Chapter 11: I'm Not Strong.

  My mind was scambling for a solution on how I was going to kill the orge. Unfortunately the demon already had a solution.

  "You looked stressed, haha, boy don't worry. I've go everything taken care of. Just follow me" Said the demon.

  Slowly the demon turned back into a Human.

  I followed him out the room, and down the stairs in where I was previously held captive.

  I knit my brows together.

  'Damn it, in was hoping to stay out longer so that I could gather information.'

  We stopped right infront of the cage.

  "There should be about a little over 250 humans in there" Said Igor

  "Kill them, all of them"

  My heart stoped, he wanted me to kill them. Each and every one of them.

  I looked at them when Igor said this. They looked terrified. They shoke and some of them started to cry.

  The way their face contorted in fear was horrible.

  I was resolved in killing them before, in letting them burn alive. But now, face to face, Being able to see their grief. To watch the pain and suffering, their screams of agony and cries of mercy. I could picture it in my head. The looks on their face as I killed them.

  This was different, I was an idiot for thinking I could be ruthless, that I could be able to make others suffer, to watch as I torment them and kill them. I thought maybe, JUST MAYBE I could be someone who felt nothing for others, to think nothing of their pain.

  I was wrong.

  All my previous resolve to killed them vanished instantly. Killing someone from afar was different compared to watching the life drain from their eyes yourself.

  I can't do it. I didn't want to.

  I knew exactly what it felt like. The fear, the pain in knowing no one is coming to save you, that your doomed.

  I didn't want to inflict that kind of suffering on to no one.

  "You need to level up if you want to even be able to run from that orge, go ahead. You don't have a choice" Igor said coldly.

  I thought for a way I could maybe get out of not becoming a murderer.

  "Umm, could I kill a monster. They should have more experience for me to level up, it would be a waste to let these people die"

  I knew appealing to his emotions wouldn't work, he's too cold hearted to care about anyone.

  Instead I chose a different approach. From observing him, I noticed he was someone that was logic driven. He is calulative, as I already saw how he was able to control the negotiations with the elf and have the elf be satisfied with a lower price.

  If I spoke his language and showed how it was more logical to keep the humans alive to gain more money, I would be able to get away without killing them.

  "No" Igor voice vibrated throughout the room.

  'Huh' my mind was blanking.

  I thought I understood him, at least enough to make him change his mind. But I was wrong.

  "I said kill them. So you'll kill them." He gave me a knife and pushed me inside the cage, locking it so I couldn't run away.

  I grew anxious "Wait, you'll lose money If I kill them, their are more valuable then a couple monsters. It will also be faster and more efficient." I said worriedly.

  "Do you think I care if I lose money" Igor said, glaring at me " you seem to need some motivation,so I'll help you."

  Igor turned to look at the other humans in the cage and smiled "I'll give you all an opportunity to freedom. All you have to do is kill this boy." His eyes smiled gleefully " I will personally make sure that anyone that kills this boy will live a free man. "

  Suddenly. Everyone's expression slowly changed from fear to grim determination and desperation. The look in their eyes was the look of a mad man, Some one that should be kept in a mental asylum.

  Their crazy looks were all directed at me.

  The hair on my back stood, my body tightened at the deathly looks I was getting.

  My palms grew sweaty, my breathing eratic. My eyes grew sharp. I gripped the knife tightly, gritting my teeth.

  "Well what are guys waiting for" Igor said.

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  As he walked away he stop, looked back and said. "If by the time I come back no one's dead. I'll kill all of you." With that said, he left.

  'Damn, I don't have a choice' gripping my knife I charged at the horded of people before they could attack me.

  'Numb body, mental outburst.'

  My speed increased as I stabbed someone in the neck.

  The feeling of how the knife penetrated his flesh was jarring.

  My strength was much more then I thought, I didn't cut through him like butter but I didn't have much trouble stabing him.

  "Ahhhh" he shrieked in pain.

  He falied his arms and tried to punch me but I didn't l stop. I stabbed him over and over again.

  he slumped to the ground, I killed him.

  I watched as he looked at me in despair, crying, then death.

  Everyone was looking at me, looking at what I did. They all wanted to be free, they all wanted to kill me. But they hesitated.

  No one wanted to be the first one to Make a move. They wanted to have someone else go first, sacrifice themselves and then while I'm distracted, they could attack me.

  Slowly everyone shifted their feet closer to me, bit by bit I was being driven against the wall.

  Adrenaline coursing through my veins I had to act fast unless they would kill me.

  I decided to do the only thing I could think that would give me a chance a survival.

  I set myself ablaze, and charged at the horde.

  They all jump back in fear as I set myself on fire. The people infront pushed the people behind them to get behind everyone, as I charged at them, knife swing crazily.

  I stabbed them on the back as they tried to escape.

  ' I'm sorry. I'm sooo sorry' I cried inwardly

  The tear that escaped my eyes were dried up by the flames.

  *

  Notification: Fire resistance Level up

  Now Lv2

  *

  My body became more resilient as my body burned.

