Chapter 90: Selection

"Ah, I forgot about you since I was in this situation, but you were still here, huh," Lucifer's voice resounded out in Rouge's ears.

Of course, when Rouge heard Lucifer's words, he turned his head to look at him almost immediately with a shocked look on his face.

Well, it was just because Rouge was still unable to understand what was going on in this room.

The 6 pillars lying unconscious, and the Patriarch suddenly collapsed suddenly on the ground.

And the reason why the strong people in Rouge's eyes were lying on the ground was because of Lucifer.

Even though Rouge didn't really see what happened, he was sure that Lucifer was the one who did those things.

That was why...Rouge could suddenly feel a fear for Lucifer that he didn't feel before.

Rouge didn't know anything about Lucifer anymore. He thought he did, he thought he knew him, but not now.

And the most fearsome known to a man...is the unknown.

Every man, no matter how tough they look or how strong they are, will fear the unknown since it is the unknown.

Of course, not the really strong ones such as the Hell Gods. There was a reason why 'God' was included in their title.

Either way, it was the truth that in this situation, for Rouge, Lucifer was unknown to him.

He didn't know anything about him, and he didn't know his strength, identity, purpose, literally everything.

And that...alone is enough to make Rouge, the man who killed at a very young age and murders people for a living, be scared out of his wits.

However, it's not like Rouge can just be scared all the time.

Even though Lucifer was unknown to him, there was something that Rouge knew very well in this situation.

He knew that Lucifer...was an enemy to the Warmester Denoble House, and that makes him...a target for elimination.

However, Rouge knew that he is no match for Lucifer, which is why...he spoke.

"You...what did you do...do you understand what you've done? I don't know if you killed them or what, but if you did...then consider taking your own life now."

"After all, if the Warmester Denoble House catches you, you would definitely wish you were dead," Rouge said as he started to sweat all over his body while trying to look as calm as possible on the surface.

There was a reason why Rouge was saying these words to Lucifer, and it was because he wanted Lucifer to kill himself.

If Lucifer would just kill himself, Rouge wouldn't have to waste his time fighting him or whatever, and he would be able to subdue the enemy perfectly as well.

In other words, Rouge was just trying to trick Lucifer.

Of course, it was a real threat since the enemies of the Warmester Denoble House have always ended up dead somewhere yet they are still alive.

Right...they were dead yet still alive. It was just like the demons who the newcomers killed the first time they came here.

However, if Lucifer did really kill the 6 pillars and the Patriarch, there's just no way that the Warmester Denoble House would be able to catch him and punish him.

Their strongest fighters would be dead by him, and it was by the hands of Lucifer, no less.

That was why Rouge was just trying to trick Lucifer.

Of course, it didn't work as Lucifer knew what Rouge was trying to do right away.

"Come on. I know that you didn't really see how I killed those guys, but did you really think that someone who can fight against them will fall for petty tricks just like that?"

"Here I thought that you would be useful as the decorate head for the Warmester Denoble House, too...but it looks like you are just another trash that doesn't have its use," Lucifer said as he looked at Rouge with disappointment in his eyes.

Right, Lucifer planned to make Rouge the dummy head for the Warmester Denoble House after he cleans them up.

This would mean that Lucifer wouldn't have to mind the gossips surrounding the Warmester Denoble House since Rouge would be the one to take them, and he would be able to make the Warmester Denoble House work for him as well.

This would become his organization, but...Lucifer didn't plan to join them too deep.

After all, the Warmester Denoble House is connected to the Zacharath Kingdom.

That was why Lucifer just thought of using them until he can properly form his own organization.

As the Warmester Denoble House was a big denoble house and already had its own four organizations, they would do well as a temporary organization for Lucifer.

If the Warmester Denoble House doesn't accept Rouge as the head, then...Lucifer would just have to think up some other ways for them to accept him.

Strength and power are the only deciding factors in the underground world, anyway.

"Decorate head? Are you planning to make me the head of the Warmester Denoble House under you?" Rouge asked as his eyebrows wriggled a little bit.

It seems that Rouge was able to understand what Lucifer meant.

However, Lucifer didn't answer Rouge at all. He was just looking at the Grim Reaper that he summoned, Grimmy.

Lucifer thought that he should make Grimmy do its work now since it would really be bad if some other enemy comes here and tries to fight Lucifer.

Although Lucifer would definitely be able to win, he was also sure that his body would just get in a worse situation.

"Alright, Grimmy. Possess someone, and then heal me using their body," Lucifer said as he looked at Grimmy with a flat look on his face.

Well, his face wasn't really that noticeable at this point as he was just covered with blood.

"O-oy, I'm talking to you!" Rouge tried to interject between Lucifer and Grimmy as he...didn't know what to do in this situation, and he just thought that it would be better to keep the conversation going.

After all, who knows when Lucifer would kill him. It would be better to keep it going and wait until someone comes in here and fight together against Lucifer.

However...even Grimmy didn't give Rouge a chance to continue the conversation as Grimmy dropped the chain weapon on its hands on the ground.

Although it dropped on the ground, it didn't make a sound or anything like that.

It just...dropped to the ground, and vanished just like that as the wind blew it out.

But that was not all that Grimmy did as Grimmy began to move towards the corpses.

There were a total of 7 seven corpses on the ground, and Grimmy began to observe them one by one with its keen non-existent eyes.

There was a reason why Grimmy was doing something like this.

'He's choosing the perfect body that can give me nourishment. Sigh, although this is a convenient technique of Grimmy, he can only do it once at a time so he has to pick the right one,' Lucifer thought as he watched Grimmy.

Right, Grimmy can only do this once so he has to pick the perfect body that can give the most nourishment to Lucifer.

And by nourishment...it means healing, but in a rawer way than just healing Lucifer's wounds.

Grimmy would decompose the body and then compact it as some kind of healing mana, and Lucifer's body would naturally react to it.

Lucifer's body would take it in, and the body will receive some kind of power-up.

And since his body would receive some kind of power-up, Lucifer's body will start regenerating on its own and then start to return to its original condition.

Of course, it wouldn't really heal Lucifer back to his prime or something like that, but this would be enough for his current condition.

Anyway, it seems that Grimmy was finally able to choose a body as he started to float over someone's corpse.

And that corpse was...it was, obviously, War's body.

There was a reason why War was named War and it was because he was literally the strongest out of the 4 leaders of the 4 organizations.

Of course, there were still the right-hand and the left-hand man of the Patriarch, but...their bodies weren't that refined when compared to War's body.

Incidentally, Grimmy didn't even look at the Patriarch since the Patriarch's body was...just dry.

The only reason why the Patriarch was able to live for so long was because he was using his mana to live a little bit longer.

His body was no longer in the right condition to live, so it was obvious that Grimmy wouldn't even look at him.

"Oh, it started," Lucifer murmured as he saw Grimmy enter War's body.

"W-what the hell is going on...oy! What did you do now! Why is that thing entering Sir War's body?!" Rouge shouted out loud as fear became evident in his face.

And when Lucifer heard that, he just had a wide grin on his face.

"You'll know soon enough."