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Chapter 11 – Resurrection of Darkness Dragon
To awaken Darkness Dragon's vessel
Drop him to the deepest and darkest place
Such as Darkness
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When Sakuya and Kazama ask them more time to looking for Hak, the others should wait outside.
"now, what should we do to them, Empress?", Sakaki crosses his arms, standing near Gobi and two certain men that so-called the main culprit of Hak's torturers "surely you will not let them go to another world so easily without punishment, right?".
"oh, I've planned to throw them to Limbo after give them to our executioner in the Palace. Not to kill them, only torture them till they're in between death or life like what they did to my son. You are right, I wouldn't let them be without giving proper punishment to them", Mulan approaches them with murderous intention "because 'Death' is still too light punishment for them", Mulan grabs one of Hak's torturer's hair, fisting her pale knuckles in his hair "maybe for you all, he's nothing but your prey to be tortured of, but for me, he is my son and the only son that born from my womb, only me as his parent who has the right to punish him so your act to torture him really drove me mad…".
From their conversation, even though it's hard to believe, Yona believes that Mulan is truly Hak's mother "…I understand if you mad because of your son, but aren't you being too cruel? They're dying already, why not just let them die?".
Setsuna snaps "could you say that after you saw what happened to Hak? should I show what has he been going through?!".
Mulan swifts her hand to stop her "stop, it's inappropriate to be seen by children".
"found him!", Sakuya brings their attention back "but he's moving too fast!? Creeping through the Darkness to… he will get out of that mess sooner or later".
"you can see him from here?", Yun asks, which gaining nod from her.
Jae Ha turns his head to Shina, about to asking him to tell if Hak's okay but they find shadow on the ground that absorbing Gobi and two other "what happened to them?!".
Even Mulan can't prevent them to be absorbed till three of them vanish into the shadow "they were devoured by Darkness, Ouga's dead already, so the main culprit is only…".
Sakuya wraps her arms around Kazama who carrying her bridal style, pointing up "mother, look at that?! that's—?!".
They lift their head up, looking to Darkness emerges out of the Earth, crawling around Gobi's secret mess till that Darkness takes form into enormous Dragon that its size only can be rivaled with Yellow Dragon, the oldest of Four Dragon. Its scales really dark as the darkest night and once it opens its eyes, a pair of red eyes that red as the blood staring down threateningly to Yona and the others. They are frightened by what they witness but what more surprising them, they see a figure standing tall on the top of that building, reaching out his hand to that Dragon who bowing its head as the sign that Dragon with dark scales as Darkness will obey him as its master. He jumps and landing on the ground, right in front of them with cold expression.
His long straight raven hair is barely reaching his toes, his bare chest showing many amounts of mixed dried bloods with freshly bloods and many scars, both from fresh-healed wounds and old scars, several of those wounds like he has been whipped and whoever that person also cauterizing the wound from the ugly burns above many wounds of whiplash, or cut and slash by hot metal of sword or knife. His once Sapphire eyes now changes into red pupils as red as the bloods and the white of his eyes turn into black. Even though his face void of emotions and his dark rimmed eyes show nothing but combination of smoldering anger and deadly cold hatred, Yona will not wrong on recognize him.
Yona flies her hands to cover her mouth, looking to the necklace of Lapis Lazuli that she's brought to Hak, hanging around that man's neck as unmistakable proof "no way… he…".
"looks like you also have realized it?", Setsuna blinks away her tears with pained grimace "true, it's Hak. At the daylight they torture his body and at night, it's Ouga's who torture his mind. At daylight, they whipped, cut or slash his body, only to cauterizing his wounds. They sunk his head under the water before threw cold water and hot water to his body more than once. They punched him, beaten him black and blue while tying him on the chair, ignoring the fact it suffocating him. They also used poison to threaten him to blurt out the secret, only to give him the antidote before he really died. What he got from Ouga was just the same, even though Ouga didn't hurt his body, Ouga wrecked his mind, attacking him mentally each night. It reoccurred till his mind and body crumbled. Taking advantage of his vulnerable condition, Ouga offers elixir that made by bloods of pure-blooded Demon which have effect to make him become pure blooded Demon like his father. Contemplating no aides will come to reach him, Hak took it. Could you still say that they must have been finished off without being tortured like what they did to Hak?".
Yona drops to her knees, she feels like she'll get the hyperventilation again, clenching her chest. Somehow, she feels Yun wrapping his arms around her shoulder from behind to soothe her while Yun himself also on the verge of crying.
Just if they aren't deceived by Tsurara's disguise and can come here sooner?!
Jae Ha clenches his fist, gritting his teeth "now I really want to kill them after we torture them like how they tortured Hak".
