It was already morning. Minova woke up only to see Vernox sleeping next to her on the bed and... he was shirtless. Different thoughts ran through her head as she thought about what could have happened while she was asleep and her face flushed red.
Vernox opened his eyes and he noticed someone staring at him with a red face.
"Huh?...oh, you're awake."
He got up from the bed and he looked at Minova and saw a shocked expression on her face... immediately, he got the gist.
"You don't need to worry, nothing happened last night." he ensured her. He only got tired of absorbing soul energy last night and decided to sleep for a while.
Looks like a while was till this morning!
Hearing what Vernox said Minova was a little bit relieved. She couldn't believe that she was going to follow a demon now. If the human kingdoms finds out that a human is working with demons she would definitely be hunted down.
The reason that the humans hate demons is because of the great war that happened years ago. Demons and humans fighting endlessly and spilling each other's blood.
Even when the war ended the humans still were wary of the demons as they could attack at anytime.
There are six human kingdoms in this world which are Camelot, Easthaven, Kemengrad, Jornix, ironhold and Riveer. All six human kingdoms have an alliance and are working together. One of the things that made the demon kingdom in the game powerful was the unity of the demon races and some demonic races. The five demon races, dragon kin, dark elves, cubuses(incubus/succubus), werewolves and vampires were split and living independently now.
Although Azure still had some other demon races apart from the dragon kin, they were not much.
"So what's the plan today, my lord?"
Minova walked up to Vernox who was staring out the window while thinking about something.
"First off, food. This little village should have a tavern." Vernox said as he pulled a golden mask out of his bag. This mask was to cover only the upper part of the face and it looked expensive.
"Put this on."
He gave the mask to her. Looking at the mask that was shiny in her hand, Minova guessed that it must be valuable. She then put it on and looked at Vernox.
"Hmm...missing something."
He observed her and then noticed that he still recognised her due to her long black hair.
"Your hair...it's too long, we'll need to do something about that too."
She looked at him in horror as she loved her long hair...but she was in his dept for saving her.
She looked around and found a scissor and...well, she cut her hair. After that Vernox gave her a black hooded cape which he also took back at the kingdom. Minova wore the black Cape, now looking like some assasin.
Vernox smiled at the completely unrecognisable minova. After that they left the room.
As they made their way to the tavern the people noticed the person beside the demon prince as they didn't see the person last night with him. The people noticed that the person's soul energy was demonic so they closed their suspision and thought that the masked person was the demon Prince's guard.
Everyone knew the power of Recessers so it was not suspicious at all that a person came out of nowhere. With the Recessers creating new magic skills every now and then it was normal for the demons of the lich village to see abnormal things.
...
Arriving at the tavern, Vernox and Minova took seats at one of the tables and ordered a dish. While waiting for the dish Vernox heard a notification sound and a screen appeared in front of him.
[New quest: Retrieve the demon sword and take the throne.(Rewards-???)
2)For every good thing you do, you will be rewarded.(Rewards will be according to how much good you do). ]
'I was right, it's like a game or should I call it a system. And what's this...for every good thing...well at least there is no punishment for doing bad things'
It's not like he planned to do anything bad...he only wants to be powerful in this world.
Sometimes later a waiter brought two dishes of grilled meat. Judging by the look on Minova's face, Vernox could conclude that she hasn't eaten for sometime.
Minova was almost drooling at the sight of the food. Before she moves the food with her eyes Vernox spoke up.
"You can eat too you know." she only looked at him and nodded slowly.
"Th...thank you."
Minova removed the golden mask and put the hood of the cloak more forward to cover the upper part of her face. She could only see the ground this way.
She started eating the food slowly but after a few seconds, she started devouring the food at a rapid rate. Vernox was amazed by her eating speed. He just smiled and ate his dish... Normally.
*Brah*
All of a sudden. An ugly green skinned creature with a long nose and long ears barged into the tavern while panting.
"The corrupted. They're heading this way!!" The goblin shouted, his face was filled with fear as he immediately ran away to another place.
"Was he joking?"
"Everyone get ready to run! When the corrupted are sighted, immediately hide somewhere safe!" The bartender shouted before jumping over the serving table and walking outside.
The demons there followed him behind.
Vernox was confused. He has been hearing of these creatures since he came but he has never seen one before. Even the previous Vernox never saw one.
"Corrupted?" Vernox mumbled.
"Y–Yes, the corrupted are creatures cursed to be controlled by dark emotions. T–They are really scary, my lord. I think we should run away." Minova explained, her eyes seem to wander around warily. She had a horrified look on her face as she talked to Vernox.
"Are the corrupted strong?"
"M–Most of them." Minova answered, nor even wanting to know how he hasn't seen corrupted before.
The time the incidence of the first corrupted went widespread, Vernox was already poisoned so he had to remain in the palace to remain safe. Till this day he hasn't seen these creatures that everyone is so afraid of.
'This is a good opportunity to test my strength' he thought.
"Let's go and check it out."
"Sir?!" Minova suddenly exclaimed the question as she stood up. She just told Vernox that the corrupted were dangerous and he still wants to go and check them out.
"Don't worry. I'm not as weak as I might seem." Vernox said with a gentle smile.
Minova then calmed down a little and she followed behind Vernox as he made his way out of the tavern.
Upon reaching outside he saw a large crowd of demons looking at the opposite side of where the gate and the stable was.
Vernox didn't want anything to happen to that horse or else he doesn't know how he will walk kilometres.
Looking where everyone else was looking at. The forest in the distance rustled and rustled. Birds were flying away from their nests and it seems like the rustling was getting closer.
A figure then emerged from the forest. And Vernox's eye shone.
"IT'S THE CORRUPTED, HIDE!!!"
People began screaming as they ran in every direction. Some demons even trampled over others amidst the chaos.
"So that's a Corrupted?" Vernox said. He was not wearing his best expression right now.
The figure that emerged was a human with pitch black skin and pure red glowing eyes.
It was quite fast as it charged towards the village as if it wanted to destroy the whole place.
"Please. Let's leave this place." Feeling someone pulling his robe he looked back to see Minova slightly shaking with fear.
She was not afraid for herself but for Vernox. She was hiding something from him and she didn't want him to die because of her.
Just when Vernox was about to say something a notification sound rang in his head and a screen appeared in front of him.
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[New side mission]
[Kill the 15 corrupted that are heading towards the lich village. 0/15]
[Rewards: One Mystery box]
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What a bad timing! It looks like he can't hide now that this system wanted him to kill the being in front of him.
Maybe this was what he has to save this world from, from the curse.
"Sigh... Minova, stay behind that building over there. I'll be right back." Vernox said.
Minova didn't ask any questions and just ran to stay beside a building not so far away.
She was looking at him with worry as she does not want to roam this world alone.
Lucky, Vernox carried his sword with him.
He unsheathed it and the sword made a humming sound as the blade moved through the air.
The blade was just a little over a metre long. It had a thin blade that wasn't so heavy. It had several engravings on the blade and it had an aura of power.
Vernox immediately ran towards the corrupted. He was only faster than a normal human. Seeing his speed that wasn't much as he was in soul king level he remembered that he was supposed to distribute the stat points that he got when he absorbed soul energy.
"Shit."