As Akira and the Strauss siblings flew away, the usually quiet village once again returned to its usual peacefulness. The villagers, unaware of the fact that the so-called 'demon' is already far away, began to do their usual tasks of isolating the village church and discussing how to drive away the evil demon.
But as things were acting normally in less than a week after Akira's visit, the village once again welcomed its next tribulation. It was a group of priests. But although these guys look like priests, their eyes are filled with indifference, cruelty, and madness that only those from the dark faction possess.
And these groups of priests with fake smiles talked with the villagers and, under the cheerful expressions of the villagers, escorted them to the church, where Mirajane and her siblings lived.
The villagers were very excited. They were under constant pressure due to Mirajane's existence. But now with these priests' help, they would be able to get rid of this blade once and for all.
But the excited expressions on their faces froze when they saw the empty church. And before their brains could process this, the priests, who always had those kind smiles, finally stopped faking.
A suffocating wave of killing intent washed over the villagers, turning the air cold and heavy. The leading priest stepped forward, his eyes burning with a quiet, lethal fury. "Where is she?" he demanded, his voice a low, jagged blade. "You promised us the girl was here. Was that a lie?"
The village head collapsed to his knees, his hands shaking so violently he had to press them into the dirt. "Mercy, my Lord! Please!" he gasped, his voice cracking. "I swear on my ancestors, she was here. We wouldn't dare deceive you—she lived after we drove that demon out of the village!"
"Then where the heck is she? "The man cursed as he kicked the village chief in anger. The village chief, a man in his 70s who is just a normal old man, nearly went to hell as the kick landed.
But even though the old man didn't die, he was still out of breath and had no strength to veil or beg for forgiveness. He didn't even dare to wipe away the blood that came from his mouth, as he could only lie on the ground, clutching his stomach.
"Useless," the leading priest spat, and he looked at the village head without any pity. He then turned to look at the villagers, who were already trembling in fear.
"Interrogate these guys and see if they know where that girl is. Two of you also go and search the nearby forest. No matter what you do, I want to know any news about that girl. "The man said cold tone as he looked at the rest of the priests.
"Yes, archbishop," the remaining priests said as they saluted the archbishop. Then they divided themselves into two teams. One team left the church and scattered across the village, starting their search for Mirajane. At the same time, the remaining team walked towards the trembling villagers with cold smiles.
In their hands, at some point, there was a baton that was crackling with lightning. And soon the church was filled with screams of the villagers begging for mercy.
The villagers were now really regretting their action of wanting to watch the show. If they didn't come, they might not have gotten beaten up like this. Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret.
" Oh, it seems leaving a clone here is definitely worth it. " Suddenly, a teasing voice rang in the church, making everyone tense.
Then, in the next moment, thousands of swords flashed by, and all the priests were decapitated instantly. Blood rains down on the villagers' faces as they watch the demonic priests' corpses fall down one by one.
Soon, the sounds of boots sounded as Akira walked from the shadows, holding a sword that was dripping fresh blood.
His face was cold and indifferent as his gaze landed on the remaining priest, who seemed to be the leader. This guy, despite having his neck sliced, didn't die immediately.
" Oh, this is rare; a demon is personally coming to this remote village to do the dirty work ", Akira said with sarcasm.
He looked down at the head priest. Or rather, what was left of him. Even with his head resting several inches away from his torso, the "priest" didn't have the decency to die. Black, oily smoke began to hiss from the neck, forming tendrils that reached out like phantom fingers, groping for the body it had lost.
But it didn't matter much since it would only take a bit more effort to completely erase this guy. And for Akira, he has enough time to spare. And besides, the main reason he created this clone is because he wanted to understand what is really happening in this damn village.
Yes, the Akira here is a clone he created. Unlike the earlier clones, Akira created this clone by combining the magic spells Thought Projection, parallel thinking and his own taming magic. With all these magic spells combined, Akira finally managed to create his perfect clone technique.
After all, this new magic spell is a great breakthrough for Akira's future plans. And today, Akira's goal is to test how durable this clone is.
"Well then, let's dance, shall we? " Akira said as he flashed behind the demon with his sword, covered in Conqueror Haki Entanglement.
" Don't die quickly ", he said with a smile as he swung his sword at the demon.
Then there was… well, there was no then. As soon as the sword coated with Conqueror's Haki entanglement came into contact with the demon, it was completely annihilated.
" Tsk, are demons really this fragile? " Akira muttered as he looked at the demonic priest, who was now a pile of ash.
"Well, whatever, let's just wrap things up ", Akira sighed as he looked at the trembling villagers who were looking at him with fear and arrogance.
'Wait arrogance ', Akira paused in his actions as he looked at the villagers with curiosity. And using his ability, Akira began to listen to the hidden thoughts in their hearts.
And Akira's face turned extremely cold. His killing intent exploded as he looked at the villagers with anger.
" You guys sure like hiding a lot, huh? Let me see how much you guys can keep up your acting up, " Akira said as he snapped his fingers.
Demonic runes lit up from the ground, and black bindings came out of the ground, imprisoning them. One could practically smell the fear on their faces.
But Akira's gaze didn't even bother to hide his disdain as he created a ball of black flame in his hand. This flame was made using demonic magic that he inherited through Anos's template.
And without any hesitation, Akira threw the black flame towards these villagers.
And then screams rang in the church once again. And this time, the villagers' human forms began to change. Their skin began to turn dark, and their eyes began to lose their whiteness.
Soon, Akira saw the true form of these villagers. These guys are no longer humans. In fact, they are half demons. These half-humans are artificial demons who have demonic souls and human bodies. These guys possess the physical bodies of humans and manipulate them by controlling their subconscious.
In fact, in this village, 40% of the villagers are replaced by these half-demons. These guys gradually took over the villagers' bodies and controlled them to do their bidding. In fact, all this is so they can create the perfect Demon King Satan.
The demon king Satan is a demon that represents the sin of wrath. In fact, the Satan demon can grow stronger by devouring the negative emotions of anger and despair. And these half-demons control these villagers into becoming more and more irritable and nurturing the demon Satan.
Originally, their plan was to nurture Demon Satan into a Demon King. After that, they would recruit Demon Satan into the Dark Guild Tartaros.
Yes, this whole plan is made by the demons from Tartaros. As demons made by Zeref, these guys are complete lunatics. And these guys would do anything to help their creator's wish of ending his misery.
Unfortunately, none of them could have ever imagined Mirajane's existence and her ability to devour demon souls. Furthermore, now that he knows this, how could Akira let this go.
And so the village that brought pain and suffering to the Strauss siblings disappeared to the annals of history. Every single half-demon was killed, and every single trace of this village was destroyed by Akira.
As for the ordinary humans, they were hypnotized to move to the nearby villages and forever forget about this place again.
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