The Devil's Evolution Catalog

Chapter 248: Don't Try Me or I'll Scare Your Figurative Pants Off In a Second

Of course the Grand Elders words still hold weight, but this is a personal matter between the both of us. This has nothing to do with the Grand Elder. At that, his eyes narrowed. While I still dont know what kind of trickery you used to make the Grand Elder give up on the giants, dont think for a second that it will work on me. Today, none of you are leaving unless you hand over the blood of the giants.

Trickery? You think his fear of me is because of some kind of trick? Tell me then, exactly what kind of trick is able to scare your Grand Elder into such a wimp? On the surface, I made sure to put on an uncompromising stance. In my mind however, I was scrambling to work something out with Fertinier. The whole reason why I was even bothering to spew all those threats was because I was trying to buy some time.

Gorgeous, are you there? I seem to be in a little trouble right now.

Oh, this one knows youre in trouble, this one is having a lot of fun watching you right now.

Thenarent you going to help me?

This one wants to help you, but this one doesnt have a body so she cant help you.

Then at least come up with somethingif I kick the bucket now, wont you die as well?

Thats right, if you die, this one will accompany you as wellthis one still doesnt want to die, so do you best to not die.

Sister, Im begging you for help right now, dont just sit on your bum and do nothing

Alright, since Little Brother is so insistent, this one will make an exception and help you this once. Having said that, she flatly stated as such: Hand over your body.

Huh? What do you mean hand over my body?

What this one means is to hand over the control rights of your bodysighhow about you pull your mind out of the gutters?!

Ohhso you dont want my bodygot me excited for a moment thereI mean, worried. Well then, how do I do that?

At the end of the day, this one is just a soul living in Little Brothers body, as long as Little Brother gives up on resisting, this one can temporarily take control of your body.

Alright then, I give uphold on, are you sure you wont take advantage of this situation to steal my body

This one isnt that shallow, besides Little Brothers body isnt all that either. With a mug like that, this one would rather not.

Im ugly? I cant even my tear eyes away from my own reflection and you call that ugly? How blind can one person get?

Little Brother, now isnt the time to talk about your appearance.

Hey youre the one that started this fireforget it, just get on with it, that horse is annoying me.

Little Brother, your body is still rejecting this one, how do you expect this one to assume control of your body?

II was probably subconsciously rejecting her attempts at taking over my bodywell, that wont do at all, that Warwraith is clearly losing his patience already.

Devil, exactly how long more do you need? The Warhorse elder in question snorted and then stomped on the ground with his hooves as if to express his dissatisfaction. Are you trying to buy time for yourself by standing there in a daze?

If you really want the blood of those giants, its not impossible, but

But what?

At that, I faked a confident look as I said thusly, smile curving deviously: You might just have to find more for yourself.

And where would that be? Asked the elder, clearly not getting what I was trying to say. By now, there was nothing left of those giants except for rocks. If he really wanted more bloodhe would have better luck just digging for it since I absorbed all the blood already

The whole reason why I was doing all this was naturally to buy some time. But no matter how much time or how hard I tried, the problem still remained: my body kept rejecting Fertiniers attempt subconsciously. In front of me, the Warhorse elder was already looking rather peeved. In fact, for all I knew, he was about to blow his top this isnt good, I need to think of something

Since thats the case, how about we use another method then?

What method? We dont have a lot of time right now so Im open to anything at this point, no matter how much of a scam it is.

The moment I said that, I immediately noticed that something was up with my body. It wasnot listening to my commands at all, going so far as to go against my wishes entirely

Even without my commands, it was performing a set of strange movements of its own accord.

I stared at the Warhorse elder right in the eye and, a mere moment later, my mana was sucked dry instantly. On top of that, my mana was being diverted into my eyes along with another strange set of mana. Soon after, I felt a palpable sense of fear cross his eyes.

By now, I had basically come to the conclusion that Fertinier was up to no good. I desperately tried to pry some answers from her but to no avail. Perhaps she was simply too engrossed in trying to control my body to answer me at this point. Or perhaps the lost of control also meant that my thoughts werent being transmitted outwards any longer.

At the very least however, the Warhorse elders strange behavior was definitely due to Fertiniers ability. His eyes were already widening in fear and his body began to shake in response. It was as if he was staring at the most horrific thing in the entire realm as it approached him while he stood there helplessly. In a sense, this situation was similar to that dream ability Shade used on me, though not entirely the same either. After all, his eyes shouldnt be open at all if Fertinier was using some kind of dream ability. Also, he shouldnt even be able to jerk his head like that; that was clearly an attempt at diverting his eyes. Without a doubt, this elder was conscious and yet he seemed to be in the middle of a nightmare.

