IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF JAKHERL FOREST.
"Hmmm, it seems that his scent enters this forest, you better start praying, human, I'll not be lenient in your death." (A five eyed yellow demon said before following the scent.)
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"Haa, I've been walking in this forest for a long time. I thought that it would be fun but reality is often disappointing. There's almost nothing to do and the monsters are escarce." (Zeren said with a sigh.)
"I'm getting hungry again, it's time to search for food. I just hope that I'll find a monster quickly."
Zeren searched around the forest for prey and found a rat looking thing with very small limbs but big body. He quickly took care of it and started eating it.
"There's nothing in this forest that poses a threat to me. After eating this rat I think that I'll go and search for another place."
"Crunch!" (A twig could be heard breaking.)
"What the-"
"Slam!"
After hearing the sound, Zeren looked at his left and was surprised to find a large skinny yellow hand about to claw his face. He reacted quickly and rolled to the side.
"Who are you?!" (Zeren screamed.)
"It seems that you're a demon? I would've never imagined that a low class demon like you managed to kill Zallen. You must of have had to use your arts to kill him. A stealth art? Interesting, I'll find out soon."
"What are you murmuring about? Come and face me." (Zeren said with a frown.)
"As you wish." (The scout demon said before rushing at Zeren.)
The demon clawed at Zeren's head but he dodged it by moving back, Zeren quickly dodged to the right as he sensed something behind him. After dodging he was quickly surprised as the demon disappeared and appeared behind him.
In addition to disappearing, The demon also seemed to have perfect control over his body. He continued to claw at Zeren and even when Zeren was counterattacking he still missed every single punch and kick whilst the demon was pushing him back.
'What the hell can I do? He's faster than me, It doesn't matter if I'm super strong when I can't even touch my opponent. At this point I'll have to resort to using a desperate attack' (Zeren thought whilst he dodged.)
The demon clawed at Zeren's legs and he dodged it, but it seemed that it was an illusion because at the next second the demon appeared at Zeren's back and pierced his hearth.
"Ahgh!" (Zeren screamed before coughing blood from his mouth.)
Zeren dropped to the floor and slowly closed his eyes.
"Ha, you're just a lowly demon after all. I have to say that I didn't expect for him to not use his art, did he exhaust it before I arrived? Doesn't matter, I shouldn't involve myself in dead matters." (The demon said before turning around.)
The demon stopped walking as he heard something sizzling behind him. He slowly turned around and saw Zeren standing up, the only problem was that… he looked deprived of food.
"How's that possible?! His art allows him to revive? But, it seems that the drawback is too high. He looks like he's about to drop dead any second now. Heh, I'll put him out of his misery." (The demon said with a grin.)
The demon walked towards Zeren who was standing still looking at him, and clawed at his chest. The demon didn't have time to react before he was sent flying by a fast punch from Zeren. He slowly stood up and watched Zeren with a hate filled gaze.
'How's that possible? Did he suddenly gain speed from his art? If that's how it is then I can't take this lightly anymore.' (The demon thought whilst standing up.)
"Aaaaarghh!!" (The demon screamed as he transformed into a hellhound twice the size of Zeren.)
'He's slow, I can clearly see his movement. His transformation appears to be in slow motion. It seems that I can't waste this chance.' (Zeren thought before rushing towards the hellhound.)
Before Zeren reached the scout demon, his transformation completed and clawed at Zeren's chest in inhuman speeds.
"Splash!"
"Aaargh." (Zeren screamed.)
Zeren's skinny chest was clawed open and now his bones were in plain sight. Zeren retaliated with a kick to the hounds' knee. The hounds' knee buckled under the strength of the kick and broke.
"Arrgh!" (The hellhound screamed.)
Zeren didn't let this chance go to waste and followed up by punching the hellhounds' head downwards. The punch connected and he followed it until the hellhounds' head was crushed in the ground.
"Argh-BAM!" (The ground trembled.)
Finally, Zeren couldn't take it anymore, he took quite a few steps back and collapsed to the ground. He tried to move but he couldn't do it, it wasn't an easy task considering that his body was starved and wounded.
'Is this where I die? No matter what I do, my body just refuses to move, I can't even move my mouth. Haa, the hunger is killing me right now, I just wish to rest right now.' (Zeren said before closing his eyes.)
Zeren was waiting for his death before he heard something to his left.
"Damn you lowly demon, I admit that you got me good there. I didn't expect that you still had some fight in you but right now, it's useless, you're dead." (The hellhound stated before he limply started to approach Zeren.)
'Haa, I couldn't even kill this one demon, if I get a second chance I promise to do everything in my power to not end in this miserable condition.' (Zeren said while staring towards the demon.)
The hellhound didn't get halfway where Zeren was before some skinny hands appeared below Zeren and hugged him. The ground below started to turn a bright red color and distort, slowly bringing Zeren down to the ground.
The hellhound started to run limply with all his might towards Zeren with a worried look on his face. He was about to rip Zerens' throat out with his maw but he was buried to the ground before he could.
'What th-' (Zeren thought before being swallowed by the ground.)
"There's no way, just as I was about to kill him, you've got to be kidding me!!" (The demon screamed in anger.)
"To be summoned in that state… I don't know if it's good luck or bad luck. Damn! Without his body the mayor won't be satisfied. I need to appease his anger in one way or another." (The demon thought before reverting his transformation and walking back towards the mines.)
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IN THE MIDDLE OF A LUXURIOUS WOODEN HOUSE
(Emmas' POV)
"Mother Margareth, do you think that summoning this demon will allow us to rescue my father?! I know that you love him to death, but trusting a demon is foolish, his absence is making your judgement cloudy, think about the consequences, mother!" (Emma screamed in anger.)
"Emma, this is the only way, we can't go against the church of evil and their boss Hernz. Do you think that we can go against a legion of monster hybrids? Trust me Emma, if something goes wrong I'll take care of it." (Margareth said calmly.)
"How are you going to take care of it?! You're weak, that's why you're resorting to taking aid from a demon. If this goes wrong I'll-"
"Lady Margareth, the ritual has been successful but… there's only one problem." (A scrawny looking man interrupted with hesitation.)
"What is it? Hector." (Margareth asked with a frown.)
"It's better if you see it for yourself, come with me." (Hector said before going towards the woods where the ritual was taking place.)
Emma briefly looked at Margareth before following Hector, Margareth following right after her.
Margareth arrived at the location of the ritual and was immediately shocked by what she was looking at, after seeing the demon she could only say one sentence.
"This is the demon that's going to save my husband?"