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The group finally had the trust of Ding dong dell. But there was still one kingdom that needed to agree to the contract. “Sadly, I know little of Terrana the only thing I know is that their land is surrounded by a wall,” Leander said showing discomfort clear on his face.“That is not good after all we have to talk to their leader!” Evan said his ears dropping slightly. “We could go ask Boddly if she knows anything about it,” Roland said. “That is a good idea, I agree she may know more about it than us” Lander agreed slightly nicking his head.The others also all agreed after they decided that it was their best course of action, they made their way to the Airship. After 2 hours of flying, they arrived at Goldpaw not wanting to waste any time they directly made their way to the library.“Boddly, we have to talk to you it’s important” Evan called out into the library. After a pair of moments, Boddly came trotting out from behind a stack of books. “Oh, Evan it has been quite a while what is it you and your friends need?” she asked looking delighted to see Evan and his friends again.“We need to know more about Terrana” Evan said to her. “I’m sorry but I do not know the information that you desire they are a very secretive bunch that’s for sure” she said looking disappointed. Evan’s ears dropped then, did they truly not know anything about them.“But… I know someone who might” she continued. Evan smiled upon hearing that. “And who might that be?” questioned Roland. “Ah, she works here at the library as much as I know she left Terrana 4 years ago” She continued. “And where do we find her?” asked Batu.“She should be in the archives at the moment her name is Rita, the stair chase over there leads down to it” she answered and pointed at a door. “If you would excuse me now, I have things to do,” she said and walked back to her place before. “Thanks, Boddly” Evan called after her.“Let’s do that then this is our best clue at the moment” Tani called into the group. “Down the stairs then!” Remi decided. They opened the door and walked down the stairs. When the group arrived at the end of the stairs.A busy-looking woman walked around the archive. She had blond shoulder-length hair, green eyes and she wore the outfit of a librarian. “Excuse me are you, Rita,” Evan asked her. “Yes, who asked? Wait aren’t you King Evan?” She asked him.“Yes, I am, and we need your help,” Evan said to her. “Hm what would that be?” she asked curiously. “We need to know more about Terrana could you perhaps help us,” Roland said to her right after he said it her face darkened slightly but only Roland and Leander seemed to catch it.She sighed heavily and said “I will be honest with you, in your position, I would give up on Terrana completely it’s not worth it,” she said looking ashamed. “What! Why?” Evan asked surprised. Everyone had a surprised look on their face except Roland and Leander who seemed to be thinking about the statement.“I will explain it to you but it’s going to take a while, you probably were told that I’m from Terrana and while that is true you probably didn’t know that I fled from there. Terrana really doesn’t like people from outside to know about them. It wasn’t all bad until our king died of unknown causes which forced our prince into the position of king. He was a very kind prince and everyone who knew him said he was the nicest member of the royal family. We all thought he was going to be a good king but…” she looked at the ground and sighed before continuing.“ He did something no one could imagine he banned magic,” she said. Now even Leander and Roland looked shocked. “What!? Why would he do something like that” Evan said. “I personally think to secure his position but that’s not all everyone who used magic or is in contact with it was to be executed… my mother included before they got me I fled. The only person you could possibly talk to would be the last queen Miranda Terran the mother of our king, but I would give up if I were you” she finished talking and looked at the floor."That’s horrible while we don’t use a lot of magic in Broadleaf living without it would be impossible” started Bracket. “That’s horrible how could he do something like that!” Tani said shock clear on her face. “But that doesn’t make a lot of sense a lot of people use magic it would be impossible to execute all of them without any loses on the side of the king” Roland questioned but even he looked a little shocked at the newest revelation. “Well, they didn’t execute all of the people, they could openly tell the king that they used magic they then had two options either join the military and continue to use magic or give up everything they had that had something to do with magic if you didn’t accept any of the options you would be found and executed,” she said.