AN: I did not enjoy writing this bit up, but it had to be done, as the MC was heading in this direction. Again, I am all for rape, torture, and detailed descriptions of death in all its beauty. Just not when it comes to children. It's not detailed, but it is disturbing nonetheless.

You have been warned.

As always folks, thank you for reading thus far. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, let me know down below.

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"All around me are familiar faces," I hummed to myself, as I swung the dead body of an unfortunate soul who had stabbed my chest. The body broke off from the leg I had grasped, spraying blood across the ground and a few people I did not recognise. The body slammed into them, toppling them over, and I pounced on them, tearing a few heads off. These heads became missiles, and I kicked them through a couple of armoured soldiers charging me with spears. They looked horrified as they collapsed with head sized holes in their chests.

"Worn out places. Worn out faces," I picked up a discarded spear, and hurled it at a mage who was chanting whilst pointing in my general direction. The spear only scratched the left side of the neck, but it was enough, as blood began to spray the nearby wall.

"Bright and early for the daily races." People were running away from my person now, even though a few tried their best to stop me from progressing any further. Unfortunately for them, my mood was sour, as I approached the only decrepit building within the entire compound. It was here the report said the children were kept, many of whom were dead on the inside. Well, perhaps I can help them live again.

"Going nowhere... going nowhere... Where do you think you're going?" I gave a maniacal grin at a small group of soldiers who were trying to escape with bags and pouches full of gold, silver, and jewels. "Not going to happen," my eyes became wide with madness, and intoned, ">." Crimson and violet lightning erupted from my fingertips, whilst my human guise began to crack around the sword still sticking from my chest. Yes, I did see it, but I was having too much fun killing the humans and demi-humans to care.

Those who were carrying the treasure began to scream, and a few had lightning flare out of their mouths. They became burnt and blackened rather quickly, which caused me to frown. "Too much power, me thinks," I whispered, pulling out the sword and recasting the illusion.

It looked as though someone was leaving the decrepit building in a hurry, and appeared to my tying on a belt whilst grinning. This greatly angered me, and the sword flew from my grasp just as the spear did before. However, like the spear, it missed its mark, but it managed to pierce the slob's ankle with enough force to topple him down. Slowly, I made my way towards him, who was begging for mercy, but would have none from me.

"You and your kind sickens me, human," I growled, raising a fist above my head slowly.

"But you're human, though," he cried out, trying to crawl away.

"Am I?" I laughed as my entire form began to stretch and grow. Thankfully, the robe I was wearing was one that could stretch to accommodate any form I wish, even if it was somewhat damaged.

"Am I truly a disgusting human, insect?" I rumbled as my body became the skeletal frame it once was. Maneuvering it slowly over to the now urinating-in-fear human, I stood over him with a maw full of acidic poison. "Die," I roared, breathing it onto his legs, and slowly moving it towards his head. He shrieked in pain and anguish, as his entire began to liquefy in front of him, until he was naught, but a puddle of acid and flesh. Afterwards, I slowly reverted back to my human self, growled, and entered the building he just came out of.

Inside looked to be something out of a nightmare, one I wished I never entered. Bodies of dead, naked children were seen rotting near the doorway. Many of whom looked fresh, and just waited for someone to come and dispose of them outside the compound. If I wasn't who I was at that time, I would have wept mighty rivers at the pile of bodies. The children were innocent, and deserved to live, not butchered. My body shook with rage, as my eyes began to slowly change into crimson orbs. Back then, I wished I could have wept, but all I could do was destroy. However, I steeled myself away from the scene, and ventured further into the nightmare.

The building itself only had three floors, and it appeared to have been packed with children, judging by what I could see. ">," I intoned in a whisper, which summoned a floating, gore covered eyeball. Where it came from, I did not want to know, but it was useful for scouting, even if it was one of the few spells with an actual time limit.

