Heavenly Opposers

The dagger ripped through Xiao's body and hit his heart, a heavy quake filling Ciao's body as he spit out some blood, but none of it fell on Li Lun as she was protected from the sound and the blood, a hint of craziness flashing in Xiao's eyes as he spoke out loud, his hand close to the dagger and inches away from taking his own life,

"Reaper connect these words to them, my friend."

Xiao said as he kept the pain he was feeling at bay, knowing that from now onwards those controllers of his life, whoever they or it were would be listening to what he was going to say and would get to know about the lengths that he, Xiao will be willing to go to,

"You bastard or bastards, listen to this....cough..."

Xiao, saying so, coughed out blood. Using his other hand, he wiped it off as he kept his expression dangerous, his words itched with his will as he felt a wrap in reality around him, as if something extremely powerful or something beyond his comprehension was paying attention,

"You can throw in all the fucking trials, hardships, problems, and kills my way but never....never manipulate a person that I care for or else..."

Saying so, Xiao pushed the dagger a bit forward, the pain-killing him but he held it in, knowing that he couldn't take a step back here. If he did, then everything would be over, with an expression of craze, he continued,

"Or else I will end my life here and now. I wish to see you all take me from Death this time...."

His words were a challenge, a challenge that aroused the pride of the one overseeing all the death in this cosmos, one that definitely hit its mark, as Xiao felt a presence he had gotten used to riling up within himself. The ones that did this to him couldn't let him die, not after all they had put on him, just like Reaper spoke about.

Perhaps they must have stopped controlling the fates around him but Xiao wants to put the final nail down now itself, to show them that this isn't a master-slave work, but a partner-to-partner transaction, and Xiao too now have power in the game they are playing now, this is to warn them and at the same time to set a small revenge, one of many to come.

Xiao knew that he couldn't find out who or what they wanted, but he could ask Reaper and know the fact about the cost of the controller's action, to know if this feat was possible again. Whatever happened to him, could it be repeated? could he be taken away and played with again? the answer that Reaper gave him was more than enough for him to make this gamble.

Whoever this was, they couldn't let him die, not now, but they couldn't also let him be lost. The things they did were beyond just breaking the laws of the cosmos. Whatever they did had given rise to the current Xiao, whose power broke all the norms. He's literally a waking monster that can cause destruction.

One that needed to be controlled or chained, with what Xiao has, the controllers would definitely have ended up creating a monster of power. That's why the control was placed on Xiao, but all that went to shit the moment Death took action. There was no stopping that force, and it led to the current predicament.

They couldn't kill him, but they definitely wanted to control him and even that isn't possible now.

This wasn't Xiao making a gamble, this was him making a calculated move. He knew that he couldn't push the powers in control too much. Even if Reaper didn't say it, Xia understood that whatever this force was, Reaper couldn't fight against it completely.

Reaper will protect him, but there's a limit to the protection, and Xiao knew that deep in his heart. So right now, right here, Xiao was taking action, a single move towards the path that he wanted to walk, not one that was already written for him,

"Either you take up this option now or I don't mind spending my life as a God in the world of death."

Xiao spoke, even if he was to die, he wouldn't technically 'die'. He could 'live' off as anything within the realm of death and return back to cause all the chaos he wants. But Xiao knew that if he did so with the help of Reaper, he would be one of the strongest in the cosmos. But that's not what Xiao wanted.

He didn't want to be one of the strongest. No, Xiao wanted to be the strongest, to dominate everything and get his sweet sweet revenge.

He could only achieve so while walking the line between life and death, a being of power that will only exist as the one living unique being. If Xiao wants revenge, that's the path that he should take,

"So tell me, what do you choose?"

Xiao asked within the silence as his blood started to flow down his chest. He wasn't bluffing in the slightest. Sure, he wanted to be the strongest, but what was the use of all that drive and stubbornness if he couldn't keep the ones he loved safe? Or worse, keeping the ones he loves as themselves. Who can tell if they wouldn't be controlled?

Sure, he might lose the path he wants, but then, in the end, he would just have to keep trying to find another path to walk. Xiao knew life wasn't fixed. If troubles come, you just have to learn to overcome them and keep moving. Whining wasn't going to solve shit,

"Make sure to never take control of the people I go for or the ones I am interested in. I refuse to believe that the ones who took me till here won't be able to grasp what I am going to do next...."

Xiao spoke with sharp breaths, as the pain in him was increasing. Even if it was just this much, death was slowly beginning to grasp onto him. He didn't have long left. Even then, his hold on the dagger stayed strong,

"Trials, chains, dangers, deaths, collapse, try everything but never use people against me. though right now I am sure you will throw all the gifts and treasures and me and I shall accept it all, give me everything you have I shall achieve everything, aren't we partners?."

Xiao spoke the end of his words sounding quite annoying. He lived a short yet long life, and he knew the world wasn't just a place where the hero or the villain just won. Sometimes, we would need to work the two together for success. Xiao's end goal is happiness for his family and the ones he cares about, to see what the cosmos has for him.

He doesn't know what the end of the cosmos is or how it ends up. He couldn't ask Death, as he has his own limitations, but the controllers of his life could know. Of course, Xiao will give them a life of hell for what happened to him. But only after he gets the bigger picture. In the end, what Xiao lacks severely is information and mainly....

...power...

He'd be weak to put on an argument with these powers. But that's where Daddy Death comes in. He will be the umbrella that Xiao needs until he reaches where he needs to be and gets the answers he needs,

"So, what's your choice...."

Xiao asked back with a shit-eating grin on his face. Even though death was near, his eyes sparkled with a light greater than any.