Speak to self


Joseph grunts out of pain as he is punched repeatedly in the face by one of Idol's knights. His wrists tied up to the roof.

The knight lifts Joseph by his hair and strikes him across the face again. "You know where the Devil of the Shield is! Spill it!" he demanded.

The knight lifts Joseph by the hair again as Joseph gives a bloody smirk and spits his blood at the knight's face, "maybe instead of punching like your dead mother, and start hitting me like that drunk abusive father." Joseph said.

The knight then strikes Joseph center-mass at his chest and his face twice. "Start talking before we do something worse!" said the knight.

Joseph chuckles, "hah, maybe that'll make me talk than your baby hands." Joseph said.

The knight had enough and began to take the torch off the wall, he put the flame close to his shoulder "talk or else." the knight said as he tried to sound intimidating.

"Thought I was talking. Or do I NEED TO YELL AT YOU FOR YOU TO HEAR ME?" Joseph said as he raised his voice.

Before the knight could thrust his torch into Joseph's shoulder, Idol entered the chamber and the knight dropped his torch.

"Would ya look at that, the fat cheese ball is here!" Joseph chuckles.

The knight stood tall, "my lord! This rat won't talk! What should we do?" he asked

Idol looks at the bloodied face of the smirking Guardian, but Idol smirks back, "hmm… he is a tough shell to crack indeed. Untie him and take him to my quarters immediately. I'll handle this." Idol said as he walked away chuckling.

"Yes my lord!" said the knight. The knight walks up to Joseph and unties him. Joseph falls to the floor but before Joseph could gather himself, he was kicked on the head as he is not yet knocked out but acted like so.

Joseph is then lifted by the arms by two knights and is dragged on the floor.

Joseph looks forward as he sees the bright light of the hallway. Xeno… Naofumi… hope you folks are here soon… I don't know how long I can keep Melty unharmed…

...hours before torchure…

Xeno hears Naofumi yelling, "Filo! Get out here right now! This is an order!" suddenly hears Filo screaming. Xeno spots Naofumi and Raphtalia running towards upstairs, Xeno quickly follows them. Xeno ascends to the attic as he sees Raphtalia, Filo and Naofumi talking.

Raphtalia spots Xeno, "Xeno! What are you doing here! I thought Joseph was taken!"

Xeno nods, "He did… but that's besides the point! Joseph made himself get captured so that they can get off your shoes and also have you guys plant the next move." Xeno said.

The group of five reassess what happened and the capture of Van, Melty and Joseph.

"I'm going to save her!" Filo said running towards the exit,

Raphtalia ran towards her "Filo no wait!" said Raphtalia stopping her from exiting the dining room.

"We have to get going, if we don't hurry up, then she'll-"

"Abandoning her and running away is an option. I'll admit that." Naofumi interrupted,

Xeno looks at Naofumi, "We certainly can but my Guardian's life is on the line, same goes for Van and Melty!" Xeno said

"I know but… and yet, she never stopped believing in me." Naofumi took a little pause "So now, I refuse to betray her trust. I made her a promise." Naofumi said, turning to Raphtalia and Filo.

Though Xeno does not show it, Naofumi could see the relief of his motion.

Xeno flies around the group, "great! I have the coordinates of Joseph's location. Wherever he is, will most likely be where Van and Melty be located.

Raphtalia was quite surprised by how Xeno has Joseph's location so quickly, "How do you know where Joseph is located?" she asked.

"Inside Joseph's body, is a microchip tracker that tracks Joseph's location. He got it by human traffickers, of course he went in willingly to find a child who was kidnapped and taken into human trafficking… we couldn't save her… but her final request was to save the other children and young women who were in that compound... but that's besides the point." Xeno said. "I reversed engineered the tracker so that when we part ways, I will know his location so I can go to him." Xeno said.

"Willing to be taken to rescue a child… was he ever assaulted?" asked Naofumi

"Groped yes, raped no. Contorted a man's spinal cord when he began to take off his clothes. But that came with a price, they shattered his bones with a sledgehammer and left them for dead. They were surprised when he was back to full health after a couple of minutes." Xeno said.

