"Hah.. do you know who I serve?", the thug looked down at him trying to intimidate him while holding his spear.
"No.", Archehon responded almost immediately.
"Y-you bastard! You're making me say all the cliche stuff.", the almost bald man paused the conversation.
The man resumed the conversation and stood up with an upright and proud stance,
"Ahem.. I serve the Ruler, the legendary 'King of the slums', Leonardo!"
Contrasting the man's expression, Archehon looked the opposite with a confused face,
"L-lion??", he imagined a lion.
"Hmph! Yes!"
"N-no please, that's even more cringey than my previous life's name", he mumbled and whimpered.
The thug looked at the boy realizing he was not taking him seriously.
"Do you know what? I'll just drag you to him myself!"
The young thug shouted those words as he pulled his arm back to charge his spear.
"Huaah!"
'He's pretty weak compared to the previous guy who at least had a brain.', he thought dissatisfied.
"Slap!"
The thug fell, facing to the ground as Archehon slapped the middle of his back.
"K-huk"
The man gently closed his eyes and passed out. But Archehon stole his spear and stood still,
"Oi. I know you're awake. Get. Up."
"...", the man remained in silence.
"Ha..."
The familiar red aura poured out flushing down towards the passed out man.
'Shit. This isn't what they told me. They told me that the kid doesn't know how to fight. Then..', the so-called passed out man thought.
'How the fuck does he have the killing intent of someone who has killed thousands of people?!?'
The terrifying kid who nobody would expect to be like this, let out the aura to sink into the man.
"keeuukk", he choked.
"Now, who are you?"
"I d-don't know.."
"YOU. Are. A. Little. HONEY BADGER! Say it!"
The furious small eyes spiked the man as he followed the commands of the predator.
"I-I am a little h--honey badger..."
The bloodlust stopped. The man felt better than previously as his dry throat attempted to recover its oxygen. When he turned to look at the murderer,
'What the fuck?!? How is he perfectly fine, even after almost killing someone?'
"M-monster.."
"Hm? Did you say something?", Archehon asked with a completely normal expression while feeling the spear he stole.
The thug crouched down while standing looking at the boy as if he was his master.
"N-no, follow me sir. I will guide you.", the thugs attitude differed to how he was acting before.
"Alright."
The whimpering cat and the calm tiger walked as the cat guided its leader.
* * *
A massive door was sighted in front of Archehon and the thug. It looked like the entrance to a castle, having the rest of the slum looking tiny compared to it. The massive door surrounding it had a circumference of rocks. It was a place you'd never expect to exist in such an area.
"Hey. You go in first.", Archehon commanded.
"O-okay, sir"
The gigantic door opened and the thug walked in. The door didn't welcome its own kind back in, no, in fact the thug was thrashed.
"Die!", multiple voices were heard.
The unwelcomed greetings continued for a few minutes until they realised,
"W-wait! That's not him."
The door resumed its gesture and opened to welcome Archehon. He walked in and surprisingly wasn't thrashed.
The inside was easy to differentiate from outside the door. The red carpet stretched as far as to reach the throne where a man with a dominating aura sat arrogantly. Next to the carpet were many forces. Most of which Archehon were no match for currently.
"Fling!"
A dagger could be seen hitting against Archehon's spear. The figure that used the dagger flew back. He was wearing a cloak and similar in height.
"Wow~ Dagger arts, huh?"
The cloaked guy flinched out of shock but decided not to speak,
"..."
"Not gonna talk? Well, I'm fine with that.", Archehon smiled as he dashed towards the figure.
The only weapon Archehon had equipped was a spear. Something he had zero practice in at all. This may have put him at a disadvantage but he already had a plan to grade himself up to an advantage.
It was a simple plan. All he had to do was to work with something he was used to. This was, of course, using a spear. But people may ask,
How can he use a spear?
Yes, using a spear may make it difficult for the user to attack in such a short range. The user can even lose due to their reach.
But this is only because of the wooden part.
The wooden part makes up most of the spear and can be removed to make something around the same size as a dagger.
"Huuuu.."
When Archehon reached into the cloaked figures range, the figure launched its dagger towards his stomach with the intent to slowly spill blood.
"Rrrrrrrr... Ting!"
The dagger instead chopped off the wooden part then deflected off the spears tip. The spear was now slightly bigger than the cloaked figures dagger.
