Chapter 74: Orangutan

Lucifer watched the other newcomers kill the people who were lying on the ground.

The ones who were lying on the ground were mercilessly killed by the newcomers since this was something that they must do in order to prove their worth.

However, the ones who were lying on the ground never screamed for help and they just acted as if they already accepted their deaths.

Well, that was only normal. After all, the mental fortitude of these people was already broken and they can no longer function as living creatures.

They...are just dolls with a washed-up soul living in it.

And that was because of the continuous tortures that have been done to them over the course of years and years.

Right, these people have been tortured for years and there was nothing they can do about it.

What's more, they...were just tortured without any meaning or purpose at all. They were just grabbed from their house, and some men that they haven't even met began to torture them without telling why.

And that fact alone broke these people more than the torture itself. These people knew from the bottom of their hearts that they did nothing that should warrant a cruel action such as torture, but...they were still tortured.

Even a veteran of a battlefield would break down if something like this happens even though he knew that there was nothing going on.

Anyway, these people were killed by all of the 68 newcomers.

It took quite a lot of time since there were some newcomers who vomited and hesitated to kill, but they were still able to force themselves to kill.

After all, if they didn't kill...they would be the ones to be killed.

This was the type of 'project' that they joined, and each of them knew very well what this project was.

Practically everyone living in the slums knew that their only one way to succeed in life is to grab on the sharp knife called Warmester Denoble House and hopefully use it to their benefit.

That was why every newcomer was able to kill despite hesitating and lamenting over the act of killing.

Incidentally, these people were demons, the newcomers. However, even though they are demons, they are kind as well.

Just like how there are various humans, there are various demons existing in the Hidden world.

And when it was finished, there were still a lot of people lying on the ground.

The 68 newcomers only killed 68 people - each to their own target.

And when they were done, they were congratulated by a stern-looking man who also said some kind of speech in front of the newcomers.

Of course, the speech was about the newcomers being admitted to the Warmester Denoble House and that they are now free to go to their rest houses.

The 68 newcomers were then escorted by someone who seems to be a veteran in this field as they were led to their own rooms and so on.

And all of these events were watched and observed by Lucifer, who was...a little bit confused right now as he looked at Rouge.

The reason why he was confused is that...Rouge made it look like it was going to be hard for the newcomers to be admitted.

However, from what it looks like in the current situation, it was just...to kill people and that was it.

Even for Lucifer who was disgusted by how the Warmester Denoble House operates, he still knew that this was an easy way for newcomers to be admitted to the Warmester Denoble House, which is why he was confused.

If it was this easy to be admitted in the Warmester Denoble House, why did Rouge make it look like it was going to be hard?

In fact, due to Rouge making it look like it was going to be hard, Lucifer thought that it was going to be a contract or something like that.

That was why...Lucifer was utterly confused at this point, but there was nothing he can do about it since Rouge was talking with someone.

Rouge has been talking with someone ever since the newcomers' test had ended, and since it has been quite some time since the test ended, these two people were talking for a lot of time now.

And that was also why Lucifer could only look at Rouge and the other person who Rouge was talking to.

'Hmm...he's the one who made the newcomers kill and the one who made the speech.' Lucifer thought as he observed the other man.

However, Lucifer didn't really care about this man at all as he was just really curious about what Rouge said and what happened just now with the newcomers and all that.

'There should be more than this...it would be absurd if this is the admission test that he meant.'

Right, for Lucifer, if this was the admission test that Rouge meant, it would just be ridiculous and absurd at the same time.

After all...it was so easy that one would be able to enter the Warmester Denoble House at any moment one wants.

However, it seems that Lucifer didn't have the time to think about this anymore as Rouge finally turned around and raised his hands towards Lucifer.

"Oy! Come here, I'll introduce you to Orangutan," Rouge said as he shouted out loud for Lucifer to hear.

It seems that Rouge and Orangutan were on pretty close terms since Rouge wasn't using any stiff and was clearly comfortable around Orangutan.

Anyway, when Lucifer finally heard Rouge speak out to him, he quickly reacted and walked up to Rouge.

He then spoke, "What is it?" with quite a hoarse voice.

Although the way Lucifer acted was a little bit rude, Rouge didn't mind it and Orangutan didn't mind it as well.

Incidentally, Orangutan was a pretty big man who was towering over Rouge right now. He was also towering over Lucifer, but that was not all as Orangutan's face was...small compared to the rest of his body.

This was such a weird look that Orangutan's nickname became the Small Giant, which basically means his head and body.

"This is Orangutan, I'm sure that you've seen him do that speech in front of the other newcomers, and he is also one of your superiors, so be sure to be polite to him," Rouge said as he looked back in forth between Orangutan and Lucifer.

Lucifer just bowed his head as he played the character that he created ever since this plan started and spoke, "Hello."

And when Orangutan heard that, he just laughed out loud, "Kuhahaha, so this is a promising newbie that even Rouge accepted, huh?!"

Orangutan and Rouge were friends way before they achieved their current ranks. They were comfortable around each other, and they helped each other as well to reach their current ranks.

Incidentally, Orangutan was not from the slums. He just really formed a friendship with Rouge when he was also a newbie that the Warmester Denoble House recruited 'normally.'

Anyway, since Orangutan and Rouge knew each other for a while now, Orangutan knew that Rouge's standards were so high that even the Warmester Denoble House's standards would only be ashamed in front of his standards.

Of course, Rouge was just using the Warmester Denoble House's standards for the project since that was the protocol, but...the main point is that...Rouge's standards were so high, yet he is actually saying that he is recommending someone and that he praises this someone as a promising newcomer?

Orangutan couldn't believe it at first when he heard it come out of Rouge's mouth, but now that Orangutan was looking at Lucifer, he could finally understand how Rouge, with his high standards, is recommending him.

After all, even though Orangutan still hasn't seen Lucifer in action, Lucifer was just oozing out with some kind of aura that makes even Orangutan shrink back a little bit.

Of course, just because Lucifer had this aura doesn't really mean that he was stronger. At least, that's what Orangutan knew and believed.

Anyway, when Orangutan said those words, Rouge quickly replied to him with a satisfied grin on his face, "That's right. Isn't he pretty strong? I checked him out myself, and he passed my tests with flying colors."

Rouge said, and Orangutan quickly replied with words of shock and amazement for the newcomer.

After all, this was the first time Orangutan heard someone pass Rouge's tests with flying colors.

The two talked some more right in front of Lucifer, but Lucifer didn't really mind it now.

He...was using this wasted time to find out more about the surroundings, but...there was something that caught Lucifer's attention from Orangutan and Rouge's conversation.

And that was...

"Anyway, the newcomers are going to kill people for 30 days straight, right? Can't you spare this guy from doing something like that? I assure you that he can kill. I just don't want his time to be wasted doing something like that," Rouge said.

And what he said was...something that even shocked Lucifer.

'Hmm...so that was it. They are going to make the newcomers kill for 30 days straight...really, this is just straight-up ugly.' Lucifer thought.