Side Story 32: Vifi’Yok and Hee’Rlak.

Side Story 32: Vifi’Yok and Hee’Rlak.

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Huek, huek, h-huek! Uguek uguhh

Master! Master! Master, are you awake?!

A young maidens tears. They flowed down her face, drenching her bed and pillows. The sound of her soft weeping echoed inside her room, filling it with the sadness she felt not only in her heart but also her mind. What could have caused this?

Was it heartbreak from unrequited love? Or was it the failure of her family and business? How about the demise of a loved one? There were many reasons for young adolescents to cry their eyes red and swollen, for that was a normal part of living and growing up.

However, the girl crying at this point wasnt just a normal teenager. No, she was something much more. A demonkin of wrath of the age of 15. A prodigy amongst prodigies who managed to reach level 150 and become an illustrious Warbringer, one of the three personal guards of the demonkin Prince of Wrath.Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

This is VifiYok, the Voltaic Red.

Master!

And, inside a room of a wooden cabin, hidden deep inside a forest of Estralia, the sounds of not only her weeping but also a person banging on the door filled it.

Huek, huek What the hell do you But before she could answer it, the impatient guest broke open her door, stomping into the room without permission. HeeRlak!

Argh?!

The demonkin girl shot a lightning bolt using her demonic power, shocking the adult demonkin intruder with pain. He didnt say what he came into the room for, giving VifiYok the time to punish him for his indiscretion.

Fuck off! And her method to punish him was to literally kick him out of her room, knocking him flat on the ground. She then let her mana cover her body, transforming them into red lightning before she dashed over to her demonkin companion. Fucker! This isnt the barracks! Stop trying to enter my room without permission! Piece of crap, what kinda apprentice cant let his master have a moment for herself!

VifiYok and HeeRlak the two demonkins of wrath who attacked Aurora a week ago. They were still currently in Estralia, resting and awaiting their next orders.

Ugh Glad to see you so animated, Master. HeeRlaks comment annoyed VifiYok, causing her to let her foot off his chest, going back into her room with a sour mood. Argh, sorry about that. I didn't know you were still crying.

VifiYoks blushed, but due to her red skin, it was almost impossible for anybody to see it. She cleaned the tears on her face away with her blanket before returning her attention back to her apprentice.

Feels better than being L.E.P. all the time. And besides, you should feel nervous, too. When I get demoted back to a normal soldier, you will be too, HeeRlak.

Demonkins of wrath were emotional creatures. Every day and at whatever time, they were always controlled by their emotions. The three emotions of [Excited], [Anger], and [Fear] were the trifecta that controlled their overall mood. If all of them were at 0%, then the demonkins would feel L.E.P. an acronym amongst their community meaning low emotional potency.

Essentially, they would show symptoms of depression and nihilism. While this wasnt a problem for the life of a youth, since there was so much to experience in the world, L.E.P. cases were extraordinarily high amongst the elderly and those overindulging themselves in stimulus. As such, most strong demonkins of wrath were known as daredevils, as they required proper stimuli to keep themselves happy.

However, overflowing in all three emotions wasnt ideal either, since reaching 100% in all of them would lead a demonkin of wrath to become, more-or-less, a stereotypical berserker. An unthinking behemoth of elemental prowess, prone to do whatever they wished without realizing what they were doing. It was almost always a death sentence to run into a three 100% emotion demonkin if you were only a normal citizen.

As such, demonkins of wrath had to balance their lives around this fact. Too little emotional stimuli were harmful to their health, while too much could deem you a threat to society. This was what it meant to live and die as a demonkin of wrath.

Master VifiYok. HeeRlak helped himself up, towering over his far younger superior. I dont think Lord Wrath would dismiss you. This is only your third mission.

Third! Yes, its my third! And I fucked it up! She sat down on her bed and fell onto it, laying her arms out lazily. HeeRlak, youve been a soldier for your entire life now, you should know better. The third Warbringer is replaceable. The only two who matter are the first and second; the right and left hands of Lord Wrath.

VifiYok had only been a Warbringer for a year now. The previous number three had perished during a clash against the Folschreck Empire.

The Warbringer I replaced heroically died in battle against two of the human empires Hands of Heaven. But what have I done in my last three missions? Assure the safety of some war refugees and defeat the empire grunts hunting them, then assure Lord Pride and his entourage reach his destination, and then assure the safety of some fat pig and acquire lord Envys phylactery. What is this? I am a Warbringer! I should be fighting in a war not this.

VifiYoks [Anger] and [Fear] decreased below 25%. Her tears dried out. The glowing, neon red highlights on her black hair dimmed, disappearing with her sadness. She wasnt in a mood to cry anymore, just wanting to go to sleep now. She was officially L.E.P.