“That does make sense joining the military would have a lot of improvements for the king” Leander muttered. “That’s horrible but we still need to go there Doloran probably is already on his way there! If you know a way to get into Terrana, please tell us!” Evan told her they didn’t have a choice they had to do it one way or another.“Fine, come into the archives again tomorrow I will find a way to get you there,” she told them. “And now go I have a thing to do so please leave,” She said to them clearly having enough of their questions. So they had no other option but to leave and wait for tomorrow.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------“Will, William wake up!” a voice called out to him and he slowly opened his eyes. “Huh what is the problem…?” he slowly called out. He was sleepy, last night was a long meeting and he needed his beauty sleep. “William Crane could you please wake the fuck up!” The person shouted.Yeah, you heard right he was William Crane supposedly the 13-year-old son of the president of the United States of America. It's been a while since he arrived here, so much so that William himself wasn't sure how long ago it was now. If he had to guess he would say that he was now 18 perhaps even 19.How he got here well he’s not sure there was an explosion he could see from the Hospital probably an atomic bomb that was dropped after that everything turned white, he was sure that he was dead but no when he woke up, he was in this body and was found by the very young man that was currently screaming at him. His name is Lucius Terran, King of Terrana well more like a puppet, he never wanted any of what he did as a king. All he did was because of his mother that snake, she used multiple things against him and forced him to act at her command. While he could not even help against her neither Lucius nor William know her plan, the only thing, they know for sure I that she wants to make Lucius look like the worst king possible.There was one thing more when William arrived here, he somehow could use a lance and a bow really well, probably some kind of magic. He also became Lucius’s Personal bodyguard even if he does hide if possible and if not, he wears a mask. He does not want to show his face to anyone except Lucius.“What is it Lucius that you have to scream at me?” William asked a little on edge already. “I got news from outside the walls for the first time in years this big really big!” he announced happily. “That’s cool? What is it about” he asked now curious himself. “Have you ever heard of Evermore?” Lucius asked. “Well, I have heard a thing or two but nothing big, why?” William countered the question.“You know I found out the name of their chief consul…” he said and looked away thinking as it seemed. “And what is his name I want to continue my nap,” he asked he is sick of these lacklustre answers.“His name is uh… how do could I say it?” he really didn’t want to tell him, did he? “Just spit it out please!” he was starting to get irritated by this.
“Ah! It’s Roland crane!” he yelped. “Wait, Roland… crane?” he asked shocked. “That’s why I didn’t want to tell you I don’t think that crane is a common name in this world so I thought he is-“ he got cut off by William. “My dad…” William finished.There was an uncomfortable silence for a long while until Lucius broke it. “Well besides that the kingdom of Evermore somehow did it to unite all the other kingdoms and bind them to a contract.” He tried lightening the mood. William was still silent and said nothing to it.“They will probably try to get a contract with us as well, but I doubt I can because of mom…” he sighed. “you’re probably right but I know my dad will try anyway…” he said in a small voice. “What are you gonna do if they get here, you could leave now you know I wouldn’t mind…” Lance said in a voice that sounded like the exact opposite of what he just said.“Hey don’t say this I wouldn’t leave my duties behind I don’t think I could even show my face to him” He tried reassuring him it seemed to work. After a small moment, Lucius stood up and said “If that is what you want, you can continue napping now mother called me I have to go” Lucius said with his normal fake smile.“Ok goodnight” William yawned while it was troubling news, there was always time for a nap so it did not take him long until he once again fell asleep. After all, it could wait till tomorrow right?
