Hero or Villain, Both

With how short he was, it seemed like he was nothing more than a kid.

It was just why would there be a kid doing such a thing?

It didn't seem to make any sense at all…

Still, we didn't think too much about it.

I just said to Faust, "I'll beat him up and you'll break his soul afterwards."

Faust gave a nod before saying, "There's something that I've been meaning to try. Now that I've got this chance, I won't waste it."

There was a creepy smile that appeared on his face that sent a chill down my spine, but I acted like I didn't see it as I suddenly opened up a hole in the ground and jumped out behind the perfumer.

He actually noticed me the moment that I appeared.

From the way that he turned, I could see that he was sniffing the air when he turned around like this. It seemed that he had quite the sharp nose, it was almost as if he had a dog's nose with how sharp it was.

Once he turned around, he didn't hesitate to throw out several bottles at me.

Seeing these bottles, I already knew what they were.

Since he was from the Perfumers, that meant that he was someone who used scents like this to fight.

From the smell that came from them, I could already guess what they were.

Poisoned perfumes that would cause status effects.

What he was aiming for wasn't to kill me, but rather to incapacitate me. It seemed like he wanted to capture me so that he would be able to ask some questions.

It seemed that he was confident that he would be able to take me down easily.

It was just that I had no fear when it came to the perfumes that he threw at me.

After all, I had resistance skills that would prevent them from working against me.

The moment that the perfumes splashed on me, the young perfumer looked like he had already won. Only he soon realized that this wasn't the case as I wasn't frozen at all and I was still coming at him.

When he realized this, he tried to do something to stop me.

It was just that it was already too late.

His confidence in his technique had been his downfall in the end as he was completely caught off guard by my actions.

By the time that he reacted, there was already a fist that was in front of his face.

"Who are…" He didn't even get to finish his words as he was knocked to the ground with a single punch to the face.

When he fell to the ground, he tried to say something else.

The problem was that it wasn't a single fist that hit him, it was two that came consecutively.

That meant that after one hit him, the other would fall down.

There was nothing that this young perfumer could do as he was hit with this rain of fists that completely knocked him out.

Once he was knocked out, I finally stopped showering him with my fists and said to Faust, "It's your turn."

Faust gave a nod before coming forward to raise a hand towards the young perfumer.

After raising this hand, he raised out a single finger that had this green glow on it.

This green glow was sent right into the head of the young perfumer and soon his eyes opened. When they opened, there was this green glow in them that matched the colour of the light that had been shot into his head.

It didn't seem like anything was about to happen at first, but then the young perfumer started to convulse.

It was as if there was something happening inside of him that was causing him to convulse like this.

With the way that he shook, it really was as if there was something that was breaking inside of him.

As for what that was…

Eventually, the young perfumer stopped shaking and just stood there in a daze.

With the look in his eyes, it was as if there was a part of him that had gone missing.

Seeing this, Faust said with a nod, "Alright, it's done. Do you have anything to ask him?"

"What is your name?"

"Billy." The young perfumer said in a daze.

Seeing that he answered, I then asked, "Why did you come here and stir up these beasts like this?"

"It was my mission. I was told to come and cause trouble in this area to prepare for our future expansion."

Hearing this, I couldn't help knitting my brows.

Though there was a part of me that had already thought that this would be the case, it was different when it came out of this young perfumer's mouth. After all, this basically confirmed that the Perfumers behind him were interested in this place.

As for whether he was lying or not, we knew that this wasn't possible.

After all, what Faust had done was crush his soul and turned him into a Soul Puppet.

That meant that Faust had complete control over the shards that his soul had been smashed into and could easily control him to do what he wanted him to do.

So even if he wanted to lie, it wouldn't be possible since he couldn't defy Faust's orders.

Though this spell was definitely harder than just simply using a Soul Search.

After all, it required Faust to use his mana and soul power to shatter the soul of this young perfumer. This was a task that was without a doubt dangerous if done incorrectly.

However, Faust wouldn't make that mistake.

"I'll give him to you and then you can do whatever you want since this is your mess to clean up." Faust said before handing over a soul seal to me.

This was the soul seal that the soul of this young perfumer was bound to and would allow me to control him.