  I killed about 30 more people but still didn't level up agian. I was slowly growing tired.

  I could hear their screams, their pleas for mercy.

  "Please don't kill me"

  "You don't have to do this"

  "I want to live"

  "Mommy!"

  "Please just die"

  "I want to be free"

  "Just let us be free"

  "Ahhhhhhhh"

  Some of the people charged at me instead of running.

  One of them charge at me and tackled me to the ground. He was burning but it didn't bother him. He wanted to live just like me and he was willing to burn alive if it meant that he would be free.

  Unfortunately for him I didn't want to die either.

  I stabbed him in the chest randomly.

  *

  Notification: Lucky Shot. You stirked his heart.

  *

  I pushed him off me and continued to slauther everyone.

  *

  Notification: Level up

  Lv 6

  *

  I felt a breeze of energy entered my melting body.

  I continued to murder everyone, mindlessly. Instinct was the only thing that was moving my body.

  ' I'm close, almost there.' I stabbed someone in the stomach and cut down, opening their stomach, spilling their guts out.

  My eyes were starting to fail me, slowly my vision was growing blurry.

  I still have over 100 left.

  *

  Notification: Fire resistance Level up

  Lv 3.

  Will now see a noticeable difference in performance.

  *

  Suddenly, my left leg went stiff.

  I torn a ligament from all the moving around eracticly trying to dodge the attacks from people and jumping around to kill them.

  I couldn't move as I did before.

  Everyone saw this and with a look of relief and happiness in their eyes, they charged at me.

  'Damn it, I can't run'

  I charged at them as well, turning up the heat of my flames as I ran.

  I bashed into someone, sending them tumbling across the floor.

  *

  Lucky Shot

  You gain more experience than Usual for pulling off a lucky shot.

  Level up

  Lv 7

  *

  With new found spark of energy, I attacked like crazy.

  'Keep going keep going KEEP MOVING!' I bite my tongue as I thrashed wildly in all directions.

  Unfortunately I was somehow kicked from behind and landed on the floor.

  Someone took this opportunity and stomped on my back with two legs.

  I felt something snap, one of my disks broke. Fortunately I couldn't feel it anymore, not because of my skill Numb body, but because all the nerves on my body had burned to a crisp.

  'No, no no'

  The people trying to kill me were going to be in for a rude awakening when They notice me still alive after they try to kill me.

  ' but they are just going to continue beating my body over and over even if I can't die. They aren't In the right mind to notice that somethings wrong. The only thing on their mind is freedom.'

  *

  Notification: Self immolation Level up

  Lv 2

  Able to turn up the heat even higher at the cost at buring you body more rapidly.

  *

  I didn't hesitate on what I needed to do.

  I turned up the heat to the max, burning through my flesh as i did.

  "Ahhh" they all jumped back at the unexpected increase in the scorching flames.

  I got up and finished the job.

  Most of them were writhing in agony because of the flames, so killing them was not much of a problem.

  I killed almost everyone, the only one left was one person hiding in the corner, crouching.

  I ran over to him.

  "Please, I don't want to die PLEASE PLEASE!"

  *

  Lucky Shot

  *

  Without a second thought I decapitated him.

  'I did it. I survived......i won'

  My flames died as my strength gave out.

  I stood there surrounded by the smell of scroched flesh. The smell of death permeated the air.

  ' I didn't want too. Why. Why are you looking at me like that. I didn't have a choice. It was either you or me. Don't beg me for mercy, I can't do anything. Shut up shut up. All of you would have done the same thing. You guys tried to kill me too. Don't look at me at me like that. You guys were just as guilty as I am. '

  Yet at the back of my brain, a thought slowly creep its way into my mind.

  'Yet you killed them. You killed them all. There were even children there and you murderer them. Had they killed you, only one person would have died. But you chose to save your own hide and sacrifice the life of many.'

  I was standing in absolute Slience, but even then, I could still hear their screams. Their looks of horror as they died.

  Slowly my mind grew numb.

  Someone whistled behind me.

  "Wow. That was incredibly" Igor appeared out of nowhere, clapping slowly.

  I didn't notice when he got here, nor did I care.

  " Hahaha. Congrats, you killed your own kind, tell me how do you feel."

  I didn't respond.

  I stood there static sound filling my ear.

  " You know. Had you not killed anyone by the time I came back, I would have let you all live. You didn't think I was serious did you?"

  "Huh?" A surprise noise escape my lips.

  "Hahah, you actually believed me, thats hilarious." Igor said as he covered his eyes and shoke his head, laughing.

  'I killed them for no reason? no no NO. I didn't know, I didn't know he was going too. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.' I slowly rotted in my own guilt.

  Covering my head and crouching, I tried pulling the hair out of my head, but because I use my self immolation, I no longer had any hair to pull.

  "Ahhhhh." I started to wail.

  "Ahhhhhhhh."

  The effects of mental outburst only made my crumbling state of mind worse.

  Igor only stood there outside my cage, watching as I broke down.

  I'm in Hell.