Although he already knew, Sarin still felt unreal.

When he came to meet the Ditto Family Young Master, he never expected this to happen.

Even when he learned about Tyler's feats, he never considered him anything more than a stone on the side of the road.

"Yo….you don't realize what you've done. You won't get away with this."

Tyler walked in front of him and crouched down. He took out his sword and stabbed it through Sarin's body.

He tried to protect himself using his spiritual energy, but it was easily stabbed through.

"I know."

When Sarin heard these words, he hissed in pain and tried to look at Tyler's face for an indication of fear and regret.

He saw none.

Tyler was neither remorseful about his situation nor was he worried.

As if he just didn't kill one of the most important members of the Ditto Family, one of the Great Families that controlled the Sunfry Region.

"You know what? Our conflict started over a small thing. It was just a business. We needed to make a profit, and you wanted to establish prestige."

"So, you started targeting little people while we challenged strong ones. The difference is that you challenged someone with abilities to grow."

"If it were just a small person with no future, then there would be no problem. But he turned out to be the most talented person in the world."

"Isn't it funny? The same guy you could kill a few days ago could now kill you instantly."

Tyler kept talking, trying to bring out more negative emotions from Sarin.

"You will pay for this."

Sarin still had extreme stubbornness and belief in his family. Not to mention, they were backed by Ditto Family.

He didn't think a single person could change this.

It shouldn't be possible.

Seeing this, Tyler frowned.

He underestimated his person's faith. He wanted it to collapse. He wanted it to break apart before he let his flames put his soul in eternal misery.

In his life, he had two things.

His lack of talent and those who threatened his mother.

So, he wanted to feel satisfied for killing Sarin. But at this moment, he only felt empty.

When this emptiness appeared in his heart, Carl's voice rang in his head.

'Lord, you can still do what you planned to do. Don't forget! When you upgrade Shinigami Flame, you can still bring out his soul and let him watch you thrive.'

At this moment, another voice rang in his head. This belonged to Shinigami Flame.

'That's right! My body can contain the soul of any being and torture. Once I improve, I can rearrange his soul and fix the damage done to him.'

Hearing that, Tyler's eyebrows rose as he asked.

'You can heal the soul?'

'No, I can rearrange it as long as I don't burn it completely. But this soul won't last for more than a year.'

'After that, no matter how much you improve me, I won't be able to rearrange his soul and make it complete.'

'Is that so?'

Tyler nodded his head.

He hated Sarin. He hated this man's existence. If he were doing this for justice, he would've just killed him.

But this was revenge. It was personal.

"Sarin, we'll meet again."

Tyler spoke. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɴovel(ꜰ)ɪre.nᴇt

When he heard those words, Sarin's eyes widened as joy flashed in his face. But before he could feel anything more, a green flame appeared on his body.

"Argh!"

The flame passed through his body and entered his consciousness. It started burning his conscious mind, reaching his soul, and burning it as well.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

A horrifying scream came out of his body. Soon, Tyler received a message in his head.

'Lord, I have devoured his soul. You can burn his body now.'

Tyler nodded. The green flame slowly emerged from the depths of his soul and started burning his body.

The scream slowly died as Tyler watched it with cold eyes.

Sometimes he didn't understand why these people could act so high and mighty.

Power was great, but it wasn't everything.

As the body burned to ashes, Tyler couldn't help but remember another person that he hated.

But for some reason, he couldn't take action against that person.

Because his father chose that job. Nobody forced him to take that job except for the circumstances in his house.

Even death was possible. It was written in the agreement, and his father chose to sign the job.

He wanted revenge, but he didn't want to cross that line.

It was an agreement. Their family couldn't pay for the injuries. But at the same time, hatred for the death of his father couldn't be written off so easily.

He couldn't understand why this was happening, but the more he thought about it, the more thoughts came to his mind.

At this moment, he had a rare momentum of enlightenment.

Since he couldn't stop thinking about it, he decided to think more about it and come to a conclusion.

And, he realized it.

The same thing that affected Sarin was affecting him.

Power!

Before, he didn't have the power to avenge his father, so he could just bury those thoughts in his mind.

But now that he had the power to not just kill that guy, but his entire family.

When he thought about that, he couldn't help but clench his fist.

The power was changing him, but he couldn't let that change him.

It was nothing more than a temptation.

As he realized this, he took a deep breath and thought.

'Power! I can't let it control me. I have to revert to who I was. I can't change myself because of power.'

'I am moving towards my goal. Soon. I will get what I want. I will fulfill my goal and dreams. I can't make mistakes here and now.'

'That's not who I am.'

He released a deep breath and took more breaths before he walked towards the city.

While he was returning to his house, he found many people outside. They were talking about the recent destruction of the tavern.