[The opponent in front of you is too powerful to defeat]
[User must somehow retreat]
[Inventory is disabled in combat]
[Escape!]
"What am I even supposed to do against a monster like that?" Zylus curiously sneered.
"Hey!" Zylus yelled, grabbing Alex's attention as he stopped walking towards him, "If you're this powerful, why work under a fatass like that guy?!"
"Fatass…?" Alex's flames enlarged, "That's my older brother! I'll kill you for that!"
His brother? Ahh, this world is filled with mysteries.
"Fuck…" Zylus yelled as Alex rushed into him.
[User Can't Escape]
[Death Is Imminent]
[Death: 0:00:03]
[2]
[1]
"Perfect…" Zylus whispered as Alex's hand appeared right in front of his eyes; his flames made Zylus sweat across his entire body, and his outfit burned with fire.
"False Body Deception Technique." He said, his attention now faced upwards.
[Technique: False Body Deception Technique]
[Technique Status: Processing]
[Success: 1%]
Bang!
"Huh… Where'd he go?" Alex whispered.
"It was a gamble, but it worked," Zylus said in relief.
"Huh, how'd you get here?!" The 'King of the Underealm' shakingly said, also known as Will Dime.
[The man currently in front of you is 'The King of the Underealm']
"I figured that out by now," Zylus whispered, as his katana began to disintegrate in his arms. "Of course it's this little gremlin, who else could it be? Only a guy like this would ever dare take advantage of my father's kind heart."
[Katana Unequipped]
[Failure To Defeat Quest: ???
In that moment, Zylus had now vanished out of Alex's sight and now stood with an overwhelming aura in the room that the 'King of the Underealm' had lain. The women, upon seeing Zylus, ran out, their clothes stripped, barely covering them up anymore, and now, it was only Zylus and Will.
"How have you come here?!" Will shakingly said.
"Me?" Zylus walked towards him, then crouched down to bat eye to eye with his crawling movements, "Because I baited that kid." Zylus grinned, "Your brother, Alex Dime."
Just as soon as Alex's enraged flames were about to hit Zylus, Zylus took a gamble, just as he would normally do. But last time, that gamble didn't work, so he thought, would it be different this time? No, it wouldn't be, but he still took that risk.
Zylus acknowledged the fact that he wouldn't be able to defeat this newer version of Alex, and his rage didn't seep through him anymore like it did last time, so there was no way for him to defeat Alex…
"But, defeating Alex was never my goal," Zylus whispered.
Zylus's goal had been to murder Will Dime, not his younger brother. Thus, he didn't need to defeat him to murder Will. All he needed to do was deceive him, using his False Body Deception Technique.
"But about how I got in here…" Zylus paused, "You just opened the curtains at the right time.
The man below Zylus continued to shake, saliva dropping from his face, as he now lay in a position only a single mother protecting her newborn would be in.
Just as Zylus had said, he only had one chance, which was when Will opened his curtains. The False Body Deception Technique is limited to what you can see, and Zylus wasn't able to see through those curtains, which cancelled his attempt.
[Technique Success Probability: 1%]
"And it had a one percent chance of working," Zylus whispered, closing in on Will, "But I bet on that chance. I would've died if it failed, though, but it was worth it."
In the very moment Alex reached his palm right in front of Zylus's face, he shifted his attention towards Will, in hopes that he would open those curtains. And in that second, he did, but just as he opened it, Will closed the curtains back in an instant. But that's just the type of bets Zylus takes, and it worked. Now, Alex has no idea of where Zylus is, because unlike Zylus, he can't sense large amounts of aura; he can't sense anything. Only Demons, and ones like Zylus can.
"You're a monster! Maybe even a Demon! How could you risk your life like that?!" The 'King of the Underealm' backed away in panic, drool dripping off his nose.
Zylus raised his katana, "Me, a 'Monster?'" Zylus looked down in pity, his eyes enraged, "There are different types of monsters. You can call me the 'Gambling monster,' but you…" Zylus paused. He brought the tip of his katana closer to Will, "You are all types of monsters."
Pszzzz!
Zylus paused, the katana's tip hung right in front of Will's face, who placed his hand up and closed his eyes in terror. He paused, watching Zylus's grief right in front of him.
"What is it you want?!" The man screamed, "Money, women, take all my slaves too!" Zylus paused…
[Rage: 1%]
[Will Dime's Thoughts: Just like anybody else, they fall for temptation]
[Rage: 5%]
[Will Dime's Thoughts: What did I even do to that man? I don't remember anything I could've done to trigger him]
[7%]
[8%]
[9%]
[10%]
Zylus never once agreed; he just paused, because his rage began to tingle.
"You're wondering what you did to me..." Zylus's rage now overwhelmed him.
"N-No, sir! I didn't say anything." Will began to panic once more. "I'll give you your rewards right now!"
[Rage: 10%]
"Somebody like you shouldn't die." Zylus whisepred, pushing Will downwards, "Someone like you should feel fear for the rest of their lives."
Zylus grinned largely.
[Special Technique Request Received!]
[Instilled Trauma]
[Technique Processing]
[Target: Will Dime]
[Target Identified]
"Instilled Trauma."
Every sin that he has ever committed, his pride, his lust, his greed, his sloth, his wrath, his gluttony, and of course, his envy. All shot back to him, and now, he feared the man in front of him more than he did his own God.
"You…" The man said, traumatized, "Who are you?!"
"The man who was created by your own hands," Zylus whispered.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Will began to scream, but he wasn't in physical pain; it was entirely mental.
And that mental trauma came from his own doings.