Fried Harman

"Haha, this was just a test. If you had failed, then the heavens had commanded me to kill you!" Davis laughed in a hoarse voice.

"Then... Did I pass?" Harman asked doubtfully.

"What do you think?" Davis approached closer to him.

"Since I was chosen and have successfully dodged your move, then I can say that I have at least passed..." Harman deduced but still took a step back while seeing Davis near him. He was still a little fearful of the pain.

"Yes, you have successfully passed!" Davis smiled. He was now in front of Harman.

"Really? Yes!" 

Harman clenched his fists in delight. He felt that the heavens weren't wrong and that his strength was going to leap soon in a short amount of time starting from now.

Davis felt a bit idiotic himself to look at this cold-blood idiot believe him with only a bit of doubt. How could it be like this?

He snorted and tried to see how far the effect of the Death Book can influence the target.

"But I don't think the heavens require your help anymore, so could you please die by killing yourself?" 

"What...?" 

Harman, who heard that felt as if he had been thrown into a pit of despair. He couldn't believe what he heard as he had just believed that he had received the grace of the heavens at this moment.

However, this farce lasted just for a moment before he turned around without saying anything, trying to escape.

'I see. It doesn't affect his personality if I don't write about that specifically, huh?' Davis thought as he inwardly chuckled.

"Harman. Sadly, you cannot defy the will of the heavens. You will be paralyzed."

Harman, who tried to fly away with his Revolving Core Stage Cultivation, plummeted down the alley as he crashed.

"What!? What have you done to me?" 

He bellowed in confusion, but only incomprehensible words came out of his mouth. Then he sent him a soul transmission.

"Oh, that, I said that you could not defy the will of the heavens, so you will obviously have to die." 

Davis casually replied. With the Death Book, his opponent had become totally confused and almost did not seem to know left from right.

"Spar- Spare me!"

Davis stood in front of him and lifted him up as he grabbed his collars.

"Huh? Spare you? Why didn't you do that when you massacred a whole village? When you massacred dozens of villages? They should have said the same, no?"

"No way, even If I massacred, the heavens chose me, so how could I die!?" Harman shouted with rage clouding his mind.

'Ahh, now I get it. This person is twisted and probably broken somewhere. That kind of explains his massacring hobby.' Davis thought as he shook his head.

But hearing his self-confident delusional statement, Davis snapped.

"I don't know how trash like you can think of the heavens helping you! Even if the heavens are neutral, they surely won't side with a scum like you who kills for no reason!"

Essence energy erupted as Davis used the Silent Erupting Finger once more in conjunction with the First Layer of Extinction Lightning Judgement, Lightning Amplification.

*Stab!~*

His finger pierced into Harman's chest before exploding with the power of his lightning essence energy. The extinction lightning started to corrode and burn his heart as well as all his internal organs as the lightning strands spread within him.

"Ahhhhh!!!" 

Harman's body convulsed on being electrocuted. He shouted in pain but wasn't able to move as he was paralyzed. He tried to escape using his soul, but before he could do that, a bright lance pierced his forehead and stabbed at his soul.

"Your fate is sealed!" Davis stated as he held him up.

That bright lance was the technique he had gotten from the Second Layer of Sacred Luminance Mist, the Piercing Sacred Lance.

It was even rumored to have the power to exorcise ghosts effectively, but who knows whether if it was true or not.

Harman's eyes went wide and froze as his eyes abruptly lost their luster. He had unmistakably died at this moment.

Davis didn't bother to waste his time. He swiftly absorbed Harman's deceased soul and refined it using the Death Book, feeling his soul being rejuvenated.

'This amount… Two more Peak Level Infant Soul Stage souls, and I could probably break into Young Soul Stage quickly...' His face revealed a look of excitement before he calmed himself down.

Davis then stored his corpse casually with a calm and indifferent face.

He activated the Dark Concealing Shroud Art and made his way out of the alley.

Just when he was traversing along the streets, he suddenly detected two more presences heading to the place where he was before.

Davis narrowed his eyes.

'These two… aren't they the two Sky Grade Assassins from before? What exactly are they here for?'

'Could it be that they're going to kill a target in that direction, or are they leaving the Imperial Capital through the Southern Gate?' 

Davis became curious, so he thought for a moment before he followed them stealthily.

But after following those two, he saw that they stopped at the alley where he was before, investigating for a while before returning in the direction of the Dark Earth Organization Branch.

Davis contemplated their actions for a moment again because he now possessed a vague doubt that it was because of his Death Book.

'Could it be because I wrote 'He waits there till a certain person shows up to end his life' on the Death Book? So even if I hadn't made a move, he would've already died from getting killed by some other person? In this case, the Death Book somehow attracted those two assassins to get him killed, but before that could happen, I lied await and killed him? If that is so then, the Death Book is truly interesting.' Davis grinned at the thought but quickly calmed down.

'Then I will have to be extra careful on what I write on the Death Book, lest I bring trouble to myself.' He sighed, thinking that this Death Book could even act as a double-edged sword if he wasn't careful.

Davis then left the area, heading towards the Dark Earth Organization Branch.

Once he reached that place, he deactivated the Dark Concealing Shroud Art.

He used the Dark Organization Badge to temporarily deactivate the Illusion formation in the underground cellar. He then used the badge again to open the door to the Hall.

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In the Dark Earth Organization Branch, Main Hall.

Yellow, who was wallowing in sadness, suddenly saw Davis. He suddenly had a look of fear.

"Senior Dead End!" He shouted and hurriedly ran to him.

Davis heard that and headed towards him calmly with hands behind his back.

"Is senior here to withdraw from the mission? It might take a long time to find and kill him, but there is no need to withdraw for that reason, is there? I can wait for a long time for senior to complete the mission. I can even wait…." Afraid that Davis might withdraw from this mission, Yellow tried to come up with various kinds of reasons to not make him withdraw, but before he could bullshit, Davis stopped him as he raised his hand slightly.

"Senior, please… If you back out, then I will be punished as a result..." Yellow anxiously pleaded.

"I have completed the mission," Davis said calmly.

"Senior, please don't withdraw from this mission. My life depends on it." Yellow looked like he was going to cry soon.

Davis snapped his fingers. It made Yellow come out of his reverie and consequently turn the attention of the crowd towards him.

"I said that I had completed the Peak Level Earth Grade mission." 

Davis enunciated his words, causing Yellow's mouth to hang abruptly.

"Eh!?"