Naofumi was a bit weirded out but took no mind, they needed to save Melty and Van. "Right, let's go." he said.

...Current time…

Melty tries to look away as she sees Joseph being repeatedly whipped by Idol. She hears the grunts of pain from Joseph. Van as well watches as Joseph is being torchured. Watching helplessly, Melty knows she can't say a word. She does not want to betray Naofumi and Joseph orders her not to.

"Melty" Joseph said to Melty as they are making their way to Idol's town

"What is it?" she asked.

"They will most likely use brute force to get answers, torturing me in a simpler term. They will use me as leverage to make you talk if I don't. So, you will watch me suffer but do NOT say a word. Despite their methods of torchure, I will not let some fat lard get the best of me ya hear?" Joseph said

Melty of course does not want Idol to go to Naofumi but she does not want to see Joseph get hurt. "I… understand." she said.

"This is an order now. You told me that Idol torchures demi-humans even demi-human children yes? He was also responsible for Raphtalia's home being in ruin? Don't worry, once I find an opportunity, I will strike back." Joseph said.

Melty hopes that Joseph can find that opening. She can't stand seeing Joseph all hurt and bloodied.

But despite all the methods of torchure, Joseph ends up chuckling and taunting the Lord. "hehehe, that all you got ya Fat Pig? Russians can do worse than your little ribbon." Joseph said.

Idol who has been at it for nearly an hour was begging to get pissed off, "you think this is funny?" said Idol

"Hysterical." Joseph said.

He begins to set fire to his whip and begins to whip Joseph, "how about this!" he yelled as he continuously whips Joseph.

Joseph begins to laugh hiding the pain, "c'mon, really?" he said "even a demi-human can do more harm than you cheeseball!" Joseph said as he spits blood onto the Lords clothing

Idol grips onto his whip and proceeds to wrap his whip around Joseph's neck. He faces Joseph towards Van and Melty, "Lets play a game princess. You spill the beans before this rat's head pops off!" he said

Melty panicked as she tried to reason with Idol "No wai-!"

Joseph immediately interrupted Melty, "Not a word!" he said. Joseph now took this small window. He elbowed Idol's side as his entire body was engulfed in solar light, burning the whip and ropes that were tied onto him. Joseph who is now released materializes his Universal Remote and blows the head off of the two guards who were about to attack him. He turns to idol and strikes him across the face.

Idol shuffles back out of fear, "w-wait! Spare me please!" he said as he sees the bloodied Joseph walking to him.

Joseph chuckles, "spare? Hehehe, such an overused word in battles. People begging for mercy, heh. Death is cruel yet it becomes much more crueler to the person who sends those to their death." Joseph said, his voice becoming more furious. "Idol Rabier, the lord who torchures Demi-humans even children." Joseph said whose blood begins to boil. "You hate them so much where you would hurt a child?" his voice becomes more wrathful.

Idol pleads for mercy as Joseph walks closer to him, "please! I-I'll make it up to you! I'll give you gold! No, this whole building! The town! Maybe-"

Joseph immediately throws a knife to one of his shoulders, "I dont want any of your fucking shit!" Joseph yelled he walks to the fearful Idol, and goes on one knee so he can be eye level with him. He holds the knife and begins to move it around Idol's shoulder, blood gushing out and the bone grinding onto the blade. "Cry you sadistic fuck, beg for mercy as I take joy on your slow death!" Joseph yelled.

Idol screams in pain as he grips onto Joseph's arm, trying his best to release himself from Joseph's grasps. He whimpers as the endless flow of pain comes from his shoulder. "Please… spare me…" he cries.

Joseph begins to laugh, "Yes! Cry! Cry like those children you torchered and killed! Beg for your life but it won't mean a single shit for me! You will die! A slow! painful! agonizing death!"

It was then, Van, Melty and Idol could see the true Devil. Not the Devil of the Shield, but the Deviled Guardian.

Joseph then aggressively jerked the knife as the whole shoulder popped out, making Idol lose full control of his arm.

A scream of pain fills the room as Idol watches the blood of his shoulder gush out, Melty and Van, horrified by the grim scene. Joseph pulls the knife out of Idol and cleans his blade on Idol's pants and then immediately drives the blade on Idol's kneecap.