The figure again flinched out of shock after realizing what Archehon did. Yet, he did not speak.
'Not bad.', The 'Ruler of the slums' grinned excitedly.
'This kid is fighting our super rookie with ease'
'Keke, I can't wait to see more.', the man with a large scar through his right-eye sat patiently.
The cloaked figure bolted towards Archehon incredibly fast while bringing out another dagger on the other hand.
When the figure set foot onto Archehon's range, he instead used the flat part of both the daggers to plunge him flying at the wall where luckily, there were no people to be hit by the impact.
"Crash!"
"I've won-", the guy bowed down to the Ruler.
But then, laughing could be heard at the wall,
"Kekekeke..."
Everyone turned to gaze at the smoke created after Archehon hit the wall, including the thugs who were spectating. The smoke started to settle and more could be seen, showing the boy. When it was clear, a boy could be seen quietly laughing while blood dripped down his forehead.
"Kekwkekeke.."
The strong men who were only second to the Ruler were also astonished as they witnessed the deranged boy who was still chuckling to himself.
"Kekekekekekekeke.. KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE"
The entire hall was inaudible apart from Archehon as he stood up like a psychopath who was searching for its next prey.
"Keke.."
He stopped cackling.
"I am really.."
He finally remembered the feeling he felt as 'Lucifer' in his previous life.
"..Toooo excited today."
The Maniac spoke,
"Get ready.."
Massive amounts of oozing killing intent travelled towards the figure as Archehon walked.
'That's dangerous!', the Ruler thought.
'Aldon!', he shouted a name through sound telepathy.
'Yes, My lord.'
'You must stop that kid from attacking.'
'As you wish, My Lord', the loyal subordinate responded.
Archehon sprang towards the cloaked boy and was about to suffocate him with his killing intent. That was until, a large man who was two feet taller than him stood in front of him blocking him which led him to stop.
"You won this spar.", the man glared down at Archehon.
"Yeah, yeah.."
"Hey! How did he win?!? Shouldn't I have-"
The cloaked boy who spoke properly for the first time stopped shouting after making eye contact with the Rulers subordinate.
"Hahaha.. You're not half-bad kid.", the Ruler also spoke for the first time.
"Tell me, what is it you want as compensation for stopping the fight?"
"Money.", Archehon responded almost immediately.
"Hahaha.. I'll give you your money and I'm curious about just one thing.."
"Curious about what-"
Out of the blue, the Ruler charged towards Archehon launching a kick towards his head but stopped an inch away from his face.
"Whoosh!"
The wind from the kick creates a whirlwind and Archehon couldn't even react to it while he stood there with his eyes wide open.
"Not bad. You didn't even flinch."
"Kid, what's your name?"
"Archehon.", he responded like a robot.
"Kekeke, here's the money. Oh- and you might need these."
Leonardo handed over a large sum of money and bandages to wrap around his head. He used the bandages and started moving away from the Ruler.
"I'll get going now."
"Alright, see ya kid!"
While Archehon was walking out he saw the cloaked boy and teased him. Leaving the boy to blush but it's not like he could see that.
"Aldon. What do you think? You think he can do 'that'?", Leonardo asked.
"I'm not sure what you mean, My Lord.", Aldon responded confused.
"C'mon, you know what I mean. Is he good enough?", he patted Aldon's back.
"Maybe, in another seven years?"
"Hmm, really? Anyways, everyone disperse!"
The entirety of the thugs walked away, emptying the massive hall.
"Aldon. Let's go get something to eat. Maybe, something spicy?", he walked away with a laid back position.
"Okay, My Lord."
* * *
Archehon walked back, during the black night while the full moon was the only thing visible in the sky. He was in the same area as his home while moving back.
"Wow, I was no match for the Ruler. It was to be expected."
He walked up the stairs towards the door of his house.
"Click!", the door opened.
Archehon walked into the tiny living room while seeing Ariel sleeping on the dining table.
"I should escape to my room so that the system doesn't give me a quest for that cunning girl.", he quietly spoke with a serious expression.
Archehon got onto his toes and tried to move in silence without waking Ariel up.
"Nice.. almost there.."
He reached the room's door and,
"Click!"
His sister instantly got up.
"Eeeek."
But fell asleep again while closing her eyes.
Archehon sighed in relief after managing to escape to his room successfully as he looked down.
He fell asleep comfortably on that black night. Not worrying about a single thing.