99 To Kill or Not to Kill

"You know I actually thought you were dead! You nearly gave me a heart attack!! I felt absolutely nothing when I felt your pulse! How did you do it?" Moby asked with a mix of worry and enthusiasm. 

"Well… With my new evolution, I noticed that I had more control over my powers than before, allowing me to transform certain parts of my body instead of all of it. So, I changed my heart into the heart of a dead animal for the split second that you felt my pulse. It was really painful but you were the one who felt the true pain… All I wanted to do was to see if I could bait you into saying that you loved me which didn't work as well as I wanted it to. So, I just tried to make it seem like it was a prank instead of a bait… " 

"STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY MOBY OR ELSE I WILL SHOVE MY FIST SO FAR UP YOUR…" Natalia kept on screaming in the background, looking almost like a dog trying to break out of its leash. 

"Don't worry about it! It's all in the past! And at least now you know how much I truly care about you! Plus, I now know how I would feel if I actually lost you…" Moby said with a smile, slowly playing with Jayden's long, silky, dark blue hair making her cheeks go slightly more red. 

"Also, I have another question for you. How are you almost fully healed? And how has Alex's condition stabilized already? I could have sworn that he was almost dead a few minutes ago." Moby asked in confusion. 

"Well… You wouldn't believe how strong our demon regeneration is. Especially in our evolved state. I am convinced that as long as we are not dead, we can regenerate from anything! I woke up only a little bit ago. I still heard the sound of you and skank fighting but I was too weak and injured to be able to properly help you out. If anything I would have just been a hindrance. So, I transformed into one of my teammates who had a healing ability and healed myself and Alex with the last of my remaining mana and demon energy."

"Then, as I was still healing myself, I heard a scream ring through my ears that was extremely loud even from here. I think it was you saying "How many times do I gotta say this? Shut the fuck up!" which is when I assumed that you had won the fight."

"And, as soon as I finished healing Alex back to a stable condition, I heard the sound of someone coming in this direction which I of course knew was you because I had no doubt in my mind that you would be the victor. So then I quickly went to play dead where I laid before and did the "Prank" that I had just told you about," Jayden replied with a smile.

"Hmmmm… yes … a quick thinker like always!" Moby said with a chuckle. 

"Ohh… That… I think it was my sin mode. But at the same time, it didn't feel like my sin mode. It felt really weird. I don't really know how to describe it. But don't worry about me! I was only in that pain because I thought that I had lost you forever! Not from the transformation! As you can see, I am completely fine Now! Plus, you did say that it looked really cool so, in the end, it was all worth it!" Moby replied with a hearty laugh. 

"Also, how did the fight go? I see virtually no injuries on you? Was it really that easy?" Jayden asked with enthusiasm. 

"Well of course it was that easy! It was a piece of cake! With my sin mode, my power level went up to 17,820 while hers was still only at a mere 16,530 so you can imagine how easy it was for me!" Moby replied with an awkward laugh, rubbing the back of his head. 

"I ALMOST HAD YOU IN MY GRASP MY LOVE!! I WAS SOO CLOSE!!" Natalia roared from behind them. 

"Heh, heh. Ignore her words, she's just spouting none sense at this point…" Moby awkwardly said, making Jayden burst out in laughter. 

"I see that you turned her into a demon just as we planned! What did she turn into? I am really curious!" Jayden asked in anticipation. 

"She turned into a… a… SUCCUBUS!!" Moby said, trying to hold in his laughter with no avail. 

"HAHAHAHA!! Really! That's too jokes! I thought she would be something else since she was only going after you, unlike a normal succubus that would go after any man. But, I am okay with what she became!" Jayden said, laughing even harder than Moby. 

"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO MAKE FUN OF ME YOU FUCKING BITCH!!" Natalia screamed, making them laugh even harder.

"I think that her personality was just "Love Crazed" and that fell into the Succubus category as there was no such thing as a Yandere demon, at least to my knowledge" Moby replied after receiving the information from Avilia who was laughing in his head, enjoying the romance show while eating metaphorical popcorn. 

"I see… That now makes a lot more sense in my head," Jayden said, still laughing her ass off. 

"By the way, I have a question, our limbs were cut and off regenerated but it seems like our armour regenerated along with it! Is that normal?" Jayden asked once more.

"Your armour and your regeneration work hand in hand. That's how demonic armour works! So yes, it is perfectly natural!" Moby replied not needing Avilia to explain as he had already experimented with his armour prior to the exam.

"I guess that makes sense. The armour seems to be a lot better than I first realized." Jayden replied in a slightly less enthusiastic tone.

"And… by the way, what are you gonna do with Alex? He was a great help during my fight with Natalia… Without him, I would have no doubt died long ago…" Jayden asked, turning extremely serious all of a sudden.

"Well, there is only one thing to do! Turn him into a demon! I still have 1 open slot which he can fill! He knows too much. He's seen your doppelganger abilities first hand. It's either we kill him or we turn him into a demon. And I would much rather do the latter than the former," Moby replied, cheerful at first but turning more serious as he talked. 

"But will it really be okay? Will he even be okay with this? He doesn't seem like the type who would like to be turned into a demon when he is such a righteous guy… Can't you just use that new skill of yours to make him forget what happened here and we would be able to just move on?" Jayden replied with a serious tone. 

"Sadly no, that new skill requires for the person I do it on to give me full consent to activate it. It would never work on him. Plus, even if things go bad. We still have 1 week to convince him to join us so I think it could be fine… I also have a feeling that turning someone into a demon might change their perception of things slightly but I could be wrong. I can always try to convince him that we don't attack people that don't bother us but I am not sure how he would react to our killing and torture..." Moby replied.

"Oh… I see. I guess it's worth a shot. Go for it! It definitely beats outright killing him!" Jayden replied, trying her best to stay positive. 

"Yeah… You're right… Well, it's now or never!" Moby said, slowly walking towards Alex's unconscious body, ignoring the barks from Natalia behind him. 

He crouched down toward's Alex and put his hand on his forehead before injecting a good chunk of his demon energy into his system. 

As soon as he did, he saw the exact same scene that he expected as he stared at Alex's transformation with anticipation. 

Alex's body began to twist and turn in disturbing and unnatural ways all on their own. His skin began to peel off and melt at the same time, exposing all of his boiling blood and innards that were being destroyed and regenerated over and over again. As his skin reconstructed, boiling black blood escaped out of every orifice of his body in bucket loads.

The last time Jayden saw a demon transformation first hand she felt like throwing up. However, this time, she felt no such thing. Instead, the only thing that she felt was immense nervousness as to what he will turn into and how he would react once he wakes up.

After a few minutes, Alex's body stopped moving and a large notification screen popped up right in front of Moby.

[ System Alert! ]

[ You Have Created a Demon Knight! ]

[ A New Demon Has Joined Your Household (House of The Blissful Demon) ]