Chapter 10
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 10
Devil 2
Taking advantage of the dark night, slipping out of the camp using Shadow Movement was an easy task for a demon. Because the night is on the demon's side. As long as there were shadows, he could hide anywhere.
Seeing him beat the Deputy General Manager, he seems to be around Lieutenant-Rank, but he's just a Water Ability User Soi after all. A Soi, who can never become High-Rank, won't stand a chance against himself, Devil.
Sois had weaker physical abilities even at the same hierarchy. If it were Fire or Electricity, maybe, but a Water Ability User? It's an ability meaningless in combat. Catching such a trivial guy and screwing over Katerina, one of those terrible High Elves, was practically a free meal.
He came out intending to just memorize the path beforehand, but what's this? He ran into that black-haired Soi. Seeing his hands full of luggage, he must have been grocery shopping.
“Even seeing it makes me feel full. Though what will really become full is my stomach that will devour two people's worth in one day!”
Devil approached in the form of the green-haired guy he had devoured.
“Huh? What brings you here?”
“Excuse me, I'm sorry about earlier. I came because I wanted to apologize. By the way, the house looks incredible~”
“Ah, it's okay. It was understandable. I don't mind.”
“Thanks for saying that at least. But I came out with difficulty. Want to have a drink? My treat.”
“No, I said it's fine. Why are you following me to the elevator? I have a lot to do today. See you next time.”
“I want to try living in a house like this too. Just give me a tour of the house at least. I'm really sorry, that's why.”
“Really next time. It's my first time seeing the room today too, so I don't know what to show you.”
“Wow! If it's the top floor, the view must be killer? Can't I just look from the veranda for a moment?”
“I'm going to work tomorrow too. Let's talk then. Go back now, really. The apology is enough.”
Devil felt a murderous urge to beat him to death right now. Unlike his innocent appearance, this Soi bastard wasn't easily swayed.
In a short moment, the elevator reached the 50th floor. When Devil tried to get off together, Saklasi blocked him.
“Stop now and go back. I wasn't angry about earlier, but I'm about to get angry now.”
“Alright, fine. See you tomorrow.”
“Yeah.”
Maybe because the guy he ate earlier was drunk, Devil felt a bit drunk himself. He almost killed the Soi bastard right then and there.
He's just one Water Ability User Soi, but if he's a Lieutenant-Rank Ability User, it will take some time to finish him off without a surprise attack. He had to avoid running into the Knights Order dispatched by mistake.
The elevator door closed and Devil got off at the 49th floor. He felt rushed. He went up to the 50th floor via the emergency stairs, but Shadow Movement was impossible. It was too bright.
Just then, Saklasi bent his waist to pick up a package in front of the door, and Devil, who was hiding his body in the emergency stairs, revealed his true form and flew at full speed.
There was a sound of wind splitting like a swish, like the sound of a hawk diving.
Thinking it would be different from the punch of a trivial guy like the Deputy General Manager, Devil threw a punch with all his might at the face of Saklasi, who just raised his head at the presence.
Crack—!!!
“Kuaaaaaaaack!!!!”
Although he threw the punch, the one writhing in pain was rather Devil. Devil's arm had broken. It felt not like hitting Saklasi's face, but like hitting the Drevo Palace building itself.
“Wh-what did you do!! You Soi bastard!”
“I thought it was strange, so it was a demon? I wondered how you came out when you couldn't leave the camp.”
Devil, who revealed his true colors to use his strength, revealed bat wings and horns on his forehead. And a large body entirely deep red.
Right now, a truly unbelievable thought occurred to Devil. The fact that from High-Rank Ability Users, the body is so hard that someone like Devil is no match.
It wasn't just simply being hard. He didn't budge even after taking a punch with all his might. Normally, a Soi bastard like that should have flown to the end of the hallway with one punch of his,
But instead, his own arm that threw the punch broke. It was the exact same situation as the Deputy General Manager whom Devil himself considered trivial.
Something is wrong. Since it was inside a building, he couldn't fly into the sky right now. Devil ran back to the emergency stairs at a speed faster than when he tried to throw the punch earlier.
Even at that sight, Saklasi was grinning.
“Really~ Really~ Thank you.”
Screech! Grab.
Before he knew it, Devil's arm was caught.
“You were definitely in front of the door!?”
When Devil glanced back before running to the emergency stairs, Saklasi was still in front of the door meters away. When he turned his head in relief thinking, ‘Done! He can't chase this!’, his arm was caught along with the sound of wind tearing from behind.
“Uaaaaaaah!”
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The arm that hit Saklasi's face was already broken and the other one was caught, so he couldn't escape. Devil had no choice but to grab Saklasi and madly headbutt that face with his own head. If it were a normal Soi, it was a headbutt that would have shattered like a walnut hit by a hammer, but Saklasi still looked fine.
