Saving Logan

"WHO MADE YOU CRY!?'

His voice startled the older lady for a moment but after seeing who it was, she regained her composure, she cleaned her tears with a piece of her cloth and looked up at Adam.

"It Logan, h-his, his" she stuttered, her tone hinted fear and sadness, her eyes could barely look up to his, whatever she intended to say must have been really painful.

Another wave of that same pleasure giving aroma assaulted Adam nostrils, he didn't want to think about it, he kept denying it but one of those strange notifications appeared once more and proved his suspicions correct, his body found pleasure in the despair and suffering of others, LITERALLY, his body craved it.

[Host gas been exposed to the negatives emotions called ',despair']

[ Host is advised to immediately devour the source of despair to gain experience points and level up before it passes away ]

'NO!, NO! I COULD NEVER DO THAT!, I have to stay in control' Adam bit his lips trying to use the pain to keep him from losing it, he would have already giving up by now and fallen to the temptation but after remembering the pain he had suffered for up to 10,000 years, THIS WAS NOTHING.

"It Logan, he was paid to guard a group of merchants passing through Faren but they were suddenly attacked by a group of bandits, L-Logan was abducted" She cried, regardless of the pleasurable scent her despair gave off, the sight of seeing the woman who raised him cry was enough to awaken the demon within him.

"I will find him" He said confidently, he didn't show any sign of hesitation or fear, the way he said those words showed conviction, the old woman looked up towards, and what she saw wasn't a boy, but a ray of hope.

"ADAM!" The woman cried as she rested her head against the boy shoulder letting her tears pour down on him.

"ADAM!, PLEASE SAVE MY LOGAN"

' I know it wrong to rely on such a young boy who still has a bright future ahead of him, it wrong of me to not discourage him from doing such a dangerous thing but I don't know why I am not stopping him' She thought.

Adam looked at her for a moment, a few seconds of constant silence passed and he decided to speak after taking a few breaths, seeing this strong woman who had gone through so many hardships but stood firm and tall, seeing her in such a vunerable state and broken was something his mind still couldn't process

"I promise, so could you stop crying already, I will get Logan back, just take care of Luke and Peter till I get back old hag"Adam walked out the room and the old woman gazed at him from behind admiring the type of person he had grown to be.

This woman name, Lilian, she didn't have any direction connections to Adam but she had close relations to his parents before they passed away, she decided to take care of Adam with her grandson Logan, him and Logan were close, they were raised together so they were as close as brothers, both the Lilian and Logan were family to him and he wasn't planning to let them suffer.

Adam memory of the past wasn't accurate, after all when one lived up to 10,000 years it would be normal for them to forget the past.

The smell of despair from before had vanished from Lilian, Adam felt a little dissappointed he couldn't have gotten at least one more second of that divine scent.

But after that smell vanished another replaced it, a putrid smell, one which reminded him of rotten corpses, it was the most vile of smells that made his stomach churn , he felt like vomiting but he resisted.

Even an idiot would know the source of this horrible scent, it was Lilian, if despair of others gave him pleasure then Happiness of others gave him disgust.

"What the hell did I turn into" Adam muttered

[A Primodial Demon, one born from the deepest depths of darkness of this realm, were the light of the sun doesn't reach and only infinite darkness plagues it for all eternity, the Primodial Demons feed on negative energy of all kind, the host happens to feed on despair, one of the most empowering of this emotions, the host must constantly feed on despair to gain the daily nutritions or the host risk going BESTIAL]

"I really did forsake my humanity and turn into a monster, I have to forget about that Logan is in trouble, I have to help him " Adam ran towards the forest of Faren, he had no plans in mind at the moment for this situation, he was only at the novice rank and there was bound to be several enemies.

Regardless of his past experience , Adam couldn't just leap ranks in hours, it took time and extreme focus for one to keep ranking up, there was Novice, Beginner, Advanced Mage, Peak Mage , Saint, 1st stage saint, 2nd stage saint,3rd stage saint, One.

*3 HOURS LATER*

Finally, Adam had arrived in the forest of Faren, it was easy for him to discover the path which Logan took, there was only one way to his village by passing through Faren, and that path was named the path of Candies and sweets, why?, because children were led here by a path of candy and sweets leading them to an altar to be sacrificed for divine purposes, they don't do it anymore at least, it all happened a century ago.

Adam walked down the path, the scent of blood assaulted his nostrils ever since he became a demon, his senses were better than usual.

he slowly followed the smell of blood

and... despair, it was so much, the scent was thick and easy to follow, the trees felt as if they had eyes observing him.

the scent of blood grew stronger and he didn't even need to rely on his nose anymore, a trail of blood could be seen on the floor, a large portion of it.

'This person was dragged, severe blood loss, the blood dry, it at least a days old and Logan was abducted today, thank god it isn't you, I mean sorry to the fella who got beat up this bad, he probably dead'

Adam followed the trail of blood and what he found was a large stone tablet with some kind of platform kept in front of it, the stone platform was drenched in blood and guts, it was definitely more than one human that had been killed there.

