Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil

Harlia received a report from the new king of Vampires himself.

In that report, everything that happened last night was written and the first line of the report was:

"The Final War begins now."

Pablo and the other soldiers remained attentive and Harlia wasted no time to proceed.

She shoved her hand inside her pocket and took out some papers.

Everyone figured this was the report and Harlia nodded at their thoughts.

"After that first line, I read each and every word of the report carefully with full attention. In the report, the man said…"

Harlia darted her eyes on the paper on her hands and started the reciting.

"To the Admiral of the Abyssal Butchers of the Forza Kingdom.

I am saying this with a delighted heart that the King of the Vampires is dead. And no, he didn't die of old age or some other shit like that. I murdered him in cold blood. I killed him. No, I am not some worker at his castle who killed him in his sleep. Nor am I a soldier in his army who backstabbed him. Neither am I his chef who poisoned his soup. I am not someone who would do such things. There is only one way a King should be killed and I used that very same way."

Harlia took a deep breath.

"I killed him in front of his whole court."

Brows were raised.

Gasps were made.

And Harlia further read the page.

"Before you think some coup d'etat happened or the subjects got angry at their king, I should make it clear. Nothing like that happened. The King was a nice man. No one was upset with him. Well, his wives were upset a little but that's only because he got bored of them and haven't fucked them in ages. Anyway…"

Pablo's lips twitched and Harlia rolled her eyes as she carried on the reciting.

The page had ended so Harlia pushed the first page at the back and read the next page.

"So, yesterday morning, on a bright day, I walked in the castle of the king, posing as his subject with a problem and the old man was sitting on his throne normally. The atmosphere was jolly and light, the king benevolently asked me about my problem, and I told him that my problem was… I am not the current king of Jasper Kingdom."

No one said anything and Harlia went on.

"Everyone at the court laughed at my problem and the King jokingly asked me what can he do about my problem? I am an honest man so I answered honestly. I simply asked him to die. More laughs echoed in the court and the king again joked, telling me that many have wished for his death and no one was able to do it. So, young man, you can go before you become one of those who tried the impossible only to die like a dog."

Harlia kept going.

"More laughs took place as each and everyone of the court members laughed while pointing their fingers at me. But you see, Admiral, I am a good man so I don't take anything personally. But I always answer if someone asks me a question or tells me to do something. So I answered the king as well. I told him that those who died trying to kill you, died simply because of one reason. The king asked me what that reason was and I answered him like I always do. I told the king that the reason they died was simply because… They weren't me."

The page ended and the Admiral read the next page.

"At my answer, the laughter finally died and I sensed the anger in everyone's eyes present there. But I was smiling as I never take anything personally. Also, I had simply stated the truth. However, as you know, the truth would get you killed so the old man ordered my execution right there and then. But I hadn't gone there to die. I had gone there to kill the old King of my kingdom. Therefore… in front of everyone's eyes, I killed the king."

The soldiers went tense and they wanted to know what happened after that.

Harlia didn't make them wait and read further.

"I won't tell you, Admiral, how I killed him but you should know that I killed him in just one second. The people at the court didn't even register what happened until the King stumbled down from his throne. The vampires had strong senses and I am the same as well. So I clearly heard the heartbeat of the king stopping and everyone also heard it. All of them stared at me with wide eyes and for a minute, they remained frozen. They did nothing. But the next second, one of them shouted: kill this man right now! I laughed and after that, the mayhem began."

Harlia quickly moved to the next page.

"Everyone present at the court attacked me at once and since I was bored, I killed all of them as well. I killed them all. I gobbled their throats. I drank their blood. I ate their hearts. Hearing the commotion, more and more people gathered who lived inside the castle and I killed them all as well. The wives of the king came out and I killed them as well. Also, the best part, one of them was pregnant. She begged at my feet to spare her but first I kicked her womb, killing her baby and then, I let her live for a while so that she could cry and suffer in pain and after her cries became monotonous, I killed that bitch too.

After doing all that, I looked around the court. The walls had become red. The stench of flesh welcomed my senses and on the stairs of the throne of the king, I sat with blood all over my face and a smile that would put even the devil to shame. A smile that would put…"

Harlia paused, looked at Pablo and read the next line.

"Even your Pablo Castillo to shame."