"We don't care for you or your race. We shall use you as we see fit, and I will not allow you to talk back to me. Know your place, fool." I looked up at her and spit at her shoe.
The hand holding me down disappeared, and I found myself propelled into the air by a column of earth that materialized beneath me. In an instant, that very same hand that had pinned me down forcefully flung me across the room. As I soared through the air, it felt as though the laws of space had been suspended. I moved away from Uztia, yet it was as if I hadn't moved at all like I was in a paradox. With a groan, I landed on the ground and rose to my feet, only to discover the angel gazing down at me with a smile, her colossal hand once again pressing me down onto my knees.
"I wouldn't even bother with you if it wasn't an order from Lord. I'm not even sure why he thought it was required to have you alive. However, this will be an opportunity to rid yourself of the brand."
"The brand? Oh, you mean this?" I looked to my right arm and saw a tattoo that coiled around my arm, covering the majority of it.
The tattoo depicted a snake skeleton that started from my top right shoulder and made its way around my arm to end on my hand. I saw it rippling like a body of water would when throwing a rock into it, or similar to a mirage in a desert. At first, I thought I was dreaming until it flicked its tongue out. A sinister mana signature emitted from the tattoo, filled with various emotions: anger, sadness, despair, wrath, and hunger. The feeling of it crawling on my skin made me wrinkle my nose in disgust.
"The brand is a mark forever stuck onto the holder until the holder kills the one who placed it on them. This means you need to kill Lucifero to remove it from you. Lucifero is believed to be nigh immortal and untouchable, troubling us for countless millennia. The chances of you defeating him alone are 0%, which I will return to later. This opportunity for a second life will serve to benefit both of us. You shall end Lucifero's life for Lord, and you will be free from the curse."
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