As he approached without hesitation, Ryan stopped abruptly.
The Duke retreated.
And the two sons, Elliott and David, were standing to the left and right of the Duke, who also hesitated and stepped back.
Ironically, it was ordinary guards who bravely stood in the way instead of those who were expected to protect his father first.
“Is this... right?”
Ryan muttered dejectedly.
"Father, turn off your superpower."
Infinitely helpless, infinitely easy.
Ryan was not happy about that fact at all.
"I told you to put up a little fight. How can you surrender like this the moment you see my face..."
Ryan, who had been muttering weakly, suddenly shouted in anger.
"Damn it!!! I was stuck in jail for 12 years, and after that, I worked my ass off for another 8 years just to get revenge!!! I gave my whole life!!!"
"..."
"Bring it on! Don't just think about dying like an idiot; put up a fight!!!"
However, the operation did not respond.
A suffocating silence, with only Ryan's scream echoing.
Even at this very moment, those with supernatural abilities are likely trying to exert their powers ceaselessly, but the control remains unbroken.
"Ha..."
Ryan let out a hollow sigh.
Only then did the Duke open his mouth.
"Ryan, calm down and talk to Father..."
"Shut up before I rip your mouth off."
Ryan, having shouted fiercely, approached the mercenaries.
After receiving a gun from one of them.
Clap.
Pulled the slide.
And he protected the ability users and gestured toward the escorts.
"Run away if you don't want to die."
The guards hesitated, but did not obey Ryan's order.
Ryan spoke to the Duke this time.
"Please clean this up."
“Listen.”
The Duke's permission was granted without a moment's hesitation.
Elliott was shocked.
"Father, seriously, why are you doing this!"
He realized through a series of situations that Ryan was a person with supernatural abilities, but he did not seem to understand his father's reaction of helplessly giving up his life.
However, Nike, who had been watching, vaguely guessed Ryan's special ability by then and realized that the Duke's choice was the best.
Whether you relinquish control of this ability or not, you die.
In that case, it would be best to try to talk to Ryan while trying to please him.
The guards fled at the Duke's command, leaving the superpowered individuals completely unprotected.
Then.
Sreung.
Someone drew a sword and stepped forward.
The one who took the place of the guards was the family's knight commander.
Alexander Wassenberg.
He is the only one among the superpowered individuals who knows how to use a sword.
“Ugh.”
Ryan sighed as he looked at him, then turned his gaze to Elliott as if he had no interest and gave an order.
“Kneel down.”
"What?!"
Elliott got angry, but...
"Kneel.”
The Duke gaped in disbelief as Ryan repeated his command.
He soon knelt before Ryan with a miserable expression. Ryan aimed the gun at Elliott's head.
“Ryan!”
A shrill voice flew in.
It was Diana hiding, clinging tightly to Alexander's back.
"Ah, shoot Father! Father!"
She pointed at the Duke and shouted.
Ryan stared at his sister for a moment, then let out a chuckle.
"Family love is screwed."
"..."
At that moment, Diana's face turned red with embarrassment.
"The person I wanted to take revenge on the most was my father, but I have held back and kept him alive until now. The reason is that he was the leash for these monster bastards."
Ryan nodded with his gun, pointing at Elliott, and spoke.
The Duke is the only human capable of controlling those with supernatural abilities. If he dies, all of them will be free. It will likely become a complete lawless free-for-all.
The reason he was kept alive until the very end was that Ryan did not want unnecessary sacrifices.
Just as he made all the civilian escorts flee a moment ago.
"Do you think your brothers will save your sister if you kill Father first to undo the incapacitation? You have absolutely no common sense."
"..."
"Actually, that would be easier for me. But if it ends that easily, my 20 years of working my ass off would feel so meaningless, wouldn't it?"
He seemed merciful at first glance, yet at the same time was terribly cruel.
"From now on, I will send you one by one."
Crash.
"Open your eyes wide and watch carefully, Father, as the children's heads explode one by one."
"Ugh, uhh!"
Elliott exclaimed in surprise.
"If you can't see it, turn off this ability."
The Duke froze, and the other people with special abilities trembled in thought.
"Will my father allow me to use this ability only after a few people's heads are broken?"
Ryan said mockingly, rolled the gun he was holding once, and thrust it deep into Elliot's head.
"It’s a pity, Elliott. Your last memory before you died was of your father just watching as your head exploded."
"Ahh! Please save me!"
"Oh, Father! What the hell are you doing!"
Some were in a panic and couldn't say a word, while others cried and collapsed.
The Duke trembled, constantly wetting his dry lips, and soon began to walk very slowly.
The Duke kept his distance from the children who were gathered together.
Little by little.
Just little by little.
Ryan burst into a hollow laugh at the sight of the Duke.
He accurately guessed the supernatural ability of his son who has returned as a slaughterer.
"Father!!!"
“Please save me!”
"What are you doing?!"
A desperate scream uttered in the face of death. Those terrible sounds.
A trigger that looks ready to be pulled at any moment.
Within.
