BOOOOOM
Sharnoth’s chaos blast sent Vexarion crashing into the ground again.
His body rolled once... twice... and then... it stopped.
And this time, Vexarion did not stand up again, nor did he scream. Heck, he didn’t even let out a groan.
He just... lay there, staring upward with wide, unfocused eyes.
"Oh my~
You aren’t hurt, are you?
Was I too harsh??"
Sharnoth approached him with a grin, expecting him to tremble, to crawl away, to push his broken body one more time.
But...
Vexarion didn’t do anything.
He simply... stared above.
And that made Sharnoth tilt her head in confusion.
The Chaos Heir crouched next to him and grabbed his head, lifting his face. She expected a reaction just from this action alone, maybe a scream of pain, a flinch of terror, or even a flare of anger but...
Again, there was nothing.
There weren’t even micro reactions.
His pupils did not tighten.
His eyelids did not blink.
His throat did not swallow.
He looked alive only because his chest still moved, that too, barely.
"...Toy?"
Sharnoth called out, her head now even more tilted, showing how confused she was.
And Vexarion did not react.
Not a flinch.
Not a twitch.
Not even the faint recognition he used to show whenever he saw her.
Just then, Nux walked behind her and looked down at the Eternal, and seeing those empty eyes and sensing his empty head—
He understood it.
"He’s... gone,"
He spoke in a slow voice, and his words only made Sharnoth more confused.
"Gone where?"
She asked.
"Inside."
Nux answered as he tapped Vexarion’s forehead with his shoe, a thin ripple of dark energy passed through Vexarion’s head but again—
Nothing happened.
There was no resistance.
No mental pushback.
No spark of... self.
Only emptiness.
Empty, endless silence.
"He’s not frozen,"
Nux continued.
"He’s not pretending.
Nor is he hiding."
"...Then what is this?"
Sharnoth asked.
"Complete collapse."
Nux answered in a flat voice.
"Collapse?"
Sharnoth frowned.
"He broke."
Nux nodded, staring at the body beneath him.
"Broken all the way.
And this time—
It’s permanent."
Sharnoth leaned closer, examining Vexarion’s eyes.
After everything that had been done to him, an action like this would have guaranteed a strong reaction, but this time—
His eyes reflected no fear, hatred, despair, or even confusion.
There was just...
Absence.
"Is he... catatonic?"
Sharnoth questioned, her fingers still knocking on Vexarion’s head as if that would wake him up.
Nux, on the other hand, shook his head.
"No.
He isn’t catatonic, shocked, or unconscious."
"Then what is he?"
Sharnoth asked as she looked at Nux.
"A body that lost its mind."
Nux answered without any change in his expression; after all, he didn’t feel particularly bad. He had no soft spot for someone like Vexarion.
Sharnoth, on the other hand, blinked.
"...You mean he—"
"Yes."
Nux nodded before the Chaos Heir could even complete.
"His core self is gone."
Nux commented as if he was passing a statement. Then, he shrugged.
"It happened a lot faster than I predicted. Just a few hours ago, his mind was still constantly thinking of ways to get out of this situation.
Just what did you do to him for him to be crushed to this degree in just a few hours?"
He couldn’t help but ask.
And Sharnoth...
"I played?"
She answered innocently as she poked Vexarion’s cheek. His head rocked from the touch, eyes still fixed forward. His lips hung slightly parted.
Again, there was no reaction.
"Can’t we fix it?"
She asked casually, and Nux shook his head.
"No.
There is nothing left to fix."
Sharnoth slowly stood up, her expression changing from playful to... quietly amazed.
She stared at Vexarion like she was staring at an artifact she had accidentally broken.
"A toy without a mind is useless,"
She murmured.
"He can’t even feel scared now."
"That’s because fear requires consciousness, and he doesn’t have one anymore."
Nux answered.
Bored, Sharnoth kicked lightly at Vexarion’s leg.
His leg moved from the force... then went still again.
It was like pushing a dead branch.
"So it won’t even scream now?"
Sharnoth asked one last time. She looked like a child still clinging to the hope that there might be ’something’ left of her toy.
But...
"He won’t scream,
He won’t beg.
He won’t run.
He won’t... think."
Nux answered. Then, he paused for a moment as he stared at the broken toy and then—
"He won’t... come back, ever."

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