Violence Served Hot

Opal sat across from Zayde, her legs crossed with a glass of wine in her hands, she occasionally sneaked a peak at Zayde who seemed too busy with his new phone and headset that he had forgotten about 'his guest'

She cleared her throat once again, also failing. Again. For the third time. She turned to Ash who was in His own world, gazing at the ceiling with his arms crossed. She sighed and called his attention, then he glanced at her, his eyes void of any emotions and she could not even tell what was going on in his head.

"He is not angry with me, right?" She asked with a low tone as she pointed at Zayde.

Ash glanced at him and back to her before smiling, "He is angry with everyone especially me, look," He unfolded his arms and walked over to Zayde. He plopped himself beside him and threw his arms around his shoulders.

"Remove it," Zayde commanded not sparing him a glance as he was still focused on the screen of his phone.

Ash leaned closer, raised one side of the headset up and whispered, "You are in love with your slave," He smirked and snatched the phone from Zayde. He sprang up to his feets and faced him. "Want me to prove it?"

Zayde scoffed and crossed his arms, "You wouldn't need to prove it because I am not in love with her, It's simply a relationship of benefit," He uttered immediately cringing at himself. 'I sound so pathetic.'

"Benefits huh?Then explain this," Ash showed Zayde the photo he set as Zayde's new wallpaper. A picture that he took earlier and sent to his phone. "Give me as explanation Zayde, because I am starting to believe you inherited some traits from him."

"I kissed her, so what? She is my property after all, I can decide to what whatever I want to do with her" He blurted out and received a gasp from Opal who covered her mouth when Ash and Zayde both turned to look at her. "What are you still here? You are supposed to be leading your army,"

"First of all, this is my home as well and two, my soldiers are not babies, they could operate on their own and if need be, they could always call," She replied and dropped her glass. "Zayde or whatever your name is,"

"Say something stupid and watch me dismember your body from the skin to your veins and joints," He threatened causing a shiver to go down her spine. "Now, Ash," He turned back to Ash and stretched out his hand, "Hand over my phone."

"I really don't feel like it, " He responded and began walking away but then he turned around, "I got the truck Ravena asked for, she already managed to move you stuff, so before midnight we should be on our way to my place."

"Great news, now hand it over," Zayde asked once again and with a heavy sigh Ash returned it and walked into the kitchen leaving Zayde with Opal. "Where is she?"

"Who? "

Zayde gave a chuckled briefly , "You do not expect me to repeat myself, right?"

Opal rolled her eyes and averted her gaze, "The garage, first floor."

"I thought so," He rose to his feets and strolled out of the room, humming a random tune in his head.

[Task Complete]

'Wait what?' Zayde asked as he stepped into the elevator.

[Digesting the blood of a demon]

"That was an hour ago, Why are you just marking it complete now?"

[The blood had not digested, but only supplied energy to the host]

"Oh I see," He paused and pressed the first number on the elevator, then stepped back. "So how many points did I gain?" His status screen appeared before him, casting a faint blue light on his face.

[Mana points, +10]

[Health point, +10]

[Taint point, Initial point: +50]

[Added points+50]

"I still don't know the purpose of having a taint point." He mumbled as he pushed his fingers into his hair, sighing out tiredly. "I really need to sleep." He added as a yawn escaped his lips.

[Health Point, –2]

'What is wrong with this dang system?!' He yelled internally, mistakenly dragging his hair out if anger. "Why subtract already added points?"

[If the host is tired or is deprived of sleep, health points will drop]

"Well great, just great."

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Ravena stood staring at the caravan that she had fixed up. Painted black, placed a new engine and did a few tweaks on the inside especially the interior design. She wiped off the beads of sweat that formed on her forehead and sighed.

"Alright, it's time to go," She uttered and walked over to her handmade metal tool box, where she dropped the wrench and screwdriver she held, redid her bun and yawned.

"Are you done?" Zayde's voice erupted behind her, causing her to jolt and drop the screw in her hands. She bent to pick it up, placed it back in the tool box and turned to face Zayde. "Is it ready?"

"Y..yes sir, it is," she stuttered, finding it difficult to maintain eye contact with it.

He frowned at how she behaved, took a step closer and crossed his arms, "You are not new to this, why are you so jumpy?" He asked, his tone showing his displeasure and annoyance.

Ravena laughed nervously and smiled, "it's nothing master, It has been months since you–he touched me and your are a different person so it is a little bit different,"

"I see, well i don't like it. Now look at me," He commanded, taking another step closer. When she did, he smiled and leaned in to kiss her, feeling the soft mound of flesh press against his and her hot breath. He withdrew already missing the feel of her lips on his, But he had to restrain himself due to consequences attached to his actions. "Go get Ash,"

"Why get me? I have been standing here since you arrived," Ash uttered and pushed himself off the wall. He walked over to Zayde's side and whispered. "You love her," He whispered and scampered away to avoid getting punched or slapped.

Ravena pulled off the oversized jumper revealing an oversized shirt and shorts, that piqued Zayde's interest. He tore his eyes off her, only to see Ash facing a silhouette that he recognized all too well.

"Rave, Where is the weak point of a Hyperion soldier?" He asked as he rolled the sleeves of his shirt up.

"Head or chest, is there a problem?" She turned around to face him, worry appearing on her face.

"No, just start the van and drive, we will meet you at The store," He stated and strolled casually over to Ash, while Ravena did as he said after packing up her tools and moving them into the van.

Meanwhile, Ash stood staring blankly at the fully masked and black cladded Soldier. He spotted Zayde approaching and smirked. "What do you want?"

"The Shadow lord, I have said this before."

"I know but are you sure you got the right place. This is my House," He smiled innocently as took out a dagger from his back pocket. "But I know where he is, come closer," The soldier did as he said, he threw his arms around its shoulder and gave Zayde the go ahead.

"By the way, we wanted to capture our slave back, reports showed she was spotted here as well."

"What slave girl?"Ask asked with a raised brow, oblivious of Zayde who had also paused to listen to what the soldier had to say.

"Our leader had his slave stolen by the shadow lord and her memories were wiped that same moment and it is all his fault."

Ash frown deepened then he asked, "What was she used for?"

"What else? his play thing."

Zayde felt his rage double abnormally, he made a swift and angry move, raised his hands up and plunged the dagger into the soldiers head causing a cracking sound from bones breaking. Ash smirked and plunged his own dagger into the jaw of the soldier as well and chuckled.

"Want to play a game?" He gazed at Zayde who smiled sinisterly at him. "Let's see who cuts the highest number of body parts and gets more blood than the other. "