A Job?

At the location where the worshiper's corpse was being examined by a ton of magical artifacts in hopes of finding anything. They were unsuccessful in the end, yet most of them are a little curious about his death without any kind of tools used. His body was in a state of shock every organ and cell around his body died in an instant not even a single trace of another person in the scene. Only for the fact that the room was painted with a pile of blood

"Simon, what's the result?" Victor walked into the scene after that was filled with speculation until he arrived to find out the rumors spread about the guard weren't wrong. In a room filled with blood, not even a single sign of a Ritual occurred yet the question remains for those that we're curious to know

"Mr. Hargreaves I thought you would've visited our little player," Simon jokes about his strict behavior toward his daughter

"She's fine, looks like we're too late, what's the report have to say about this peculiar scenery even if those worshipers are a bunch of lunatics? They're not so foolish to waste a valuable resource for their amoral acts, I remember that there's another use for blood except for Rituals am I right?" They were met with a situation that wasn't as odd as their most recent cases

"That's the point? this isn't a fight between worshipers, it's a fight between a worshiper and a cold-blooded killer. We've found a ton of monster blood injected into his body, sadly that's the only thing that we could've traced," They could only see in this situation the Worshiper corpse killed without any trace of mercy within its killer. To the point where it uses one of the most common poisons in the world the blood that came from a monster

'Whoever the person that's responsible for his fall would be at LVL 40, no this guy is an F rank if I could be more certain. That anyone who's the same as him could've taken him down without any difficulties, the only way that's possible to occur is pretty much zero. There's no way a newbie could've killed him, the only thing we can label this as a result of a fight between another opposing third party,'

Without any evidence nor any trace of the perpetrator, their recent case has been labeled as a massacre. Nobody found out about his identity even if he was tracked, what could they possibly do to a person that can move within the shadows? As he was the Originator of it all the time, he acquired the power placed within the worshiper was granted to him

[System: All of your Mana has been drained after using Shadow Walk for a long time]

Amidst the shadows, he appeared in a certain area that was far from his previous location and met with a mysterious city that was colorful in the darkest night. Mechanical carriages that worked without horses, to an illusory item that projects an image within a flat surface

"Glad I ditched that place if I was a millisecond, later I would've been pinned down by those two powerhouses. For now, I'm far too weak to deal with anyone beyond my current power, it's great that I've received a certain ability that I once have. Apart from food, I don't have a place where I can make my base, in any case, I need to find a way to preserve my food. It's a shame that even my magical artifacts are broken my preservation of primordial ice container is gone," He wandered into the mysterious city without any knowledge of his surroundings while he catches a certain amount of people's attention due to his behavior and expression

A handsome man that was wearing a robe in the middle of the night they wondered if there was a hidden camera placed within their area. Yet his peaceful stroll was interrupted when a girl that was in the middle of her teenage years bumped into him. Causing him to fall to the ground and dirty his clothes in the process

"I'm so sorry sir!" He was about to strike her after he recovered from the fall only for his prey to be taken away by a muscular man that was twice his size

"There you are, you brat! Do you think you can run around and do as you please? Even if you're the daughter of the Collector you should know to learn your place... What the? Who are you to defy my actions huh!!?," Before his fists could even touch the girl it was caught by Shuu interrupting its collision with her body

"Look something is happening! I think they're about to film the best part of this movie," The people were too fixated on their theory that all of this was a setup for a movie. Making a ton of people take a closer look while some would record the scene on their phones

"You shouldn't place your hands on someone's property (Prey) like that, or else you wouldn't live to see another day," Shuu struck the pressure point of his opponent that made him lose his grip on the girl's neck before he performed a series of attacks. He started it off with a kick to his feet knocking his balance and making him fall to the ground, within that time he followed up with a punch to his abdomen and his left hand grabbed him by his head and slammed him to the ground

The force he use wasn't enough to kill just about anyone, instead, he only use a percentage to safely and stylishly place his opponent at rest. Before he pointed his attention to the girl that was the cause of his fall only to see her wounded body, his pride wouldn't let him kill her. Wounds that were inflicted on her target without any of his doings would bring a great shame to his name, so without any hesitation, he quickly carried her in his arms. While the crowd was screaming at the climax of his fight

"Wh- What are you doing? L- Let me go!" The girl was flustered with his actions while the crowd screamed like they were a pack of rabid animals

