That day was unique. The best day of his life since the death of his mother. Living in this land where the only rule applicable was the rule of might, here in the badlands were the law of the jungle reigned supreme, surviving a day in these desolate ruins was a cause for celebration.
" Who the fuck are you?! " Hulu screamed with his scimitar pointed at the intruders. He was ready to swing if they didn't give him the right answer or if they made any false moves.
He usually slept with one high open so when he heard the sounds of someone entering his cave hut, he had quickly rushed to face the intruders.
He counted three individuals and a cat, but he was sceptic, there could be more laying around. While it was hard for parties to be established in the savage region, they usually contained more than ten members and majority of these parties were cannibals who hunted their fellow kind for food.
Some even opened markets and traded people for different resources with different races. Since the last war between the church's people of the mainland and the coalition of savages, heathen races and outlaws, the practice of trading humans as livestock had become a lucrative business.
Hulu's parents had been captured by one of such raiding parties and his father had lost his life fighting for a chance for Hulu to escape.
" Who the fuck are you?!! I won't ask again! "
Hulu was getting flustered when he noticed their calm almost nonchalant expressions. Even though the trio in front of him were unarmed, he still felt uneasy and he began believing his speculations even more.
Although he felt the shadow of fear creeping slowly into his heart he steeled himself preparing to put up a fight before his death, at least he believed he could take out these three before their reinforcement came.
"I can smell your fear..." one of the trio suddenly spoke, he seemed to be the leader of the group. Long silky black hair cascading down his back forming a strikingly beautiful contrast with the grey cat sleeping on his shoulder.
Just that sentence sent chills down Hulu's spine and he felt his legs weaken. All the courage and fighting spirit he managed to muster fled him and the hand he was using to hold the scimitar began shaking profusely.
"No! No! No! It can't be!! You're amongst them!! You're not human. " Hulu muttered as he crashed to the floor fainting. When he looked into the man's eyes just a moment prior he felt a great pressure descend upon his. It was like gazing into a nebula.
"Look what you've done to the poor kid." Maya sighed.
"Well Von is as awesome as always, even when empty handed he managed to scare the shit out of a hardened barbarian!" Johan added with a chuckle.
"It's not like I did it on purpose... It's just that he's too weak" Von replied nonchalantly. He was pondering what the barbarian meant by his last statement.
"Johan wake him up I have some questions for him"
From what he knew about the savage region aka Badlands, humans were not the only inhabitants, but he was no longer a demon so how did this barbarian recognize him.
~Master although you're no longer a demon your aura of negativity still distinguishes you from average humans, these two are unable to notice because you are not subconsciously targeting them likewise the cat.~
Jacinth answered his worries via telepathy.