Death is Your Salvation

Asahi was currently sitting on a chair of sorts made by stacking several corpses on top of one another, all of them had one thing in common, none of them had any limbs, ears had been cut off, the skin had been peeled off from the heads, and the eyes had been gouged out.

What was more horrifying was that Asahi had done all that while keeping them alive using magic, only letting them die once he had finished up his 'art' as he kept calling it, various corpses were littered around the area in similar states, in comparison to how he killed his opponents, dying by the hands of Carrera or Milim could be called salvation.

Of course the two had also noticed what had been happening, Carrera somewhat enjoyed the constant screaming however Milim was a different case, she was by nature a kind girl and seeing this seriously affected her view on Asahi but it wasn't enough for her to stop enjoying his presence just that she thought he had probably gone through something to become like this which couldn't be farther from the truth.

The greater question was how the hell someone like him had come about in the society of his first life which was relatively very peaceful.

The reason Milim wasn't affected much was because she although appearing naive was in fact one of the oldest beings in existence.

Currently Asahi had a hand on his face, with a tint of red on his cheeks, "I love this, don't you agree pig-kun~?" the question was addressed to a boar like Majin who was lying in front of Asahi with his legs messing, his tusks had been forcibly ripped out and he was barely breathing. He spoke in a low haggard voice, "Kill ....me please"

Asahi waved his hands, "No No No we can't have that, we're still not done playing yet~! Ne~ how does it feel? the last guy said, AHHHHH! not really great feedback if you ask me and I even left his tongue in~ How ungrateful, right~?"

The fox on Asahi's shoulder, which had woken up earlier courtesy of the screams was so horrified she couldn't move, 'This Guy is even more messed up than Clayman!' he noticing her distress, held her up against his chest, "You should be Happy~ isn't it great that those who captured you are suffering~? They orchestrated your village's destruction."

She was surprised that he knew her origins, 'he thinks I don't know the Empire was the one to attack!'

He smiled more, "You forget that your village lay on the borders of Clayman's territories, I doubt a demon lord wouldn't retaliate against lowly humans as the guy liked to call them for armed trespassing, Hell look at Guy there's constant war between demons and humans at the border between the two lands." while Asahi had molded the facts to suit himself this was mostly true, Clayman had allowed the destruction of Kumara's village in exchange for wealth and power.

Her eyes widened a bit an action Asahi perceived as cute, 'It can be seen that way, hmmm... if that is so I owe this man a lot he saved me and took revenge for me without any gains for him, Though I still can not forgive that man! he will pay for killing my mother!' Her eyes had conviction in them, and she subconsciously lowered her guard around Asahi trusting him bit by bit, because while she was intelligent she was still immature until she evolves into a proper adult. Seeing this Asahi began caressing her completely ignoring the Majin that had died from the pain during their conversation? if it could be called that. 'Also, is he reading my mind?'

"Yes! Correct!" a lie he was doing no such thing, the thoughts of the yet to be named Kumara were being relayed to him by Yog-chan.

' You're a scary thing ain't ya?'

[ Hu! Hu! Yog-chan is proud of herself! ]

'Right I'm proud of you too'

The mind reading surprised her once more but she soon forgot about it because she was enjoying being petted too much.

Foot who had gotten up earlier and was discussing with Tear about their next course of actions well more like arguing because he was sure he could take care of Asahi and get revenge for Clayman, since he sensed no real strength for him, what they would have to worry about was Milim Nava but he was sure they could outrun her, she was known for her destructive prowess and nature not speed, the demon lord known for speed was Leon, who could move at the speed of light itself.

He suddenly noticed that the explosions, screams and erratic laughter had stopped, replaced by an eerie silence, he poked his head out of the crater which served as a cover to see that the battle was over with corpses littered here and there, although the number was quite small compared to the total forces here since Milim and Carrera's attacks killed tens of thousands at once while not really leaving any corpses behind.

All of a sudden darkness gushed out of a certain point and like a wave in the sea consumed all the corpses for itself, an effect of [Ruler of the Dead]. Afterwards it dissipated not leaving a trace of an army behind, the only thing signifying the battle that took here were the various craters littered around the area because of the AoE attacks used by Carrera and Milim.

Tear also got on his shoulder and looked around comically, "What happened? it's only been an hour!" but before he could respond he was kicked on the head so hard the sheer impact blew it apart and then proceeded to destroy everything in it's path for miles. Needless to say Foot was now lying in a pool of his own blood? liquid? well the fact that he was dead was guaranteed, Asahi looked at the destruction caused by his kick and sighed, "That's my physical strength for now huh? guess I should work out, I used all my strength in that, underwhelming if you consider the amount of damage I can cause if I use magic or skills" while Tear looked at him in fear. "Is it too late to say I regret my actions?" she asked him in a low voice. In response he just walked over to her.

Asahi placed both hands on either sides of her face causing her to tense up, "I'm pretty sure Rimuru would tell me to give you a chance since according to him every one deserves one, maybe I should...." he said with a kind smile on his face.

Milim looked at him wondering if he had a personality disorder, while Carrera looked at him shocked what happened to the Asahi she knew, while Kumara looked on from his shoulder very interested in what was happening.

Seeing his smile Tear relaxed a bit but immediately regretted her actions as Asahi smile turned Maniacal before he ripped her head off her shoulders and shoved it down her neck before burning both their corpses, he turned back with a euphoric smile on his face.

(A/N: Bet I got ya!)

"I just love that expression when they think they're safe and are gonna live but then realize it's me they're dealing with~"

Carrera took a deep breath and smiled before saying, "Your acting there deserves a reward! Ya even had me going there for a second!" she said as she patted his back while he suddenly disappeared and moved behind her to pat her head.

Milim said in a low voice, "Asahi...what is this?"

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