Reaper of the Martial World

Book 10: Chapter 105: Help2

“WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?!”

Lilith’s shock was immediately replaced with fury. Did that man really have to go this far? To torture and tear her emotions apart as though they meant nothing to him?

Ha. To think all of this time she thought she was grasping her own destiny, only to find out that she was playing into the palm of his hands this whole time.

Lilith began to laugh, an uncontrollable stream of tears falling from her cheeks.

“This is really what you think of me? Even after all of this time, I’ve just fallen for yet another one of your schemes? What is the goal this time, to cripple my Devil Quadrants entirely?

“I guess I should be glad that you think I have so much worth to my father. But you’d be wrong. Your schemes won’t work this time.”

Junior sighed. “You’re misunderstanding.”

“JUST WHAT AM I MISUNDERSTANDING?! YOU BASTARD!”

Lilith’s fury erupted, countless sword lights tore out from her body, sheering apart the asteroids randomly floating about and furiously colliding with Junior’s body.

She seemed to really be hell bent on killing Junior because she unleashed her everything. Power the likes of which maybe only middle dao experts could match rained down from her delicate frame, but the tears that fell from her cheeks told a different story… one that racked her with endless pain and misery.

Junior’s back was ravaged by Lilith’s sword lights. Though he didn’t move even an inch, his back had become a bloody mess of mangled flesh and blood, flooding his grey robes with a crimson color.

He didn’t say a word, nor did he retaliate. Maybe others would have died from this assault, but his death comprehension was too deep. Even if he sunk further toward death, he’d be able to protect his lifeforce. His Death God Body made sure of that.

Eventually, Lilith tired. Her slender shoulders ached and her tears ran dry, turning into streaks of eerie salts that marred her delicate, soft cheeks.

Seeing that she had fallen silent, Junior slowly began to speak.

“… Even my main body does not understand the extent to which I am him… To now, he truly treats me as a separate man, as a brother and even as a son. This is the truth.”

Lilith’s brows twitched with anger, but her qi had run dry. Even if she wanted to attack again, she didn’t have the strength. As for how she was still floating in this condition, this ‘considerate’ bastard had drawn a defensive array below her feet and even shielded her from the elements.

If it was up to her, she would leave without listening to these blithering excuses, but she no longer had the strength to. Every word out of Junior’s mouth sounded ridiculous to her.

How could the creator of a clone not know something so fundamental? What kind of clone owner thought of their clone as a separate entity? What the hell kind of excuses were these?

“… The path that I must walk is a difficult one. However, if I want to reach the pinnacle of the world and ensure that my loved ones can remain by my side… I must walk it.

“These loved ones… They include you… Lilith.”

Lilith trembled at these words, but she simply couldn’t make heads or tails of them. If the words of his clone were true, why would his main body be so cruel to her?

Junior chuckled lightly, ignoring the pain of the wounds of his back.

“It may sound odd to say about myself, but I am an idiot. I can be cruel to my enemies, but I am even more cruel to myself. The term masochism doesn’t even begin to describe myself.

“Even if my main body realizes that he feels something for you, he will ignore it, he will bury it, he would rather suffer a life of watching you be in the arms of another man than act on it.”

“… Why…?”

“For one, he doesn’t understand where these feelings come from. In his mind, he’s had too few interactions with you, and most of them are as enemies. It doesn’t make sense to him that he has this will to protect and treasure you, so he does the opposite. He pushes you away, he despises you, he’s decidedly cruel to you.

“My main body’s personality, and I guess you could say my own personality, is that of unrestrained arrogance. However, it is arrogance in its purest form… The form that holds even ourselves to the highest standards, standards normal humans cannot hope to match.

“Since he has decided he owes his wives too much, he will never step over that line. He will never accept another woman again.”

Lilith felt her anger dissipating. It wasn’t because she had heard anything she understood to this point, but rather because she simply felt deflated. How was she supposed to respond to this?

“Then why… What’s the point of all of this… Why did you do this to me…?”

“Like I said, there are many things my main body doesn’t understand yet. However, I do understand them. I know that in this life, the last, and any future lives… You, Lilith Sacharro, can only be my Dyon Sacharro’s woman and no one else’s! Anyone who stands in the way of this only deserves death!”

For the second time that day, Lilith felt as though she had been struck into silence.