11 Ben and Jenny

Ben was already very drunk, he ended updrinking almost half of a barrel of wine by himself.

"You are a good kid Maximus" suddenly he said to Maximus who was sitting across him with a half empty mug of some kind ofliquor.

"I told you to not call me kid. You are not much older than me" then as if remembering something he asked "Ben how old are you"

"I am 34, I know what you think, I look good for my age right"

Maximus really was surprised after all he did look young for his age

"Even so don't call me kid, and... I.... I am not such a good person." said Maximus

"Just because you killed someone" asked Ben, even in this drunken state one could see a glow of wisdom in his eyes.

Maximus almost jumped from his seat "How did you...?!?!"

"Haha, kid let me tell you something, the moment you opened your eyes Isaw it. But after killing what you felt was pain and regret right?"

Maximus though about those people and the brutal way he killed them, he started to feel remorse again.

"Maximus let me tell you a story. About five years ago there was this young lady from some small city who was going to be married into a big clan. The problem was that the young master of that clan was a perverted psychopath, he liked to torture women, and r*pe kids. Everyone knew what he was like, but they still married her off" then he paused for some time, as if to let Maximus digest this horrible truth.

"And? What happened next?" asked Maximus in low voice.

"Well after that, there were this guys who knew the girl since they were kids, he was someone with power, he wanted tomarry her after coming back from one of his adventures, but when he got there he found out that she left to be married off. He rushed after her day and night, and when he finally got there he saw that the wading was already going on. So with no other option he consumed a "Soul Eating pill"

"What is a soul eating pill?" Maximus almost instantly asked.

"It's a pill that allows, for example, an early Saint realm to have the power of a peak Saint realm. But in exchange it will consume your soul as the fuel. So with no other option he consumed the pill and killed his way in, stole the girl and run away to a far away remote town, bought a land and became a farmer"

Maximus froze on the spot, he always had a feeling that Ben was more powerful than he appeared to be, so he was a Saint who fell and now was only a 4th rank spirit Master.

"Why are you telling me this?" asked Maximus confused.

"People die every day Maximus, the world is a bad place, I can feel that you are powerful but you are scared to kill. Don't be, kill when necessary, show mercy when you have to. That brat deserved death, but he had parents and sibling, they mourned his death, even so I would do it all again. Just remember one thing... don't be scared to do something or else you will regret when you are older, just do it and live with it, after all, we ALL are just Humans and not God's"

Maximus looked at Ben and felt like something in his hearth was removed "Right we are just Humans, more power, less power, a human is still a human"

Then they both cheered but then there was a loud BOOM.

"It came from where Jenny is staying"

Both Maximus and Ben rushed out of the Pub, but they were horrified when they looked at the place where Jenny stayed. It had collapsed, dozed of people were dead and even more injured. Ben looked frantically around when a teasing voice said "Well, well if it isn't the legendary Ben "The Berserk" are you looking for this perhaps?"

Then a man wearing a black clock and a black mask covering his face appeared with Jenny, holding a dagger on her neck.

"Ben they... they got Felix, our baby she..." bang then man who was talking hit her in the face.

"Shut up you bitch!"

"Let her go you piece of shit or I will f*cking ripe you to pieces!!!" shouted Ben

"uahhh, uahhh" then from the other side of the street came the voice of a child crying.

"Well then what will it be Ben, your wife or your kid?" asked that man, he was obviously enjoying making Ben suffer like this.

At this moment, Maximus, who was on his right side said "Ben this is bad they are all Saints, especially that guys who is talking, he is a late stage Saint, I can't save both of them!" one could hear the pain and rage in his voice.

"Maximus please I beg of you save Felix and run away from here" said Ben

"Are you crazy I can't...."

But Ben didn't even let Maximus finish hejust looked at Maximus and said "Be a good father to Felix" then he turned to look at Jenny. She understood everything her husband wanted to say to her just by looking at his eyes. Jenny shouted "Take good care of my baby girl Maximus and tell her mother loves her very much" Then with tear in her eyes she used the knife, that the black cloaked men had, to take her own life.

The man who was threatening Ben moments ago was stunned, he wasn't expecting that Jenny would take her own life.

"Cross Benford, you piece of shit come at me" shouted Ben as if he was possessed by a Demon. He took a pill a popped it into his mouth, his energy started to grow at an insane rate, but at the same time his soul was also burning at an insane speed, he turned and shouted "NOW MAXIMUS!!!!"

At this moment Maximus body exploded with energy, he seemed to teleport to the man who was holding the Felix.

Before that man could even react, his head was blown to pieces. Maximus took Felix from that man's body, which was still standing and holding her he turned and saw that Ben was almost out of energy, his soul almost all gone.

"REMEMBER KID, WE ARE JUST HUMANS, SO DON'T OVERTHINK THINGS JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT IT'S BETTER TO REGRET SOMETHING YOU DID THEN SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T" then Ben body started to glow with blood-red light.

"Crap he is going to blow himself up!!! RUN!!!" shouted Cross.

Maximus eyes were already full of tears "Goodbye my good friend" He turned around and rushed into the night with Felix.