"A quest?" Asher had his suspicions before, but now he was sure that Demons also receive quests just like Hunters.
According to humans, it was the angels giving quests to humans to give them a chance to protect their world. So for Demons, who was giving these quests?
[ Quest - Your brethren had successfully planted their seeds in an underground area in the Severed Realm. But Hunters have already reached that place and plan to destroy the seeds your brethren had planted. Only one shall accept this quest, and it will be up to those who accept this quest to make these Hunters tremble and die under the might of a Demon. ]
[ Restrictions : Only those below Level 3 may accept ]
[ Difficulty : Not-so-Easy || 3 Hunters are present. Levels Unknown ]
[ Rewards : 10 Life Crystals, +2 Talent Point, +2 Skill Point ]
[ Accept? ]
'A limited quest?' Asher's thoughts focused as he knew a limited quest like this one would be first come, first serve, and seeing these rewards which can benefit him, he accepted it in his mind before someone else could. He also wondered if this 'Severed Realm' was the name of planet Earth. It had to be.
Seeing how the difficulty level was named 'Not-So-Easy', he felt it quite amusing and could see the system thought this quest was hard for someone of his level, not that he was surprised.
But his eyes shone with a vengeful glint upon seeing the name 'Hunters' considering what happened to him in his past life. He now loathed that title to his core. He didn't care about the 'Not-So-Easy' difficulty since he was someone who never shied from challenges nor someone afraid to take risks.
But most of all, he had invaluable experience from his time as a Hunter. Surely it would prove to be an edge for him against F-rankers despite being a level 1 himself.
[ Accepted ]
'Oh shit!' But only then he realized that if he disappeared now, then those people in the castle might get suspicious if they didn't find him in his room.
But he calmed down, thinking that he would just find a way to get out of this castle before seeing through the quest. However, as a Demon, how would he reach the place where he was supposed to finish the quest?
His eyes blinked in confusion as a notification popped up in his mind suddenly,
[ 4 Life Crystals utilized. Initiating instant teleportation ]
"Eh?" Before Asher could realize it, he felt as if his body was getting pulled to someplace else as his surroundings disappeared.
He felt his head spinning and couldn't make sense of things until he felt his body crashing down on a stony surface.
*Thud!*
[ You have reached the quest location ]
[ Quest has begun. Failure is death's ally. ]
'Yeah, no shit,' Asher grumbled as he stood up and saw that he was in a deserted subway station with the only difference that demonic mana filled this place and reeked of death. This was surely a place on Earth...Whoever thought he would be standing on his previous home planet so soon? And who would have ever thought he would end up being the demon boss in a quest? A level 1 boss at that...It almost felt like a joke to him.
He saw blobs of demonic mana, which was something he had seen a lot as a Hunter. So he could guess that these blobs of mana would soon give birth to demonic creatures that would try and creep outside this subway to devour humans. So he realized his mission was to get rid of the Hunters who might come here so that these creatures could be allowed to be born. But of course, he knew that even if they were born, they would be too weak and might kill a few civilians before some Hunters got rid of them all.
However, he didn't really care what was going to happen after. All he was concerned about was his own quest.
Now that he was already here, there was no point in regretting it. He will have to complete this quest lest he gets killed by Hunters and quickly as well to return before anybody finds him missing. But he relaxed since he knew everybody must be sleeping there at this time of the night.
[ Do you wish to have a Demon Alias? If not, your real name will be considered ]
Asher immediately thought in his mind, 'My alias shall be 'Hellbringer.'
[ Now the entire demon realm will come to know you as the 'Hellbringer' and so shall your foes ]
Asher knew that aliases existed for Hunters as well to not separate their personal identity but mainly to make a name that would carry their achievements as a Hunter. He also knew Demons had aliases too, since when hunters and demons battle each other, they can at least see the alias of the other one.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the subway, two young men and a woman not older than 18 entered, wearing armor and wielding a sword, two daggers, and a spear, respectively.
"Ugh, look at what those ugly demons did to this place. It fucking stinks!" One of the men with a lanky figure and cropped hairstyle said with a disgusted look while lazily swinging his daggers.
