Eyes [A chainsaw man story]

Chapter 11

Amongst the river of blood, there sat a lone dark figure. It sat with its legs crossed while it seemingly observed a floating orb that levitated at its face. It had a dark thin layer of cloth that was strapped around its neck as it flapped at the howling winds of hell. It didn't move, it didn't breathe, it didn't live. All it did...was watch. Not a devil dared to leave its current position, after witnessing what that...thing...was capable of, they would be in the right to just. stay. still. Frozen in fear they were. They knew that if they would flinch for just a second, they would die. Exploding into a shower of blood like a balloon popping from too much air. The mere presence of this...thing, struck overwhelming fear at whoever was unfortunate enough to lay their eyes upon it.

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The silence was deafening. With nothing left to do, a devil decided to further observe the thing. With enough willpower fueled by fear, it was able to get enough details from the thing. Its head was spiked, and its hairline split the style to the left and right, making it seem to possess spike horns...it had an extremely toned figure, though it was a bit hard to notice from the dark shade the thing had. It had spiked shoulder pads and bandage-like appendages wrapped around its thigh to knees, then that's about it. The devil tried to study the thing's face, luckily its face was focused on the floating orb.

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It lacked emotion, there was no expression, no intention, no purpose. It had no face. Just a dark pool of nothingness was all the devil witnessed. Not satisfied with the findings, the stubborn devil ogled at the floating orb. There was something. Something was happening, but all the devil saw was a swirling pool of clouds and darkness.

Still, he saw nothing of no use. Wanting to see more, it tried to have a closer view...only to trip and fall. Then the army of other devils went eyes wide and jaws dropped. 

"Have you heard of the saying 'crab mentality'?," the thing said so suddenly. Then it stood up and turned its head to the many devils that did their best to stay still. "It's when one brings down anyone who achieves success greater than their own."

Its shadow loomed over them.

"Those that achieved great success are those that were able to keep their mouth shut and stay put."

Terrified, they started to run away as fast as their legs can take them. Not one dared to stand in its way. However, that one devil that started it all, was frozen in utmost fear. 

"You, on the other hand, craved to bring everyone down, did you?"

The devil that ruined it all was shaken. It was unable to speak, even if it tried. It cannot move a muscle, every fiber of its being screamed in terror. It was paralyzed in fear. The sheer pressure of this thing is just too much. 

Now, it realized that death was the only way to escape this being.

"Say no more. You were already dead when you laid eyes on me."