Chapter 14: Basement

I looked into her emotionless eyes, and she looked into mine. "Where did you get the wound on your hand?" she repeated. "Don't you care? It's just a minor injury, so don't worry about it," I answered. I wanted to pull my hand away and leave, but she seized it as if in iron tongs. Looking at her face, I saw that she was still waiting for my answer. "Let go," I said.

Due to a loss of trust, I no longer cared about her feelings, and I didn't think to explain. So I told her to let go of my hand. "Only when you explain to me and I see the wound, then you can leave," she said. Listening to her, I felt annoyed. "Why are you so persistent now? Didn't you care when I was lying in a strange house without help? Weren't you in a hurry? Why are you paying attention to such a trifle now?" I spoke, feeling hurt and annoyed at the same time. I don’t even know why I got so turned on, but seeing her emotionless face and forcibly holding my hand, my emotions began to fluctuate.

"Don't care just because I'm your sister," I continued. "Don't you care about me because you have to? Now you don't have to do it. I'm an adult, and I can take care of myself." As I spoke, my irritation began to outgrow anger. My spirit level changed from 16 to 14, but I didn't pay attention to the acceptance window in front of my eyes.

I burnt out and told her again, "Let go of my hand." My spirit level decreased from 8 to 20, and at that moment, both of our hands were already trembling, and my field of vision was turning red. Watching as she didn't decide to say anything, but still didn't let go of my hand, my anger gradually grew. When I looked at her face, that smile came to mind. My spirit level changed from 5 to 23.

Gritting my teeth, she pulled my hand with force, but couldn't hold on, causing me to lose control of my hand. I staggered backwards, lost my balance, and punched the wall behind me. There was a dull thump, followed by a sharp pain in my arm. Subconsciously, I grabbed my injured hand with my other hand and tried to calm down.

"You..." she tried to say something, but I ignored her. After taking a few deep breaths, I finally felt the rage recede a little. Without paying any more attention to her, I went upstairs and spoke as I walked.

"From now on, I'll take care of myself. If you do this again, I'll leave home." I had such thoughts since I can collect money from demons, so it doesn't matter where I go. I don't need to worry about it anymore, although it's risky, and I still don't understand where the katana and money came from. The probability of them disappearing is high.

Closing the door, I leaned against it and sat down. The pain in my arm was sharp, and I just now realized that I lost control of myself very quickly due to the skill. It took a few minutes for the pain to go away, thanks to my increased survivability characteristic. Breathing a sigh of relief, I opened my inventory and pulled out my katana.

The sharpness of this weapon was amazing. I remembered how it cut through a demon and a door with ease. I was interested in its peculiarity of growth, most likely when killing demons with this katana, it gradually becomes sharper or something else. It turns out that this is a magic sword. Looking at the pile of money, I thought that if there is such a thing as a magic shop, logically, it should exist. Unfortunately, I haven't met a single hunter these days. In any case, I could go to the academy to find out from someone.

And what about learning from your sister? You can forget it. Falling onto the bed, I didn't even notice how I fell asleep.

Early in the morning, the sound of the alarm clock woke me up. I got dressed in a daze and left the house. The cool air gave me goosebumps. As I sighed and exhaled, steam was seen coming from my mouth.

Today, I went out to test my stamina. In the end, an hour later, I was still running. It didn't compare to the past. For a moment, I thought about what it would be like to have stats above 40.

When I returned, I began to train with various weapons. I wanted to have mastery of all weapons. If possible, I want to be able to handle any weapon.

But even after two hours, I didn't gain any skills other than handling a specific weapon. It also took about 30 dagger throws to gain the [Dagger Throwing] skill. From previous experience, this is very necessary.

While I was training, my sister also entered the room. After standing for a few seconds, she finally asked me, "You're not going to school?"

"No," I replied, remembering yesterday's situation. She sighed and went to practice on the side. Continuing for a few minutes, I walked out. Today's hunt begins. I had an idea to follow the demons to find their base. If you kill one at a time, it will take longer to level up.
Sitting in the cafe, I started my breakfast. After I finished, I also wanted to have coffee, but work was not waiting.

A demon appeared on the radar. When I looked closer, the demon was in a female form. What puzzled me was that she was too beautiful. She was obviously waiting for someone.
Soon, a young man approached her, they both said hello and began their walk. Watching them, they stopped at several places from the café to the mall. As I watched them happily enjoying themselves, I felt jealous.

Not that I was jealous that they were in a relationship, even though it was fake, but jealous that at least the kid had a demon to walk around with.

With a sigh and a quick shake of my head, I kept watching. A few times, guys even came up to me with the intention of flirting. One even had to be dragged into the bathroom and punched in the face because he was hitting on me too much. Good thing he didn't make me lose sight of those two.

What surprised me was that the girl didn't drag the guy somewhere. They said goodbye and went their separate ways. But after that, the girl called someone and later met up with another guy. I could feel my worldview shaking.
This repeated several times, in between which I killed several demons. Finally, closer to noon, the girl said goodbye to another poor man and left. Following her, we came to a huge multi-story building that had a logo on it.

On the radar, I saw a ridiculous scene - there were a lot of demons, but there were also a lot of people. Including the guards were demons. Watching her through the radar, she walked inside, after which she stayed in one place for a while, most likely it was an elevator.

