The Demon Lords Adviser - Chapter 5 Murder

I found my chance! Using night vision I can see into a cave about 50 meters away from us, within is a large greenish bear that must be at least 2 meters tall even when on all fours.

That creature should be more than enough to keep the knight occupied while I deal with the rest of my party.

“Hey I think I see something moving over there!” (Sorun)

I say that while pointing towards the cave which is pitch black meaning no one will see the bear even if we are near it, I start walking towards the cave with my sword drawn.

Dom and Mei follow obediently as I have basically become the leader after killing every monster we see while Dom and Mei just panicked.

When we are just 5 meters from the cave I pick up a stone and chuck it at the bear-like creature.

The bear is instantly awoken and let’s out a chilling roar which frightens even me who was prepared for it. the roar is probably an ability one that I want at that.

Unfortunately I don’t stand a chance against that bear, I immediately distance myself from that bear and put the knight following us in between me and it.

“All of you run back to the starting point and wait for me will delay this thing for a bit before escaping myself!” (knight)

The knight says exactly as I want, I pull Dom and Mei who have frozen up along with me and run in the wrong direction on purpose.

After running for about 10 minutes in the wrong direction Dom and Mei have started working again.

“Are we going the right way?” (Mei)

“Yes I’m certain” (Sorun)

I am currently looking for a clearing to take these 2 out, the plan is to kill mei first with a surprise attack so she can’t attack from a range then duel Dom who is a complete novice at using the sword and shield he has.

After running for 3 more minutes I finally find a clearing where I don’t have to worry about hitting a tree, getting ambushed or losing track of Dom and Mei.

“There is a clearing right over there where we can rest, if anything approaches we can see it and prepare”

I say such a thing to make my party enter the center of the clearing.

When we get to the center of the clearing I remember something that I should have thought of before but am glad I remembered now at least.

“By the way what are your unique skills” (Sorun)

“We already told everyone, you forgot that quickly?” (Dom)

“I didn’t really pay attention before but they could be useful if we get into trouble on the way back”

“Alright then let us explain, and please pay attention this time”

In short Dom’s ability is [Shapeshifter] which allows him to freely change his body’s shape and Mei’s ability is [Flame Body] which allows her to set herself ablaze while also rendering her immune to fire.

I can think of hundreds of ways to use their abilities effectively but they must be braindead as they haven’t used their abilities once this entire hunt.

This would be a good opportunity to explain something about my own unique ability as well which I only learned on this hunt, with [Ultimate Evolution] I can choose which ability I get from what I kill but if I don’t choose an ability specifically then I get a random one and if I choose an ability the thing I killed dosen’t have then I also get a random one.

The thing I want to know most is if I can steal unique skills because if so I will soon be near invincible!

With my excitement at a boiling point I can wait no longer it is time to test my theory, I draw my longsword and swing at the neck of mei who is standing next to me.

Because of the level difference between me and the other two I move fast enough to behead mei before she can even react while also shouting in my mind ‘FLAME BODY’!

“You have received unique skill [Flame Body]” (Dull Voice)

It worked! I feel elated at how smoothly things are going.

I immediately know how to use [Flame Body] as if I was the original owner and can tell the power I can exert with this unique skill! Mei was a true fool for not using it.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!” (Dom)

I finally remember Dom exists after he yells, I have to be careful if Dom had attacked me while I was on cloud 9 he probably would have hit me.

I smile coldly at Dom who is filled with shock and rage and say

“I’m killing you two of course”

It is important to act cool when playing the villain, well I actually am the villain not playing one though.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

Dom drew his sword and charged at me while wailing in despair, I find this scene quite funny actually but if I laugh right now I might actually be killed by him.

I get into the roof guard and prepare to cut Dom down before I’m within his reach, it is worth noting that Dom is ignoring that he has a shield which will make this quite a bit easier.

I wait until Dom enters my range and swing down diagonally from right to left with all my might.

I slashed Dom’s chest and he will almost certainly die from this wound but that will take time and for now Dom didn’t even flinch when I hit him and is now in the middle of his swing.

If Dom’s swing connects I will probably lose my right arm, I use my speed which far surpasses that of Dom to rush closer into grappling range with him, the sword misses me as I am too close but his arm slams into my right shoulder.

I feel no pain thanks to Pain nullification and I can move my shoulder just fine perhaps due to my endurance rising when leveling.

I grab Dom’s neck with both hands and activate [Flame Body] at max power, this nearly instantly melts Dom’s neck, face and upper chest killing him, I once again shout in my mind ‘Shapeshifter’.

“You have received unique skill [Shapeshifter]” (Dull Voice)

I feel elated at my new unique skill while also terrified at how close I was to losing an arm, if I wasn’t several levels higher than Dom I would have lost an arm then bled out in this forest.

Just as I am running through that scenario a thought pops up in my mind.

If that happened I could use [Shapeshifter] to close the wound! I would still be missing an arm as I don’t have enough muscle, bone, skin etc to create a new arm but I wouldn’t die.

The more I ponder that thought the more I realize that I was in no real danger that entire fight as unless my arm was completely severed I could still manipulate it with [Shapeshifter] and reconnect it.

Judging from how much damage Dom’s arm did it would be nearly impossible for him to sever my arm in one swing!

I can’t believe it. I was nearly unbeatable and didn’t even realize it. It took another five minutes for me to cool down from my excitement.

I bring out my status plate which I have not checked all this while for fear of my skills being found out and check it

Name – Sorun

Level – 9

STR – 16 AGI – 19 END – 13 DEX – 18 MAG – 20

Skills – [Ultimate Evolution],[Flame Body],[Shapeshifter],Swordsmanship,Iron stomach,Underwater breathing,Night vision,Pain nullification.

Looks like magic increased even though I didn’t kill anything with magic, unless [Flame Body] counts as magic? but even then I only killed 1 level 1 Dom.

“Well whatever, I’ll figure it out later for now let’s head off on a journey to visit the demon lord!”