Wilhelmina and Hoxha had been working hard to ensure Gesta's success as the sole heir of Conrad. After the successful ritual, they had hired Stradam as Gesta's mentor to help him master his new demonic power. Stradam was an experienced demon hunter and he had the knowledge and skills to teach Gesta how to control and use his new abilities.
“Psst, Hoxha! Are you sure he used to be a demon hunter?” doubted Wilhelmina when Stradam appeared for the first time in front of them. “He looks more like a lazy bum to me!”“I could hear you, Madam!” retorted Stradam. “And indeed I am lazy, you got me on that. But I am no longer a bum now, since you hired me, that is! Haha!”Wilhelmina smiled wryly to cover up her embarassment. But mixed with it, she also felt that this tutor was kind of looking down on her. Dressed poorly, with tattered rags that he called clothes, and God knew when did the last time this chap touch any clean water.“He may look like this, buInside Gesta’s mind, he is surrounded in a pitch-black dimension without any end in sight. Despite how horrifying the eternal black should be, somehow Gesta feels like he belongs there and thus he is able to keep his composure.“Hello there, young one. It’s been quite a while since myself have been summoned forth by mortals.”Suddenly a voice echoes from somewhere deep in the dark. Gesta looked around and his gaze stops at the figure that stands out from the darkness. Gesta’s eyes widened as he saw the figure in front of him, since he would never expect to see the figure is no one but himself, albeit the reflection is showing expression that is different from what is Gesta’s feeling right now.Despite there is no source of light in sight, the figure can be clearly seen. The difference between Gesta and his reflection is that the reflection shows a confident smile that spreads from ear to ear, where Gesta himself just looked confused and has his mouth agape.“Myself assume that thou ar
After the charade between Conrad and the envoy of the town, Conrad finally arrived inside his home where he is greeted by Hoxha.“Welcome back, Mr. Conrad. How did it go with the demon association?”“I don’t want to talk about it.”“I presume that it didn’t go very well. I also heard you speaking to someone outside just now.”“Yeah, that’s the town perp. They told me if I didn’t get Gesta under control anytime soon, they would take him along with Baphomet inside him.”Conrad angrily took off his jacket and tossed it aside, where Hoxha caught it by reflex.“If I may suggest, maybe instead of getting Gesta under control, we should get the Demon inside him under control.” Suggest Hoxha.“As if I haven’t thought of that already. I visited that freak show of a cult about dealing with the Baphomet, and they refused because they thought it was too much of an effort.”Hoxha folded Conrad’s Jacket neatly and hangs it inside the closet. He then proceeds to approach Conrad.“It’s probably true w
The horse-drawn carriage boarded by Verix and Hoxha had arrived just before a luxurious residence owned by Duke Wenovitch, one of the wealthiest households in Gazella. As the two men jumped from their vehicle, Verix stood and gasped in awe. He admired the grandiose and mighty architecture of the mansion.“Whoa,” he exclaimed as his eyes examined every detail of the glorious house before him, “I have no clue how rich my distant cousin is. She lives a good life, better than I can.”Hoxha patted his fellow’s shoulder. “Now don’t waste more time and let’s get this straight.”The two walked along, greeted by a tall and slightly intimidating iron gate. Hoxha led the way since he was familiar with the area, while Verix tailed behind him. They met a stern yet polite guard who greeted Hoxha, ”good day. May I help you?”Hoxha removed his hat and bowed slightly to show some politeness, followed by Verix. “Is Duke Wenovitch at home? I need to meet him.”“I’m afraid not,” the guard replied, “he we
Soon after he was hired by Duke Wenovitch as his only son's guardian, Verix began his duty of ensuring the young master's safety. Gesta didn’t seem pleased with what his father just told him, thinking that it was ridiculous and nonsense. He only rolled his eyes as Verix walked toward him, stretching his arm and trying to shake Gesta’s hand.Gesta scoffed at the man who was older than him but still far younger than his parents, “I don’t need you.”Verix hid his annoyance by carving a sly smile. “What makes you so sure about it?”The only manchild then stormed off, leaving the scene and back to his room. After locking the door behind, Gesta sighed and mumbled, “it’s dumb! I’m a mature man and I can take care of myself, I don’t need any assistance, even from that weird-lanky man.”As nightfall came, Gesta peered from his half-opened room door. He saw nobody in the hallway. He grinned as if he had won something, then walked toward the window. The man had been using the window as an escape
