Volume 5 - CH 31

Act 5-31: Repulsive Play

――5 km south of Ket Nya.

Sad, the boss of Sad Terror suddenly fell on her knees, suffering as she scratched her throat.

「B-Boss? Are you okay?」

Her female aide saw Sad’s face with worried expression while patting her back,

「Eh?」

She suddenly raised a hysteric voice. That was only natural since Sad’s face suddenly became flabby.

「HIIIII!?」

That moment, something that used to be Sad suddenly stretched its hand, gripping the female aide who raised a scream by her collar. And then, their flabby faces suddenly flattened.

「IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!」

The head of the thing that used to be Sad suddenly wrapped the upper-half of the body of the female close aide as she raised a scream.

――CRUNCH!

The sound of crushed bones and chewed meat resounded in the area. The female close aide who lost her upper-half then plopped on the ground.

Short time later, Sad’s entire body suddenly let out a creaking sound, her skin started burbling as if it was boiled.

And then, what used to be Sad transformed into a lanky blue haired man, Sugar.

「That was close. I’ve underestimated them. Turned out the natives of this continent had such monsters among them.」

Sugar stretched a little to check the condition of his new body.

「Well, I won’t let my guard down for next time though.」

Sugar licked his lips. Though he felt humiliated to be defeated by someone he looked down to, it was another story if the other party was a strong foe. For Sugar who lacked the general concept of death, a battle to death against a powerful foe was an important exercise to keep him entertained.

「Great, that guy is the be~st! Now I can’t wait to eat him after driving him into the deepest hell!」

He wrapped his arms around his body with intoxicated look on his face, wondering how delicious the taste of the foe who just killed him was, after he cornered the said foe. But, before that――

「I should’ve a meal first.」

When Sugar turned around at the cat-faced boy who trembled in fear in the corner,

「HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!」

The boy raised a shriek.

Sugar had a special power, a power to restore his physical strength and magical power by consuming the other living creatures. As a result of his previous defeat, he was so exhausted to the point that he was forced to possess Sad’s body. That power was enough to defeat any normal foe but, for an opponent of that caliber, he need his real body. Otherwise, victory was nothing more than a pipe dream. Or if his blonde haired foe was caught unprepared.

「It’s okay, it isn’t painful. It’ll end in a second.」

The boy tried to step back when Sugar approached him but,

「Too bad for you, the previous meal is your last supper.」

「Eh？」

Someone came from behind the boy, circling around Sugar and caught Sugar’s neck from behind and pulled him back, a man’s voice resounded. When Sugar tried to see his assailant, it turned out to be a youth with a common face and seemingly weak at glance.

「Who, the hell are you?」

The youth’s sheer of arrogance made Sugar wonderign whether the youth was a strongman or just a fool.

「Me? My name is Kai Heineman.」

「Surprisingly common name.」

""

「—!?」

Sugar, who felt tremendous killing intent bursting forth from behind him, turned around and saw a beauty with a monocle standing behind him.

W-Who in the hell is this guy!? This is the first time I see such a malicious being.

Moreover, Sugar was also curious in how he failed to detect the presence of the two newcomers even though they were so close to him.

No, it isn’t just the black haired beauty. That black haired brat is the same. No matter how hungry I am, I would never let my guard down even during meal. Previously, only one person managed to achieve such feat before Sugar.

Sugar’s survival instinct screamed, telling him that the two newcomers were bad news.

He retreated to take some distance from the two, but then his nape of neck got captured  again.

「Eh?」

Then he felt as if his head wasn’t in its place.

「Don’t waste your time. Just show your true self.」

Once again, he threw into the air, and then falling on the ground with the most unsightly state.

「Give it up and just show yourself, even if you evolved from small fry and become king of small fry, you’re just a small fry. In fact, you’re not even worthy to stand before my master.」

Said the beautiful man with a monocle as they looked at Sugar as if he was interior to trash on the roadside.

「Well, I might be lacking eloquent speech but, even then I don’t understand what you mean.」

「Is that so? Well, he should at least feel honoured that I call him small fry.」

「Oh whatever. Let’s continue our conversation.」

The corners of the youth’s lips rose up as he looked down at Sugar.

「HIIIII!?」

Sugar ended up letting out such indescribable scream the moment he saw the native, or rather, the human revealed a smile befitting of an evil god which sent a terror that he never felt before running down his spine. Sugar’s body reacted spontanously, his body sprung backward, taking a stance to face the monster in human skin before him.

「Since I’m in a really good mood right now, let me give you a chance.」

「C-Chance?」

A chill running down his spine. He experienced a terror that he never felt before but…

「Yes, it’s a chance called game of tag.」[TL: Game of Darkness.]