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The next time William awoke the sky has already turned black. It was also at this moment that the events of before finally hit him fully. His dad was also here, and he was probably coming to this, might he add shitty country. He felt tears prick in his eyes.For even just the shortest moment he let himself feel happy before utterly crushing that thought. They couldn't come here that witch wouldn't let that happen. And he knew that oh so well, it made an ugly feeling of hate twist in his chest.He sighed and stood up stretching himself until he felt his bones pop satisfyingly. He after all still had duties to attend to, even if not officially, so he made his way towards the barracks to meet his closest allies.As soon as he arrived, he saw the four people he was searching for sitting at one of the dining tables chatting happily. The loudest of the bunch was Jack, he was the annoying strawberry blond of the group that swore he was the best sword master in the country, it kind of became a joke for them.The only one that was able to peg him down a notch or two was Sahara, she was a fierce brown-haired woman with a scarily good attribute for axes, it’s better to not get on her bad side. And well Nigel was the always worried pack mother, as most refer to him, the blond magician also tended to be overprotective, as well as always worry about his looks.Lastly was Lawrence and he was the meat shield of the group, the very buff man somehow managed to be scary as well as gentle at the same time. William could swear the guy could beat a dragon with only his fists, but he would never do that, the grey-haired older man was an absolute animal lover.They finally seemed to notice the lean young man that was quietly snickering to himself at the antics of his team. Jack was the first to notice him, sending a stinky eye his way. William returned it with a rather smug grin of his own.“Look who finally decided to show up, might I add four hours late!” Jack was nearly steaming now until Sahara smacked him on the back of his head. “Hey, you know how long his last mission was, he was gone on a mission for three days and the report stated he had to fight for a majority of it, cut some slack bootlicker!” After that, the two of them got into another of their arguments and vanished into the background.After that an amused Lawrence ruffled his hair, to which William laughed, it was always such a pleasure to hang out with his team, it felt like he could be more himself around them. “You should really sleep in a bed it’s better for your back, and we don’t want you to end up like Sahara or even worse Jack” After that Nigel bumped him in the shoulder sending him a shit-eating grin, which he returned.William finally decided to clear his throat which seemed to alert even Jack and Sahara who were moments away from pulling their weapons on each other. “I’m sorry I’m late and I promise I will sleep in an actual bed after that. But the prince gave us a mission a few days ago before… she gave me one”.After mentioning her the mood made a dip down, so William sighed and continued. “It’s another of the usual missions, Leroy Marden and Melinda Marden, 16 and 9, parents were executed under the suspicion of magic use… like usual no trial whatsoever, the proof like always lacking as well”. The group gave a collective sigh at that.These things always happened but the executions because of suspicion have doubled in the last few years, with no trials even with lacking evidence. William just wanted to punch something, but he shook the grimmer thoughts out of his head.“Our mission like in most cases is to get them to Lucas and provide them with enough money to safely travel to another city and find support. As usual, Captain Ravia has instructed most soldiers to ignore us and give free passage to both children. Understood?”All of them shouted a collective “Yes sir!”William could only grin “Well then it’s showtime!”-Meanwhile in Evermore-Another evening and Roland could only sigh staring at the only picture he had from before coming here. It portrait him, his wife, and his son, he missed them, his wife died when William was only 10, and Roland wanted to punch himself for ignoring his son so much.The more he thought about it the more he realised, that after William was diagnosed, he just pushed him into the hospital and bury himself in his work, completely ignoring him, Roland wished he could have been a better father.He buried himself in his working chair covering his eyes, hoping for the migraine he had to pass, he stayed up way too late again working out everything they would need for their next travel, everyone else was probably sleeping by now.With a sigh, he decided a bit of fresh air would help him calm down a bit. The air outside was crisp, fall was at its end, and you could feel it, from the research Roland did Terrana was a cold country, and there was no knowledge about the inhibiting monsters, Roland just hoped that wouldn’t bite them in the ass later.He didn’t expect to see anyone else so late in the night but noticed someone leaning onto the railing of the castle, after looking closer he realised it was Leander who looked just as tired as Roland felt. Roland decided to lean down beside him, and Leander’s eyes looked towards him.