Chapter 42 - Side Story 2

*creak*

The wooden door creaked as a hooded figure, wearing a robe, walked in. All the noise in the room stopped and the people in the room looked towards the figure, stopping whatever they were doing and wondered who this suspicious person is as something about this person sent chills down their spines. The figure didn't mind their looks and walked straight towards a free table in the corner and sat down. Seeing that the person just sat down and didn't cause any trouble, they continued what they were doing before, eating and drinking while having conversations, albeit not as rowdy as before and people near him moved away to another table.

" W..what can I get for you....um....sir?" a nervous waiter came forward to take orders.

" An ale and some stew would be nice," replied the figure in a rough and deep voice, his face still hidden under his hood.

" Yes,s..sir, r..ri..right away," stuttered the nervous waiter as he scrambled back to the kitchen. After waiting for a while, the waiter came back with the order and hastily placed the plates on the table and scuttled away from the figure. The figure slowly pulled down his hood, revealing a platinum blonde hair and bright red eyes that seem to pierce through anyone and see their souls directly. This is none other than Asriel. He had come to one of the cities in Marley called Liberio to see what the internment zones are like a week ago and was now having dinner at an inn, in the zone.

[ Mm, it's been a few weeks since I've arrived here. I wonder how are the girls doing. I'm sure they would be fine since I left a clone there. The world outside of the walls is already pretty advanced in technology. If it were not for that king's isolation policies and brainwashing, Paradis would also have advanced technology. *sigh* I don't understand why he would doom the future generations. For what? To atone for his sins, his ancestors'? Cause he feels ashamed of the civil wars? The civilians had nothing to do with what the people above did. And yet he sees his 'people' as sinners.] thought Asriel as he eats his stew.

[ I've also come to realize that I've been seeing everyone, every person, except the girls as just NPCs. People that are real and alive, struggling every day to survive as just NPCs. Even the girls, I feel as if I'm treating them as....... *sigh* No wonder I didn't feel anything when dozens of people died right in front of me or that I could watch Mikasa's parents die and not do anything cause I wanted her to fall for me. With my powers, one could even call me a god, yet, I use it for my own pleasures. Since I appeared here, in this world, I've changed, my deepest desires taking control of me. I guess this is what it means when they say 'Power corrupts'. Yet I somewhat enjoy this............'corruption'] thought Asriel as he stops eating and took a while to reorganize his thoughts.

[ No matter, ROB must know what I would be like, and yet he still gave me all this power. It also means he doesn't care what I do with it, although there might be some repercussions. As long as my karma is positive I won't have to worry about repercussions. No more moral dilemmas, if I set myself some rules that I would absolutely follow. If I categorized myself then I would be Lawful Evil haha.] as soon as he made his decision and sorted his thoughts he felt light, as if some sort of burden was lifted and soon, a sinister aura started to manifest around him though ordinary people couldn't see it.

- Fufu~ Welcome to the dark side master~ - voiced Ada in a sultry tone.

" Hey Ada, long time no see, I haven't seen you since chapter 4 or 5 I think," replied Asriel in his head.

- Eh?? Chapter?? What chapter?? - (Ada)

" Huh? What are you talking about?" (Asriel)

- You said something about....about.....umm...I forgot....which is odd.....- (Ada)

" I didn't say anything though, well if you forget about something, then it wasn't important," replied Asriel as he continues eating his stew.

- Hmm, yes you are right master - (Ada)

" ...." (Chapter)

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After finishing his meal and paying for it, Asriel set out of the inn to continue what he came to do.

" You Marleyans set lose man-eating titans on my island, so I shall do the same, but, instead of titans, it will be your loved ones and friends that would eat your flesh, although a few innocents will die, that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make," said Asriel with a threatening smile as he vanished into the darkness. He appeared a great distance away from Liberio and at a town near the border with the neighboring country. This town has no internment zones and only Marleyans live here, which includes high ranking officers in charge of the border control. Asriel searched for a suitable host to start his plan and found one after a bit of searching.

The next day morning, people could be seen coming out of their houses doing their daily chores and whatnot. It was a pleasant day, the sun was shining brightly, and there seem to be no rain clouds as far as the eye could see. Children could be seen running around laughing and playing, birds were singing happily and a woman who appears to be in her late teens could be seen running around carrying a basket and singing and dancing. People stayed away from her though as she seems to be singing about some prince charming or something along that line. It was a normal everyday morning, except the woman, until a loud scream was heard from inside a nearby house.

*BAM*

" Gaaahhhh.....she bit me...she....she," screamed a man rushing out of his house holding his bleeding neck. Soon he fell down and started convulsing on the ground with blood coming out of his eyes and ears, something black was also traveling up his veins towards his head from the bite wound, at this point a lot of people were crowding around the man wondering what was going on. Some call for the authorities while others were just gossiping about how that man was a womanizer and that he finally got what he deserved. Suddenly the man stopped convulsing as he laid there motionless. A brave young man got close to him to ask if he is alright and to help him up when suddenly, the previous motionless man opened his bloodshot eyes wide as he lunged at the young man biting into his neck, ripping out a large piece of flesh and started eating him.

Seeing this, the people watching the scene screamed murder and started to run away but a few men tried to get the now crazed man off of his victim but were unsuccessful. While the men were distracted, a few women wobbled out of the house, m.o.a.ning, and when they saw the men, they rushed at them and started biting them. Soon, the previous young man also got up and joined in the attack. The authorities came late as usual but they too were overrun. From then on, it was a slaughter, the 'crazed' number grew with every death of a civilian, from 5 to 6 then to 10 and then 20 and so on.

For some reason, some people didn't turn into a 'crazed' immediately after being bitten but what they didn't know is that they will become carriers and turn a few days later.

Asriel calmly watched all this from a roof of a 4-story house as he thought [ Now then, I hope you don't fall easily Marley] and vanished.