Chapter 36: Unlucky
“P-POISON,”
“Huh?"
“HO-HOW DID YOU KNOW THIS IS POISON?”
Shin is currently in an extreme state of shock right now. Is it the mosquito from before? And poison-
"No, it can't be."
“Just know I have a good eye and a great mind. There is no time to waste, so everyone gathers up.
This poison is extremely unique; this one is capable of acting similarly to a parasite.
The boy’s mana core is currently corroded by lumps of mana that are constantly attacking it with foreign mana, reducing the mana capacity little by little.
It also can produce toxic mana that dulls his mana sense and pain receptor, and it is a growing type, meaning it keeps on growing bigger by feasting on...his very soul.
This kind of thing would not be that dangerous if one used mana cleanse early on, but now it’s too late for that; now there is a lump that already grows as big as a silver coin.
If this keeps going on, he will be cripple and lose all of his value, causing my plan to—ARGHH
SOME BASTARD DARE TO MESS WITH MY HARD-EARNED TALENT, WHICH BASTARD DARE TO DO THIS?
Hold back my anger; I need to stay calm to cure him.
“Sit down, Alissa; prepare to supply me with energy. Some have already been attached to his core, so it may be a little hard to destroy it.”
“Rango, guard the door, and Black, search for any anomaly outside the window.”
“Shin, take off your shirt, stay still, relax, and let me cast weaken on your entire body.”
“O-Okay, sir.”
“Now begin.”
Placing on my hand on his back, where his heart, or to be precise, his mana core, is located. I begin to concentrate my mana.
The mana from my body began to get sucked out at a rapid pace, but it was replenished by Alissa’s dark mana.
By using an alternate version of mana control training, I can eliminate the poisonous mana mixing beneath Shin’s dense mana by smashing it into pieces and using cleanse to completely destroy it.
but I can’t get rid of those that have already attached to the mana core; I could only trim part of it and let Shin’s own mana to maul down the root.
But that is only in theory; the entire process is similar to picking a needle from the haystack, and it is very painful, about three times more than the training.
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“ARGHHH”
“CALM THE FUCK DOWN”
One gruesome hour passes by, well, not really. I’m a mighty demon king who can use imaginary techniques like child’s play, so there is no need for me to worry.
I managed to clear out all of the poisonous mana in the heart, but there i still some in his system, and the root of the mana lump is attached to his mana core. But all of that will be eliminated soon enough by this kid's mana. But he has to lie down in bed for several days.
Hmm, maybe he is indeed unluckier than Issac; getting poisoned on the first day of school is not a good sign.
Shin had already lost consciousness after 5 minutes, but it turned out to be more effective because of his loose body.
“That was close; if I hadn’t discovered it sooner, he would have stayed in bed for much longer.”
“Congratulations, boss.”
“Not yet; we are not finished.”
“Hmm.”
“Black, come here.”
Black approaches Beelzebub and then drops something out of its maw, revealing a tiny bug with emerald wings.
“Alissa, do you want to know the true might of a dark mage?”
*****
Inside a motel near the academy, a man is currently looking at the dormitory while biting his teeth.
“What was that?”
He was just nothing more than an E-rank with an uncommon rank ability that allowed him to possess an insect.
Yes, just one, but he can control it in a radius of 20 km, which is an impressive feat for an Uncommon rank ability. And thanks to his already low E-rank mana capacity, his insect could easily take a peek without getting exterminated or discovered.
Using this to full advantage, he became a small, full-time information seller at a local bar. His life, despite being weak, is steadily rising; he may even save enough money to buy a low-rank artifact.
That is when a big shot from the Mamon family, the next in-line patriarch, Wurl Mamon, gives him an offer.
He has to act on any given command from Wurl in exchange for full protection and money. Not only that, he will receive a treasure from the Wurl Family, The Soul Extinguish Mosquito, Myrmex.
It seems that fate has favored me this time; sure, I felt bad for the kid, but life is life where the unlucky falls while the lucky one rises to the top.
Yet something strange happens; that butler of his is doing something weird to the boy, causing him to collapse on the spot. After that, he looked directly at the insect I was possessing. How did he know?
And it's just a mere coincidence that everything turns dark, right? He didn’t discover me right.
“Yeah, there is no way, right? I’m just being paranoid.
I try to rationalize, but his heart just beats more and more; the finger he is biting begins to bleed out, and blood vessels appear in his eye. Even if he knows, he shouldn’t have any idea where the culprit is, right?
‘I am just a weak E-rank, and he is a dark mage. Who knows what can befall me?’
“B-But just in case, I should tell Wurl about this? Yes—
‘Wait, I’m just a small bug compared to Wurl. If I got discovered, would I get eliminated?’
A bizarre thought appears in his mind as his delusion begins to grow wilder. Yes, I shouldn't tell him; everything is fine, right?
“yes, YES, YES, NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF”
He screamed at the top of his lungs to calm him down, but he just grew more unsettled.
‘Wait, what if he already knows? He has eyes everywhere, right? So he could have already sent people to silence me.
“S-SHIT IT COULDN’T BE TRUE, RIGHT? THERE IS NO-“
Knock knock knock
A knocking sound in the middle of the night? That sure is suspicious.
“Um, sir, are you alright? I heard you screaming, so I want to check. Could you open the door?”
‘IT’S THE ASSASSIN BEHIND THE DOOR”
“S-STAY AWAY, LEAVE ME BE.”
“Sir, are you alright? Due to our policy, I will have to enter your room."
And then she stepped away. Is she getting the key? No, if she entered, I would die. Then a single thought crossed my mind.
‘THE WINDOW, JUMP OUTSIDE THE WINDOW’
“Yes, that’s right. I WILL NOT DIE HERE, IN THIS PLACE’.
‘THERE IS NO TIME; JUMP TOWARD IT.’
The man jumped toward the window with all of his might without any hesitation, destroying the glass in the process.
As multiple pieces of shattered glass lodged in his body and one stab to one of his eye, he realized something.
He is on the tenth floor, and he is falling to the ground headfirst. Why did he—?
‘kehkehKEHKEHKEHKEHKEH’
Before his impact, he could already hear the sound of the devil arriving to collect his soul.
He was alive that day but fell into a coma for a week before being locked up in a psychiatric hospital due to the degeneration of his sanity.