CH 29

Beware of grotesque scenes in this chapter. Please refrain from reading if you are uncomfortable with it.

“If that is what’s going on, you have my authorization to slaughter them outside of the dungeon. Yes, we should play it by the book and torment such vermin until they regret being alive.”

“…”

“As for the reward afterwards… let’s see. If there are any children without any relatives, please get them. I’ll rear them here.”

“Does that mean you’re going to transform them into your kin?”

“Let’s put it this way; that depends on their skills and status.”

This is the outcome of my communication with Kurokiri right after I departed from the “Demon’s Fortress”. Seriously, that piece of crap Kurokiri… I’ll absolutely make him regret being alive someday…

“Hmm. Have you made contact with your master or something?”

The man who calls out to me is the same man who lunged at me in the labyrinth. I think his name is Tachikabe Tsuyoshi, and his role is simply to watch over and communicate with me. Well, he is only waiting outside of the labyrinth.

Incidentally, I was told that he possesses the skill, ≪Visual Sharing≫.”

“Yes, the communication had been made. The reward is that if there are children without relatives, they will be taken in by us.”

“In other words, if they harbor competent powers, they will join the ranks of the monsters, just like you. If not, they will be sacrificed.”

“The optimal situation would be to be nurtured as a fellow-creature while still being regarded as a human being. But that path is unlikely, given his nature.”

Though what would really be an ideal scenario would be to put them in an orphanage once they’re recovered.

“Now, the captain has already informed me of the target’s whereabouts and characteristics. Shall we get going?”

“You seem to be more eager for the ride than I expected. Why?”

“Saving the children is a pleasure in itself for me.”

“I see.”

And the time now is night. The location is the laboratory where the moron in question is residing.

“It’s awful, even worse than I expected.”

“Ugh. I’m about to throw up.”

The scene that awaited me there could only be described as gruesome.

All the walls are drenched in crimson, and there are remnants of the assault throughout the place. And the majority of the corpses piled up are children.

“We’ve treated and gathered up all the living children, so I suggest you call an ambulance and the police at your earliest convenience.”

“Don’t worry about that. My unit is already on the way… Our unit is the finest, and we will save all of the living kids’ when they arrive…’”

Nearly all of the bodies lying here were killed by me, while the remainder were bodies that were unable to withstand the recoil of the skills I had used, resulting in their bodies bursting apart.

“I didn’t think there existed such a skill called ≪Brainwashing Drug≫.”

“Ah yeah… Forcibly drawing out the specs beyond the limit, then killing the kids together under that condition to manifest the skill. The story is just sickening to listen to…”

“The fortunate thing is that the effect also wears off when the practitioner dies. However, even if the body is safe, there is no telling what has affected their hearts.”

At my feet, a middle-aged man in a white lab coat, who was the target of the operation, died in the manner of having his heart ripped out while he was still alive.

Although I truly would have preferred to kill him more savagely, there was no room for that. After all, there were many children simultaneously assailing me, who would have succumbed to death after merely casting their skills once, let alone a few times.

“At any rate, the request has been fulfilled. As for the reward, I will come back to retrieve it later… wait a minute. I found a hidden door.”

“It looks so. Watch out for it.”

“I know.”

When I enter the hidden room through the door I discovered, there is a child about 9 years old, alive and in the… process of dissection.

“What!?”

“Ugh… is this for real?”

The body is convulsing as if no anesthesia has been administered, and its vitality is so tenuous that if anyone detaches their eyes from it even briefly, it seems as if it will succumb to death immediately.

“This… is not auspicious. That kid can’t sustain it like this…”

“In that case…”

I should end the child’s life so they won’t be suffering any worse…

“No… I’ll do what I can… Though it would be extremely humiliating to rely on his power.”

“?”

Yes. I refuse… to accept such an outcome. It is still better to cease being a human being than to die. For as long as they are alive, there is a chance for them to be happy!

“Skill acquisition ≪The Lord Will Exercise His Power in My Path≫. Kurokiri, can you help me?”

“It seems that thanks to the kid’s near-death state where they can’t move on their own, they’re being treated as if they were in captivity. Fine, I’ll lend you my power. However, you must look after the kid. And you’re confined to my labyrinth for the duration of the penalty period.”

“I understand.”

Within the past month, my level has advanced to level 6. Yet, I felt that there were no great skills that can be learned at that time, so I figured I would carry the Skp over to the subsequent time.

Nevertheless, the name of the skill that I am going to acquire here and now is ≪The Lord Will Exercise His Power in My Path≫. This is a skill that is exclusive to the kin and allows them to execute the skills of their master, the Demon King, through their five senses in the status of kin.

In exchange, the skill consumes half of the HP, MP, and SP that the Demon King expends with that skill, and the amount that it consumes will not be restored for a week.

However, with this skill, the current predicament can be resolved. If so, there is no other choice but for me to learn it.

“Then, ≪The Lord Will Exercise His Power in My Path≫.”

“Oh. ≪Monster Creation≫!”

“!”

As a large amount of magic power is discharged from me, a magic circle is depicted under the child, and with it, the child is remade… no, reborn… from a human to a Kirijin. And while the body is being transformed, the dismembered body is also being regenerated and converted into a body devoid of scars.

“Seriously… Is this the power of your master… no, the power of the Demon King…?”

“Yes, indeed… But it’s tougher than I expected. Excuse me, but I will take this kid and leave, so please deactivate the ≪Visual Sharing≫.”

“A-ah, I understand.”

Once I no longer have the sensation that someone is beside me, I carry the child in my arms and depart from the place.