Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 64

Truth
Name: Elijah Mitchell]

‘Elijah Mitchell?

What…

Wait!

That girl’s name! If I’m not wrong It was: Chloe Mitchell.

How could I have not noticed?

The man standing in front of me right now, is the strongest.

Not the strongest of of the city, not the strongest in America, he is.. the strongest in the world.

But, what is this?’

The room was dark, empty, and sad.

He looked exhausted, and a tube was injected into his arm’s vein.

What would the world have said if it could see him like this, what was of the once mighty hero who defended earth.

His rusty and feeble voice barely reached Hans’s ears:

“Welcome, here take a seat” said the man, pointing with his eyes at the free chair beside his bed.

Hans bowed, and did as told.

“I’m sorry for this unsightly condition of mine, I would’ve certainly loved to welcome you normally” the white haired man watched Hans, and seeing that he was quite uncomfortable, he decided to cut short, and talk immediately about the situation.

“I’m sure you must be curious about why I called you here”

To this, the other side replied with a single nod, that signaled for him to continue.

“I have been keeping my eyes on you since the incident with Logan, and I would like to ask you two things:

Even though I know they’re quite personal, I would need you to tell me about your class rank and how much time has passed since you awakened”

Hans’ once welcoming face disappeared, and replacing it was a serious one.

“Do you know what it means to ask for a hunter these things right?

There are even people who lie about them just to keep them hidden, but you are just asking for them”

Hans took his time to think, he definitely didn’t want to expose his class rank, if word got out that he was an (unknown) class holder, than he would’ve been put under investigation by the government, and probably closed inside a cage, or killed.

Even when it’s not surely a threat, many people act on the fear of something, especially when that something is human.

And if he wanted, even if it didn’t look like it, the person if front of him could’ve easily taken that information away from him.

But as if reading his thoughts, the man assured him: “don’t worry, it’s a request not an order, right now, I couldn’t force you to say it even if I wanted to.

“Could i know why you’re asking for that?”

The man considered it carefully, and decided to unveil this secret to Hans.

“As you can see, I’m not in a good condition, and I… don’t have much time left..”

Hans’s pupils shrank from the shock, he didn’t have much time left? What would’ve happen once the highest ranking awakened of the USA, if not the highest ranked in the world, would’ve left its position empty.

He was the sole reason America managed to keep up with the other countries in terms of awakeneds.

And also, who could’ve ever done this to him?

“Yes, it’s ironic isn’t it? The fact that even someone like me cannot avoid a certain end.

I’ll tell you a story about the past, make sure you listen well.

..

The day of the apocalypse, a young man was attending a counselling office, proposed by his university as a job, like any other day.

It was Friday, and being in may, the weather was rather pleasant than of cold.

As he prepared for another endless day of piled up work, the red lights in the building went on, and a loud siren burst into the ears of all the employees.

Panicked, he rushed outside, following the herd of people.

And his first thought was his brother, hurriedly leaving in car, he headed for his house.

He was 23 years old while his older brother was 36, he was actually his half brother, but their bond was stronger than ever.

When he arrived at his older brother’s house, there was nothing but ruins there, the only remaining member of his brother’s family was a little girl, that was screaming in pain under some of the crumbled walls.

He managed to get her out, and accompany her to an hospital before anything else could happen, but as they got there, a terrible beast blocked their way.

It was a black wolf, in today’s standard it might be about an F-class beast.

But at that time, it looked so intimidating.

While trying to escape the monster’s fangs, the man awakened, and he didn’t get a normal chance, no, he had awakened with the epic class, this was an incredible opportunity.

With his brother dead, his niece at death bed, and such powers, he went crazy for vengeance.

Every single one of these monsters, I once vowed to kill them.”

‘This is.. his story, but then, the niece he was talking about, is she.. the girl outside?’ Thought Hans.

“I killed, killed, and killed.

With time I made my way up to a prestigious position, that allowed me to slay even more monster, but no matter how many of them I killed, they didn’t stop.

However, four years ago, an unexpected situation happened, that monster attacked Manhattan, it was the most terrifying existence ever recorded, his strength and his mana both surpassed those of S-rank, and while fighting against it, for the first time of my life, I understood that I would’ve died.

Not only me, and not only my body, but also my mind, seeing that our fight was bringing nothing but harm to the citizens, it had to be stopped as soon as possible.

And at that moment, I took a decision, I used a secret skill that awakened with me from the very first moment.

The skill’s name was shady, and even I didn’t know what to expect, but the description was too tempting to turn down such an offer.

{devil’s pact

Description: increase your next ten attacks’ power by 5000% in exchange for your divinity.

After effects: *****}

Just judging by its name, I knew it couldn’t be anything good, but I really had no choice, the lives of millions of citizens and thousands of hunters were in danger, if i didn’t stop it, then no one would’ve been able to.

I used the skill, coupled with one of my own, an the outcome was an incredible power that almost pierced that snake to death.

It was then the perfect opportunity for me to strike again.

But suddenly..

An incredibly powerful and eardrums shattering scream reached my ears, in the last moments of his life, that monster cursed us all, I felt my arms, my legs, and even my wings losing sensation, I couldn’t move a muscle, and with my wings open, I began gliding to the ground.

After regaining use of my body it was too late, and the monster had already fled.

Then, people begun congratulating me, praising me for what I had done, not knowing what the consequences of my actions were.

I remember it vividly, the window that appeared before my eyes that day:

[due to the usage of the skill {devil’s pact} your class will change from {angel’s knight} to {fallen angel}]

I couldn’t end the monster, but I still had nine attacks left.

I searched and waited for the most dreadful beings to appear, and used the remaining attacks to kill them.

From the moment I changed class, an evil seed started to grow inside me, as time passed, it grew more and more, to the point that I needed to suppress it to maintain consciousness, and control of my body.

I was hoping that it would exhaust in time, but it only grew stronger as much as I tried to restrain it.

In just a month, my power while containing it became similiar to a normal S-rank, and in six months I was as good as an A-rank.

When after ten months, I downgraded to B-rank, I realized I would’ve lost control of my body, it was not “if” anymore, it was now just a matter of time.

I took a risky decision, and decided to train someone, someone that would have the responsibility to kill me when i lose control.

And the person I decided to pick…”

With sadness and pity in his eyes and words, Hans lowered his gaze, and completed the phrase “… was Chloe, your niece”

“That’s right” replied the man, almost tearing up from the remorse.

“She had awakened a rare class, and even if it wasn’t as good as my epic one, her excellent learning ability would’ve made up for it, and it wouldn’t have taken long for her to overtake me.

If only I had known, that she wouldn’t have been able to catch up to me…”

Tears started falling from his open and tired eyes, while he continued to speak.

“… then I wouldn’t have told her anything.”

She is now responsible of something that she can’t control, it would’ve been better for me to go and lose control in a dungeon, in that way, even if I were to destroy everything, she wouldn’t regard it as her own fault.”