“Oh, hello Roland, I suppose you were up preparing for tomorrow as well?” Roland just grinned slightly, and Leander took that as a yes. “I wish we could also not worry like the rest of them” at that Roland and Leander sighed at the same time.“I suppose they aren’t aware of how dangerous such a tightly ruled kingdom can be, I don’t envy them. What did you find out?” It was calming to know that he wasn’t the only one to be worried about Terrana, Roland only knew all too well how badly such an almost dictatorship could turn out, his world had more than a few examples of it.“It’s cold so we should pack warm clothes, besides that not much, they really did manage to destroy most info about them outside, it’s a bit frustrating. I’m not exactly happy to go into such a mission so unprepared” Leander only nicked.“It seems we both didn’t find anything in that case… I hope everything turns out fine, I for one can only return your sentiment, we seem uncomfortably unprepared for this”. Roland sighed, and an uncomfortable silence spread between them.“What do you think, doesn’t the whole nicest Prince ever turns into an evil King the second he ascends the throne story seem suspicious to you?” Leander’s eyes widened for a second before becoming focused, Roland thought for a second that they sparkled in the moonlight, but forgot about it once Leander spoke.“I… agree, it does seem suspicious, especially considering he was apparently always nice, but I suppose we will find out soon enough. I just hope that this will not become as complicated as all of our problems seem to be” With that he stopped leaning on the railing.“Well, I suppose I will bid you goodnight now Roland, it would be rather uncomfortable to not get some shuteye before tomorrow, so I suggest you do the same” With that Leander gave Roland a small smile before turning around and leaving.Roland felt something shift at the small smile, but it left as quickly as it appeared so he ignored it. He stayed like that for maybe another 10 minutes before walking towards his sleeping quarters, and he indeed hoped as well that everything would be as simple as it sounded. But a nagging feeling in the back of his brain told him that, in fact, it would not be that easy,
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The Mission, as expected was a complete piece of cake, the kids were safe and out of the country, William was glad, he knew that every mission was a risk to both his team as well as their goals, he sighed at the unsavoury memory of failed missions that crossed his mind.Things were starting to turn complicated he could feel it, it was only a matter of time until his dad and his friends arrived here, one day or another wouldn’t matter and he knew that they would come.
If his team noticed his bitter mood, they didn’t mention it, he was thankful for it, they didn’t need more problems. He slowly stood up announcing his departure, he, after all still had to visit a certain prince.He didn’t notice the worried look his team gave him.---When he entered the room Lucius resident in, he saw the boy lean his head on his arms near the windowsill, looking outside up to the sky, he looked sad, and William couldn’t help but pity him.
It wasn’t easy for his prince, he had to see his own people blame him for things he had no control over, as well as look up to the true perpetrator in happiness, it disgusted William in a way that showed him what he could be capable of if he let go of his control, of course, he didn’t… did he?If he ever got close enough to the queen he would kill her without a second thought, she took so much from someone who deserved nothing more than love that it was laughable. He turned his head downward letting the shadow shroud his livid face.“Hey William, do you think… that I am the problem?” William knew Lucius blamed himself for the things that happened, but normally he kept these thoughts to himself, It worried William. “Why do you think that? You care more about the people in this country than yourself” Lucius twitched at the accusation, and William stayed deadly still.Lucius didn’t like it when William stayed so still, it meant he was in the mood for… more unsavoury things. He squeezed his eyes together hoping to at least not let a sob show, he was shaking, he could never hide his emotions from William after all.“I-I, it’s just that I could do something, I should, no I nee-“ Lucius shuddered at the Icey voice of William cutting through his stuttering. “Who?” It was so unlike William that it scared him every time.
But William only repeated his question “Who” Lucius blinked. “I-It was counsellor Richard…” Lucius quickly turned around calling out “Wait!” but his closest friend was already gone at an inhumane speed, Lucius hugged himself feeling responsible for what this world did to his friend.The next people that entered surprised him out of his self-wallowing.“King Lucius, we need to talk. It’s about William”---
