Chapter 289 The Demon Of Greed

"Hmm...."

Orun looked at his hand, the same hand he had used to slash through the being's shoulder.

What he saw was not what he expected to see. His hand was clean, free of the blood he expected to draw out of the being's shoulder.

Orun was sure that his palm did damage to the being, and even cut its skin, yet there is no blood to show for it.

He already knew that it wasn't his real body from not hearing any sound of its heartbeat, but he did not account for the fake body to not have any blood in its physical body, or any liquid for that matter.

"You won't get any blood from its body. That is but a mirage of its true creation".

Dilya saw the confusion on Orun's face, and she guided him by telling him what the true essence of the body is, an emptiness made out of its horrendous mana.

An object made out of mana or aura can be turned physical in that it has the ability to cause damage or pain.

The physical form can do practically the same thing that other physical objects that are not made out of mana or aura are capable of.

Its only limitations lies in not being able to replicate the flow of blood or heart, basically anything that has to do with the inner organs of a body.

Other than that, there are no restrictions placed on its usefulness and effectiveness.

"You mind keeping me in on the details of what we are dealing with here".

Orun was skeptical about facing an opponent he has no information on.

The haze was enough to have him on edge, and now he finds out that the being was capable of making a full fledged body using its mana.

The only kind of people that Orun has seen demonstrate such a high level of mana usage is the fire spirit king.

When Caius fused with the fire Elemental king, that was when Orun saw him summon two elementals, Salamander and Efreet.

When he thinks of it now, what Caius did was summon the elementals not create.

Orun had also done something similar to what the being did. But what he actually did was create the elemental core to name the Wyverns, not the full body itself.

What this being did was create a real body using its mana alone, a body that can move and do things realistically, even turn back into its mana form when it sees fit.

Those qualities are not what can be achieved by just any kind of being, it has to be a being on the level of an elemental king or perhaps even higher than that.

Orun expected Dilya to know about the being judging from how emotional she was when she tried to stop Elmon from going near the gate.

His guess; the being he is currently faced with definitely has something to do with the gate.

What that something is, is what Orun wants to get out of Dilya in the form of an explanation.

"That is a Demon. And it is not just any kind of Demon. One of the seven Lord's of hell, Demon Lord Mammon, the Demon that preys and feasts on Greed".

Orun was surprised, shocked even, to discover that what he is faced with is a demon.

Of course he knows that this is a fantasy world where the likes of dragons, Wyverns, elves and other monster kind exists in.

In a world like that, there definitely has to be the presence of a demon, else it cannot be concluded as a full fledged fantasy world.

He knows that, but it is just still shocking for him to hear and witness the experience in person.

Standing before him is a demon, the same being that is often depicted back on earth as the ultimate incarnation of evil, whose only goal is to prey on negative emotions and see the end of humanity at large.

That same entity that a lot of stories are told about, books written on and plays acted upon.

That same being that is represented in those franchise is the one standing before him right now.

Orun honestly does not know what sort of emotions he should be feeling as of right now.

There is a part of him that is on edge because the demon does not look friendly, and there is also another part of him that is thrilled to have the pleasure of meeting with an historical figure.

Mammon is without a doubt among the famous group of demon known to the world.

A Demon who is the representation of one of the seven deadly sins, Greed, the same as what Dilya had just said.

It is a demon of wealth and greed to be precise, but wealth can also be personified as a form of greed hence why it is mostly only referred to as the demon of greed from the seven deadly sins.

Orun right now, feels like a fan happy to have the opportunity to meet with one of his idol Mammon.

If it wasn't for the circumstances of things, Orun would have most certainly ran his way to Mammon just to shake his hand and perhaps get a bonding time into it.

The situations of things however would not permit him to do as he intends.

Mammon's presence is one that is not approved of by the Elven queen, and he is a guest of the Elven queen so?......

"Mammon?"

Orun said outloud for Dilya to hear, and making sure he makes an expression that conveyed how shocked he was about the discovery.

He did that to avoid Dilya asking questions about why he is not surprised to hear the name.

He hasn't been in this world for that long excluding the time he spent dosing off, and Dilya apparently knows of his movements, probably not of the time he spent in the dungeon but he can't be too sure of that.

The best way to go about situations like this is to play along with it. That way he would be able to avoid any suspicion being raised and also sparing himself from any further questions.