Chapter 187:
Butcher Demon
Dupont leaned over the counter and looked around.
âI was not expecting you guys to come all the way to the subhuman world already. What happened to the rest?â
âWe were in the process of suppressing a massive âstampedeâ that occurred on the north. We were going to refuse at first because we canât let it run loose, and-â
Papameyan shifted the eyeballs of his mask to look around and saw several figures walking toward him from across the street.
âNn! Seriously â¦â¦.â
Arshella straightened her neck and stared in that direction.
The first figure was a man with skin as white as a wax doll, with a black cloak draped over his body as he walked. Next to him were two women dressed as maids and holding umbrellas over them, both of their skin also similarly white as him.
Next to them walked a woman in a strange outfit, with a piece of paper stuck to her face. She was wearing a cloak too.
âThat person at the front must be a vampire!â
âVampire â¦â¦.â
Tiriel exclaimed at Ferrisâs remark.
The figure casually raised his hand as he came to the front of the butcher shop and called out.
âDupont.â
âNodens. And you areâ¦..Yufan? youâve changed your equipment.â
âYo, Uncle!â
The girl called Yufan looks easygoing. When she opened her mouth, she had a shark-like set of teeth with a talisman stuck to her face.
Nodens speaks teasingly.
âHow long has it been since Iâve seen you? Has your face sagged a bit?â
âBoth you and Papameyanâ¦â¦.I still have enough energy to shove my horns to your heart you know?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âLooks like itâ¦â¦. one bratwurst (blood sausage) please.â
Nordens pointed to the storeâs shelf, and Dupont snorted at him.
âOnly Elysium gold coin, you canât use Evernight gem here.â
âOf course I brought them.â
As they began their conversation peacefully, Tiriel pointed a finger at them.
âHey, that woman next to the vampire, the one that has a talisman on her face, do you think sheâsâ¦.â
âJiangshi(geung-si, Kyon-shi), , Iâve never seen one before!â
Ferris said.
âSo thatâs Jiangshiâ¦â¦.â
Arshella continued as Tiriel muttered.
âThe Highland Zephyr has some , the natives from with them. And Iâm pretty sure both of those guys areâ
are not true undead. True undead is those whose bodies have died and been transformed, refusing to perish. but the Nocturnes are different, they have undergone some sort of ritual to suspend their bodies before they die.
Because of their longing for immortality, they have a very different way of thinking about âmaterial thingsâ from the general people, resulting in many disagreements and conflicts. So they live in a place called where the sun never shines without being associated with regular races, which is also under the control of the Demon King.
Papameyan was munching on a meat skewer (the jaws of his mask were moving by some mysterious principle) and conversing with Dupont.
âSo I was officially given the task of defeating Titania. And the reason for Nodens and his team isâ¦â
âI read the report. Our target, the Butcher, was that subhuman who killed Coronzon.â
Nodens said, interrupting Papameyan.
âI thought I destroyed the corpse that time until it was beyond revival and threw the soul into the butcher, but I didnât expect it to still have a vestige of its soul left. If I donât get rid of it this time, I will ruin the name of Maghrekanar and Coronzon.â
âThatâs why. Iâm going to avenge him.â
Hearing Papameyanâs words, Arshellaâs mind began to spin.
âNordens and Yufan are former members of the Maghrekanar. I see â¦â¦ Highland Zephyr has come to avenge Coronzon. Gevaudan, itâs going to be tough for you to deal with all of them by yourselfâ¦â¦.â
Ferris said to Arshella, who groaned.
âDonât worry about Jibodan! Heâs very strong!â
But the dragon girlâs expression did not brighten.
âI donât deny it, but these â¦â¦ people are professionals at killing monsters, If they all group up, it will be six against one. If theyâre all planning and attacking him, it doesnât matter how much they know, heâs in dangerââ
Arshella has witnessed the scene where Gevaudan was restrained by the ritual and nearly beheaded by Dantalion. Gevaudan is strong, but he is not invincible.
âOya?â
Arshellaâs shoulders jolted as she suddenly heard a voice from behind her.
When she turned around, she saw that the jiangshi girl called Yufan was somehow standing behind the bench, peeking in on the three of them.
Her unique hairstyle was eye-catching, with her hair in a curly bun and her pigtails wrapped like rings on either side, but most of all, it was her Talisman. The Talisman on her forehead was the strangest thing Sheâs ever seen.