Joseph wasn't done, he did the same procedure, moving the blade around as the screams of pain emits from Idol.

Melty couldn't handle the screams and the sound of Joseph's blade being moved around "Joseph!" cried Melty

Joseph snaps out of his sadistic self and looks at Melty, "he's already done for… please… no more!" she said as she began to cry.

Joseph looks at his hands, all bloodied from Idol. The knife he grips onto, he feels a small bit of nostalgia that he had long forgotten. All too similar, yet painful to paint a clear picture. He hears whispering coming from Idol, like a chant but he disregards it. Joseph yanks the knife out of Idol's knee. He stands up and cleans the blood off with a cloth.

"Please… show mercy." said the dying Lord.

Joseph looks down at Idol filled with disgust he sheaths his knife and begins to pull out Ace. "Looking at you makes me want to vomit." he aims Ace at Idol. Joseph shoots Idol at his right shoulder, "This is for all the demi-humans" he then shoots his left shoulder, "this is for terror you bestowed upon those helpless demi-human children." he then aims at Idols head, "this is for Raphtalia and her home." Joseph pulls the trigger as the bullet pierce through Idol's head and Idol's entire body explodes in a solar flame.

The treachery of Idol was now over and Joseph looked down at the mess he made. He drops to his knees. "I went full sadistic mode again…" Joseph said. He turns to Van and Melty, "I am sorry… you two had to see my Demon side of me." Joseph gets up and walks to them, the adrenaline now worn out, he feels all the pain that was inflicted upon him. "Are you guys alright?" Joseph asked.

Melty nods, "yes… thank you Joseph." she said.

Van looks at Idol's remains, "what's done is done Joseph. Though you putting an end to him was the right thing, torturing him to that extent where he was already dead, you're no better than him." Van said, "but you going back to your senses showed that you were better than him by stopping." he said. "Thank you Joseph, for protecting Melty and putting an end to Idol's terror towards demi-humans." he said.

Joseph sits down as he leans his back to a wall, exhausted through withstanding the pain and going berserk. He exhales, "I am glad it is over at least… Xeno should be here soon. I.. think i'll take a rest until they get here" Joseph said. He closes his eyes as he remembers all the people he tortured, the cycle never ends… sooner or later I'll just do the same thing… but I will never lose my sanity… not like this and last time… never again… for you… my friend…


A fairly short chapter. Didn't want to mix in such a grim proportion of the chapter mixed in with the later heartbreaking and hopeful part in the cellars where the demi-humans are. Also this was solely focused on Idol so… yeah.

Good news, my a week ago, the special person took a blood test and it turns out he does not have cancer. I am happy that he is going to be alright.

Anyhow, lately I have been troubled just because of my poor time management and with that, grades are declining. I have one more year until I face the cruel and cold adult world and I have yet to choose what I want to do for a living. Heh, it's a jungle-maze in me head of mine. Now, I am trying to organize myself. Making a daily schedule for myself as a first step to trying to get myself together. It's working pretty well to be honest, and thanks to that, expect every chapter to be published on Sundays! Spend two hours working on the chapter for the weekdays, Saturday to look through everything, and Sunday to add some finishing touches and publish my chapter!

How's the new season for Destiny? The armor looks funny but it gives me ancient Chinese armor vibes but Sepiks and S.A.B.E.R is back! Hahaha! Love them theme songs can't wait to die by the tanks and the hall of electrical doom. Palindrome is also back, man, this time you have to work for it instead of buying it from the vendor. I'm not Trials material but I sure can do strikes.

It's a shame that Crow still has to wear a mask to hide his identity to the City but it makes sense… happy to work with him though. Very wholesome!

Finally, how's the Genshin project? I love the game, though it can be a pain in the ass… anyhow, just wanna know how it is. Are you folks interested with the upcoming story after I finish this one? I know my stories are not in chronological order, but I just feel like writing what I am currently interested in. I hope you guys dont mind that…

Anyhow, that's all I have for right now. Have a good morning, day or night! Wherever you live!