CHAPTER 57: IF YOU’RE THE KING, THEN I’LL BE THE EMPEROR.

The black chakra kept spinning as it sucked in the death energy of the fog. The five broken circle in his heart broke further and finally crumbled into pieces, which was further sucked in by the chakra.

Huge amounts of death energy was being sucked in by the chakra. The amount was so huge that the layer of fog above started decreasing at a visible rate.

Intense pain assaulted Ames. His veins had turned black from the concentration of death energy inside. his heart was slowing down and skin started cracking up.

He wanted to scream out loud, but he endured and bit his lips as blood flowed out of them. the veins on his forehead, neck and the body bulged out.

"Use a medium to hold the death energy, the ’naraka’ in your body..." an ancient and whispering voice echoed inside Ames’s mind.

His eyes opened wide in shock when he heard someone inside his mind.

"W-who...a-are...y-you!" Ames struggled to squeeze the words out amid his pain, but no response came from the other side.

The pain was starting to get so intense that it became unbearable for him. But he also didn’t want to waste all that death energy or the ’naraka’. He decided to listen to that ancient voice.

Immediately he directed the naraka towards his body. Black patterns started forming all over his body and engraved itself. A circular runic pattern formed on his chest and from there branches like patterns started forming, spreading to his body, arms and even the back.

The naraka found channels to flow through the patterns and moved along it. The patterns started glowing and the runic circle started spinning as it became another whirlpool to suck in the naraka.

The black fog above kept on decreasing and finally stopped at only an arms length thickness.

The chakra and the runic circle on his chest stopped spinning and got back inside his back and chest.

Ames gasped for breath as he supported himself with both his palms on the floor. A smile spread on his face when he felt the immense energy flowing through his veins.

But his smile vanished instantly as he felt a pain in his heart. The concentration of naraka was so much in his body that his heart had stopped beating. It kept slowing down and ultimately stopped beating.

He sprawled on the floor in pain as he gasped for breath. Wheezing sounds came as he tried to breathe.

He struggled ferociously for air, but it was all useless and after a few minutes his body went limp. Devoid of any movement.

"You dying after all that? Haha! Good for me though!" Shatun got up from the throne and moved towards Ames. He could finally eat his meal he’s been waiting for.

THUMP!....THUMP!

But just when he reached Ames’s body and was about to pick him up, loud drum beating like sounds came out from his body.

A huge shockwave spread out from his body, blasting Shatun away, as he slid along the floor, making bone pieces fly around and hit his throne to come to a stop.

He was shocked at the sudden events and then his face twisted in fury upon being thrown away like that.

Ames’s body stood vertical and rose from the floor, floated in the air. The naraka in a black fog like state burst out from his chest and covered his body.

Layers of layers of fog spun around Ames and formed a floating black fog ball, suspended in the air.

Shatun was furious, seeing his food taken away from his sight. He roared in anger and jumped towards the black ball.

His fist hit at the spinning fog, but what he expected didn’t happen as it was hard like rock. Sparks flew as his fist slid across the fog surface.

Loosing momentum, he fell on the ground. He jumped again and again and kept hitting, but it was no use. Skin had peeled away as blood flowed out of his knuckles, but he kept on with his punches.

His roars reverberated in that pit and booms of the hits of his punches resonated. When he jumped again and was about to hit again, the fog parted and a hand came out.

The palm stretched open, long black nails on the fingers and a black runic magic circle spinning on the wrist, aimed towards Shatun.

A smile spread on Shatun’s lips as he could finally see Ames out of the fog ball. But his smile didn’t stay much longer as intense pressure fell on him and he was pushed back into the ground hard.

WHING!! WHING!!

The gravitational pressure fell on him and he couldn’t lift himself up, lying face flat on the bony floor.

"AARRGHHHH!!!" Shatun roared as he tried to stand. Creaking sounds came from his body, blood flowed out of his nose but he kept on resisting.

The fog ball slowly dissipated and Ames came out of it. He had now completely transformed into something else. He had sharp and long black nails in his fingers, his whole body was covered in black patterned tattoos. His hair had grow long reaching his waists and his eyes had turned jet black and two small horns were seen on the temples of his forehead.

It felt like he had transformed from a human to a demon, the devil himself. He floated in the air while looking down at Shatun, the black fog had wrapped around his body forming a long coat and a hood on top. The fog kept on moving around making it feel like the coat is alive.

"Y-You lied to me! You dare play with me!" Shatun roared.

"Follow me Shatun! I will take you out of here! Help me take my revenge! I’ll need your strength!" Ames said in a solemn voice. His voice had completely changed, as if he was a completely different person altogether.

"I am a king! A king never follows anyone!"

"If you’re a king, then I’m an emperor!" Ames said commandingly. He then floated towards the bone throne and took a seat. Bone pieces flew from the ground and combined together to form a crown which then placed itself on top of Ames’s head.

"Come under me, I’ll let you eat a lot of fresh food outside!"

"Never! you’ve betrayed me! You’ve betrayed a king! I’ll eat you whole limb by limb!"

"I did that to live! I have a debt to collect from some people so I can’t die right now!" Ames said.

"Even if you are satisfied in this pit, think about your brother! Don’t you want him to see the world, live his life fully? Or would you let him rot in this dark place forever?"

Shatun immediately calmed down on the mention of his brother. He stopped struggling and went into thought as Ames waited calmly for his response.