Chapter 16: Night Stroll
For now, we decide to settle at a small motel. While Gollum is talking to the receptive, I am reading the newspaper.
The wanted, the ceremony began, the cultist activities,...Looking all of this unamused, I throw it away and decide to take a walk outside. I feel like there will be something fun happen
“Gollum, I will go out for a strode.”
"Okay boss, remember the room is 405”
I stepped out of the motel and began to take a view of this city. The light coming out of the building outshine the starry sky and the radiant moon. This is giving off an atmosphere of peace. The street is empty with only a few people standing at the front of their store.
I wonder why these people's souls are diminishing but too lazy to care, probably stress from works. The cold wind hit my face, giving me a cool sensation. This kind of feeling is new to me; this peace and quiet, make me paled for a little. I still remember th-that time. Did i stutter?.
What is this? Why am I feeling this? Is it because of the body itself or something happened to my soul? To think that I will have to face so many mysteries at this life. If it were my old times, I would simply ask an offspring of mine
For some reason, I feel tired, probably because of these thought weight on me or because I haven’t had much sleep these days. I shouldn’t sleep right here, for I don’t want to suffer another nightmare.
SNIFF SNIFF
A sweet aroma enters my nostril, causing me to unconsciously look at the direction it came from, drooling. A small, shabby house made from leaves and wood enters my view. At the front is an old lady sitting in a small chair, looking at the passerby. Behind her is a bag full of...
Huh? Why am I attracted to human cuisine? But that didn’t stop me from approaching the lady; after all, I’m the gluttony, not the pride. As long as it is delicious, I will devour it whole.
But at my times from Earth, these things didn’t affect me at all, but now it is different. I wonder why
Seeing me walking toward her, the old woman said with a cheerful tone
“Finally, a customer. Handsome boy, how much do you want to buy?”
Buy...buy, do I have money? Should I just eat her up and steal it? Look around; there is no one standby, so I could do it without getting discovered. However, eating a skinny, old woman leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I always have other ways after all
Checking my pocket, I finally found a copper coin; that should be enough.
“Here…madam”
"Oh, oh, thank you, boy.”
She grabbed the copper coin with both hands and viewed this as some precious thing. She turned behind to grab the popcorn before handing it to me.
Looking at the plastic bag, I drool and proceed to swallow the entire thing. Biting at the popcorn, it's actually kind of sweet. I kind of wanted more
“Ya have a big appetite, huh boy.”
“Thank you, madam.”
“Why didn’t you open up the plastic bag?”
“It would be too much of a hassle.”
“…”
She just looks at me weirdly, but I don’t mind. I cast dizziness to the old lady, making her falling asleep. Looking at all of the popcorn bags, I smile viciously.
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"Time to return"
WHOOSH
"OH"
Something caught my eye. A silhouette of a small creature passes by buildings with incredible speed. Activate my soul eye; I could take a glimpse of the soul, giving me some information.
This thing is some kind of creature that I have never seen, but not some eldritch horror or something similar. I said that it is something i can kill. I used mana to digest the popcorn immediately
My body began to change into popcorn, and my leg became that of a grasshopper. My body became much lighter, making my speed almost the same as the knight after awakening, but if I were to collide with something, my body would break from the collision.
BOOM
I chase it, jumping to through building. It try to cut me off by entering others house, but with soul eyes, it can never escape.
This thing doesn't have much mana, but it is extremely fast. Seeing me still chasing it, it dived down into shadow and goes through the building, but with phantom eyes, I can see it clearly. Casting sneaky spell, I follow it
It glided in shadow for a moment before reaching an old warehouse that looks old and abandoned. In there, a little girl with purple hair is lying on a small mattress. Sensing something, she joint up but breathe a sign of relief.
"It's just you, Black; don’t scare me like that.”
The creature's body began to distort itself, turning into a dog. The dog wags its tail and runs to the little girl's embrace.
“Good boy, so do you find anything?”
The dog, hearing it, puked up a heavy bag. The girl laughs
"Yes, with this, we should be able to buy foods for a month.”
"What? This thing only stole one bag of coins.”
“???”
The dog, who is lying down the girl's lap, jumped up at the stranger with incredible speed, trying to bite him.
But instead of biting the stranger, the stranger turn his head to dodge and bit the dog, sinking his teeth into it, causing the dog to howl in pain.
“BLACK”
The girl raised both of her hands, shouting
“STAY BACK”
From her hands, a a portal appear. On the other side is a purple dimension where a giant figure could be seen
From there, a giant skeleton's hands shot down a punch at the stranger.
But he doesn’t seem to panic for a second. He spits out the dog, jumps up, raises his legs toward to the skeleton hands, and block it with his feet.
BANG
The man shot up in the air but fell down slowly and elegantly. Landing with his hands behind his back, he looks at the girl with his gray eyes.
“What kind of ability is that?”
“WHO ARE YOU?”
“Is that matter? No, who are you?”
This young child has the same mana as mine and most of all, a unique ability. This is the first time in this life I see a mortal holding such power.
The girl was shocked by the young, blond man's skill. Even though he seems weak, not only was he capable of catching Black, but he's also uninjured against Bone.
But he dare to hurt Black, that's unforgivable
“You bad men.”
“what?”
“YOU BAD MEN”
The circle begins to grow bigger; from the other side, a hand grabs the edge like it wants to come out. The giant skeleton behind me glared at me with its one violet eye, ready to crush me.
"Hey, quit it.”
“???”
I dash next to her and grab her wrist; the circle shrink instantly, causing the skeleton hand that was holding on the edge to be cut off.
“BONE”
“Shut up”
I strike at her neck, causing her to lose consciousness and fall down. The small dog leaped at me once again, but I just grabbed its neck and threw it to the floor. That was easy; if it were the old me, I would die the moment that dog leaped at me, but now I’m much stronger than before.
“KEHKEHKEH, IF I DRINK SOME ELIXIRS, I WOULD GROW MUCH STRONGER THAN THIS.”
“GRRRR”
I look at the dog, seeing it trying to do some ultimate attack. I reassure it.
“Don’t worry, I mean no harm; I just got interested, that is all.”
“GRR?”
"I'm just going to bring her to my room and lay her in bed, that’s all.”
Wait, that doesn’t sound very right.
“WOOF WOOF WOOF”
The dog fused into the shadow, become one with it's as multiple red eyes pop out everywhere
The entire inside of the warehouse suddenly grew much darker. Standing inside the darkness, I sensed multiple red eyes looking at me.
Well, I guess I could try testing some cursed magic since I grow much stronger now.
The shadow surged while I grabbed my wrist with one hand and the other touched the ground. I cast three spells at a time.
“Weaken, Shock, Torture”
*****
“Huh”
The old lady woke up, surprised, and looked around to find that it was morning already.
“Did I sleep?”
“Haizz me and my old bone.”
Then she sits back in her chair and waits for a new customer for the day. But she realized something.
"HUH, WHERE ARE MY BAGGIES? NO, THERE IS A THIEF, A THIEF.”
*****
“…”
Gollum is looking at multiple popcorn bags lying next to Beelzebub, who is sleeping on the bed with blood marks on it. Looking at one of the popcorn bag for a second, he reached out his hand, trying to grab one of the bags.
“Don’t you fucking dare.”
Beelzebub, who seemed to sleep like a dead man, suddenly opened one of his eyes for a moment before closing it and going back to sleep.
“…stingy”
“I hear that.”
“Sorry boss”
Gollum sighs then looks at the unconscious girl from the corner of the room, with a dog curled up like a ball—no, it became a fucking ball. It keeps shaking left and right like it was traumatized.
“What is wrong with my life?”