My mind felt clearer than ever after brutalising those people. Maybe it weighed on my mind more than I realised, and Lupera’s little gift made my heart pound!
{Stop with the cute words, you’ll make me materialise and rape you..}
…
Maybe she was a little scary.
Was it the mating season for mature goddess wolves?
{Be a good boy now, or I really will do it~}
While ignoring her words and not taking them to heart. I entered the VIP room where we drank that delicious wolf bourbon earlier.
There were signs of a struggle and blood along the floor leading in the direction where Kevin was earlier.
Honing my hearing as I stepped forward, the clashing of fists with meat, the sounds of someone being beaten, and a female sobbing entered my ears as I began to run faster while organising my heart.
***
Inside that curtain was quite the scene as my body leapt into the air and slammed into one of the guarding thugs’ faces with a dropkick, snapping his neck as he hit the wall at a bad angle.
“Guha!?”
*Snap*
I didn’t know if he died because the loud bang caused them to turn towards me.
“Who the fuck are you, ah?”
“P-Please… Let her go….”
“Get off me, don’t touch my body!”
Kevin was crumpled on the floor, a thick scent of blood and ammonia wafting from his trembling body, yet he didn’t give up trying to protect Louise, sitting on the lap of a muscular guy with a huge snake tattoo across his face.
Louise was bound by rope as tears streamed down her red eyes, and bruises covered her pale skin.
The guy holding her was shirtless, while two girls wearing nothing but underwear clung to each side of him, kissing his cheeks as their hands wandered across his body.
Both women had a disgusting snake tattoo on their ass, leading from their lower back into their crack—a true tramp stamp.
“Ah…”
{Rai… Don’t lose your cool; if you go berserk, everyone in the room will die!}
Lupera’s words were stern, like a real mother telling me off, but they worked… Yet it hurts my chest hurts… seeing Kevin like that.
He was my first friend in so many years, we only drank together, but I felt at ease listening to him talking about studies… It made me desire to go back and learn.
To improve myself.
A beast silently screamed inside my chest, but I held back, looking at the male in the chair groping Louise. My body dashed forward, causing him to smirk as the thugs rushed towards me.
*Woosh!*
My fist tore through bone and flesh, ripping the throat of the man approaching my left as I spun on my toes, kicking another’s head off before my hands reached out, tearing the arms off another like paper.
There was no need to hold back. I could remove all traces of their existence.
Why should I hold back against garbage that makes my only friend cry, cringe, and get injured?
Why would I show mercy to those who touched Louise!?
She is Kevin’s girlfriend! He told me how shy and nervous he was, worried she might leave him for another.
They hurt Kevin…
*Crack! Crush! Snap!*
I was angry, but my mind remained clear: was it Lupera’s help again? There was no answer as my feet and arms moved naturally to save Louise and Kevin from this situation.
The smell of iron and death filled the VIP room as Louise watched me move like a demon, killing anyone approaching without breaking a sweat.
Yet despite what I was doing, she wasn’t scared of me; perhaps pity or worry shone in her teary eyes—I’m not sure what emotion it was, but I wanted to get her out of there.
“Hey, Kevin…. Wake up.”
“Ughh…”
Blood dripped from his nose, lips, and forehead, but he still smiled upon realising Louise was safe, muttering something under his breath before passing out.
“Come on… let’s get out of here.”
It was at that moment that I seemed to forget where I was. This wasn’t the dungeon; there were dangers in this world that didn’t exist in the dungeon…
*Bang*
A gunshot, something foreign to most in this country, guns were highly illegal and banned. Only those with high ranks in gangs or former policemen had them.
Looking over my shoulder, the woman clinging to the leader with snake tattoos across their bodies aimed a gun at Louise, but… Kevin was standing, covering her body.
The woman was smirking as she licked her plump lips.
“Now then… Who do you think I should shoot first~?”
Kevin was bleeding but still protected Louise, gritting his teeth as he struggled to stand. I knew I could dodge the bullet, but Kevin and Louise couldn’t.
Didn’t I want to become a gang leader?
*Bang!*
Why did I overlook this detail? Kevin suddenly crumpled to the floor as my right arm swung through the air, catching the bullet mid-flight.
It burned my palm and fingers, causing blood to spill from the wound, yet the bullet stopped mid-air, suspended between my fingers as the woman paled.
*Bang Bang Bang*
I stepped forward as she shot several times, but the bullets didn’t hurt me.
Why did I forget and try to deal with things like a half-hearted human?
When I am no longer human at all.
“Ahhh!!!”
Screams of terror filled the VIP room, yet I ignored them, crushing the bullets between my fingers before grabbing the woman’s skull, slamming her face against the reinforced stone walls, shattering it like glass with each blow, causing the room to shake and stone to crack.
