"I decline" Alex answered without a second thought.
"What?" Raven said, surprised by his instant answer. "How foolish could you be?"
Alex spit out some blood and answered, "I think you have misunderstood. I am not a hero and neither am I a villain. I simply work for money and the organization. And even if I were to become a villain, I would prefer to work alone."
"Is that so?" Raven sighed, about to take out his puppet before he could, Alex cut off his hand. "Ouch. I almost had forgotten about your arms."
Raven then took a few steps back and took out the puppet from his prosthetic hand that Alex had cut off in the castle. Raven then gently put the puppet on the pathway of the sewer and then took out his needle, keeping a good distance away from Alex.
"Quite disappointing, I must say" Raven said, about to cut off his head. "I thought you were better then that but oh well."
Just as Raven was about to cut off the puppet's head, someone entered the sewers by dropping down through the melting brick floor of the city. It was Ken.
Ken instantly went pale as soon as he saw Alex with no legs and on his knees. He then also saw Raven, which made it even worse and scarier. "I-I think I can be of help..."
Alex clicked his tongue and clenched his fists. "GET AWAY FROM HERE! I know you are strong but this is too dangerous!"
"But what about you?!" Ken said, startled by Alex's sudden yell. "I can't just leave you here!"
"Yes you can!" Alex said, "Run and-" Before Alex could finish his sentence, Raven kicked him, causing him to lay flat on the ground, unable to move, the sewer feces covering most of his body.
"You seem interesting" Raven said, licking his lips. "Come on, fight me. Your dear friend is about to get killed. What friend would leave him to die?"
"Don't lis-" Alex tried to yell something but Raven stepped on his face before he could. Ken seeing this, rushed forward and jumped in the air, driving a fist towards Raven.
However, Raven easily blocked it by grabbing his fist. "What is this? I thought you would stronger than that. Tch, how disappointing."
[Blessing activated]
As soon as Ken's blessing got activated, Raven got launched into the sewer's walls with a punch.
"Phew! I almost saw heaven..." Ken said, heavily breathing but immediately rushed to help Alex. "Don't die! I-I'll carry you and take you to that healer woman!"
"Ken...run...it is too late for me" Alex said, his eyes losing his color.
"No! I-" Before Ken could finish his sentence, he felt a terrifying presence behind him, which was about to attack him. Luckily, he managed to dodge it due to his blessing.
"How did you so strong all of a sudden?" Raven said, raising an eyebrow. "Oh wait...you must have a blessing."
Ken's eyes slightly widened as soon as he heard Raven say "Blessing."
"Oh, seems like I was right" Raven said, noticing his facial expression. "Anyway, let's see how long you can last."
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Jackson prayed to the blood moon for a whole minute before standing up and rushing towards Ronx, Jackson's axe already about to cut open his stomach but before that could happen, Ronx managed to block the stomach by covering it with both of his arms, adding a hard layer of blood around his arms. Which caused Jackson's attack to do absolutely no damage at all.
"The blood moon has given me relaxation" Jackson said in a serious tone, unusual for him. "Do not ruin it."
Jackson said, switching his axe and Ronx's brain with each other. However, despite literally having Ronx's brain in his hand, Ronx was still perfectly fine. "What?! How is he still alive?! His awakened may be able to do the work of a heart but surely not a brain too, right? That wouldn't make sense?!"
Ronx noticed Jackson's pale and shocked face, clearly in deep thought. "What's wrong? Am I too st-" Before Ronx could finish his sentence, he saw his own brain in Jackson's hands. As soon as he saw that, he gulped, trembled and took a deep breath. "Is...that...my brain?! If I am still alive, that means...my power? No...my awakened ability would never be able to do this...then how?! How am I alive?!"
As Jackson and both Ronx were in deep thought, shaken and in pure confusion, Jackson got a message, in bold red text.
[You have killed the being, "Being of undisclosed Reality"]
[Human "Ronx" needs to be killed once again]
[Human "Ronx" is given a new brain]
"What...?!!! I killed a being?!!?! How?! And...Ronx needs to be killed again?! Is it because I killed...what?! What the actual fuck?!" Jackson thought, dropping the axe on the floor, completely given up.
And as if things couldn't get any worse for Jackson, the blood moon's strange brainwashing effect had disappeared, causing the traumatic experience in Ronx's realm to be remembered once again, making him unable to fight and therefore, making him nothing but a lifeless human that should be put in a mental hospital.
Ronx noticed that too, though, he wasn't sure what happened to him but he took the chance to cut off his head, killing him instantly.
Ronx let out a heavy and long sigh, leaning against a building. "Why didn't I die...there? Is it because of the being? And why do I feel...free? My mind...doesn't feel heavy anymore..."