Chapter 164: Slash-4

"You need to take responsibility Marquis."

Marquis fanned his face with his hands while he shrugged. "What makes you think I need to? You still are under my territory. Your little bird is powerless against me, your so called little will girlfriend is weak while you cannot expect anything from that old man. Can you? Or do you think you still are capable to defeat me?" Marquis hastily pointed at Maverick who was sitting on the center of blood rune.

"you see the rune here. How aromatic it is. The smell of fresh blood sucked from a mature woman. Delicious. Oh, how I wish I could suck it all till the last drop of it, but I need to control my thirst. I cannot indulge myself in pleasure after all. You know how many years have I waited for this day? How many women have I sacrificed for today's ritual? No, you do not even have the slightest idea. So, don't foil my PLANS" He gritted out.

"Plans your ass" Severus raged at him.

"You are a pervert. You killed innocent woman just to seek your revenge. You are not worthy of being called as king."

Marquis instantly narrowed his eyes. "Who said I am not?" 

"In this entire kingdom no one is worthy if I am not worthy enough. And why the heck should I care about women. They are nothing but a piece of trash who rely u [on man. They are just like a pest who need a host to live. From food till clothing, they cannot even afford anything if not for us and then they have the cheek to defy us. Just who do they think they are? My wife cheated me and kept me in dark. She became that necromancer tribe leader ally and plotted against me. Can you imagine how I felt when I got to know that my wife is plotting against me. The one whom with I share my bed is my enemy. I thought bedroom was the only place where I can be free from the fear of being killed but soon, my worriless life came to an end. Everyday, every minute, heck, every second I used to live in anxiety. I was angry, so I made a plan, so I get rid of them. My intelligent plan not only helped me to get rid of that constant worry but also managed to kill my enemy. Cynthia died. Later I managed to gain sympathy from the peoples. I was adored as their savior. Everyone started respecting me, fawning on me and soon they started seeing me as their god. I finally became happy but as time passed, my life started turning dull. Earlier I was never free but strangely after Sylvia death I had a lot of time in my hand. I started think about her, about Cynthia, about Frost legion, about my son. With no purpose in my life, I started chasing a purpose which led me to gain key to immense power so here I am following it."

Severus heard his long, knaggy, and stupid speech without giving any expressions. "By justifying your misdeed, it won't turn into good-deeds. No matter under what circumstances you did what you did but the fact remains unchanged that you did wrong. You killed several innocent women who shared similar characteristics like my mother just to conquer her. Have you ever thought how dumb were your actions? You failed to get my mother so killed the ones who shared similar features. Forget about similar, you even killed the ones whom you found similar even when they were not. You are a beast. If you had such a lust, then why didn't you create a harem for you? If you wanted a purpose in life, then why didn't you tried doing something for your peoples despite committing such heinous crime?"

Severus soon became tired with such long talks. No matter what he said or what Marquis explained, things would not change. Everything what happened was in past now and the only thing he could do was to get vengeance for them as a justice. He wasn't sure whether he was capable enough to take decisions for someone's life, but he didn't care. He will do what he need to. He slowly stood up ignoring that assaulting pain ongoing in his entire body as he unsheathed the sword. His expressions turned grim while he himself transformed into a grave person. A drastic change occurred in his appearance as his midnight black hairs turned into silver threads while his iris turned purple. "I told you that this time I will not waste my time. You just used the women who looked like my mother as a vessel to store ex-empress soul, more like capturing it in different vessels. Each time you gave empress sylvia a new body, you harassed her. Mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Not only her but you harassed the vessel woman too. You dis-respected my mother, pride of empress sylvia and curtsey of several innocent woman's. I don't know about heaves, but I sure will not forgive you. Not even in a slightest bit." He raised his sword while balancing his stance and charged toward Marquis. 

Ha!

Marquis grinned like a madman.

"You want to hurt me? Sure, but before that you need to fight my dear son" As he said this a wide hit took place inside the main palace.

Bam!

Entire main place started shaking. It felt like an earthquake occurred but before anything could crumble, it stopped. It felt like a dream but the cracks inside the wall told everyone about the reality. 

Severus instantly snapped back but when he did, his back got drenched with cold sweat.

Maverick who was earlier drowning in loss of loosing his wife was now kneeling on his leg while he used other hand to support himself. A threatening posture. His iris turned dark and looked hollow. As if there were two voids in her eyes instead of pupils. His earlier fair skin was now all cracked up. Black lines were all over his body like veins that were bulging out. His hairs which were initially knotted up, now came loose. His black hairs were all over his shoulder while his nails grew three inches long. He looked frightening. No human emotion could be seen on his face. 

Tut-Tut!

He sloppily stood up and exercised his body. As he did, his bones made rat-tat noise. As he did, Melanie fell on the ground, lifeless. 

"Take one more step and I will kill those pests" Maverick who now looked like an awakened beast said grudgingly as he pointed out toward the cage.

Selena stiffened as she experienced a chill.

Severus felt the bone chilling aura, but he steeled his heart. "This man here doesn't deserve to live so I need to kill him" Severus again raised his sword but as he did, a loud clash rang inside the hall.

Tan!

A metal rod clashed with Severus sword. 

"I don't care what he did or what he didn't, but I am here to protect him, and I will, at any cost" Maverick lazily said as he came forwards and stood face to face with Severus.

"Are you sure you want to do it?"

"It's been long since our last duel so let's do it." 

Clash!

Clash!

Severus leaped while Maverick dodged. They shared numerous hits. Sometimes it was Severus who was got hits while other times it was Maverick. They fought like a real duel. With each stroke you can hear swords slashing the winds. The slashes were so narrow that they both were escaping through thin lines. 

Slash-slash-slash!

Sound of slashes were constantly ringing. They both were fighting at in human speeds with inhuman stamina. Not even once they heaved. Suddenly Severus felt cold in his chest, so his moneys halted. He successfully managed to dodge Maverick as well as block him, but the sudden chill brought a shiver with it. As he looked down to see what happened he noticed that his wine color silk shirt was slashed. It was so skillfully slashed that not even a thread of fabric remained on his chest. His torn shirt loosely hung on his waist. Not only Severus but even Maverick was sailing in same boat. His white gown was turned skillfully. The upper part of the robe came undone. Maverick saw that the fabric was hindering his movements, so he pushed it and threw his upper robe on the ground.

[What a pity]

Severus saw what Maverick did, so he followed his lead and he too three his shirt on the ground.

Now two bare chest princes were fighting, each having swords in their hand. As they both took their position, they looked so beautiful as if a moment from beautiful painting came alive. Selena and Desella nearly had a nosebleed. It was a blessing that no one was present they are except both of them or else it would be too embarrassing and hazardous for the health of women. They both were just intoxicating. 

[HUHUHUHU]

"Cut the crap Noworry."

[You both look hot]

"…"

"This is not the time to say things like this."

Severus was speechless.