The counsellor was walking alone in an empty hallway in the dungeons, just returning from reporting to the queen, the country's only true ruler. It wasn’t until he heard something behind him, someone moved out of the shadows.It was the pesky little server of the imprudent little prince, still adoring his mask based on a dragon. He smiled at him “Hello counsellor Richard, I wanted to ask, did you do anything to my king?” he still had that emotionless smile on his face, everything else hidden by the mask.Richard smirked not wanting to play dumb “Oh yes, I just told him the truth. He is simply not capable of being a king, you must understand, he is a fool after all” The smile vanished, and the counsellor felt himself sweat.The masked man slowly walked… past him, Richard felt himself grin even wider. It wasn’t until someone packed him on the shoulder that something was rammed into his back, unfathomable pain spread through his body, a scream ripped from his throat.He heard the same voice from before now colder than the harshest nights in Terrana “Hey… did you know? The kidney is one of the most painful places to get stabbed in” it was said right beside his ear, the only reason he heard it over his own wailing.The man did not stop, as much as he pleaded “No excuse? No apology? …how disappointing” The man sighed and slowly pulled his mask off revealing a young face, so cold it could freeze even the hottest burning flames.He could only see half of it from the position he was in, it frightened Richard. “Goodbye counsellor, let’s meet in hell, shall we?” a grin spread across the now unmasked face as the counsellors moved into one of horror and sheer pain.The monster twisted the dagger buried in the counsellor’s kidney, making him scream bloody hell. The sadistic grin widened into a crazed smile. He ripped the knife out and pushed the counsellor to the cold hard stone floor.The young man sighed. “There is something a lot more painful than bleeding to death, you know” he pulled out a small bottle and poured the insides on the poor fool on the ground, seeing his tears hit the ground, pleading, but it was lost on the madman’s ears.“Sadly, I cannot leave much evidence, but nobody would ask about a bit of ash in the dungeons, right?” he chuckled lightly, like it was some harmless joke, and Richard knew this was the end looking, into the eyes of the devil as a match was lit and the devil in front of him let it fall.The counsellor screamed almost animalistic as the skin and flesh were melted off his bones in the crackeling flames until it stopped, the flames slowly dying out, leaving only bones, ash and the sickening smell of burned flesh.The bones now one of the many others in the dungeon, would probably never be led back to the foolish old man. William pulled his mask back on and slowly turned around, not saying another word. Meanwhile, On the other side of the world, a very special group was making their way towards an important decision.---Roland, Leander, Tani, Batu, Evan, and Bracken were waiting near the Library in Goldpaw, waiting for Rita. Roland was still talking prep work with Leander. Batu, Tani and Bracken were also talking.
Evan was nervous, to say the least, he didn’t sleep last night to in his head. How can a prince that was so nice become so evil as soon as he becomes king? It didn’t make sense to Evan, he was convinced that there was more to the story that they didn’t fully have yet.Rita then arrived with an elder gentleman in tow, looking annoyed but also slightly nervous. She cleared her throat and waited until everyone was focused on her. “This is Herman, he will take you to Terrana, it will not be a luxury experience, but probably your only chance in”.“Every month, on one day the harbour opens up for traded goods, that will be your ticket in and also your only ticket out if you need to leave. Hermann is the captain of one of these ships, so he will allow you to stay on his ship, don’t get him involved if you get caught, you hear?” She looked scared at the thought.Everyone gave a collective nod at her, and she sighed. “Before you accompany him, a bit more information, they know what you look like so be extra careful in larger cities, thankfully because of the tight security measures most cities don’t have guards stationed all day use that as an advantage”“Ignore the condition of the people no matter how bad, they are rather aggressive because of the strong oppression. Terrana is really cold, wear clothes for permanent snow. Now, search for the old queen, she will be your ticket to get to the king, but be extremely careful”“The only reason the king hasn’t been killed yet is because of his closest follower, the man with the dragon mask, if the rumours are to be believed, he eliminates everyone that even as much utters an idea that goes against his king… be careful of him”Evan had to gulp at the last info, such a dangerous man was the most trusted follower of the king? Evan had to ask himself what kind of person that man must be.
