Ch. 24 Surgery

Looking out the hospital window, John saw the full moon illuminating the surrounding building and gave off an ethereal beauty.

Turning to looking at his sleeping brother, Walter, John couldn't help but frown. Despite being 16 years old his brother was very short at 5'2, his skin was tight against his skeleton thin frame and was sickly pale white in color.

It was clear to everyone that he wasn't long for the world.

'Its fine... In just an hour he'll undergo the treatment, the medicine refined from Mana crystals to cure his leukemia will be administered and we'll explore the world together like he always wanted...' John desperately tried to convince himself that there wasn't a decent possibility that Walter will be dead in a few hours.

Walter had been put in a medically induced coma while they got everything ready, seeing as it's their first time performing the proceeding the doctors and nurses are double checking everything and making sure nothing was wrong. John was allowed to spend the remaining time with Walter until that happens, as he can't witness the procedure take place.

The sword at Johns side vibrated as the Ring on his fingered shined slightly.

"Roel's right master, with this boy being of your superior Lineage, I'm sure he'll survive this process!" Rishubalt said trying to cheer John up.

John simply nodded, as he looked down at his ring and sword.

'Ive somehow stumbled onto allies that care for me, i guess I'm really lucky that i have suc-' John tightly grabbed onto Roel.

"My lord." Rishubalt also felt a presence and wanted to alert his lord just in case.

"I know, something isn't right about them..." He trailed of as he walked over to the hospital room door.

Just as the man was about to enter, John opened the door and looked the man in his eyes.

"What business do you have with me" John spoke in a no nonsense manner.

"Mr. John Jackson right? I am the Great Demon guild's Chief Recruiter, Ken Burnard. Could you please spare me a bit of your time?"

"No." John said as he began closing the door.

"It would be in your best interest to hear me out," Kens said as he stuck his foot in the closing door.

John stopped dead in his tracks when he heard the obvious threat. Rishubalt, who had been quietly listening beside him, suddenly sounded fiendish.

"How dare he threaten my lord!" The ring in John's hand hummed in mana.

It wouldn't be understatement to say that the knight wanted to summon himself and execute the insolent man at once! John tightly gripped his ringed hand and calmed the knight down.

"See? If you were already going to open the door, why waste m-" "Say it again....." Ken saw the emotionless face of John open the door.

"What?" Ken asked In confusion.

"Say it again. Threaten me to my face..."

"Guaah!"

Kens vision went blurry as his knees went weak. An overwhelming stinging cold enveloped as only one word resounded in his mind, Death!

John after personally killing those soldiers guarding the mansion, had his killing intent skyrocket to a level not thought possible. When Ken looked up he didn't see John, he saw the devil wearing the face of John as he deficated his pants.

John didn't want to join a guild, and certainly not a guild like the Great Demon.

John read up on the evil and bike deeds that they committed.

-Torture.

-Murder

-Kidnapping.

-Human trafficking

Even Roukel, a king who lived in a world where death was common place, thought lowly of such actions.

"I'm not interested in your guild, and you should pray that it remains that way."

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Making his way to the bathrooms, getting weird looks from the nurses and patients, Ken locked the bathroom door and tossed off his soiled underwear.

The man looked up in the mirror, only to see all the hair on his head turned a dark grey from stress! With teeth gritted in anger and fear, the man took out his phone and dialed on it.

"Keith he didn't accept the request, you'll need to persuade him. Be careful, he's a tough one." Ken said as he tried to hide the fear from his voice

"Leave it to me!" An emotionless sounding voice rang out from the ither end

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Following his unconscious brother being wheeled off by nurses until they entered a secured room where he was no longer permitted to enter, John silently stood there.

Minutes passed as John activated his sixth sense to the maximum trying to sense his brothers status beyond the door when cold sweat began to appear on his back as he turned around.

John sensed a presence so faint, that if he had not been actively putting his senses to the maximum for his brother, he'd never have sense them!

What caught his attention wasn't the mans faint presence, but the lack of his presence entirely. It was like the area he inhabited ceased to exist within John's senses, as he hid his presences too well!

'He must be with those fuckers from the Great Demon Guild, they can wait until Walters better.'

More minutes passed as John faintly sensed his brothers presence slightly changing, his focus entirely consumed on his brother when it happened...

The lights of the hospital flickered for a second before the entire hospital turned pitched black as the power went out, seconds later the pitch blackness hospital was washed in red light as the back up Generators kicked in.

Looking at the room his brother was in for a long second, John's face was stone cold but his heart was enraged as he began walking away from the room and into the red hospital.

Nurses and patients were running about as John slowly walked through the chaos, arriving at a lock room that said staff only. Without even trying the door knob, John's fist slammed into the door and sent it flying off of its hinges.

"Come out... NOW" the walls of the room shook as a figure stepped forward from the shadows of the room.

"Hmmm, You don't seem weak and yourself sense are top notch but you're definitely a bit too sure of yourself." A dagger-wielding Hunter appeared from the darkness, his presence changed from nothing to a powerful killing intent.

"I'll give you one last chance to join the guild, anymore refuse will spell your d-" the man abruptly stopped as John disappeared from sight as pain overwhelmed him and fell down.

Using his flash step to increase his speed, John channeled all of his velocity into the man's knees as he unleash an insanely fast kick.

As the man fell to one knee, he covered his right arm and dagger in a Red Mana before trying stab John in the neck.

The man was using an attack ability that makes his attack at a speed that surpassed B rank and rivaled A rank!

As the blade soared through the air, the man couldnt help but notice John's cold face was completely still but his eyes that radiated enough malevolence that would shock the devil, were locked with his own.

Without looking, John lifted his hand up and blocked the dagger with his bare fist, piercing his hand and splattering blood on his face. Despite the pain and blood oozing out, John's eyes never left the PKers as his injured hand grasped the man and twisted!

*Crack!*

"AARRG-" As the man opened his mouth to scream, Johns fist slammed it and sent teeth down his throat.

"Pleash shtop, I'm shor-" not listening to the mans please, Johns fist slammed into PKer face once and didn't stop at one punch as he began launching a barrage of punches at the down PKer.

*BAM* *BAM* *BAM* *CRACK!* *BAM*

John only stopped punching the man's face when his fist began making contact with the floor...