Chapter 182 - Mercy (2/2)

Nik had read something of the sorts in his homeworld while looking over the bookstore. Zombies, better classified as Undeads, matched the lady demons description of the said process of the revival perfectly.

”I-”

Saeko opened up with a troubled expression when the demon shot towards her while his right arm morphed into a scaled monstrosity. Mind-numbing, bone-crunching sound rang from the monstrous arm as the air pressure itself seemed to be affected by the swipe.

”Fourth form...”

Saeko whispered as her long hair whipped around wildly before she sheathed her sword.

”Split.”

Instantly, the monstrous hand split apart from the main body, creating a wide gap in the area where Saeko stood with a calm expression while the body part and the body of the demon itself moved past her.

”Dear!”

The woman screamed shrilly, for a moment, insanity overtook her expression as a pair of fleshy wings emerged from her back—

Slash

”Calm down, lady.”

The pink-haired lady did not know when Nik appeared behind her, but he had slashed her wings, this was a fact— which also made her conscious once again— that made the demon realise that at the moment, instead of worrying about her already 'dead' husband, she had other things to worry about.

Like defeating the numerically-marked pupil demon that brought her and her husband to life.

”Please! That demon only has one weakness! You need to kill all her pawns before you can take her down!

Kill me and my husband!

Now!!”

'She... isn't acting?'

Nik frowned and looked towards Saeko only to witness the neck rolling down from the huge body. Apparently, she wasn't keen to keep on hearing the demon's grumbles.

”You must be... Yuriko Takagi... right?”

Saeko spun and faced the pinned Yuriko, who was distracted by the rapidly disappearing body of her husband. Her expression immediately turned extremely sad but Nik did hear a squeaky whisper...

”... don't cry... isn't my husband...”

”You are right, Miss Slayer. You should put me down, too.

Before I end up succumbing to my need for blood.”

She looked at Saeko with her purplish pupils with despair oozing through her words while Nik's frown only deepened as he closely examined her body.

”You said that the demon who revived you won't die until you all are dead. What did you mean?”

”I don't know much. It was at the moment I regained my consciousness, this particular piece of information was already present. And—”

As Yuriko kept talking, Nik closed his eyes and activated his [Mind Control] in a subtle fashion, but the most obvious feature of the technique— his pheromones— were released once again, making the already sensitive Saeko and the physically enhanced Yuriko to feel tingle at the places that should not feel any sort of emotion in such a somber atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Nik didn't use the [Mind Control] to read her memories. He just observed her entire consciousness and immediately tried to dive into her subconscious and succeeded in his first try.

'As expected...'

”Breath of War God—”

Hearing Nik's words, Saeko immediately spoke out in denial.

”Wait, I need to tell her some—”

”Fourth Form: Mercy.”

Nik's Hamon immediately covered Yuriko's body akin to a thickly woven net as her skin visibly burnt due to coming in contact with Hamon, making Yuriko smile and grimace simultaneously.

Happiness for finally becoming free from her urges to eat a human. Sadness for she didn't even get a chance to know about her daughter's situation.

But, observing Saeko's expression of pure terror, Yuriko couldn't also help herself blink in disbelief when the searing pain transformed into a stream of warm energy that immediately reinvigorated her, removing the urges to drink blood and also healing her body at the same time.

Once again, she was brought out of her trance due to the magnetic voice.

”Now... explain the situation in detail.”

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