Chapter 38 - The Scheming Ground

Somewhere in the outskirts of Mahogany City, inside a luxurious room, souls wailed within a chimney.

Their bodies burned and burned as their wails soothed the feelings of the individuals present.

*BAMM!*

A green-skinned demon with a good pair of longhorns punched a table and shattered it to shreds!

"Lord Gleipnir, please..." A sexy demoness tried to appease him but the demon only grabbed her by the head, and crushed it against the floor!

*SPLACK!*

The demoness' brain cells rained everywhere as the man viciously took something from inside her brain and ate it!

*BAANGG!!*

"Do you think Demon Soldiers are found in trees, whore!? Zagato!" He yelled at the demoness corpse and kicked before yelling a name.

"Yes my Lord..." A demon butler entered the room with a bow, his skin was also green.

"I want you to hunt that bastard! Bring him before me! He must be a bronze soul!" The demon took a seat and addressed the butler.

"My Lord, that might not be the best option, Lord Sandmortelle has his eyes on him, moreover... I'm not... a demon soldier" the butler stuttered and his expression paled when the Demon Magistrate suddenly towered in front of him!

"Are you going against my orders? Do you think I care about that bastard? So what if you're just a measly demon? I'm telling you... to bring him to me..." His demonic voice spits on the butler's face.

If that human managed to kill a demon soldier, what will he do with a normal demon!?

It has been ages ever since a human killed a demon soldier in this city or any nearby city.

Silence ensued for a minute with only the wailing humans burning in the chimney.

"But my Lord... he could have already told Marques Warcroft... if we involve ourselves in this matter more than necessary... it's going to spoil the faction's plans to the Marques."

"..." For one, the big gree demon magistrate, Gleipnir, stopped to think.

"... I want you to keep an eye on him, just from afar, if you see no signs of Sandmortelle's party involving on this... then bring me his crystal!"

"Yes my lord." The butler nodded and left with a sense of relief, he dodged a bullet.

...

Gleipnir took one of them from the chimney and without even stopping for a second, with his enormous strength split him in two!

*SPLAT!*

The human wailed in despair but not for long, his whole upper body got eaten by Gleipnir in one go.

'... I'll get your crystal, bastard, just you wait...'

If he got himself a bronze soul, he wouldn't need many to step into the next rank and become a Count, maybe then would those bastards from the faction take him seriously.

***

Fayette covered herself in a hood and walked down the road looking for somewhere to get food from, her mind was full of plans and schemes... after a long period of convincing, she managed to convince Valentine to let her go and get food.

She had to get food for a few days as they didn't intend to leave until he's okay.

'Now that Vale showed his prowess, they're going to hunt us, we have to leave this city... but then... what? where to go?'

So far they had been lied upon so much that they didn't even know who to believe anymore.

They had learned from that demon in the exchange shop where the next city was, but that city isn't anti-violence... however, this city hasn't been much of a relief even though it is anti-violence, her consciousness was telling her that the other city would be way worse.

Just as she was crossing through the street she saw an alleyway to the side, there, something shone.

Like a mirror that's been set on an angle and is reflecting the sun, but there is no sun here.

'...?' Her curiosity got immediately picked by what could it be that was shining in there and she approached only to relent in the next second and shake her head.

They accorded to not use the alleyways.

'It's not a good idea- HMN!?'

*BANG*

She felt her body get pushed by someone into the alleyway!

The few demons that managed to notice this swift movement only smirked and continued with their own lives!

...

Inside the alleyway, Fayette growled as she felt how someone locked her by the neck as she struggled!

"!&$&·$/$&/&"((("

She heard the man say something that she didn't understand.

From the front she managed to catch the glimpse of another man, he was in his forties and his eyes full of greed stared not only at her body but also at the bag of coins hanging from her waist!

"%&()/=?))(&/!"

!!!

The commander's eyes shone in outrage, she wasn't going to fall here!

The moment the man approached with the intent of copping a feel of her body and picking her bag, she lifted her leg and kicked him!

"FUCK YOU!"

*BAANG!*

Using the momentum she jumped and somehow managed to make the man behind lose his grip!

Some of her items fell on the ground but she managed to release herself!

"!&%·$&)(/&=)-UHG!!!" The man that had her in a lock yelled some unintelligible things but the first thing she did was to give him a roundhouse kick!

The kick was so strong that she pushed his whole weight against the wall.

The other man came to fight her and they engaged in a fight where Fayette got surprised at this person's skills despite his clear perverted nature.

