NOVEL NEXT Chapter 145: Pray to My Lord
On the glacial beach without any cover, the Seko people scattered and hid among the stone forest and frigid shrubs.
Luo Wei, shrouded in thick black mist, floated seven to eight meters above the ground, holding a dagger in her right hand and a magic wand in her left.
The night draped her in an invisible cloak - the black mist floating in the air was barely noticeable. The Seko people looked around but failed to spot her presence.
Had they not extinguished their torches, they might have noticed her "dark cloud". But they had unwittingly sealed their own fate.
Everything was proceeding according to her plan.
Luo Wei descended silently behind a Seko man. Before he could sense her presence, she plunged the dagger into his heart from behind, viciously twisted the handle a full turn, then swiftly withdrew it.
Her movements were so quick that the man only managed a muffled grunt before his life expired.
Slitting throats and stabbing hearts from behind were lethal skills Luo Wei had practiced countless times in Central America.
Both techniques were ideal for attacking from behind, and if executed swiftly enough, the victim would die without screaming.
The neck is the most vulnerable part of the human body - whether broken or twisted, it ensures the quickest death.
But lacking sufficient hand strength, she had to rely on tools to sever the major arteries and trachea, though the effect was nearly as good as breaking the neck.
As for the heart - a stab might not be fatal, but a stab followed by a twist guaranteed death.
Especially when attacking from behind - one only needed to locate the heart accurately and pierce through a layer of latissimus dorsi muscle to reach it, requiring less effort than attacking from the front.
This was how she had escaped the underground laboratory. Since her first formal kill, she had never failed.
"Squelch—"
Another one.
The dagger pierced through soft flesh, cut through the resilient trachea, arterial blood splattered on the ground, and the corpse collapsed limply.
Luo Wei glided through the darkness, her dagger precisely piercing one Seko heart after another, her blade slicing through one throat after another.
Thanks to balanced nutrition, her night vision was far superior to theirs.
What appeared pitch black to them had distinct outlines to her eyes.
Finding the hidden Seko people was simple - she just needed to follow her nose.
They carried a strong musky odor, along with an indescribable strange smell - the scent of human flesh.
Not every assassination attempt was completely silent. Sometimes her prey's struggles would alert others nearby.
But when they saw those crimson eyes, their attacks would freeze for a second or two - and that brief moment was key to her victory.
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Only one person proved troublesome - the leader of the Seko people.
He was the only one who sensed her presence before she got close. As expected of a leader among beasts, his senses were sharper than the other animals.
"Who's there!" The Seko leader's pupils contracted sharply when he met a pair of crimson eyes. "A demon?"
Beneath the black hood, eyes emanated a soul-shaking red glow.
"Cannibals, cursed by heaven."
"You shall descend into hell."
The demon raised a bone-white finger, and an eerie voice emerged from blood-red lips, spreading bone-chilling cold wherever it reached.
"Hell?" The Seko leader's face contorted as he suddenly raised his blade. "I'll send you to hell first!"
"Die, you cursed demon!"
"BOOM—"
A fireball materialized and landed on the Seko leader's body. Crimson flames licked at his animal furs, suddenly shooting skyward.
"AHHH—"
The fierce fire consumed him, flesh and bone. From within the scorching flames came heart-rending screams.
His iron blade fell to the ground as he frantically beat at the flames, rolling back and forth trying to remove his burning clothes.
But the animal fat had already melted and fused to his skin - he was destined to become a charred corpse.
Just like those children they had skewered and roasted black.
Luo Wei kicked aside the fallen blade and flew toward the Seko campfire a hundred meters away.
There were still five or six people there who hadn't received their punishment.
The Seko people guarding the campfire heard the screams from the stone forest and horror spread across their faces.
"Who's screaming? Is it our people?"
"I-I don't know, did the chief catch someone from another tribe?"
"Should we... should we go look?"
"The chief told us to watch these two-legged sheep..."
The six still hesitated, completely unaware that danger had already descended.
A churning mass of black mist gathered above the campfire. A pair of crimson demon eyes lurked within, coldly staring down at them.
One Seko man happened to glance at the fire, and his blood instantly froze.
"Wh-what is that..." The man's teeth chattered uncontrollably.
"What is what?"
Another looked up absently, then his eyes widened in terror the next second: "A-a demon?"
After the two called out, the remaining four Seko people also noticed the anomaly above the fire. In the space of a single breath, everyone stood frozen in place.
"Cannibals, heaven shall punish thee."
"You shall enter hell and suffer eternal burning in fierce flames."
Luo Wei swung down her magic wand, now transformed into a bone scythe. Six fireballs launched almost simultaneously, landing on them.
The scorching temperature burned their skin as magical flames devoured them. Their corneas instantly burned as they stumbled blindly into their own campfire.
Shrill wails pierced the clouds.
Through the roaring flames, a demon in flowing black robes beat skeletal wings, slowly descending from above.
She stepped into the messy dead grass, black mist spreading and swirling around her.
To the civilians on the ground, the demon's silhouette flickered in and out of the mist as She floated above them, Her bone wings and scythe making soft scraping sounds.
And where She passed, the ropes binding them snapped, granting them the freedom of rebirth.
"D-demon Lord!"
A woman broke free from her broken bonds and, finding courage from somewhere unknown, dared to call out to the demon.
"What is it?"
More shocking still, the demon cast down Her terrible gaze and responded.
The woman knelt on the ground, hands clasped in prayer, her expression both tragic and devout: "My Lord, I beg you, take my soul - I am willing to serve at your side for eternity!"
She had watched helplessly as those inhuman cannibals devoured her two children. She hated them, but hated her own powerlessness even more.
If not for the demon's appearance, she could never have gotten revenge. She no longer wanted to live - she wanted to embrace the darkness, to become a demon that everyone feared.
She worshipped the demon's power.
"I do not guide the living."
The demon's voice was cold and grim, sending chills down the spines of all who heard.
But the woman begged desperately: "Demon Lord, please, I willingly offer my soul in sacrifice to you. Please tell me how I can become as powerful as you."
The demon looked down at her impassively, as if regarding an insignificant insect.
"Foolish human."
The demon parted blood-red lips, revealing four long fangs.
"Pray to my Lord, and my Lord shall grant your wish."
"If your faith is truly devout."
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