Duke Of Absolute Darkness

One would think having the clan leader as a father would see you have the best resources and be treated with awe—in Rael's case it was different,

Scorn was the normal order of the day for him…

Walking towards the foot of the massive column,he stopped…

The presiding elder gave instructions,not forgetting to add a little insult in it,

The surrounding crowd burst into laughter,

Real was already used to this type of treatment,but looking at the large number of people,he felt intimidated and cowardly…

But nonetheless he placed his hand on the column—one breath…two breaths…three breaths....ten breaths— immediately the crowd roared with mocking laughter with such great intensity,

"So he really is worthless after all,hahaha"

"No wonder the clan leader already abandoned him since birth,he must've sensed his stupidly untalented ass right off the bat,aiyoooo,hahaha"

"Such a stupid kid,he couldn't even light up one column,such a waste of space",

The clan leader at the highest podium,smirked,looking at his disgrace for a son.

"You are always going to be trash,did you think you could escape from it??",he muttered under his breath….

Even his fellow kids at the talent assessment point,lingered and jeered at him,but all this didn't matter…,

"Mom....I'm sorry…..I failed you,",

Tears quietly dropped from his eyes,he still held his hand on the column hoping for a miracle to happen at least,but nothing did,

The pockmark-faced elder harumphed then directed a gust of wind towards real,his frail body flew back like a broken sand bag landing squarely on his hand—KACHA!!!",

His femur broke,eliciting a grunt from him,but he still didn't make a sound,he wasn't going to give this stupid crowd anymore form of entertainment…

Standing up with great difficulty,he walked through the crowd,an open space that was opened up to further humiliate him,

"Son of a whore,just die and relieve yourself from this wretched life"

"Hey you,why are you so useless",

Walking through the crowd mentally drained him,he felt like a failure….

As he walked forwards into the city from the talent assessment grounds,he had flash backs of about a week ago—"mom I have to try for you and me,we can't keep living like this..",

"I know dear,but what if you fail???,you would become a laughingstock,you're already bullied enough,I don't want you to experience anything worse than this,you're the only thing I cherish in this world", his mom cradled his face looking at him softly,she sat on a small stool in a dilapidated hut,in the servants' quarters of the clan leader's mansion…

"This is the only way to try and get out of our current situation,I must at least try for your sake",he said as he cried on his mom's shoulders

His mom burst into tears,seeing her son cry,they had suffered enough—steeling her heart,she said-"if that's what you want then fine,I hope you soar…but no matter what happens….,you're still my son,my Rael…",she looked at him dotingly.

Paning back to the present,he couldn't help but sigh….

"Was mom right??,should I have just accept fate instead of trying to defy it??,now more eyes are on me,and even the people that treated me well before would now pity me more"…,

"I hate thier pity!!,I hate the looks of pity they throw my way,arghhhhhhh",he screeched…

" they should just hate me like the rest of the clan does,at least I'll have a plausible reason to hate them,sob sob sob…",

He was currently at the edge of a cliff,devils cliff,on the outskirts of the clan leader's mansion…,

Crying was the only way to vent his emotions…

He stayed there for hours,watching the sun go down, hugging his knees.

Suddenly he heart some snapping branches from the nearby forest surrounding the cliff,

"Huh??,what could be there at this odd hour",

He stood up slowly,trying to not alert whatever was inside the bushes….

These lands had wild beasts,and he knew there was a high possibility of them catching his scent and following his trail..

Then a white shadow flashed,immediately rael inferred that the person in the bush was most likely a fellow clansman,before he could even call out to the flashing figure,he immediately felt a sharp pain in his face,punching him to the side of the cliff.

Still in shock,he quickly recovered himself and looked up with his nose bloodied,he saw three figure approaching him with a sinister smirk on thier faces…

He gasped in shock,"brothers,wh…wha..what are you doing here",with fear in his head he spoke up…

"Hah,this peasant think he had the right to call us 'brother',hahaha",said one of the three youths with auburn hair and hazel eyes—this was Alan,the fourth son of the clan leader…

There where two other youths one with dark hair and dark eyes,he wielded dark energy primarily,his name was Lucien,a first medium talent of the previous set of imperial bloods,he was the tenth son of the clan leader,

Then the last youth was a current imperial blood from the earlier assessment,Damian,with first medium talent also…but he was the grandson of a high ranking elder of the clan….

Damian spoke with palpable contempt,"he even dared to ask us what we are here to do,I think we need to teach his slut of a mother and this waste of a son an important lesson they'll never forget",,

"They are eyesores to me—literally,my eye water just looking at them….",said Alan as he lunched forward,conjuring a palm of light,he slapped it down on rael,

CRACK!!!

The sound of bones breaking rang out,

"Arghhhhhh,please my lord,please stop,I'm sorry for crossing my boundaries,I'm sorry for leaving and not coming back to serve my lords since", rael begged earnestly..

But it only sounded to fuel the desire they had inflict more sufferings on him,

'Whyyyy?!!!,whyyy?!!!,why do they derive pleasure on trampling down on meeee',rael thought in agony….

"The three brothers all had a turn in beating him,they broke almost all bones in his body leaving him barely wheezing for air"…

"Ughhh,a…..ai….air,ughh…..

Pl…plea…..es ss….a…ve…me…,"

'Is this how I would end??,leaving my mom behind to suffer…?,I though I could defy fate—but I ended up drawing unwanted attention to myself today,I should've listened to mom…'

'Why did they have to pick at an already helpless person,couldn't they let me live a worthless life at least,who would take care of my mom',these thoughts went through his head as he started to loose consciousness,his blood splattered across the nearby rocks….

The three brothers,immediately panicked seeing the state that rael was in,

"Alan what did you do??", said Damian trying to shift the blame.

"Shut the fuck up you little twat,didn't you enjoy bludgeoning him,ehh???,why act all sanctimonious now that he's on the verge of death…"

"SHUT UP!!!!",lucien roared

"Instead of arguing,between us,why not decide how to get rid of this useless shit,you know that it's still a crime punishable by cutting a limb of yours off,if you murder a clansman in malice….those rules won't change for us even if we are imperial bloods,there are much more talented individuals than we in the clan,so they won't have any qualms punishing us,"

Lucien reasoned in a cool headed manner,trying to make them see that arguing won't get them anywhere…