"Damn. That horrifying killing intent vanished. I never knew that the man who seemed as weak as a lamb, have the teeth that could bite a predator to death," Nicholas said with his bare assed kissing the ground, while he gasped for breath.
"…" Eliza didn't say anything, but the atmosphere that clouded her seemed to blend what Nicholas claimed.
On the side, the group of hunters was confused by what Nicholas said. And even though perplexed, their body seemed to agree, as they were covered with sweats.
"We should stop wasting our time here. From the observations, I gather. All of you must have been the aegis of the human settlement. Anything could have happened to the human settlement if we waste our time here." It was Clover who said it with a solemn tone, causing other hunters to wake up from their stupor.
"Give me that."
He walked to the man who carcasses the beast earlier, grabbed the leather bag he held, and acted as the one to carry it.
His face was tranquil, as if the stench emitted from the leather bag did not affect him in the slightest. He walked for dozens of meters, and that's when he noticed, after perceiving the ground, that there was no vibration, indicating that no one followed him. He turned his head back to them.
"Why aren't you all moving?" He questioned, causing all of the hunters except Nicholas and Eliza to turn their heads to Vincent.
'We were waiting for our leader's instruction.' All of them thought, but no one had the strength to voice it out, as their tongue was tied from the constant drinking of their saliva to wet their dried voice box.
"Let's go! You! You lead the way!"
Nicholas ordered the man who carcassed the beast earlier, while he stood and patted his bare assed, which was covered with dirt.
His eyes darted, and perceived that the Hunters were waiting for their leader's instruction. He immediately glared at them; the moment they felt that Nicholas – second in command- was looking at them.
They immediately followed the man who had followed Clover while having a hesitant expression, as if he was debating to himself whether to let Clover carry the disgusting bag or he should take the leather bag to Clover, and he should be the one carrying it.
"Sigh"
Eliza shook her head and followed the group of hunters while having her daydreaming of what happened earlier. Nicholas, who had been showing the same smile at the start, suddenly changed to a provoked expression.
He turned his head, and his gaze landed on the man whose pupils weren't in reality. The man's gaze was dead, and he had the same position the moment Clover, Eliza, and the hunters walked away.
He seemed to have an emotional and mental breakdown as if he wanted to left on this world and transmigrated to the world he thought he belonged. He didn't notice the odd gaze Nicholas directed at him, and it wasn't long before Nicholas's aura changed hostile, but he didn't attack Vincent.
He kept the hostile aura, and it wasn't long before the aura slowly slithered in the direction of the insensible Vincent who had no idea that he was being targeted by his own trustee.
"It's time for your animus to be awakened, Vincent. It is only in this way that my goal will be achieved. I know you were cautious of me, and till now that wariness towards me never change…
"But that's okay. You didn't change anything and that's the thing that assured me now that the obstacle was cleared. However…"
He released his hostile aura more, and even his character started to change. The usual gentle, kind, and person who knew his teammates best - started to disappear, and was slowly replaced by the distorted facial expression, as if he was being replaced by a different entity.
"That man suddenly came, and now a bigger wall suddenly appeared in my path…"
He noticed that Vincent was being affected by his own aura, but the latter suddenly woke up. But he didn't stand nor landed his gaze on the man who was directing his hostile aura towards him. He awakened, yet his pupil was changing as if there was something inside him fighting for supremacy.
"Why do want to struggle, Vincent? Why don't you accept the power, and let the man inside you do the work? I'm sure your pride was now crushed by that man, and to add insult to injury. That man's age should be younger than you, much younger than your daughter.
Even so, you were defeated by that man's single gaze. Don't you want to avenge your pride? The so-called pride that your lineage is proud of? Why do you want to resist? The man inside you held more ego than you have? Given the power he has, he can surely avenge you. Why resist?..."
Nicholas continued to tempt Vincent, and he noticed that his enticed showed some development. He immediately continued to babble to the point of using the blood leaking out of his eyes, as a way to stop his already dried tongue.
He didn't care if the blood only aggravate the dryness of his tongue and vocal cords to the point he felt itched. As long as he achieved what he intended to do, then that's all matters.
Dozens of seconds passed…
The bleeding eyes of Nicholas, as well as the malicious aura he radiated to the point it affected his skin, which some skin spot on his body was covered with dead skin.
While his hair slowly retracted, and his face slowly deformed with his skin soggy, anyone could feel that with a light swipe on their hand, the mushy skin would immediately stick to their hand.
It felt gross and his face grotesque, but even though, Nicholas who had been talking non-stop beamed a wonderful smile. He felt that the exhilaration he was feeling couldn't be compared to the days when he was pleasuring himself in the modern day.
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