Everyone Else Has a System

He had a slender yet athletic build, with short black hairs with black eyes that were always melancholic. He was someone who did not get involved in anything he found bothersome. He had a handsome face but with an equally aloof personality, he has this strange habit of wandering around the castle absorbed in his own thoughts.

\'A hard to approach type of person,\' I think as I recall the details of Reeve as I observed him, wearing formals, standing amidst the crowd in front of an old man who was scared shitless.

Reeve was strong… in fact the strongest among all the children within his generation, with his combat power reaching S-Rank quite early. His S-rank system, [Shadow of Death Goddess System], actually helped him reach this height despite his actual skills being not that great.

"What are you doing, Reeve?!!" looking at Reeve standing against that old man, made Irene a bit dumbfounded as she walked towards him.

Reeve saw Irene and his expression softened a bit before he looked at me, which made his expression change once again as he began to glare at me. Looking at his cousin\'s reaction, Irene glared at him a little before asking once again,

"Reeve. What is going on here?"

Irene kept her gaze shifting between Reeve and that old man, but Reeve did not say anything and simply moved towards that old man. Watching Reeve coming towards him, that old man, scared shitless, crawled behind Irene as he kept his face hidden on the ground, not trying to look up again.

Though…

"Ha! Now I have got you! You think I fear the Leeways? If I were really afraid, then I wouldn\'t be here now, would I?" That old man suddenly grabbed Irene by her throat, shocking everyone except Reeve and I.

\'He is a slave trader,\' I thought as my expression had already turned serious, the time I confirmed he was one. I then took a silent breath before muttering,\'shadow style… senseless,\' and moving towards him.

Reeve, though acting calm, I could see his hands shaking ever so slightly. Perhaps Irene being taken as hostage made him a bit nervous despite his usual calm demeanour.

"Do you… really wish for a painful death?" Reeve spoke with an emotionless voice, sending chills down almost everyone present in this area. I wanted to smile, but the fact there was a slave trader in front of me… kind of didn\'t let me due to the slight fury I had.

"You are bluffing. Let me go or el-mmmhhh" he was threatening and then…

-AAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

I caught his hand which held the knife, making him look at me in slight terror and pain before screaming at the top of his lungs. I crushed his hand focusing all my mana on my fingertips and my fingertips on the pressure points present in his forearm.

Watching me coming there without making a sound made everyone gasp out loud and Reeve was looking at me with a serious gaze. I saw Linda with the corner of my eyes and she looked quite relaxed, contracting to the emotions everyone else was showing.

"Who…AAAA…Who are…AAA…you??!!!!" he was scared, he was horrified, he was crying… that old man who had such an ugly look on his face before, was now looking at me as if I were the death reaper standing in front of him.

"I am Zero… a guest of the Leeways, I think that should be enough for someone like you to know," I said nonchalantly as he retorted,"Do you know who you are messing with?"

I saw his sudden confidence backing up, and I just answered without any hesitation in my voice,"For someone to go up against Mark Leeway without much fear for their life… I am guessing… either you are a colossal fool or you are working with Parallax."

Hearing that word, a slightly scared expression mars his face before he asks,"how… how do you… no… it can\'t be possible… how do you know that name?!!!"

This time he was genuinely scared with not just fear but something beyond fear that made him look like he had aged a thousand years in a second. I then got closer to him and spoke,

"If you ever get the chance to meet him… tell him that the \'kid\' is coming back for revenge… and the \'kid\' won\'t forgive even if he begged for a thousand years."

And then I leave his hand before looking at Reeve as I speak,"Let this man go while with the others… you can do whatever you want," and Reeve, first a bit angry, then looked at me with confusion as he asked,"what others?"

I then channel dark mana in my hands before muttering,"Necro Magic: Dein Glaube," and then a sudden surge of black energy spreads from my fingers and spreads all over the place before lighting a black mark on the left arms of about 10 to 20 people around us including that old man.

"Them," I spoke before sighing as I did not think that I would encounter them this early but… well, it is what it is I think.

Parallax is… one of the 12 strongest persons present in Planet Vermillion right now. Ranked the 3rd strongest with an SSS rank system, he hides from the world and does all the dirty business without holding back.

He survived until the very end, until the Elf Princess killed him brutally a decade after the Third Cataclysm. It wasn\'t just her but about 3 dozen people, hunting him relentlessly for over 3 months until he was finally killed for good.

Unfortunately, I had only heard of his death and could not confirm on my own, though I still believed he was dead because what he did to the Elf Princess was far worse than what he had done to anyone.

\'He did torture the daughter of Veronica… there was no saving him after that,\' I thought as I sighed before looking at Reeve, who was looking around with a really scary look on his face.