Ox Killed

Expensive items that were supposed to be sold were destroyed and many were burned. It happened because Ken dodged a burst of fire from Ox's fox's mouth. Victor felt very horrified to see that incident. Am I dreaming?

"Chelsea, what is this, actually? Where are we? Why did it suddenly become like this? We're not dreaming, are we?" 

Chelsea replied, "I don't know either. This kind of thing has never happened before. I have never seen such a creature during work here." 

Chelsea was crying. 

Meanwhile, Ken is hit by an attack. The fire grabbed his suit. Ken is quickly able to extinguish it, but as a result of his concentration being drained there, Ken gets punched in the face. Ken collapsed. 

Ox is satisfied to hit Ken. She was sure that she had already paralyzed Ken and the young man would not wake up quickly. For her, Ken, who was already paralyzed, didn't need to be troubled anymore. She will have enough time to suck all of Victor's energy. Her attention fell on Victor again. Her gaze aimed fiercely at Victor. 

Victor, who realized himself as the main target, couldn't move. He desperately wanted to be able to run, but fear had shackled him. 

Ox ran quickly to Victor's presence. Victor's leg bones limp, he sat up looking at Ox. 

"I really want to feel the energy of the peak sensation of Pleasure, but what can I do, since you run, I will take energy from the peak sensation of your Fear only," said Ox who began to squat down and was about to grab Victor by the neck without realizing that Ken was up and standing behind her. 

Ken thrust the sword right in the heart until it penetrated. Ken controlled it precisely, so it didn't penetrate into Victor's heart as well. 

Outside of Ken's Domain, Mario and Aditya witness how Ken turns things around. The young man seemed to glow with his true form that was angry and killed Ox. Mario and Aditya cannot enter because each Domain created by stealth cannot be penetrated by other demons. Only the strongest demon can do it. Ken had heard Demon Snake could do it. However, in Falcon Face there is no Snake demon. Although there are, not all snake demons can do it. So no one will be able to penetrate it.

Before Ox's body collapsed, Ken told Victor to get out of the way. Victor crawled out of the situation. 

After Victor moved away, Ken drew his sword and Ox's body collapsed to the floor. Blood spurted in various directions. Ken ends the fight by once again piercing Ox's heart with his sword. Ox's body turned into ashes. 

Ken kept his sword back. After that, he retracted his Domain. The two-person security team swept away the dust and put it in a plastic bag. The two men are low-grade demons working with Falcon Face, who have specifically been given orders by Aditya to clean up the ashes of the killed demons. 

All of that was an absurd sight for Victor. With his heart pounding, he prayed that all this was just a dream. 

Ken walked up to Victor and squatted down, "This is not a dream. This is what our world looks like. That indeed among us there are Phantom (Demon), Half-Phantom, and humans, living side by side. Some of them like to break the rules and do evil things."

Victor trembled. After witnessing all that. The only thing left of him is fainting at that moment. 

Mario and Aditya approach Ken and Victor. Ken turned his head. He intends to take Victor to the health center so Victor can rest, but the appearance of Mario and Aditya makes him postpone his intentions. 

"You're great, you can handle it alone," Aditya said. 

"What are you doing here, Mr. Aditya and Mr. Mario?" asked Ken.

"Of course it is to check the situation. We were surprised because suddenly a stealth appeared and attacked our employees. This is unprecedented. Do you know the creature just now?" Aditya answered. 

Just then, Mario squatted down and checked Victor's state. 

Ken shook his head. 

"It seems that he is one of the residents of White Castle and has been eyeing Victor for a long time. I'm sorry I've been presumptuous to put out strength here," Ken said, facing Aditya. 

"It's okay, you protect your friend well," Aditya said. "Take him to the health center, or just take him home. We will give you leave today."

Ken saw Mario who was looking at Victor. 

"What about them?" Ken then realized there were people staring at them. 

