Chapter 6: New Recruit.

Ancient Devil stretched her body, relishing in her newly gained freedom as she fixed her wrinkled black dress. She curiously gave the young man a look, not at all bothered about the peculiarity in his eyes.

Back in the day, each person would choose a different evolution path, resulting in many peculiar transformations, and the eyes were the most common. Nothing could be gleaned from observing someone's eyes unless they displayed their abilities firsthand.

"I don't know much," she eventually replied. "I just know that they're not the original hounds—perhaps they're descendants of the same lineage, perhaps they were born during the worst of times and hence, they couldn't be nurtured properly and maintained their suspended animation state, bordering between the living and the dead."