Vile Rabbit-Chapter 29: war … I hide and wait

A concealed figure hid near the battlefield. Apexion, like a venomous snake, lay waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

He gazed at Thaddeus and Alexandra's battle with calculating eyes, dissecting their movement, every punch, every kick, and every arrows, pinpointing their strengths and weaknesses.

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Time passed.

"[WRATH OF THE SKY!] [SKY CLEAVER!]"

Alexandra and Thaddeus launched their final attack. 'Strong... but something seems off; they were still holding back,' he thought. With his eyes that could see energy flow, he could see that the two still had a large amount of energy inside of them that could explode at any given moment, so logically they should be able to fight more. 'So why?' Many thoughts flashed through his mind.

'No one is a fool; they must have known that there are creatures similar to him, lying in wait for the perfect moment to strike... This must be their ploy, pretending to be weakened to lure out those hidden in the dark... and it seems that they have succeeded.' He turned and gazed at an area about 9 kms from him. 'Perseus.'

.....

Apexion observed quietly as Perseus and Alexandra battled, to Mal stabbing Alexandra in the back...

Apexion's eyes flickered, and his body started pulsing with the true meaning of speed, leg, and strength. He thought now was the perfect moment to strike, but he was still a little hesitant.

His instincts told him something was not right, but he didn't want to let this opportunity go. He carefully scanned the area. 'Let's see, three broken and battered emperors, a king, and that emperor who is hidden underground.' He thought of his ability and his true meaning and felt that he should easily be able handle things, even if anything unexpected should occurred.

His eyes started to shine with killing intent. Even though he wasn't certain what was off, there was one thing he was certain of, and that was that every one of these creatures was going to die today; he would make sure of that.

Each one had shown that they had the potential to threaten him, and for that, they must die.

Apexion tilted back slightly, the muscles in his legs contracted, his extended claws sank into the ground, ready to launch himself forward at maximum speed.

"...!"

But as his was about to shoot off, he paused. He sensed a presence he could not quite describe appeared 6 km from him.

The presence caused his body to freeze, his eyes open wide, his ears and hair stand up, his back arch, his heartbeat to speed up, and echoed out:

BA-DUMP! BA-DUMP!

He slowly turned and gazed towards the direction of the presence. At first, he didn't see anything, then his eyes flashed, and he saw a out of tune, grotesque, and deformed creature that was hiding.

The moment he saw the creature, his instinct went off like never before, warning him about the creature, it tells him about the threat the creature posed to him, or it should be future threat. His instinct told him that if the creature didn't die now, it would be him who would die in the future.

He scanned the creature inch by inch, from its legs to the crying face on its back, to its abyssal mouth, to its tentacles, to its ey-

"...?"

The moment he gazed at the creature's eyes, he felt something penetrate his mind.

In the depths of his subconscious mind, dark dimension.

Apexion's ego stood at the center silently when suddenly a tender and somewhat familiar voice echoed out from all directions: "Bratha, Bratha, BRATHA!"

The ego's eyes flickered, after which he turned around and saw something that caused his body to tremble with multiple emotions. 'Sister.' A few meters in front, a head lay sideways on the ground—his sister's head. Her eyes were wide open, and bloody tears flowed down her cheeks.

She looked him dead in the eyes and spoke in a sorrowful tone, "Bratha, why didn't you save us? Why did you allow us to die? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? WHY!?" At the end, multiple voices echoed out as if chanting, and the figures ofhis dead brother and mother appeared behind his sister. His brother's eyes were blank and lifeless, and half of his mother's body was decomposing.

They also had bloody tears flowing from their eyes. They joined with his sister, their voices overlapping, "We died because of you, you killed us, killed us, killed us, killed us!"

The ego gazed coldly at them; he didn't utter a word or move, only his body trembling.

"Killed us! Killed us!"

Their chanting kept echoing, and after what seemed like minutes passed, the ego finally spoke in a low and chilling tone:

"So!"

"Ki-" The three froze, and confusion flashed in their eyes, after which they spoke in unison, "Don't you feel any guilt, guilt, GUILT?"

"Guilt? Ahahaha!" The ego started laughing coldly as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. Why would he feel guilty for their deaths or anything of that manner? First, he didn't kill them, and even if he did, he still wouldn't feel any guilt.

Whoosh!

The ego's body then transformed into a giant black flaming star.

BLAZE!

The entire dark dimension lit up with black flames. The three cried out in pain, "AH!" then vanished a second later,not a trace of them remaining. The ego then transformed back into his rabbit form, his eyes shining with extreme anger. "How dare you!" Yes, how dare that creature! Not only did it penetrate his mind, but it also desecrated HIS family. Even though he didn't care that much about his family, they were still HIS, and no one was allowed to desecrate what's his.

Outside the dark dimension.

Apexion's eyes burned with anger and extreme killing intent. At first, he only wanted to kill and study the creature, but now he wanted to rip it apart limb by limb; he wanted to inflict unimaginable pain upon it.