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The cell was damp and dark, a boy was shivering in the least cold corner of the cell. Every ragged breath sent waves of pain through his battered and bruised body. Footsteps alerted him and made him shrink into himself even more, he dreaded the man who bruised his body, the armoured tall bulky man who always had that crazed smile on his face.Lucky for him it wasn’t the man this time, instead a man entered that he hadn’t seen before, at least not in the week he had been in here. The man was rather slim and lanky, he looked the exact opposite of the hellish armoured man.He had Hazelnut coloured short hair, which was slightly tousled. Kind green eyes looked at the boy in sadness. He wore some sort of beige robe, over it he wore a brown bag. He knelt down near the boy who now growled at him.His eyes softened even more and he slowly called out to the boy. “It’s alright, I’m here to look at your wounds… could you please come here?” The boy stopped completely; his body frozen in fear. He mechanically stood up, keeping his expression as emotionless as he could, scared to show his fear.It made the man frown sadly, he patted the ground in front of him, slowly pulling off the brown leather bag and setting it next to himself. The boy slowly sat down, and the man slowly moved his hands towards the boy.He hesitated before touching the boy. “May I?” The boy nodded, slightly confused now. The man started humming as he pulled out a few items, a salve, some bandages and… pills? The boy guessed they would be painkillers, but he couldn’t be sure.The man slowly examined the slim-looking boy, his frown becoming deeper the more he examined. He let out a sad sigh as he finished his examination. “Several bruises and some shallow cuts, you’re also definitely too thin for your age… say how old are you?” The boy hesitated before answering.“13” The man looked at the boy in horror before looking away from the boy, muttering something under his breath. In the end, the man gave a defeated sigh before he started to apply the salves on his cuts and bandaged them.“Say… calling you Boy doesn’t seem nice, so… what’s your name?” The boy looked away from those way too bright green eyes. He only muttered the name under his breath, but the man caught it without a fuss.“So, William, right? I’ll call you Will then” With that the man nodded to himself before his eyes widened. “Wait I didn’t even tell you my name yet! You can call me Levian or Levi for short if you prefer” William only nodded slightly before he cleared his throat, coughing at how dry it was.Levi’s eyes widened before he quickly pulled out a pouch full of water, handing it to William. He took it and emptied the whole thing in one gulp. It made Levi chuckle lightly. William, rather embarrassed handed it back to the now laughing man.The silence turned tenser with each passing second until William finally asked. “Say… Levi, why am I here and-and where even are I? Why am I even kept here?! I-I don’t understand any of this! One moment I was lying in a hospital bed, then there was this bright light and-!” Levi carefully placed a finger on William’s mouth.Levi looked very sad again, making the smaller boy frown again. “You’re in Terrana… and I fear that it is far away from your home, very far away. So far that they want to test you… I’m sorry but it won’t get better… for what it’s worth I’ll make sure you survive, I promise. But for now, I must go… pray that it’s going to take a while until I must come back” With that Levi stood up, a shameful look crossed over his face.Levi left without looking back, leaving a confused and hurt William behind. But William wasn’t stupid, so he knew that there was a high possibility Levi just simply wasn’t allowed to say anything else, it lessened the hurt, but not the feeling of dread building up in his stomach.He just hoped that Levi didn’t need to come here again anytime soon.---Levi walked back into the cell, the permanent frown on his face lighting up as he saw his favourite patient. William only grinned in return. Levi could only whistle at the physic of the now 16-year-old teenager.“I see that you have not let that training of yours go to waste, you certainly aren’t as thin as 5 months ago” William only continued grinning as he sat down, waiting for Levi to join him. Levi's grin lessened as he continued.“How was… it here in the time I was gone, since I couldn’t check up on your wounds?” William's smile stayed on his face, now lacking its happy edge. “The usual… a few beat-ups and one trying to brandmark me, a few needles and blood samples but beyond that nothing” Levi only nodded, before standing up again.“Sorry Will, I just came to check up on you. I need to still do some other things… See you later” William only nodded. Levi was walking back into his complex when he encountered somebody. “Oh… If it isn’t the head of alchemists himself~” Levi turned around, a completely cold expression on his face.