Some time passed when the captain decided to leave again, leaving that room there were three tunnels each one seemed to lead to a different point before there were at most two tunnels but now there were three the captain divided everyone into teams and Fia and Maxwell ended up in the same team, 'my usual luck' Fia said apathetically in her mind.
'I'll kill you!' thought Maxwell seeing an opportunity looking at Fia though he thought he could use her and then kill her, the tunnel where they headed was the one on the right which according to the map was the most dangerous, for the first few meters there was nothing, only the footsteps of Fia, Maxwell and three other people resounded in the air, it was dark though, but not too dark, one step at a time you began to glimpse a light 'magic crystals?' Fia thought, the light was pinkish with blue and red lines, that light seemed normal but that light was dim low which is not normally the case.
Getting closer they saw a small amount of crystals much less than before, it was impossible that someone had entered because if not the footprints would have been seen and yet there were few crystals, one of the three who was with Fia and Maxwell approached some crystals.
As soon as he got closer, a small, almost imperceptible noise was heard, it wasn't the classic crystalline noise, Fia having acute hearing heard it, her pupils widened, she quickly turned her head and saw the man in his thirties, with little hair, a thick beard, brown eyes and ordinary clothes that lowered slightly.
'Shit, shit shit!' Fia thought as she saw the man, meanwhile the noise became slightly louder but the others didn't hear it, making the mana flow in her feet Fia threw herself to "save" that man but as soon as she was about to get closer a monster from the crystals came out, how can you define its shape? They were two yellow eyes and it was completely black but it had a huge mouth and sharp teeth, on its back were the crystals.
The monster emerged, about 43 meters big, opened its mouth and devoured the man, blood came out endlessly, some intestines flew, the heart fell to the ground and made its last beats, blood everywhere body parts flew away, and the monster devoured the man.
Fia being that she was running and giving herself a boost with cyd magic she used the speed to pierce the lower body being unprotected by the crystals, she put the sword forward and pierced the body of the classic black blood of demons came out and the eyeballs flew away.
"Demon blood? Yet it didn't look like a demon unless" Fia said wiping herself and remaining impassive to the dead man, and began to analyze the dead monster while the black blood came out endlessly, its surface was formed by black hair but underneath its flesh was black, she took a lock of hair a small fire appeared on her hand and a light purple smoke came out.
'As I suspected it was in contact with demonic mana' She think to see the light smoke, being that crystals absorb mana but it is not specified what type so by absorbing demonic mana monsters are born [Demon Crystals] is the precise name, they camouflage themselves and wait for prey and devour the other crystals, after the analysis Fia stood up and saw Maxwell's strange face.
Maxwell's face was as if twisted different emotions were visible, shock, disgust and others.
When Fia took the body of the dead man whose blood was still coming out she lifted it, "Tsk" clicked her tongue a disgusted face came out but it didn't seem like she was afraid of the blood there was something else.
'But is this normal?' Maxwell thought to see Fia, her face was strange, he took a breath and asked: "Are you sorry for the death of the person?"
Fia shook her head in denial, scared faces could be seen from Maxwell and the other two, Fia opened her mouth and said: "It could have been a great piece to use, too bad I'll have to change the plans," hearing Fia's answer disgusted faces came out. Those faces became more and more disgusted, while Fia stretched out her hand 'It's a shame but I have no other choice' she opened her mouth: "Fiarad" a slight noise was heard, the body of the dead man caught fire, the flame was not very high but it was high enough to burn a human body. Maxwell's face became more and more twisted and disgusted, Fia had confirmation of this it was not normal already calling a human being a "Piece" was already strange but even burning him directly was even more of a test.
Looking at Fia Maxwell instinctively clenched his fist, Fia turned her head, the fire in the background made Fia's tied black hair look like it had been burned by that fire "The strongest survives the weak dies, the world is now a continuous hunt, if you don't adapt they will target you and you will be killed, if you adapt you will be the one to target and kill, you have to survive in this hunting ground and I will survive at all costs even at the cost of becoming a half demon or a half dragon I will live you want to play at being a hero am I right? Well then play, play like everyone does and hides in the existence of a hero, do you believe in God? For me there are no problems but you are clinging to a faint hope, the best way to survive is to hunt and train to survive." These were the words that came out of Fia's mouth as she set off to continue.