"Shut up," the leader shouted.
"Let me speak to your son."
Callum's mother flinched then fell silent.
The leader straightened his suit and cleared his throat.
"Mr. Callum," he said, "let's get straight to the point. If you want your family alive.. you will listen to me."
"What?!" This statement shocked everyone.
Whispers spread through the crowd.
"Did he just say that?" "Is he threatening him?"
"Are you threatening the man who saved us?" someone shouted.
The leader chuckled. "Heh."
With a casual gesture, soldiers flooded in from every direction. Metal clicked. Guns were raised.
Every barrel pointed at one place.
Callum's family.
And Callum finally– looked up.
For the first time since returning, his expression changed.
It was not anger or fear but Surprise.
The situation had shifted completely.
The man standing in front of him was threatening to kill his family… to control him?
The leader also noticed Callum's expression.
A smile spread across his face. He felt victorious.
(I've got him), he thought.
(The strongest being on Earth… under my control.)
But before he could speak his demands.
Wosssh.
The air around him stopped, not only him but everyone else felt the same.
The sound vanished. The wind died. Even the screens where the leader's face was shown froze.
Time itself had paused.
People couldn't move. Soldiers couldn't pull triggers. The leader's smirk still locked on his face.
It was like a silent command being issued and no one was allowed to move but one person.
Callum.
He stepped forward, his footsteps echoed unnaturally loud in the frozen world as he walked past the leader.
Toward his family.
Only one of them was able to move now.
His mother.
Her hands trembled. Her breath came in shallow gasps as she watched her son's approach.
Tears streamed down her face, but she didn't wipe them.
Then Callum stopped right in front of her.
For a moment, he just looked at her before he spoke.
"Mother," he said quietly, "at first….. I missed you. But afterwards, my emotions were killed."
.
.
"I, I couldn't feel anything anymore."
Hearing this her heart sank.
"There's only two things left inside me now, Revenge."
Raising his dark and empty eyes,.
"And freedom."
…
…
" Look at my eyes, they have been enslaved, look at my hands.. they are not mine anymore, look at my legs..they don't listen to me."
He paused for a second and continued.
" In this miserable life of mine, I learned one thing from a being who had given me this power... the only way I can be free…. is by killing everyone connected to this world."
These last words struck like blades to everyone present.
" Mother, you are the only person in my way now. They'll use you against me. And because of me... you'll suffer even more."
Callum looked straight into her eyes.
"So tell me," he said calmly, "do you want your son to be free… or…do you want to keep me trapped?"
Every word echoed what Callum said to his mother.
The soldiers. The leaders. The crowd.
Fear gripped their hearts.
The fate of the world now rested on a single word from a mother!
…
Callum's mother's eyes widened. Tears flowed freely now.
At that moment, she saw it all. The suffering. The loneliness. The weight her son had carried all alone.
She slowly raised her shaking hands and placed them on Callum's face.
"Son…" she whispered.
"I missed you so much."Her voice broke.
"I couldn't help you.I couldn't save you. I wasn't there for you."
She turned her head slightly, looking at the frozen people around them.
"These selfish people," bitterness filling her tone.
"Even after you saved them all… they still tried to use you, hurt you, and I saw it, I really am in your way."
Her hands trembled harder.
"Why should I make you suffer more?" "Why should I trap you here?"
Tears fell onto Callum's armor as she had hugged him now.
"Who am I," she cried, "to do that to my own child?"
Right then she turned toward her youngest son.
Who was also frozen like a statue.
And when his eyes met with his mother's.
Horror filled his frozen face as he understood.
"Mother—" he tried to speak, but no sound came out.
She looked at him, pain etched deep into her face."I'm sorry," she said.
Then she turned back to Callum.
Her voice steadied.
"Live," she closed her eyes
"Even if the world must end for it."
.
.
As the last words fell— the pressure exploded.
Cracks spread through the air like shattered glass.
Invisible waves tore through the frozen world. People screamed, though no sound came out.
Callum looked at his mother.
And instantly —
Her body collapsed gently to the ground.
No pain. No struggle. She had died peacefully.
