"Vermin!" Grayson said out loud in a cold, chilling voice as he released his death aura. A purple lightning bolt then came striking down where the boy stood. A deep crater was made from the impact and the ground around it was charred black.
Dust and purple lightning were flying all around. Within the dust, Grayson could could still see the tailed Lilith, standing a few meters from me and holding the boy that should have been charcoaled.
"What the fuck is wrong with you? You almost killed my friend." The tailed Lilith shouted in an annoyed tone. "Lilith!" Grayson said out loud in a warm and calm voice. He gave the tailed Lilith a warm smile as he began to approach her.
"And you, didn't I tell you not to get caught! I've repeated this to you so many times already. Make a good enough distraction before-...
Wait, what did you call me?" The tailed Lilith began to lecture the boy, but cut it short before turning to ask me the question.
Grayson was now directly in front of the two looking down on them. The warm smile on his face slowly began to fade and was now replaced with a puzzled look.
I turned my head left and right watching the Asímians staring at me. I then looked down at the tailed Lilith and asked, "What the hell happened here?"
The tailed Lilith stared at me for a while, not sure if I was messing with her or not, but proceeded to answer anyway. "This child bumped into you and smeared those fruits on your skirt. You got pissed and that's when I felt your killing intent, so I ran after the kid to get him out of the way before you attacked. I just barely made it." She said to me with a glare.
"Oh, really? I don't remember anything after I felt something touch me." I said to her whilst looking at the stain on my kilt.
"And it's not a skirt; it's a kilt." I added as I used my dark cloud to clean off the stain.
Many more Asímians began to gather around us. A group of them were rushing to the scene with spears in hand.
I was already prepared to open a gate as I didn't want to start fighting randoms. However, as soon as the dust settled, they all began to kneel towards me, including the ones that were chasing the boy.
"Okay? This situation just keeps getting weirder." I said out loud.
"My king, what happened?" Kitsune appeared and asked.
"I'm not quite sure myself, but I think I almost killed this boy." I said pointing at the boy who was still in the tailed Lilith's arms.
"Lilith, I was so scared!" The boy cried out as he dipped his face between the tailed Lilith's breasts and played with them.
The tailed Lilith then dropped the boy, picked him up by the ear, and lift him off the ground. She stretched her arm towards me, presenting the boy like she were holding trash.
"I change my mind. Just kill him." The tailed Lilith said to me. "Wait, you can't be serious! I'm just a sweet, innocent boy." The boy cried out trying to fain innocence.
I then examined the boy and took a look at his lifespan. "He only has 14 years' worth of life. That is nothing to me." I said out loud. "Why were you even considering? Lilith wouldn't let me di-..." the boy began to complain then got cut off midsentence.
"Quiet!" The tailed Lilith said to the boy with a cold look, like that of a mother about to discipline her child. "What made you want to save this boy anyway?" I asked the tailed Lilith. "Oh, he stole these cute shoes for me so I owed him a favor." The tailed Lilith said to me stretching her right leg towards me.
"Is that all?" I asked her. She proceeded to nod cheerfully whilst petting the boy's head. I then looked around us one last time and saw the crowd of Asímians still had their heads lowered, not daring to move a muscle.
'So much for casually exploring.' I thought to myself.
"Let's go," I said out loud. "Where to?" Kitsune asked. "This is but a small town compared to the capital. There is sure to be much better stuff in the capital than anything here." I said. "Alright, a rematch!" Kitsune said then took a position like she was about to sprint.
The tailed Lilith then smacked the back of her head with her tail then Kitsune dropped flat on the floor. "These shoes are new, I am not running again!" The tailed Lilith declared then stretched her hand forward, attempting to open a gate. I then grabbed her hand before she could do so.
"I have somewhere specific in mind that I would like to go." I said to her then opened a gate in front of us. The gate quickly pulled us in and we appeared in front of a massive medicine shop, somewhere in the capital.
"Where-where was that? It was so dark-so loud-screaming…there was so much screaming." The boy said shivering on the ground. It wasn't just his body, even his soul was affected.
"Shit, I forgot about this kid." I said out loud. The boy was drenched in sweat and looked like his life force was drying up. 'So, this is what happens when a living being goes through the gate. Question answered I guess.' I thought to myself.
"Tailed Lilith, take this boy back where you found him. You'll have to run back though, unless you don't mind him dying from going through the gate again." I said to her whilst walking towards the medicine shop.
