章節 4: 04: Tales of a Demon
"Did you heard the new rumors?" asked a boy, probably 12 years old or more.
"Ah... I think I heard it. A demon? Who is dumb enough to believe that it is real?" Answered an old man while scratching his white mustache and looking at the kid like he was an idiot.
"Well, I thought that you would say it, old man. So that's why I have this! A photo of the demon itself!" the kid grabbed from the pocket of his backpack and showed it for the old man, on the picture, a figure with bat-like wings, a bull-like tail, and two horns appeared. The figure had the size of a 5 years old kid, had blond hair, but the face couldn't be seen. The old man grabbed the picture to look closer and said: "What is this?" The kid smiled and said proudly: "I took a picture of it yesterday! It was inside my house when I saw it, it was looking around and searching for something..." The old man looked around him for a second, he felt like someone was observing him... "Ah! What is this!!!" shouted the youth
When the old man looked at his hands, where the picture was... There was nothing. It simply disappeared, like it never existed before. The old man looked at the alley, he saw a blond 5 years old kid looking at him, the kid had red eyes and his eyes were locked where the picture was before. When the kid saw the old man staring at him, he smiled a little and from his forehead, a little pair of horns appeared and disappeared faster than a blink! The 12 years old boy just saw the old man look in one direction and looked too, but he saw nothing. He then looked at his neck where the camera he got from his birthday was, but it wasn't there anymore... There was just a little paper: [Please don't take pictures of others without asking beforehand, it's rude. So as compensation I will take this camera... Thank you, your welcome.] After the teenager blinked his eyes, the paper had turned to ashes and disappeared.
Byron who was far away from there was laughing his ass off! He found he enjoyed scaring people, he liked the expression they made! "Ah... Well, let's review the information I have... Now is actually 1940, he was in a country city in Germany. The capital was pretty far away from here and... I hate these clothes." Byron was talking to himself, after his training in the forest he found that he actually could make a mental note to himself when talking he would always remember what he said but not what he thought in that situation... There's a lot of things that happened, first of all after Byron left the forest the first thing he did was steal clothes, but when he realized that he was a 5 years old kid he had to unlock another rune, the [Small Rune], it makes things smaller! With this rune, he transformed the adult clothes into kid's clothes.
After he stole the guy's clothes, he started to think... His senses were now stronger, he actually tested it. He could see further away from his position up to 5km, he could smell better than normal humans if he concentrates, and his hearing was enchanted too! The only thing he didn't test was his taste... Then, his demonic nature comes forward and he thought about stealing food... This thought was pretty much a good idea! So Byron stole food, he stole food first from a restaurant, he stole it from the reserves two bags of fruits and veggies! This was the first thing Byron wanted to try, taste fruits and see if it tastes different from before, he clearly remembers eating things as a human so he wants to see if there's a difference eating it as a demon. He ate it all, the first thing he noticed was that it felt... Amazing.
The taste was enhanced by a thousand folds! Everything was tasty, the fruits were sweet and juicy while the veggies were pretty much interesting too but he liked more the fruits. He was in delight when he heard a man's voice saying: "Another little rat!" he looked back and saw a bald old man with a stick in hands, he looked pretty scary to a child, but for Byron, he was just an old man. "I already lost clients because of you little rats!" he tried to hit him with the stick that was in his hands, Byron dodged to the side and watched as the old man attacked him again. Byron decided to leave because it was attracting more attention than he wanted before he left though, he looked deeply at the old man. His eyes shone red before he disappeared in the darkness, the old man actually looked inside his eyes and gasped when he saw Byron's red eyes... Byron still doesn't know, but because he is a Divine Demon in the King Rank he can pretty much suppress mortals like that old man just looking at them.
Divine Demons are an extinct race, they had some ranks! Commoner rank was the lowest rank, followed by Soldier Rank, Noble rank, King rank, Emperor rank, and then Divine Rank. Each rank is very easy to explain: Commoner has low or no combat power, Soldier has low to middle combat power, Noble has middle to high combat power, King has high to master combat power, Emperor has master to divine combat power, and Divine has divine combat power. This is the system description when Byron asked what was a King Rank Divine Demon... Combat power is basically the control this demon has over other demons, Soldiers can control 10 commoners, Noble can control 100 to 1,000 soldiers, King can control 1,000 to 10,000 Nobles, Emperors can control 100 to 100,000 Kings at max and Divine can control every existent Demon. Pretty easy, right?
