Rise of the Rejected Deity from Chaos-Chapter 149 - 148: Death Can be Solace

With his hand tensed, veins bulging along the back of his palm, nails sprouted, Kaeliyus sliced through the girl's neck in a swift motion, severing her head.

The severed head flew through the air, blood splattering across the villagers and the girl's companion. Her lifeless body crumpled to the ground with a dull thud, blood pooling from her stump, while her head tumbled across the hard ground, leaving a trail of crimson in its path.

The villagers and the girl's companion stood frozen, paralyzed in stunned silence. Fear gripped their faces, their bodies numb with dismay.

The boy's eyes trembled frantically within their socket, wide with glistening terror. The splattered blood on his face, trailed a crimson path across his features, dripping to the ground when it slid to his chin.

The villagers who had experienced such brutality and understood how savage Seiya and Kaeliyus could be, recoiled quietly, daring not to offer a word that might shift the attention towards them.

"If only you had known to mind your business," Kaeliyus seethed, his anger not yet quelled. "To stand before my Lord with such brazen audacity, to treat him with such disgrace—even death is too lenient a punishment for you."

Kaeliyus' gaze flickered toward the boy who gasped, flinching as his sword slipped from his grip onto the ground, staggering backward shakily.

His body trembled vigorously, legs wobbling like they would give up any moment as his companion's lifeless body laid a distance away.

Without a word, Kaeliyus turned swiftly, returning to Seiya's side. For he knew the urgency of Seiya's condition and how he craved rest more than anything.

But as he stepped beside Seiya, Seiya moved, walking toward the trembling boy. His steps were unhurried, his posture relaxed as he advanced. Meanwhile, the boy shook more by Seiya's approach, frozen in place by fear that he couldn't even move.

As Seiya approached, he grasped the boy's hair with one hand, forcing him down to his knees before jerking his head back, forcing the boy to look up at him. While his other hand held his staff steadily behind him.

Leaning forward, Seiya's face hovered above the boy's, whose wide, terrified eyes were frozen in fear as they locked onto him. Seiya slowly opened his eyes, revealing the deep crimson that now filled his once-white irises, a thick puddle of blood where his eyes once rested.

Seiya's lips parted, his voice soft as he spoke. "You did not see anything," he said, tugging tight at the boy's hair—his hot breath brushing over the boy's pale face.

The dawn had not yet broken, and the faint light from the moon cast shadows that kept Seiya's presence barely visible. Still, his white hair, now stained with blood, was unmistakable, as were his eyes and the weight of his unfeeling expression.

"When you arrived, you met no one but the villagers. I was not here, nor was he," Seiya said, referring to himself and Kaeliyus. As he spoke, his thick, bloodied eyes bore down on the boy, their oppressive gaze heightening the terror that gripped him from within.

To the boy, Seiya appeared no short of a monster.

"The moment you speak of what happened here," Seiya continued, his voice cold and steady. "I will find you, and I will make sure you beg for mercy—only to grant you none but torment, until death itself seems like solace."

A tremor ran down the boy's spine, chilled by an icy dread as fear replaced the blood in his veins under Seiya's terrifying gaze. He was paralyzed, unable to speak, move, or even react.

Rising up, Seiya freed the boy's hair from his clutch, finding his way back to Kaeliyus.

Kaeliyus turned his gaze to the villagers, who flinched under the weight of his stare, their attention fully drawn to him.

"This applies to all of you," he said, referring to Seiya's command—or dare I say, threat. "Should any of you defy my Lord's orders, I will ensure I wipe out every one of you till the last drop of your generation."

The villagers nodded vigorously, some bowing in acknowledgment, their gestures affirming their understanding and intent to remain silent.

"We'll make sure to value this life you've returned to us," one of the elders among the villagers, said.

"Yes my Lord, we'll work hard to rebuild the village so please do visit us a lot."

"I hope the master won't forsake us and always be there for us."

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"No words can truly express our gratitude. Please, let us know whenever you need our assistance."

A smile curved Kaeliyus' lips, his pride evident in his young Lord's actions and the villagers' respect toward him. Meanwhile, the male HS, whose companion had been killed, stood in stunned silence. He couldn't comprehend how the villagers, who had been so gripped by fear moments ago, had so easily moved past it despite Kaeliyus' brutal execution of his comrade.

Amid them all, he seemed the only one still consumed by dread, unable to shake it off.

Among the villagers, the teenage boy and girl, whom Kaeliyus had noted as distinct with an air of difference about them, watched Seiya with eyes gleaming with both admiration and curiosity. Though silent, their gratitude remained evident in every glance.

"Then, my Lord, Shall we now depart??" Kaeliyus asked softly, his tone respectful and composed.

"Before that," Seiya began, earning everyone's gaze and undivided attention. "Kael, I need you to put up a barrier around the entire village. I don't want the demons that had escaped, coming back here."

The villagers glanced among themselves, as it was news to them that some of the demons had escaped. However, they weren't so worried as Seiya, whom they saw as their new Lord had asked a protective barrier be set up for them.

"As you wish, my Lord," Kaeliyus bowed with reverence.

"Make it one that they won't be able to go out nor will anyone be able to come in for the night," Seiya added.

"Thank you deeply, my Lord, for your concern for us." The villagers bowed once again, imitating Kaeliyus' polite gestures toward Seiya.

Turning to the young boy, still gripped by fear, Kaeliyus spoke with chilling authority. "I need you and your companion out of the village so I can set up the barrier."

The boy shuddered once more under Kaeliyus' command. He attempted to rise but he couldn't even find it in him to move—his body felt frozen, paralyzed by fear.

Impatient, Kaeliyus moved closer, intensifying the boy's terror. With a swift motion, he grabbed the lifeless girl's body and tossed it onto the boy, before striding to collect her severed head.

Kaeliyus hauled the boy to his feet, pulling him roughly along as he threw him out of the village, tossing her severed head to him as though it were a mere plaything.

"Since you humans tend to fuss about this a lot, you can have the body," Kaeliyus remarked, making his way back to the village.

The boy collapsed to the ground just beyond the village, his companion's lifeless body sprawled against him, soaking his clothes in red while her severed head lay motionless nearby. His eyes were vacant, hollowed by the brutal reality that refused to release him.

With trembling fingers, he reached into his pants pocket, fumbling as he retrieved a communication rune. His hands shook uncontrollably as he activated it, sending a call to the Saviors of Humanity Association.