"Your hurt, it's going to be bad if I leave you like this it would only make me worry (I can't accept a kill that was assisted by an outsider) Is your home near I could help you? Forcing your body to move will only cause a problem in the future I can't let that happen... Does it seem that this lady is a little hungry, would you like to be treated to a meal? I have some food that I was to share with myself," Without a single word from the girl her stomach grumbled, alerting Shuu of her hunger. He waited for her answer but she was too embarrassed by her situation and simply nod in agreement with his request. Which lead them to the park where not a single person was present except for them

"You said you have some food with you? Did you trick me? Is this some sort of plan to execute me without any kind of bystander to see?" She quickly jumped to her assumptions about her current situation, thinking that he was just another person in pursuit of her life. Before he opened his inventory where he took a gigantic gem that he acquired from the monster he faced with

'That's a salamander gem? Wait he's a player I thought he was just some normal martial artist from the way he looks. But I'm curious to see what's he going to do with that thing in his possession is he going to burn me alive? I'm far too curious about what's going to happen next,'

[System: You've taken out 5 pieces of Komodo Leech meat, along with the salamander gem]

[System: You have a monster-related food within your hands the Title: Monstrous Cook has been activated for any monster-related food you cooked will receive an extra effect]

"That's monster meat I knew you were up to no good who sent you is it the Trinity alliance? Or the Queltic association? If you lay a single finger on me marked my words my father will come to take your lives and make you suffer from making this choice,"

"What are you talking about? Oh, my apologies I've forgotten that you guys don't know this, just wait for a second I'm not here to kill you (The fact that she dropped a few unknown organizations. it would be best to not kill her without any kind of power to back me up) I've secluded myself with my master a long time ago, he knows a ton of knowledge of things that a normal people do not possess," Shuu placed the meat he prepared inside the surface of the salamander gem as a means to cook his food. Before she knew it her body was deeply focused on the aroma that was flowing out of the monster meat to the surroundings

Once it was finished he gave her a stick that has a ton of perfectly sliced monster meat ready to be eaten at any given time. Her mouth watered out of joy when she tasted his food that was comparable to one of the most famous chefs in the world, before she knew it the sticks that holds the meat skewers were empty and they were surrounded by a bunch of hostile individuals along with a familiar face

"It seems to me that luck is on my side. You punk do you think I wouldn't remember your face? There were a ton of bystanders and a lot of them saw you carry that brat here," Along with the person he previously had beaten up there were a bunch of players that were in his command

"This is bad! Quick make a run for it, they can't kill me since I could be used as a bargaining chip. You on the other hand aren't going to be given any mercy they'll kill... You?" From her point of view, she saw how he quickly appeared in front of his foe when he was casually reclining on their chosen seat. To see him in action once more his movements were faster his blows were stronger than before. It felt like the person she thought was just a simple martial artist would be an expert

[System: You've injected your body with Mana, for a certain amount of time you'll be given an increase in your Attack power and Speed]

Even with their combined power, they couldn't match his strength and his way of fighting was to pressure his opponents until he crippled them before he goes to his next target. Outnumbered? Outpowered? He didn't care about his disadvantages if he could lessen these two things as he moves forward with his plans. They're annoying to deal with? He crippled them until they could no longer move, he was unforgiving to the ones that he gave a second chance to live yet they came back and brought a ton of trouble to his plans

[System: You've killed a player the collected experience will now be given, you've leveled up from 16 to 19]

'Such power, talent, and lastly cooking skills it's him the one I've been looking for,'

"My robes!!! God damn it, a bother as always! If I knew they were just to drench my expensive robes I wouldn't have killed them, to begin with,"

"He - Hello, might you be looking for a job? I can give you a place to stay and give you a ton of money. You'll only do one thing you'll just have to take care of me," The girl stuttered after she was overwhelmed by what she just witnessed with her very own eyes

'A Job? And I only have to take care of her? I'll let her slide for humiliating me, I need to make a ton of allies before I ran all wild in this country,'

"I'm Shuu Adachi I'll gladly accept your offer,"

"Shuu Adachi as of now you'll be the bodyguard of Luna Aldea. Kneel to me if you show gratitude for being recruited,"

He kneeled to show his gratitude for providing him with his most needed thing in the world, a backer for him to call for help and collect information. With his newly gained job, he'll act as a monster that controls the flow of the world while he hides in a position of a bodyguard