Villain? Nah. I'm just here for the harem.-Chapter 24: Unleashing the Darkness

Unleashing the Darkness

I lost.

No matter how much I struggled, how desperately I fought, Evelyn Frostbane was simply beyond my league. My blade barely grazed her armor, my movements were like a child's in front of a war goddess. Every attack I threw at her was swatted aside with ease, every counter she made dug into my flesh, breaking me piece by piece.

I lay on the cold ground, blood dripping from my lips. My vision blurred, but I could still see Iris—her body trembling, her voice cracking as she sobbed.

"Please... just kill me instead. Let him go," she begged Evelyn, her voice shaking with raw desperation.

My anger surged.

"You always do this," I spat, my voice hoarse but filled with fury. "Why do you want to die so badly?! You didn't do anything wrong! Why do you keep choosing to live in the darkness when there's a chance to step into the light?!"

Iris froze, her tear-streaked face looking at me with wide eyes.

"You always try to sacrifice yourself," I continued, my voice breaking. "Why? WHY?! You have the right to live, damn it!"

She stared at me, silent. My words—no, not mine. His words. The words of the man who gave her that book, who unknowingly led her down this path.

"Try to live once."

I saw the way her breath hitched. The way something inside her cracked.

Then she asked, "Why are you doing this? You just met me. You only listened to my story and assumed I was a good person. You even fought to death for me. What are you trying to prove?"

I coughed out a bitter laugh.

"Nothing," I said. "I just think your life is worth more than mine."

And then Evelyn's blade came down on me again.

Pain shot through my body as I was slammed into the ground. Cold metal wrapped around my wrists and neck—special chains. Chains that blocked aura, magic, everything. I was completely powerless.

Iris was chained too.

Evelyn turned to her next, her gauntleted fist crashing into Iris's fragile body. Iris didn't fight back. She didn't resist. She just accepted it, like she had all her life.

Something in me snapped.

I searched my mind for anything—any hidden mechanics, any loopholes, any desperate move I could use. But nothing came to me. I was helpless.

Then I saw him.

Nyx.

He was trembling. Fearful. Terrified.

I clenched my fists.

"Hey, Iris," I muttered.

She barely turned her head, her swollen eyes looking at me.

"Do you want to live?" I asked.

She blinked. "What?"

"If I give you a life, will you take it?"

She frowned. "You're not making sense—"

"Yes or no," I pressed.

She hesitated.

Then, finally, she whispered, "Yes."

A slow grin formed on my lips.

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"Nyx," I said. "Kill them."

Silence.

Then the world shattered.

Nyx's body merged into mine, and suddenly—everything changed.

My senses expanded. My body trembled, but I held on, barely keeping my consciousness. Darkness seeped from my skin, tendrils of pure destruction swirling around me.

My flesh burned. My bones cracked. My veins pulsed with something inhuman.

And then, I was no longer Renji Asakura.

I was something else.

Evelyn took a step back, her eyes widening as she muttered, "What... the hell are you?"

I grinned, my new, monstrous form casting a shadow over her.

"The real fight starts now."