Chapter 416 - Accumulation (1/2)
Under Sareth’s suggestion, Nero seemed to have opened the door to a new world…
From that day onward, a strange group of four appeared in Red Grave City-V, Nero, Sareth, and of course Nico came as logistical support. Over the coming days, Nero planned to hunt demons in Red Grave City to increase his strength.
Although Urizen had utterly defeated them, Nero and V realized that Urizen did not seem to be willing to leave the Qliphoth. He appeared to be assisting the tree to absorb blood and souls in order to get the fruit to ripen faster. Since Urizen never came out, Nero and V could deal with the demons who left the tree to hunt.
The human military was still arguing fiercely about whether to use powerful nuclear weapons to attack the Qliphoth. However, human civilian organizations had already begun to take action. Demon-hunting organizations like that of Dante and Nero kept appearing in Red Grave City to hunt demons and monsters. Although these demon hunters were not like Dante and Nero, who had a demon bloodline and could use magic power, they could rely on their firearms, crossbows, and swords to achieve good hunting results. After all, the ones responsible for hunting humans were basically low-rank demons and monsters. Facing these low-level demons and monsters, human weapons were still very useful.
However, the purpose of these demon-hunting organizations might not necessarily be simple. They might have the lofty purpose of protecting humans, but it was more to obtain the organs and objects of demons. The materials on these demons could often fetch a high price on the black market…
Nero and the others had also encountered several demon-hunting organizations along the way, but they usually chose to avoid coming into contact with them… In fact, whether it was Dante or Nero, they generally tried their best to avoid showing their demonic power in front of ordinary people. So when Sareth noticed this thought, he felt that it was strange and asked Nero, “Why is that?’
“I just don’t want to be regarded as a monster…” Nero replied casually.
“But you’re clearly stronger than those people, yet the strong fear the opinions of the weak. What kind of logic is this?” Sareth was very puzzled.
“Humans are social creatures, but when they discover that there are people that they can’t understand in their group, they will treat them as anomalies and exclude them…” V explained. “Nero just doesn’t want to be excluded by humans.”
“What strange behavior…” Sareth scratched his head and frowned. “I can’t understand at all.”
This concept was completely different from the concept that Sareth had come into contact with in the Abyss. The idea of demons was that the stronger an existence, the more worthy of respect and awe. It was precisely this concept that Sareth had accepted since he was young. Therefore, when he approached Dante and Nero, apart from the fact that they had the same half-demon bloodline as him, it was also because they were stronger than him. After obtaining an opportunity, he would unconsciously approach the strong. Therefore, he could not understand Nero’s current behavior…
There was a generation gap between him and Nero, and Nero felt that there was a generation gap between him and Sareth. Because in the recent days of hunting demons, Sareth had also taken action and attacked those demons mercilessly, swinging Executioner agilely to kill them.
“Sareth, aren’t you also from the Abyss? Why do you have no psychological burden when killing demons?” Nero finally could not help but ask during the break after a hunt.
“Huh? What psychological burden?” Sareth was stunned by this question. “Isn’t this normal? Demons also fight each other!”
“Nero means, is there no concept of the same kind between demons?” Nico interjected.
“I don’t think so…” Sareth tilted his head and thought for a while. “Although there is cooperation between demons, Foster Father said that the relationship is more between superiors and subordinates. It’s only a matter of course for powerful demons to rule over weak demons… Speaking of which, don’t humans fight one another?” “Uh…” Both Nico and Nero had something stuck in their throats. They did not know how to answer this.
Yes, although they had the concept of the same kind, it was not uncommon for humans to fight one another. In fact, this kind of fighting seemed to be even morally worse than demons killing one another… Similar conversations happened between Nero and Sareth every day, making both of them realize that their ideologies conflicted with each other. However, this did not stop them from hunting demons.
Half a month passed. During this time, the four-member team had hunted nearly a thousand demons, but the number of demons in Red Grave City did not decrease but instead faintly increased.
This might have been due to Urizen constantly summoning demons from the Demon World in the Qliphoth. The increasing number of demons did not have much of an effect on Nero and the others, but it had an enormous impact on the demon-hunting organizations. Although these demon hunters could hunt low-level demons and monsters, their numbers were too few compared to the demons. Once they accidentally provoked more demons than they could handle, it often led to heavy casualties.
Therefore, in the past half a month, the demon-hunting groups that they had encountered became fewer and fewer, but the military troops had become more numerous.