Chapter-56: A Demon Hiding in an Underground Cavern..[2]

Chapter-56: A Demon Hiding in an Underground Cavern..[2]

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1st POV | Lucien's POV |

As the darkness began to engulf the world and night came, the twinkling of stars reminiscent of a box of jewels dotted the inky sky like a canvas...

I watched the night sky out of the window.. I returned my attention then to the book that I was reading.

'Ren gave me this book about Demons, to further know what they're capable of, and it is really informative..' I thought as I turned to another page.

This is what I currently know about Demons, They are made and came from the blood of Muzan Kibutsuji, the Progenitor of Demons. They forget their past lives as humans and become completely cannibalistic, they can still eat normal human food, but they prefer human meat.

Due to Muzan not being able to complete the process of becoming a Demon, all Demons have a weakness to sunlight. They get stronger the more humans they consume and eventually even get the attention of Muzan and get turned into lower moon demons via a drop of his blood.

Once a Demon has eaten enough humans, they gain the ability of Blood Arts, the source of the power is unknown but it can range from a simple ability of hiding in shadows to being able to create their own extradimensional pocket dimensions.

"Some kind of superpowers huh?" I said as I saw the different and unique Blood Arts catalogued on the book.

Every Demon has unique Blood Arts and there can never be another copy of their Blood Arts...

—Whoosh! Pom!

I hear the sliding door open and then promptly hear the sound of footsteps which I recognize to be Ren's. I looked up and saw Ren coming inside the room.

"You finished reading that?"

"No, not yet, Why?" I raised my eyebrows at his sudden question.

I saw him smiling and a light lit up his face, I don't know what's about to happen, but I have a certain feeling..

"We're gonna hunt a Demon"

"What? Are we going on the outskirts of the town again to find a Demon?" I knew that Demons who're not strong enough will lurk in the outskirts of a village, picking off prey, one-by-one until they are strong and brave enough to go hide in the central parts of the village, so I immediately assumed that we're searching for a weak Demon.

"No, we're staying right here.." Wait what..

"What do you mean?" I ask him, confusion welling and dwelling on my mind due to his answer.

"What I mean is, the Demon is closer than you think" I saw that Ren grew a mysterious smile..

"Is there a need to be cryptic?"

"You said you wanted to test your Arcane prowess so i'm going to be a bit of a passive observer" I did say that, I guess that was my fault..

"Haaaah...at the least give me a clue"

"That's fair, a clue I can give is; the Demon is in the vicinity of this inn" Ren pointed his index finger up as a gesture.

"Do you know how many people are in the vicinity of this inn?"

"I know.."

"Haaaah... how do I find the Demon.." I muttered to myself as I scratched my head.

'Wait...if humans, nature, and etc has various differing Spiritual Power frequencies with different feelings, maybe I can find the specific one belonging to the Demons! Aha!' I felt like I had imaginary light bulb light up above my head.

I immediately sat down and relaxed my breathing, slowly getting into Brook Meditation. I felt various Spiritual Power frequencies with the ones that are common. I expanded my range of finding Spiritual lines through the darkness.

The Spiritual Lines have very different colors, ranging from the calmest blue hue like the ocean's to green of the nature's, but the one I'm trying to find, is red, as it symbolizes the chaotic nature of something, or someone..

Soon, I "saw" a distinct red Spiritual Power Frequency that was different from the others..I came close to it, feeling the murderous and chaotic aura it emitted and then traced it back to it's source.

Through the hazy darkness, I found it leading to a small cavern right below of the inn itself! But I couldn't follow it anymore as we need to take action fast! It's becoming night...

"Ren-san, I found it! I found where it leads through! Let's go!" I stood up quickly and ran towards the door.

I turned the knob as I soon felt the adrenaline running through my veins. I quickly went down through the wooden stairs and reached the first floor. I raced through the maze of sliding doors as I reached what I think is the entrance to that cavern.

"Where is it? Where is it?" I muttered under my breath as I struggled to find the secret entrance to the caverns below.

"Ah! Damn it, I guess I'll have to use a spell" I muttered under my breath once more, but this time, I pulled out a pouch filled with sulphur.

I grabbed a handful of it from the pouch and threw it against the floor and activated my spell, . As soon as I activated the spell, the sulphur turned into flowing light green liquid that dissolved the wooded tatami floor.

White smoke erupted as i saw the acid quickly form a medium-sized hole, I cast as I lowered myself through the hole on the floor. Since the was like having an invisible hand, I jumped in it and then commanded it in my mind to lower me down the hole.

I descended down the deep dark hole and soon found the ground where I can land in. I stepped off of the and found a tunnel decorated with hanging lamps on the side with a red Torii gate at the front.

"Sniff...it smells like...snake wine?" I sniffed the air and caught a smell that brought me back to the times I visited my grandparents on New Year. So I started going into the tunnel...

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Word Count: 1035

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