Chapter 43: The price of power
The explosion that followed the word "Chaos" was... indescribable.
It wasn't just an explosion of energy; it was a violation of the very fabric of reality. Entire planets trembled, stars flickered and the entire bi-universe felt the rumble.
But then...
Silence.
Everything was calm. Valterion, still covering his face with his arm, murmured with a trembling voice:
"I'm dead... no... we're all dead now...
Trembling, he opened his eyes.
And what he saw... he had no explanation.
The planet, which had been destroyed, was intact.
The houses that were consumed by the fire... had been rebuilt as if nothing had happened.
The people who had died in the massacre... were now alive, hugging each other in tears.
Even the stains of nothing, those frightening white fragments that represented absolute emptiness, had disappeared.
Everything... was restored.
?
Waru, on the other side of the bi-universe, felt the breeze emanating from that explosion. A warm gust that, far from scaring him, made him smile.
"Impossible..." he whispered respectfully. But if anyone could achieve it... it was him.
?
Valterion, incredulous, just murmured:
"How...?"
And then he saw it.
John.
Standing, firm, with his dark trench coat waving in the wind. His aura was so monstrous that Valterion felt that not even the air dared to touch him.
Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.
The villain, kneeling in front of him, could barely breathe.
Juan looked at him with disdain and whispered:
"Of course I'm a monster..." His gaze hardened- ...but before that, I'm the supreme ruler.
?
The atmosphere changed.
People hugged each other and cried. Parents found their children. Couples met again. And among all that clamor, Juan approached his friends.
"Are you okay?" his voice, although serious, carried a huge relief.
Charlotte was the first to open her eyes, half unconscious.
"I'll always be with you..." he whispered with a weak smile before losing consciousness.
CRACK.
The broken and blood-covered arm hung flaccid.
Elizabeth also woke up, with a black and swollen eye.
"Don't worry about me..." he managed to say before fainting.
CRACK.
Juan saw her... his face deformed by the blows.
Lightning, with his leg still bent at an unnatural angle, murmured:
"Did we make it...?"
Juan couldn't take it anymore. His eyes filled with tears and he murmured:
"Forgive me for not arriving on time...
Carefully, he lifted his friends one by one and gently left them inside the healing field he had created.
?
But the peace didn't last long.
"Is that all?" A weak but mocking voice rumbled.
The villain, still alive, crawled like a cockroach.
"Do you really think you can call yourself a ruler?" he mocked. You don't even know what you are...
Juan turned around. His gaze hardened.
"We...?" Juan whispered. What do you mean by 'we'?
The villain laughed with difficulty.
"Did you think you were special?" Unique? You're so wrong... we're millions... millions like you.
Juan approached in silence. He took him by the neck and lifted him effortlessly.
"Who are you?"
The villain only smiled weakly.
With a quick movement, Juan tore off his hood.
Absolute silence.
The entire bi-universe held its breath.
The villain... was Juan.
But not the Juan they knew.
His eyes were blue, cold and empty like an endless ocean. His black hair was falling messy, and a scar crossed his right eye.
"Surprise?" the villain murmured. You thought you were the only one... but what happened today was just luck. You're not the best. You were just... the least incompetent.
Juan, still without letting go, smiled.
"If I'm the weakest...?" Juan said softly. "...then tell me... why hasn't anyone beaten me?"
The villain tried to answer, but couldn't. Juan dropped him to the ground.
"So... this is for them."
John raised his hand and uttered a word that shook the entire universe:
"Empty."
The villain began to slowly disintegrate. His flesh evaporated, his body crumbled like dust in the wind. His screams were heartbreaking, but Juan didn't even blink.
The villain disappeared... reduced to nothing.
?
Juan turned around and went to help his friends, already recovered. Elizabeth and Charlotte tried to get closer to him, but Juan, without stopping walking, only murmured:
"Let's go home."
?
But just when the calm seemed to return...
BOOOOOM!
A colossal energy discharge shook the planet.
Juan stopped short. His body trembled and the black lines began to spread more. His muscles tightened, his skin turned pale.
"Juan...?" Valterion murmured, terrified.
"I'm fine..." Juan whispered.
And then... he fell to the ground.
"NOOOO!" his friends shouted in unison.
The supreme ruler... collapsed.
End of chapter.