"I am not running again." The tailed Lilith said then grabbed Kitsune's arm with her tail. "Hiii little runner, you know you're so fast, much faster than Grayson. You want to prove that to him?" The tailed Lilith asked with a smile clearly having ulterior motives. Kitsune thought for a while then nodded her head.
As I walked into the medicine shop, I was greeted by an all-female staff. "Welcome sir." They all said in unison. "Is there anything specific that our Herb Haven may get for you?" A staff member added with a professional smile.
"Yes, actually. I'll be taking your most lethal poisons with me." I said to her. "I'm sorry, but we can't sell those to just anyone. You will need special permission to purchase such items." She said to me.
"I wasn't asking." I said to her with a glare. My turquoise eyes gave a cold glow, she slowly began stepping back as a cold sweat broke through. Nonetheless, she still tried to maintain her smile.
"Y-yes sir, right away." She said to me then ran to the back of the shop. The tailed Lilith then walked proudly into the shop. "What did you do with the boy?" I asked her. "I took care of it." She replied with a smile. Seeing that Kitsune wasn't with her, I could already tell that she used Kitsune to get out of work.
"Welcome ma'am." The staff greeted the tailed Lilith in unison.
"Interested in drugs now?" The tailed Lilith asked. "Haha, I am already a living drug." I said to her. "Yet here you are, wanting more." she rebutted. "There might be some foreign microorganisms in this planet that not even my dark cloud contains. If I can acquire those, my dark cloud might prove more effective to other reapers." I said to the tailed Lilith.
"Hey hey, you don't have to mention any excuses to me. Drugs are good company." she said still messing with me.
"I don't like you." I said to her jokingly.
A few minutes later, the staff member came back. She now held three small chests, covered in chains. Each of the chests had a different color. One black, one red, and one purple.
"These are the most lethal poisons that our shop has to offer." The staff member said to me presenting all three chests on a table.
I then picked up the black chest and could feel a sinister aura of death coming from it.
"These poisons were extracted from the fangs of a giant three headed serpent. An ancient beast that lived for over 1,000 years. It was possible for us to extract this poison only after the beast crossed paths with you know who." She explained to me.
'They're talking about me. That little snake laid eggs in my pool, so I killed it.' Armando said from within the cloud.
"Just opening any one of these chests has a 90% assurance of death from their aura alone. The poisons are that lethal!" The staff member continued to say with confidence.
"What are the effects?" I asked her.
"The black chest contains a poison that not only rots the body, but eats away at the soul as well. Within the red chest is a poison that slowly drops the temperature of the body and hardens the blood, stopping circulation. In the end, the entire body becomes petrified." She added.
"What about the purple one?" I asked her.
"That one is a little more mysterious. The rumors do state that two of the serpent's heads contained the black and red poison. However, the third head did not contain any poison. It was only after you know who killed it, that a poison became evident. Some say the third head was capable of absorbing the purple tribulation lightning from you know who. This happened over a thousand years ago so the authhenticity of the information could be wrong." She said to me.
'It really is taboo in this planet to speak Armando's name. Anyone who did so would apparently be struck by purple lightning from the sky. They called it, the Purple Tribulation Lightning.' I thought as I recalled the conversations I heard around the planet.
'What she says is true. I was caught off guard with my first strike, not expecting the little snake to absorb the attack. Still it wasn't an actual fight, but an execution.' Armando said proudly within the cloud.
"How much for all of them?" I asked her.
"The manager said they are all on the house." She answered.
'How generous. Did they somehow figure out who I am?' I thought to myself.
I then proceeded to break the chains of all three chests.
"Wait, what are you doing? If you open that here, we will all die!" The staff member cried out in horror.
"Calm down. You should know what I am by now. No one here will die." I said to her confidently. She then started to calm down a little, but still got into a somewhat safe distance. I then proceeded to open all three chests. A heavy aura slowly slipped out of the three chests, ready to claim the lives of anyone in its vicinity.
I then quickly took the deadly aura into my dark cloud, not allowing even a wisp of it to escape.
Within the chests, I could see tiny bottles, as small as eyedrops, with liquids inside them. Each liquid matched the color of its chest, except for the purple chest, which had a bottle with a transparent liquid within it.
I then proceeded to pick up all three of the bottles and drink them together in one gulp.