After the video stopped, Punnia's smug face was gone and replaced with deep shock as I could see his jaws hanging from his mouth.
Rugal, the police chief, was already in the corner of the room, releasing rainbow liquid, which we all ignored.
Shin, also enraged, was emitting a yellowish aura with sparks surrounding him, but he was in better control.
I, on the other hand, had the same look. I had already seen the cruel display of human nature, both in my previous and second lives. My child-like body was also getting accustomed to all the world's cruelty.
"How… How did you… find out….?" Punnia finally spoke, still stupefied by the open display of his past.
"Punnia Plaus, I was aware of your acts of creating drama by hiring local grunts and making them commit crimes to get the fake news and then fight with same to gain fame. But I wasn't sure about the missing children case.
However, I then thought about investigating your past and the missing children case.
It started three months ago, and in those three months, you have traveled to three territories. In all three territories, missing children and women were reported, but since they were mostly commoner and poor from slums, no one noticed until you arrived here in Sailcoat.
I have had my doubt, but it went skyrocketed when I found out that you never reported the death of your family. Instead, you blamed merchants and nobles who weren't even aware of the murder and shamelessly encashed their end for the fame and sympathy of the masses.
I knew that something was amiss and so I borrowed some expensive treasures. Luckily, I was able to pinpoint the exact time of the murder with the help of Memory Mushroom and record your hideous display of inhuman cruelty.
You would then perform similar human sacrifice rituals by killing 23 children and 44 adults."
I finished my explanation.
Memory Mushroom was a Unique Ranked Treasure that can display memory of any event that happened within five months for 30 minutes, provided the exact date of the event was already known.
I then recorded the crime with a magical camera that I had borrowed from Shin.
However, I paid a high cost for this case since my savings were nearly wiped out. I hope to receive a great reward from Marquess, or I will be going broke.
"So here we are." I smiled and pointed at the scum, "Punnia Plaus, for the crime of human cruelty by kidnapping humans and sacrificing them, you are found guilty, and hence you are to be arrested."
Just as I said that several notifications prompted in front of me.
[You have completed the mission.]
[Reward: 1500 EXP]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[Status has been updated]
[Skill: Shadow Hide has been updated from Rank' G' to 'E' due to the broken level cap and abundant experience in the skill.]
[[Status]]
Name: Ivan
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Level: 7
HP: 68/68, MP: 28/28
EXP: 211/890
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Attributes:
Strength: 9+1+1+1 -> 12
Lifeforce: 19+1+1+2 -> 23
Mana: 3+1+1 -> 5
Agility: 12+1+1+1 -> 15(+4)
Luck: -
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Nature: Void
Ability: Shadow Manipulation
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Passives:
[Instincts E], [Pioneer of Blades SS]
Actives:
[Dagger Dance F], [Shinigami Death Swipe C], [Shadow Hide E]
[Shadow Hide E
The host can hide in any shadow equal to their width for 10 seconds.
Cost: 3]
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'Impressive…' I smiled and nodded, quite dazzled by the upgrade. I could feel my strength rising with the reward. For the starters, it was a pretty cool reward. I was also practicing Shadow Hide for some time, but I didn't know why the rank wasn't upgrading. I think I know the reason now. It must be related to my overall level, incredibly, my mana.
However, my work wasn't done yet as the Punnia Plaus stopped shivering. Instead, a vile smile could be seen on his face, with his eyes emitting a crimson glow.
"So you finally decided to show yourself, Mr. Lesser Demon." I smiled, putting my hand inside my coat to face one final opponent.
"D-demon?! How is that possible?! They should have been killed 100 years ago?!" Rugal, recovered from his nauseated state, spoke with a trembling voice.
"Hehehe!! Ooo, little brat~, I must applaud your incredible display of skills to find about my real identity~!" Punnia Plaus, now lesson demon, spoke with double voices overlapping as he stood from the sofa with his hands still cuffed.
"Heh," I smirked boringly and rolled my eyes.
What the hell up with these cringe villain lines? Game developers should have added better lines to these demons. I know they are evil but can't they charge at their enemies like, 'I am a demon. I am evil. I am going to kill you,' and then simply attack.
"Let me reintroduce myself again. I am a lessor demon called Porona. It doesn't matter since you won't be able to…." Just as he was speaking, he was also trying to break off the cuffs but couldn't. "Why the hell is these cuffs so hard to break!!"
I smirked.
[Evil Handcuffs (Unique)
Type: Consumable
Handcuffs imbued with enchanted magic spells that can hold anyone within Level 60 with Evil alignment. The more Evil the host is, the stronger these cuffs would get.]
I glanced at Punnia, now Porona, and used Appraisal.
[Lv. 49 Punnia Plaus (Porona)
HP: 220/226, MP: 4/30
Alignments: Chaotic/Demonic]
And he was surprisingly weaker than I had imagined.
"This… You filthy human! Release me this instant!!!" Desperate to break the handcuffs, Porona roared and tore the table between us into tiny pieces. His roar was so strong that it broke all the classes in the room.
Rugal had already become a mouse, trembling at the corner.
Shin was about to leap forward and kill Porona, but I stopped him.
"Ivan! He isn't something you can face! Let me kill him!"
