Chapter 12: CHAPTER - 12 { What is 'it'? }
"What! Summoned demon!"
Busho was shocked by the news. I couldn't keep this one a secret and there was no reason to.
"She is strong for low class heroes, an S-Class hero is required to deal with her."
I had to warn him. Alice was a blood sucking demon and with her beauty it wouldn't be hard to get men to lust for her.
Using that, she could farm fresh blood.
And if it was possible to summon demons from otherworlds, then it was possible to get there as well.
Which worlds could I enter?
"Sir Thor, is it possible to summon more of these demons from otherworlds?"
"Yes. From what I saw, a ritual is needed."
"... Okay. Immediately inform all the S-Class heroes to be on high alert. If they find any cult activities, do not ignore them."
I turned and left the room. My work was here done, and there was no new mission for me.
Along the way I was greeted by many workers and staff members.
My reputation had already been established strongly in this world.
I was getting paid every month without even needing to go on missions, unless it was a dire situation or need for an S-Class hero.
* * *
Inside a dark cave, tens of people were gathered. Most were wearing black cloaks.
"Queen, that's all left of us."
An old man spoke with a weak voice. His age clearly got a good hold of him.
"Just these?"
Alice sat on a throne made of bones and narrowed her eyes at the few petty people.
And all of them were old, past their prime age.
"This isn't enough at all. I also wasted my powers on that bastard!"
She clenched her fingers. The now acting leader of the cult, shook his head and glanced at his cult members.
'It wasn't always like this.'
Sometimes in the past they were a prosperous group doing good works and gaining good deeds.
But as time passed, everything changed, all because of the fear of death.
"Where's the nearest village?"
"A few kilometers away towards the east."
The old man replied.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."
Alice stood up and left the cave together with all the cult members.
…
Early in the morning, Peter woke up from his sleep and stretched his arms and legs.
"Mom! What's breakfast?"
"Chicken, bread and rice with some vegetables!"
His mother answered from the kitchen in a happy tone.
Peter's family was from an agricultural background and they earned by selling some of their harvest to the cities.
This year the harvest was the best in a few years, they earned enough money to go without needing to sell their crops for 10 years.
So celebration was necessary. Tonight the family of three would go to the city for a family meal.
Unlike the village one would normally imagine in their mind, the villages in OPM were pretty modern.
Peter stepped down the stairs and headed towards the washroom.
…
"Who are they?"
"Is it that time of the year where loners cosplay?"
The villagers commented one after another as they saw a group of black cloaked with a tall woman leading them.
"Wow, she is so beautiful!"
"Do I have a chance with her?"
"She can fix me."
Alice looked around the village and found it very clean and the villagers were also healthy.
'Perfect.'
She nodded. After a while she and the cult members reached the center of the village.
The young men were excited while the old ones were curious.
The cult members circled around Alice and formed hand seals. A long line carved on the ground connecting each of them and her.
"Feed on them, my children!"
Alice muttered in a low voice, her eyes glowed brightly in scarlet light.
BOOM!
Like the explosion of a bomb, a sonic wave traveled throughout the entire village and engulfed all the villagers.
"Ahhhh!"
"Agge!"
Blood vessels popped out of their skin, their eyes bulging in red and their faces pale.
Slowly, the villagers seem to turn into red demons.
Among them, some special ones changed from the common blood demon to the avatar of the other demon races.
…
In the washroom, Peter slammed his forehead on the mirror and shattered it into uncountable pieces.
"Hahhhhh!"
His roared resonating in the room like the voices in the darkness of the abyss.
"MY!! HEAD!"
Peter widened his eyes in pain as he looked at his body that paled and cracks that appeared all over him.
A purple light emitted from inside him. From his shadow, dark hands emerged and grabbed him.
"NOOO!"
Just like that, he was pulled inside his own shadow.
Leaving behind a cold washroom with shattered pieces of mirror on the floor.
* * *
It was already night when I stepped out of the headquarters. I made my way towards the streets and saw people pointing their fingers at me.
This was my first time walking alone in the city with no company.
"Um, e-excuse me. Can we click a photo with you?"
I turned my head and looked at the three young ladies. They were slightly tense and afraid.
Looks like my status as a God was working.
"Hm."
I nodded my head and lowered my body to match with their heights, or so I did but these three ladies were too small.
Click!
The people around us noticed that I didn't reject taking photos so they approached me and asked for permission.
Very soon I was again surrounded by a large crowd and the police had to step in and control the crowd.
"Sir! Please!"
The policemen were desperate and requested for me to get in their car. Troubled, I quietly got in.
At the same time, I received a notification on the phone that the Hero Association gave me so I could contact them.
It wasn't the one that appeared in the manga, but just a modern model.
"Huh."
Two new S-Class heroes were approved by the committee members.
And I got some of their info.
Unnoticed by the policemen, a faint smile bloomed on my face.
S-Class Rank 10- King
S-Class Rank 11- Puri-Puri Prisoner
Finally, I could meet one of the legends of 'Hide it till you make it'.
King. I wonder what you would do if I challenged you to a duel.
Would you accept it? You certainly wouldn't. But what if the situation was made into something where you couldn't refuse?
Guess that might be your doom.
I sighed and gazed out the car window. The crowd was getting bigger and more aggressive.
"Sir, where should we take you to?"
The policeman in the driver seat asked, sweat rolling down his forehead.
It was pretty heated inside the car so the other policeman in the passenger seat turned on the A/C.
"Bowling. I want to try bowling."
I replied honestly. Watching television in the headquarters bored me and I wanted to move my body.
"Okay."
With that the police car zoomed on the road and disappeared around a corner far from the gathered crowd.
…
Unknown to Thor, his presence had gotten a bigger impact than he imagined in his mind and plan.
An existence hidden behind the curtains of space, sitting together with the glittering stars, pressed its hand on its chin.
Its figure was blurry, and also very clear. One moment it was there, and in another it wasn't.
The space folded, and the entity vanished. It was never there anymore.
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