Chapter 28 Oath Of Moon

"You are a good person. You could've left alone, but you didn't. Instead, you helped the kids leave as well. Not bad. But next time, focus on yourself first before thinking about others." Watching the Carriage leave in the back, Lilith commented.

" I couldn't leave them behind," Atlas explained. "My sister and I couldn't get the freedom we craved. I couldn't help her, but I couldn't let the other kids suffer the same fate. It's not their fault."

"Misella might not be alive, but her hopes and dreams are still alive in the eyes of these kids, craving freedom. Leaving them behind would've been like leaving her behind. You can call it me being selfish, trying to atone for my failure," he further added, flashing a weak smile.

Lilith could see the sadness behind that fake smile, but she didn't comment. Even though Atlas was inside the body of her master, he was still a sixteen-year-old kid on the inside who wasn't that strong mentally.

She swiftly changed the topic to something more amusing. "This is certainly going to be fun, won't it?"

"It will be." Atlas gazed at the castle with a calm smile. "Should be anytime now."

....

Back inside the castle, a small meeting between the Severis Clan had started after Atlas left. In the meeting, Lord Severis talked about the importance of the return of their ancestor and how important it was for them to locate him.

He had decided that all the clan members were going to leave the castle to go look for Ramiel. They were going to go to other clans as well to get more information. The meeting only lasted a few minutes since there was nothing much to cover.

As for who was going to go where it was already decided, Lord Severis told his men where they were supposed to go. Meanwhile, he himself was going to move south since that was the last place Ramiel was seen, according to Atlas. If only they knew that it was all a lie, the look on their faces would've been worth seeing.

As the meeting was over, everyone stood to leave. Jovan was the first to reach the door, but the door didn't open even as he pulled.

"That's odd?!" he exclaimed in surprise.

"What?" Lord Severis asked, hearing his surprise-filled word.

"The door is locked from the outside. I don't know why anyone would do it," Jovan responded, stunned.

Severis appeared before the door, pushing Jovan to the side. Without thinking twice, he kicked the door open. He wasn't the one to worry about the damaged property. If he was worried about something, it was about the door being locked. He was sure none of their servants locked the door. That left only one person who could do it— Atlas!

Generally, he would've sent someone to escort Atlas out, but he was so immersed in the shocking news about the return of Ramiel that he forgot to do that. If Atlas indeed did that, it meant he planned something!

Bang~

As the kick of Severis landed on the door, the door broke apart.

Severis stepped into the hallway. The others followed him.

"Do you all smell something?" One of the Vampires asked, smelling something strange. The sleeping gas had no effect on them, but they could still smell it, unlike humans now that they were out.

However, they were too late by now. Moreover, it wasn't just the smell of sleeping gas. Another scent was mixed within.

Boom~

Multiple explosions rocked the palace as large explosions took place in different parts of the Palace, shattering the pillars that kept the palace standing.

Standing outside the palace, Atlas watched the fireworks.

"Beautiful fireworks," Atlas muttered as more and more rooms exploded in the Palace. Before long, the entire Palace came crashing down, falling on itself.

The Vampires had just left the room when they watched the roof come crashing down on them. They all raised their hands to protect their heads as they got buried under the rubble.

The explosions still continued. However, the palace was already destroyed.

The place which had given them so much suffering for the last four years was destroyed. The room where his sister had died was buried under all the rubble, never to recover. It was as if Atlas had wiped all the remnants of the sad history, never to look back.

Finally, his plan was complete. He knew he couldn't fight the Vampires, but he didn't want to leave empty-handed. Just as the Vampires took everything he held precious to him, he took their beloved castle from them, along with all their self-respect and arrogance, which was more dear to them than their lives.

Now the news was going to spread far and wide about someone destroying their castle, which was worse than death for the Severis Clan, which held their reputation above their life.

Atlas turned his back on the castle... Or what remained of it as he started walking away. Flames could be seen behind him as the explosions continued, only worsening with time.

Another advantage of destroying the castle was that all the blood that the Vampires had stored was gone, and no one was going to know that the kids were missing since everyone could only think that the kids had died in the destruction.

This not only gave the children their freedom but also provided them with some safety cover as the Severis Clan wasn't going to search for them.

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Leaving the Palace, Atlas gazed at the beautiful moon in the sky, which looked like a reflection of his heart: desolate yet still bringing light to the lives of others.

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"Arghh!" A mighty roar came from the distance as a figure climbed out of the rubble.

Severis' clothes were covered in dirt. Not only were his clothes dirty, but they were also torn in places. He had never felt this insulated in his entire life as he did now!

"Alazar, the day I find you, I will kill you!" Severis roared at the top of his lungs. His heart was filled with flames of revenge. He didn't need to think twice to know that it was all the work of Atlas!

He was the only one who could do it. Even though he didn't understand how Atlas achieved this feat in a few minutes, he swore in his heart that he was going to rip Atlas to shreds without thinking about his lineage.

Initially, he thought that Atlas did it because he said no, but he knew that it couldn't be the case. It had only been a few minutes. Atlas couldn't have done all this in a few minutes. This meant he had prepared for this in advance. Everything that happened in the hall was probably a distraction.

Now he was also starting to doubt the story of Atlas about the reappearance of Ramiel. If that was true, there was no way Atlas would've dared to antagonize someone from the lineage of Progenitor Ramiel.

More and more Vampires kept crawling out of the rubble, in worse condition than Severis. Some of them were even bleeding. Their clothes were covered in blood. Fortunately, their wounds were slowly healing.

Severis was sure that Atlas was gone by now. He couldn't find him even if he tried, so he didn't bother. However, he had promised himself that he was going to find Atlas!

Just as Atlas glanced at the moon while walking away, Severis also looked at the same moon. "Alazar, run! Run as far as you can. By doing this, you've just shortened your lifespan. Now you'll see what happens when someone crosses me. You saw the nice me. Now you'll see the devil me!"

"This is just the start, Severis. I'll show you true hell on this earth for as long as you live for what you did. So please don't die too soon. There's a lot to come...." Atlas muttered, gazing at the moon as if he was talking to Severis.

This was just the start... The start of a brutal war that no one could have seen coming... A war that was going to change the world... A war that wasn't like a conventional war.

The moon acted as the witness of the two oaths that each of the men took about destroying each other. However, even it didn't know what the end was going to be like. Only time was to tell.