A dark smoke sizzled into the air for a few seconds before materializing into Rick Venaton.
Surprisingly it had taken all day to find this place, a cave in thr heart if the city. Thankfully it was already dark and nothing was left awoke in the city but Rick.
Likely this was a rule of Anubis.
Anubis is not more than the celestial beings I met in heaven, he might call this place a paradise but works the people here till they drop, building statues and pyramids to honour his name.
This was basic slavery.
"Anubis and the other gods are no different from the celestial beings, now I see why you want to kill them all," Rick addressed, taking slow steps to the cave.
[Yes, we cannot succeed without an army though]
[A team to watch our back and help..... That's why I picked you Rick Venaton]
"Don't make it seem so sappy Jade!" Rick growled entering the dark crevice of the cave, it was dark and impossible to see in if he were any human. Thanks to his devil eyes he could see all through the dark like the sun was shining through it.
His skin also throbbed to the feeling of darkness, as a devil he had noticed great changes in his body, a freedom amd thirst for chaos he hadn't yet released.
[I have watched your suffering and seen the heart of a true devil in you! I want to hold you and feel your hate Rick Venaton]
Rick shivered uncomfortable of the statement, "you're talking all weird Jade. How far are you?"
[Not too far away]
'There are no guards around, why is that? Is Anubis so sure of his people and all? Or is this a trap?'
[Brace yourself]
BOOOOOM!
All of a sudden the wall of the cave from the left shattered into rocks and grit.
An enormous fist flew out of the opening towards Rick's face.
Rick's instinct kicked in, raising his hand and tapping the punch to miss it's target with ease.
"Wow I thought only humans attack like cowards?" He layed his eyes on the beast that attacked. It was surprised by the ease he used to block it's attack.
"Die!" Rick pointed his hand to the beast a red flames engulfing it. He blasted a beam at the beast destroying it's head completely with one strike.
Thud!
Apparently it's body dropped to the ground.
"Man, I almost forget I am this strong," after his training in the library he never got the chance to test his ability on anything or any living being.
This gave Rick a feeling of no longer being weak.
"How strong am I anyway?"
He still needed to know the outcome of how strong he had gotten, would he be able o match gods? Or was he still below their strength?
"Kekeke! I didn't know you would be that strong!"
Yards away from Rick Venaton stood another unfriendly being.
Human like, thick white hair, horns, with large fangs like teeth, muscular having no cloths on, with a weird Mana output.
"A Rakshasas." Rick immediately identified the beast before him. Thanks to the library.
'Are malevolent demons that are often depicted as shape-shifters and can take on various forms. That explains why the first beast I killed died so easily, because....'
Rick shifted his gaze back to the beast lying on the floor fading off into smoke and dries bones.
Usually anything from hell that died would turn to ash.
"I see you have figured my scam. I have gotten so rusty because of how long it's been since someone came here...." The Rakshasas placed a hand on it's chin to recall the time since he had been guarding this prison alone, unfortunately, that had been an awfully enormous amount of time. Maybe even never. "I am Rajon, who are you?"
"Death! Your death!" Rick began to walk slowly to his enemy eyes transfixed on him with enormous bloodlust. There was no time to react with caution or whatsoever, "future ruler of hell."
Rajon laughed maniacally, a devil with this high expectations without already a name for himself was horseplay in hell. "Let's see how much of ruler you will be when I am done with you."
ZWISSSH!
Rojan sprang from the ground quickly that he became blurs and mirages to any who saw him.
The only test to his appearance was the loud noise he made when tearing through the air.
Surely he depended solely on his speed.
SPLAKKK!
Rojan got behind Rick Venaton twisting his upper body and thrusting a powerful kick to his side.
Grab!
Rick clasped unto his ankle without giving his sight back to see it.
"Weak!" With a mighty force he clutched hard to Rojan's leg squeezing the bones till they were well powdered.
"ARGGGAHHHKKKKKASAHH!" Rojan screamed drool flying off his mouth as he jerked in pain. He instantly got the news flash of great ability.
In a desperate need to escape, Rojan concentrated his eyes on Rick a boiling red beam circulating through in his eyes.
In a swift moment he let his beam fly at Rick from behind, unlike his kick, this would make the hit for sure. According to his calculations and where he fired the beam, there was no option rather than to take the beam head on, that was if he could perceive the beam before it made it's mark....
'What the fuck?' Rojan's eyes began to bulge violently, as the entire situation he planned backfired dearly.
He was the one that got hurt from the attack somehow.
Rojan's eyes slowly caught the sight of the enormous gorge in his gut leading out the other side. This didn't daze him for long after he established, "yes, I am battling a true devil from hell."
CLAMP!
Uhn? Rojan felt the entire of Rick's hand around his face strongly. Without being told he was sure this was his end. The look in Rick Venaton's eyes and his serious face made him wonder if he was a devil.
"You.... Are.... You human?"
Rick didn't hesitate only feeling anxious, how his eyes had given him all out. "Maybe I still have sympathy in my eyes..... But none for you!"
SPLOOOSH!
Rick tightened his grasp splitting Rojan's entire cranium into pieces and loads of blood.
THUD!
The dead corpse fell to the floor almost instantly turning into ash and fading off into nothingness.
A chill also appeared in Rick's heart which gave him a feel of being stronger now, "what is this feeling."
[You absorbed his life as the Devil of Death]
So that meant he could get stronger by killing?
"Shit why didn't you tell me, I would have killed everyone I saw till this point!"
[Focus Rick Venaton]
Yes, I have gotten stronger.... Now I have to get my Master.