Chapter 32- Two Hearts Linked By Fate (Part 1)
The pieces of bloody flesh kept fidgeting and shaking violently. Rin knew that these things weren't what they looked like at all. The fact that it started doing such things meant that he was not going to face this demon alone.
Then, much to his surprise, the flesh parts started morphing and changing their shapes. The sloppy sound of bloody meat smashing against each other and deforming wasn't particularly the most pleasant thing to listen to. Rin felt nauseous merely from a glance at the horrible sight.
After doing that for almost 5 seconds, the pieces of meat stopped their deformation. Now, each part had legs, arms, and a torso as if they were some kind of creatures.
"My ability… 'Sane flesh' makes me able to create summons that obey me out of my own body. Amazing, isn't it?"
"Amazing my ass! That shit traumatized me!" Rin retorted with a huge frown. He was trying to hold the urge to puke his stomach out because of what he saw.
"Shut up!!! You will die anyway so you don't need to think of anything else."
'Not particularly the best thing to fight now. I don't want to even touch them.' Rin sighed before activating his 'appraisal' skill.
[Sane Flesh Summon]
[Rank: E-]
[Skill: None.]
'There are 20 of them.' He noted in his head.
"Catch that trash and shred him to pieces!!" The demon shouted at the top of her lungs.
Instantly, all the flesh summons started running toward Rin all at the same time. The sound of their sloppy feet hitting the ground was like a cursed melody to the ear.
Seeing such a thing, Rin didn't wait for a second and dashed to ward the other side of the corridor. His speed was luckily in the same realm as these monsters so they weren't able to close the distance between them that quickly.
[I never expected to witness this scene, host.]
'What scene?! I'm really in trouble here!!'
[The fact that you are running inside a corridor in a dungeon that is also a haunted mansion while getting chased by creatures made out of the flesh of a demon. Not many can experience this, host.]
'What the hell is even that?!!' Rin clenched his teeth and tried to accelerate even more. He felt adrenaline pumping into his veins endlessly.
*Slop* *Slop* *Slop*
The sound of the wet flesh hitting the wooden floor was getting closer and closer with every passing second.
Rin tried to take a peek behind him as he continued his run. It seemed that these creatures weren't brainless at all. In fact, what he saw now made him certain that they are actually quite smart.
One of them stopped moving and positioned itself in front of another summon. The latter then ran toward it and jumped on its hands. Instantly, the flesh summon was blasted into the air, crossing tens of meters in less than a second.
'What the fuck!!' Rin's eyes widened in shock.
The distance between Rin and the summons was instantly above Rin.
*BANG*
"Woaaaah!!"
Slamming the ground, Rin was shaken off balance by the punch.
"Fuck it!!"
Beside the boy was the edge of the balcony that leads to the first floor. He wanted to reach the stairs that led to the lower part of the house but because of this, he had no other choice but to erase that plan.
Using his left leg, he pushed himself into the balcony and then jumped down. The second floor was actually quite high, almost 30 meters in length.
"This was a bad ideaaaaaa!!!"
*Booommm*
Landing on a table to the side, he completely destroyed it along with the vase on top.
"Ugh…That hurts!"
However, Rin didn't have time to waste wincing in pain and quickly found a place to hide. The darkness helped him a lot in this.
The place he hid inside was a closet filled with tea cups and plates. There was luckily a space where he could sit comfortably.
*Slop* *Slop* *Slop*
The flesh summons soon reached the first floor and started looking around. They weren't able to see Rin when he jumped because of the ruckus that happened.
'Fuuh! That was close.' He took a deep and quiet breath as he watched the monsters search for him.
But, even he knew that eventually, these summonses will find him as they were 20 and they were also quite smart.
'I need to get rid of some of them secretly.'
That was his plan from the start. Even though he was technically weaker than them, he could at least kill them without a confrontation. Luckily, he had the power to do such a thing.
'There are small sources of light and a faint resemblance of shadows around each monster. It can work.' He thought.
Coincidentally, a smirk appeared on his face as his body blended with the darkness, completely vanishing from sight.
Rin then made his way through the big hall, searching for the best prey to start with. His eyes scanned every monster, he also made sure to note their position, where they were expected to move in the next 5 seconds, and also which one of them was the closest to him.
It was something that required extreme focus and high dexterity to execute the assassination perfectly.
Soon, one of the creatures walked far away from the others and stood near a table where it looked down under it to see whether Rin was there or not.
Using that opportunity, Rin closed the distance between them quickly and quietly. He then activated shadow manipulation and restricted the monster's movements.
In his hand was one of the daggers while the other hand moved in and restricted the monster's movement.
'Die.' He thought and slit the monster's throat or at least where he expected its throat was. Not much blood dripped down from there as it didn't even have that much blood inside of it in the first place.
[You have killed a Sane Flesh Summon.]
[Would you like to consume it?]
'Yes.'
Then, Rin hid again and waited for the consumption process to end. A few seconds, later another pop-up appeared in his eyes.
[You have gained 200 Action Points.]
'Damn! That much?!' He was delightfully surprised by the huge number of action points he got from this kill. But, when he thought about it, it was logical that he gets this much.
Not only was this monster a whole rank higher than him, but it was also a part of a D-Rank monster so the action points he can get from that are quite high.
'Which one is next?' He thought.
The night was still young and the hunt has only started. Weirdly, the one that was prey not long ago has suddenly turned into a predator that was eagerly waiting for one of his prey to come close to him so that he could kill it.
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Meanwhile, in the outside world. Rin was oblivious to what was happening there at all. His life was on the line so thinking about anything unnecessary for his survival was stupid.
A handsome middle-aged man was sitting on a sofa sipping a cup of coffee. As dignified and elegant as he looked drinking that coffee, anyone could see his face frowning and a dark aura was looming over him.
In front of him, a beautiful woman could be seen moving left and right as she bit her nails from time to time in hopes of easing her worries.
Both of them didn't talk nor did they even want to. Their minds were in chaos because of what happened.
Then, as they were like that, a beautiful girl came inside the room. Her face was not faring any better than the other two.
Seeing her, Selina quickly ran toward her.
"Did you find anything, Aria?!"
Her eyes had hope and despair in them as they gazed deeply at Aria's eyes. The expectant look was like daggers that dug deep into Aria's heart. However, the pain from such a gaze was nothing compared to the heart-wrenching worry she felt at that moment.
"I checked every other dungeon till the A-Rank dungeon and I couldn't find Rin. I-I… don't know what to do…" Tears welled up in her eyes as she tried to hold herself from crying.
Selina quickly wrapped her hands around her daughter and hugged her tightly. She knew how much Aria cherished Rin and loved him with all of her heart so the pain she was feeling must've been great.
"We will find him, honey. I'm sure we will find him." She tried to assure her, but deep down, Selina knew that those words were empty words she tried to ease her worries with.
Aria hugged her mother back and buried her face in her chest as wept silently.
It has been almost three days since Rin entered the dungeons yet he still didn't come back at all. The family became worried and entered the dungeon to search for him. However, much to their shock, the whole dungeon was cleared yet there was no trace of Rin at all.
The fear that he might've been killed swelled in their hearts. However, luckily, Damian made sure to add a small object to the bag that Rin carried with him. That object was a magic artifact that was used to check on a certain person. Using that artifact, they knew Rin was still alive which was a relief for them.
But, the problem was still there: Where is he?!
And to add fuel to the fire, on that same day, a visitor came knocking on their door. A visitor they didn't expect at all.
(A//N: Their first meeting is soon :) )
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