Kija and Shina rush to Hak, passing Mulan and Setsuna, wanting to check on him, reassuring him that it's alright already and apologize to not come sooner, but when they are in arm-reach, they are surprised because Hak tries to attack them instead, using his left arm that supposed to be lost and has changed into Dragon's arm instead of human's arm. Like Kija's Dragon claw, starting from his bicep, Hak's left arm has turned into Darkness Dragon's arm.
Luckily Sakaki has caught them both before Hak hitting them using his now-Dragon-Claw, landing behind Mulan and Setsuna and putting both Shina and Kija down to the ground "crap, looks like this will be more dangerous than that time when we tried to stop the enraged Hakuya when you were kidnapped before you conceived Hak, Empress. He is scarier than his father".
Mulan doesn't argue back "he hasn't fully awakened, but looks like his transformation into Demon success a bit. The problem is Pure Bloods of Demon is too strong for half-Demon half-Human like him".
Sakuya blinks in confusion "but I'm alright even if I drank bloods from pure-blooded Demon like Kazama?".
"it's because you have your father's Demon heart, Dear. And when I conceive you, I have made the pact with Snow Demon which make me become Demon as well. In result, it makes you become Demon like your father. Unlike you, your older brother is still half-human and he doesn't have the pact with Youkai but he does have been aimed by Darkness Dragon ever since I conceived him in my womb. Setsuna's mother, Setsura along with Kashi and Iguni had persuaded me to abort him, knowing his fate but I declined".
Yona turns her head to Mulan in shock "my mother had…".
"we can speak about it later, Dear", Mulan pats Yona's head, looking down with reassuring smile before eyeing to incoming mercenaries who come out of that mess, the remaining Gobi's cretins approaching them "the problem now is how to stop him while we were surrounded by our enemy like this? should I use my terracotta army?".
"NO", Sakaki adamantly asks her "please save your energy, we still need your aid in case we need your 'Time Rotation' to stop your son".
Hak snaps his finger, the shadow that devour Gobi and two other man just now reappearing beside him and once the shadow disappears, Tao yelps in fear and covers her face as they see and assume from the remnants of their attires, as Gobi and two other man who have tortured Hak, have turned into skeletons. Kouren hugs Tao who wrapping her arms around her hips, she's stroking Tao's back. Mulan clarifies that those skeletons are really Gobi and two other man, they have been devoured by Darkness and what's left from them only their bones. When he looks behind over his shoulder and finds other troops coming from that building, he smiles dangerously before takes off, moving the fingers on his Dragon Claw and rushing to them.
Yona rises to her feet with Four Dragon Warriors in tow "Hak, stop?! you're injured—".
Setsuna stands in front of Yona, spreading her wings to halt them halfway "don't come near him?! leave it to us?!".
Kija argues "but we can't, Hak is—".
Setsuna snaps "just obey our words and be patient?! do you want to make Hak kill his friends?!".
Jae Ha tries to rise to his feet but Sakaki has pinned him down, he snaps to her back, incredulous "actually, what happened to him?!".
"she's right, because Hak is not in the state to able to make out his surroundings, he wouldn't hear you all. Right now, with Hak has turned into Demon, he lost himself including his heart, he couldn't make out who are his enemies or friends, he doesn't even recognize himself, what he sees right now only blood and what he wants only kill. He'd truly become the pure-blooded Demon who only know to destroy and kill. The real monster who only has the instinct to fight and kill and he will do it until he's dead", Mulan explains as she creating barrier around Yona and the others to keep them safe "the late of my first husband, Hakuya knew his blood was too strong for Hak, he didn't want that happen to Hak, so we sealed his power and to make sure the seal intact, Hakuya put his guardian, Byakko into Hak's body to keep the seal and protect him from Darkness Dragon. Because Hakuya knew, once Hak turned into pure blooded Demon, Hak truly would be lost his heart".
Helping Mulan to create the barriers, Kazama puts Sakuya down near them, asking them to stay here in the safe distance from Hak with Kouren's party "anyway, we really should stop him and make him snap out of his state now. If this goes on, he only will turn into insane bloodlust Demon who only want to destroy and kill people, he will not stop until he's dead and once his soul is devoured by Darkness, his existence will totally vanish from this world".
Yun asks in his frustration "is there really nothing we can do?".
They only can see it and stay still when Hak kills those mercenaries using his Darkness Dragon Claw.
"he laughed because he had killed them…", Yona feels shuddering and her heart tightens at the sight of Hak when he isn't himself, enjoying to kill their enemies. No, it's not Hak. Her Hak never does it, he always protecting her and killing only to protect his precious people so this time is her turn to protect and help him "let us try to bring him back?!".
Setsuna looks about to protest but Mulan touches her shoulder, shaking her head "just let them try, but when no one from all of you can stop him, don't stop us, got it?".
Yona nods her head, looking to her Dragons who nodding their head in affirmation. They have to stop Hak, no matter what.