Book 4: Chapter 9: Burnout

Book 4: Chapter 9: Burnout

Scarlet

The screech continues to grow louder and louder as I move closer to it, only for the screeching to turn into what sounds like words. But theyre too quiet for me to clearly understand just yet. So I increase the sensitivity of my ears something I had rather low while in this place since I dont like being underground with my ears as I continue walking closer and closer until I can hear them rather clearly.

MINE!!!! MIIIIIINEEEEE!!!! MIIIIIIIIIIINNNEEEEEEE!!!!

I blink at that.

Well, thats not creepy at all.

It answers what Sin the demon has at least, Tar comments, and I almost subconsciously nod my head in response as I mutter, That it does

Wasnt expecting a Greed Sin demon here, but at least it makes things simple.

Kill the thing, take the crystals.

When someone threatens a demon with the Greed Sins personal possessions, they tend to lose their minds to their Greed if they arent very evolved demons like the kitsune. Although as Ive learned over the last few months, even the kitsune lose control sometimes. Like when one of the Noble kitsune demons decided they wanted to possess me themselves and attacked my guards only to be put down like a rabid dog.Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

Rather pitiful, but it did serve as a lesson that made that sort of thing only happen a few other times besides that one.

Despite my pain, despite the fact that I can barely breathe with how little blood I have left right now, me having burnt way too much of it to do that, I cant help but grin up at the ceiling as I lie flat on my back panting hard enough that Im sure I wont able to say anything for a little while.

You pushed yourself a little too far that time, Tar comments, sounding a little annoyed. Any more than that and you mightve ended up burning all of the blood in your body and killing yourself.

Yeah, sorry about that. I learned my lesson about using Blood of Ruin underground in an enclosed space when I almost drowned myself with my own blood a few weeks ago. So I didnt think there were really any other options to take it down.

Plus it did the job rather quickly, wouldnt you say?

Tar sighs before lying down next to me as we both wait for Blood Regeneration to regenerate enough of my blood for me to continue moving again. In the meantime I just have my Blood Shadow, that is still alive somehow, watch over us.

Just try to be more careful, Tar mutters, but he doesnt sound mad. Just a little worried.

Roger that, captain tanuki.

He snorts.

Now if only I could transmute blood with blood pull, then this blood loss wouldnt be an issue.

Instead I have to wait.