̎̚͠ę̵͈͉̙̓͋̈́̾̒̎̎ŕ̷̛̭̽͋̂̄̐̅͘i̴̡̯̭͇͗̇o̷̱̯̠͚͉̲̜̓̌̈͊͜͝ų̸̢̣͖̙̳̪̍́͊s̷̹̖͙̲͔̱̳̫̐͛̆͊̆̈́̐͘͜l̷̳̒̏y̴̺̹̮̟͙͉̺͂̑̚,̵̙̟̻̦̞̊̈́̀͛͆̈̈ ̴͎̘̝̣͈̮̝͑̐̈́̾I̸̢̼̰̘͐̃͌́ ̵̡̛̲̺̱̯͌͑̀̊́̇͝j̸̰͆͆͌͒̆̆͆͝ṷ̶̧͔̩̙̙̮̗̉̀͜s̷̹͍̟̭̖̋́̑͆̾̓̎͆̀t̵̢̥̖̻̭̟͔̻̠̀͑̐̍̃̀̕ ̵̖̞̝̝͉͔̤̀ẁ̷̢͈̻̟͉͔a̷͇̪͔̳̖͓͐n̶̪͈̯̝͙͚̳͐̍͒ͅẗ̶͍͕̫͔̏̋̊̄̆̑̄̏ ̴̞͕̗̩̀͒͛́t̸̟̣͚̦͓͚̿̿̂̏͐̉̀͆̕ͅǫ̵͚̟̲̾͌̊͂̈́̊͂͗̀ ̷̡̧̝͖͈̥̠̽t̴̝̘̭͈̬̋̈́̊̓͘̚ȃ̸̭̥͎͚͓̜̳͜k̶̲̰̿̂̋͐̕͠͝ë̴̜̪̼͎̺́͋͋͒̃̂̄̀͜ ̷̺͍̐̉̂̐͛̏̒̇̑c̴̢̢̫̺̙̗̗̥̹̿̌o̶̫͗̌͗͛̅̊̕͝n̴̛̛̝͇͎̝̭̲̺̮͝ͅt̸͚͐r̸̪̭̻̱̹̺̱̍̌̿̓̓̾͒͘͝ö̶͍̱̲͖͍̪̲͓̦́̎̐͊̐͆̂l̷̪̪̯̩̰͆̈.̷̧͕̮̥̈́͊̊̚͝ ̸͖̗̙͕̐̐̿̈́͆͛̆͌̿"

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̴̛͚̘̯̣̘̄̿̋̆̇̊́̒"H̷̡̧̗͍͎̳͑͂̓̍̄͠ͅȩ̷̢͓̗̄͒̓̄̃̊̍͝r̸̭̞̯̭̎̈́̇̂̈́̽̏̔͂ẻ̶̤̮̙̘͚̩̽ͅ,̴͓̙̥̓̎̈́̉͋ ̴̡̡̮̳̲͆͐͐I̶͕͇͗̓̈́̅̈̅̅͝ ̶̹̯̊̈́ͅh̶͎̒͗͐̀͌̕ă̵̰̰͖̼͊͊̈́͐v̴̧̟̰̑͛̂̉̕ͅȩ̶̛͕̅́̉̐́̈́̄̀͜ ̵̨̟̞̻̍̿a̸͍̠͚͎͈̫͗͊̀̅̀̊̋ͅ ̴̢̤̝̻̙͉͕̝̐p̴̝̊͊̀͂̊̊̚r̴̢̨̦͎̘̥̒̎̂̕ŏ̸͉̭̩̯͚̲̮̺̜̉͑̅̄́̾̈́̎p̵̧̨̛̛̙̪͖̪͚̋̃̽͒̆͜͝ó̶̻̫̯̼̲̟́̊͜ş̷̰̺̰̭̪̎̀͑̋̓͑͠ĭ̵͕͊ţ̶͈̩͉͊̔̓i̸̛͙̹͎̱̇̾̎̅͐̈́̒͝ó̴̤̺͉͙̪̲̦͌́̀̆̀́͋͆n̴̖̹͔̗̝͈̾͑̈́̀͘ ̸̺̞̰̉́̚f̴̗̼͎̹͓̝͇̫͑͐̓͛ō̵̢͍͙̭͎͗̿́̋̄͜r̸̤͎̦̖͉̒̀̓̐̅̍ ̴͉͇̦̖̳̪̽̌̇͊̀̂̾̕ý̴̟̭̫̦̜͔̇̏͒̚̕͠ō̷͎͕̜̞̗̤̪̦͗́̽̆̑̽͝ȗ̷̝̟̳͔͍͎̺̯͕̓̂̓,̶͕̲̭̩͋̈͒́̾̀͝ ̵̺̩̰͈̲͂͛̃̎̽͂Ä̸̬͈͍̦̮̮̱́̌́͒̌͊̒̈ȃ̴̩̠̟͗͑̍r̶̢͇̦̤̖̫̝̹͖̄͂͝ô̸̧͚̆́͆͐̽͝ņ̵̛́̃̉̓̏ ̸̢̞̻̝̺̎S̵͙̞̼̍͌̎͋̃̊̊̄t̴̩̋͑́͑̂ǫ̴̮̹̝̠̱͔̖̓̿̓͘ṋ̸͕͚̉͂̔̉̀̕͘͜͠͝ē̶̡̛̮̙̊̇̀̀̊͋̕.̴̰͈̰̫͑͘ ̷̹̪̤̬̮̈́͝T̴̰̈́̍̈́̀͐ấ̷̡̜̠̤͇͈̎͒l̴̛̦̙̩͛̉̊̚̕͘k̸̙̬̋̒͌̕͝ ̵̦̗̱͆͛͌t̴̨̧̳͇̻̭͔́͘o̷͍͍̪̮͎̝͓̺͋́̉̑̋̂̾̍͝ͅ ̷̛̳̝͚̐̒͌̃m̸̧̘̝̌̒̀͛̆̈́̀̚e̶̻͉͌̓̌̑̾,̵̻̱̑̉̓̍̑͜ ̸̝̘͓̍͂̅̔̋͆̀̆a̷̖̭̻̙͔̩͆͝͠ǹ̶̨̂͂̽͋͝d̴̼̎̔̏̒͋̐͝ ̴̜̪̪̘͎̣̮̜͛̈́̅͋͋͐͂͆͜w̸̺̑̕͝ȩ̸̧̨̪̳̺̱̻̓̌̆ ̸̛̠̤̓́̊̊̓̾͠ç̵͓̱̖̓a̴̲̯̜͚͉̾̽͌̕̚n̴̛̫̮̟̻͈̔̅̋͛͐̿̐ ̵̡͍̣̀̓m̴͙̯̺̺͕̆̓ͅà̶̙͙̥͛y̷̲̜̦̝̗̻̦̪͉̆̎̈̈́̆̋̈́̎b̵̧̘͖͂̽e̵͉͖̰͊̅͐͠ ̴̡͖̥̯̩̔̿̒͂̑̎̓̓m̷̝̥͕̀̀͝a̷̧̢̼̗͙̍̐̀ḱ̶̼͕̭̹̭̓̆̚͝e̶̥̜̖̟͇̮͋͋̍͑͂̅ ̶̥͇̞̥̟̒́͊̃̔͗̌͊͝a̸̮̓̋̒͑̏̄͊̽̕ ̸̨̢̟̫̐̌̏̈́̆d̴̳̟̘͔͚͗̏ȩ̵͉̲̙͇̘̮̳̟̏̏̽ä̶̼̳͖̥̈́͆l̴͉̩͖͎̀̂.