Calamity Upon This World

This was the leader of the laughing coffin, and yet he laughed watching his members get killed, his group being humilated in front of everyone, and even being declared war on.

He had remained in hiding for the past decade or so, not because he was scared but just because he needed to pull some strings in the shadows.

And after coming back, his plan was to kill some of the most prominent and talented kids in their own celebration to reawaken the fear hidden inside people\'s hearts.

But his plan failed, and not only that, he and his group were made a complete mockery of by a 10-year-old.

It really couldn\'t get any worse

So why was he laughing?

The answer to that question was entertainment, and finally, after years, he found something to entertain him.

He was right there at the Williams birthday party, disguised as one of the many guests.

Only he himself knows how hard it was for him to not laugh back when William was insulting him and talking about how he\'s going to destroy his organisation.

In fact, he was the same person who questioned William near the end of his speech, and he couldn\'t say he was disappointed by his answer.

If he wanted, he could\'ve easily killed William and everyone else, including Rex, but why should he?

A show isn\'t fun if one side is too overpowered or if it ends prematurely.

So to fully milk William out for the entertainment he\'s worth, he decided not to intervene.

"William Verhein, I have my eyes on you; make sure to not disappoint me."

**

"So do you have anything you want to say to explain your actions, young man?" Rex asked in a calm tone, making sure to not let any of his rage show in his tone.

Rex had ended the party after Williams little stunt and made sure to maintain his silence until they were back home to not make a scene.

And now he and Myra sat in their living room with William in front of them, who seemed awfully calm for someone who had just publicly declared war on arguably one of the most dangerous groups in the underworld.

"I\'m glad you chose to listen to the reasoning behind my actions before saying anything, father." William smiled as he finally started explaining his plan.

"So I basically declared war on laughing coffins because it was important for someone to address them before they could do something to make people fear them again."

"Which is why I took the initiative?" William said it proudly.

"But why do you care?" Rex asked, still not convinced.

"I don\'t know, maybe because they tried to kill me." William asked as if stating the obvious.

"They tried to kill you????!!!! " Both Rex and Myra exclaimed in unison, shocked by what they heard their son saying.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it; I was almost assassinated at my own birthday party."

"Thankfully, I\'m too strong for some no-name assasins to end my life like this," William said, pointing at his own chest pride emanating from his voice.

To someone who knew about him receiving his past life memories, his current behaviour might seem a bit childish considering he now has 20+ years worth of memories, which is exactly what he wanted; after all, to his parents, he\'s just their 10-year-old son.

He was sure they must already be having doubts about someone having replaced their son.

Because the speech he gave a few hours ago as well as the violence he displayed were not something a 10-year-old could show.

Others who don\'t know him might just blame it on him having a few screws loose in the head; however, for his parents, who have been raising him since his birth, the shift in attitude wouldn\'t go unnoticed.

And yet they chose not to address it, which could only mean that they\'d chosen to trust that he was still their son.

The same son that Myra has had inside her for nine months—the same son Rex—fought and killed thousands of monstrous foul beasts and became the natural enemy of the strongest race on the planet to protect.

And knowing this, William couldn\'t help but thank whoever was responsible for his reincarnation for giving him a second chance at life with loving parents, and this time he\'d be sure to not let the tragedy of the past repeat itself.

Internally it was at this moment that William promised himself to never betray the trust they placed in him.

"You were right, son, those bastards don\'t deserve to exist on both our beautiful planets; they should be eradicated, and I\'ll make sure of it," Rex said, finally finding an outlet for all his new-found anger he\'s had since the live stream from a few hours ago.

This was the second assassination attempt on William. Back when he was 7, a group of idiotic mercenaries hungry for money took a bounty offer and tried to assassinate him.

Of course they failed, and Rex ensured to wipe out their whole organisation as well as the one who hired them from the face of Astressa.

An incident that is still remembered by many prominent names in the underworld also causing  them to make a rule about blacklisting all assassination requests involving William Verhein.

After all, Rex didn\'t spend almost one-third of his life fighting monstrous beasts to protect his son, just for some lowlifes to do him in.

Which is why hearing that William almost got assassinated again made him forget about all the anger he previously felt towards William for his rash actions, as he found a new outlet for his emotions.

"Yeah, I agree with that. Since William already declared war on them, we need to make sure to not make him lose face." Myra chimed in after gaining a new understanding of her son\'s previous actions as well as the reason behind her husband\'s anger.

However, both of them quickly calmed down as they addressed the main reason behind their anger and frustration.

"Ok, so I can understand your anger now, but why would you choose to livestream and place a target on yourself?" Myra asked.

"Yeah, you might be strong among kids your age, but you\'ll be helpless against someone half decent."

"Sure, you might have the potential to become the strongest one day and even have a divine aspect to back you up, but none of that changes the fact that you\'re just an inexperienced 10-year-old," Rex asked, his confusion palpable.

"Well, I\'m glad you asked that," William said before sighing, as this was the important moment where whether he could actually put his future plans into action or not would be decided.

It was now time to try and convince his parents to let him travel to the neutral continent.