Insanity

Woosh—

Regis kept running as he thought of the interaction he had earlier.

'I'm relieved…'

He smiled at the thought of knowing that Dahlia was doing well.

Glancing at the metallic insignia that Doron had given him earlier, Regis still felt a myriad of emotions.

'Is he really a part of the Grava Family?'

No matter what one's social status was, they would know the most prominent families in the human territory.

One of such families was the Grava Family which was one of the ducal families of Acheron Kingdom.

They were a family which produced the most powerful warriors in the human kingdom.

'Still, I'm glad to know that she's in safe hands.'

Regis's smile became wider, he was truly happy for his friend.

He then kept the insignia in his pocket, making sure that it wouldn't fall out no matter how fast he moved.

'I need to focus on saving Greg and Lea first…'

His expression became serious once again as he tried to locate the two of them.

Fortunately, it only took him a couple more minutes before he found Greg and Lea who were staring up dazedly.

Regis's expression brightened at the sight of them, "Hey! Gre—"

A black orb entered his body before he could finish his words.

"Arghhhh!!!"

He clutched his chest as he felt severe pain from his heart.

"You never cease to amaze me, Regis!"

An inhumane voice echoed in Regis's mind as he tried to calm himself down.

With his gift of Tranquility, it only took him a few seconds to calm down despite the extreme pain he was feeling.

"What did you do to me?" Regis gritted his teeth as he calmly spoke.

"Oho? Interesting!" 

The demon laughed, "Tell me, how did you do it?"

"Do what?" He maintained a poker face.

"Urk—"

Regis's expression faltered as the pain he was feeling suddenly worsened.

"Don't play games with me, you filthy human!"

The demon growled, "Indiscriminate Absorption is an evil craft that essentially makes you strong extremely fast in exchange for your life… your future!"

"Now, how did a mere human like you manage to form a star…"

"A mere human with a weak body…"

"...forming a star with the corrupted demonic power from that evil craft."

"How interesting…"

However, Regis only remained silent.

"Haha!" The demon laughed, "Well, even if you don't tell me…"

"...I can just read your mind after I take your body!!!"

Regis felt something tug in his heart.

The brand that the demonic human leader left slowly started glowing.

"Don't bother fighting back! This evil art has the power of the Devil of Death and Extinction!! A mere human wouldn't be able to— eh?"

The demon's laugh suddenly came to a halt as he sensed something amiss.

He tried attacking Regis's mind in order to weaken him, but it didn't even cause him any pain.

"Hmmm? What's happening??"

The demon tried activating the brand on Regis's heart but it also did nothing.

Wunggg—!!!

It was only then that he felt it.

The demonic power he was using to activate the brand wasn't reaching it.

Instead, everytime that he tried to utilize his demonic power, it would suddenly dissipate into thin air.

"What's happening? I'm in his heart! How come my demonic power can't activate the…"

The demon suddenly felt his demonic power leaving his body, "W-What!? What do you think you're doi—"

[Indiscriminate Absorption]

The evil craft that absorbs anything and everything without a filter.

It would let the individual who used it absorb even the harmful substances that could potentially kill them.

Regis, who had been using it nonstop, had now reached an extremely high proficiency with it.

All the demon could sense was Regis's blood-red eyes which were coldly looking at him.

"Shit, what a monster!" The demon cursed as he tried to prevent his demonic power from seeping away.

Regis smirked, "I can do this all day long."

"Really?" Hatred could be heard from the demon's voice.

"It's your fault! You foiled my plans!!"

As he heard the demon, Regis felt demonic power surging within him.

'What is he doing—'

[Combine!]

Woooooshhhhh!!!!

A chant resounded in the area as massive amounts of demonic power erupted from Regis's body.

'Fuck, I can't control it!!'

Regis cursed in his mind as he tried his best to limit the demonic power of the demon.

Although he didn't know what the chant meant, he knew better than to let the demon's evil craft succeed.

Unfortunately, all he could do was widen his eyes at the scene that was happening before him.

"No…"

"Hahaha!!! I cherish my generals and suicide soldiers, but you forced me to do this!!"

The demon's crazed laughter echoed inside Regis's mind as he slowly dissipated into nothingness.

"Remember, this is only an incarnation. I'll rip you apart to shreds when we meet in person!"

Was the demon's last words, seething with hatred for Regis.

However, Regis didn't have the luxury to worry about the demon's words at the moment as he stood still, frozen.

After the demon chanted, he saw the demonic children's body being pulled together.

Their bodies began to merge with each other, forming a grotesque monster made from the bodies of all the demonic children.

Grrrrrrr—

The monster produced inhumane sounds as it stared at Regis.

"No…"

His blood-red eyes grew grim as he stared at the monstrosity before him.

All he could do was clench his fists as he watched the monster's flesh wriggled, forming tens of limbs that it used to crawl on the floor.

It looked like a gigantic worm with the faces of all the demonic children littered on its body.

What made Regis's heart drop was Greg and Lea's face which were among the faces on the monster's body.

"Greg… Lea…"

Strangely, Regis didn't shed a tear.

The only thing that could be seen in his eyes was pure anger.

No, it wasn't just anger.

The emotion that filled his eyes made its blood-red color more apparent.

An emotion that made him want to erase every single demon in the entire world.

It was insanity.