"We will take care of them," Aditya said. Behind him two people from the security team were gathering the humans who had witnessed the incident. The two people may seem like ordinary humans, but in reality they are also demons. They can erase human memory. 

"Ok. Thank you for your kindness. We're excusing us," said Ken, who then crouched down and lifted Victor up. He carried Victor on his back. 

"Wait!" Mario stopped Ken's footsteps. 

"Can you erase his memory?" 

Ken did not answer immediately. He thought of other options he would make. 

"Of course, I can erase his memory. But I don't think I'm going to do it," Ken replied. 

"Why don't you want to erase his memory?" Aditya becomes intrigued by Ken's mindset. Besides, he also wanted to know if Ken knew Mario's plan? 

Ken turned his head slightly, looking at Victor's face drooping on his shoulders. 

"Just a simple reason, so he can survive," Ken said. 

After saying it, Ken waits for Aditya and Mario's response for a moment. But they didn't say anything, so Ken chose to leave. 

Ken took Victor home. Ken took off his shoes and loosened the shirt worn by Victor. 

Ken waited for Victor to regain consciousness in the living room drinking whiskey. After fighting, he couldn't help drinking whiskey. He has a stock of whiskey in his private room. 

Victor regained consciousness an hour later. He screamed hysterically. Ken ran up to him. Victor looked breathlessly sitting on the bed. 

Ken walked up to Victor slowly. He sat on the edge of the bed. 

"What did I see just now?" Victor spoke with a trembling body. 

"It wasn't a dream," Ken said. "I'll explain slowly."

"Yes, you have to explain everything!" 

"You'd better take a shower first," Ken suggested. 

"Take a bath? What it matters! I wonder what's really going on!" 

Ken sighed. 

"Well. I will explain as far as I know."

Ken took another breath before explaining. Ken then sat cross-legged in front of Victor. 

"As I said earlier, our world is not only inhabited by humans. But, among humans there are Phantom that is one kind of Demon and half-Phantom. Besides, among human beings, there are special humans."

"Huh?" Victor felt like he was hearing nonsense.

"There are demons that consume human energy in order to live in the human world and look like humans. Human energy is used to keep their bodies afloat in the human world. Half-phantom is different from pure phantom, although there are some of them who also hunt for human energy to increase stamina."

"What kind of nonsense is this?" 

Ken sighed shortly. 

"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. If you don't believe it, I don't think you will be able to survive."

Victor was speechless. "What do you mean by survival!? Hear! I'm already very dizzy with my depleted financial condition. I didn't have time to feel the bonus I got. I was poor and all I wanted to do was work and earn a decent income so I could survive! It would be better if I could save some money and make my dream come true! Now what is this? Demon? Half Phantom? Special humans? I have to survive by believing in their existence as well?" 

Ken took Victor's anger and confusion calmly. 

"That's right. It's very strange, isn't it?" Ken looked at Victor fixedly.

Victor became speechless. It was hard for him to believe what he had just heard. For him, Ken lied and thought of him as a child. However, the blood on his shirt showed that everything he had just experienced was reality. 

Victor fingered his own body. The blood stuck to his palm just now. The scene of Ken and Ox fighting repeats itself in his memory. 

"That's all a lie, right?"

Ken patiently points out that it is neither a lie nor a dream. 

"Your shirt is proof that my words are not a lie," Ken said. 

Ken chose silence after saying it. He let Victor calm down first. 

"After you calm down, we talk again. Now go take a bath with hot water. In the meantime, I'll prepare food for us," Ken said and then got out of bed.

Before exiting Victor's room, Ken turned his head and watched Victor once again. The young man looked pitiful. His face was shabby like he had just woken up from a long nightmare. 

Ken walked out and checked the contents of his refrigerator. 

While Ken was preparing the meal, Victor got out of bed and took off his shirt. He looked at his white shirt stained with blood. He clearly remembered Ox's face the last time. In addition, he also remembered how Ox turned into ashes. 

Victor trembled, then his fear turned into crying until he sobbed.