Divine Emperor of Death

*Boom!~*

An entire mansion was in flames and greenish-purple poisonous gas, creating deadly fumes. The sound of buildings collapsing, turning into mere rubble before they crumbled, could be heard along with the cries of numerous people echoed, begging and pleading for their lives. But within the next second, they fell soundless.

A purple-robed, purple-skinned figure walked out of the mansion as their eyes gleamed with a purplish-golden light. With four sharp spider-like legs connected to the figure's lumbar column in the spine, they waved those legs, splashing the blood over it on the road below.

Abruptly, a person appeared behind that figure and stabbed out with a sword suddenly appearing in his hands. However, the four legs jutted out and stabbed the four limbs of that ambusher, nailing him to the ground as blood splattered.

"AHH!"

He screamed in pain, but his eyes were full of sorrow and hatred as he looked at the woman in front of him, the Hex Demoness, the poisonous scourge of the Poison Lord Villa, which was ironic, making them the laughing stock of the wicked path world.

It was none other than Evelynn!

"You monster...! Why are you still doing this...!?" The man asked with pain stemming from the soul prevalent in his voice.

Evelynn's expression didn't change, neither did her eyes show any remorse.

"I told you all numerous times already, yet none of you survived to tell the tale. Why bother asking if you're going to die anyway?"

A deadpan voice echoed with a presence of consciousness and high intelligence. The man was horrified to think that this woman was doing this on purpose and not some instinct in hunting them down.

"The... You have long decimated the Poison Lord Villa. We willingly renounced our subservience to it, so why do you still have to hunt us..!?"

"You all enjoyed the benefits of living in the Poison Lord Villa, tyrannically ruling people as you saw fit, so why shouldn't you fairly die, accompanying it in its fall?"

"I... I...! What about my children!? They haven't done anything wrong...!"

"Am I really hearing this right? When did the wicked path start wanting to survive out of sympathy? You are all the same, the wicked path and the righteous path. You two parties claim there's a huge difference, yet you're all one and the same, trying to kill my husband for ridiculous reasons."

"Ahahaha! So you lost your husband! Serves you right! You poisonous bitch!!! Ahahaha!"

The man began to crazily laugh, his expression appearing to have gone insane as he already knew that he was going to die from the poison seeping into his body.

On the other hand, Evelynn's expression didn't have a single change. She merely lifted one of her spider-legs from his limbs and stabbed out with her sickle-like end.

It pierced through the man's forehead, ending his laughter and his life.

"If you didn't want your children to suffer, you should've been rightfully on the righteous path in the first place. Every single one of you will turn wicked and terrorize the truly innocent people or seek vengeance when you grow up, so why should I leave even one of you alive?"

Evelynn's monotonous voice was still melodious, but it lacked the gentleness she had before. The more she killed, the more the darkness in her soul grew. She took a step forward, wanting to leave this place to hunt down other remnant forces who escaped from her on that day she decimated the Poison Lord Villa.

Abruptly, she sensed someone to the back. Her shoulders raised in realization before it drooped.

"Nadia, I'm not coming back. Don't bother with me..."

She continued to walk away but suddenly stopped.

"Did husband wake up yet?"

"..."

After a little pause, hearing that there were no replies, she inwardly sighed.

"Take care of Shirley, Isabella, Natalya, and the others for me. Especially Shirley. She carries husband's legacy. If the righteous path goes against their words, don't hesitate to break that emergency talisman I gave you and Isabella. I'll quickly come to your aid."

"How about this? Why don't you come running back to me right now?"

"...!"

Evelynn's pupils dilated. Her body started to shiver, and tears began to unwittingly emerge from her eyes as she abruptly turned around, noticing Davis stand beside Nadia while having her fluffy head caressed by him.

Davis patted the clearly delighted Nadia, who kept shaking her tail in happiness before he took a step forward and walked towards his first love.

"Davis..."

Evelynn's voice quivered as she trembled, becoming so happy that she couldn't contain her tears. However, despite trying to smile, her hardened facial muscles didn't move. Tears unwittingly fell at a faster rate as she realized her current state, which was even repulsive to herself.

"No... don't come near me."

"Why?"

Evelynn took a few steps back while Davis fastened his pace.

"I... I'm truly poisonous... this isn't a joke..."

"Oh yeah? Then try to absorb them back into your body because I'm sure not going to leave you alone for a moment longer..."

Davis reached Evelynn in her mind, which was a mess with both excitement and denial, and held both her hands. Contrary to what he expected, the hard shell over her skin, quite similar to scales, was soft and smooth.

Evelynn still panicked as she took all the poisonous aura surrounding her inside her body. She tried to struggle, but it was so weak that one wouldn't call it resistance.

"As I thought. You probably managed to gain control of your poisonous prowess long ago and merely lied to not go back. You did not want to see me that badly...?"

"No... I..." Evelynn remained stiff in his hold. She shook her head, her expression remaining frozen but her eyes screaming something else, "I am hideous..."

"Who told you that?" Davis clenched his teeth, "These dead people whom you killed? Of course, they'll say that. They'll try to hurl numerous insults at you because they want to get one over you before they die."

