Chapter 99 - 92: Hikarus Torturing Method (1/2)

(One Week Later, In the Northern Part of the Continent)

The sun shined brightly, blazing even, but the unimaginable coldness in the village made it impossible for the demons to feel the warmth of the sun.

Only demons live in this village, if a human is ever spotted inside the village, the demons would literally tear them apart.

In this village, a single tavern exists. There weren't that many people inside and it was obvious that no one has cleaned this establishment for a long time now. Spider webs were everywhere, dust filled almost all the tables.

Behind the counter was a demon. He has a slim body, black hair, blood red eyes, and pale white skin. He wore a clean white shirt, bow tie, braces and smart black trouser. He held an emotionless face, and he just stood behind the counter, waiting for his next customer.

Then, the door of the tavern opened. It revealed a hooded man. He wore a mask beneath his hood. Footsteps sounded in the tavern as the hooded man walked towards the bartender to order something. He looks like he's missing an arm.

He sat on the chair in front of the bartender as he laid his hands on the table and said, ”Give me something good to eat, preferably some eggs and bacon. And give me the most expensive wine in your establishment.”

The bartender listed all of his orders and said, ”I'll be right back.” He then left to go to the backroom, where he prepares everything.

Soon he came back with all of his orders. Two plates of eggs and bacon and the most expensive wine they have. Even though the bottle of wine still hasn't been opened yet, the smell is already spreading throughout the tavern. It smelled sickeningly sweet and the smell of alcohol only got stronger when the hooded man opened it.

He drank straight from the bottle and slowly got drunk while eating his lunch.

And as he was eating, his eyes perked when he heard what the two demons were talking about behind him.

”Hey, did you get the news about the Kingdom of Humans?”

”What news?”

”A new King has taken over the kingdom, not only that, he made the former King his slave. No one has yet to see him except for his representative. He said that he will wait for his friend to come back, until that happens, he won't let go of the head nobles he holds hostage inside the throne room of the castle.”

”Wow, I haven't been quite active lately on the news. But damn, that new King of Humans is quite savage, isn't he? He acts just like a demon would!”

”Yeah, but this can also mean to be very grave news for our demon race.”

”How so?”

”That new King of Humans is way more powerful than the former King. There's a good chance that our forces will lose in the next war.”

”I'm f.u.c.k.i.e.d, I'm part of the forces of our empire. By the way, what's the name of the Human King?”

The hooded man's ears perked even more just to hear who the new King is.

”I heard that his name is Hikaru, that's all.”

The hooded man suddenly stood up, surprising everyone in the Tavern. The hooded man then said, ”Hey boss, give me 10 more of that amazing wine of yours. I'll be meeting my friend soon.”

The bartender did as he was told, and a few minutes later, the hooded man left. As the hooded man left, the bartender narrowed his eyes at him and looked at his customers. They all looked at each other and nodded.

A feast would start soon, for this is the very first human to enter this village after a long time.

As the hooded man left the village and walked into the thick and deeply snowed forest, the demonic residence of the village started gathering. This did not go unnoticed by the hooded man.

He would've preferred to be someone neutral towards the demons, but since they're coming towards him, wouldn't it be disrespectful to ignore them?

He took off his hood, revealing Hiroshi who had a little bit of facial hair on his face, and hid it inside his spatial bag, then walked back to that demonic village.

When he came back to that village again, he saw hundreds of demons surrounding him in every possible direction there was.

Hiroshi did not speak, and before the demons could speak, he used one of his skills to paralyze all of them.

”Wide Ranged Magic, Paralyze.”

*Crackle* *Crackle*

Now, all of the demons couldn't move. One by one, he killed them with his dagger by stabbing them in the heart twice. It was bloody and brutal, but this was necessary. All demons have multiple hearts, making them harder to kill. But common demons only have two hearts, making this easy for Hiroshi.