The eyeball floated in front of my form, until I sent it up the stairs to scout out what was there. Down where I was, everything was dead. The bodies of the children that I found looked terrified when they died. All of them had dried blood around their mouths, between their legs, and, yes, even their rear ends had dried blood.

Madness was slowly inching its way into my mind, and this time, I did not stop it. However, it left when the eyeball found movement upon the second floor, and my body leapt onto the ceiling above me, tearing a hole through it. Pulling myself through, I paused on the first floor, and stared at the dead before me. This floor seemed to house children who began to show signs of growing up, but they were all dead, for the most part.

However, even though they had died much in the same way, the females died in a different manner. Many were pregnant when they died, as those who showed the most looked as though they were stabbed with a sharp object, as opposed to being raped to death. Still, it was heartbreaking for one such as I to witness it, and I fell to my knees crying within my mind.

However, within a few passing moments, I came back to myself when I remembered there was movement above. Staggering to my feet, I half ran, half crawled towards the stairs. Once at the next level, I noticed there were warm bodies up here. Joy tinged with sorrow engulfed my mind, that is, until I noticed a male human entering a room with a grin on his face. Feelings of disgust engulfed my body, converting to madness, as I charged the room, and pounced on the human. This human was trying to violate a girl-child who looked to be about Puella's age. My mind even believed her to BE Puella for a time, and I breathed my acidic poison on the struggling human's head, watching it melt.

My illusion's lips were gone, but that didn't bother me, and stood up slowly. My eyes were wide, and staring up at the ceiling, my lipless mouth hanging open in a silent scream of anguish. Oh how I wished I could have wept an ocean of tears. Oh how I wish whatever it was that calmed me down would rescind itself from my person so that I may feel the feelings that had threatened to overwhelm me moments ago.

Unfortunately, I could not, and the madness was kept at bay once more.

Intoning the human illusion once more, I turned to see a frightened girl-child trying to hide in a shadowy corner. She was naked, and my emotions were conflicted. I desired to hug her, but my stance on touching naked children prevented me from moving very far. Instead, I pulled off my ruined robe, and held it out to her.

Underneath my robe was naught, but a pair of trousers. This caused her to become frightened, as though I was about to do what the melted human was going to do prior to my killing him. "Take it. Please," I whispered towards her, "I still need to search for others. Do you know if there's anyone left?"

She shook her head, staring at the robe. Most likely, it will be the first piece of clothing she was allowed to wear in a long time. I turned and left, shutting the door behind me. Once it was shut, however, I heard the scampering of feet, and a delighted sigh after it sounded like she was fumbling with the cloth. This small action place a smile upon my lips, and I began to wander throughout the second floor.

However, the scene was similar to the floors beneath us, and the Minion of Zomm only found the living space of adults upon the third floor. It was empty, devoid of life and bodies, to which I was thankful for. Turning back, and knocking on the door, I entered to see a somewhat comical sight. The girl-child, of whom seemed to be a silver haired, wolf-kin girl-child with snow white eyes, was staring up at my person with "puppy-dog eyes". You see, she had tangled herself in the robe, with a bare leg sticking out of the hole that a human had stabbed through.

"Do you need help?" She shook her head, and tried to scamper to the other side of the bed, hiding under it with only her tail poking out. "Do you wish to leave here?" There was a few moments of her shuffling around, until her ears popped up. "I have a daughter who is about your age," her full head sat on the edge of the bed, with large eyes staring up at my person. "She lives with me and my son, Nox, in a large castle with lots of room to run around in. We have a garden, and plenty of food. You can even take a bath, and dress up however you wish. No need to stay naked, or do things you do not wish to anymore."

Her ears had flattened at the word, "bath," but perked up for everything else. "No one will come for you, so you do not need to worry anymore. Know this," I said slowly, squatting down to look her in the eyes, "Anyone who dares to harm you, or my children, will simply disappear.

"So," my hand was held outstretched towards the small, wolf-kin girl-child, "would you like to come with me, daughter?"