Monster Amongst Us!

"THAT LITTLE BASTARD" screamed Mary at the top of her lungs.

Her voice reverberated in the entire room.

The guards and medics had a look full of confusion and several question marks appeared on top of their heads while they all thought simultaneously-

'Who?'

Mary for the 'second time' in her life lost her patience and the usual uncaring and peaceful attitude was gone like a puff of smoke.

Wait? Second Time?...

Mary observed her surroundings and took a deep breath to calm down.

Medics surrounding her told her to rest after checking up on her condition.

As expected, her cultivation dropped down to S-rank from SS-rank.

Mary could not move her hands and legs. At best she could move her fingers and mouth to speak.

She could also use all her senses, but her head was still aching a lot.

She kept hearing ringing sounds in her head. She felt like if those ringing sounds doesn't stop, she would go crazy!

She has never felt so much hatred for a single person in her entire lifetime!

She liked the peaceful and quiet environment...

But-

Now all she could hear was ringing sounds that caused too much noise in her head.

It was akin to torture for a person with such a personality.

Her hatred for Noah reached new heights after recalling several events and now she was sure that 'the little bastard' was anything but normal.

She could not explain these things to the guards and medics when they asked about 'The Little Bastard' that she shouted in rage.

If she does, she would have to explain the slave items as well, so as a cunning individual, she kept her mouth shut!

Guards and medics thought that 'The Little Bastard' was related to 'The Assassination Attempt'.

But, Mary only told them, that she didn't see anyone when she was attacked and she didn't know why she said those words upon regaining consciousness.

They could not do anything and left unwillingly, their status was too low to satisfy their curiosity.

But soon the rumors of an invisible assassin spread through the entire Delos Empire!

The fear and restlessness reached new heights!

A monster under the control of the Emperor, that can wipe out an entire city.

An invisible assassin that can attack anyone including the Empress, who by no means was a weak individual, without getting caught!

And the fact that the Emperor was a cruel and shrewd individual that won't even let your little babies who just came out of their mother's womb alive if your rulers are involved in a rebellion... caused many people to slowly...drift towards the other Empires!!

Mary on the other hand fell in deep thought...

'Firstly Luke confirmed that little bastard was a prideful individual.' Her thoughts were filled with a maliciousness that she had never shown before in her life.

The constant ringing sounds and the fact that she was paralyzed along with her decrease in cultivation formed a deep loathing in her heart for Noah.

'Where the fuck is he getting his prideful arrogant attitude from? huh? That bitch? She may be strong but she can't fight an entire Empire and he knows it very well' Mary thought as her fingers trembled slightly in rage.

'Secondly, those minions that I sent out to probe about his secrets never returned! Where the fuck did they go? I am sure they are dead but who the fuck killed them?'

'A D-rank killing 4 B-ranks along with an A-rank? Impossible!' Mary started her deductions from the beginning...

'But most importantly, all of the slave items that I gave to Adah, that bitch, and that little bastard broke as soon as I felt a connection with Noah...'

'How can a mere C-rank find those perfect slave items suspicious'

'When even that bitch was too far from finding out the truth and fall into my hands huh?'

'How can a mere C-rank, break all the connections between me and my slave items through some mysterious means that even an SSS-rank genius can't do anything about...'

'It doesn't make sense....unless...'

'A hidden master...No way... that bitch mother is more than enough to be a top-class master....unless...unless....'

Suddenly she frowned heavily, her mind went into CHAOS....and she shivered slightly in fear...

'Unless...Noah is not what he shows to the world..." Mary concluded her deductions!

Her heart started beating erratically and subconsciously her back drenched in cold sweat at the thought of a monster hiding amongst them.....

.....

Noah knew Mary was a smart individual and she would be able to deduce that Noah was not normal!

Still, Noah chose to break the slave items forcefully rather than, other subtle means because,

He wanted to plant a seed of fear in her mind.

A sense of danger when you get from facing the unknown!

He would become that 'unknown', that would keep Mary on her toes around him.

She would subconsciously think of Noah as an 'Unknown Danger'.

He also broke those slave items forcefully in order to give a warning to Mary, which he was sure that Mary would figure out sooner or later.

Though one thing Noah was not sure of was...Where did she get those high-quality slave items?

According to Noah, such things should be impossible to find on a backward magical planet like Earth that has to go through [Evolution of World] to even become a magical planet in the first place.

Sure they might find some in 'Dungeons' but Noah was positive that they were recently made, with many materials that could easily be found on Earth.

Noah had his suspicions but he was also having his 'fun'...

Why use brute strength unless not necessary?

Giving hope to mortals, that they might be able to overcome this 'stone' which later transforms into a 'mountain'...

then giving hope to mortals that they could overcome this 'mountain' only to later find a large lake filled with crazy monsters hidden within, on top of the mountain...

....is just too much fun...

'[Immortal Chaos] is my name for a reason! I am [Immortal] and I cause [Chaos] wherever I go. HAHAHAHA....' Noah laughed coldly in his heart as he sensed Mary waking up from her deep slumber while keeping an eye on the battlefield!