Chapter 83
**Acacia Point of View**
The crazed Vizac and Jerk's father rushed to take him down while I just stepped back to keep my distance from the fighting.
Holding Igses close to my chest, I looked at the three men blankly.
One of them was an old man who knew no end to his greed and made a chaos in his own kingdom by mutating people into something that is against balance of nature. As expected, evil people have no regrets.
Another was the first mutated one, who also turns out to be Jerk's cousin. Not only is he powerful but also as sick in mind as Jerk is. I think he is sicker than Jerk.
And finally the last one was the Jerk himself who is the King of the realm, who abides by the balance of nature but to fulfill his selfish motives he can go to any lengths.
What a combination!
The three deserve to be each other family and enemy. No wonder they are relatives.
I shook my head at them who are trying to best one another and steal each other's territory and throne.
Looking at the almost rabid Vizac, I knew he would be no worse than evil incarnate one day. The day he promised me to send us back to Oudad safely, although I did not let it out, I still knew that he has his own motives behind.
But to me, that deal was the last chance, a last try to make a better situation for Igses and myself. It was more for the sake of Igses though!
Looking down at the child who was calmly rubbing his head over my shoulder and playing with my hair, I couldn't help but feel bad for him. His father is a Jerk. His grandfather was a traitor and evil-intended. His uncle was crazed evil spirit.
A family that should stand for one another no matter what, is now fighting with each other, using each other for their own benefits and has no consideration for feelings.
In this environment, even if I raise him alone in Oudad, I fear he would still be affected by these people.
For the nth time, I feel so helpless. I wish, I pray I can take Igses away from here and raise him where he would not get affected by the cruelty of these people.
"What is happening?" I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard Vizac shouting loudly.
That was when I clearly saw that the two men, one old and one young, who went to attack Jerk were only inches away from him but looked like their body went still and froze.
Jerk, with his hands behind, standing like an overlord over the whole universe, was smirking calmly at them.
I knew he always has some plan but didn't know what he did. He was always a conniving spirit who knows how to take advantage well.
"You did something, didn't you?" Jerk's father roared. If looks could kill, I was sure Jerk would be roasted by his father a thousand times right this moment.
"You are funny, father. Do you expect me to not do anything?" Jerk snickered as he spoke casually. The next moment, she turned towards shadow spirits people and said sternly, "Listen carefully, from henceforth, this territory will go back to whom it should belong to; me. So do you all. You are mutated and different? I need to thank my father for giving me a different clan to rule over."
Throwing his father a simple glance, he continued, "I am your king and shall always be. No matter who your leader is, you are still under my command. I congratulate you all for breaking free from the curse. Also, my condolence for your lose. Your leader and your creator are about to die."
Vizac's people who gathered around echoed their disagreement clearly which fell on a deaf ear. Jerk didn't care.
"What did you do?" Vizac asked as he moved his body sluggishly as if he has no energy. "My power - my power is depleting."
Hearing this, Jerk's father slowly moved towards Vizac and checked him. When he found out his power was indeed depleting, he rushed to Jerk to strike him.
However, when his hand was about to touch Jerk's face, jerk only waved his hand and his father flew several meters away and fell down with a painful thud and lost consciousness.
"You are going to die." He answered with a shrug.
"How?" Vizac asked painfully.
"I thought you were clever, cousin. How come you did not know the reason of your own impending death?" Hearing his words, Vizac fell silent for a moment and immediately turned his gaze towards me.
A venomous glare hit me and I don't know why he was looking at me like that. It was not like I did something to him.
"You did this? You went back on our deal."
"Don't jump to conclusions. I don't know anything. If I really have power to kill, then it would not be just you but I would have killed him first." I said firmly as I glanced towards Jerk at last.
"I and my son are just chess pieces in his hands." I finished glaring at the both. Hearing my words, Jerk's jaw tightened in anger.
But did it affect me? Nay!
Composing back to his previous calmness, Jerk turned to answer Vizac; more like mock him. "You didn't think that the person who can break the curse on you also has power to kill you, did you? At first it was only a speculation but later on, I my belief was confirmed when she was able to seal off a part of power of my people who went to judge her. Although she cannot kill us, I realized she was only a boon to us but to shadow spirits, she could be both a boon and a bane."
Jerk walked to the platform where the ritual was held and trailed a finger over the bloodied golden rope that was tied around eight pillars. "To you, her blood was both a cure and a poison. Look how wondrous fates are, The two who disrupted the balance of nature is destined to be killed by the very person that fate chose to be the savior." This time, it was not just Vizac, his people and me but even Azar and Jerk's followers were startled by the revelation.
So it was all a part of one plan from the very first day!
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Hello Sweeties,
Part 1 of the epilogue of book 2 is here. Enjoy!
There is part 2 coming next so please continue reading.**