The devil, the hound and the thief

ld call a swarm of the third most u

alled but the sight of their bodies m

ad large veins showing from their skin. Their heads were bald, faces devoid of

ient tree's bark with a hints of w

sh using the restrooms or something, but NO! They were rapidly closing

deities to draw evil on anything marked with them. It can be moulded according to the caster, like h

n effect of not aging. It took me a while to realise what the full sc

e, where with age comes vulnerability and weakening of the body. Meaning that theoretically, if one doesn't age, the vital functions of one's body can fo

according to a very famous Sorcerer, life force isn't something that is constant or in a fixed amount when we are born. His idea was that our bodies continu

eteriorating at all and none being lost, making me a superhuman whose organs scoff at 90% undilute

m basically a constant in time. Unaffected by its pass

h of these ideally apply to my

the window in a rapid escape, I turned to see those th

s right? And I really am a stubborn constant in time? A

I don't think weapons could actually do harm and I'm too scared of getting near

oom respectively . Al

ike usual, a featureless d*ck, I mean person, appeared above

om a Pseudo hell. Though they can pass through physical matter and literally suck your soul out with but a touch, you have an enchanted item

the shame affection

e by. Finish this and come to HQ, we have something to discuss,

anced sight ability, All-Seer, which let me see the creatur

g them to their master, had nothing at the end of the chain but a foggy haze, following the

claymore, 130cm in length, its blade was a shining silver, the hilt was of a dark crimson, with

a pristine but shallow

h a great speed at the creatures that were not

ily for me, with how late it was, fighting in the middle of a tarred road with a

lued the grace in my attacks and movements. I despised the haggard and crude movements of pirat

th just as much care too, my right on the hilt, knocking on the guard with my thu

h! S

a split second. Barely visible demarcations of the sword attacks appeared on the bodies of t

ot fazed, rushing towards me still with les

of the Ring

or was confident in the fact that I wouldn't have

hout any problem, leaving me with piles of

omed quite gratefully as I was still not in the mood. My heart was still in shambles and after the adrenaline of fighting somethi

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ter to discover a vast city with different and strange constructs or ascending to the

roof of Membership, a mark inscribed on the back of your palm shaped like a simple circle

a powerful influence of ma

he base, in a zone of the Pinnacle Admini

e I found myself seated on a lovely wooden chair on the other end of a

. Things could have gone badly," the man in front of me said. He was a tall man, 1.86 meters in height with blue fuzzy hair rising almost 10 cm above his head like an afro, a bushy b

ght the monsters than terrorise lone cities and kill hundreds. To you it's just col

ith gifts like you in, teach you the ropes a

se when I was still seeing ghosts and demons wherever I go.

n why are yo

go? Tonight just proved that belonging i

ing through but if it affects your progress I don't know if you'll be allowed to stay here anymore. Best case scenario is that you'll be 'Flu

ignment?"

you just did today is one way to get downgraded to annu

perately need. I used to have no real need for it because I was in love. I could just pickpocket, sh

ontractors who offer jobs by reviewing your record, but now with more people li

ea