The Origin Story Phantom in the Human World

Noh attracted everyone's attention, and Victor also began to relax more. Money that has been lost and may not come back is better not to cry, that's what Victor thinks at this time.

Victor decides to follow the plot, listening to Noh, who tells a horror story that he claims is very scary.

"You must have heard or read the news, there was a riot at the Panther Stadium and claimed many victims. In addition, part of the Panther Stadium facility was damaged.

Mass media said that those in charge of the stadium admitted that there may have been a construction error and further investigation was underway. However, further investigation was never carried out. 

Candra Kumala, the leader of the Panthers, will definitely not let people know the secrets of its construction."

"These rumors have been circulating very widely that the foundation of the construction of the Panther Stadium is actually a human skeleton. You know, incidents of missing people who are not yet known whether they are alive or dead? The people who are were actually kidnapped and used as foundations at the Stadium as well as at various other property facilities belonging to the Panthers. It's done because they're Phantom worshippers."

"Demon cultist?" Victor subconsciously responded. Realizing that he may have disturbed people's enthusiasm for the story, Victor apologizes.

Noh nodded. He seemed unperturbed by Victor suddenly making a sound.

"That's right. The rich people in this country are actually Phantom worshippers. The most famous story is the D'Kingdom family. D'Toni and D'Rana's siblings are said to be snake brides. Their parents surrendered their children to the snake demon. Although they live in the real world like us, they actually have a relationship with supernatural beings."

"Supernatural beings?" Victor spoke again, because he couldn't believe he still heard strange supernatural stories like this even though he had arrived in the city.

People turned to him. Victor once again apologized for disturbing their fun. Victor couldn't figure out why stories like this were interesting. Even so, he still listened because he wanted to know how it went.

"Right, supernatural beings. They are invisible creatures. Although they live with us, they can't be seen by ordinary eyes. Only human eyes that have the talent or offspring of that Phantom, one kind of demon, can recognize them."

"Phantom descent? You mean they are also married to humans?" Victor couldn't help himself.

Noh nodded. "Yes, there is an ancient legend that says that demons can also marry humans if they can cross from their world to ours or humans cross from the human world to the world of demons. If they get married and have children, the child can live in the world. And this kid will definitely have advantages."

Victor frowned.

"Hey! Continue the story of the Panther Stadium!" Ox patted Noh on the shoulder.

"Wait. He must first know the origin of this human relationship and how demons can finally live in the midst of humans."

Ox doesn't like any pauses in the story, but she understands Noh's intentions, so she lets time pass by. Noh first explains to Victor how demons evolve and live in the human world.

"There is a legend about the Black Skull Phantom and the Snake Phantom who continue to clash in the phantom world. The two are eternal enemies. The Snake Phantom once challenged the Black Skull Phantom to live in the human world. The Snake Phantom is confident that he will come out victorious because he has the knowledge to fuse with humans."

"The Snake Phantom who has already found a way to fuse with the human body meets a young man who can communicate with him. The demon persuaded him to surrender himself to him. The young man was initially unwilling, but the Snake Phantom's offer to make him rich and live immortally tempted the young man, especially since the young man fell in love with a princess in the kingdom where he served as one of the soldiers there."

"Black Skull, who knows the Snake Phantom is in a relationship with that young man, is not to be outdone. Finally, he also surfaced into the human world. Long story short, the Serpent Phantom resides in the body of a young man from the knight class, the Black Skull Phantom resides in the body of a young man who is the Crown Prince. Their fight has never ended to this day."

"The success of the two demons in crossing has triggered other demons to follow them. And so it ends, in the midst of humanity are demons and their descendants. The majority of them became economic rulers or political rulers in our country. One of them is Candra Kumala, from the Panther."

Everyone seemed to be paying attention to Victor. 

Victor held his breath. "You all already know about this?" asked Victor. 

They nodded.

"Isn't this just a fictional story?" Victor tried to neutralize their beliefs.

"Of course! It's a fictional story, but come on, we have to trust the storyline like that so that the horror story flows well, so that the conflict in the fictional story has meaning," said Daniela, a person who loves to read novels.

Noh noticed Victor.

Victor then thought that the story that sounded convincing was indeed a fictional story from the beginning.

"Ah, sorry, I was wrong to take this seriously," Victor said.

"Thank you for taking this seriously," Noh said, the storyteller being sarcastic.

"Why do you ruin the atmosphere by doubting everything? Noh said from the beginning that to warm up the atmosphere, we listen to the horror story," Barred said with a fairly annoyed look.

"I'm sorry, really sorry," said Victor who realized that he was not used to them. I had to join them more often in order to understand their way of life. Victor scratched his neck. "I think Noh could become a horror novelist or a fantasy genre story someday," Victor said to remove the awkwardness.

"That's why listen to the story, he's skilled! We appreciate the talent of the residents of this house," said Daniela, acting as the landlady.

"Continue the story, so what happened?" asked Ox.

Everyone then refocused on Noh.

"The human body planted on the wall and became the foundation of the Panther Stadium gradually became porous. That's why cracks occur at some point. The crack eventually collapsed and occurred right on the day of the National martial arts match. No one died, but their blood has flowed into the stadium grounds and been drunk by the demons, the Phantom, which is guarding the stadium," Noh said, then suddenly he fell silent.

"Shit! Because of you, I lost the feeling of continuing the story!" Noh was angry, stood up and thumped the table at the same time as he uttered his disappointment.

Victor was confused from head to toe. He didn't know his attitude could turn off the atmosphere. Everyone stared disappointedly and angrily at him.

"All this time we were able to enjoy the story until the end and could really feel the horror," Daniela said, explaining why Noh was angry.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to spoil the atmosphere," Victor said.

"It's happened!" exclaimed Noh, his face hardened. He grabbed the beer can and downed the contents angrily. Then suddenly he fell asleep. His forehead was on the table.

"Oh, what happened?" Barred pretended to be surprised by what happened to Noh. He had already injected sleeping pills into the beer he gave Noh.

"He must be drunk. He doesn't just drink beer," Daniela said, pointing to the bottle of alcohol near Noh's hand.

"Oh Boy! I would bring him away first to his room. Hopefully it's not locked," said Barred, who then carried Noh on his back.

Everyone is paying attention to the departure of Barred and Noh. After they were out of sight, Victor became the center of attention.

"I'm sorry," Victor said once again.

Today is not a happy day for Victor. After losing money, almost quarrels with the boarding house residents, and now spoils the atmosphere with his indifferent attitude.

"It's okay. You have never joined us. So you must be surprised and confused about how to behave with us, right?" Daniela responded visibly wise.

Ox watched Victor with smiling lips. "That's right. No need to think about it. Tomorrow when Noh comes to his senses, he must have forgotten what happened. Recently, he has been sensitive because he is undergoing a final assignment. He must have been pressured to graduate with his project," Ox said.

Victor swallowed harshly and thought of the best way to make up with Noh. There is a desire to help Noh complete his final task if necessary, so that the relationship between him and Noh becomes smoother.

"Because it's late, I go to bed first," said Daniela, who then got up leaving Ox and Victor alone.

Victor wasn't comfortable alone with Ox, so he told Ox that he wanted to go back to the room too. However, something felt wrong. When Victor tried to move his legs to go to the room, his legs felt stiff. Since when did this happen?

"What's the matter?" Ox asked with her lips grinning upwards and her sly eyes staring at Victor until it seemed to be piercing the heart.