Callum then turned to look at his father.
His father met his gaze.
There was no fear in his eyes. Only acceptance.
He nodded once.
And the next second his body fell beside his wife.
Silence.
The moment Callum's father collapsed, lifeless beside his wife—
Time resumed.
Sound crashed back into the world. Screams. Shouts. Panic.
People finally understood.
This was not a savior.
This was the judgment itself.
Fear exploded through the crowd. Soldiers dropped their weapons and ran.
Leaders screamed orders which no one followed.
Mothers grabbed their children. People trampled one another trying to escape.
But how could they escape or hide themselves from Callum?
Callum rose into the air. As he looked at the system.
....
2/8,035,894,201.( Souls )
Ping..
The Divine Transference Shard is in active state.
Ping..
Another planar earth has been confirmed.
Ping..
The body is being searched according to the details given by the owner.
...…
Callum then retracted his eyes from the screen and shifted them at the runaway people.
His two daggers appeared in his hands, as if they had always belonged there.
Then—
He vanished from his place.
His figure became a blur cutting through the sky, passing through the crowd faster than thought itself.
Aah, spare me…
Slash, slash..
Wherever he passed, bodies fell, either headless or torn apart. Voices cut off mid-scream. Hope died before fear could even take a form.
No one was spared. NO ONE.
Age meant nothing. Status meant nothing. Innocence…. meant nothing.
To Callum, they were all the same.
Slowly, he killed everyone but left the leader alive. Who had already ran away from here, thinking he was spared.
Callum then moved to every part of the world.There was no place left untouched — not cities, not villages, not even places forgotten by maps.
He somehow knew where every human being was present. And above it all, a cold system voice echoed in his mind.
Ping.
Souls Collected: 1… 87… 12,340… 1,002,889…
The number climbed up at face pace.
From the ground, from the air, from every corner of the city, human life was erased in silence as Callum moved like a reaper freed from chains.
His face was completely expressionless just as he had told his mother.
He killed, killed, killed until the whole world fell silent.
.....
Ping.
Souls Collected: 8,035,894,200 / 8,035,894,201.
....
" Mmm, only that person is left now." Callum muttered.
In an underground bunker.
The steel door was slammed shut, locking with a heavy clang.
The leader then collapsed against it, sliding down until he hit the cold floor. His breathing was fast, his hands were shaking so badly he couldn't even wipe the sweat from his face.
"This… this… what is happening, why does he want to kill us." he whispered to himself.
However, a sound came behind the steel door.
Creeeek.
Hearing this the leader fell on his knees, muttering. No..,no.., no..,
The steel door behind him groaned. It was not shattered but actually pulled by a hand in the opposite direction.
The leader turned just in time to see Callum stepping inside the bunker.
When Callum entered, his whole body was covered in blood.
His white hair had turned red, clinging to his face.
The leader crawled backward on his hands and knees.
"P-please…" his voice cracked. "I can help you. I'll do anything. I'll be your slave, no, your dog. Just...just don't kill me."
But Callum only walked forward.
The leader screamed, scrambling to his feet, only to trip and fall again.
Callum stopped in front of him.
He looked down.
"You wanted control, Keke, so why not now." Callum finally said,
The leader shook his head violently. "No….no, I was wrong."
Callum moved and grabbed the leader by collar lifting him off the ground like a child lifting a doll. The man's legs kicked uselessly in the air.
He slammed the leader against the wall.
Once. Twice.
Bones cracked.
The leader screamed until his voice broke.
But Callum didn't kill him instantly.
Instead, he tortured this man. He dragged him across the floor and threw him down again. The leader's screams turned into hoarse gasps, tears and saliva mixing as his mind began to break.
After a long torture session, finally did he killed the leader and collected his soul.
The bunker fell in silence.
Callum stood up, wiped the dagger clean on the man's clothes, and turned away.
...
Ping
8,035,894,201 / 8,035,894,201 (souls)
The requested condition is completed.
Ping
The Divine transference shard is in active state.
Ping
The body for the soul transfer has been selected.
Warning!
The seer is using the system to find the location of the owner!