Impossiblehow could you He began muttering himself and the shaking grew even more intense by the second. Just standing there, he seemed more like a raving mad horse than a powerful elder.

Exactly what was he looking at? That I didnt know, but it had to be something utterly terrifying in order to scare him into a little child like that. Thus, without wasting another word on me, he ranwithout even saying a word to his other kin, he ranas if he was a deserter running away from the battlefield

His sudden departure left the other horses in confused conundrum, eyes swivelling about as they tried to seek an answer from amongst themselves. This elder of theirs was clearly the mastermind of this plot; it was him who brought them here to seek revenge so what was he doing running away like that after a mere glance? What were they to do then? He should have at least said something before leaving

Now that the elder in question was gone however, there wasnt much reason for them to stay any longer. Besides, I was acting a little strange at the moment and they seemed to have picked up on this change as well. One after another, they turned around and galloped after their distant elder. From the bloodshot and widened eyes on their equestrian faces, it was like looking at a herd of horses fleeing from some kind of ghost on a bright sunny day

Having miraculously chased away the elder, I soon found myself back in control of my body once more. And yet before I could even get an answer out of Fertinier, I was bombarded by Mo Nas ecstatic cry: Mama is so awesome, the baddie got scared away with just one look!

Master, how did you do that? That was amazing, youre truly the almighty master! No.3 and Big 4 both gave a fervent look of worship at the same time.

As for Sinmosa and Sasani, they glanced at each other but astutely chose not to pry any further.

Back when I faced off against the Nightmare Steed, I was somehow able to scare that Grand Elder off, entirely because of Fertinier of course, but they didnt know that. Now that Warwraith came knocking, I was once again able to chase him offif the first time was just mere luck, what about the second time then? Was there even a chance that it was luck then?

In all likelihood, the two of them had revised their opinion of me from that moment on. After all, I was now an unknown factor to be considered.

Hey there, Gorgeous, how about talking for a second, what happened back there?

In the face of everyones praise, all I could do was give them a silly grin while throwing out some superficial excuses. At the same time, I continued asking the Devil King in my body about what had just happened.

Little Brother, this one is a little tired now, how about we talk about this later?

Alright then, to be honest, I can roughly guess what happened even if you dont tell me. I bet you forcefully took control of my body, right?

Mhm, after all, your body technically belongs in part to this one as well, ever since Yi Yi had this one take up residence in your body. From that moment on, your body was no longer the same. Normally, this one is in a comatose state so you ended up in charge. Because of this ones long term sleep, this ones influence on this body grew lesser to the point where this one couldnt control it anymoresimply put, the cohesion rate between this body and this one had grown too low

Thats why you needed my unconditional consent?

Thats right, because Little Brother wasnt able to unconditionally trust this one, this one had to forcefully take control of your consciousnessbut this body still tried to resist this one

And thats why you ended up so tired, am I right?

MhmLittle Brother isnt so stupid after allwell, this one is going to sleep now. Dont try and disturb this one before she wakes upif Little Brother gets into trouble thenhe will have to take care of it himself

Ehhwhy does this bodyguard of mine seem so unreliableeach time she helps me out of a pinch, she always ends with a Im sleepy before proceeding to sleephow is that even the bearing of a Devil Kingshes more like a so Ahem, that comparison is a little uncouth so Ill pass on saying it.

This little nap of hers was most likely the result of her expending too much mental energy to try and forcefully control my body. Based on that fact, her nap shouldnt last all that long. Still, our journey couldnt stop just because of that. Now that the Warhorse elder was gone, our journey should be a lot smootheror notwhen was our journey ever smooththat was merely wishful thinking on my part

With how hurriedly they left, the Warhorses even forgot to take their prey with them so what stood before us now was a Demon Fire Salamander that was over 10 meters long. Its hide was a crimson red and it had a single chipped horn growing on its head. Its body was thoroughly battered at this point, with blood flowing out of multiple gaping wounds on its body.

Thanks to their abrupt departure, this salamander, who had its left leg thoroughly mangled right now, was basically left to its own devices. And from the trail of blood leading away, I could tell that it was trying to find a lava lake to recover in. Unfortunately for it, the Warhorses lived in a giant plain with hardly any lava lakes to be found nearby.

Exactly what was it doing here anywayplus from its size and aura, its probably a Six-stars.