(Luna POV)

“Nah… I’m good,”

And just with those three words, the drowsy eyes in front of me widened to the point that they began to melt into a black liquid that poured all over the floor.

“You dare to decline and offer from me. Do you know who I am?” The young man asked as his terrifying eyes slowly approached me.

They were like the abyss, and as they tried to swallow me whole, I swallowed down a drop of saliva, moistening my throat.

“Just judging from how you act, I know who you are, Demon King of Sloth: Belphegor,”

The demon king’s uncanny smile seemingly penetrated through my mind and tossed me around like a limp piece of meat.

“Kukukukuku… Fine… Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine,”

His words were hypnotizing, and as they went through one ear and out the other, I felt my legs give out, causing me to drop to my knees.

“Whatever you say… Fine. No runic contract but a two-sided contract… Come on, read it quickly,” The demon king sighed before tossing a glowing piece of paper toward me and a feather for writing.

“What are we in? The dark ages or something?” I smirked, but the demon king was unamused.

“What a stickler… Okay, this seems alright… but let me add something,” I said before writing something next to the demon king’s side of the contact.

“Huh? What are you adding? You dare to change a contract made by me?”

“Yes, I do. Now, shut the hell up and agree to it,” I said and tossed the paper and feather back at the floating man.

His eyes had returned to normal no, but basically, everything had returned to normal as his mood swing slowly fizzled out.

“Tch… I’m only doing this to keep the other guys in check. Don’t think I’m agreeing to this to help you out,” The demon king muttered before tossing the contract up into the air, and suddenly a searing pain erupted from the back of my hand.

A mark very similar but not exactly the same as Bella’s appeared on the back of my hand, searing itself into my skin despite it just being a tattoo.

“Now that our contract is finished, we can part ways. I expect you to keep your children in check; otherwise, you’ll have a planet filled with lava and darkness,” The man said before floating away, leaving and phasing through the roof.

Aren’t you supposed to be a demon? Aren’t you supposed to go down or something?

And suddenly, the world resumed, and a new panel appeared in front of me.

You have unlocked the Rune Path: Illusionary Witch

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(Orion POV)

“Huff… huff… huff… huff… What… What happened?” I asked Luna, who was holding her arm that was enveloped in a black goo that would not let go of her skin.

It was steaming like hot water, and she was in so much pain that her eyes looked as if they were about to roll back into their sockets.

“Ayo-“

“SHUT THE HELL UP AND GET THIS SHIT OFF OF ME!” She shouted.

“*sigh*… Yes, ma’am,” I muttered before crouching down next to her and then coating my hand with Tangible Bloodlust.

Thankfully, it acted as a type of glove that allowed me to grab onto the black ooze, and as I ripped it off, it disappeared into thin air upon not touching anything.

Soon, after a few minutes of struggling, she finally managed to catch a break as I tore everything off her skin, allowing her to breathe easy now.

“Fuck… This **ing demon king… giving me a suicidal skill like this,” She cursed under her breath before taking out a healing potion from her ankle sock and downing it like a shot of vodka.

Her burned arm, which had practically no skin left, returned to normal, but I also noticed a tattoo on her hand similar to the one on Bella’s stomach.

“Hey, you also have a mark?” Luna muttered and then pointed to the side of my neck where a tattoo similar to hers had replaced the rune on the back of my neck.

“Shit, I guess you’re right,” I muttered as I stared into the mirror, slowly caressing it as I didn’t want to wake up whatever was hiding in there.

“Also… what happened to your back?” Luna asked, moving aside the tattered pieces of clothing hanging from my almost naked upper half.

“What do you mean? They’re scars, of course… I’m sure you have more bullet scars than me,” I smirked.

“Nah, these brandings… Did you do this on purpose?”

“Oh, those… Well, they’re for one of my skills. I can’t give you the details yet, but they’re important to me, and without them, I would be dead meat,”

“Hmmm… Interesting… but anyway, did you also get a notification about a rune path from the system?

“Oh, yeah, I did. Did you get one as well?”

“Uhh, yeah. Wait, is it in my status?” I muttered.

“It should be,” Luna replied just as I opened my status, and yep, there it was, sitting pretty right in front of me with six locked skills.

『Status』

Name: Orion

Race: Human

Class: Prince of Blood

Level: 5

/55 (180

/200) XP Needed

HP: 75

/75 MP: 50

/50 SP: 45

/45 – Above Human

Strength: 40 – Above Human

Defense: 40 – Above Human

Magic: 45 – Above Human

p Speed: 45 – Above Human

Skills: Spear Coating Berserk Coating Empower Scout Ancient Torterras Tongue

Prince of Blood Skills: Tangible Bloodlust Blood Manipulation Blood Envision

Blood Sampler Cloak of Blood

Passive Skills: Toxic Immunity Toxic Body Night Vision Breath of the Snowy Underworld Blood of the Underworld Blood Tainted Aura Blood Tainted Presence Speech of a King

Rune Path: Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked

Equipment: Magic Ring Storage Ring Sangria King’s Spear

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