"You…"
"You should have dignity, kill that woman, or get divorced. Why are you still living with her?"
Just as Henry was about to attack, Esther intervened.
"Calm down both of you. Henry stops bothering Jozef. You always make fun of him, from what I see, he tired of listening to you. Both of you eat in silence!"
Henry was even angrier. He had to put up with his younger sister's lecture, just because she's stronger.
Even if the humans were declining. There is one thing that will never change: Strength is everything.
"I lost my appetite". After that hectic fight Jozef left.
Although he left the dining room he could hear Henry scream.
"Flee as always, damned coward."
Esther looked at him angrily, "why do you hate him so much? He never hurt you."
"Don't mess with my business." Henry snorted.
The maids brought dinner and they began to eat.
…
Jozef went to his room to change his clothes. Today, he will leave the palace with the mission to kill some demons. He must act discreet or his journey will be over before it begins.
After changing his clothes, he left through one of the side entrances of the palace.
Before leaving he looked at the clock that was near the entrance, 9:00 pm. 'I need to be here before 12:00 am to avoid problems with mom.'
Suddenly, the young man stopped short. 'Wait... why do I have those kinds of thoughts?'
'The memories I absorbed, do they influence me?'
"Forget it, I'm not him. I will come back when i wants ".
Darkworth City, despite being one of the largest cities in the empire, after the arrival of the demons looks very gloomy. Many buildings were destroyed and no one wants to rebuild them.
Businesses went bankrupt, they not only have to face the big taxes, they also have to endure the harassment of evil beings.
Jozef was walking down the street, while he was observing a familiar landscape. Demons were everywhere, pushing and spitting at the humans.
People lowered their heads and did not dare to retaliate.
He walked for a few minutes until he reached the slums of the city. Here not only poor people lived, but it was also a hangout for low-level devils.
High-level demons have a full human form, plus the ability to hide their wings and horns. If it weren't for their demonic aura, it would be impossible to tell them apart from people. While low level demons have a humanoid form.
'System, activate camouflage'
Jozef's body emitted a black aura. The people near him moved away. They know what that aura means. It's a high level devil. The aura was so thick that no one could see his face.
When Jozef learned to use the system, he discovered the camouflage utility.
Camouflage allows the host to change his aura for 1 hour. The problem is that this skill's cooldown time is 6 hours. The good news is that as their power increases, they can sustain the ability for longer hours.
Jozef was looking for the most common and weak demons. This race of demons is called Ignus blaze. Its skin is red, it is 1 meter tall; it has wings, horns, and its mouth is full of large fangs.
If these demons disappear, no one will notice.
People know them as the red plague. They reproduce at an incredible speed and are always causing trouble everywhere. Both humans and demons hate them.
Ignus Blaze has a bad temper, they fight with any race and are killed frequently, even by other demons.
Suddenly, Jozef found his first prey.
In an alley three Ignus Blaze demons were beating another of the same race, it seemed that they were trying to steal something from him. But the demon that endured the beating was inflexible and he refused to let go of what he had in his hands.
Jozef approached them.
'System show me your description'.
[Description]
Name: Sbut Hujid
Age: 31
Race: Demon
Lineage: Ignus blaze
Level: 3
Attack: 28 au
Defense: 21 du
Weakness: Water, Light.
He analyzed each of them and the other three demons had a similar power.
The young man took out a small wooden staff, chanted the spell, and pointed it at the demons.
"Decim secot".
*whoosh*
Three slashes of wind shot towards the demons and separated them into 2 parts. They immediately turned to ash and disappeared into thin air.
Jozef walked towards the last demon that was lying on the ground and stabbed it with a dagger in the neck, just like the other demons it disappeared without a trace. He didn't want to waste mana to kill a dying man, so he used the dagger he always brought with him.
[Congratulations, you got a random reward for killing your first demon]
[Affinity Crystal - Light]
[The reward was sent to storage]
[You gained 120 DP]
[DP: 120]
'affinity crystal? I'll check it out when I get home. If you can help me awaken the light element, that will be the jackpot.
Mages could naturally use the elements of water, fire, wind, earth, wood, and metal. But the elements of light, dark, lightning, and void were special.
Users manifest an affinity for these elements from birth.
Unfortunately, since demons control this world, when a human is born with any affinity, he is immediately killed by the evil beings to prevent the child from threatening his rule.
That is why the demons put spies on all the great families to monitor their movements. For example, in Darkworth Palace lives a couple of vampires and their 2 daughters. They are in charge of keeping an eye on the whole family.
The reason because Jozef can move freely is that in the eyes of the vampires, the young man is a scum who spends his time drinking and bringing girls to the palace for fun.
Jozef kept moving between alleys and killing demons that were in small groups or alone. He so far he has earned 520 DP.
He sat down at the end of a dark street to rest and recover some mana. Unexpectedly, a level 6 Ignus blaze demon approached him, looked at Jozef curiously, and said.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
The young man looked up and said.
"I'm resting, clear off"
[The camouflage will disappear in 5… 4… 3…]
The demon Ignus relaxed his guard upon seeing the figure sitting on the floor was someone of his species.
However, the black aura that came from Jozef disappeared.
The demon panicked. "But how? You're human!"
Jozef took out the small one, smiled and said.
"You know you're right. But it's too late".
*whoosh*
A slash of wind flew up and decapitated the demon.
Jozef felt dizzy, he almost fainted, he used all his mana in that attack to get rid of the demon.
"ha…ha…ha" the young man gasped heavily.
[You gained 60 DP]
[DP: 580]
"System, is there anything in the shop that can help me get my mana back faster?"
[Mana Recovery Stance Tier 1: 50 DP]
"What percentage will you help me recover?"
[100%]
"Buy it."
[You acquired (x1) Mana Recovery Position, grade 1]
[-50 DP]
[DP: 530]
5 seconds after drinking the position, Jozef got all the mana back from him.
"I'd better go back to the palace. It is dangerous for me to stay on this street."
On the way back to the palace the system took the initiative to communicate with Jozef.
[Host, won't you find out who killed the previous owner of this body?].
'The prostitute he put into his bed was the person who poisoned him. She is not the mastermind, someone gave her that mission, she was a professional assassin. I need to be stronger before I do anything.
Just as Jozef entered a side door of the palace, a beautiful woman was standing there. It seemed that she was waiting for someone.
"Son, I'm glad you're back early."
"Mother I went out for a walk"
"Jozef you are very talented. Why don't you work on improving your mana cultivation?"
"Did you wait for me here just to scold me? Leave me alone"
The young man did not want to be rude to this mature beauty, but he had to act like the previous Jozef.
Alice is an intelligent and detailed woman. If she notices that Josef changes without any justification. She will be on him all the time.
Alice looked at him sadly and pulled a fruit out of her sleeve.
"This is the Heavenly Fruit 5 Seeds, it will help you become a Beginning Magician."
The demons took all the important resources. Getting that fruit is impossible for humans.
Jozef looked at her worriedly.
"How did you get it?".
"That's not important. Take this opportunity, it was hard to get that little thing. I… I hope that one day you will change."
After those words Alice left.