HeeRlak sighed, her behavior was affecting him also. Master, I dont think you father

Adoptive father, HeeRlak. Weve only been family for two years, she corrected.

Adoptive father, I apologize. Master OshulYok was a powerful Warbringer, but your relationship with him wasnt the reason Lord Wrath named you his third. Both Master OshulYok and Lord Wrath identified the talents you have, and the former decided to adopt you because of them. You were to be his successor and that is why he chose to nurture you further.

Demonkins did not officially have a last name like the rest of the races of Peolynca. They took on the naming traditions of their demonic ancestry, which was a naming theme of first namefamily name.

For example, the reason why Ellaine called KleaHatma by Klea was due to this reason. Klea was the demon of lusts first name, while Hatma was her surname. The only one who knew this trivia amongst the members of Aurora was Ellaine, as KleaHatma only wanted her partner to call her by fire name.

Then why am I not allowed to act like a normal Warbringer? she replied, pushing herself back up. Why am I not allowed to take revenge on those who slew him? Why do I have to do menial duties normally reserved for foot soldiers? I even failed one of them! If that fat human swine wasnt so important to Lord Envy, I would have left him to die and challenged that dragon myself! I would have slain her and retrieved Lord Envys phylactery! I would have proven myself to Lord Wrath and then I would

Before she fell right back on the bed, realizing the reality of the matter.

have been able to repay Lord OshulYok for his kindness and the warmth of a home.

BoleTaria, the home of the demonkins, was not a very wealthy country. Due to a never-ending war against the Empire, the demonkins were never able to build up proper architecture nor infrastructure for their cities and towns. Why waste resources and manpower on something that would be destroyed once it got taken over?

Due to the reality of their world, every demonkin was expected to spend their blood, tears and sweat to assure BoleTaria would survive in a war that would decide if demonkins could find a place in this world or would remain outcasts forever. It was a society where the powerful would lead and rule, while the weak scrambled around, serving the strong as their wars took countless lives from each side.

And one of these weaklings was Vifi. A street urchin with nothing to her name otherthan the profile the gods and Divine System had granted her. Survival of the fittest was the name of the game. To steal, to kill, to live another day as your stats in your profile went up.

She was like many war orphans in BoleTaria, with either her parents dying as soldiers or as fleeing citizens. The fires of war did not discriminate, but unlike the majority, Vifi managed to come out of them alive. But not only alive, but strong enough to join the army at the mere age of eight, the age when a demonkin of wrath was allowed to choose their elemental prowess.

The life of a soldier was grueling, but for the ever-warring BoleTaria, soldiers were treated better than bakers and farmers. Training was nothing to Vifi, as the army provided her a warm home and food to fill her stomach. It didnt matter if her body was bruised and aching at the end of each day. To her, it was better than the alternatives.

Still, once eleven, Vifi understood being a fish amongst thousands of fish would do her no good. If she wasnt a shark, she would be devoured by one. Her life on the streets taught her that. And it was because of this fear that she drove herself on a self-imposed mission to the Twin-Elemental Lake, as the demonkins called it. The area where the first divine taboo was broken by shattering a dungeon core with all its mana, turning it into a nuclear bomb.

The Twin-Eleemntal lake was an areawhere the fallout of the dungeon bomb and the wrath of the Goddess of Water fused together, creating one of the most hostile monster-infested area in the world. A place worthy of Rank S.

This was where Vifi attained her iconic red lighting. This was where she became the Voltaic Red VifiYok.

Haaaa VifiYok sighed. Whatever. I dont feel like crying anymore. What do you want, HeeRlak? Shouldnt you be in bed? Your body should still need some time to get rid of that toxin. If its an update from Lord Envy, then no, I havent received one. And yes, I made sure I wrote all the formalities. I told him everything we learned, even the fact we found a lust and a sloth contractor around. I dont know what they will do with Lord Sloth or the new Lord Lust.

Despite her punkish appearance, VifiYok was drilled in proper speech and documentation in preparation for her position as a Warbringer. Her attitude in battle was her true personality, but a Warbringer was also an officer and commander during a war, so knowing proper etiquette was a must.

No, Master, I didnt mean that. I know they would need more time. HeeRlak then pulled out his bag, revealing a small pouch with tantalizing pastries glazed donuts. Its about the System message. Youve seen it, right?

HeeRlak handed one over to VifiYok, confusing the young woman. Where did you get these? Were so far away from Gleisvale and shouldnt OBlooms shop be closed at this point?

Got it from the traveling merchant from the nearby town when I went down to buy groceries, he answered.

If a demonkin of wrath covered their skin and face, they would be able to pass by as humans.

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