Apotheosis Of A Demon – A Monster Evolution Story Chapter 42 (1/2)

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at 30th of June 2019 09:20:22 PM

Chapter 42

42 – DETERMINED EVIL – B

What was a Des no one could prove the existence of, much like GodJust one of the type of monsters I had to choose as a tester of weaponized avatars

But now, I had been reborn in this world as a Demon

Miraculously, I still kept rown upYet in the end, it didn't change the fact that I was no longer human

Still, was I a real demon?

The sort of demons I kneere the type to worm into the hearts of humans, to corrupt them and take their soulsAnd with ue suspicion: could it be that deained more experience from souls of evil people?

[Absorption] was how I drained the lives ofwithout a second thought

Perhaps huether in a stroke of randoiven it direction, turning it into what I noasAn Artificial Deuishable from a real demon, yet at the same time our natures could not be anythe role of a demon named Shedy

Which hy I could become a Demon for another's sake

The Principality of Rantetrois was a quaint little pastoral countryTheir population was er, and their main – and only – industry was the cherry plantation on thewine

Thanks to the infinite ryThey had no need to steal or pillage from othersIt was the reason why Rantetrois could keep their idyllic peace

The Central Continent ht still see conflict of interests fro, unsatisfiable greed for fame, luxury, andto a conflict was the little spat between the two large countriesThere was no serious discordAnd as Rantetrois itself had no resources particularly worth disputing over, people in the country were satisfied as long as they had deht envy the other rich countries somewhat, but they were happy with the tranquil, effortless lives they had

Such peaceful countries still ht orders, not to defend themselves from other humans, but mainly to fend off monsters

Forests and sis tended to accumulate manaFrom these so-called 'manaswamps', weak es could s to erect barriers around themselves, but the streets between thehts patrolled daily to deal with any monsters near the roads

One of their other missions, no less important, was to search for and destroy the manaswa fros, were sources of nourishment for the forest in which they were createdOnce they were destroyed, theIn other words, the mana usable by huhts and soldiers was still a sio patrol, call out if they saw a girl walking aroundIf dangerous et the demihuman slaves to deal with them

Laurent, born as the fifth son of a fahts, only had the job of the town gate guard left for hih to live comfortably, so he wasn't particularly worriedStill, if he lost his noble standing – even if that nobility was nothing but an ee' could actually varyMarrying a good woet difficult

But then, he saw a strange girl walking fro cloak, the hood hiding her faceBut Laurent could still see her fair, pristine-white skin and the high-heels she earing, the kind frequently seen in higher societyProbably a noble girl of soht

He did think it strange that she had no attendantsStill, the moment he saw her fair features and her hardened eyes of scarlet peeking out froht: I wanna make her mine

Laurent was confident in his looks and his conversational skills, yet it had been half a day and she was still giving hi ridiculous stuff out of nowhere, he got nervousJust as he was thinking to just forcefully pull her soates of the governor's mansion

“Aaaeeyyaaa! W-What happened?!” He screaid wind knocked hiatekeepers, froze over in an instantThey were cru froeAs the world turned into a nightirl spoke

“Hurry up, peopleGet out of s and back cairl

But neither Laurent nor the onlookers were taking e attireThey were farfrom her head and the small, adorable bushy tail

“…a beastnation overtook Laurent, even pushi+ng aside any thoughts of her icJust a common animal dared to deceive me? To deceive humans? At the same ti was stopping hi her as his possession by force

But then, ere those long ears?

They looked just like a rabbit'sA vague led at his mind… and then he heard the words one of the onlookers let slip

“The rabbit… Five thousand large gold coins!”

With the voice came the recollection for everyone at the sceneThey remembered how a feeeks earlier, they had seen the bounty dispatched by Touze Empire all the way froirl who used ht her would be rewarded five thousand large gold coins

Large goldsA currency unit the common man would never see even for the whole of his lifeEnthralled by greed, the onlookers surged toward her with nothing but fists and knives

“The bunny!” “Rabbit beastolds!”

Voices chained froame of telephoneThe news spread out in an instantMore than just overnor'sin with kitchen knives in hands, while the elderlies were grabbing whatever rocks they could find nearby

“Golds! My large golds!”

A plued atwith h the sea of people

I kneing my ears would cause a ruckusI just didn't think even the wo in

I hopped on their heads, juAfter a while, soldiers froovernor's oing on here?!”

Surrounded by the group of soldiers was an i a hundred, i at the sound of his voiceA shopkeeper-ish looking person froThen, the ied man smirked and pointed at irl that boy froht there! I won't let hi with me for life!”

I supposed 'that boy' was Tiz, thenWas this guy this country's governor? Never thought he'd be showing up right away