~~~~~~~~~~(What you will see is the Prologue to chapter(s) "the Encounter", which is a faraway side-story for one of the important characters that exist in this novel. Due to my lack of judgement, it has caused many confusion before, and I plan to not do such a thing ever again. This chapter takes place before the Volume [Dawn of Magi] started, and will be continued onward through the protagonist"s side of prospective albeit only a small fraction will be told progressively in that volume. However, the real meat of this chapter will come in the next volume after that.)
(I have taken this chapter down despite it"s not lacking in anything, but I"ve made a few adjustments just to be more transparent for the viewers and drop some aspect of the "Mystery" down to the toilet, which is going to be revealed SO FAR later in the future, and I don"t want people to scratch their heads for that long.)
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A soft beautiful voice rang in the darkness,
"It is... complete."
A bright light shone from an altar, jaggy edges with needle-like cover. Flowing down from its black metal pillar... is a dark red blood, it"s slowly flooding the whole floor.
At the center of the Altar, exist a small glowing dark sphere, the light spiral inside as gloomy dark aura coming out of it.
"Fufufuu, with this… the whole world, will soon… be mine"
The woman is clouded in a jet black robe, with an eerie staff floating behind her.
She took out some sort of circlet, it filled with many brilliances of diamonds. Slowly taking the sphere from the Altar, she snaps it right at the middle of the circlet, emitting light so blindingly, and then slowly faded to a dim purple mist.
The woman laughs in a sinister tone, she wraps the edges of the circlet with a purple headdress and wears them, her purple eyes turned even more vivid.
She lifted her hand and staring directly at it, she spoke, "Status... Open"
Suddenly, a series of Notification appeared at her hand, her eyes widened as the [Message] enlarging at the center of her vision.
*BOOM*
The woman slammed her fist down at the altar, completely destroying it to smithereens. She gritted her teeth, "Don"t f.u.c.k with me, I"ve sacrificed… more than hundreds of millions of demons... all of it, just to raise you…"
Veins popping out of her eyes, "And you… a DemiG.o.d?" Clenching her fist tight, she said, "You"re telling me, those uncountable amounts of EXP… can only upgrade you… A LEVEL!?"
Her eyes filled with immense anger, she goes down on all four, and then repeatedly punching the ground, it shatters with each of her punches landed.
She yelled, "AAAGHH"
*Boom*
"HAAAGHH"
*Taks*
"HAAAAAGGGHHH"
*BOOM*
The crack on the ground grew even wider, and the blood starts to fill them like a pond of water.
She closed her eyes, "How can this be…" she said.
With all the anger dissipated, her mind is now filled with confusion. She calculated everything correctly, but somehow, it went wrong.
It is far from her prediction.
"Just how much exactly… do you need… to grow…"
"What kind of Monster do I need to kill… for you to level up?" her mouth trembles, "Why… why can"t it go… smoothly… like we did in the past."
She was about to shed a tear, but,
Suddenly —
A black shadowy figure emerges from behind, slowly creeping out with its light-colored eyes. It brought chills down on the woman"s spine.
As she turned her head behind, she saw it.
The tall shadowy figure, its appearances akin to that of an insect. With crown-like horns on its head, sharp claws on its hands, and a pair of wings on its back.
Slowly, she stood up. "Biris, why do you come here?" she asked.
The shadowy figure, Biris, cracked a burst of laughter as it moves its mouth (?), "Kriiiee-hehehee…." The entire s.p.a.ce fully echoed with buzzing noise and horrific sound, and it"s coming out from the insect"s mouth.
The woman shivered in terror. However, she kept firm looks without showing any emotion of fear, in fact, it seems she is also garnered a feeling of hatred. She gritted her teeth and shouted, "State your intention!"
Biris opened his arms, gesturing as he talks, "I… merely wanting to… congratulate you. Not many… can achieve… the 9000… marks."
The woman"s eyes narrowed down to a slit, she didn"t like it when Biris does not being upfront with his intention, "If that"s all, then we"re done. Leave!"
She didn"t want to waste any second, she turned around and was about to walk away. But then Biris started to laugh again.
"Kahkakakaa"
The woman trembled by the sound of him. Turning her head slightly, she glared at it. "Talk, and if you don"t leave before I came back, I"ll tear your body apart."
Clearly, she doesn"t want to be in the same room as him, and it surely not because of some frivolously pink reasons.