"But I know that I'm repulsiv-"

"You know..." Davis's expression turned gentle as he cut her off.

He looked at her face that appeared more refined before, making her appear...

"You've become more beautiful, Evelynn..."

"What...?" Evelynn's pupils kept trembling, "You're lying..."

Davis didn't reply but stared at her with intent as he checked out her face.

"No, no... You really became beautiful. You can't see it with that purple surface and the stiffness on your face at a glance, but you really are gorgeous..."

Surprisingly, a light red hue appeared on Evelynn's cheeks. Combined with her purplish skin, she appeared remarkably beautiful, that Davis became momentarily dumbfounded. In that gap, Evelynn felt Davis's arms wrap around her body as he tightly embraced her, making her feel the warmth that she craved these seven months.

It made her body relax, finding herself receiving solace and love.

"Why would you think that I would stop loving you over becoming a fey, Evelynn? You're still my woman no matter what."

Davis could feel the same as he spoke. Her entire body felt different, but it still held her warmth and creamy feeling, making him remember her voluptuous body that made him go crazy numerous times.

Evelynn's eyes were wet with shimmering tears. She lowered her head over his shoulder and trembled.

"You don't understand. I'm no longer the same. I don't... I don't deserve to be with you."

"What are you saying? I should be apologizing for letting you all down by dyin-"

"No! I've massacred millions! I've killed children with my poison, and that's on my hands! No amount of excuse can wash that sin away from me! I'm hideous, repulsive, and no longer the Evelynn you knew before!"

Evelynn cried and struggled to get away from his grasp, but he tightly held her, not letting her go as a pained expression filled his face. However, it became determined as he abruptly moved his head back and looked at her stiff face yet eyes that was full of guilt and sorrow.

"Do you remember the time when I confessed to you that I killed millions of people who came to invade us? A small margin of them were probably teenagers who were forcefully recruited. I killed them too, but why did you say that you support me at that time when I was sinful in your eyes?"

Evelynn became stunned as her eyes stopped shaking.

"If you insist that you're sinful no matter what, then we're both sinful creatures, Evelynn. Why do you deny me? Why do you feel that you don't deserve me when we're equally sinful?"

"I..."

Evelynn sounded as if she could not find the words to retort. His expression that was full of affection yet pained for her made it known to her that he was not trying to hide his disgust but still looked at her with those same eyes he lovingly gazed at her with.

In fact, Davis made a pained expression when he first saw Evelynn from Nadia's concealment.

He couldn't bear to see her suffering all by herself in this nowhere, killing people for what? Him?

This wasn't the burden he wanted to give her.

He couldn't imagine what could she have endured becoming like this? Drinking the entire blood essence of a magical beast? Did she know that the chance that she could've become a fey was less than twenty percent even with the dragon blood? Was this woman trying to commit suicide? Was she trying to make him angered in the afterlife?

So many frustrations and sorrow popped up in his mind but knowing that she did it all for him, he sank all that into the back of his mind.

Right now, Evelynn's mindset towards him was extremely frail. His Heart Intent couldn't read her as it was once able to due to her becoming strong, but he knew what she wanted. It was his acceptance that she felt that she lost.

He couldn't show any weakness to her but must aggressively pursue her as he did so once. That was the only way he can make her understand that his love towards her wouldn't change just because she was a part-spider, part-dragon, and part-human.

Davis kept his tight embrace but knowing that she had given up struggling for the moment, he moved his hand towards the back of her head and closed in forward, giving a passionate kiss on her lips.

"...!?"

Evelynn's eyes went wide as she felt his lips enamel hers. Her heart shook from that feeling of receiving his love before she suddenly pushed him away! Her pupils kept trembling as tears ran down her eyes.

"Are you crazy!?"

Reluctance flashed in her eyes before she lowered her head and cried out.

"My whole body is poisonous! You will die even if you're a High-Level Martial Overlord!"

Davis wiped off the poisonous saliva from his lips. A glint of pride appeared in his sapphire eyes as he knew that his first wife reached Peak-Level Ninth Stage before anyone else, although the method she used was dangerous that he didn't approve of. However, since it was already over, there was no use crying over spilled milk.

"Indeed, you're heavily intoxicating, but do you think such a thing is enough to kill me? Did you forget that I'm immune to poisons?"

"Don't try to fool me! I know you just woke up and have barely even recovered your prowess. At that time, you were barely able to suppress the Poison Lord's poison, so what makes you think you can suppress mine!? Please... I don't want to harm you..."

Evelynn kept crying as she pleaded while Davis merely scratched his head.

Should he tell that Fallen Heaven got stronger while he was critically injured?

He inwardly scoffed before he neared her and took hold of her wrist, bringing her away as he began to fly.

"Wait...! Where are you taking me?"

Evelynn realized that they weren't heading in the direction of the Territory Gate leading to the Alstreim Family. She tried to struggle but pushing him away once already killed her inside that she couldn't bear to do it again.

"To make you learn who your man is again..."

"Huh?"

Davis's solemn voice echoed before Evelynn could only open her mouth agape while uttering a sound of disbelief.