[Connection severed.]
Upon hearing the system’s notification, Ryuk’s jade pendant disappeared from his grasp, his eyes ablaze with murderous intent and a chilling aura that seemed to freeze everything around him in that very instant.
Expectedly, he had assumed he would learn the woman’s name and family background, but her disdainful tone as she referred to him as an insect immediately caught his attention.
As of now, Ryuk does not know to which upper, lower, or middle town family that woman is connected. Nevertheless, it is evident that he will inevitably bring about her destruction.
‘System, are you not gonna tell me further about Shunya?’, Ryuk asked one final time, seeking a confident and unwavering response as he made his last attempt to inquire.
[ No…]
‘Then shut your mouth until I am done here’, Ryuk, in contrast to his previous actions of making the system quiet on light matters, now felt a surge of anger as he realized it was blatantly betraying his trust.
If it had been anyone else, he might have taken action, but when it comes to the system, all he could do was refrain from engaging in casual conversations with it and intervene if necessary.
Even in his anger, Ryuk remained calm enough to realize that after challenging an unknown opponent, he would require assistance from system.
Despite initially prioritizing his own satisfaction by shutting system completely, he ultimately decided to simply utilize the help instead of engaging in a meaningful conversation.
[I can, but wouldn’t you miss this innocent—ERROR.]
‘…keep quiet’, Ryuk checked if his ability was still working by attempting to cause a visible suppression, isolating the system directly into a corner inside his body.
He then glanced at the box in his hand containing a beating heart before it disappeared into his inventory.
Turning his attention towards the distance and ignoring the corpse lying beside him, he looked in a certain direction.
The main reason for his declaration was definitely the woman’s arrogant words, as if treating him like nothing more than a pebble. The minor reason was simply because of Jenny.
Given the fact that Jenny has many unresolved issues with Ryuk, he needed to show her what it feels like to see her family destroyed.
Unlike in the past when he wanted to protect her from greedy people by destroying her family, this time it didn’t matter if her family was good or not.
Ryuk just wanted Jenny to understand that if he were to destroy someone’s family, it wouldn’t simply end with killing them.
In the end, it was the reason why Jenny betrayed him and even tried to kill him, so now he would give her a valid reason to do the same again.
Right now he had information that that woman was Jenny’s grandmother—Her voice sounded soothing, indicating that she had halted the aging process, indirectly showcasing her strength.
“Come out before all of you die like this,” looking in that direction, Ryuk called out in a menacing tone, causing the four figures who were hidden behind a stall to flinch as they slowly came out, trembling and with their entire bodies drenched in sweat.
‘….He killed someone again.’ Number 1 blinked, his lips pursed tightly and eyes shut, making his face appear like a monk who had finally found his salvation and was soon going to have his neck cut by that very salvation.
“Greetings, senior brother. We have accomplished the task you assigned.” Bonebreaker stepped forward, sweat beads forming on his forehead, and bowed slightly. Unlike before, when they had put out of fear, he knew that the killing intent surrounding the man would surely turn their kowtow into blood pulp on the ground.
“And?” Ryuk firmly inquired, his gaze slightly tilted as he turned towards the four individuals, causing them to avert their eyes. Their nervousness increased as they flinched.
“A-and? We can help you track the location of that woman,” Bone Breaker stepped forward without hesitation, revealing that he had heard everything and knowing that their senior brother was also aware of their presence from the beginning, there was nothing to hide.
“Dispose of this body,” Ryuk said, looking for any reaction. Upon noticing no changes in their body language, he was satisfied and further commanded to point towards the body lying on the ground.
“As you command, Senior brother!” All four of them moved abruptly towards the body and quickly ran away from there, even though only one person was needed.
“And make sure to arrange some transport before we come here again; we are leaving tomorrow,” Ryuk said, lifting his hand to gesture for them to arrange horses for the early morning. He then folded his hands behind his back and disappeared with an orange aura left behind.