"Heh, tear is it? Indeed, your magic… is one of the strongest in the demon realm… of course, you would… be able to do that… and that would be... quite heroic… for you… to do."
"…"
There is a moment of silence between the two, and the woman couldn"t hold it any longer, she turned her head back and walk away again in a hurry but calmly.
But all of a sudden, Biris spoke, "I heard you have… quite an interesting item."
Her eyes widened, "What are you talking about?"
Trying to dodge the question, the woman feign ignorance. She didn"t expect that Biris would know of it, because she never told anyone.
Biris mouth formed a grin. Slowly, he moves in around her, speaking in a provocative tone, "Have you always been… so cunning?"
The woman is already bothered by him coming in uninvited, now he"s suggesting something between his words, "If you don"t have anything to talk about, fine. I"ll leave, I don"t have time to deal with you"
Biris snickered, "Time, is it? Surely, you… are not more occupied than… the last time we met… yes?"
"Well, I am. Now leave"
"Kehehee, why so… eager… to drive me out?"
"…" the woman didn"t respond and continue to glare at him.
He spoke, "Isn"t it… thrilling… to be chased by your own kind?"
"…"
"What are you getting at?" she asked. The past several weeks have been h.e.l.l for her because the demons are indeed chasing her to the point that she has to live in isolation. Just as she was about to complete her objective, something went wrong, and now this uninvited guest comes.
Biris spoke, "After you left the demon king"s side… He has been pestering me these past few days, and it"s... irritates me. I wonder why… such a powerful being… would spend his precious time… to annoy this fragile old me… to this extent."
The woman"s lips trembled.
Biris speak again, in an intimidating tone, "Surely, it"s not because of... what I am thinking right now… yes?" he asked.
"…"
It is hard to guess what is behind that thick insect skull of his, so the woman can"t exactly guess what he"s actually thinking.
The woman swallowed her cold saliva and then responded, "Of course, not."
Biris stopped moving, and the atmosphere worsens all of a sudden. The already dark empty place becomes even quieter.
The woman knows that she made a wrong response.
Sweats dripping from her cheek as she locked eye contact with Biris. She"s carefully antic.i.p.ating a move from him; it would be a perfect scenario for her if he decided to drop the topic there and then, and just leave. And she can"t just attack him first, that means she herself declared to be and enemies with him.
But then suddenly, Biris made a slight movement as if he was about to attack.
As her eyes widened to its edges in terror, the woman quickly grabbed her staff from the air and swing it towards him, and shout "Armageddon Ex— Guhgf"
Her shouting suddenly being cut by an intense pain coming from her throat and chest.
Biris has moved his hand as if forming a grip, and directing it at her, "Wench" he said, "Nothing decent ever come out from the likes of you"
The insect, Biris, has started to talk fluently.
As Biris tighten his hand, blood gushing out from the Woman"s mouth, she can feel her inside are being crushed. Biris approached her, and while looking directly at the circlet on her head, he spoke, "I see…" he tilted his head, "So, that is the item "he" was talking about… Heh, quite daring, even for you."
"Guhf, it"s none of your business, let me go!"
"You want me to let you go?"
He tilted his head one more time, his eyes turned white and it"s glowing like the moon. "Bakuyo, clearly that is not yours" he said.
Grabbing the circlet, he forcefully pulled it out from her head.
*fwoosh*
"d.a.m.n you, that"s my—"
He let her go from his grasp.
*Thud*
The woman dropped to her knees, coughing as she tries to catch her breath.
*Cough *Cough
All of a sudden, she felt chills of cold air coming down from above her. In an instant, she knows exactly what it is. Her eyes widened as she shouted, "Dimensional Teleportation!"
*BOOOM*
The ground shattered as if an explosion just hit her, and when the smoke clears up. It reveals that the woman is no longer there, and the ground beneath her has been destroyed, and what"s left is a mark of large claws.
It was Biris.
The Razor-sharp claws in his hand have been dyed in red. Slowly, he rubbed them up together. The thick red liquid feels so smooth and nice to his touch.
"Kriieeheheee, entertain me, Woman. The next time we meet, I"ll pull out your eyes from its sockets" he lifted the other hands, and then inspect the circlet he just got, carefully. He mumbled, "Now this… is troublesome."
After letting out a chuckle, he turned around. "Maybe there is one exist on the surface. Hehehee… this… should be interesting."
Moving to the darkness of the shadow, the view of him turned static as he disappeared instantly.
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