Reincarnated Into A Hell Hound - Chapter 141

I cannot contain myself inside this human skin, my shadow body overflowing over my limbs, sharp teeth and claws breaching forward as I change back to my hound form, already in a battle stance as I launch at him with my mouth wide open and stretching out my claws, but the moment I close in for a bite he steps to the side with a grin on his face, and as I touch the ground and launch straight back at him he dodges once more, and not satisfied in simply doing so he sidesteps with grace, almost as if he is literally dancing around with me, making a scene out of it.

Making a fool of me…Let’s see for how long you can keep that stupid grin on your face.

Already aware that we have danced to this tune before I do not try to fight with my swords, but instead, already seeing red, I growl strongly and let my shadow run havoc, expanding its limbs like a formless monster, and with a last glance at Cain and a wild grin on my snout I step back into the darkness.

This is the first time the Demon King frowns, for instead of blindly attacking him I fall back, not caving in to the madness of overflowing anger, but calmly stepping into my shadows until it swallows my figure, and yet it kept expanding, growing and escalating until it swallows it all, robbing Cain of his eyesight as, like a hungry beast, darkness stops the light from reaching his eyes, any form obscured by true darkness the place is in.

You wanna play? Then I think I can work something out to entertain you… to death.

The darkness is almost palpable, thick like petrol, revolving on its own and giving the impression of movement, only voidness blackness around it.

Out of nowhere ripples of movement appear on the shadow Veil and Cain is attacked by a hound, making him dodge to the side, but he barely takes a step back before another one leaps right at him, making him drawn his weapon for the first time to defend himself from the sharp teeth that embrace the blade.

He pushes the hound back, making it fall down back into the darkness that surrounds him, the form being swallow hole as if vanishing in thin air, only for another growl to sound to the side as the is attacked from the opposite side.

He swings the blade in the air with expertise, cutting the air in arches, however once he realizes that those were mere illusions as the blade hits only air, the real attack comes from below where Darkjaw launches forward and attacks with his skull long teeth deep into his skin, piercing Cain’s leg.

He doesn’t scream in pain as I would have wished, only seems annoyed by it when he tries to pierce Darkjaw head down with the sword, only for my hound to jump back into the blinding darkness.

Only to be stopped before he can go far.

” ‘ Stay ‘ ” I can feel the same burning sensation from before as Cain focuses his eyesight at Darkjaw, barely catching him up on his line of sight and not hidden inside my Shadow Veil, but even that doesn’t seem able to stop Cain from mind attacking once he meets your eyes and captures your attention, which is what ends up happening with Darkjaw as he starts howling and coiling up… but submitting in the end.

I suddenly realize at that moment that because Darkjaw has a conscious that Cain is able to control and take over like he does with humans, however there is a even bigger problem with this as I start feeling a weird creeping sensation at the back of my head, and once I realize the danger I forcibly cut my link with Darkjaw, making him disappear as I cough out blood for the backslash of forcibly cutting off the magic like this.

I arf, but that was close; Darkjaw and Deadbite may have conscious and a rebelling nature, but they are still me, so Cain almost had a direct connection to my brain with my shadow hound.

And that means I cannot use them… and have to be extra careful about him taking control of my mind as well.

I can only hope that I was quick enough on the draw to cut the link before he could enter my mind, but is hard to say when the Demon King keeps smiling innocently as if he did not just tried to brainwash me.

“What? Changed your mind now? Why only try to control me this far in?” I growly say, hidden by the veil of darkness, fairly safe from his mind attacks since, somewhat, it seems to be connected to his sight.

“What a curious hound you are, but you have only noticed tonight? My my, should I tell you why? Or should I not? Uhm…” Little f.u.c.ker! I growl, making the building shake in the darkness, and angrily reach out with my now huge paw to hit him, a big shadow surging among the darkness, but one thing this prick is good at is running around and dodging like a f.u.c.k.i.n.g c.o.c.kroach.

I growl in annoyance, which only makes him smile more.

“Now now, shall we get rid of this annoying cover you have, shouldn’t we?” At that he swings his arms sideways, as if trying to get rid of a bug, and just like that he manages to dissipate the shadows overlapping over him, making a circle of blinding light that turns into a light shield around him.

My shadows fight back, and in the end half the place is still covered in darkness as the other half that Cain is in is untouched by it.

But the brighter the light, the bigger is the shadow that follows it.

So I keep my shadow veil up and since I’ve never been good at range attacks I approach myself, dashing from shadow to shadow until I’m hidden behind him as I make Shadow Tentacles out of the massive black void of my Shadow Veil, slashing over his light shield and resembling a monstrous gigantic sea monster.

He doesn’t seem worried, but that isn’t a surprise, and while spikes and slashes attack him from within the darkness they are barely able to reach him, most melting up as if burned down by the light and the other counter to the side with the tip of his blade, effortlessly moved aside.

Freaking Demon Lord, how am I supposed to fight off a mind-controlling creature when I have no resistance at all against it?! This type of ability is rare for a reason, because is overly powering!

He yawns then, saying: “I’m growing bored of this little game, hound, shall we finish this once and for all? You know, I’m a very busy demon after all, have places to be, people to control, you know…”

I snarl at that. Such a c.o.c.ky bastard.

However, when I ready myself to launch a full out attack, covering him and his little bubble of light in darkness as I attack from behind, I start hearing people approach, firstly merely footsteps, then voices.

“We are going to be late! The elders with have us skinned!”

“Is not so bad, don’t worry, they won’t even notice that we were late, there are so many elves inside that our faces will blend in and… Wait, why is so quiet? And what the hell is that?” Others to start appearing, and as I focus I can tell that there are still many elves around coming this way, unaware of the situation they are putting themselves in.

I look over, only to see Cain looking in their direction, crocking his head and smiling, his eyes curving up in crescent moons, and I know after that that he heard them as well, and I can only guess what plans he has for them.

Though I’m sure that they won’t be good ones… ate least for the elves.

And that I need to do something about it, and stop this mad Demon Lord from killing any more than he already has tonight.