Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

"Look! These evil flowers are acting strange. Do you think the young man managed to accomplish what he wanted to do?"

Someone blurted, and a few people also noticed the strangeness of these flowers.

These flowers didn't have eyes on them, yet they somehow gave everyone the impression that they were asleep.

So what's this operation?

Laying on the pile of bones with his hands spread apart, sweat on his body, and a few cuts to his face, Chan-ki turned his head to the hole on the bony stalk. And sure enough, the pool of souls that seemed to have been moving clockwise began moving anti-clockwise instead.

Chan-ki didn't know what this represented, but he knew it should be because of the seal.

Great!

Chan-ki felt like a superhero, especially after seeing the souls inside thank him.

It should be noted that after peering in, just as he could see them, they too could see him.

And though they couldn't speak out words in the ever-moving stream, their mumbling words and gazes were enough to convey their gratitude.

But the most recognizable of the many strange souls was a person he hadn't seen before yet recognized.

'The man in the photos!'

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Clive Congxian.

Chan-ki was taken aback. This was the owner of the Diary they read.

In his office, they had spotted the photo of the man holding his wife and his newly born son.

Too bad, this son of his probably died but had its body taken over by an unknown creature.

Chan-ki felt a little bad, seeing so many people's souls.

Just a day ago. They were alive. And it was probably not their time to die yet.

But the emergence of the creatures had killed them off, bringing their fruitful lives to a halt.

Just reading the man's diary, one could see how happy the man was with his life.

Sigh...

'If we had come here earlier, maybe we would have been able to save them all, right?'

Chan-ki raised his high to the ceiling and clenched his fist with a determined look in his eyes.

'I swear that one day, I will make the creatures dare not take another step into this world! I will become one of humanity's greatest defenders!!!'

And just like that, a strange shift occurred in human history, birthing a terrifying master who made monsters cower and flee at every turn.

It is said that the white-bearded Master Chan-ki could wipe out legions of creatures with a single lash of his whip.

His moves were so terrifying that ministers dared not play in the cuties he most frequented.

But what was even more eye-popping were the many genius disciples he gathered under his wings.

Yes... Alongside his storm brothers, Master Chan-Ki became one of humanity's greatest hope.

But that was a story only future generations could speak of.

For now, the vibrant 29-year-old Chan-Ki was just a no-rank exorcist.

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Chan-ki calmly threw a pile into his mouth and focused on improving his strength.

He still had to cleanse and exorcize the Mother, sending the souls into the paper.

'If I can exorcize the Mother, I will be able to get enough kill points to push me up to the next Exorcist rank.'

So far, all the creatures he had dealt with during this time, coupled with this flower, should be enough to push him out of the No-rank status.

Above the no-rank are the H-rank exorcists.

And in ascending order, one has to move from the H to A, followed by S, Double-S, Triple-S, Divine, and Celestial Class.

Again, to move up a rank, one has to cleanse, exorcize, and kill the required amount of demons, ghouls, or any other underworld entities to rank up.

The number of points gathered would also depend on what grade of underworld creatures they exorcized.

But reaching the minimum requirement of kills is just one aspect.

The number of spells, incantations, and information known by the host or any exorcist also plays a part in their leveling up... As well as their overall strength.

Though Chan-ki had already broken past his mortal shell, he still couldn't rank up to an H-rank Exorcist because of these other factors.

First, he was still mastering some basic skills and spells. Additionally, he hadn't gathered enough kill points yet.

But after today, these things wouldn't be an issue.

They still had 4 more days before the academy opened.

And the Grandmaster had given each of them the task of becoming Grade-1 H-rank exorcists.

From H-rank ascending to A, each rank had 9 grades one had to move past.

The Grandmaster had told them to all leave the No-Rank before the academy officially opened.

And the person who will be testing them was Pandrol.

Chan-ki closed his eyes, absorbing the pill in his system.

'No matter what? I must rank up!!'

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"Damn it! You... You... You monster?!"

Boom!

The fitting baby slammed into the wall, feeling its bones crack unnaturally.

"Monster?" Dorian chuckled, playfully advancing towards the poor trending baby.

How funny. Its limbs were quaking, with it not even being able to stand anymore.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm as human as they come."

[Baby]: You're joking with me, aren't you.

Before the trembling baby could stand again, Dorian appeared like the wind.

And the next thing it knew, the bastard human kicked it to the ceiling like a ball.

Pah!

The baby wanted to cry but had no tears.

Dammit! What sort of bad luck did it have to run into this hateful human?

Wearing a single white glove, Dorian jumped into the air and peeled the baby off the ceiling.

Bam!

The baby landed with his lips kissing the floor and Dorian's foot on its rotting maggot-infested head.

But this was what was weird. The maggots seem to evade Dorian's touch as though running for their lives.

[Audience]: '...'

~Bam! Bam! Bam!~

Everyone watched Dorian's brutal attacks and shuddered.

What a scary kid.

Just look at how he's bullying this creature to tears?

"Enough! Enough! You let me go!!"

Bam!

"My heart... You shattered one of my hearts, you bastard!"

Bam!

"Wait. Wait... I'm ready to talk."

Bam!

"F***! Didn't you hear me? I said I'm ready to talk!!!"

Bam! Bam! Bam!

"Ahhhhhh~... Human... Please... I'm willing to talk... No more tricks."

Dorian's hammer froze inches away from the creature's face. "Oh? Then why didn't you say so sooner?"

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