"Dammit!!, dammit!!, Dammit!!" Litira cursed as she dragged herself through the streets. She had just peeled off the skin over her chest and abdomen to get rid of all the areas the poison affected, she was bleeding badly and her wounds were healing very slowly because of the poison. Gustor's veil had been pulled down for some reason, but she didn't want to assume he was dead yet. "Gustor will get rid of the boy, I have to find something to eat, I need to be back at full strength" she muttered as her skin began to pale again She starting to perceive something very nice, the smell of a healthy human meal, and little children too, she followed the scent, sniffing the air like a dog until she got to a small house that was locked, which meant someone was in, her appetite was almost intoxicating her at this point. She kicked the door immediately as she broke in and met a woman with her two children, a boy and a girl, cuddled in a corner, screaming for their lives, Litira chuckled devio
Willow valley.The sky began to turn blue as dawn had just arrived, the faint orange sunlight of the early morning shone from the horizon. Rodric still stood in the same spot at the front of his house, he didn't sleep or sit down throughout the night, yet there was no sign of stress or tiredness on his face, as an experienced devil hunter, he has already lived many nights like this before. He noticed the sun starting to rise and a look of disappointed came over him, if Verner wasn't back by now, then it only meant one thing, he didn't make it. Rodric walked into his house, he searched for his wife until he finally found her in the children's room, sleeping on their bed with the three of them. The boys slept very early yesterday and probably woke up in the middle of the night because of that, so she might have come over to help them return to sleep, at least that's what he thought That was true of course, but Amah went over to the boys room initially because she was mad at Rodric
"CATCH!!!" Riu shouted as he threw a fastball towards Verner. Verner caught it almost effortlessly with a big brown glove on his left hand. "My turn now..." Verner threw it back at him just as fast as Riu did previously, He waited patiently for the ball, jumped, and caught it just above his head with his own glove before landing back. Riu looked very excited as he got ready to make another throw towards Verner, Verner smiled and took a stance to receive the ball. Riu and Kai were Rodric's first two sons, the last one was still a baby. Riu was ten years old and Kai was six. Verner and Riu were playing a game of pitcher in an empty room in the dojo, Kai was behind them playing with some wooden craft toys. The boys usually played pitcher outside as it was an outdoor sport, but the sun was too hot today. Verner didn't even look like someone who was literally a dead man the night before. He was as happy, healthy and energetic as ever. "First run ends in a draw, let's go for pha
The sun was particularly hot today, Rodric pulled out a pocket watch to check the time, it was just a few minutes after 11 o clock, and it already felt like a hot afternoon. Brogan helped Verner heap his bags on the horses, they shared his luggage to the three horses to make the weight lighter since Rodric and Brogan weren't carrying anything else but themselves. "Verner when will you be back?"Riu asked, looking very sad, Verner smiled and patted his head "I don't know but, I'll visit whenever I can, and when we grow older, we can go to the city and watch pitcher games, that's what we said right?" Riu wiped a tear of his eye, then nodded softly. Amah walked over to Verner with her baby in one hand, and used the other to embrace him "Be a good boy okay?""Yeah,...sure..." Verner chuckled, she punched his shoulder but he didn't even flinch, she started to wonder how strong he actually was. "You can come visit whenever you're hungry alright?" "Yes mama" Verner laughed again,
"There are only four Primordials known to Guardian society; Belzara the devil of lust, Phobius the devil of fear, Damorak the devil of darkness, and Malachar, the king of devils..." "You have one last chance brother...you don't have to die too" Belzara folded her whip and pulled it with her two hands and a devilish smile on her face. Valdrik was extremely angry, his fists clenched tightly "I'll rather die than bow to a vicious monster like you!!" he barked, Belzara chuckled then unrolled her whip and hung it over her back "So this is how it's going to be,...huh?"She lashed her whip towards him and it stretched rapidly and tore the skin of his face, it would have taken his whole head off if he didn't dodge it at the last second. "So fast!!" he pulled backward to be futher away from her, he stood over 20 feet away initially and could have sworn that the whip wasn't that long at all, yet it almost hit him from that distance "I see, the whip increases it's length when lashed to me
'CHOO!! CHOO!!!!...'The steam train chuffed, clicked and whistled as it went, this was the second train Verner and the hunters entered throughout this journey. It had already been 24 hours since they left Willow valley and they were close to their destination "So damn slow..." Rodric thought, even though the train was literally the fastest means of transportation that existed in this era. "If I had use thunder flash I'd be there in an hour or two" Rodric kept on whining. Brogan laughed, knowing fully when that Rodric can't run at such speed for one hour straight, his body will build up too much heat and burn to ash, Rodric just liked to bluff. Verner didn't even mind any of them, he stuck his head outside the window and watched the landscape, excitement and amazement written all over his face, he saw new kind of animals, people, buildings and infrastructure that he had only heard of before. It was his first day outside the mountains, and he was already loving every second of it...
Daegan wore his long blue and green coat over his all black uniform, his long black hair bundled with white threads to make a single thick braid which ran almost all the way down his back. His face heavily scarred from so many fights with black grade devils throughout his life, including his infamous defeat to Malachar which cost him his left hand, his huge sword with the sea weed quillon hung on his belt. He looked sick, but that was probably because he was over sixty years old already, a feat very few hunters ever achieve. Four attendants stood behind him, two on each side, each wearing the same black uniforms. All four of the other sentinels fell to one knee and bowed their heads to the leader of this generation of guardians and hunters. Verner immediately threw his bags away and fell to the knees to bow after he saw the sentinels ahead of him, and Daegan was quick to notice the presence of an odd personnel, but a familiar one. "Verner?..." he asked, looking very surprised, the o
"Let's train together, and once we're done, you'll never have to ask why a regular human being like me is in HQ" Verner and Tywin were locked in some sort of staring contest, Verner with a stern look on his face, Tywin very agitated, gnashing his teeth, greatly pissed by this newcomer who challenged him before even knowing his name "Common guys that's enough!!..." Astrid got in the middle of the boys and pushed both of them away from each other. "Verner you just got here and you want to start a fight, you're going to leave a bad impression on the higher ups..." Astrid had both her hands on their chests to keep them far from each other "Yeah, yeah...she's right..." Erik cut in, Tywin hissed and Verner scoffed, both boys stepped back, still looking at each other "You're a lucky one boy, better don't mess with me next time or I'll beat you up so bad they're gonna send you back to your mama..." Tywin stopped as he noticed Verner instantly become furious, veins popping out of his h