"Rufus, this isn't your first rodeo. If you wanna stay in F rank forever, just leave now instead of being a douche," The girl said with an annoyed look as she brandished her sword. She had above-average looks with a bun hairstyle.
"Rose is right. We three got no money to join the academy, but that doesn't mean we can't make it through the scholarship next year. But first, only by completing quests like these can we get a good track record to get a scholarship. Rose, don't worry. I will be supporting you every step along the way since you have the best chance to get in, considering you are a Level 4, unlike us Level 2's. Just two more levels, and you will already be in the E Rank," The other young man said with a look of adoration. He was tall and had average looks, and was carrying a spear.
Rose gave a smile as if she liked hearing his words and said, "Thank you for having so much confidence in me, Kenny. It's very hard to level up, considering we awakened our mana circuit late. But I am sure you will get in as well."
"H-Hey, I was simply kidding, Rose. I will, of course, support you and be there for every quest," Rufus said with an awkward look and then added, "It's just that we already have four successful quests in our profile. Do we need more to get a scholarship?"
Rose clicked her tongue as she looked at him, "Rufus, how dumb can you be? Do you have any idea what the profiles of those who get scholarships in the Hunter Academy look like? You will feel despair just by taking a glimpse. That is why I want to—I mean us to complete as many quests as we can within these few months. Even if we do not take risks of trying difficult quests, we might still stand a chance if they see how dedicated we are in completing a lot of quests within a short time frame."
Kenny firmly nodded, "Yes, Rose knows what's best for us. We are lucky we got to accept this easy quest before anyone else could. All we have to do is get rid of some demon nests and go back home and have some beer. The loot is decent too. But if you are too lazy to help us, you are free to back out, like Rose said. We two can finish this on our own."
"Fuck off! I never said I wanted to leave. I plan on seeing this through with Rose. Don't go ahead and assume things," Rufus said with a grumpy look as the two glared at each other.
"Shh, silence you two. Get ahead and make sure the path is clear. I want to finish this simple quest within 10 minutes max. I got stuff to do," Rose said with a twitch of her nose.
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*Splak!*
"That's three of these stinky nests down," Rufus said as he used his spear to strike down a bubble of dark black mana, which diffused away upon his attack.
"As per the quest, we have to find 7 more. Let us get the rest and get this over with. I am not feeling too good standing in this rotten subway," Rose said as she wrinkled her nose.
"With the help of my mana light, we can easily find the rest," Kenny proudly said as his spear's blade brightly shone with an orange light that was bright enough to light up the space ahead.
"There…I will get it!" Rose eagerly said as she spotted another demonic nest on the top of a pillar. She was about to get near it when…
*Tap! Tap!*
"Who was that?!" Rose suddenly turned around as Rufus and Kenny also got startled and looked at the darkness behind them.
Kenny used his spear to spread light over that area, but all they saw was just an abandoned subway track.
"You guys heard that too?" Rufus asked as he gulped. He thought nobody was in this subway, but now he wasn't feeling so confident.
"It sounded just like somebody ran behind us, right?" Kenny asked as he firmly gripped his spear. Suddenly, this place felt even more creepy than before.
Rose narrowed her eyes and said, "It could have been some debris falling down or…maybe some stray demon is still lingering here. But we have no reason to worry since this quest is an easy one. So even if a demon is around here, it must be quite weak and easy for us to kill. Just keep an eye on different directions since we are in a closed space."
Rufus felt relieved hearing her words and looked at her with a silly smile, "Rose, you are so awesome. I—"
*Boom!*
"Rufus!"
"Rufus!"
Kenny and Rose called out in shock as all they saw was a burst of dark green flames suddenly lighting up behind Rufus before a blade in the form of a large ring cleaved right through his chest slowly.
No…a burning green skeleton hand was holding the ring blade as its entire arm forced itself out of Rufus' chest. He still had his eyes widened to their extremities as he looked down at the dark green blazing skeleton hand coming out of his bloodied chest.
"You are dying too easily despite being a level 2. I knew it…I have some hope after all, heh," A cold, deep chilling voice sounded from behind Rufus.
Rufus didn't even get to let out a whimper as his head drooped the next second lifelessly before the blazing green skeletal hand took itself out of Rufus' chest, making Rufus' corpse collapse on the cold pavement.