The other man recovered from the hit and lounged at her, but she evaded one punch by ducking, then the skilled man's fist by leaning to the side, she used the momentum to impulse herself in a jump and kicked the first man's back!

"UGH!!" The man groaned and fell on the floor while Fayette managed to land on the other side of the alleyway, not wasting time she attacked the first man while the other was on the floor.

The man in his forties cursed once again in a language she didn't understand and lounged at her, not wanting to waste time she bit her lips and prepared to draw her knife, they didn't know she's armed, and that's her advantage.

At one point she saw an opening in the skilled man as the other recomposed himself, he kicked her calf and she took the chance by replicating the same kick, it was a standard Muay Thai low kick.

*BANG!*

"AHHH!!"

The two leg's shins met up in a clash that resulted in the man's loss, Fayette groaned a little and stumbled but the man held his leg in pain and that was her chance.

He didn't even have time to tell when Fayette took out the knife and sliced towards his neck!

*SLASH!*

Blood splurted and the other thief paled when he saw that!

"$"&·%/!!!!" He gave Fayette not a gallant glare but a scared glare and tried to run.

Sadly, the commander didn't intend to leave witnesses, she initially wanted to just knock them out, but since they not only carried on but even dared try to molest her, there is no mercy for those.

As the man reached the end of the alleyway into the avenue, a pair of arms took him by the neck, very much the same way he had taken Fayette and dragged him in!

*SLASH!*

***

***

Fayette exhaled deeply, walking towards the nearest restaurant, now with bloodied clothes.

'A single day in the "anti-violence" city and someone already tried to rob and possibly abuse me... don't get into the alleyways, noted'

She placed the two crystals in one of her pockets, these crystals were different, they're Onyx crystals.

'They didn't even last a week...' She sighed at her clothes and entered the first restaurant she saw, she only wanted to go back to her man as quickly as possible.

But when looking at the menu, she felt like throwing up!

!!!

'Human parts again? Is this some kind of cannibal restaurant?'

She thought, the restaurant looked so luxurious and well-versed like a Michelin restaurant back in France, but it was a cannibal restaurant!?

Her eyes widened the next second.

It was at that moment that it dawned upon her... it's not 'cannibal' because they're not supposed to be the customers, they're the food.

Chills went through her body, maybe that first restaurant they went to get their pastries was the only normal one, that's why he brought them there, and that's why it was far away, clearly that restaurant was the 'exception' not the rule.

This is the rule...

She turned to the side and several demons had their eyes on her while the scarce humans that passed nearby stared at her with clear disgust!

"Hello deary~ we haven't had a customer from the circle of gluttony for a long time, what can I get you~?" A purple-skinned sexy demoness with short green hair approached and winked at Fayette.

"..." The attitude of these demonesses pissed her off.

"D-Do you have... normal food?" Fayette bit her lips.

"Oh?" The demoness tilted her head cutely at the request.

"I mean, chicken, cow meat... tofu? or something like that...?"

"Oh? I see you haven't been here long, I thought you were from the circle of gluttony" The demoness answered with a 'smile'.

"..."

"You're so cute~ you see, the kind of 'food' you're looking for, is very hard to find in this place, but... I could find it for you" The demoness played with Fayette's hair but the latter managed to get away.

"... And what do I have to give in exchange? I can pay you..." at least she could bargain.

"Pay me? it will cost you, but I can give you a discount if you give me some..." she licked her lips, "service..."

Fayette evaded her gaze, she already knew what kind of service it is, but... she needed to ask.

"What kind of service...?"

"Your soul of course~ with a beauty like you, then... sex, I want to have sex with you... I haven't seen a human so pretty in a while, are you a protector?~" The demoness put the menu aside and sat on the chair, her breasts wiggling ever so slightly inside her tight dress.

It's not every time they see customers that looked so 'clean' because, yes... even with all that blood on her, that's still clean.

Fayette groaned in annoyance, so they even offer this to other females, as expected of demons, they don't have any constraint.

And once again this thing of 'protectors'...

"Yes, I'm a protector... and no, I won't give you any service." That's all it took for Fayette to shake her head and stand up to leave but the demoness took her hand!

"Wait, what if I don't get your soul? let's just do it... I won't take your soul I promise!" The demoness stared at Fayette's heterochromatic eyes as if infatuated!

"I'm taken and I don't swing that way either..." Fayette shook her arm off and ran out of the shop, she needed to get food for Valentine.

The demoness sighed, it's not every day you see such a human bombshell, the blood on her clothes made her even sexier!