̴̢̖̙̦̭̜̺͉̒ ̶̧̧̹̬̞͔̰̋͒̓̉͜A̶͎͖̠̹̼͙̻̓̾̇̓̈͊͆͝f̵͍̻͕͍̖̮̩̌t̷̠͍̗̽͊̆̇̆̏̔̈́ę̷̛͓̖̥̞̬̩̌͊̾̀r̸̛̬͍̞͖̮̗̤͖̻̓̔̈́͑͑̏̀̎ ̵̼̌a̶̡̤̗̞͑̽l̶̨̧̧̛̙̪̠̱̫̪̄̈́̀̃̍́͘̕l̷͉̲̼̃̀͌̉̄̓̿,̶͉̘̈́̽ ̷͋̈́͒̆ͅI̵̡̡̻̅̎́́͆̆́̄ ̴̝͍̈̅͌͌a̸̻͐̂́͘͘m̴̱̦̉ ̵̝̪̥͙͙̖͓̽̇̈͜y̷̡̏̏́̈́̉̃͜͝͠ö̶̖̭̭̹͍́ͅṷ̵̜͔̩͇͇͋̋́͆͘r̴͔̹̬̊̓̔̍̌̚͜ ̷̛̹̬̳̗͛̀̐̉̓̔͜͜ͅs̷̡̩͈̙̬͍̣͉͓̀̑͑͂ȯ̴̫͇͚̻̠̫̕̕ụ̷͇̺͋́̆̔̈́̀̌͌ḽ̴̢͚̘̤̱̩̣͙̇.̵̧̘̰͍̳͉̀̀̿̿͐͂̓̐ ̶̧͉̻͎̣͂̋͌͜ͅḬ̴͋̃͛̋̔̅̆̌ ̷̡̞͖͕̰͙̤̀̑̆̔̀̿̏͐̕ͅa̷̛̙̣͖͕̭͇̮̗͋̉̐̃ͅm̸̛̟͈͎̠͙̪̈́̅͊̆̏͘ ̶̧̛̳̥̥̖͓̀̅̎t̸̨̝̲͇͇̭̒̋͒̑͝h̶̨̛͙̱̤̦̘̃̌̿̕͠ͅͅe̷̟̣̋͊̊͐ ̴̯̺̈́̎͛̀̎̎̓͋s̶̭̄̈́̂̎̐̅͛̍ơ̵̪͒͛̑̆ū̷̫̖̺͇̰͊̈̐l̶̥̭̰̩̥̥̋̈́̄̓̈́̓͐̕ ̵̨̑t̸̡͕̤̘̯̗͈̘̬̆̈̈́̽̈́h̴͈̱̐́̓͘a̴̼͈͕̾̅͛̚t̸͕͍͈͌͗́ ̶̻̘͈͗̊͗͊̒͝ͅy̸̨̬̦̣̦͇̳͍̓̅o̸̢͙̲̼̚͠ư̶̪͇̼̞̺͉͕͂͝͠ ̴̨̣̞͊̐̐̈̔͒͜s̷͓̦̖̾ȕ̴͉̟̭͐̒ͅp̷͕̻͓͎̫͐̍̎͋́̽p̵̨͍̯̅́̒͋̓̕̕͝o̴̧̧͚̲̹̜̮̥̓͂͑̓́͒͠s̵̢̧͖̥̖̦̻̯͒̏̿̚ë̵͙̺́͛͠ḑ̵̘̝̰̝̖̉̄̎̅̉̚l̶͎̩̼̞̺̈͋͊͒͑̆ŷ̵͉͚̭̖̳͇͎̞̌̊̂̏̋ ̴̩͈̰̲̓̂͐͒͌͗́͗̄c̶̢̳͚͍̭͚̬͍̦̑̀̈́̂͝ō̴͕͓͓̓ņ̵̛̠͈̝͎͌̾͌͑͐͘ͅt̶̲̹͗̀̾̃̕͜r̶̻̪͉͇̈́͐̍͜ö̴̢͉̗̰̪̘̲̲͔̐̈͊ļ̴̪̯̖̘͍͙͋̍͒̄.̵̮̽"