Chapter 84: The Hunt Begins

Chapter 84: The Hunt Begins

Carpy didnt live by human standards. He was a fish, and fish couldnt even cry.

He didnt like humans, but he had learned from master Kon not to waste time on things like hate.

Kon was always peaceful and concentrated on improving himself instead of worrying about how fast others improved. Everyone moved at their own pace. So one shouldn't worry about winning or losing.

No!

Carpy couldn't accept this reality. He rejected the notion! A world where master Kon lost wasn't a world worth existing!

The inner energy inside Carpy revolted as if screaming at the world itself.

By himself, Carpy was a weakling; only due to master Kon's energy could he move such vast amounts of water.

Damn it! If master Kon had that energy, he wouldnt have been injured! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it all! Deep down, he felt like taking that energy caused master Kon to get injured.

The guilt gnawed at Carpy!

Carpy opened his mouth, and an ancient spirit's deep, growling voice emerged. My weakness.

Gem also stumbled when he heard that. "The fish spoke?!"

Bets' eyes widened, and beads of sweat rolled down his face. He looks more like a snake with a fishs head.

"My weakness, I reject it!" Carpy rejected a world where he was too weak to do anything, even when master Kon was injured.

It was right then and there that Carpy felt something inside himself snap. It was like he had unlocked a door.

No, not unlocked; more like smashed apart.

Carpy's body twitched, and he noticed that his scales started glistening, his bones cracked, and he elongated like an eel.

A newfound power burst inside of Carpy; it felt like he had an infinite pool of energy!

He felt things he had never felt before, smelled scents he had never smelled before, and a power inside of him he had never imagined was possible! He sensed the water around them, and every small fish and insect had their pool of life.

He instinctively grasped things that seemed impossible before.

Even if a low class demon trained, there was a wall they couldn't surpass. A change occurred in both the quantity and quality of power.

Carpy utilized the water around and formed a pointy shell around his body, with tendrils of water that expanded over twenty meters.

He looked like an eel trapped inside an octopus's body.

Carpy grabbed onto the trees and shot toward where he sensed the enemy team. He swung from one tree branch to another, moving at rapid speeds.

'One day, you will become a dragon.'

Those words rang through Carpy's mind in repeat. But every time he thought of them, next came the sight of Kon getting slashed by a scythe.

Then the memory of his family and everyone he knew getting decapitated on that chopping block brought despair within Carpy.

He wouldn't allow Kon to end up like that! Never! Not in a million years! He won't let Kon die!

Kon was his savior! He was family! The only person to ever believe in him!

"I will become a dragon! I will become a dragon! I will become a dragon! I will become a dragon! I will become a dragon! I will become a dragon!" Carpy muttered like a madman as he rushed through the forest.

He could still sense the water of life inside those who had attacked Kon. He wanted to kill them all!The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

It took a little while for him to catch up with them. The whole team was conversing amongst themselves with smiles on their faces.

"As expected, these scythes are really useful. The weight makes them-"

The delinquent stopped speaking, and all three humans' pupils dilated. Then they turned and stared at Carpy.

Blood burst out of the stump. The team froze in shock.

Carpy shot out a dozen more water blades. This time he had the intention to kill them all at once.

But the golden-toothed man was the first to come to his senses; he gritted his teeth, and the color of his hair started changing from dark to white.

"{Death Razor Edge!}"

A coin turned into a scythe bigger than any before, with white skulls engraved over its blade. The skulls looked like screaming souls.

There was a scary feeling from the scythe that even Carpy felt threatened by.

The scythe broke the water blades with several swings. But the golden-toothed man breathed heavily and looked like he hadnt slept for days.

"Bertolt!" The golden-toothed man called out what seemed to be the delinquent's name. "Get out of here! With your ability-"

Whatever he was about to say, Carpy didn't let him finish and shot dozens of water blades.

The golden-toothed man swung his scythe; even Carpy was surprised by how fast he could move that giant weapon.

Maybe the scythe was the kind of item that increased the users physical strength?

"No, we can still fight!" The bikini girl refused and took out a knife. "With my special ability, the enemy's power doesn't matter!"

She stabbed herself in the wrist and dragged the knife all the way to her elbow. She started crying, but it wasnt because of the pain.

"Lia! This isn't the time!"

Lia glanced at her teammate, who had a missing arm. Even with her bikini drenched in blood, she didnt care. "My special ability can turn the blood inside my body into a poisonous substance. The less blood I have, the stronger the poison becomes."

As soon as she said that, her Aura intensified. She likely fulfilled some kind of condition by explaining her ability.

She smeared her blood against the blade of the scythe golden-toothed guy was using and glared at Carpy with a hateful gaze.

Carpy guessed the poison was potent enough to be dangerous, even against demons. But since he had stayed by Kons side for a long time, silently observing, he had learned a lot of things. Amongst those things was the reason why Kon only used paralytic poison on his blades and not some fast-acting lethal poison.

Fwish!... The golden-toothed guy swung his scythe at Carpys head.

Carpy used the tendrils of water to maneuver himself out of the attacks trajectory. The scythe easily cut through the water barrier he left behind. But Carpy wasnt going to let an opportunity like this slip away.

He used the water to clean my blood off the blade! Lia pointed out.

Ow! The golden-toothed man winced in pain and looked down. A reddish needle of water pierced his heel.

Carpy had controlled the bloody water to move under the dirt and stab his feet.

N -No I- The mans eyes rolled into the back of his head, his knees buckled, and he fell to the ground.

Thats quite the effective poison you have there, Carpy sent a water blade and decapitated the scythe-wielder.

No!! No! This cant be happening! Lia cried out in despair.

This was why having dangerous poison on your person wasnt just dangerous for the enemy. But even more dangerous for yourself and your teammates too.

Carpy launched more water blades at the two remaining exorcists, but before they could reach them, the delinquent with the missing arm conjured a knife in his hand and threw it away. The delinquent had white hair and wrinkles around his eyes. It seemed like he had aged decades in a second.

He put his arm around the bloody girl.

No! My poison will be absorbed through your skin! She yelled at him to stop. But it was too late as both of them teleported away quite far. Almost outside of Carpys sensory abilities.

Now Carpy had to make a choice.

Should he follow and hunt the girl down or return to master Kons side?

If he left to hunt down the girl, master Kon would end up outside Carpys sensory range. If any other team were to attack, it would be bad news.

But when thinking of the humans who killed those he cared about, unbridled hate filled Carpys heart!