But Kenny and Rose didn't even see Rufus' body collapse on the pavement since they were horrified upon seeing the demon standing before them.
A charred black skeleton blazing with dark green flames and wearing just a simple gray robe. And in its hand was a burning dark green blade ring.
They could see in their vision the name of this demon…Hellbringer.
Was it really someone who unleashed hell upon them?
Its pitch-black hollow sockets, glowing with dark green flames, were looking at them, making their bodies shudder, feeling a chill down their spine. They had never seen such a demon before in their lives. Of course, they had heard of demons who looked like skeletons but not a skeleton that was on fire.
But Rose was the first to snap out of it as she pointed her sword at Hellbringer with a look of contempt, "You despicable demon! You are only at level 1 who got lucky by backstabbing our friend. For Rufus, we will break every bone on your body. The same trick won't work twice."
Asher felt it quite amusing as he laughed in an eerie tone, "Haha, F rank noobs like you two think that I will fall? You two aren't even legitimate Hunters. How pitiful and laughable."
[ 9 Rating Points gained ]
[ MP : 150 / 250 ]
Asher had already taken a look at his MP and knew that he had more than enough time to take on these newbie idiots. He had used Resentful Slash on Rufus and found out it was a bit overkill and gained 12 rating points by killing a level 2.
He also wanted to use this opportunity to experiment with something.
Rose clenched her jaw, hearing this demon mock them despite being a level 1. Even though she had also shown contempt at it for being a level 1, she didn't feel so confident since something about this demon just didn't sit right with her.
"Y-You are right, Rose!" Kenny took in rapid breaths as he said with trembling lips, "W-We can take this creepy level 1 motherfucker down together!"
Rose shook off all thoughts as she felt that she shouldn't waver at this point and called out, "Let's pincer it!"
Asher saw these two coming at him from both sides and scoffed, "You idiots," Asher didn't even wait for them to get near him before he charged toward Kenny, who was pointing his spear toward this demon.
Kenny had a puzzled expression seeing this demon charge right at him, making himself fully open for his attack. Was it mad or just too dumb? Rose also thought the same, but then she smiled, thinking, why care as long as Kenny can easily take it down.
Kenny felt that he got worried for nothing and was filled with an air of confidence as he smiled upon seeing the blade of his spear pierce right through the demon's chest," Got you, motherfucker!"
"Yes! You did it, Kenny!" Rose froze her charge as she saw Kenny's spear come out of the demon's back as its limbs became limp. The dark green flames also died down, leaving behind only a charred black skeleton that fell on the ground lifelessly as Kenny took his spear out.
Kenny kicked the skeleton in spite before looking at Rose with an ecstatic look, "I am so awesome. Aren't I, Rose?"
Rose was smiling, but her expression suddenly froze as she realized that something was wrong. Her pupils shrank as she immediately called out, "Kenny, it isn't dead!"
"Huh?" Kenny had a confused look, but he suddenly coughed out a mouthful of blood as he looked down slowly in shock…a black skeletal hand tore out of his chest with the help of a blade ring.
"Not too awesome, are you?"
Suddenly dark green flames blazed from that hand as a deep, chilling voice echoed from behind, "Always make sure of your kill. This is something Hunters first learn. But at least you get to die just like your friend…poetic," Asher took his hand out as Kenny collapsed with his eyes still wide open. It was as if Hellbringer's words were the final nail in the coffin before he died.
"K-Kenny…" Drops of sweat trickled down Rose's forehead as she mumbled weakly upon seeing that she was alone with this demon now.
"This time, I decided to save the best for the last since you will be helping me experiment with my own abilities," Asher said with a chuckle as he slowly began to walk toward her.
Rose was three levels higher than this demon, but she unconsciously began to step backward and pointed her sword at it, "Y-You…You will pay for this!" She had clearly seen Kenny's spear piercing through this demon's chest. Then how come it was still standing?
A level 1 like it shouldn't even have that much HP to still keep standing after taking critical damage from a level 2.
Asher spread his arms and said in a chilling tone, "Come…Strike me down if you want to get out of here alive."
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