Chapter 121 Harsh Reality

Dana and Nadea hugged each other with their eyes closed, and their body shaking due to the monster being inches away from them.

"hmmm...., come on kids, stop overreacting. I am not some bad monster that would kill a bunch of children you know".

Orun said, tying his long hair dirtied with Riley's remain backwards so his face could be within view.

He moved closer to Dana and Nadea, wanting to calm them down by putting on a smile, but he only made things much worse.

The monster meant every word he said and truly had no intention of killing the children.

His killing intent was enough to do the job of killing them the minute they are exposed to it, but they weren't because it was never directed at them for even a second, and they are being sheated from his Aura thanks to the buff skill Caren had used on them before.

The only one's bearing the grunt of his bloodlust is the Dire Hammer members, and with them gone, he has no reason to keep it around any longer.

The only reason why their bodies are shaking uncontrollably, is due to the fear of watching the Dire Hammer's killed, and not because of the monster.

"granted I did kill your friends, but that is because they are adults. Most adults are mean and cruel, but kids, kids are pure and clueless. How can I bring myself to kill such clueless creatures?".

Dana and Nadea understood not a word he said, but they feared even more for their lives due to the eccentric smile he had on his blood covered face.

A monster that could so easily kill while smiling would no doubt show them no mercy, Dana especially felt lost at her hopeless situation.

She blamed herself for what had just happened. If she had not dragged Nadea with her, if she had not deviated herself away from her group, they would not have come across this monster, and the Dire Hammer members would not have died so gruesomely at its hands.

Dana let go of Nadea, and slowly rose herself up on her feet. With tears falling from her eyes, and her nose drooling, she charged at the monster.

She clenched her fist and when she got closer to the monster, she thrusts it out at him.

With a smile still on his face, he scoffed at Dana's action as he caught her fist with his palm stretched out.

Dana tried to pull herself away from the monster's grip, not even able to shake him up or wobble his stance.

"you..., you are feisty for a kid, a fighter I presume?..."

He said, looking at her struggle to get away from his grip, like an owner being amused by his pet.

"resolving yourself to continue fighting even in the face of overwhelming power is admirable. It is indeed admirable, but at the same time foolish".

He released his hold on her hand and instead grabbed her by the collar.

"if you wish to survive in a harsh reality, you have to learn to know when to fight and when to back down".

Saying that, he lifts her up dangling her in the air, then proceeds to punching her in the stomach.

He made sure he held back really well on the punch, enough to not kill her but to knock her out.

"this is reality. I might have shown you mercy because you are a kid, but reality will not. it will shove itself in your face. Age does not restrict reality from doing what he wants, so I suggest you treasure your life more over your pride".

He carried her with his two arms, and gently laid her down on the ground. When Orun laid her down, he felt a weird substance from Dana linking to his body.

"weird...." he says as he ends up ignoring it since the substance had disappeared shortly after its appearance.

Orun turned his gaze and scanned his surroundings with his eye, feeling absolutely nothing at the bloodied scene.

He had just killed the first three humans he met after spending what seemed like an eternity in coma, yet he felt no remorse nor guilt for what he had done.

The monster had thought that there was going to be a difference, a feeling of disgust at himself since he was once a human and understood the repercussions and teachings of how wrong it is to kill a fellow human, but he felt none of those.

"It seems I have become the natural embodiment of a monster".

He asked himself with his head raised up, looking at the light permeating from above the tunnel ring.

"alright, Time to get out of here".

His mood was quick to change as he starts to scan his surroundings for a way out.

"I am guessing above is the only way to go?..., but first".

'Oracle'

[...]

"still no reply?, I guess it must be really busy with whatever it is it's doing".

He tried getting in touch with Oracle once more, ending in failure.

"i have a lot of questions I need to ask it, like what later happened to the Goblin king, and more importantly, where was I when I encountered with miss dragon?..., also, I think she called me by a name?...., what was it again?, it's just at the tip of my tongue..."

"Orun...., I remember it now. Is, is that my name?.., but why would she call me that?".

The monster kept on asking himself questions, trying to deduce miss dragon's reasoning for showing up in that white space, and for giving him a name.

"also, her reaction towards me leaned more on the side of longing. It was like I could feel a part of her seeping into me, a part filled with nothing but remorse and self guilt".

"sigh....., miss dragon sure does love confusing a person. I have no memories of ever meeting with her in this life or in my past one, her reasons for acting that way towards me, is filling me with nothing but confusion".

"calling me her son, and to lead a good life in this life?....., way to go miss dragon, thanks for scrambling my thoughts with utter confusion".

He bursted out, with his outcry echoing through the walls.

"where is Oracle when I need it. With it here, I am sure it can easily decipher whatever it is miss dragon was talking about".