Chapter 36: A Chance! A God-Sent Opportunity! (1/2)
”Release!”
The crumpled paper transformed into a mouth of fire that swallowed Hugo's entire body.
Hugo let out a shrill shriek.
His scream sounded androgynous and full of suffering.
The fire soon disappeared, Hugo collapsed onto his knees.
Calvin directed his gaze on Hugo's shadow and said, ”Are you not going to come out there, or do I have to exorcise you personally?”
As a former employee of Fivecent, Calvin knew that there were demons in Mount Spirit Sword Asylum. He just wasn't so sure of their location since every time a challenger enters Mount Spirit Sword Asylum.
The location of the patients and the BOSSes such as the Benevolent Father and the Butcher changed every time the place was open.
Calvin thought that these demons would only appear at the Underground Laboratory. Unfortunately, his guess was incorrect once again. It turned out that the demons were waiting for them in ambush here in the Hospital Block. Fivecent really messed with them too much!
Upon hearing no reply from the demon hiding within Hugo's shadow, Calvin's gaze hardened.
Forming the sigil of the Goddess Grace with his hands, Calvin softly uttered...
”Oh, our Beloved Goddess Grace...”
”The Magister of Light and the commander of compassion...”
”Your servants hereby invoke your name as it echoes through hell!”
”Tremunt!”
Calvin formed a finger sword with his index and middle finger before pointing at Hugo's shadow.
”AAAAHHH.... It hurts! It hurts!!!”
A ghastly scream came out of Hugo's shadow.
His shadow also continuously contorted as if it was having a seizure.
”Stop... Stop... Stop!”
A panicking androgynous voice rang from within Hugo's shadow.
Soon, a figure made out of black mist manifested out of Hugo's shadow and appeared in front of Calvin.
Calvin's pupils constricted.
The shadowy figure in front of him belonged to a demon!
A demon in Las Felipinas!
Calvin swiftly calmed down, he expected this much as a former employee of Fivecent.
Composed of unknown energies, a demon is invisible to human eyes, they were only visible to the eyes of humans, whose bodies were integrated with the microchip for the Las Felipinas System! Ria should've installed that microchip inside his body when she knocked him out and carried him to that hotel.
This was the reason why Calvin could see this demon, and this was also the reason why he could communicate with it.
Demons, despite having no actual bones, muscles, or any internal structures to speak of. They were still capable of manipulating the Mana in the air to their bidding in order to cause an illusion that they had immense strength.
However, what they were capable of doing, in the end— was just simple manipulation.
Calvin could easily use the blessing of the Goddess Grace to cut off that power supply, effectively exorcising the demon by erasing it from the face of the earth.
The demon himself knew that Calvin had that capability. The moment Calvin threatened to exorcise him, he instantly came out of Hugo's shadow and manifested an intangible body, so he could communicate with Calvin.
”Stop... Please stop... I'm willing to do whatever you want me to do, just don't exorcise me!”
The demon whose body was similar to a black mist fell onto his knees and bowed in front of Calvin.
”Oh, really? You're willing to do my bidding? That's quite convenient. If that's the case, then I won't exorcise you. The more allies we have in this place, the more chances we have in escaping.” Calvin nodded his head, looking pleased.
The demon inwardly sneered, 'To think that this kid actually knows how to exorcise a demon... However, now that he knows my value. I am sure that he'll be glad to keep me around!' The demon made some plans to himself. Of course, he kept that respectful posture while he was on his knees, he looked completely solemn and submissive.
Calvin stared right at the demon.
How could he not know about what the demon was thinking at this moment?
In fact, at this moment, he was the only human being that had the longest years of experience fighting against demons.
He might even know more about the demons than the demons know about themselves!
”So, you are saying that you are willing to do whatever I wanted you to do, but can you even do what I need you to do in the first place? If not, then you're still useless to me and I don't like keeping useless things around.” Calvin revealed a cheeky smile on his face.
”W-What... What do you want to know?”
The demon felt somewhat strange, but he quickly caught on what Calvin was hinting at.
”Let's see...”
”How about you tell me where I can find the core of this place?” Calvin's eyes flashed with a strange light.