Ari (Child of the Beastman Goddess)

[Flashback]

Our loving father who was always busy lately due to the rebellion and attacks of the forces of the descendants of Immortals ran towards me covered in blood and tainted with dark energy from the Abyss. I gasped and cried in shock. The battle had been recurring ever since the execution of the old alpha of the Sirens, but I never saw him in such dire state. Also, none of those races have power from the Abyss.

“F-Father… W-Why…” I stammered in disbelief.

“We don’t have much time. We need to run away. He’s coming after you,” he said in a hoarse and worried voice.

“What about Ayla and Mother?” I asked.

He didn’t respond and lifted me in his arms.

“Gurion! Please protect Ayla and Mother!” I hurriedly shouted as my father spread his wings, then fled from Nirvana.

“He won’t hurt them arbitrarily and it was your mother’s will to prioritize your safety. I have to save you at all cost,” he answered while holding me tightly as glided in the sky, evading every cloud on the way.

Father’s wounds were quite severe so I tried to use the power of the sun to heal him. I felt the pain from the clashing opposite power in me and felt like my body was burning.

I tried to hold it in but my father suddenly screamed, “Arie! What are you doing?! Don’t heal me! Your body won’t be able to handle it!”

“But Father is hurt. I feel pain seeing Father hurt,” I cried due to pain and worry.

He looked horrified, but he couldn’t stop while glancing at the back frequently. I looked in the direction he was looking at and saw a black figure flying behind us.

The figure suddenly caught up to us and blocked our way.

“Hand over Hera’s child,” he demanded.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“Sephtis! You dare call my wife by her name! Don’t involve Arie in this! I’ve treated your child like my own. I won’t let you get what you want, not Arie nor Hera!” my father roared.

Looking at them, they were both injured but my father was at a disadvantage because he was holding me in his arms.

“Haha! Then you both need to die! Curse of the Abyss, adhere thy god. Fill their hearts with grief and demise from thy wickedness,” he mumbled as he instantly transformed to his aggressive form.

In desperation, my father threw me while splitting his soul as he whispered, “Do not fear, for I shall always be by your side.”

The part of my father’s soul tried to pull me away, though I was already inflicted with the curse.

“FATHER!!!” I screamed as I watched him turn into a core covered in shadows of the Abyss.

My tears kept streaming down in horror as we fled in a haste. My father’s part soul brought me to my mother where I saw her and Ayla in a horrifying state.

Gurion and Lowell were also lying on the ground with their flesh torn apart, bathed in blood. I felt nauseous from the sight and my heart felt heavy. Ayla was unconscious lying on the ground while our mother was looking at her frozen and speechless. The severely wounded guards, maids and other Immortals were lying at a distance.

“Mother… Why is Ayla lying on the ground? What happened to Lowell and Gurion?” I mumbled, trembling as I hugged my sister’s body and tried to heal her as my father’s part soul hugged me and got absorbed within my soul.

I was horrified at the sight as I looked around blankly while tears streamed down to my face continuously.

“Arie… No! Not you too..,” she mumbled, stumbling on the ground crying upon seeing my appearance.

Sephtis suddenly landed in front of us holding my father’s core in his hand, amused at the sight.

“Herastia… My dear… I can finally have you on my own,” he mumbled as he looked at my mother with his lustful and clouded eyes.

I suddenly felt numb as I snapped due to the unbearable horror and transformed to my passive – aggressive form and dashed to him to snatch my father’s core. He was surprised at my speed and tried to attack me, but I dodged quickly, hugging my father’s core in my arms as I dashed away. Without thinking what to do next.

“Gau, god of darkness. Heed thy queen. Stop this instant!” my mother ordered, casting restraints against him.

“Hah! I am Sephtis, the god of death!” he screamed as he broke free from my mother’s power in an instant.

My mother tried to stop Sephtis but ended up being restricted by his power, then turned to me and said, “Hand over the core. You’re dying anyway. Why don’t you just give up? I might pity you and let you reincarnate as a regular beastman if you’ve been good. Ayla’s power will be complete when you’re gone.”

He tried to restrict me, but his power couldn’t get through despite his curse on my body as my flesh burned while drying my tears of horror.

I felt like my body was giving out due to the unbearable pain of the burning flesh and torture while evading all the attacks. I moaned and gasped in pain as my sight grew darker and my head started to numb making it harder to move any further.

“Father… Lend me your power,” I whispered as I felt my life slowly fading as I chained Sephtis with the strongest restraints I could cast with multiple layers of restrictions.

“Hah… So this is your true power? Hahaha! How amusing! Do you think you can kill me with that dim light of yours? Little child of light,” he mumbled as he laughed sarcastically.

I held my father’s core with my power, spreading my burning wings wide open, drawing my bow and arrows.

“Arie! Stop it! Please, dear! Don’t do this!” my mother pleaded.

“Grandfather, heed thy child. Please use my light and shed it all over the land to push the darkness back to where it came from,” I prayed as I placed all my power on the arrow and shot it to the sky, causing my soul to split to its core.

“ARIE!!!” my mother screamed as the souls of my father and I were pulled into the Abyssal Lake due to the curse attached to our souls.

We got pulled into a different dimension where layers of restrictions were placed.

[End of Flashback]