[ WP ] You are the antagonist of the story . However , you are n't sure if you can call yourself that after what the protagonist did .

He looked up at me, blood dripping from his bruised knuckles. His eyes burned with something I had seen in those who served me with unquestioning devotion: pure rage. 
 
 He had been a good servant, and an even better mage. If he had been given a few more years, perhaps he could have amounted to something. 
 
 Alas, there he lay. His once fair face mutilated and smashed by the raw strength of this supposed hero and his newfound power. He rose from the marble floor and sent the limp body flying toward me, missing left. 
 
 `` So this is the price you would pay to defeat me? Sacrificing your friends and drinking the cursed blood? You know that even if you do manage to kill me and succeed in purging this from your body, your bloodline is tainted. You will never have offspring. The line of kings dies with you.'' 
 
 He slowly advanced on the throne. With ragged and heavy breaths, he slowly spoke `` I... DO N'T... CARE! YOU AND ALL YOU HOLD DEAR WILL BURN AS I DO''. 
 
 Already I could see his veins pulsing red, his eyes turning to midnight. The demonic ichor he had ingested was consuming him. I understood now why my soldiers had feared him and his armies so much, he was a man willing to do whatever it took to win. 
 
 When I had invaded his kingdom, it was nothing out of the ordinary ( as far as invasions go ). Kill the armies, mount a couple members of the Royal Family on spikes, exile the rest. This was all pretty standard fare for warfare. I had n't expected this foolish son of the former king to invoke a forbidden ritual and infuse himself with demon's blood, just so he could singlehandedly eviscerate my last stronghold and claim my life. 
 
 He now stood before me, trembling slightly as his mortal form struggled to contain the immortal demon that he had sold his body to. A gnarled and black hand rose and grabbed hold of my throat. For a moment I thought I saw him falter, and then peace was finally with me.
