Later that day…
Shiiiing— Clank!!!
Two swords went against one another.
"Oho? You're quite something aren't ya?"
The demonic man with a bald head and huge nose snickered.
However, Regis remained silent.
He delicately controlled his demonic power into a string and stealthily struck his opponent's temple with it.
Thud—
The demonic man instantly collapsed on the ground.
Regis made sure not to kill him.
After all, his last action of killing Lea's sparring partner garnered some attention from the demonic human leader.
Fortunately, Regis's control over demonic power was precise.
This made it so that he didn't leave any of his traces when the demonic human leader inspected the corpse.
Nevertheless, it was a risk that he was not willing to take again.
However, something was bothering Regis.
(It's cute…)
Grrrr—
The sound of his teeth grinding against each other was heated while his face heated up.
"Ugh…"
Putting his hand over his eyes, Regis sighed.
'I don't have time for this…'
He thought as he quickly left the area, intending to find Greg.
***
'There he is…!'
Regis thought as he observed a child who looked to be no older than him fighting a demonic human.
'How should I go on about this…'
He could see that unlike Lea, Greg has fully surrendered to the temptation of demonic power.
Therefore, revealing himself to him doesn't sound plausible.
"Aha!"
A bulb lit up in his mind as an idea struck him.
Thud! Thud!!
A few seconds later, two subtle noises sounded in the area.
Regis then got out of the bushes.
"This would be easier than I thought…"
He said as he looked at Greg and the demonic human who were currently sprawled on the ground.
For safety purposes, Regis decided to knock out both of them.
'Anyway, let's get to work.'
Unwilling to waste more time, Regis immediately placed his hand on Greg's forehead.
[Corruption Manipulation]
***
Day 137 of 183
"Hey kid, wake up!"
Greg groggily opened his eyes as he heard the voice of his sparring partner.
He held his aching head and turned to the demonic human beside him.
"Did we get knocked out again?"
The demonic human nodded with a confused expression on his face.
"I think so…"
"Who do you think it is?"
"I don't know. But it should be someone way stronger than me."
"I'm starting to get scared."
"Frankly, me too."
They couldn't remember when it started but they would get knocked out every time they had their sparring sessions.
It was too strange, even becoming some sort of link between the two of them.
This inevitably made Greg and his sparring partner a bit… closer?
"Could it be the Leader?" Greg asked.
The demonic human shook his head, "I don't think so, but only someone as strong as him could do it…"
The two of them looked at each other with a dumbfounded expression.
***
Day 143 of 183
Regis had repeatedly done his routine.
After every village raid, he and Lea would meet up for about 25 minutes before their combat training.
Then, he would go knock out both Greg and his sparring partner during combat training.
This was all so he could slowly cure both Lea and Greg of the mental corruptive properties of the demonic power.
It was something that extremely exhausted him both physically and mentally.
However, it was not without its benefits.
Regis opened his right hand.
He pointed his right finger on a stalk of flowers nearby.
A green aura oozing of corruption shot out from his finger.
The corruption aura entered the flowers, making it gradually wither in mere seconds.
Regis smiled.
His control over the aura of corruption had also become higher.
"Oh well, that's enough celebration."
Regis slowly revealed himself from the bushes.
In front of him, Greg and his sparring partner were unconscious.
"Hmmm… I think Greg would regain most of his control over his emotions after this session."
Regis said to himself as he placed his hand on Greg's forehead.
Due to the excessive use of Corruption Manipulation, Regis had also become more proficient in extracting corruption aura.
"Waking him up now would be too abrupt. I'll just leave him a little note for when he wakes up."
He said as he quickly got to work.
***
Day 144 of 183
Greg gulped subconsciously as he slowly approached the town hall in the center of the ruined village they raided.
The reason being the note left by the one who knocked him out telling him to come there.
'I wonder who that person is…'
He felt a little afraid but he steeled himself.
The mysterious note only said to meet at the town hall of the next village that they would raid.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Therefore, Greg felt restless.
Though, it was really all because Regis forgot to write his name on it.
Anyone who found a mysterious note containing strange instructions laid beside them after waking up would surely feel apprehensive.
Therefore, Greg threaded carefully, making sure that he was ready to fight at any given moment.
***
"Regis, just what did you write on the note?"
"I just told him to come to the town hall."
"Then why does he look like that?"
"I really don't know…"
Regis and Lea conversed as they peeked through the gap on the wall of the town hall.
They were currently looking at Greg who was approaching slowly with a cautious expression.
This made the two of them confused.
Not only that, Regis also glanced at a certain direction.
This was because he was sensing the demonic human leader from afar who seemed to be observing them.
Though for some reason, he felt like something was wrong as he didn't seem to have any intention of directly spying over them.
'Just what's running in his mind…'
Regis asked in his heart.
***
A few kilometers from the town hall, the demonic human leader sat on a hill.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk."
'I didn't know that even children who hadn't reached their teenage years would have this sort of fetish…'
He thought as he casually watched over Greg who had a fearful expression on his face as he approached the town hall that Regis and Lea entered earlier.
'I could see why he's afraid…'
The demonic human leader shook his head.
"That kid, Regis. I think he's the big deal. To think that even boys…"
If Regis heard what the demonic human leader was thinking, he would have been speechless.