The Incubus System

The Incubus System Chapter 428. Memories of The Nephilim's Painful Past II

"No!" I shouted, running at him, trying to stop them. But I passed them like a ghost. What I heard next was a scream of pain from behind me.

Shuddering in horror, I turned and saw they had cut his horns. Blood soaked his head.

But his torture didn't stop there, they whipped him and beat him, ignoring his screams and his cry.

I closed my eyes as I couldn't stand it anymore. My hands clenched into fists. But I couldn't do anything to help him.

As his cry and people's shouts stopped, I slowly opened my eyes and found I was already in the dark forest.

By my side, Erebus lay on the cold forest ground. His body and clothes were covered in blood. Looked like the villagers left him to die there. Even though he didn't open his eyes and looked like he was dead, I knew he was still alive since I could feel the pain in his heart.

I was on my knees and hugged him even though I knew this was a dream.

"I understand... Now I understand..." I whispered.

That was why Lord Damon said what set me and Erebus apart was that I had no grudge against humans. I still had my heart. While he had lost everything since childhood.

I returned to the village, witnessed how Erebus' power rose and massacred the villagers mercilessly. An angel's wing and a demon's wing on his back. His eyes looked cold as he had lost his heart. No one was forgiven there, even though many of them begged him for forgiveness. He only forgave Sarael...

"Why didn't you come? Why didn't you help me? Are you really my friend?" he yelled at Sarael amid the villager corpses.

But Sarael was too scared to answer him. He crawled backward and shook his head from side to side in reply. His eyes filled with horror.

Erebus looked at him in disappointment.

"No... You are the same as everyone else... You're afraid of me..." Despite his evil grin, his tears continued to flow. In one fell swoop, Erebus rushed at him, strangling Sarael until his feet didn't touch the ground and throwing him against the wall.

Due to the impact, Sarael fainted.

Erebus trod on Sarael and intended to kill him. But then, his footsteps stopped, he stared at Sarael in silence for a few moments before he dropped to his knees and cried loudly.

"I can't... You're my only friend... You're the only one who cares about me," he sobbed.

After that, the scenery around me changed again. I moved from one place to another. Seeing and feeling Erebus' sorrows. Including when he tried to live a normal life with a village girl. But his son's birth reminded him that he was not human. He knew that he would never be accepted in the human world, the dark dimension or the light dimension. Therefore, with a heavy heart, he sealed his son's power and left.

He thought of turning this world into a world that could accept him and his children. Despite all his crimes, he wanted to create a friendly world for us, Nephilim... He wanted to destroy the border between the three worlds so they could understand each other. He wanted to bring the three worlds under his command so that no one could humiliate and hurt him or his family. Unfortunately, he didn't know, it would only bring disaster to everyone.

In search of power, he became a real demon once again and discarded his humanity. He stained his hands with the blood of the innocent and went out to gather strength, gathering those who thought the world was unfair and wanted to change it along with him.

It was a hard and long journey for him.

When his plan was almost complete, Lord Damon came and asked him to return to the dark dimension. He was happy with it, but after those years, he didn't want to let his plan go.

Erebus tried to take Lord Damon to his side and told him his plan, but Lord Damon disagreed and opposed it. He even said the consequences and showed him the Tome of Darkness, Lord Damon's father's diary. Still, Erebus didn't want to abandon his plan.

Feeling their quarrel would ruin his plans, Erebus decided to deceive Lord Damon. With the human's help and Aeros' royal family, Erebus managed to lock him. Yes... Instead of killing Lord Damon, Erebus decided to lock him up because he needed Lord Damon's power to help with his plans.

I could see him using his Energy Siphon skill to absorb Lord Damon's power several times, to the point his body couldn't accommodate it anymore. Just like when I absorbed the magic tube in Myra's Lab. He was in pain, yet he was so stubborn and insisted on carrying out his plan whatever it took.

And finally... I was in Lightglen City, standing amid a chaotic city. People hid out of fear in their run-down homes.

My gaze was fixed on the sky, looking at the fierce battle. The historical battle that I had read through the textbooks. How two brothers, two demon lords tried to kill in the sky of Lightglen City. But... Rather than just a historical event or an extraordinary battle, this time, I saw the fight as something different. It hurt me a lot...

The pain, sadness, ambition, and anger. Erebus was determined to create a world that could accept him to the point he was willing to sacrifice everything.

- Brakkkk!

Erebus' body fell not far from in front of me followed by a loud bang. The huge crack was clearly visible where his body was. His body was covered in blood and wounds.

Whereas Lord Damon landed nearby leisurely. His evil smile was on his lips.

My heart was beating faster as I realized his end was near.

With great difficulty, Erebus stood up. His hand stretched out to Lord Damon. A white light shot out of it. Lord Damon teleported behind Erebus to dodge and stretched out his hand to form hundreds of black lances that stabbed Erebus' body from all directions. Erebus fell to his knees, his head hung low, his breath was weak.

Lord Damon walked over and stood in front of him.

"If you didn't do anything stupid ten years ago, maybe I won't kill you." He gave Erebus a bitter gaze.