The Duke has moved completely away.
<Disable neutralization>
When he screamed, the voices of the people with supernatural abilities cut off abruptly.
<Instant death>
Dump.
Dump.
Dump.
The light vanished from everyone's eyes, and simultaneously, their bodies plummeted to the ground.
It was a truly bizarre sight.
In silence.
Ryan threw the gun he was holding onto the floor.
And he walked slowly toward the Duke who had survived alone.
Standing before him, who had turned pale, Ryan asked.
“Did you turn it back on?”
"Ryan..."
"Let me guess. You didn't turn it on, did you? Since you were going to die anyway, it probably seemed better to go cleanly and painlessly."
"I, tell me..."
"But I intended to send you off gracefully from the start. Not for my father's sake, but because I have to go back to prison. I thought I shouldn't mutilate the body if I wanted to receive even a slightly lighter sentence."
Ryan, who had been speaking, added sullenly.
"Isn't it the death penalty anyway?"
"Oh. No, no! Don't worry. Who's going to sentence you to death? It's your father..."
"Mouth."
<Instant death>
Snap! The moment Ryan snapped his finger, the Duke's body also plummeted.
"Goodbye. There won't be a place for you even in hell, though."
He looked down at his father's corpse, which had been separated from him at the crossroads of life and death in an instant, and then turned around.
It was only then that Nike saw Ryan's expression.
Even though he had finally completed the revenge he had devoted 20 years to, he did not look relieved.
Nothingness.
It was an emotion that briefly crossed his mind at the indifferent expression.
Nike became curious about a human named Ryan and wanted to find out a little more about him, but...
He couldn't do that.
Because it's not over yet.
Now that he was hiding the life of the lover he had to protect, he was clearly Ryan's 'enemy'.
“Haaa.”
Ryan let out a long sigh and began to examine the bodies of the superpowered individuals scattered on the floor one by one.
"This."
He kicked a corpse with red hair.
It is Alexander Wassenberg.
"Take this and bring it to Revan. You can't kill this guy like this."
How could a man who has spent 20 years preparing for revenge not know Alexander's famous supernatural ability to survive on the battlefield no matter how many times he dies?
Resurrection is impossible if the entire body is lost.
Due to the supernatural ability of resurrection, Alexander will probably not even be able to leave his body intact.
"Huh? Ah, f*ck~!!!"
At that moment, Ryan, who was counting the heads of the corpses, was shocked.
"One is missing!!!!!"
He noticed.
Nike clutched his trembling heart tightly. Calm down. He must stay calm.
"Wow. I'm screwed! How could I make such a mistake! What's missing? Who's missing!"
Several mercenaries examined the corpse's face together.
"A Princess? You don't have the Princess?!"
...It's a big deal.
He knows Vania, who is called the Princess of the family.
The reason she was given such a nickname is not simply because she was the Duke's most cherished child. It is because she is 'special'.
Even if he doesn't know the principle of copying, Ryan will surely know that Vania has a unique constitution with two or more supernatural abilities.
"Where did you steal it from!"
Ryan, who had been pacing anxiously, gave orders to the mercenaries.
"Hey. For now, every single entrance to the castle is blocked, so you can't get out! If she's hiding inside, find her!"
"What if she's not inside the castle?"
“Ugh!”
When one of the mercenaries expressed concern, Ryan made a sad face.
"No, she's the strongest! If we let that kind of thing loose, this country will be ruined!"
Nike's mouth was parched as he tried to unleash such a thing.
"Revan told me to bring her carcass along, saying he would handle it himself just in case!"
...It's a really big deal.
If it falls into Ryan's hands, Vania dies completely.
Eventually.
"Send a signal when you find it!!!"
Ryan finished the order and hurriedly disappeared to look for Vania.
Mercenaries, all of them.
Left alone in the hallway, Nike nervously caught his breath.
All signs of life vanished, and it was quiet.
He must be cautious, but at the same time, he cannot delay.
Nike quickly approached the dead Duke and searched his clothes.
Meanwhile, his mind was in turmoil.
You mean a revenge that burned for 20 years is this sloppy? You only realize you're short on numbers after killing them all and start scrambling? Is Ryan really that stupid? He's the kind of person who meticulously planned to gather every single superpowered individual.
However, there was nothing he could do right now, no matter how much he agonized over that sense of unease. He simply had to get to Vania as quickly as possible. Before Ryan.
The weapon he currently holds is that, unlike Ryan, he knows Vania's location.
And the supernatural ability of regression.
If Ryan finds Vania first and kills her, regression is useless.
So, it is definitely a race against time.
Nike soon found the basement key in the Duke's jacket pocket.
He packed up and ran like crazy.
The moment he turned the corner of the hallway.
'Ah.'
Ryan was standing.
A spine-chilling horror.
Jerk.
Jerk.
Jerk.
"I wonder why someone as distinguished as you has come here today..."
The slaughterer, approaching while muttering, thrust his face close to the frozen Nike.
"I think I forgot to ask."
He smiled and whispered.
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