My eyes looked towards the other woman and male; anger was there, but I felt an eerie cold in my chest, numbing my emotions.
“S-Stay away!!!”
*Bang*
Another gunshot rang out as pain blossomed in my right thigh, but I ignored it, my hands reaching out, grabbing the male, his snake tattoo not protecting him now, as I lifted him from the floor, both hands tightening around his neck.
*Snap*
His bones shattered, and his head popped like a watermelon as my strength increased tenfold compared to when I killed the guards earlier.
There is no need to hold back with these vermin.
The woman watching her lover die tried to run, but my legs kicked the ground, appearing behind her before I grabbed her long hair, yanking her back to the floor; she fell to the ground as I tore the hair from her scalp and stomped on her legs, crushing the bones.
Her screams filled the VIP room as I dragged her crying face along the stone ground, leaving a trail of blood behind before placing my foot on her skull.
“You must be ready to die if you pull out a gun, okay?”
I tried to teach her a lesson.
*Crush*
My foot pressed down on her head as her brains splattered, turning to mush along the floor as I removed my foot and turned towards Louise and Kevin.
This is my first time seeing fear in her eyes since meeting her, yet I understand why… She just witnessed me brutally kill these people.
If she doesn’t fear me, there is something wrong with her… Perhaps Louise isn’t normal, either.
“R-Rai…”
Kevin spoke hoarsely, coughing up blood as he tried to stand, but his knees buckled, causing me to rush forward, catching him as Louise sobbed, hugging him as they collapsed to the floor.
“Kevin!!! Please, please don’t die!!!”
“I-I won’t… Rai saved us; Louise, thank you…”
His voice trailed off as he almost passed out again, causing Louise to scream, shaking Kevin awake as I sighed.
“We need to get him to a hospital…” She wailed, but there was no chance… his chest was bleeding profusely, his face pale and weak.
I can save him; I will save him.
If he accepts me…
Lifting his body, I whispered something in his ear; it might sound crazy and delusional as his glazed eyes looked into mine. He smiled before a weak nod.
“Rai… Save me….”
Holding his hand, Louise looked confused as I did something that would change him forever but would allow him to live… I sliced my palm with my claw and held it over his mouth as my blood flowed into his lips.
“What the hell are you doing!? Stop!!” Lousie shouted as I shoulder-barged her away, letting my blood ooze into his mouth; at first, he was weak, letting it dribble out.
But soon, Kevin’s hands reached out, gripping my wrist tightly, sucking more and more until he opened his eyes; a weak light shone from them as Louise trembled in shock, witnessing this scene.
His wounds healed as he drank more and more blood, his body changing… not significantly, but he became slightly more handsome and muscular somehow. I felt it wasn’t as drastic as the girl from the dungeon, but it was enough…
He accepted me.
Kevin released my wrist, licking the remaining blood along his lips as Louise looked at him in disbelief; he slowly stood with steady legs, dusting his torn suit before stretching.
“Sorry for worrying you, Lou….”
“Kevin!? Are you alright!? What did Rai do!? You were dying moments ago!!”
Louise panicked, pointing at his chest, which was now whole with no sign of injury, yet he smiled and nodded at me.
“Thanks, Rai….”
Kevin didn’t explain anything to Louise, embracing her in a hug as I sighed… I’m glad he survived; I wouldn’t forgive myself if he died… But now, I needed to deal with the aftermath.
“You can come out now, Wolf Queen, Cassandra.”
“Do you think our deal might be more worthwhile now?”
My voice was deep, as my fingers snapped all the corpses and blood vanishing from the room, as if they never existed in the first place, now that Kevin was not a werewolf, something infinitely close, gaining high regeneration and improved strength and senses.
Maybe it was due to being in a world with low mana, but he didn’t completely transform yet. Rather, he was closer to Haruka before entering the dungeon.
A person with a special ability.
Cassandra appeared from the shadows, her eyes looking towards me, then Kevin as she visibly trembled, as her hands approached my thigh, grasping where the bullet managed to penetrate my flesh.
“Let’s talk… I’ll listen to your proposal.”
“Like you have a choice?”
She took my hand, seeming embarrassed at my response, then looked at me with concern, dragging me towards the private room, still locked in the back for some reason.
I waved to Kevin with a smirk as we both seemed to understand each other somewhat. He took a bottle of spirits and escorted Louise to a private room, her face a picture of confusion and madness.
I wonder what she will offer me in exchange for protection… Perhaps more than I imagined?
{(You didn’t turn him completely purposely.)}
{(To avoid dragging Kevin into this mess. Because of your kind heart, right brother?)}