Reincarnated and Regressed Villain - Make heroines beg for forgiveness

Chapter 177: Chapter 177- Even Nightmares will appear sweat dreams once I am done with you

"is that him?"

As soon as she saw the clear image of the man, a strong feeling engulfed her, prompting her to immediately turn her gaze towards the young man beside her.

'?!'

But even before she could react further, a hand grasped her left arm and pulled her in a certain direction.

Thud

"Did you just feel worry for me?" Ryuk looked towards the young woman beside him, his hand wrapped around her arm as he kept her stuck with him, both blinking their eyes before Esme replied, "No—?!"

SWISH

CLANK!

CLANK!

"Haah....Haah...You Bastard!" Edward shouted, his eyes shot red, hands gripping the sword blocked by another one materialized inside the black-masked young man whose face was turned cold, filled with sharp intent.

"EDWARD!" Man called out to his son as his eyes captured him attacking the commander of the Devereaux family.

At that moment, he was himself blocked from doing anything else, swiftly turning his gaze towards the individual blocking him. With gritted teeth, he cried out, "Move this instant!"

WHOOSH

CRACK!

Instantly, due to the force produced by the burst of his energy, the ground beneath scattered in an instant. His eyes fixed on the masked young man in front of him, who seemed slightly different.

"It should be enough," Regina, blocking the man, calmly stated, her hands gripping the sword with lips calmly parting to tell Esme that her work ended here.

'?!'

Man's eyes widened the moment he saw a glitching image of the young man blocking him, turning into the woman whom his son had just attacked.

"Y-you!" Man realized the situation as he turned his gaze towards the one stopping his son, the womanly image transitioning into a black-suited man, a black masquerade mask hiding his face with two sharp amber eyes gazing at the young man in front of them.

"Regina, kill him," Ryuk firmly commanded, his sword gripped tightly as eyes filled with killing intent looked at the two emerald eyes in front of him, burning intentionally with energy.

Scrhch

"Yes, My Liege," Regina nodded, sudden sharp sword energy emanating from her body, instantly causing several cuts on the man's body whom she blocked.

Man tried to increase his bodily aura to make it even more dense to protect from upcoming sword strikes.

'Ughh...is it Sword Domain!?' There was visible shock on man's face, his eyes gazing back at Regina, who just decided to go all out against him, causing him to increase his own energy flow.

Technically, the gap between him and Regina was huge; he was at Peak ZENITH and she was at Peak LEGENDARY, making killing her not impossible.

But the issue was a soul wound in his back.

Twelve years ago, the wound caused by a boy who cut off his son's hand had created a crack which can't be healed; due to that being his astral form, the wound was directly inflicted to his soul.

So, even though the man was at peak ZENITH, his body could only harness power till Middle Legendary Rank, making him crippled just like his son.

But until this day, he kept this secret hidden from anyone, or else knowing internal politics.

The fifth son of the head of the family would have been killed by other members of it if it weren't for them fearing a ZENITH Ranked Powerhouse.

'Damn you!' Man's eyes glanced towards the black-masked man, eyes filled with killing intent for that individual who appeared as if making all of them dance at his fingertip.

Unbelievable, but it all appeared as if his arriving there was planned by that five-year-old kid, who was waiting for someone from Ardoros to arrive and make some reckless decision.

At that moment, the instant he felt the energy signature of his son, he had directly used astral projection, unaware that it was a trap.

Until now, it seemed as if he was still making decisions based on the young man's interests, and even in the future, all his decisions would be at the mercy of that young man.

It was as if, he and Edward was just puppet on that individual's palm.

"Now, who will babysit you after your father dies?" Ryuk, devoid of mercy, gazed at Edward with visible killing intent.

WHOOSH

"Ryuk!" Edward cried out as his force increased, realizing he had been fooled from the start while something infiltrated his mind.

Due to his ability to adapt, a clear silhouette inside his mind seemed to gaze back at all his deep memories for all the time, clearly making him realise that he was under some mind illusion.

Snap

"Kughh?!"

Suddenly, a finger snap caused all of them to freeze in their places due to an overwhelming force binding their bodies.

All four individuals were frozen in place without any remaining struggle, evident of the force binding them.

'....' Ryuk, calm enough to assess the situation, first glanced towards Edward, holding visible frustration and anger, yet unable to do anything just like him.

Then he glanced towards Regina and the blonde haired man, narrowing his gaze as he understood the one behind all this.

"I appreciate all of your fight, but you see, I just got a message here," Drishti interrupted them, with visible disappointment on her face as she shook her head with folded hands.

"What the hell?" Regina felt her face twitch, a visible frown forming as she turned her eyes towards Drishti, not understanding the meaning of such interruption when everything was going in the right direction.

She was holding the strongest among both of them, while Ryuk was keeping another one—a chance to kill both of these individuals.

Added with the command she received to kill this man, it only made her more frustrated.

After all, it was the first command of her to kill someone by the man whom she decided to follow.

"So message is, you all can't fight on Titanora", Drishti sighed while informing the message she just received from the woman who had once declared to protect Titanora after the previous head of Blair family died at her Granddaughter's hand.

"Then, where exactly, we can?", Ryuk inquired while not even having the thought that there will not be any fight, already aware of this being the last thing which Drishti will want.

So, battle will definitely happen, but not in Titanora, it was confirmed.

Since, he knew the one who could stop their fight can just be.

"Grand ma", Esme murmured.

'Yeah, your Grandma', It felt satisfying for Ryuk that atleast Esme guessed this much, but he had several question to ask her after this battle.

Like, what she saw inside Edward's mind?

Yes, he was aware from the start that Esme was trying to look inside Edward's mind, and due to his ability to adapt, this whole illusion broke, leading to an attack from him.

"Aren't you too excited for the fight?" Drishti raised her eyebrow with folded hands, knowing that the young man was aware of the inevitable battle.

'Yeah, You are one to talk' Only one thought reverberated from Ryuk, Esme, and Regina's minds, as they looked at the woman feigning surprise when she was actually the most excited among them.

"Don't look down on me!" Edward was already frustrated with everything happening around him, aggravated by the restrictions on his body while no one took him seriously.

Everything was just too much; they needed to know he was the one above all.

"COME ON! —SWOOSH "

'?!'

Ryuk's eyes visibly reflected the struggle from Edward, causing him to slowly move his body, the burning aura repelling the restrictions placed on him as he increased his strength on the sword.

Even Drishti was taken aback, evident from her blank expression towards Edward, yet she remained calmer as a smile formed the moment her eyes fell on the black-masked young man.

SWISH

Ryuk swiftly tilted without much struggle, his sword disappearing instantly as his claws shot towards Edward's face, tearing through the air, accompanied by a voice resonating in that place, "You'll beg for nightmares once I'm done with you, Edward."