Chapter 74

"Stop Luria..." - Said Juri touching Luria's shoulder bellowing and punching.

"I WILL NOT STOP!" - Shouted Luria furiously.

"He's not the one who killed your parents, he's an insect, we have more important targets to kill!" - Said Juri pulling Luria up with her face covered in tears.

"Focus your hatred on the Blood Cult, let's annihilate them and make them pay for the atrocity they committed to your family!" - Said Juri holding Luria's face.

"He... he... he..." - Luria looked not at Juri, but at Astroos' body with hatred!

"He 10 years ago would have been just a weak insect, an apprentice at most, so he didn't kill his parents, the culprit is still there, so save your fists for them, not this filth you've already killed!" - Said Juri forcing Luria to look at him.

Luria was gasping and nodded, showing calmness in her eyes.

But then she brought her hand to her mouth, bent down and started to vomit.

Juri moved out of the way, she not wishing to get dirty.

"I... I killed humans... many humans... because of my hatred... I tortured them, I thought I was taking revenge... but no... it was all for nothing... I became a monster!" - Luria began to scream noting her past actions.

Juri remembered the [Cruel Intimidation] Skill, where she has an idea of the motive of [Cruel].

She then stepped forward and hugged Luria, who bawled and tried to push her away, but Juri continued hugging her tightly.

Certainly, nothing justifies her discriminatory acts against Humans, but Juri doesn't care, she is not of this world and in the end, Luria is a victim.

In fact, Juri felt that part of the blame lies with the Royalty, for not telling Luria the truth, that the enemy was another, they who allowed this hatred to be born.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" - Luria bellowed and tried to push Juri, but Juri wouldn't allow it.

"It's okay...it's okay..." - Juri said hugging her tightly.

"IT'S NOT OK AT ALL! I'M A MONSTER!" - Roared Luria crying.

Juri soon held Luria's face and forced her to his face. - "Look at me!"

Luria looked away.

"Look at me!" - Juri shouted!

"Look at me!"

"Look at me!"

"Look at me!"

Juri kept repeating himself, until Luria finally looked into Juri's eyes, but Juri kept repeating himself.

"Look at me!" "Look at me!" "Look at me!"

"I AM LOOKING AT YOU!!!" - Luria bellowed at Juri's repeated words.

"You are looking? Then what do you see in my eyes?" - Juri asked looking into Luria's eyes.

Luria didn't understand what she meant.

"You are not a monster, that trash was a monster! You are a victim of lies and deceit and if you look into my eyes, you will see that I still look at you the same as before, I still see the same beautiful face, only desperate with guilt.

You feel guilty, that makes you even less of a monster, because you understand the weight of your actions, the misunderstandings, you know you were wrong and you are destroying yourself because of it.

That doesn't make you a monster, it makes you a person who can redeem himself from his sins!" - Said Juri looking deep into Luria's eyes.

Luria shuddered, her hands touching Juri's torso, before she tightened her grip on his clothes and soon began to cry, burying her face in Juri's chest and screaming.

Juri hugged her, stroking her head.

...

A while later, Luria was better, Juri gave her a sheet to cover herself with for now.

Luria was calmer, but she forced herself to stay calm and strong, because... she wanted to help the young Elf.

"Kill me... please..." - The young Elf begged as she trembled.

Such words, coming from someone so young, made Luria's heart tighten.

"Juri... can we save her?" - Luria asked full of hope, since Juri has the most knowledge of the area.

"It's not possible!" - Said Juri in a heavy tone.

"What? Don't you know about it? Fix it, heal it!" - Shouted Luria grabbing Juri's clothes.

"If this was the side effects of a ritual or sacrifice, I would have methods of healing her, but... she is what we call a [Blood Slave]... it means that he used this young girl as a Living Sacrifice, which will amplify the Occultist's strength as long as she remains alive and suffering.

Her skinless face is called a [Ritual of Torn Skin], where the flesh and muscles will always be exposed!

The hole in her belly that drips blood, is called [Ritual of Bloody Hunger], she will feel intense hunger as long as she stays alive, never able to be satiated, as she agonizes in pain!"

"That young girl is a Living Sacrifice, there is no way to save her... I'm sorry..." - Juri said regretfully.

She has never seen a [Living Sacrifice] before, but there are many documents and reports as well as videos about such individuals.

