Re: Devil - Volume 1 Chapter 14

[Great, now what unexpected things that I will see… ].

I quickly went to the source of the ruckus. My curiosity got the better of me. I was surprised to see that I could see a large group of imps and goblins, about 20~30 or so.

I hid myself and peeked to see the situation. There were a bit more imps than the goblins. I could see that they were only normal imps and goblins that had not evolved at all.

I also noticed some of both sides’ corpses on the ground. Judging by their still flowing blood, freshly killed, I must say.

Naturally, I was stronger than them but I was not stupid enough to throw my life away carelessly. My endurance would not make it anyway.

I could deal with 5 or so lesser demons working together but fighting 20? That was suicide and there was also chance they would work together to defeat me first.

“Kill all of these imp bastards! Revenge our fallen comrade from the war!” said Goblin A.

The goblins were fighting ferociously and the imps were having trouble keeping up, even though they outnumbered the goblins.

The imps, well, they were having fun at first tormenting the enemies, then they realized that their numbers were dwindling and turned serious, but their advantage of numbers was already gone.

From my experience fighting goblins in the tower, goblins packed more power in their bodies but imps were more agile.

In this scenario, the imps could not show their strength completely. [Hmm… Let’s see, Should I help the imps or not?]

Screams of demons were heard while I was thinking of what to do. [Wait, there was an imp in the tower that had attacked me, so kill it is.]

Making up my mind, I waited until both sides were too tired or a considerable amount. I also surveyed the surrounding in case of other demons or hell beasts were attracted to the sound.

If there was any demon or hell beasts, depending on the strength I would probably retreat back to the cave.

I wanted to test my new strength after having power-ups from the tower. I was very excited, so I patiently waited.

[1… 4… 8… 12, It should be enough for me.] I stood up and casted my usual [Lesser Speed Movement] + [Enhanced Shadow Claw] combo.

Then I rushed towards the center of the brawl. The imps and the goblins were surprised to see another demon suddenly appearing in front of them.

I didn’t waste any chances and killed the first 3 imps with my claw. It pierced easily and unhindered. Even the bones were cut cleanly.

I realized that I had not adapted to my body after returning from the war at all, I had not experience firsthand what changes that I got and was surprised to see my current strength, a fortunate miscalculation on my part.

“What ?! ” … “Who?!” … ” Wait wait we are imps, the same as you. Don’t kill us!”

Needless to say using the momentum and the initiative, I swiftly killed all of them with my skills, even the imps were not spared.

“Sorry, this is the rule in Hell. The Strong prey on the Weak. Don’t worry your death will be my source of strength.” I murmured quietly.

After killing all of them now a problem occured, I was conflicted in my mind to eat or not to eat immediately. I couldn’t just drag and carry all of the bodies elsewhere nor hide them all.

I didn’t know if the smell of blood and essences would attract demons and especially hell beasts but it was unwise to eat in an open area.

[Should I eat it fast and then quickly get away?…]If I didn’t get at least some spoils then why did I work for? nothing.

Suddenly my body moved by itself and my hunger was taking over me. My mouth opened and chomped at one of the goblin’s head.

[This again! The first time happened in the tower and I didn’t know what was going on with my body. Fine eat it fast!]

My mouth was working hard and quickly devouring their corpses, eating as much as possible, and leaving none behind.

When the number of preys I had eaten was 12~13 or so, the ground was shaking and I was hearing rumbling sound.

I could feel control over my body again. I didn’t care what or who was making that sound, I fled quickly and forgetting the rest of the bodies.

The loss of essences were not worth it with the chance of losing one’s life.

I ran and jumped over rocks and broken pieces of boulders. I was not used running with all of these obstacles on my path.

[I think this terrain can be used to train my [Lesser Speed Movement] or at least getting the hang of it.]

After running a while and tripping once [I prefer not to tell], I found myself lost. [Damn it… I should have pay attention to where I was going.]

[Complaining will not get me anywhere and I think I need to find a temporary base to recuperate. It will be also useful for future exploration.]

It was a good thing that this place was full of rocky cliffs. I should be able to find an appropriate place.

While searching, I accidentally discovered a small crevice. It was a bit narrow but it was a good place to rest. I sat and said “[Status]!”

[Status]

Level 30 – No Name – Lesser Challenger

Species: Lesser Infernal Imp (Uncommon)

Unranked

Hell’s Authority Rank I: 4%

Skills

Enhanced Shadow Claw

Insight

Greater Fire Body

Lesser Skin Hardening

Compound Eyes

Lesser Speed Movement

Lesser Swordmanship

My level went up only by 5 levels even though I had eaten over 10 imps and goblins, well the sum of all parts of the bodies should make about 10 or so.

With the increase of levels proportional to the amount of essences needed, I could see myself eating 100 unranked demons and it would still not be enough.

I contemplated for a bit and unless that I was a war addicted person and furthermore a risky type, It seemed that It was more efficient to find at least a same ranked prey and devour it rather than finding an abundant amount of lesser demons.

And this was only unranked what would happen in later evolution… I shuddered thinking about it.

I closed my eyes and sighed. I was too tired to think about it.