Chapter 216 - Surprise (2/2)
”How did you know?”
His inquiry wasn't baseless. To pull oneself out of such a natural illusion was something that only someone well-versed with the art of Illusion and Hypnosis could perform.
Or someone who happens to be extremely cautious and tries to find his own trust within the underlying details.
The youth simply wished to pull out a definite answer from Nik's mouth so that he could approach the situation with an appropriate tactic.
Smiling, Nik opened his hands wide and proclaimed loudly.
”I am the millenium genius, kid. To pull my humbly Godly self into such a stupid—”
”I don't like bullshits!”
The youth cursed and extended his right, glowing palm and aimed the face of his palm towards Nik only to find his arm slowly diving down with a clean cut separating the shoulders and the arms.
”Didn't my colleague say he is a Millenium Genius? A talent that even gods bow to? You should have agreed with him...
Now, I am furious.”
Unlike Nik's expectations, the furry-eared youth did not scream in pain— after all, Nik would have wailed akin to a banshee with one of his arms removed— making Nik feel grateful at his own wisdom to call in the back-up in the form of an overpowered Temporal Fiend actively looking for fights.
The torn arm, on the other hand, once again turned into a goo of grey flesh, wriggling a little with two distinct appendages forging out from either side of the blob. The mass of writhing flesh only served to further the disgust within Nik's and Brian's heart when it struck Nik.
The blob was a trigger!
This fucker was still trying to pull a Hypnosis on the duo, making Nik admire his courage and lament his foolishness. After knowing Brian for a little time while keeping his Pheromone activated, Nik understood a single truth.
He still wasn't proficient to put Brian into a mind control.
As expected, the glimmering black war-axe with the face of a raging Ashura inscribed on the hilt that was caught by the massive hands featuring bulged veins that seemed to be running on steroids moved.
And the owner of the blob of flesh was torn into two.
”Kuku, it won't work! I am neither a demon, nor a human. I have ascended after taking Muzan's blood.
Don't you understand?
I am not here to fight. But to extend a—”
”Poaching my very own Vice-Guild Master. Good...”
Brian whispered and finally, for the first time, the furry-eared youth felt his non-existent spine-shivering in fright. The tiny fur of his ears instantly stood up and the youth's neck turned a bit slimy before rotating the face to match the abomination behemoth that Brian currently looked like. A height that would the Pillar of Stone in shame and muscles so ripped that the veins were the thickness of an adult's index finger.
”Temporal Acupuncture.”
Brian whispered and instantly rotated his war-axe. The end of the pole of the axe extended out to a thick needle. It would be unfair to call it a needle. In fact, it looked like an extremely sharp... dildo.
This was what Nik's debauched mind could come up with.
And under Brian's masterful experience, the extravagant pin instantly pierced the body of the mass of flesh that the youth was slowly turning into almost seven times. Something told Nik that Brian moved a lot greater than seven times, but Nik's senses only caught seven distinct strikes into the goo that finally paralyzed the man to fall down with his legs already transformed into the goo and his body still humanoid.
But, the look of mock terror on the man's face failed to achieve the destined effect as Nik instantly covered the glob of goo turned from his arm with a raging inferno.
As Brian narrowed his eyes while observing the opponent's stiff face turning into creases of despair, the fiend took a deep breath and smiled.
”I guess, I can have my fill of hunt after all.”
His body returning to its normal state while he gazed at Nik silently. Caution visible in his eyes as Nik shook his head.
”We are not under any illusion.”
Brian nodded and decided to send a message to the Succubus of his guild about the situation when he received a startling report.
[Only one? I just sucked dry three of them. Don't just stop now, Boss, since they decided to strike, let's gobble them up!]
Brian could visibly feel the happiness radiating out of the message as he showed the contents that made Nik's lips twitch.
Looking at the small area of destruction, Nik extinguished the fire and filled up the hole before looking at the dazed and stiff opponent.
”Is he...?”
Nik inquired softly as Brian shook his head and smiled.
”He cannot live longer. But no, he isn't dead... his body is paused.”
Nik nodded and unceremoniously covered the body in fire and turned the opponent into the ash while lamenting at the thought of explaining the events that occurred leading to marring such a beautiful garden.
”What are you going to do?”
Brian's war-axe disappeared, pulling Nik out of his thoughts before he looked at the strange message in front of him.
[Host just killed another host. A Red Medal is sent to your inventory.]
”For rewards?”
Brian shook his head and smiled.
”This world contains the variation of the Blood Fiends. Although, I wasn't willing to hunt them, now that a few hosts have turned into fiends, I might as well reduce the potential members of the Fiend Society.]
Nik frowned at his words and refuted.
”We know nothing of them. Why don't we just follow Ray and help him escape if things go bad? That way, we can also analyse the potential of the enemy and maybe, their motives.”
It was Brian's turn to frown when a mild chuckle broke them out of their conversations.
”As they say, the youngest are the smartest.”
In a haze of pink mist, the silver-haired Ray in his pink onesie appeared and shrugged.
”In fact, my Succu Clone is devouring their essence as we speak.” He spoke before directing his gaze towards Nik with a heartbroken expression.
”And... isn't that a bit sad to use me as a bait?”
”Not at all.” Nik shook his head.
”If I were that heartless, I would have stabbed you in the back while you deal with the enemies.” Nik shrugged and continued, ”And you, as a Succubus, should know that my interest lies in mating instead of fighting.”
Puckering his lips, Ray snorted softly. Nik's words were true, Ray knew this for he was similar to Nik in nature.
”Oh, well, I guess, I can believe you this one time. Now, shall we get going?”
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Alternative Title: Embarrassed Shinobu=Waifu, Fiendish Back-up, Why Fight when you can drain?