Chapter 1240 Cap 1238: Cursed Ocean

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"What does that mean, CALLIDORA!!!!!!!??????" (I)

The one in front of me was a face I know very well, his light brown skin and curly brown hair were things I personally cared for for many years.

One day a 4 year old orphan who didn't talk to anyone and didn't react to anyone, even eating was something she didn't do alone, if no one approached she would remain in the same position the whole day without showing any emotion, a child who saw the Mother and Father being murdered during a robbery at their home.

When she arrived at the orphanage she didn't react to anyone, even though the adults always tried to take care of her, but she was afraid of them, Father Mário asked me, who was a teenager at the time and still had a small body due to my horrible health, to take care of her.

At that time I had already helped take care of many children at the orphanage, helped them study, played with them, or tried to give advice when they came to me, like another orphan I was able to understand them and was also accepted more easily.

I took care of her when she arrived, I gave her baths and cleaned her bed when she didn't even move to go to the bathroom, I had to change my room to watch her at night since her screams during the night from nightmares woke up everyone in the orphanage.

I had to dress them every day, comb their hair, do everything possible for her to eat any type of food, and all the time I talked to her, for months she didn't show any reaction or even look at me, her eyes were always empty like if I didn't see anyone, but I kept what I was doing, always treating her with the affection and care of a family member.

It took almost a year for things to start changing, it was small things like her grabbing my hand while she slept, opening her mouth on her own when I was going to feed her, and looking at me in the morning when I was waking her up.

As the months and years passed, her face gained an increasingly bigger smile while her eyes regained a sparkle of life, the girl who looked more like a doll standing in the same place every day began to pull me from one place to another.

She was one of the children at the orphanage that I took the most care of and even when I left the orphanage when I became an adult, I always went to visit her and she started to take care of the other younger children in a loving way, a child who became a symbol of joy and kindness.

When I set up my gaming company without knowing if it would work, she studied to get into university saying that when she graduated she would work for me, she became my right hand over the years and I always heard the nurses talking about their visits when I came in or out from a coma during my last years.

"CALLIDORA!!!!" (I)

"I KNOW YOU ARE THERE!!" (I)

I wanted to move but I was afraid, I didn't know if it was an illusion, but I wanted it to be, I didn't want to imagine that it was real that she was here, her eyes were closed and she was wearing a white dress with cloud prints, her body was half transparent and there were small white horns on its forehead.

"Aren't you going to advance to her? I thought you'd like the surprise." (Child??)

"..." (I)

Every part of me wanted to just kill this damn kid in the suit next to me, but I knew it would be futile, rage tells lies about how enough violence can solve everything, but they are illusions easily shattered.

The girl next to me could crush me with just one hand and Callidora could do much worse than that for eternity, in those moments I thank the emotional control training that Caitlyn gave me in the past, without it I could have lost control now condemning myself same and maybe even Niryna.

"Don't say anything else, I may not be able to do anything against Callidora, but if I leave my life aside I can still destroy her damn Soul." (I)

"Strong words for a..." (Child??)

"..." (Child??)

"She ordered you to shut up like an obedient bitch I'm sure, she knows I'm doing my best to control myself right now and have a tendency to make reckless choices." (I)

I hold back my emotions as I close my ears to the empty promises of power that the darkness of these emotions promise, what I did was slowly approach Niryna and touch her face.

"Niryna... my sweet girl... what happened to you..." (I)

"I killed hundreds of people bathing in your sweet blood, you were no longer there..." (Niryna??)

Her eyes open showing a void of endless darkness while a slight mocking smile appears on her lips, her tone of voice was as light as a whisper and she runs her hands over my face.

"Let her go Callidora?" (I)

"Wasn't it just an illusion? Isn't this just one of my many provocations..." (Callidora)

"If you continue our agreement die now." (I)

"..." (Callidora)

"We both know you lie, so stop it, you would never leave her with me and you would never be able to leave here without my permission." (Callidora)

"Maybe or not, but if I decide not to follow our agreement, there is little you can do to go against it." (I)

"If you do anything against her using her as a hostage, you will never get anything from me and if you do anything against me it will be useless." (I)

She knows I'm cruel enough to myself to risk dying if I have to, and if I do anything to Niryna, she'll never get anything out of me.

"Daddy..." (Niryna)

"Niryna... NIRYNA!!!!" (I)

"Let's get this over with, it's losing its fun, I just wanted to tease you a little, don't be so serious." (Callidora)

Suddenly Niryna disappeared and the same body I knew as Callidora appears behind me holding my shoulders as she speaks close to my ear.

"WHERE IS SHE!!??" (I)

"No need to shout, she's fine, I didn't bring her just to tease you... she's the prize." (Callidora)

As she spoke we were standing still floating in the air, but the world around us moved taking me into the middle of that ocean of blood without being able to see anything else in all directions.

"I thought you needed more motivation and so I showed her, my future little girl, and best of all... she already calls you Daddy." (Callidora)

"Do you want to use her to..." (I)

"You know, I don't have the power to create and you can heal a Soul, but you can't create a Soul out of thin air, so why not choose someone who is special to you?" (Callidora)

"..." (I)

We are all just pieces in her plans, she knows that I would refuse any Soul she could choose, I was thinking about it during the days trip in the desert, and I was thinking about using the Death Taboo Hunters to find a Soul that gives way to Hell.

Now Callidora chose someone who was in her hands and who I couldn't refuse, I felt the moment I touched her, it was definitely Niryna and just that fact tied me to Callidora's plans.

"That doesn't change anything, she's still coming with me." (I)

"That's all I want, she out of here and you can be sure, I didn't do anything to her you would realize otherwise during the process of her birth later, which would cause unnecessary problems." (Callidora)

I looked down, the ocean of blood had a strange smell, it wasn't the smell of blood, it was something heavier and strange, there were also hands and faces being formed when the ocean moved.

"What do I have to do?" (I)

"Just diving into this ocean, this is not blood as much as it may seem, this is the Curse of worlds, universes and dimensions swallowed by me during its end, curses of infinite creatures that I accumulated in the same place and you need to refine." (Callidora)

"How do I do that?" (I)

"As soon as it enters, this Curse will rush to invade your body and Soul, deform and corrupt your existence into a creature that seeks only destruction, if that happens you fail, there is no going back and I will be furious enough to have to take out this resentment in someone." (Callidora)

"Then use everything you have, but don't be consumed by this Curse." (Callidora)

She puts her finger on my forehead showing how several Souls and Demons became when leaving this ocean.

Soon it pushes me down as it disappears, I feel hands coming out of the ocean to pull me and even heads reaching out biting me to pull deeper, I couldn't get out no matter how hard I tried.

"< Aura Relic: Blood of the Eclipse >" (I)

With no time to waste, I transformed my body completely into a Dragon day, I placed my Authority within my Blood Core, while my Aura Relic became a crystal armor around me, even my Holy Power I use to circulate my body guiding this cursed energy to where the Starfire is.

My mind was bombarded by voices of endless lamentation, negative emotions of all kinds surged within me and something chilling ran through my body.

I felt horrible, helpless, and full of hate, that's when everything got worse, images appeared in my mind like memories that weren't mine, there were infinite memories appearing like an endless stream.

I put myself in a position trying to get into a meditative state to support this.