NOVEL NEXT Chapter 46: Rebellion Against Heaven - Part 33
Chapter 33: The True Death
In a place beyond time and existence, on a throne of obsidian and ashes, she watched everything.
Death.
But not as mortals imagined it. Not a hooded skull, nor a faceless specter.
No.
She was a woman of impossible beauty, with hair as dark as the abyss and eyes that contained the immensity of the cosmos. His skin was pale as the moon, his lips crimson as the blood of those who had crossed his kingdom.
From the beginning of the Earth, she was there.
When the first cell died, she received it.
When the dinosaurs disappeared, she watched.
When humanity was born and began to fear her, she smiled.
But Death was never cruel. I just did what I had to do. Life did not exist without it.
The Tournament of Death...
A simple game in its eternal boredom. Humans fought, suffered, and in their desperation, showed their true colors. Some were struggling to survive. Others, like Ryuusei, were reborn in the dark.
Why did he treat Ryuusei and Aiko badly?
Because they were different. Because she had seen their destiny and wanted to test them.
Aiko, the girl with an unbreakable heart.
Ryuusei, the demon that fascinated her.
But he still didn't understand it.
That's why he took everything from her.
Why did he erase his parents' memories?
Because family is a weakness. Because love made them human, and she wanted Ryussei to transcend that humanity.
I wanted to see it burn.
I wanted to see it break... or become something more.
Now, Death smiled on his throne.
"Let's see how far you can go, Ryuusei."
Death was not in a hurry. I had never had it.
From his obsidian throne, he played with a small sphere of energy, a representation of countless lives being born and dying out at the same time.
Her long, delicate fingers made her spin, creating and destroying universes with the ease with which an artist draws lines on a canvas.
His smile was enigmatic. Not cruel, but not pious either.
It was neither good nor bad.
It was just.
And yet... mortals feared it.
Humans had always viewed Death as a punishment.
Something that came to take away everything they ever loved.
But in reality, she was the only certainty in a world of chaos.
She did not betray.
She wasn't lying.
It didn't matter if you were a king, a murderer, a beggar, or an innocent child.
Everyone would come to her in the end.
Because Death does not discriminate.
Because Death is absolute justice.
He sighed softly and rose from his throne. Her black and gold dress floated in the air, reflecting in its folds the shadows of all who had fallen in human history.
He walked with supernatural grace through his kingdom, where countless souls whispered, asking for answers, asking for comfort.
But she didn't respond.
Not yet.
There was something else that caught his attention.
Ryuusei.
That child who had survived the impossible.
That child who had embraced the darkness and made it his ally.
That child who now believed himself to be the master of pain and suffering.
"You're an enigma, Ryuusei. He murmured in a sweet, hypnotic voice.
His cosmic eyes narrowed curiously.
What will you do now that you have tasted revenge?
Because she knew the truth: Vengeance never satiates.
It was a poison that burned inside, that demanded more and more, until there was nothing left of the person you once were.
But perhaps, that was exactly what Ryuusei wanted.
Join it.
To become something beyond humanity.
Something eternal.
The Lost Documents
Ah, yes.
The documents that Ryuusei and Aiko once gave him.
Few understood its true value.
They were more than just ancient writings. They were truths buried in history, secrets about the balance of life and death, about how everything was intertwined in ways that humans would never understand.
With those documents in her hands, she wasn't just protecting her kingdom.
She was preparing something.
A change.
Something that would redefine existence itself.
"It is not enough to rule death. he whispered. Maybe it's time to rule life.
Smiled.
Oh, yes.
Soon, everything would change.