Chapter 100: Chapter 100 Gura.
As a desperate struggle on Soma ends, Instinctively, he unleashes a level one lightning magic that sends an electric shock toward his opponent upon contact with skin. Despite being rare, lightning magic at an early stage had no means to attack the enemy in the long distance, and the user could only use the magic at a close distance as he did.
Devi, who was being caught off guard, her body jolted by the invading volts that jolted her body. It shocked her internal body and brain, halting her thought process briefly.
Soma also turned languid for a brief moment because the duration of the Oni Wrath skill is over, and he gets some penalty or cooldown time. It gave him a sense of loss, for his limbs went limp, devoid of any strength. However, his enemy was in sight. He didn't know where he would get this chance in the future.
Soma ordered his paralyzed body to move, gritting his teeth until it made a clattering sound, and he clenched both fists so tightly before striking Devi's face once more.
"Kahak.".
[Extra Skill Puppeteer activated]
"Aaaaaah!!!".
Soma let out a maddening howl like a wounded beast and kept sticking the woman's face. His eyes turned bloodshot and narrowed, for he only cared about finishing the woman before him. The onlooker looked at him with terror and pity towards the woman.
However, the couple Hiroshi and Hisako look toward the scene in sorrow, for they couldn't imagine what are the things that made Soma push himself and turn into a maddening beast like that. Initially, they intend to help Soma chase the demon woman who caused the disaster at that time. But, what they witnessed was something they never thought.
Soma, who usually had a calm nature, turned a hundred eighty degrees into violence.
Devi, being struck relentlessly, grits her teeth and focuses her sight. With swift movement, hold Soma's hands that have been delivering punches to her face. Her gaze was red in fury. This was the second time she had been humiliated by the same boy at that time. She clenched his hands hard and spitted some curse.
"You bastard?!".
Soma, whose hands were immobilized, bent his head backward before slamming it into Devi's nose. An unpleasant sound of broken bones echoed in the surroundings, sending a chilling sound to every onlooker who saw the fight scene. He realized that his hands were still grasped. Soma bent his head backward before striking her nose once again.
Because of the hard bones, Soma's forehead couldn't escape its fate, for it had a little tear, and it leaked blood that smeared his face, making him more menacing. Soma, whose brain was shocked, regained some clarity as his thoughts began to wander. "Why am I doing this?". Again, he struck Devi with his head, freeing his restrained hands before continuing to punch her.
"No, I have to kill this woman in front of me". He muttered those words as if trying to convince himself that the woman before him must die no matter what the cost.
[Extra Skill Puppeteer activated]
[Extra Skill Puppeteer: the highest level of suggestion skill that could control the user's consciousness and physical ability, making it work automatically from the deepest desire from the user, making him like a marionette]
"...You, ...monster?!".
Devi once again manages to grab Soma's hands and gives her time to catch her breath. She acted fast as she activated her fire magic, enveloping her whole body and radiating a high heat that could scorch a person alive.
However, her mind was so filled with the thought of escaping his restraint that she forgot the pact still bound their soul.
"Ack?!".
She opened her eyes wide as the intense, searing pain clutched her bare heart, making her unable to breathe. The agony was so fierce that her seven orifices leaked red liquid. Her movements were halted, and strength briefly left her body, making her a good punching bag for Soma.
Devi, who felt Soma's intent to free from her restraint, clenched both hands, trapping Soma's limbs from striking her again. Soma, unperturbed, bent his head backward, trying to head but her. But, after receiving it multiple times. Devi easily evaded the strike by shifting the position of her upper body a little, even though she was being restrained.
Soma missed his target and managed to strike the hard ground that shook his brain.
"Ouch?!".
Devi's body jolted as an immense sharp pain pierced her skin. Her right neck felt like it was on fire as it pulsed with each heartbeat, throbbing intensely from the pain. A crunching sound alarmed both her brain and flesh, sending a horrified agony that jolted her nerves.
"...Let me go, you beast".
Soma jerked his head upward and managed to bite a tiny piece of flesh around her neck, and eventually, his teeth also managed to tear the tiny silver chain that wrapped around her neck, hiding behind her outfit.
"You bastard, I won't forgive you!".
Hisako, who watched the event unfolding behind, covered her mouth dumbfounded and couldn't stand to witness the scene any longer than this. She had enough and intended to take a step forward to Soma's side, but saw somebody was flying to the other side. His body was rolled on the ground multiple times before it went limp, lying on his stomach, unmoving.
"So, ma?".
"Good grief, what happened to the information gathering I asked you?".
"..Kuuh, I am sorry Lord Gula".
"Geez, Because of Invidia, I will forgive you this time. You dare to interrupt my mealtime after all. But there will be no next time".
"Understood".
Devi, while suppressing her agony, raised her body and knelt in front of a chubby man who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Hisako".
Hiroshi, alarmed by the appearance of another party, stands before Hisako while taking his sword from the storage ring.
"Who are you?".
Within his hazy consciousness, he could hear other people's voices. The fleeting feeling his mind had became more evident as he regained his clarity. He tried to move his limbs, and the agony that assaulted his nerves awoke him from his slumber.
Soma, whose body was aching all over his body, gritted his teeth, for he still had some business he needed to finish. He tensed the muscles around his body, lifted his body and managed to stand on his trembling feet.
"Hooh?".
"Tch?!"
"Soma?!".
"...".
He heard a familiar voice and one unfamiliar voice directed at him. Then, he turned his gaze forward and saw an unknown man standing beside Devi, whose cover was ruined.
The man was 180 cm tall. His body was chubby, with thick muscle around his hands. He had a bald head and slit eyes with dark pupils that were covered by fat, wearing a black T-shirt and long blue jeans with black leather shoes, starting with an amazed expression on his face.
"To think he still conscious after receiving my blow, how amusing".
"Soma?!".
Hisako, alarmed by Gura's words, dashed toward Soma before she stood before him. Hiroshi maintains his vigilance to the two. He could feel it from instinct alone that the man in front of him was strong. He is so strong that he and his wife can't defeat him despite being an S-rank.
"Demon? There is a demon here?!".
One of the onlookers, still staying in place, opened his mouth, shouting loudly, alarming everyone who was once fleeing in panic. Hearing the frantic voice of the man, everyone in place turned their body and soon opened their eyes wide.
"Kyaaa!".
"It's true. There is a demon there?".
"Unbelievable, but wait? That appearance?!".
"Is that the woman that the kid beat up?".
Hearing one of the onlookers mention her getting beat up. She turns her glare at the person, and it terrifies him to the core as his butt slaps to the ground wetting his pants.
"Enough Devi, let's leave this place first".
"...Yes, Lord Gura".
The chubby man named Gura took some tiny sphere from the storage in his hands and intended to crush it between his fingers. However, a sudden curt voice stopped his fingers from moving further.
"Wait, you fat pig!".
That howl from the wounded boys sent an insurmountable chill for everyone around. Hisako and Hiroshi also turn to look at Soma, who let out a growl only to find his eyes open wide with bloodshot pupils, filled with tears in red fluid.
"Fat pig?!".