First Arc (King of Euphorion) - 51. Pearl Gate City's Downfa

First Arc (King of Euphorion) – 51. Pearl Gate City's Downfall

Once the dark aura covering him disappeared, he was already at Pearl Gate City. His eyes widened in shock, his heart was beating fast when he saw a pile of corpses scattered before him and realized the air around him was very poisonous.

'I must find Major Bernard immediately!'

He quickly ran down the corridor to the Major's office at the City Hall and found him lying stiff near his desk. Angel approached and examined him hoping he could still save him, but it was too late... even his breath was gone. He closed Major Bernard's eyes slowly and looked down in regret. But a moment later he was back to his feet and ran out of City Hall. There was no time for him to feel sad or grieved, he had to look for other survivors.

"Is anyone alive?" he shouted. He could feel the same fear when he had lost his father fifteen years ago. He continued to run down the streets that were filled with dead bodies, inspecting the shops and houses nearby while he shouted.

"Is anyone alive? Answer me!" he shouted in frustration.

But there was no answer, not even the sound of crickets or other animals, only the sound of the wind.

His steps stopped.

'I have to find survivors before it's too late!'

He extended his hand as he cast Evil Eye spell. The dark aura from his hand formed hundreds of black eyeballs that quickly spread throughout the city. He closed his eyes, focusing his concentration and let pieces of scary images enter his head. Corpses littered on the streets, inside houses, shops, tower posts, not even a single insect was alive. His head was getting heavier and getting painful, his chest was getting tight as the images flooded his head. Suddenly, he saw an image of a boy trying to wake up his father. He quickly opened his eyes while breathing heavily.

'City Square!'

The dark aura swallowed him once more and moved him to City Square in an instant. But when he arrived the boy fell on his father's body. He quickly ran towards the boy and knelt on one leg while trying to wake him up.

"Kid! Wake up! How dare you die before me! How dare you die before your king!" he yelled desperately, but he already knew the boy was dead.

"Wake up ... Please ..." he said again with a much calmer tone than a second ago.

He hugged the boy's body slowly and paused as he recalled the bad memories when his father died in front of him when he tried to wake his father desperately, when he could do nothing but watch his father die in front of him tragically, just like this... he could do nothing but look at the corpses that were scattered around him.

Angel released his hug slowly and saw the boy's condition, his lips were black, his face turned blue, his body stiffened in a seizure position. Blood dripped from his nose, ears and mouth. He looked around in silence, the city he had built for so many years had been destroyed overnight, the people he was supposed to protect were dead without a single survivor. Suddenly his chest felt extraordinarily tight.

'I'm a failure... I failed to protect my people...'

Then he stood up slowly, his eyes turned piercing cold, his hands clenched. The wave of anger took over his mind and his heart, he was steaming with so much anger until he couldn't control it. His rage ran through his veins and reached the top of his head. His dark aura responded to his surge of emotions and leaked out.

'No... I can't fall... I'm their protector... I won't let their deaths be in vain...'

His hands began to emit the dark aura that spread around him and formed a giant dome-like wall that surrounded the entire city, to prevent others from entering the city and stopped the poisonous air from spreading out.

"Whoever did it, I will make them pay! I will destroy them!" he shouted angrily.

He took a handkerchief from his blazer and knelt to take the boy's blood sample. He then closed the boy's eyes slowly.

"I'll make sure they will pay for everything, " he said with a soft voice with a sad gaze.

Then he stood up and walked away. Soon, his dark aura swallowed him as he teleported back to the White Moon Castle.

*Glossary

Evil Eye is a high-level magic spell that is used to look around. This spell requires full concentration from its user because the image pieces that are sent by each eye will rush into the user's mind.

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