Soon, she apparently stepped out of the elevator and approached one of the white dots. There was a little movement on the radar, so you can guess what they were doing there. I was very curious because the buildings were clearly not ordinary.

So, I stopped one of the passersby and asked. It turned out to be one of the big companies in this town. Watching it, most of the staff were demons. I couldn't help but feel a chill.

It turns out that some people may have a connection to demons, either without knowing or knowingly taking advantage of it. This raises questions about the hunters and the rest of the hunting family.

While sitting on a bench near the road with a cup of coffee, I pondered about the possibility that demons and people play a double game. Perhaps the hunters are just for show, and they don't know that some people are connected to demons. I haven't noticed anyone killing demons in the guise of a human, at least not until today. Could it be that they cannot detect demons when they are in human form?

As my thoughts swirled, I noticed another red dot on the radar, but what was suspicious was that the dot was being followed by three white men. Turning my gaze to the street, a middle-aged man was walking down it with a bag in his hand.

Three people were following him very stealthily, and if there was no radar, I wouldn't have realized it. One boy looked no older than 20, and two girls also no older than the boy. I had doubts, but I started following them, only from the opposite side.

After following them, we ended up in the suburbs where there aren't many high-rise buildings, mostly some open areas and private homes. When the man got out of the car, the three came out after him. From the outside, it looked funny. I had to catch up with them quickly since the cab was parked pretty far away.

Putting on the demon mask I bought, I followed them to the grounds of the private house. At that moment, the three of us hid nearby and watched as the demon went inside the house. After a while, we helped each other jump the fence to get inside.

I didn't know what was going on, but I followed them. Watching them sneak up made me laugh. Turning my gaze to the radar, I squinted and saw that there were 10 demons in the house, and one of them was standing right in front of us. On top of that, I could see 15 white dots in a row, a few meters apart.

Soon, the red dot, which was the demon we were following, went towards the white dots and stood for a few seconds. Then, after making several circles, he walked even further and came to the white dots. It turns out there is a basement, and the demon went down the stairs.

The moment he stopped there is most likely a door. Turning my gaze back to the three who were still sneaking around, I didn't hesitate to go to the side. There were no demons on the radar there, or more likely there were, but the one had just left here. Sneaking inside with ease, I approached one of the demons, and it was easy to kill. After waiting for the corpse to turn to ash, I went to the other one. So it didn't take long before I killed them all, including the one that was looking in the direction of those three.

Those three were still hiding nearby, and I didn't know what was on their minds. Walking towards the feeder, I saw a bookcase. I wondered if a door was hidden behind the closet. With those thoughts in mind, I reached for the books, pulling them out one by one. Finally, one was attached to the closet, pulling it towards me, there was a click, and then the closet moved forward a bit. With a little effort, the door opened in front of me.

Behind me, crying and pleading voices echoed in my ear. I looked back at the radar and knew this was not a good place. I pulled out my dagger and headed downstairs
.
The stench hit me like a brick wall, and I gripped my dagger harder. The crying and pleading voices grew louder. Finally, I reached the cellar, and a terrible scene opened before my eyes. Men and girls sat in cages wearing tattered clothing, with iron chains attached to their limbs.

The chains had streaming red patterns, and every time the pattern flared up, the person held by the chains screamed and begged them to stop. A black mist emanated from them, moving in the direction of the demon.

The demon sat in human form, looking at the orb in front of him. The orb collected the black mist. Every time the mist stopped, the demon placed his hand on the orb, and a sound of ecstasy erupted from his mouth. Watching this process, I finally understood how demons become stronger.

As I got closer to the demon, I put the dagger back in my inventory and took the katana in my hands. The demon didn't seem to notice what was going on around him because of the process. I cut off the demon's legs with a swift movement, and it fell to the ground, screaming. Looking down at the demon, I felt relieved.

"Who! Who are you?" the demon screamed in pain and anger.

"Okay," I said, smirking.

The demon pointed a finger at me and shouted loudly.

"What's so good about it?!" His voice and appearance involuntarily made me laugh.

"Heh heh heh heh," I chuckled.

"What are you laughing at?!" he demanded.

Raising my katana above my head, I stopped laughing. "It's good that you too pain," I said coldly.

After saying the last word, I quickly cut off half of his arm. His scream grew louder and sharper as the demon gradually took its real form. But my movements didn't stop; I cut off piece by piece.

All the while, he was screaming and begging, which pleased me greatly. After torturing him some more, his head flew upward.

Watching the body turn into ash, I felt a sense of happiness. But realizing that, I quickly shook my head and came to my senses. Although I am not a cruel person, what I saw today made me realize that I also wanted the demon to experience the same thing as the people who were here.

While I was putting my thoughts in order, I heard quick footsteps approaching. Soon, the three who had been upstairs the whole time came into the cellar.

Their footsteps stopped abruptly as soon as they got here. Their faces changed from incomprehension to shock; they seemed to be seeing this for the first time. One of the girls turned sideways and started throwing up, but the other two were fine.

After a while, they also noticed me, and their eyes fell on the torn clothes on the floor.

The boy stepped forward and cautiously asked, "Who are you, and what happened here?"

Chapter end