Chapter 1285 - Not Yet Changed

EndlessFantasy Translation

With speculations in its heart, Bloody Mary looked at its contractor who was finishing the last few dishes on the table.

“Don’t you think you should pay a little more attention to the problems we are facing right now?”

Bloody Mary crossed its arms and leaned on the banquet table.

“Problems right now?”

“Didn’t you notice? It’s self-evident.”

“It’s so obvious that it’s like adding cinnamon and vanilla to a piece of mutton, you don’t even have to think, he is just a… pitiful soul pushed to the front stage.”

Kieran swallowed the piece of mutton in his mouth, his words had a noticeable pause.

Looking at Kieran’s reaction, Bloody Mary couldn’t help but ask, “He is a pitiful soul, alright, but aren’t you surprise?”

Bloody Mary was unwilling to give in, it really wanted to see the surprise on Kieran’s face, but the actual outcome was more disappointing than ever.

This time, Kieran didn’t even want to reply.

Watching Kieran move his fork and knife together, gobbling down the food, Bloody Mary took multiple deep breaths.

It told itself to calm down, calm down… calm… damn it!

It’s such a good chance, why do I have to give up now?

Bloody Mary spoke again when the thought blossomed.

“Why aren’t you surprise?”

“A human becoming a Blood Kin’s house leader, and it’s the house that specifically targets humans.”

“Regardless of reasons and logic, none of this makes sense… Huh?!”

Bloody Mary’s continuous rants were put to an abrupt stop. It looked at Kieran’s right hand, or more precisely, [Mesly Ring] at Kieran’s right index finger.

Kieran’s answer was obvious.

The [Mesly Ring] could control other people.

So, why couldn’t there be more items or spells similar to [Mesly Ring]?

If such items or spells existed, it became reasonable that a human was the house leader of the Blood Kin.

Likewise, the one who controlled Erbus. K was also apparent: the house leader of House of K, the original one.

Other than this answer, Kieran couldn’t think of anything else at the moment.

Looking at Kieran’s calm reaction, Bloody Mary helplessly shrugged, but it still didn’t want to give up.

“Everything is within your expectations? Even the items or spells like the [Mesly Ring]?”

Bloody Mary stared Kieran’s face, hoping to find some changes in his reaction.

Unfortunately, he was still expressionless as ever, his eyes didn’t even move or flinch.

“I am not God, I can’t see everything.”

“Besides, not even a God can be omniscient. What I can do, however, is try my best in predicting the possible outcomes.”

“When I got [Mesly Ring], I’ve been thinking about what should I do when I face enemies with similar items or spells. And now since we came across one, I’ll just proceed according to my plan. That’s it.”

Kieran didn’t hide anything from his own contracted demon.

After all, from a certain aspect, Bloody Mary was closer than his friend Lawless and Starbeck.

“What about the uniqueness?”

“Isn’t everyone unique in a certain way?”

“Aren’t the things they acquire unique as well?”

“Why didn’t you think about that?”

Bloody Mary was looking at Kieran with a look of disbelief.

Kieran picked up the bowl of oyster cream soup and drained it with a few gulps.

After showing a satisfying face, he said slowly, “Yes, everyone is unique in their own way. So what you think is important cannot be my reference to locate my target. Only I know what is good for me.”

Kieran showed a ridiculing smile after that.

“Aren’t you like this as well? Or… Did you give up?” Kieran asked.

Correct, from a certain aspect, Bloody Mary was indeed closer to Kieran than Lawless and Starbeck, but Kieran never thought it could surpass the two.

A knife can hurt people, but it can hurt you too.

From the very beginning, Kieran reserved a certain level of vigilance and caution against Bloody Mary and the other cardinal sins.

Because of that, these unique existences would never surpass Lawless and Starbeck.

When Kieran showed that ridiculing smile, Bloody Mary’s heart skipped a bit. Then, unknown to itself, its gaze started to drift away.

It pretended to size up the banquet hall, trying to find more things of value.

However, its presence changed drastically. That wickedness of a demon could no longer stay put, even if it covered it up decently on the surface, its roots never changed.

Bloody Mary was forced to form a contract with Kieran, the one-sided kind, so if it could free itself from the Contract, it would not mind at all.