"No, Mr. Shin! We shouldn't! There is still criminal hiding in that skin. We have to bring justice to all those children and women!"
"Are you insane?! He is …"
I sighed and smiled at Shin, "Oto-san, please believe in me."
Shin sighed and nodded. "Very well. You have a plan?"
"Yeah, but be ready since I still need your help to extract that demon from Punnia!" I smiled as I stepped forward and took out a beautifully crafted white bottle.
No one else in this room recognized the bottle except Porona.
Porona widened his eyes, but before he could move, I splashed the liquid in the bottle on him.
"AARGGG!!!! No!!!" Porona groaned with pain as the liquid started melting the demonic energy.
[Holy Water (Rare)
Type: Consumable
Pure water enchanted by a pope of the holy temple. It is effective against anyone using dark magic or demonic magic.]
While running around, I also purchased Holy Water, a generic item in games, effective against demonic enemies.
"You!! You think you can stop me with such weak holy water?!" Porona roared, gaining his sanity, and leaped towards me.
He raised his claw like hand and slammed it on me as he came forward.
I naturally dodged the attack by hiding in my shadow using Shadow Hide and emerged near his abdomen.
I unsheathed my sword and thrust it into his chest. It didn't touch Porona's heart, but it was enough to get it done.
Porona roared and was about to grab me when I called Shin, who appeared behind Porona and grabbed his neck, locking Porona in his position.
I then held the blade with both hands and closed my eyes. It was time to use my first spell.
'Good shall prevail while evil shall be exterminated. I am not strong enough to fight the evil, so I ask for help.'
As I was praying, blood started to slide from my nose. My mana dropped within seconds as I knew it was working, but I didn't stop.
'O rightful overseer who loves your creation, hear my call and lay waste to this evil creature.
I am Ivan of the void, and I shall call the name of your force,
Atonement Befall!'
My blade radiated brightly as I called the final word, and Porona jolted with grey light.
"AAAAAA!" Porona screamed from agonizing pain as his size started to get smaller. It didn't affect Shin, who soon lost his grip as Porona started to get weaker.
Soon the 7-foot-tall demonic human turned into a 4'1 flunky old man.
I smiled, sheathing my sword in its case. I then poked my hand inside the old man's chest where my sword was stuck and picked out a small dark crystal.
It was a demon core that lesson demons usually grow inside a human to change their host.
I sneered at the disgusting thing in my hand and crushed it.
[You have successfully exterminated a demon with your Void element by praying. You have become the first human to slay a monster without harming the human host as a Void Element user. As such, a new passive skill has been formed and added.]
[2250 EXP is gained.]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[[Status]]
Name: Ivan
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Level: 9
HP: 62/80, MP: 0/42
EXP: 434/1417
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Attributes:
Strength: 12+1+1 -> 14
Lifeforce: 23+1+2 -> 26
Mana: 5+1 -> 6
Agility: 15+1+1 -> 17(+4)
Luck: -
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Nature: Void
Ability: Shadow Manipulation
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Passives:
[Instincts E], [Pioneer of Blades SS], [Demonic Extermination A]
Actives:
[Dagger Dance F], [Shinigami Death Swipe C], [Shadow Hide E]
NEW SKILL
[Demonic Extermination A
The host of the skill can extract 125% more EXP by killing demons or demonic enemies.]
'This is a jackpot!'
I was surprised by all of these rewards! I never expected to rise so quickly.
The prayer was the main heroine's, the Saintress' spell that she uses to exterminate or extract demons from human hosts in the otome game. However, I altered the incantation since my Nature was Void, and I also had to use holy water to complete the spell.
I didn't make the spell on a whim since, in the game, besides Saintress, another person used the magic in one of the routes, who was neither a Light user nor a saint. He was just a commoner with good faith in justice, merely an Earth nature user.
I took out an MP potion and drank it, restoring some of my MP. It was the first time I had used all of my MP in a single round.
I also stuffed one bottle of HP in Punnia's mouth, whose HP was hitting rock bottom.
Seeing me restoring his health, a smile crept on Punnia's face.
"You… You are sparing my life…?" Punnia asked with a cunning smile.
I raised my brow with annoyance and punched his face, breaking his nose and sending him a meter away.
Punnia was stunned as he didn't know why I punched him just after restoring his HP.
"I was restoring your HP because people will forever regard you as a hero of justice if you die here. I don't want that. I want you to see the disgust and hatred in their eyes for scum like you. You shall be executed before all those people you were betraying."
Herring my decision, Punnia remained motionless before two men entered the room, wearing a police uniform, and took him away. They were also Shin's people, so I didn't want to worry.
Though there was one person I was corned with.
"You…! Who are you guys?! A normal 14 years old brat shouldn't be able to handle that monster and your guard. How the hell you stopped the demon?!" Rugal, the chief officer, questioned, pointing his trembling finger at me.
I was about to walk toward him to initiate some brainwashing techniques when Shin placed a hand on my shoulder.
"You should go and rest a little. I will handle him."
"Thank you, Oto-san." I smiled and left the room while whistling the 'All Star Smash Mouth' song.
Maybe I can copy some songs from my world and sell them here for extra cash.