“Oh… what a surprise to see you in the dungeons… Edgar. Did the queen finally let you go as her right hand?” Edgar only grinned, before shaking his head. “No, no… the queen just said that today I could do something special. Anyway, how is your little lab rat doing?”Levi only snarled at the man, making him back down slightly, making Levi smile. “It is going along splendidly, but he isn’t a mere lab rat, so I would advise you to shut your mouth, or I’ll have to sew it shut for you”.With that he gracefully walked away, unbeknownst to him Edgar was now smiling, a disgusting grin spreading on the face of the long-haired man. “Today I will break your lab rat, Levi…”---TW starts now---William was alert when the door to his cell opened, and a familiar man stepped through the door. He remembered the handsome man, after all, he was the one that beat him up on his first day here. William couldn’t help the bad feeling in his stomach.Two hooded men walked in after him, faces obscured. The handsome man grinned as his eyes trailed up William's still rather lanky body. William's first instinct was to flee, considering the eyes of this man reminded him of a predator, in the worst way possible.“Get him” the man called out and one of the men stabbed a needle into his arm, while the other one pinned him down. His body screamed at him to get out, but whatever was in that syringe, it was acting fast.His whole body felt woozy, and he felt himself crash into the ground, his legs basically turning into jelly. His vision started to turn hazy. The handsome man grinned, ordering the two men to leave. He walked towards William, carefully putting a hand on his cheek, all William wanted was to run, but he could not.“aren’t you a cutie, really so adorable and cute, I just have to be the one to break you.” William’s brain formed a rough idea of where this was heading, and he hated it. It made him panic but his body didn’t work.The man chuckled with the same disgusting grin. “It’s no use, that drug was modified to make one so impossibly easy to misuse… don’t worry I won’t break you completely yet, after all, it would be a waste of such a cute little doll”.This was horrible… William didn’t want this! Why did this have to happen to him?! He shook his head, making the man’s expression turn crazed. “NO! I will do what I want! So I’ll make you aware of the place you are in!”The man pulled out a dagger and rammed it into Wiliam’s hand, pain exploded from that area, far worse than before. The man laughed “Oh Edgar you idiot! I forgot to mention something, sweetheart~ The drug enhances pain to the max, meaning even shallow cuts will feel like someone rammed a knife into there”.William was crying, his eyes losing focus. The man… Edgar, he assumed slapped him, making him whimper. All Edgar did was smile, taking William’s chin into his hand. “Nonono! Don’t fall asleep yet, we haven’t even started yet”.Edgar moved closer roughly forcing a kiss on the 16-year-old, he roughly ripped open William’s mouth putting his tongue into William’s mouth. Why was this happening? Why, Why, Why? This word was running through his mind over and over and over again, like a broken recorder.He pleaded to God for this to stop, not being able to stop Edgar as he ripped off William’s clothes, dragging his disgusting hands over the lean body. His head exploded in pain when Edgar dragged the pointy dagger across William’s stomach, leaving a red trail of blood.Every place Edgar touched felt burning, shame and helplessness exploding from his whole body, he surely was shaking with sobs, but this hell just didn’t stop. William only lost all his hope when this… disgusting man roughly put a hand around his dick, a shockwave of pure helplessness running through his body like wildfire.“S-stop… please” was all William could croak out, taking all his remaining strength with it. But Edgar only grinned wider. Gripping Williams member harder. He was getting hard, he knew it. His body plus the drug messing with him.He didn’t want this, no matter what his body said, he didn’t want to believe that he liked this” Edgar only grinned even wider. “Oho~ seems like my little toy is enjoying it, after all, you really are just a dirty little slut~”William shook his head weakly not believing a single word. He wasn’t enjoying it… was he? No, he wasn’t! He couldn’t be! The torture didn’t get better as Edgar roughly shoved two fingers deep into his asshole.His body convulsed in pain and… pleasure?! He couldn’t deny it, it felt good, behind all the pain he was enjoying it. He really was just a disgusting worthless piece of shit. He felt his head get lighter from pain, or pleasure he didn’t know, pained moans escaped him.“Yeah… that’s right! Moan for me, you dirty little slut!” Edgar roughly licked off the blood that was streaming down William's chest. It hurt, so much. Edgar then stopped, a menacing gleam in his eyes. “I think I played enough with you” At that Edgar pulled out his own dick, it was big.William shivered but then went limp. He just couldn’t care anymore, even as Edgar placed it in front of his hole. As he went in William felt Something tear, a scream was ripped from his convulsing body, every breath hurt, everything hurt so much.He hated it, hated himself for every moan that escaped his wretched mouth, his Raper only laughing in glee as William felt his own painful release, his dick not getting soft. Edgar’s dick was roughly pushed in and out as William felt his body bounce.It felt so long until Edgar finally came, he didn’t pull out until every last drop of his cum filled William’s hole, it hurt, he felt sick to his stomach, and he would puke if he had the energy to. His body went limp as Edgar pulled out, leaving his fluids to run down William’s asshole, but his own blood was sure to be mixed with his semen if the awful pain was a tear, it probably was.Edgar laughed and took William’s face in his hand, kissing him softly on the cheek. “You truly were a fantastic little pup. I will be sure to come back~” With that he let William go, standing up and walking back towards the cell door.He whispered to the two men who had watched the spectacle unfold before them. “Next time put in more sexual enhancers, I want him to really think that he is enjoying it, it'll make this game even more fun, and I will hear him moan more~” The two men only nodded, their expressions gleeful.