Even more so, when Bloody Mary discovered more secrets, it already had more thoughts on its mind, but it knew how hard they were to execute.

So, it had always been careful. It was waiting patiently, waiting for the chance to discover its contractor’s weakness.

The moment before its eyes was a great opportunity in its mind, but…

The atmosphere in the banquet all almost froze all of a sudden.

Kieran didn’t speak. He placed the knife and fork neatly beside the plate after eating, but Bloody Mary wished for more food to distract its contractor.

However, its wish would be hard to come true.

In the end, Bloody Mary’s drifting gaze landed at Kieran, whose presence became dangerous.

“I don’t want something that I can’t control around me. Or… would you present more leverage, persuading me to keep you around even if you might pose a threat?” Kieran said calmly.

He took out [Fantos Manuscript] from his bag and ignited the Devil Flame at his left hand.

Bloody Mary’s eyes shrunk. It clearly felt Kieran’s killing intent.

Since Bloody Mary was always around Kieran, it would never doubt how resolute he was. It knew if it couldn’t provide a satisfying explanation to Kieran, he would burn [Fantos Manuscript] and followed by itself.

Bloody Mary had no intention to taste the burning of the Devil Flame.

“I…I-I submit.”

Hesitantly, Bloody Mary took out its only leverage.

And other than its own self, what else could it offer?

[High Demon, Bloody Mary submitted willingly…]

[Contract changing…]

[Use 100 Points to form Slave Contract? Yes/No]

“Yes,” Kieran answered.

[Contract changing…]

[Bloody Mary (High Hetero-Form) has fully submitted to the user’s control, acquired detailed description.]

[Check Bloody Mary (High Hetero-Form) detailed attributes? Yes/No]

…

“High Hetero-Form?”

“Detailed attributes?”

Kieran squinted his eyes and chose ‘yes.’

Chapter 1286: Reveal

EndlessFantasy Translation

Words appeared like a reverse waterfall on Kieran’s vision.

The contents of the words, however, surprised Kieran after he carefully read through them.

[Name: Bloody Mary]

[Type: High Demon (Hetero-form)]

[Rarity: Above Rare]

[Attack: Strong]

[Defense: Strong]

[Attributes: 1. Illusion; 2. Phantasm Body; 3. Hand Blade; 4. Blood Suck; 5. Quick Regeneration.]

[Effect: 1. Form Change; 2. Mystical Knowledge (Master); 3. Noble Knowledge (Master)]

[Prerequisite: Willingness to submit]

[Remark: A High Demon that was born from the Blood Queen Tiara due to an accident.]

…

[Illusion: Create Illusion that requires authentications no lower than C+ Spirit, B+ Intuition (If the target fails once, they will suffer Strong mental impact; IF the target fails twice, they will suffer Powerful mental impact)]

[Phantasm Body: Transform body to phantasmal form, immune to physical attack, +1 while in Undercover]

[Hand Blade: Hands are as sharp as a blade, attack rank +1 (Cannot exceed Extreme rank)]

[Blood Suck: Consume the blood of living beings to regenerate injuries and Stamina rapidly, cleanses debuffs.]

[Quick Regeneration: Consume a certain amount of Stamina to restore HP quickly; consume more to regenerate limbs.]

…

[Form Change: Able to change into anyone (possesses own abilities), or change into a Blood Tiara (When contractor wears the Blood Tiara, able to choose one attribute from Bloody Mary as a skill)]

[Mystical Knowledge (Master): Familiar with much mystical knowledge]

[Noble Knowledge (Master): Familiar with the knowledge that nobles have to master]

[Note: Slave Contract doesn’t require points to summon]

…

After Kieran saw the Hetero-form, he knew Bloody Mary was hiding something, but after going through the attributes in details, he was indeed surprised.

Demons were no doubt troublesome things.

According to the books in Nikorei’s place, even a powerful shaman might face a disastrous defeat when going up against an unfamiliar demon if he couldn’t grasp its traits.

However!

The book didn’t say a demon could possess this many attributes.

When Kieran first formed the contract with the demon, Bloody Mary only showed a certain level of hand-to-hand combat, it didn’t show attributes like [Hand Blade], it also didn’t show [Quick Regeneration] and even hid its [Phantasm Body] with normal undercover techniques.