Her clothes have long sleeves and only the tips of her hands are visible. She wears a cloak over her overall uniquely loose-fitting attire.
âThis fox girl, isnât that the kid in the report who had a butcher as a pet?â
âYeah, looks like it.â
A female vampire seeps out of Ferrisâs shadow and stands up. She was the one who was standing next to Nodens.
âI thought you might be more powerful for those who had a butcher as a pet, but it looks like youâre just a little kid.â
ââ¦â¦â
Ferrisâ head was being held down by Yufan. The female vampire laughed amusedly when she saw that.
âUfufuâ¦â¦ But I think youâre quite special, in a kinky kind of wayâ¦â¦. I know a bed-crazed vampire a long time ago, She tried to make a butcher into her pet, failed, and disappeared after being devoured without a piece of meat left. Isnât that funny?â
âHey, how did you play with your butcher? Were you guys playing together too?â
Ferris was at the mercy of Yufan, who roughly grabbed her head, but she kept quiet and let her do what she wanted.
Lydia saw this and came running toward them in a panic.
Tiriel also stood up from the bench and shouted.
âHey! Youââ
âNn, what is it?â
Her saw-like teeth peeked out, and the eyes behind the talisman stared at her. It was eerie that her face was not only pale but also has earthy, chalky color.
âUhââ
Tiriel flinched involuntarily. She was not good at picking fights.
âHey, donât touch it.â
Arshella stopped Tiriel. Meanwhile, Ferris was being left on her own with Yufan.
âWhy!? Arshella! Donât you frustrated that they speak to Ferris that way!? Iâm so pissed!! are you scared!? I know you teach her with your fists! Get âem!!â
âThat person doesnât know what sheâs dealing withâ
A somewhat stunned voice slipped out of Tiriel.
âWell, just be quiet and watch.â
Arshellaâs gaze remains fixed on Ferris.
Ferrisâs head is held down from above by Yufan, she is slumped over, her expression is not visible, but she is not scared, and she is certainly not enduring it either. she is simply clenching her fists silently in her lap.
-Arshella can see it.
Some kind of string that was on the verge of snapping inside Ferris.
ââ¦â¦ Jibodan is not a â¦â¦ petâ¦â¦.â
ââHmm, whatâs that?â
Yufan brought her ear closer to Ferris, who remained looking down.
âYeah? Then what is it?â
The female vampire interrupted.
âDonât tell me heâs your boyfriend or something? Oh, right, you were that fox-slut sister. It must be in your blood to spend every night using that butcherâs filthy meat stick in your tiny little hole. I wonder if you like the fact that you can order him around no matter how embarrassing it is, since you are dealing with a brainless idiot who will listen to anything you say.â
Boom! then came a sound like a big rope breaking.
The next moment, the air shook.
Yufanâs body left the afterimage and flew away as if being pulled by a sling from behind.
She flew in a straight line to the end of the street, smashed into the wall of a building with a violent crushing sound, and disappeared behind a thick cloud of dust.
Ferrisâs high-speed straight right-hand punch caught Yufan dead center in the face.
The female vampire next to her did not even have the time to act surprised.
The vampire turned her head to look where Yufan was flying. But by that time, she had already been hit in the solar plexus by Ferrisâs backward kick, coming up from the ground.
With a sound like wood snapping, the female vampireâs body flew high into the sky.
ââ-!â
The female vampire flew past the top of the building, leaving behind a muffled scream.
Her body fell to the stone pavement almost simultaneously with a heel drop down to the back of her head.
crash!! The cobblestone pavement cracks.
In the midst of the debris, Ferris steps on the female vampireâs head grinding it down into the dirt.
Her eyes are bloodshot.
âJibodan is! Not! A! Pet!!â
âGah, hah â¦â¦â
*thump* *thump* *thump* Sheâs stomping with all her weight on top of her.
Finally, with a final thump, she stomps the back of the female vampireâs head as hard as she could.
âHow about I shove maggots up your frosty asshole and rock your rotten tooth!? Listen to me with your pus-filled ears rotten slut!! Jibodan is not stupid, you hear me!!? haa!!?â
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Then came a silence so heavy that the place was dominated by only the sound of the wind.