The best thing to do is to kill them.

"Please... kill me... make the pain stop... I beg you..." - The young woman had a look of despair and anguish on her face.

Luria didn't want to believe it, so she cried some more.

"I do this, it won't be my first and not my last time, so rest assured, you don't need to see this!" - Said Juri touching Luria's shoulder.

Luria nodded and stepped back.

Juri looked at the young woman and asked. - "What is your name?"

"Jouli..." - She said shakily.

Juri nodded and touched her, as she slowly sat up and took Jouli to the floor with her.

Soon she propped Jouli's head on her lap.

"Jouli, a beautiful name..." - She said smiling and stroking Jouli's hair.

"Tell me Jouli, what is your dream, what do you wish to be when you grow up?" - Juri asked smiling as he finished his preparations.

"My... dream?" - Jouli found herself thinking, before tears began to flow from her eyes and she began to cry.

"I wanted to be a doctor... heal Daddy... heal Billy..." - Jouli began to cry louder.

Juri smiled gently, then her Negative Energy all at once, penetrated Jouli's brain and ended all her pain in moments.

But that was not Juri's preparation, his preparation was to manipulate his [Negative Energy] as best he could, along with the power of his [Black Heart].

A dense Death Energy arose, so Juri looked to the side, she could feel something watching her.

"Blood Entity, I know you are there, break the deal made between you and this occultist, about the young girl's soul, in exchange... take 1 liter of my blood!" - Said Juri coldly.

Kekekekekekeke!

A strange, macabre laugh rang out, Juri receiving words directly into his mind.

"This is not a negotiation, I know how precious my blood is and you will become the Entity with the most precious blood among the rest, 1 Litre is more than enough, now release the young girl and take it!" - Said Juri coldly.

Kekekekeke-KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE!

The laughter became more shrill as Juri screamed in pain, when the skin on his left arm was gone and the blood began to float, before it began to disappear.

Keke!

The laughter came and along with that, Juri using [Negative Power], saw the connection of Jouli's body with the Blood Entity being undone.

"I have no interest in any Covenant, you may leave!" - Said Juri coldly, where he only received dismissive laughter from the other side and a warning of sorts.

Juri didn't think much of it, he just let his [Player Body] go into effect.

Luria arrived, she saw all this and showed concern.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it!" - Said Juri forcing a smile as she stands carrying Jouli's body.

...

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A series of explosions sounded and the cave was demolished.

Juri had a cold look on his face, the atmosphere was too heavy.

Luria was wearing the clothes Juri had given her, they were tight, but still fit.

Not far away was a grave, where it wouldn't take long for snow to cover it.

"Have you... faced many things like this in the past?" - Luria asked with clenched fists.

"Dealing with the Other Side, means sacrificing many things, in my first life, I used my powers to prevent deaths of those I loved, but it wasn't even perfect, I often heard news of friends and acquaintances dying on missions and I couldn't do anything about it!

Paranormal is brutal, before you can expect it, you lose important people, being to creatures, madness or crazy occultists!" - Juri sighed.

She may not have lost many people in the past, but she is using the life experience of others for this.

Luria only nodded and a good while later, they found a place to camp, where Juri cleaned Luria's clothes.

"I'm sorry I acted that way, I hope I didn't offend you too much." - Said Juri to Luria still thoughtfully.

"Leave it alone, I know you were faking it to get information... thank you for allowing me to know the truth!" - Said Luria not caring.

"But I admit that making you take off your clothes was nice, I was even forgetting about your beautiful body!" - Said Juri smiling, which caused her to receive an odd look from Luria.

"What?" - Juri asked smiling.

"How can you smile and make jokes after that?" - Luria asked with some indignation.

"Oh Luria, the world is a shit, we don't need to feel like shit because of it! Just stop thinking about what was lost, look ahead and keep walking, sometimes life comes along and punches you in the face, stabs you in the face and knocks you down... cry, scream, fuck, laugh, block out whatever is inside of you, then get up, look ahead and keep walking!

There will come a time where no matter how much the bitch of life beats you up, you'll just look her in the face and ask: Do you want to have a quickie in that alley?" - Juri laughed, before realizing something, pulling out a bottle of Vodka and said. - "I almost forget, you can't miss a drink to keep moving forward!"

Luria blinked looking at Juri, not knowing how to react to these words.