Bloody Mary was hiding from the start.

Recalling how Bloody Mary fought with its suicidal style, although Kieran held responsibility for giving it such orders, its suicidal way of fighting could easily be prevented if it wanted to, given how many abilities it possessed.

“Interesting,” Kieran said softly and looked at the High Demon.

“Hiding is the best protection. I need to protect myself.”

“That’s before, but now!”

“My lord, I am here to serve you.”

Bloody Mary said as it bowed like a knight.

The High Demon lost the panic and fear from a moment ago because it knew after forming the Slave Contract, given how Kieran made the best use of everything, he would not hold Bloody Mary responsible anymore.

Of course, only if Bloody Mary tossed away all small thoughts.

As a matter of fact, it did.

Slave and enslave were only slightly words, but the meaning behind them was heaven and earth apart.

When being enslaved by someone, one could still argue about fairness.

But after becoming a true slave, fairness was taken away.

Everything, including its thoughts, belonged to Kieran now. Before this, Bloody Mary might still hide some thoughts deep in its heart, but now, it wasn’t possible anymore.

When Kieran suffered a destructive attack, Bloody Mary would perish with him as well, but if it were the other way around, Kieran would not suffer at all.

Its situation was probably the worst it could be in but… at least it was better than dying, correct?

Bloody Mary possessed intellect no lower than regular humans, as long as a living being had intelligence, it would instinctively fear death.

Kieran was no exception, neither was Bloody Mary.

“My lord, what are we going to do next?”

Bloody Mary asked attentively.

Since Bloody Mary placed everything on Kieran, including its life, it knew what it must do.

“Take all of the valuable things away,” Kieran said.

“All of them?”

“Understood.”

Bloody Mary jolted for a while before bowing and carried out its orders.

It searched the entire lair of the House of K as though it was scraping layers of rare-earth.

Of course, it would run into obstacles, but common Blood Kins were no match for Bloody Mary.

But Bloody Mary didn’t kill any of those Blood Kin who tried to stop it, it was because of Kieran’s orders.

As for why Kieran wanted to keep these Blood Kins alive?

Bloody Mary instantly understood why when it saw Smith quietly appear inside the premises.

It nodded at Smith and continued its task.

Smith saw the High Demon who shared the exact face with Monster Hunter D, he was astonished, but it didn’t stop his movements.

Compared to the rusty movements last night, Smith was a lot steadier this time.

He ditched the hesitation in his eyes when he looked at the Blood Kins.

Smith had a clear view of the disastrous situation outside Stove-grilled Fish.

Streets destroyed, buildings crumbled, soft weeping all over the scene, everything that he saw fueled his rage and made him shiver.

He was afraid that he would become one of them. He was more afraid to see the scene that he dreaded the most.

Some things were enough after experiencing it once, any more than once would be despair.

That was why Smith needed the power, he needed the power to reject what he dreaded.

60 of the Blood Kins in the House of K were turned into dried corpses one after another.

No matter how they wailed, Smith didn’t show mercy, just like how the Blood Kins treated humans before.

When the last Blood Kin had its blood drained, Smith’s aura suddenly grew stronger, his muscles rapidly expand and boosted him from a thin young man to a huge man, as big as a Ghoul.

But a moment later, Smith reverted to his original form, except for his clothes.

Smith simply picked up some clothes and wore them before returning to the banquet hall.

“Sir,” Smith bowed.

“Not bad,” Kieran commented.

His comment was appropriate. Inside Kieran’s impression, Smith was the first person to grow from a slightly strong existence to a power level almost on par with an early Advance Rank player, other than the not so reliable crystal-gazer, Tanya.

“Let’s go. We must settle somethings within tonight.” Kieran then walked outside.

Bloody Mary, who carried a big bag of items, followed behind together with Smith.

When the three of them vanished from sight, the lair was set ablaze.

Fire rushed up to the night sky and swiftly tainted the area red.

Some who looked towards the fire, their faces turned sour, while some laughed.

“Everything is within expectations.”

“Isn’t, Lord Wisher.”

A pleasant voice of a man sounded in a room, but no one answered him.