Chapter 187: The True Nature Of The Chairman’s Curse

Chapter 187: The True Nature Of The Chairman’s Curse

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“Hi, we’re hunters. I am acquainted with the chairman. We came to see him.” I showed up in front of the hospital, and the blonde receptionist almost jumped off her chair after seeing us appear out of nowhere.

“H-Hunters! Ah, yes... Well, the chairman is not taking any visits right now. I’m very sorry. He’s been in a coma for two days now. And...” She sighed. “I think he might be in his last straws. He protected the city and sacrificed his strength for us. Shouldn’t you let him have a peaceful sleep for now?”

“Girl, what if I tell you I can actually heal him?” I puffed my chest. "Also, don’t you recognize this name? I’m a bit popular, I think.”

“Huh? Anna...? Anna Gutierrez... AH!” She gasped. “You’re THE Anna?! The sister of Hunter Jack! Oh yes, of course I recognize you now, dear! You’re all over the news. Yet you look so like... just a normal cute girl in plain sight, haha! My bad. After the whole demon castle incident, the surviving hunters have become quite celebrities. You’ve accomplished incredible feats after incredible feats! Of course I could let you in. Except that I have no such authority in the hospital. I’ll need to first call the doctor in charge of the chairman. Can you wait a bit?”

“Alright, I can wait.” I nodded, sitting down with my friends.

They looked at me with surprise.

“What?”

“You’re really charismatic.” Baihe noted.

"Wow, so our bestie’s like a celebrity?” Annabelle wondered.

“I could have been too if I joined the big fight...” Kevin was a bit grumpy.

“Hahah! It’s nothing. I am barely known, as you see. I am just “Jack’s sister” all the time...” I sighed. “But that doesn’t really matter. As long as I can use that title to get people’s attention so I can get my way on things, it’s fine.” I shrugged.

“Anna, is that you? It’s nice to see you. It has been some weeks since our last meeting. You sure look... taller!”

Suddenly, a close acquittal of my brother appeared on the scene; it was the Hunter Guild Executive, Leo Edwards. He’s also the one who helped my brother set up his whole guild and one of the guild’s few members as well. He’s awake, but a support-focused one.

“Uncle Leo! Nice to see you again too! Were you here with the chairman?” I asked him.

“Yes, the doctor stayed with the chairman; they were close friends, actually.” He sighed. “After I heard your name, I immediately knew it was you. You are all over the news with the rest. You’re becoming a big figure now. It’s honestly incredible when I think about it. Just half a year ago, you were still in a coma.”

“A lot of things happen in just half a year. Wait, has it really been that long? It felt like just a couple of months to me...” I said.

“Maybe you’ve been too busy doing a myriad things, but quite a lot of time passes, Anna.” He nodded. "Okay, maybe not exactly half a year, but almost? We are getting close to the end of the year right now.”

“Hmm... I guess time does pass even after everything I’ve done.” I sighed.

Suddenly, I felt the slightly dreadful feeling of the passage of time sliding from my hands. I’ve worked so hard to get stronger, to help others, and to change the plot. Yet time moves on anyway, and I still feel like I have another million things I want to do before the day even ends. It sometimes makes me wonder if it's even realistic what I’m trying to achieve, even based on the madness of this world.

“Well, are these your friends? Nice to meet you guys.” Leo greeted them. “I’m Anna’s brother's friend and the executive for his guild.”

“I know you.” Kevin said. “You sometimes flirted with my sister.”

“E-Eh?!” Leo felt slightly taken aback. “I-I would never...! Are you sure you’re not confusing me with someone else?!”

“I know the guys that do that.” Kevin squinted his eyes.

“Geez, calm down, Kevin; you look like you’re going to take a bite off him.” I laughed.

“Nice to meet you, uncle.” Baihe smiled gently.

“Yeah! Hi! Name’s Annabelle! Do we know each other?” Annabelle wondered.

A large, black, and purple-colored spider was resting right inside of him. It wasn’t physical, but the manifestation of the curse itself. And it wasn’t a weak one, but one conjured through an Archdemon’s Powers. And this sensation... I could tell which one was right away.

The curse was greedily eating everything, redirecting the energy somewhere else entirely. Out of this plane. It wasn’t just a curse to weaken him; it was a parasite to transfer the chairman’s powers to an Archdemon!

[The Demonic Throne {The Greed That Consumes Everything} warns you not to give another step. He is still enjoying his meal. And he wouldn’t really like for a pesky little fly to ruin it.]

Mammon, the malefic Archdemon of Greed.

So the cult that the chairman fought was a Mammon Cult! That one’s not even in this city anymore. They moved out a while ago, supposedly.

“I killed Uroboros; do you actually believe I give a fuck about your empty threats?” I whispered to the Archdemon. “Go fuck yourself.”

[The Demonic Throne {The Greed That Consumes Everything} says he won’t forgive this offense!]

[He is scheming to end you!]

[He will make sure to make your life miserable!]

[While groaning in anger and frustration, he-]

Yeah, yeah, keep crying.

Ignoring the flood of angry messages, I quickly used my Demonic Powers and started to quickly encompass them inside the chairman.

He looked in pain, groaning.

“Uugh... Aaagh!”

“Anna?! What are you doing?!”

Leo panicked, but the doctor remained in silence, quickly stopping him.

“Let her do it.”

I continued the process, and the curse suddenly started moving.

And it decided to fight back.

“SHAAAH!”

A gigantic black spider materialized itself above the chairman, spreading its dark webs everywhere, the doctor and Leo panicked, stepping back in shock.

“W-Was that inside the chairman this whole time?!”

“Is that even a curse anymore?”

“Stay back; I’ll handle this.”

My hands were charged with Sunshine and Celestial Light.

It’s time to end Mammon’s little game.

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