One morning, Conrad put his thought on Devon, the possessed teenager who managed to run away from his mansion basement prison. The Duke hadn’t fully let go of his escape that moment and still hoped his right-hand man managed to take Devon back. His mind wandered, thinking of many possibilities that can be done once that particular boy was caught and taken back to the Wenocitch mansion. Conrad began to believe that the inner strength Devon got from seven demons could be useful for his own interest.His train of thought was interrupted by knocking on the door. “Come in,” responded Conrad after clearing his throat.The door then swung open, revealing two of his right-hand men who stood just outside the room. Conrad lifted his head and asked his trusty henchmen, “is there any news from Devon? It’s been weeks since his escape.”“Not yet, Sir.” one of them shook his head. “I was about to ask the team in charge, probably they have some updates about this.”“Go ahead, then,” ordered Duke Weno
The banquet turned into chaos. With Devon being possessed by demons and went wild, the guests were feared to the bone. Baron Rudeth has already anticipated the situation. He commanded all the guests to escape from the mansion just before Devon fully transformed into an abomination with malicious sight. After the mansion has became more quiet, it became the battle arena between the possessed Devon and Rudeth with his students.Unfortunately, Gesta and his aide were also the people who escaped from the mansion. They lost but not totally lost yet because Devon did not manage to kill both of them. Gesta was not satisfied because Devon was still alive. He demanded to kill Devon for being a nuisance in his life. He vowed that later on he would search for Devon again to have a deadly rematch.Meanwhile in the mansion, Rudeth and the trio warriors were having a difficult time battling the possessed boy. Devon’s possession was a bit off because he went berserk but it seemed like something was
At night time when Rudeth and his students were sleeping, Devon woke up. He looked at surrounding while trying to recognize what has happened to him. He looked at the trio students and then at Rudeth. He smiled with malicious aura.“How pitiful. We lost against these mere humans, huh?” Devon was still in possession of a demon. The demon was surprisingly calm but still it got a murderous aura.The possessed Devon stared at Rudeth. He got up from the bed and approached Rudeth sneakingly.“Old man. You are dangerous. I should kill you.” Devon raised his right hand and a condensed dark orb appeared from his right hand.“So, you are one of the Demon inside this boy’s body?” Rudeth suddenly spoke up in his sleep. He was actually awake.Devon gasped. He did not realize that Rudeth was awake. “You are really something, old man. I applaud you for being this extraordinary. But your existence is a threat for us. Would you please submit yourself to be killed by me?”“If you really want to kill me
“Sis Fransesca, what do you think Sis Roxanne is up to?” The elf girl asked her huntress friend who has been following Roxanne from distance.“It must be related to Devon or Sir Rudeth.” Fransesca answered Arwen. Fransesca was hiding in the aisle between two big houses. Arwen was standing behind her. Both of them were scouting Roxanne from distance.Since Roxanne left the inn without telling her friends, Fransesca’s suspicion began to raise up. She asked Arwen and Cecillia to spy on Roxanne. Arwen agreed to join but for Cecillia, she declined the request because she got something to do related to her search for her lost brother.Roxanne’s unusual movement annoyed Fransesca in certain way. It seemed like something really important has happened between them and they tried hard not to tell the truth to Fransesca, Arwen, and Cecillia. Fransesca found that unfair to be treated like that. Fransesca has been with Devon more than the other girls and she needed to know what happened in this mo