The Author's POV

Chapter 190

-Spurt!

"ku, ku, ku, Peekaboo"

Peeking from the side of Viscount Avelon's face, a demon with a twisted smile on his face appeared.

Black blood spilled on the ground as Viscount Avelon found himself unable to move.

Casually looking at Viscount Avelon next to him, Everblood teased.

"Am I intruding?"

"Kh-how?"

-Spurt!

Smiling widely as he looked at Viscount Avelon's shocked face, Everblood retrieved his hand back as a black orb that pulsated a black hue appeared in his hand. If one took a closer look at the black orb, as it rested in Everblood's hands, it slowly lost its hue as threads of demonic energy were steadily moving towards Everblood's body.

"Pfff...y-you"

Staring at the orb before him, Everblood licked his lips as he muttered.

"Well...with this I should be able to rank up

The orb that was in Everblood's hands was Viscount Avelon's demon core.

Aside from devil fruits, and regular training, there was another way demons could use to increase their strength.

...and that was through the consumption of demon cores.

By consuming a higher-ranked demon's core, demons could improve their bloodlines and thus raise their strength.

However, this was a taboo practice amongst the demons as it was equivalent to cannibalism.

If a demon was ever caught killing another demon for the sake of their core, they would immediately be hunted down by the other demons and regarded as traitors.

If such practice was allowed, then most demons would kill each other threatening their population as a whole.

...but Everblood didn't care.

His goals had changed.

No longer did he care for the demons, no longer did he care about what they thought of him or what their plans were...

His only goal at the moment was one person and one person only.

...unless that person tasted true despair, Everblood would stop at nothing regardless of his means to achieve his goal.

He had gone rogue.

"Kh...."

Dully looking at Everblood as he laid on the floor motionless, with the last remaining energy he could muster, Viscount Avalon opened his mouth as he tried to say something.

"phfff"

Unfortunately, the only thing that came out as soon as he opened his mouth was black blood as it spilled all over the ground.

Turning his attention away from the core in his hand, Everblood leaned his ear closer towards Viscount Avalon's mouth.

"hm? You have something to say. Last words perhaps?"

Struggling with all his might as his body rapidly shrank, Viscount Avelon muttered.

"W-hy?"

Standing up, Everblood smiled.

"Why? Well, you are after all the demon that has placed the curse on the dear parents of someone who I hold very dear to my heart, how could I not follow you when I noticed that something happened to you?"

With Viscount Avelon being the one that placed a curse on Ren's parents, Everblood naturally paid close attention to him, borderline stalked him.

...and as soon as he was alerted about the fact that something had gone wrong with Viscount Avelon, Everblood dropped everything that he was doing as he followed him around.

Although he wasn't aware of what was happening, how could he possibly let go of the opportunity before him?

Noticing Viscount Avelon's erratic aura, Everblood knew that following him would bring him a frutious opportunity.

...and he was right.

With the demon core in his hand, he was now one step away from reaching the Viscount rank.

Staring at Marquess Avelon whose life force was quickly getting drained by the second, playing with the said core in his hand, Everblood's tone became serious.

"You laid your hands on something that you should've never have touched...had you not touched them, you would've never been in this situati-"

"khhaa-!"

Cutting Everblood midsentence, Viscount Avelon's body suddenly spasmed as his eyes suddenly became white. Letting out a pained scream, Viscount Avelon's body suddenly froze as he took one last big desperate breath of air.

"kuuuu...."

He had died.

Staring at Viscount Avelon's dead body and then proceeding to look back at the core in his hand, covering his mouth as his body trembled, Everblood chuckled.

opportunity that you have

aware of what had happened, Everblood had a faint feeling that

only one that was aware of his parent's curse.

a polite demon, he naturally

thinking along those lines made him

truly delightful

"kukuku, hahahaha"

-Rustle!

"hm?"

his head towards the direction of where the sound was coming from and his eyes soon paused on the figure of a youth in

and a panicked face, Matthew pointed towards Everblood

"Y-you, who are you?"

putting the core away, the

both of his hands in the air,

I've been wanting to meet you since a long time ago, I apologize for

aback, Matthew

do you

tilted his

you..after all, we share a common

mouthful of

you perhaps

hard for Matthew to be able to infer who the common acquaintance Everblood was

it out from all of the clues that Everblood left behind as he talked, like

Matthew,

it seems like you aren't that

at Viscount Avelon's corpse beneath him, Everblood

old foggy and sign a contract with

aback, Matthew

"A contract...with you?"

about it? don't you want to take revenge

"Revenge?"

low. If you work

"...Revenge on Ren?"

Yes...

of

a way to cure his parents he would've still comfortably been relaxing in the hotel room enjoying his new

of what happened he had

and his contract now gone, Matthew knew that he would soon find his body slowly rot

him digest pills and feeding him devil fruits that contained demonic energy, Matthew knew that he could no longer live

hide like a rat. He could no longer live the life that

He didn't want this!

he worked so hard for just

teeth,

"Ren..."

state

quick, by now someone must've noticed that something was wrong...after

Everblood with red eyes, Matthew slowly

"Okay, I agree..."

Matthew's response, smiling widely, Everblood clapped his

of fun will await us in the

sensing something, he looked in the direction of the door with pity as

-Fwua!

it seems like someone

-Bang!

urgently walked into the room as

heard the sound of glass breaking. I've talked to

towards the direction of the door, Mathew soon

"Dad!"

on Matthew's father's face as his eyes remained fixed on the black humanoid creature that was

a demon

as his eyes flashed, Matthew smiled as he

"Yes, I did"

his eyes wide, Matthew's

killed a demon?!

Matthew's father quickly tried to dial

have to let them

-Spurt!

father opened his eyes wide.

"M-matthew!?"

-Spurt!

from his father's body as blood splattered all over

head, Matthew gently laid him down on the ground as he softly

you a bit longer but

gold-graded guild,

"W-why!?"

his father's question, the smile on Matthew's face disappeared as his

"Why you ask?!"

you just ask me

loud as he proceed

you don't even know your own

for a second, Matthew grabbed his father by the collar as he

think I wouldn't

at his son who was shouting

you

at him, Matthew's voice raised

ignorance with

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