Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 37- Dancing With Death (Part1)

After everyone left, silence took over the place. Neither of them knew what to say at all even though there should've been many things they can talk about. For some reason, it was really hard for both of them to talk at all.

"Umm… It's good to see you again, Elise." Rin said as he didn't know whether to laugh or cry in this situation.

'Why is it so awkward?!' He screamed in his head.

"Good to see you too," Elise replied again as she approached the bed before sitting on the chair next to it.

"So, how was your first week here?" She asked.

"Ignoring the fact that I almost killed my own family and also almost killed myself then I'm feeling pretty good." He replied.

Elise's eyes widened in surprise for a moment before she returned to her neutral expression. He could see how she was waiting for him to start explaining what happened.

"Well, the first thing was when I awakened. My own skill took over my body and tried to kill my family. I wasn't able to sense anything at the time but luckily they were able to stop me."

"Your powers… are shadow manipulation, right? You know that this kind of skill shouldn't exist in this world?"

"Pretty much. It's a long story but I guess I inherited this power from…"

"A god." Elise finished his sentence for him with a thoughtful look.

"It seems that Lili wanted to give us these inheritances. But, why?"

"Beat me. That goddess is unpredictable."

"That's true. However, I know for sure that she has a reason for her actions. She's definitely hiding something from us."

"Well, when we meet her again, we can ask her."

Nodding her head, Elise moved on to the next and arguably the most important topic.

"What about what happened yesterday?"

"Ugh…" Rin seemed slightly troubled when he heard her question and averted his eyes.

Elise squinted at him as she kept pressing him to answer.

"It's just… Too gory and messed up…"

"You think I can't handle a gory story?" Elise asked with raised eyebrows.

"No, not that. It's just… Ah, whatever. I will tell you what happened." He sighed and didn't try to refuse anymore.

As much as he wanted this story to stay hidden forever, he didn't want to hide it from Elise. They are both involved in this mess and if they both don't trust each other and work together, they might as well never hope to come back to their world ever again.

"It all started after I finished the G-Rank dungeon…."

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[A day ago.]

"Hah… Hah… Hah… Fuck!" Rin clenched his teeth as he touched his left arm lightly to check its condition. But, without even touching it, he already knew that it was completely broken. The pain he felt was like a surge of electricity in his body was horrible, to say the least.

But, he had no time to care about his useless arm, now, around him, four flesh summons were closing up on him from all angles. He was able to hunt most of them down with quick sneak attacks but because of a stupid mistake, one of them was able to notice him and alert the others which ended up with him sustaining a strong hit on his left arm that sent him flying in the air before smashing against the wall.

'Fuck! I was close to killing them all flawlessly. My luck is shit!' He cursed his bad luck.

One of the flesh summonses finally reached him and jabbed at his face. Rin quickly dodged it and tried to strike back. However, two other flesh summons were already attacking him at that time which made him click his tongue and dodge again.

*Swish*

Without having a single moment to even breathe, Rin kept moving and dodging the upcoming attacks to the best of his abilities. Their speed was impressive so he had to actually keep his senses alerted to everything around him.

*Swish* *Bang*

One of the flesh summonses created a crater in the ground with a punch before grabbing a huge piece of sharp wood and throwing it at Rin.

*Swish*

The projectile darted toward the boy at an alarming speed and reached him in less than a second.

'Shadow manipulation!' Rin's eyes widened as he quickly activated his skill and stopped the piece of wood in mid-air.

Jumping in the air, he then kicked the piece of wood back from where it came from.

*Splash* *Splash* *Bang*

"Ugh!!" Another one used that moment and kicked him in the side, knocking the air out of his lungs.

Another one followed beside it and punched Rin in the stomach. Rin spat blood out as he was thrown to the ground.

'System!! Did you finish consuming the corpses?!' He asked hurriedly.

The fact that he was facing these things head-on when he clearly weaker could make many people wonder whether he was eagerly searching for his demise or whether he became completely insane because of pain.

[Already finished. Do you wa-]

'Put every point in strength as quickly as possible!' Rin rolled to the side as he avoided a kick that could've blown his head off his shoulders.

He had no time to see how many points he had or what he should rank up, he needed a surge of power now more than ever or he is over for.

The system didn't try to ask anymore and did what he asked for. Instantly, a weird feeling took over Rin's body and made him freeze for a moment. The flesh creatures didn't waste that opportunity and attacked him all at the same time.

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMM*

A huge cloud of dust erupted from the point of the hit and covered all of them. But, as quickly as it came, the cloud of dust was swept away.

"Y-You guys… are really… fucking… ANNOYING!!!"

Under the four flesh creatures, Rin was holding their punches with his right hand. Even though it was shaking uncontrollably, he was somehow able to resist the attack of the four of them all at the same time.

But, that wasn't the end, clenching his teeth, Rin pushed his hand up and ended up propelling the four creatures away from him.

"Hah… Hah….Fuck!! That was close." He murmured as he wiped the blood that trickled down his face and stood up.

The amount of strength he felt inside of his body at the moment was incomparable to before. It was as if he was inside a new body that he didn't recognize. The feeling was addictive and very pleasant. It almost worried him that he might turn into a battle junky if he continued ranking up.

'Let's try this new evolution!' He grinned like a maniac and slashed with his dagger at one of the monsters.

Just a simple swing was more than enough to send an air wave of mana strong enough to slice the ground. This attack was something simple to execute. Imbuing some mana into the dagger and then slashing created that effect. He learned that when assassinated one of them.

What Rin wasn't aware of was that through this fight, he was slowly learning many new things and gaining strength without even using Action Points. His talent was getting nurtured by this life-or-death situation and eventually evolving at an impressive speed. His mind was also creating new tactics, techniques, and new ways of using his powers.

The dagger slash reached the flesh summon and hit it square in the face. However, sadly for Rin, it wasn't enough to kill it.

"Tsk... Just die!"

*Slash*

"You get away from me!"

*Kick*

When he tried to finish the monster off, another one tried to stop. But, at this moment, Rin was way different from the Rin of a minute ago.

Using that moment, he threw the dagger toward the monster and killed it. Two were killed in less than 10 seconds.

'Even though I'm only F-Rank in strength at most. How can I overpower them like this? It doesn't make sense.'

[Do you want me to explain, host?]

'No, leave it for later.' He shook his head and focused on the two left.

Just two more and he was over with. He knew there was still a horrible demon somewhere in the house, but he tried to stay optimistic and focused for now. He can deal with Lina when he kills these two.

But, before he could even do anything…He sensed an aura behind him that wasn't there a few moments ago.

*Swish*

"WHA-" His mind couldn't register what happened at all.

"You are a very tenacious bug. But, it's all over now." A scary voice spoke to him.

With a shocked look, Rin could only look down at his stomach. There, a huge slash that basically crossed his whole torso could be seen.

"Blurgh!" Rin vomited blood from his mouth as he fell down on his knees.

"You humans will always be inferior. Demons are the greater race, we are the ones that deserve to control this world. We are the ones that should've been destined for greatness. Yet, it always somehow works up for you puny creatures. I fucking hate all of you!! With every fiber of my being! I curse all of you!!" The demon yelled loudly.

"Now, for the sake of my peaceful life. Go and rot in the afterlife, trash!"

(A//N: Cliffhanger hits again :) )

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