“Say… sir can we also have a go now, I want to see him squirm underneath my cock” Edgar only chuckled, clearly amused. “Of course, you two, have as much fun as you want, the whole night if you want to, just don’t kill him”Ah… so this hell would continue? he only grinned. At this point he couldn’t care anymore, what more would it do now? After all, he was just a disgusting filthy whore. The men entered, closing the cell door behind themselves, slowly moving towards the broken boy, their intentions clear on their faces.---Levi was running, Edgar that bastard did something, he was sure. Why else would he be so smug with Levi, it worried him. When he finally reached the cell door, he cursed. He hoped it wasn’t too bad, he really hoped so.What his eyes witnessed was even worse than he was expecting, the battered and bruised form of the previously fit teen horrified him. But it didn’t compare to the bit and scratch marks all over his body, long cuts adored his body.The teen convulsed on the ground on his body and around the ground where dried splotches of blood and… something Levi could only guess was bodily fluids, the teen was shaking, dried tear lines and snot covered his face.-TW ends here-Levi wanted to puke, the taste of bile already on his tongue. Levi had seen far worse bodies before, corpses were organs freely flowed from bodies, dissolved in acid, and more of the like. But this was different.It felt far worse than any other time. He unconsciously reached for his transmitter. “Linda… send an emergency team to the dungeons, and a cleaning team as well if you’re at it, be sure to take the more experienced teams alright?” With that he clicked the transmitter off, choosing to take William’s vitals.---Levi couldn’t do much for the next few months, all he could do was wait. He knew that it happened again and again, Edgar- that filthy pig rubbing it under his nose every time. William was… his William was gone, replaced by a shell.He couldn’t blame the kid… God, he was fucking 16! He had to do something, even if it meant betraying Terrana. He shouldn’t feel this way, he had done worse than what Edgar did, but it irked him, in ways that wanted him to make Edgar his next lab rat.It took him four months, four months too long might he add, but he managed something, he would betray everybody and flee, he couldn’t help William once he escaped, as much as he wanted to, the now 17-year-old boy had to survive on his own once got out.Levi just hoped this plan would work, with a last look back at his laboratory he left taking the masterfully crafted Katana and mask with him. Time to set his plan in motion.---William stared at the ceiling, it’s been a week since the last… fun hour of Edgar or any guard that was disgusting enough. It confused him, Edgar he could understand, after all the man was some high-ranking official, if only they knew what a disgusting dirty animal he was.But the guards normally always came, so he had to wonder. Sadly, he couldn’t do that for long, considering Levi opened the door and walked in. He looked ready to leave, in his hand he held an expensive-looking dragon mask and a sword, a Katana he guessed.“Hello, William… today will be the last time that I visit you” That made William jump up, the last person that didn’t treat him like their personal cum-dumpster was going to leave. Levi frowned before holding out the mask.“Will, I will be honest. I hated you when we first met, heck I saw you as nothing more than one of my experiments. But that changed and now I can’t help the guilt that is eating at me. So, I want to give you this” William felt tears run down his face, he was betrayed by the first nice person in this hellhole, it was hysterically funny really.William took the mask staying quiet even as Levi placed a hand on his shoulder. “If you wear this mask, you will be a different person. A cold snarky murderer, please promise me you will only kill with this mask on your head”. William stared at the man, remorse colouring his face.“I-I promise…” William managed to croak that out, and Levi nodded before turning around and placing the sword near the door. “Tonight is the yearly royal banquet, meaning no high animals of this country will be in the castle, this is your only chance to escape, use it”. With that, he left leaving a staring William behind.After a while he pulled on the mask, a grin plastered on his face, time for payback.---On the night that the royal banquet was held in the castle town, 87 people were murdered in Terrana castle, leaving a trail of blood and fear in their wake, the culprit still hasn’t been found to this day. Though there are rumours that the Ex-captain of Terrana’s Science department, Levian Magnus may have been involved in the incident.