Chapter 39: Juan, is it you?
The universe was in ruins.
The floor was stained with blood. The air was dense, heavy... almost unbreathable. The silence was only broken by the crunch of the flames and the agonizing moans of the fallen.
Valterion was standing... but barely.
His sword trembled in his hand. His armor, a symbol of honor and resistance, now looked like a pile of broken metal. The blood flowed down his side, forming a puddle under his feet. His helmet had a huge fracture, revealing part of his bloody face.
The villain looked at him... and laughed.
A dry, twisted laugh... morbid.
Villano: Do you really think you can still stand...? Look at you... You look like a corpse trying to breathe... pathetic.
The words were like a dagger.
Valterion squeezed the grip of his sword with all his strength. His body was broken, his mind about to break... but he didn't lower his sword.
Valterion (trembled): ...no...
Villain: What did you say?
Valterion (looking sideways at his friends, almost dead on the ground): No... I'm going... to... give up...
The villain approached, smiling cruelly. He raised his hand, ready to finish it.
But then...
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BOOOOOOOOOM!
The ground exploded.
The air roared like a hellish storm.
The sky broke in two.
The pressure of the impact caused the flames to go out instantly.
The transmission, which had been cut off, reactivated on its own. The whole universe looked at the screen. Millions of people, in hundreds of worlds, held their breath.
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A figure appeared.
Juan.
There was no shine in his eyes. His expression was cold, empty, like that of a walking corpse. His black trench coat with golden details was shaken by the wind, casting a demonic shadow behind him.
His pace was slow... controlled... each step seemed to break the earth under his feet.
Valterion, with cloudy vision, barely managed to see it. His body finally gave way and fell to his knees.
Before he touched the ground, Juan held him.
Juan (grave, inhuman voice): Are you okay...?
Valterion (trembling, with a broken voice): Forgive me... my lord... I... I couldn't...
Juan (seriously): Everything is fine... now rest.
He left it with an almost unreal delicacy.
Then he stood up... and the air became even heavier.
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The Silent Massacre
Juan advanced towards his friends.
The first was Charlotte.
His arm was broken at an unnatural angle. His face covered in blood. His lips, dry and cracked, barely breathed.
Charlotte (in an echo in Juan's mind): I will always be with you...
CRACK.
Juan clenched his fists. His knuckles creaked with fury.
Then he arrived with Elizabeth. His eye was purple, swollen... a tear of blood crossed his face.
Elizabeth (in an echo in Juan's mind): We promised to stay together...
CRACK.
Then Lightning came... his leg bent in an inhuman direction, his lips ajar trying to breathe.
Lightning (in an echo in Juan's mind): The children... they need me...
CRACK.
Scarlett was the last. Her face was covered in blood, her dress torn... barely breathing.
Scarlett (in an echo in Juan's mind): I'm not as strong as you... but I'll always try...
CRACK.
Juan knelt down and placed each one next to the other.
He took out a bright blue sphere and left it on the floor.
The healing field expanded like a protective bubble.
Juan (with a trembling voice): Forgive me... for not arriving on time.
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The Punishment of God
Behind him, the villain let out a trembling laugh... nervously.
Villain: What's up, "Supreme Ruler"? Are you going to cry for them?
Juan didn't turn around.
Villain: Didn't you know that heroes also die?
Juan... turned slowly.
Villain (with a nervous but defiant tone): I didn't know that the great ruler sold...
Wham!!
A blow.
A single blow.
Violent.
Brutal.
Devastating.
The villain flew out like a projectile, crossing the sky like a meteor. His body crashed into a nearby planet, destroying much of its surface.
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The Devil Wakes Up
In space, the villain barely moved. His body was crooked, broken... but still alive.
Then he felt something.
A chill.
A shadow behind him.
Juan was there... standing in the void of space.
The cosmic wind waved her hair. His eyes, once brown, were now black... with a slight red flash in the center.
Juan (low voice, chilling): I didn't give you permission to speak.
Wham!!
A second blow, even more brutal than the first.
The villain shot back to the planet.
His body hit with such violence that it created a crater the size of a city.
The smoke covered everything.
The villain, barely moving his fingers, raised his head.
And then... he saw it.
Juan... advancing through the smoke.
The light of the fire barely illuminated his silhouette... but what stood out were his eyes.
Black as the night... with a burning red that shone like the flames of hell.
That... it wasn't Juan.
That... was a monster.
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End of chapter.