「Game… Of tag?」

The black haired youth then placed a hourglass on the ground.

「Yes. This will be your last entertaiment activity before going to the next life. Try to escape from me till all the sand fell to the bottom of the hourglass. I’ll let you off if you can escape from me. But if I catch you――Yes, you will become Belze’s toy till you die.」

「This isn’t even a game anymore. Not to mention that you even allowed Belze to have his share of fun. Killing him once for all seems like your greatest act of benevolence now.」

Hearing the remark of the beauty with monocle,

「But this idea sound original right?」

The black haired youth shrugged his shoulder and then touched his chin.

「Agreed. Though I don’t think this small fry can escape from you, Master.」

「DON’T SCREW WITH ME~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!」

Sugar had finally snapped when he heard the conversation of the two who clearly saw him as something worth even less than than an insignificant pebble on the roadside, he had completely forgotten about his fear towards the unknown.

Sugar even started to think that the chill he felt was only in his imagination. Most savage native had a special power called a gift. And he guessed that the two natives before him had power that amplified his vigilance and fear. If that was the case, Sugar felt it was only natural for him to feel the indescribable terror from a while ago.

Yes, this Sugar had never experience such fear from the native of this place.

But, the same fear from the blonde haired man who killed me before, and it was a fact that I can’t even detect the movement of the black haired youth before. I mustn’t let my guard down, time to go all out!

""

Sugar released the beast within him. His skin started to boil, his bones creaking, and his muscle gained even more power. Sharp fangs grew at once from his mouth, he became the strongest creature in the legend. His body grew at least ten times bigger. The current form made him felt like an omnipotent god.

「DON’T GET TOO FULL OF YOURSELF, YOU LOWLY NATIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!」

He leapt forward, planning to kill the black haired youth with his sharp claws but, his throuat suddenly caught by a burly right arm.

『Feeh?』

When he raised his voice in confusion. A hand grew from his body with nothing in there before, caught him by his neck, stopping Sugar on his track.

「I’m not looking down on you. I just feel really elated right now since the 1st trial finished without  a hitch. That’s why I proposed this game to give you a chance. I’m not interested in beating small fry like you after all.」

「HOW DARE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!」

The hand gripped on Sugar’s neck like a vise. The hand was completely unperturbed no matter how much he rampaged.

（HIIIIIIIII!?）

The black aura coming out from the black haired  youth’s hand which gripped on Sugar’s neck started to coil around his body, the body that he hijacked from Sad started to crumbling down as if something eroded it from inside.

「Woops, almost killing you by mistake.」

The black haired youth released Sugar from his grip, the released Sugar plopped on his rear.

「Yup, if this guy died here, he’s going to look for another host after all, that’s why the best option is to make him into Belze’s toy, right?」

（HOLY FU*CKING CRA*P! THIS GUY IS A REAL BAD NEWS!）

Maybe because they could see through Sugar, he thought that the other party was definitely not the natives of the land. In short, they were unidentified being like him.

（Gimme a break!）

Sugar was desperate. And when he looked around desperately to find a way to save himself, he saw that.

He leapt toward the cat-faced boy, caught him and pointed his sharp claws toward the boy.

「Stop right there! Otherwise, I’m gonna kill this guy!」

He would use this moment to commit suicide and escape with his possession skill. He wanted to get away from the two monsters before him as soon as possible. Anyhow, Sugar could never beat them. The only one who could win against them might be his superior.

He thought that the two would fall into panic and yet, the black haired monster looking at him as if he was the most pitiful creature in this world.

「Do it.」

He spoke such simple remark.

「I’M SERIOUS! I really am going to hil this guy!」

「That’s why I told you to try and do that, if you can, that’s it. Right, Girimekhala?」

『As you wish!』

The head of the cat-faced boy suddenly turned 180 degree, looking at Sugar. The nose of the boy got elongated as a pair of huge tusks came out from his mouth, his eyes were bloodshot, and his pupil shone like black pearl staring down at Sugar.

『HIIIIIIIIII!?』

He tried to retreat immediately but, it felt like his movement was restricted by the black mist.

「So? Will you accept this game or not? I happen to be in a good mood after all. Either way, I would come you know?」

Sugar realized that if not for the little game they played, Sugar’s life and dignity would’ve trampled underfoot ti them a while ago. And from the black haired youth’s remark, he knew that the monster in human skin wouldn’t even let him to die, he would sufferr forever,

「No…」

「Uhm?」

「NOOOOOOOOOOOO!」

Sugar had finally snapped under the pressure.

「It seems you want to participate in the game. Then let’s start the game.」

When the black haired youth snapping his fingers, the black mist appeared

Sugar stood and escaped from the two of them on foot.