Chapter 7: Hunting

Last night was haunting; not only did I dream about getting beat up by an F-rank, but I also dreamed about being forced to become a servant to an ancient demon. Thank God it was all a dream. I begin to licked down at the ice cream in my hand while stomping down that fucker, Isaac Mortem.

"Woah, go easy on him, boss.”

"Ye, he might die at this point; we won’t want a rotting organ now, don’t we, boss.”

"Ok, you might be right,” as I look up at my subordinates. Who that i have known for years, even though I don't like their guts that much, they sti-

Only to see a faceless and headless corpse

“WHAT THE-“

Then Isaac Mortem, who was lying down on the floor, began to stand up like in a horror movie and rip my arm apart.

“ARGHHH”

“You fucker dare to stomp me in your dream.”

“Huh?”

"Well, this is a dream anyway; I can do things without restriction.”

“NOOOOOOOO”

A middle-aged man wakes up, sweating profusely.

“It was all a dream.”

“You fucker”

He found my head being planted to the ground, leaving a crater to the wooden floor.

This fucker actually defies me in his dream; that’s no good; I must educate him further. I also find out that I can invade one mind in my soul form, which would come in handy later on.

But first, I grab his head and keep slamming it to the ground.

BAAM

“You BAAM dare BAAM stomp BAAM ME BAAM.”

“I’m sorry, boss, please, BAAM, spare me.”

“Not only did I heal your arm BAAM but I also gave you a proper place to sleep BAAM and this is how you repay me.”

“That BAAM so-sorry boss.”

Ah, I drag this out too long; he should have learned his lesson by now. I release his head, stand up, and walk toward the table.

Sit down. I take a look at the bullets on the table. Picking them up, I ask him.

“So do you know anything about demon”

“Demon?”

“Yeah, like some demon invasion, any record about it." I look at the bullet, then at him.

Shivering, he said

“Yes, sir, well, there used to be a powerful demon invaded this planet but a mighty hero managed to kill him.”

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Huh to think that my descent was still remembered.

“Who is this hero then?”

"Oh, it’s Draco SilverLight UGHHH.”

Killing intent emerged out of me as I gnawed at my lips like biting a piece of meat. FUCKING SILVERLIGHT. My eyes became bloodshot, and I grabbed his neck, screaming.

“WHAT”

“KUAH KUAH”

“Ahh”

My rage took a hold of me just now. They aren't even the same person.

Take a deep breath. I noticed something off; I looked at my shivering hand.

“What the-“

Grabbing it till it calmed down, I looked at him, then said

“Ignore that”

“Yes sir”

"Haizz, why it has to be Silverlight.” I murmured

And why is there another demon invasion, has the barrier around Earth got weaker?. I know times has changed but this to think that my grand achievement had been reduced to nothing

I ponder for a little, looking at myself in the mirror

"Wait"

realizing something. I ask

"Why are you willing to venture to this accursed place anyway?”

As far as I can see, there is no single living being here, so why?

“Ah yes, sir, it’s because your humble servant used to be very petty; also, not only did he scam me, after I taught him a lesson, he stole my car and took a run for it; that car is very valuable to my family, so this servant of yours tried to find him.”

“Then a woman told us his location to us, and that led us to here.”

“A woman? That doesn’t sound right; mind telling me how she looks.”

“A woman with purple hair an—wait, why I don’t re-“

“Dumb shit”

How stupid, trusting a stranger; some day you may die because of your foolishness, like Issac.

If I were to guess, the person who gives Issac Mortem the ritual recipe is the same or accomplices to the woman; they were probably led to here to become sacrifice or baits for Orochipy.

“But I don’t get it; you aren’t afraid of killing someone from the Mortem family?“

At the next instance, a curse seal popped out of my forehead as pain surging to my head, and my eyes and ears began bleeding black blood.

“If things keep bleeding out like this, I might lose my vision and hearing.”

A curse, the Mortem is known for their dark arts; this is why Issac has such a pathetic life...., but it might turn for the worse if his identity were revealed. But this cursed magic was only meant to give me immense pain, not death. None of that matter, as I wrote down a hexagon and chanted

“OOOOOOOOO”

With this ritual, I will break down this powerful curse and transfer it to my body. By doing so I will become much stronger. In fact, in the future, I will use this same method

Demonic energy can be absorbed anyone except for the holiness, but it will slowly corrupt the soul of the user, which is what I am trying to achieve anyway. Anyway, thanks for the meal.

“……” Gollum, just look at the bloody Beelzebub, who is smiling with a devilish smile, standing inside a blood hexagon, chanting and smiling like a devil.

"Wait, he is a devil after all.”

It seems that he found a way to increase his energy out of nowhere.

“Mortem...., is Isaac from the Mortem family?”

“That’s impossible; he's simply too weak.”

After 10 minutes have passed, I fall down weakly. Doing such a ritual drains this body's stamina to an extent, but it was worth it.

“By absorbing this curse, I have triple the current energy before I fight Gollum.”

But my mana control fall down to 65% because of this broken container of mine

“But, I can use more mana ability and even cursed ability like sneaking and torture”

What a stroke of fortune. Now let begin my plan for the next week

I look around only to find Gollum lying down there sleeping. This fucker, I grab my scissors.

Like something inside his body was switching, he stood up and shouted

“YES SIR”

“Tch”

I put the scissors into my pocket for later use. I also grab the three remaining bullets into the pocket.

“You know, I kind of know why this forest is so silent now.”

“Why?”

“Cause of a monster called Orochipy who constantly hunts down small prey; thus, no creature dares to venture to this place.”

"O-ORO, WAIT, Does that mean?”

"Yeah, we are probably next; Orochipy only hunts small prey, and we are the perfect target.”

Gollum, fall his butt down, with terror on his face.

“THEN WE SHOULD-”

“That is if it's still alive, and well, now that it’s dead, new residents will come to the forest.”

"..."

“So it’s the perfect chance to go hunting.”

Gollum looks surprised, then asks again.

“How do you know abo-?“

I kicked him in the face.

“KUAH-“

“New rule, don’t ask questions that may annoy me anymore. Got it.”

“Yes sir”

Gollum showing his obedient please me greatly. I am now have a true subordinate

“Now it’s hunting time.”