That was what Byron though, but a demon can resist this control if he is powerful enough, well, putting that aside right now Byron is walking around the streets, he saw other kids walking around too and some homeless people. Life is cruel to everyone. Byron was walking on the streets, it still day so he can't go flying around, not if he wants to hear people talking about a demon kid... Byron saw some people fighting over some food, he, who had some bags with food inside was pretty targeted because he was a little kid who couldn't protect himself he was surrounded by three skinny adults that wanted for the bags in his hands, but before he could do something he was "saver"... Well, he wasn't exactly in danger so he wasn't saved, but that's what the other kids that saved him thought they did.
Eight kids, each one having more than 8 years and the older having at least 15 years surrounded the three guys who had surrounded Byron. " Let the kid alone." said the 15 years looking boy, he had a stick in hands, three scars over his face and ane in his arm. He had blond hair like Byron, but his eyes were green differently from Byron whose eyes were light-red when he awoke his bloodline his eyes became like that... Anyway, the three guys that surrounded Byron started to sweat for some reason, Byron heard one them say: "Fuck it! It's them!" and another one saying: "How lucky am I? Meeting the Rats..." Byron frowned when he heard it, he thought they were insulting them... But the name of the group of kids is literally Rats. "Leave the kid alone! Boss already said it once, he won't repeat it." the one who said it was a 10-11 years old boy, he seemed to be the left hand of the 15 years old leader.
"Shut it, Harold. Let Markus speak." said a 13 years old girl with brown hair, she was had also only one eye, the other eye had an eye patch... Harold has black hair and amber eyes, he also had a scar across his nose to his left eyebrow near his eye. "Shut up Alex!" Alex smiled a little looking at Harold who angrily looked at her, you could literally see sparks between the two of them! Markus, the leader, separated the two of them and said: "Enough, I think you two forgot that our enemy is there!" pointing at the three guys who were sweating tons! They were trying to escape when they saw that they were fighting against each other but to no avail, Markus noticed their escape attempt. Byron just watched the show as he was interested in them, he could feel something interesting... Like they were going to be good subordinates, Is it a King thing?
Well, they scared the guys away and Alex approached him she looked at the blond, light-red eyes kid who was looking at her with interest and said: "Hi little guy, my name is Alexandra. And yours is?" Byron continued to say nothing, differently from what you may think his voice also changed... Let me explain when he awoke his bloodline he also unlocked passive things! Two to be precise, they aren't shown in the system screen yet because he needs to discover them, but because it is passive he will need some time. Anyway, he has two passive traits: [King Authority] and [King Subordinate], both of them are easy to explain. Let's start with [King Subordinate], this skill permits Byron to notice the talent that people have, he never saw a lot of talent before so he unconsciously ignored it, but now that he saw Alexandra, Harold, and Markus he noticed that their potential is enormous!
[King Authority] is easy to explain too, basically, he has a noble aura around him, those who see him will unconsciously see him as superior... But it only works for people who saw him for more than ten minutes, why? Humans aren't sensitive to the aura, so they need more time to see it, but once they see it they will remember it and unconsciously see him as a king. He can also order people, his voice has a great effect on weak-minded people and subordinates... Ah, subordinates can borrow power from the king/noble/soldier they are subordinated to, to become a subordinate they need to make a blood vow, but that's for later. "Hey brat, does the cat ate your tongue?" asked Harold while approaching Byron, he seemed to be a pretty goofy and idiot person... Byron felt their potential... Alexandra had the potential to be a very powerful shooter, while this idiot Harold had the potential to be an amazing fighter, swords, and cold weapons... But the one who caught his attention was Markus, he had the potential to be a leader and a powerful fighter and shooter.
Byron smiled a little, he stretched his hands and gave them the bag. It still has fruits and vegetables inside, he gave it to Alexandra who was confused but accepted the bag and said: "You can have it, I'm not hungry anymore." Before they could reject Byron already left, she wanted to give it back but before she could stop him her leader stopped her and said: "He should be going back to his parents. Let him go." Where Byron went to? To his base, a hobbit-like house in the forest exactly where he "landed" before. He wanted to make those kids his subordinates, but not everyone wants to make a contract with a demon! To someone become his subordinate, they need to vow by their blood and drink his blood... How does he know it? He knows it because it was something that came together with the awakening of his bloodline, how to make others his subordinates.
"Hum, I guess I should wait until they need help the most. Anyone should accept my offer if they are near death." murmured Byron while looking forward to having them as his subordinates, they had a lot of talent and potential he could use... He knows that in the near future, the United States will start to throw bombs in Germany because of the Second World War and Hitler... Even Hiroshima and Nagasaki will suffer later. Maybe... With his plot armor, he will receive what he wants, and he can also control some planes if he wants... Blame the United States isn't bad, maybe this little town will be attacked by bombs in the future. "Well, im a demon... Do bad things is natural for me, and I feel good about it! But I won't do this... Maybe."
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