“B-boss, how many horses should we arrange?” Number 2 felt nervous as he asked the bulky man. He had noticed his senior brother disappearing after hearing the command that their senior brother would leave the lower town tomorrow. With him mentioning “we,” it was clear that there were more people involved.
“Um, yes, boss, should we arrange three horses?” Number 3 asked, glancing towards the man carrying the Corpse on his shoulder, with the other three following behind.
“Yes, maybe Senior Brother will bring both of his women tomorrow. We can’t take any risks,” the boss ordered, remembering the two women from earlier in the morning and evening.
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“Hmm, you are late,” Esme remarked, seated on the highest floor of a building that resembled a pagoda. She looked towards an orange light that suddenly appeared beside her, revealing a man in a black robe. His hands were clean, without any traces of blood from moments before.
“You need to become stronger, Esme,” Ryuk said as he moved closer, his eyes fixed on the white dress she wore and her hair flowing in the cold breeze under the moonlight.
DING!
[Target Edward Abernathy had just entered Aurora Nest.]
[Activating Automatic trigger set for Grimoire at maximum extent.]
Error!
[Target’s body has adapted to Grimoire to a certain extent, not able to achieve maximum output.]
[Executing possible attacks…]
[Successful…]
[Target Edward Abernathy has experienced a complete nervous system breakdown.]
[Health status: 1/100.]
[Reaching the death door triggered a plot armor.]
[Edward Abernathy is falling into a coma while forming a golden life cocoon.]
[Plot armor: a cocoon that will revert his body to a fetus and then regenerate until he reaches adulthood at 24 years old.]
‘?!!’
‘This?’, Ryuk’s eyes widened slightly before relaxing as a series of notifications appeared one after another, reminding him that luck was definitely not on his side.
Just now, Edward entered Aurora’s nest in the Riantain family. As per the preset activation set by Ryuk to inflict irreversible damage on Edward, he was attacked by the Enslavement Grimoire.
But now, it was turned into a plot armor.
Something was really causing Ryuk to feel the need to make Esme stronger, especially now that heaven had finally shown favor to its children.
Indeed, according to the information provided by the system, Edward was now inside a cocoon which will revert his body back into a fetus before returning it to its original state, resolving all the issues inside his body.
Naturally, in 24 years, Edward would most likely become an adult again with a blank mind, no memories, no strength, but a perfect, strong, and healthy body that would have the awakened Abernathy bloodline(*Drawback will remain).
If it were 24 years, then Ryuk could have easily won the Heir battle first and waited for a few more years until Edward returned to see changes in the Devereaux family. But the major twist was…
This all happened inside Aurora nest, where time moves 52 times faster, meaning 1 year there is equivalent to 1 week in Bluestar.
“System, purchase something to make Esme stronger.” Ryuk had already noticed that even after being trained by Regina, Esme wasn’t able to show any improvement in her physical strength or any growth in her energy levels. The only thing that improved was her ability of illusion.
[….]
‘Fine, you are allowed to talk’, Ryuk felt the need to lift the restriction he had placed on the system in order to help Esme grow in strength as quickly as possible, as things were not going in his favor prompting him to allow the system to speak.
At this moment, he requires strong individuals around him rather than vulnerability like Esme.
Harsh, but the truth is she was as weak as him.
Therefore, he would become stronger and she should as well.
[ Host, why don’t you both have sex? ]
‘…..’ Ryuk started to lean down to take a seat beside her when he heard System’s words. His mouth twitched under the mask as he placed his hand on the roof and took the seat, looking towards the vast sky. He felt that System was now uttering useless things.
[ I have analyzed her body to understand more about the Tenebri Bloodline, and there is a very interesting thing I found that you should know. ]
‘Why did I not get to know this earlier?’, Ryuk inquired with a smile forming, knowing well the answer he is going to get would be enough to prove that the system is useless.
[ I forgot (〒﹏〒)]
Therefore, it has been proven.