' Could Logan be dead?'He thought, images of the boy began flashing within his mind, he couldn't truly believe he was dead.

Adam walked towards the stone platform and began checking through the body parts, it wasn't a bad experience, he didn't really shy from this things anymore, the sight of blood and death didn't scare him, it was the death of his loved ones that hurt, he didn't care about the humans parts placed here as long as he didn't find Logan as part of this cut up human bodies.

Multiple heads were here, their expression showed grief, surprise, fear and suffering, Adam clicked his tongue at the sight and a random thought appeared in his mind.

' What a waste of livestock, I could have a good time enjoying the suffering of all those humans '

That sudden thought came from nowhere, Adam was sure this was an effect of him losing his humanity.

Adam eyes perked up similar to a hound, his whole upper body rushed down to meet the ground dodging the swing of a sudden long blade by a single strand of his hair.

'What the fuck ?, they aimed straight for the kill'

After lowering his body down he leapt back to retreat and have a look at his opponent, his opponent face was hidden behind a mask, the image of a single eyes could be seen in the middle of the mask.

"Who the hell are you ?" The masked man didn't reply and two more figures appeared with the same attire came out of the woods, their silence made him uncomfortable.

"Where are the people you kidnapped" Adam shouted but still no reply but this time they moved, fast, the three strangers ran towards him, their silhouettes barely visible with the inhumane speed they displayed.

One was already in front of Adam thrusting their blade forward but instead of piercing into his gut, the metal blade shattered upon impact.

'What!, it seems as a demon my body isn't that fragile anymore, I might not be able to see them but at least they can't hurt me '

At least that was what he thought till he saw a fireballs being rained down from above like a machine gun.

He quickly evaded the attack letting it hit the ground, the attack exploded into a tower of fire spreading the fire to the nearby trees, smoke filled the scene and all sight was hindered by it.

Adam had used this opportunity to run from his attackers, his body might have been able to handle physical attacks but not magic as strong as that.

'Damn cult, This people are crazy, aren't they afraid of a forest fire or their own safety using such powerful magoc could hurt their allies'

He couldn't see anything but there was one sense that was guiding him, he could smell despair, a large amount of it, it had spiked up after the explosion.

Adam was sure those were the kidnapped, the smell had gotten stronger, the fire was a major hindrance, it made it hard to move around and caused him to make detours from his destination, the intense heat was affecting him, yet not as much as what it would do to a human.

Adam could hear the screams and cries coming from that direction, the smell of burnt flesh caused his skin to crawl, it was a horrid stench.

He could see multiple people all tied up, some had their faces burnt from the raging flames while some were still 'burning' begging for someone, anyone to save them. he already knew the dangers of those flames, he would rather stay away from them, it might sound cruel to leave these people to just burn but he wouldn't risk his life like that, after all he came here to save someone not everyone.

Adam looked around the crowds faces, looking for Logan, he could hear their pleas but if he decided to start untying all of them, it would give time for his pursuers to catch up and the flames to cover any path of escape while he wasted time being some foolish hero.

Adam eyes looked around the crowd and he finally found who he was looking for, a blonde haired man who looked a little younger than Adam, a smile replaced his earlier frown when his eyes met Adam.

"Idiot, You came and I thought you were the rational one between both of us" Logan said with a small smile, he didn't look like someone who was rejoicing about being saved rather he face became paler.

"You shouldn't have come, now there will be two dead bodies, how would grandma react to this, if it was only me then you could have comforted her but now both of us are___"

"Shut up, do you really think your that unimportant to us that I would just let you die or I would come here and die with you, I don't intend for both of us to add to any body count, I have a plan" Adam wasn't just talking idly, he had already removed the chains tied around Logan body, this chains were considered Advanced class in equipment, so for Andy to break it with so much ease scared Logan a bit.

' He broke Advanced class equipment with such ease '

He didn't bother asking, in such a situation they were in, asking such questions was idiotic, survival was the top priority his questions could come later.

"Logan, I need you to run to towards the east side of the forest, there should be a stream around there, I will rendezvous with you there, if you wait more than 30 minutes run!" Logan didn't complain, instead he listened obediently , he began to run towards the east side of Faren.

Staying was suicidal, his presence didn't change anything in this scenario, he was to weak, he could only think of Adam sacrificing himself to help him escape but that wasn't what he planned.

Adam needed a diversion to throw his pursuers off Logan trail, if he released all their captives, their focus would be divided, there were about 15 captives kept here.

it might not take them long to capture them once again but that was all that was needed for Logan to get to a secure spot, it wasn't noble or righteous but who cared about values when they wanted to save family and it not like his the one kidnapping them, he was just using them as part of his plan, that was all

Before he couldn't even initiate his plan, three silhouettes suddenly appeared in a fashion similar to teleportation but if one perception was good enough they would notice that it was actually their speed that caused such an effect.