【Name: Aspiration Heart (Corruption, Arrogance, Domination)】
【Appearance: A heart that continues to beat even after being separated from the body. If you get too close, you’ll hear a demon’s whisper, arrogantly demanding that you reveal your deepest aspirations.
The stronger a person’s hidden aspirations and the more deeply rooted their arrogance, the more likely they are to attract its attention and temptation】
【Ability: Demon Heart, Amplification of Own Anomalies, Dominion】
【Cost: Open your heart and invite it to witness your aspirations and arrogance】
【File: The heart of a near-god-level great demon, which had fallen into a long-term hibernation due to severe injuries. During this time, because it could still maintain its beating even outside the body, it was sent as a rare exhibit to an underground auction.
After being bought by a member of the Lionheart family, it was revived by the deep aspirations of his younger brother and replaced his heart, continuing until now】
【Evaluation: An anomalous item with almost no combat ability, but the more prestigious the user’s identity and the greater the power in their hands, the more terrifying its effects can be.
A mere old noble on the verge of being abandoned by the times cannot demonstrate its strength. If it were obtained by a true authority figure, or even one of the kings of the Twelve Kingdoms, it would make the world tremble with fear】
【Taint Value: 11 (3.3 – Bobby Lane) (2.3 – Leon Lane)】
【Your Taint Value has increased】
【Current Taint Value: 2.3】
Make the world tremble with fear…
Looking at what is undoubtedly the highest evaluation among the anomalous items he has encountered so far, Leon finally began to grasp the level Black Goat had reached during its prime.
Although the Black Goat’s heart was also severely injured, it remained in a “wild” state, unlike the horn that ended up in the Bureau Director’s hands, whose authority had been utterly shattered in the past. It still basically maintained its original status, with quite terrifying abilities.
For those who have been “dominated,” it possesses absolute control akin to life and death…
Pretty good.
…
“What are you going to do?!”
Before he could recover from the shock of being “used,” he once again felt the “activation” from the other side, and its intensity was unimaginably strong. The young man couldn’t help but panic, struggling to grab Leon’s arm while desperately shouting, “What are you doing?! What exactly are you going to do?!!!”
“…”
Without answering his counter-question, Leon, whose clothes were soaked in blood and who was left with the pain of being cut into a thousand pieces, slowly closed his eyes. Relying on the enhancement effect of the ability “I Am a Demon,” he pushed the “Aspiration Heart” to its current limit.
“Buzz!”
An intangible wave of soul energy spread out centered around the two people, instantly silencing the entire Leon Manor.
Nobles, officials, servants, butlers, gardeners… all the people within the range of the “Aspiration Heart’s” control were dragged into that invisible pyramid.
And “standing” on the second tier of the pyramid, Leon, looking at hundreds and thousands of purplish-black souls around him, feeling the putridity ten times worse than mud surrounding him, finally made up his mind completely.
“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”
With each “naming,” a series of collision sounds between flesh and hard objects rang out, and fireworks composed of flesh and ironstone bloomed one after another throughout the entire Leon Manor.
Climbing high buildings and jumping down, running full speed to collide with rocks, diving into the nearest landscape lake… countless greedy and scheming corrupt souls were extinguishing at a stable rate of about two per second.
“Stop!!!”
“Hmm? What did I do?”
Carefully identifying the evil-filled souls below, crushing the ones that were almost entirely rotten and devoid of any brightness, Leon glanced sideways at him with a slightly puzzled expression, conveying his attitude.
“Isn’t this all your doing?”
“You?!!!”
After crushing another corrupt soul, in this “pyramid” without other observers, Leon turned his head, calmly narrating: “During this investigation mission, I accidentally fell victim to your ambush and was trapped in this manor.
To pry into the secrets of the Clearing Bureau, you threatened me with the lives of the Leon clan members. If I refused to divulge the secrets of the Clearing Bureau, you would kill one person every second.”
Unfortunately, I’m just a newly promoted employee and know very little about the intelligence inside the bureau, so there’s no way for me to answer. Thus, these people died needlessly…”
“You’re lying!”
Not expecting the accusation to come back at him, Bobby Lane’s soul instantly filled with rage as he roared at Leon: “You won’t get away with it! With so many deaths, the Clearing Bureau will definitely investigate you! When that happens…”
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“How will they investigate?”
While continuing his “work,” Leon asked calmly: “Did you misunderstand something? The person who merged with the anomalous item is you, not me. How could I possibly use your anomalous item to kill your own clan members?”
“???”
“As for other special investigative methods…
I only took action inside this pyramid. The only witness seems to be you. And after everything is over, I won’t waste your dirty soul either; I plan to feed it to the Black Goat for complete digestion.
So how will the investigators investigate? Investigate you, whose soul has been decomposed? Or investigate these people who were under your control throughout and know nothing?”
“…”
“Hmm… actually, it’s not completely foolproof.”
Furrowing his brows in thought, Leon’s soul calmly said:
“If the Bureau places a lot of importance on this matter and is willing to use some causality-related things or powerful anomalous items like reversing time, they might really uncover what I’ve done… but… do you deserve it?”
“You… You… Damn it!”
Realizing that he truly couldn’t do anything against Leon and could only watch as Leon gradually destroyed everything he had, Bobby Lane’s soul couldn’t help but scream in hatred:
“You madman! You damn madman!”
Madman, huh…
Upon hearing his words, Leon’s actions paused momentarily, recalling himself before joining the Clearing Bureau, when he was ready to rush into the Road Administration Department with a knife.
“Seems a bit.”
After forcefully extinguishing the last irrevocable flame, Leon looked at the other souls that still carried a hint of warmth, stopped his actions, exited the pyramid, grabbed Bobby Lane’s throat, and said seriously, “If I really am crazy, then I must have gone crazy on the 28th of last month… Do you have any other last words?”
(End of Chapter)
