THE UTENSILS clanged as Xurden prepared the table. He cooked a lot that almost filled the dining table. The smell of the food wafted in the air, making him more hungry. It was the first time he had made different dishes for no reason. He just felt like doing it that evening. It was already dark outside when his stomach growled and he would eat more than before. His appetite became high. Eating everything on the table would not be a problem. Thinking hard drained him, which made him not leave his office for many hours. He stood confidently when he put the last dish and looked at his preparation. The dishes looked so good to his eyes that boosted his confidence more. As he folded the sleeve of his shirt until his elbow, Sebastian arrived looking like a vocalist of a rock band. His assistant wore tight leather pants and a black jacket. Sebastian came from the door, exhaustion was showing on his face. They had been working non-stop after the incident on the island.“What’s the occasion?”
THE CURATOR brought them to a room filled with boxes of different sizes. Xurden heard a growl from a bigger box, which he ignored. They displayed a few of the artefacts atop the boxes, where Marco fixed his eyes. The artifacts emanated undeniable charm that could make a normal human being weak on their knees. The purple-haired man stopped beside the small boxes of potion in the very middle of the room, facing the two.“Take your pick,” the curator said happily, opening the small boxes one by one. The light coming from the ceiling cast a glint to the vials inside. He still glued a smile on his lips. He looked like a crazy person as the time passed.“We don’t want any of the potions,” Xurden told the curator. He spoke clearly and heavily. “I want a distinct thing.”“My guess is right, then. You don’t like you need potions anyway,” the curator said. With a wave of his, the small boxes closed on their own. “What is that you really want?”“I can’t answer you. I know you have everything her
WHEN XURDEN went back home, he took a shower. The cold water drenched his muscular body. But that didn’t take away the heat he felt at that moment. No matter how low he lower the temperature, it didn’t help even a little. He no longer knew what was wrong with him. Maybe the demon had something to do with it. He couldn’t remember though if the demon put something on his neck while his back was on him.There was no other explanation that he could find. He couldn’t think of any other reason than the demon’s breath was poisonous.As every second passed, he felt colder, even though he was hot all over his body. That’s when he realized he was already sick. He didn’t get sick even once, but at that moment it was happening. That’s why he was confused. He concluded that the demon really made him sick. He closed his mouth to repress his moan because of the cold. His muscular body was shaking. The pouring water on his back muffled his grunt.In the end, he hurried out of the shower, grabbing the
XURDEN woke up at the sound of Sebastian calling him. His henchman was not loud, but he could hear him clearly. He opened his eyes, looking for Yric because he was no longer in his arms. His arm felt numb and told him it was just been a few moments when the younger left his room. He tried moving and found he could swing his body. Yric helped remove the poison from him. Now that he was thinking about it, he wondered how big Yric’s knowledge was about things. He sat straight, massaging his numb arm. The storm was still breaking the night outside.“What is it?” Xurden asked as shifted his eyes at his assistant.“I thought something happened to you while we were out. I came here to check after I saw Yric came out of your room,” Sebastian told the man. “But looking at you now, you seem fine.”“When did he leave?”“A minute ago,” Sebastian answered him. “Why would Yric stay here? What did the two of you do?”He stared at his assistant because he felt like something’s brewing in Sebastian’s
AFTER SEVERAL moments, Xurden turned the page, looking at Yric. The younger guy just sat quietly while licking the chocolate that was sticking to the inner part of the wrapper with his tongue. He frowned at what he saw and shook his head when Yric shifted his attention to him. Yric felt embarrassed, so he just folded the cover and put it in the pocket of his pants. After that, he put back his eyes to the book he was reading. The storm outside was still loud. It seemed like it would not stop.The silence that enveloped them became unbearable for Yric so the younger guy pulled the sofa closer to the table. The legs of the sofa scraped on the floor, filling the entire room. Xurden didn’t like what was happening. He gave Yric a warning with his eyes, but the younger guy ignore it. Yric was becoming more confident in testing his patience.“Stop doing that,” he retorted. “If you can’t stay quiet, go back to your room.”Yric didn’t listen to him even a little. “Let me sit near you. I want to
THEY ARRIVED at the coffee shop a minute after they went down from the cable car. The coffee shop had two floors where tourist sipped their drinks. The ambiance of the interior looked Mediterranean, and the colors were a mixture of gold, brown, and milky white. They moved to the second-floor balcony, taking the stairs. Because tourists filled most of the tables on the first floor. Fortunately, there were free tables for them to take. They sat in the very corner of the balcony under the enormous umbrella overlooking the vast ocean.At the point when Xurden sat down, he took out his cell phone from his pocket. Yric sat next to him while his two assistants were in front of them. He read the message he received from Arasia. His brow furrowed because the woman was bothering him again. She asked him what was going on between the two of them. He looked around the balcony, but he didn’t see her. Realizing that the woman wasn’t there, and she was just being nosy, he stopped from turning his he
HE WASTED no time and jumped into the hole. When he landed on the wet mud, he guessed the size of the demon that pulled Yric. He ran into that tunnel with his head slightly bowed while taking out his cell phone. He quickly dialed a number to call his two assistants upstairs.“Yes, boss,” Sebastian answered in his usual cheerful tone.“Come down here to the toilet. Someone has taken Yric. I will chase the demon first,” he said to his companions and put down the phone without waiting for a response from Sebastian.As he slipped his cell phone into his pants pocket, he increased his running speed. He thought that there was no other tunnel that the demon went through, so he only ran in one direction. But he changed his mind when he came upon a nest full of skeletons. In that nest, tunnels leading in different directions meet. The bones made a noise when he stepped on them. From the appearance of the pile, he could tell that the demon had many victims.He just sighed deeply because he coul
XURDEN prepared himself as the demon jumped down at an incredible speed. In a just blink of an eye, the demon struck him with its sword. He blocked its attack with his ice sword. A strong ominous power came out between the two blades, making the pile of skeletons scattered all over the temple. The demon kept on pushing him while it hissed, and dark smoke slipped through its closed mouth. He couldn’t face the demon head-on, as he was losing his footing. The pile of bones under him crashed down, sending him to fall down. The demon didn’t stop attacking him, even though it was happening.As he fell, the demon struck several slashes of its sword. He dodged its attack by crashing his sword into the blade the demon was holding. The result of their clash was inevitable. His ice sword became thinner with every strike. The demon put a lot of force on its sword. He couldn’t concentrate on facing it because his body was out of balance. After a consecutive attack, his sword broke in two. He moved