Chapter 29: Chapter 29: A chance encounter with a demon
The sky had become completely dark.
"Crack."
Maple, like a graceful swallow, in a blink of an eye hid himself in the bushes, leaving only the sound of falling dead leaves.
But at this moment, Maple seemed to have taken off some kind of disguise, his gentle temperament suddenly became cold as a machine. A pair of emotionless eyes stared at the dead village not far away.
On the way here, Maple's keen spiritual sense had noticed changes in the village…
The air had a strong smell of blood, the constant warning from his spiritual sense informed Maple of the danger in front.
Considering the information that he might obtain; Maple chose not to retreat but to seize this precious investigation opportunity.
Although the Beyonder ability granted to Maple by [Murderer] was suppressed, it did not become invalid.
Thanks to the ability obtained from the middle sequence [Danger Sense] and [Killing Talent], Maple's current posture resembled a deadly hunter, always ready to give his "prey" a terrifying blow.
Slowed down breathing, restraining the breath.
Tightened the muscle, like a strung crossbow.
Spirit stimulated Beyonder levels of "invisibility".
Maple was sure, if the "prey" was not stronger than him, then in its eyes, he would look like a rock.
In the silent village, the almost pungent smell of blood continued to spread. Occasionally, sounds of sharp weapons entering flesh echoed in the night, followed by several screams that stopped abruptly, and also wild frenzy laughter that echoed from time to time.
Maple knew that some kind of creature was killing the villagers, but he remained indifferent.
At this time, Maple had returned to the state of "Absolute Rationality". This was because for him, this was not a game where he could "Resurrect", it was also not a "Script" which he could control. If there was a slight mistake, his own life would be the cost.
In this situation, Maple did not want his immature emotions to affect his decision-making during critical moments.
In the face of a life-threatening situation, temporarily taking off the effect of "Persona" was absolutely acceptable.
"I see it."
Silently clenching the dagger in his hand, Maple's cold eyes shone with a strange light, allowing him to see the "Initiator" in the dark.
The "suspect" seemed to have "human form", and even wore human clothes, like a well-groomed young man.
However, its withered bark-like skin, blood-stained fingertips and mouth, and even the strange tattoo-like lines all over its body showed the "person's" abnormality.
At this time, the "person" did not notice the eyes watching in the dark, instead it carried on slaughtering the villagers. Every time a villager was killed, it would let out a hysterical laugh.
Maple was like a stubborn rock, emotionless eyes observed its every movement, and quickly analyzed the basic attributes of this "person".
"It seems both strength and agility is below me and have not even reached the threshold of mid-sequence."
But after coming to this conclusion, Maple still did not act rashly, but sat down and looked at a despairing villager who swung a chopping knife at this "person"
"You monster! Everyone is dead! It's all your fault! Go to hell!"
On the young man's face, fear, regret, anger and even despair had twisted together, the chopping knife was like a vent, an astonishing force slashed towards the "monster's" neck.
"Japanese?"
Maple's ear moved and judged the language used by the young man, and initially determined the region he was in.
"Hm?"
But at this moment, Maple's eyebrows frowned slightly, his keen vision allowed him to clearly see the undisguised ridicule and scorn on the "monster's" face.
"A low sequence creature yet did not defend against the fatal attack?"
Seeing this scene, Maple immediately started to analyze.
"There are two possibilities, one is that it did not fear such a weak attack, but according to its basic attributes I calculated, as long as this knife hit accurately, it will definitely be defeated. But looking at its arrogant posture, there is only another possibility."
Thinking of this, Maple's eyes immediately locked onto the "monster". He would not let go of any details that followed.
"It should have some kind of special abilities, it could either be an instant increase in defensive capabilities or a certain form of immortality that will allow it to survive being decapitated!"
"Crack!"
The chopping knife swung down and chopped down the "monster's" head without any hindrance and cold blood immediately sprayed onto the young man's face.
"…"
Seeing the monster's head rolling to the ground, the young man seemed to be frightened. His lips moved but he could only manage to utter a few sporadic words.
"Dead, dead, dead?"
The dead silence seemed to confirm the monster's death, the young man seemed to suddenly lose all his strength and collapsed on the ground. The expression on his face seemed to be crying and laughing, and he muttered a few words of unknown meaning from time to time.
However, fate always likes to play some nasty jokes.
"I'm not dead yet."
The lonely head of the "monster" suddenly spoke the first normal words tonight, but this was a voice the young man wanted to hear the least.
"…"
Slowly, the young man stiffly looked back at the head.
What caught his eyes was a weird and terrifying smiling face and a sinister chuckle that penetrated his ears.
"Arara, this is the expression, what a delicious emotion! Only this way, you can be worthy of being tasted by me…"
"AAAAAHHHHH!!!"
In an instant, the violent emotional impact caused the young man's string of reason to completely break, leaving only endless despair.
"Why…"
Before the young man's final question could be spoken, from behind the young man, that monster's headless body suddenly stretched out his hand, and a sharp wind blade appeared out of thin air, cutting the young man's life.
"Why~ yes, why didn't I die?"
The headless body picked up the young man's head and placed it in front of its head, as though appreciating this "delicacy".
"Because I am a 'demon' … and 'demon' naturally 'cannot die'."
The monster's head honestly answered the dead young man while showing a twisted and weird smile.
Maple, who was observing in the dark, naturally did not miss the demon's words, his eyes suddenly focused.
"'immortal'…'demon', is it?"
The spiritual vision was opened. Looking at the scene in front of him, Maple's green eyes shrank slightly, a little surprised.
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