Raiden didn't know what had happened before, he only knew that when he came to his senses and opened his eyes, standing before him was the beginning he wanted to end.
The bald man was the start of Raiden arrival in the Marvel universe, and also the root of all the pain in Raiden heart.
Raiden should kill him, kill him with his own hands.
As Raiden walked towards him step by step, the fearful expression on the bald man face changed. He became calm, then laughed recklessly.
At this moment, Raiden heart also became very calm, because it seemed that as long as Raiden killed the bald man, he could erase all his past in this world, those memories he was unwilling to recall.
"Am I going to die? Haha, I never thought I'd know before my death that in my blood-stained life, I had once been a hero, had once contributed to this dirty world!"
The bald man laughed loudly, his face showing a smug expression.
"Hero?" Raiden frowned at the bald man.
Could this guy have gone mad?
"You're a demon, a demon! And I, I imprisoned you for years, doesn't that make me like the hero in those stories? It's a pity no one knows this story, otherwise they would write a book about me, praising me, wouldn't they?" The bald man looked at Raiden playfully, laughing without care, blood already seeping from the corners of his mouth.
No matter what the bald man once had, no matter how great his crimes, he was still just an ordinary person. The frost power in his legs had already seeped into his skin, heading towards his internal organs.
"Me? A demon? And you, a hero? How ironic!" Seeing the bald man smug look, anger rose in Raiden heart.
He wanted the bald man to die in pain, to die in fear, not like this.
"Kill me then? Kill me!" The bald man eyes were filled with the resolve to die. He spread his arms towards Raiden, closed his eyes, and exposed his bare chest.
"Oh! I almost forgot." The bald man opened his eyes and looked at Raiden. His face had lost all color.
Even if Raiden didn't kill him, he would die from his frozen internal organs.
"Back then, when you were in the most pain, it was because of that little girl death, right?" The bald man said with a face full of delight, as if he had found something very interesting.
"But which little girl was it?" The bald man rubbed his bald head with a troubled expression, helplessly saying to Raiden.
"Sorry, I've killed so many people in my life, so many children, I really can't remember who that little girl who was so important to you was."
The bald man looked at Raiden with an apologetic expression. He was trying to provoke Raiden, wanting Raiden to kill him in anger.
Because a butcher who kills without blinking knows best how to turn what should be an end to everything into the beginning of another regret.
Power was surging around Raiden. He wanted to kill the bald man, he urgently wanted to kill the bald man, but not yet... The bald man shouldn't die so smugly, absolutely not!
"Oh right, speaking of this, you'll become someone like me in the future, won't you? You'll surely kill many people too, won't you? Kill many children like that... after all, you are a demon." The bald man looked at Raiden mockingly.
"No, I'm not a demon. I... I will become a hero" Raiden said hesitantly.
"A hero?" the bald man questioned.
"A hero covered in blood? Come on, look at your hands. You're just like us. You'll only make this world more chaotic... Don't tell me, you've come to the Middle East this time to turn it into your slaughterhouse?" The bald man laughed as if he had discovered some secret.
"A hero who kills people. Oh, look behind you. You've been killing since you came into this world, and I stopped you. This is a fucking wonderful story. I like this story," the bald man said loudly, his eyeballs filled with bloodshot.
"Hero, look at this chaotic world. There are countless people like me out there, and your end can only be to become one of us, because that's your nature," the bald man said with certainty.
"No!" Raiden roared angrily. What the bald man said was exactly what Raiden had been avoiding.
When Lisa died, Raiden had sworn to avenge her. Raiden had been determined to gain power to eliminate evil in this world.
But Raiden was a person without emotions. He was empty. Everything in him would fade away with the passage of time.
After leaving the Middle East, Raiden only wanted to seek a stable, peaceful life because he was tired of killing, from elderscroll world to Marvel... Moreover, from beginning to end, Raiden was never really a good person.
Would you think that a general who suppressed rebellions, a chairman of a thieves' guild, a leader of an assassin organization, would be some kind-hearted good person?
But at this moment, Raiden had an incredibly strong desire in his heart. He wanted to fulfill the promise he made to Lisa.
He wanted to turn this world into something the bald man would least like to see. He wanted to become a hero.
However, wouldn't this desire eventually be worn away by time? Wouldn't Raiden definitely become that guy who's content with peace?
No.
No!
"No! I will become a hero. I will make you watch me become a hero. I will drive away your faith, your desires." Raiden looked at the bald man, and the moment the bald man met Raiden gaze, his eyes were filled with fear.
It seemed as if two sides appeared on Raiden body.
One side of his body was invaded by darkness. On another side was invaded by light.
The bald man looked at Raiden, laughed foolishly, and said with a trembling voice
"Heh, will you?"
"I will!" Raiden said firmly, looking at the bald man.
In Raiden right hand, the power of heroic spirits was gathering, but it quickly dissipated. This power wouldn't serve Raiden.
Raiden could only mobilize the soul power left in his body by the heroic spirits to form a blade, with wailing souls occasionally floating around the sword body.
Raiden raised the sword in his hand high, both hands on the hilt. The moment his left hand touched the sword, one side of the blade instantly turned black.
Raiden walked to the bald man with the sword and calmly said.
"Congratulations, you don't have to die now."
The bald man, upon hearing this response, was somewhat taken aback. His face didn't show any signs of joy; instead, he felt a sense of unease in his heart.
"I will let you see with your own eyes what this world will become. I will make you live for a very long time, to live on forever. However, you will also pay a price for this immortality!" After saying this, Raiden raised his sword high and plunged it into the bald man chest.
The blade pierced straight through the bald man body, but there was no blood or any visible wound on him.
Instead, at the point where the blade entered, wisps of white mist coiled around it, seemingly the form of a soul.
"Accept the gift of immortality I bestow upon you!" At this moment, Raiden felt no anger or hatred in his heart. What he felt was only the satisfaction of revenge fulfilled.
Only such revenge could truly be called revenge!
As Raiden withdrew his blade, the bald man soul was pulled out along with it.
The bald man soul swirled around the blade, finally condensing onto the sword body, then being squeezed out from the sword tip, transforming into a translucent stone.
Raiden bent down to pick up the stone, raised it to his eyes, and through its surface, he could see a soul writhing in agony within.
Fire and frost would accompany the bald man for eternity.
Looking at the empty cave, Raiden felt an immense sense of relief in his heart.
Everything seemed to have come to an end.
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