He truly never imagined it would end up like this with an inferior Soi bastard. He got involved with someone related to High Elves for nothing. Those terrible monsters who live forever and keep getting stronger. Because he couldn't deal with them directly, he came to find this black-haired Soi.
“What level are you bastard? I was so curious.”
“What are you saying! Curious about what!”
The more Saklasi spoke leisurely, grinning continuously as if enjoying the current situation, the more terrified Devil became.
The caught arm didn't budge no matter how much force he applied, and while he was just headbutting, suddenly Devil's entire body floated up and was slammed into the floor.
Whoosh~
Kwaaang—!!!!!
“Keu-heok!!!”
His ribs broke at once and he vomited blood. It felt like every bone fragment in his body shattered. Saklasi swung Devil around in a big circle and slammed him into the floor.
Devil realized that even Mandite material, which would only get scratched if he punched it with full power, would be dented if his whole body collided with it enough to shatter. And he completely lost his fighting spirit. He doubted if this guy was even a Soi.
He chased after him at a speed that seemed to tear the wind, was harder than Mandite, the hardest thing in the world, and above all, his strength was at a ridiculous level.
To the extent that Devil himself couldn't inflict any damage.
In this situation, Saklasi cared more about the dent in the hallway floor than the demon's completely broken spirit. If he breaks this expensive-looking building, it will be hard to handle.
Even though the loss was severe, he didn't like that the demon fell far short of his expectations. Since he wasn't particularly fast, he tried a contest of strength, but it was just boring.
“Seeing as you're weak and slow, you must be a low-rank demon?”
“Low-rank? Me? This inferior orphan Soi bastard!!!”
Bang—!
Saklasi couldn't hold back his anger at Devil's curse for a moment and kicked him. At least thinking of the ocean, he thought it was excessive, so he kicked with the power of about a lake,
But just with that, Devil's head separated from his neck, flew away, smashed into the wall, and exploded.
Trickle.
“Ah...!”
A dented mark was left on the wall too.
Saklasi expected to test how much his strength was through the demon, but sighed at having only broken the building without much gain.
And someone was watching this entire situation in real-time through the CCTV screen.
***
- A Soi kicked Devil, and his head separated from his body and flew away?
A flustered voice was heard from the phone receiver, but the security guard explaining was just as flustered. Confirming that what was captured on CCTV was Devil, he immediately reported it to the Empire Regional Defender. But the situation ended in an instant.
The Commander of the Defender of Busanosk Region 1, who rushed over simultaneously with the report, heard that the situation had already ended and question marks were collected.
A Soi did what to Devil? Just with a kick, his head separated and flew away?
It was a difficult task even for the Commander himself, a High-Rank Ability User.
- Did you say Drevo Palace 50th floor?
Drevo Palace. A super-high-rise residential tower type apartment. It was a brand owned by the Imperial Family. Since Drevo is taken from the name of the Imperial Family.
“Yes.”
- The 50th floor is....
The Empire Regional Defender Commander knew who the owner of the 50th floor was. It was Her Highness Imperial Princess Katerina. He recalled the Defender members making a fuss and talking about it since around lunch today. Whether the situation ended or whatever, if it was something related to the Imperial Princess, there was no time to delay.
- Arriving soon.
“Yes! Thank you. I will be waiting!”
***
I thought now was definitely the time to call Katerina.
Looking at the state of the wall and floor, I think I'll have to sell the house I received today without even staying a night to compensate.
Leaving the dead demon alone for now, while I was opening the package in front of the door and inserting the phone's USIM chip, the elevator door opened.
“Loyalty! This is the Defender in charge of Empire Busanosk Region 1. Are you injured anywhere?”
A group wearing white uniforms got off. It was the same uniform as Katerina.
“Ah, yes. Thank you for your hard work. Suddenly a demon appeared. It disguised as someone I knew so I didn't notice at all at first. Haha.”
“I, I see.”
The Defenders looked alternately at the fragments presumed to be the demon's head and the headless body. The dented marks on the floor and wall. Because it was a hard head, it shattered upon colliding with the Mandite material wall.
“Is it correct that you reside here on the 50th floor?”
“Yes, it turned out that way starting today.”
“Thank you for your cooperation! We will handle the rest. You worked hard. It seems a medal will be awarded for the merit of defeating a demon. We will contact you again then.”
“It's fine. Keep up the good work.”
“““Loyalty!!!”””
I could finally enter my house.
***
The house was too good. Extremely spacious and clean. Fortunately, there was a refrigerator, a bed, a sofa, everything. After organizing the groceries and picking up the phone to call Katerina before eating dinner,
Zzzzt~! Zzzzt~!
A text message was on the screen.
【DISASTER ALERT】
Forest fire occurred in the Blue Cloud area of Busanosk Region 1.
“Forest fire?”
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