Chapter 147: Recruiter (1/2)

Late last night—

Deep in South borough of Winged City.

A silvery red arc trailed behind her swing as the exquisite-looking demonic blades cleanly cut through a lesser demon's head as the head lightly dropped to the ground in a dull thud.

The headless body shook violently and then collapsed like a puppet whose strings had been cut. The metal armor clanged loudly in the night. He prayed that someone would hear the sound, but nobody would come to Winged City's beggar's district, which had practically been abandoned by the residents after the news of the massacre spread within the southern district. That was why the client had arranged to meet them here, after all.

The man glared at the young woman before him. However, it was clear that he was just putting on a brave front. He had lost the will to fight after seeing the woman casually kill eight of his fellows. Those were men only a little bit weaker than himself and some had even been his equal.

The young demoness who had murdered his colleagues with a playful smile on her face flicked her bloodstained demonic blades as she stabbed it into the head of the last remaining member of his team that had been frozen in place by fear. The ichor scattered in all directions, and the blades recovered their cold shine.

”Nfufufufu~ and then there was one, What to do, what to do, I'm having so much fun~”

The woman revealed her canines with a predatory grin.

”Why, why are you doing this? Don't you know who we are? The organization won't let you get away with this.”

He knew he was only asking stupid questions and most likely putting on airs, but the man had no idea why this was happening to him. Why in the world was someone way beyond his league after a grunt like him.

These men were the dropouts amongst Hunters, they were quite literally the scum of the world. After failing to fit in with the Hunter guild rules and regulations, they joined the various underground organizations as the lowest ranking workers. They would usually take on borderline jobs, or sometimes outright illegal.

This might have been the result of some sort of grudge, but this was his first day I the city, and had only just joined the organization so he surely had never seen this girl before. He had only just moved here from the south searching for better-paying jobs with the rumored organization, Numbers so what in the world was going on.

”Ah, why I did this? Well now~ I just wanted you, Mr. I'm in desperate need of your services~”

The man could not understand what the girl was talking about. He blinked several times and then asked:

”What, what do you mean?”

”Oh it's nothing really, I just need you to lead me back to your base so I can enlist your Lil group for a very easy job of mine~”

”Huh, a-a job? Then all you needed to do was ask! Weren't you planning to do that in the first place!?”

While the organization had its secret dealings with the high-class nobles of this city. Their division was no longer a thing to talk about as their boss had up and disappeared a few days ago and all their previous missions and deals were transferred over to the north division.

Without a leader, they were nothing more than common criminals moving and parading themselves around like members of the organization. At this point, grunts like themselves would gladly take any job, be it illegal or dangerous, so he had no idea why this girl was slaughtering them.

”Nonono, this is a very special job that will surely cost you your lives so you might betray me~”

”We will never betray our employer once we've been paid the appointed fee even if the job is a little dangerous!” The man said those words in desperation, choosing to twist the demoness words to fit his logic. Or may he just could fathom the fact that she had basically just guaranteed his death.

”Hmmm~? But that would be too boring. I haven't had any fun for months now isn't that sad? I mean, I like killing people, I love it, but it wouldn't be any fun if my preys don't put up any resistance now would it?” the young demoness added with a giggle.

After hearing this nonsensical reply, the man's face hardened and he said, ”You're insane! Why!?”

”Why…?”

The young woman's voice changed. The joking, teasing tone from just now was gone.

”Hmmm… why?”

Her head tilted adorably as she stared at the man with a slightly confused expression on her pretty face.

”Why what? Why did I kill your friends or why do I love to kill? Well, who cares. Perhaps it's because my original job involves lots of killing, maybe I got addicted to it or perhaps I was just born this way… whose to say~”

The girl's expression suddenly sank as though she had just remembered something unpleasant. At first, it seemed as though there was only a little girl before him. But in the blink of an eye, that effect disappeared and a smile bloomed on the woman's face.

”You really don't need to be concerned about me dear. We're gonna have so much fun together from this point on so don't be so scared.”

She said that as though comforting the scared lesser demon before her, however, her tone only served the terrify him even more.

The girl released her demonic daggers, which were pulled down by gravity and sank into the ground although the chains attached to her slender waist still remained, Judging by their abnormal sharpness, they must have been made of something other than simple steel.