The Crown Of The Nine Continents
Chapter 44: Re-emergence of the Enemy.

The two people stared in disbelief, their hearts enveloped by the fear emanating from the Intimidation of the person before them. Supposedly, even if their blades were held back, they could still release the grip on the blade and attack using something else.

However, their bodies stopped moving, as if their bodies were indeed ordered to stop. There was nothing they could do, other than feel the despair from the terrible gaze that a monstrous man had put out.

Like an animal that has gripped its prey tightly, that is what felt by the two people. Their hearts were pounding, not out of love, but out of fear. Their bodies sweat, not because of the heat, but because of the terrible person's intimidation.

A pitch-black red aura was unleashed by the person gripping their blade. The aura looked like an angel of death in the eyes of the two people, no chance to run, no chance to take refuge and ask for help.

Not even a scream they could, just to make a small movement, their bodies seemed to be pressured by an incredible force. They could only, feeling this despair for longer, one second like an hour, that was a fitting metaphor for what they were feeling right now.

This torment was even more pronounced when the person they were after smiled horribly. It was as if he was enjoying, every inch of the fear and despair they felt.

An invisible movement, the lips of the person who was giving off a pitch-black red Aura moved slightly. The movement of the lips of the person let out a voice... A voice that felt like a death blow to both of them.

"Blood Prison Cube."

The bodies of the two of them did not feel any pain, yet their hearts still screamed. The feeling of fear grew even more, after a red Box appeared and locked them away. This box, like a terrible cage from the sight of the two men.

"It looks like you guys have something to tell me, what if you answer all my questions?"

The man asked, to the two people who were in the red cube. The hearts of the two people actually realized, if they did not answer, there was only despair waiting for them. However, their lips cannot be moved, even if they try their best to move them.

"Hm...? You don't want to talk..."

The man arrived - suddenly stopping his words, he glanced left and right. Seemed to be watching something around him.

"Geez, it was my fault."

After speaking, all of the concentrated Aura that the person exuded completely disappeared. Causing a vortex is like a stream of water being sucked into a hole.

At that moment, the hearts of the two people felt a slight lightening. Such overwhelming fear and despair were now gradually diminishing. Finally, their breath returned to Normal, having felt such overwhelming distress, even to the point of making their breath stop.

"Can you talk now?"

That person did not give the slightest time for them to sigh. The two people inevitably had to answer him immediately, they did not want to feel the despair and fear coming back.

"A-ahp.. Ha.. Ha... Ma-I'm sorry, I..."

The person inside the cube on the right speaks first. He was a so-called stalker by that horrible person.

"G-Well.. Guhoks.. Guhoks.. Am-Ampuni, I, ha-just, was forced to do this."

Then, the person on the left cube spoke. The two of them spoke with a broken word - broken up, they still felt the impact of the terror of fear and despair they had just experienced.

"Depending on your answer, whether or not I will forgive you..."

"Nirlayn, I'm asking you to help me keep an eye out for someone to come by."

"I understand, Ren-sama."

The man ordered the beautiful woman next to him, the woman looked down on the orders from the man, then she moved away from there.

"You can calmly tell a story now, well... Introduce yourself first."

The two people looked a little confused, the person in front of them ordered to introduce themselves. In the minds of the two people, astonishment filled every inch of their heads. However, none of them had intended to refuse, just by the gaze of the person before him, already made them gulp.

"Gabeek... Me, my name is ad-is... Rakuza's." The man on the left answered.

"Haa... Ha... S-whatever, I, Nam-I am Kanza Longracia, m-though my name is like. This, I'm a man." Then the person on the right answered with a gasp.

"Rakuza's? Kanza..? All right, now I want to look at your faces, take off those face coverings."

At the behest of the man, they removed the coverings of his face. Although their bodies were still trembling, but they tried their best to take it off.

The coverings of their faces finally opened, revealing all the faces they had.

Rakuza, to his surprise, was a Demi-Human wolf, although they usually had a burly, muscular body. But, Rakuza has an ordinary body, just like ordinary Humans. Both of his eyes displayed sharp eyes, the hallmark of a Demi-human wolf. As for his dark silver hair, two wolf ears stuck above his head. The face of Rakuza can be described with a few words, namely.... A Little Handsome and Sangar.

As for Kanza, he is a man from the Elf Race, his hair is shiny gold, with cool and fairly modern style pieces. Not only that, he had a bright blue pupils, adding to the impression of good looks he had.

"Demi-Human and Elves? I didn't expect this...." The person held onto his chin after seeing the two people open their face coverings.

"I suspect you a little..." The person said sharply, making the two people before him again feel fear.

"Let me say a term, COTHENIC."

The two people let out a look of shock on their faces, Their eyes widened, hearing a term they had almost forgotten.

"Haha! I've guessed this, your reaction proves that you're really a player."

"J-So... K-You, m-are a player... Also?" Rakuza asked, her tone slightly disrespectful, matching her face.

"So-A player...? So, k-you guys too... Player.?" Kanza looked back and forth at the man beside and in front of her.

"Who knows..? Whether I'm a player or not doesn't matter..."

"Ja-So... Worth it, t-it turns out you're a professional p-player, who picked the Vampire Race." Rakuza summed up something, yet it invited a sharp gaze emanating from the man before her.

"Vampire..? Where does your confidence come from? Do you want your head to shatter into pieces.?"

The man said calmly, even so Rakuza realized that he was not joking at all. In a panic, Rakuza hurriedly explained her true intentions...

"Guhkkp.. N-not so! I-I just concluded, because of the Aura issued by you... So m-make desperate! how does an Aura feel like torture if it's not the Vampire's Illusion Mist Magic.!"

"Do I have to believe what you say...?" The man's tone was still cold and piercing.

"I-I'm mo-please, I'm sorry! Believe it.!" Rakuza looked down deeply at the man before her.

"Tch.. Sometimes I get annoyed, why does the miserable Vampire Race exist.." The man grumbled to himself..

"Hey.. Let me tell you one thing, I'm not a pathetic vampire. I am a player, who is from the Blood Devil Race...."

The deg!

Rakuza and Kanza's hearts were struck by lightning. They realize something from the words of the man before them.

Just one... Only one person in the entire COTHENIC had reached such an incredible level using the Blood Devil Race.

*Someone who is so mysterious, she does all things alone. A person so powerful, that to call - referred to as the COTHENIC Life Legend, he was a person who had reached the top of COTHENIC, he was named......

S.styx*.

Rakuza and Kanza fell down in that red cube. Their eyes stared down in despair, cold sweat pouring out all over their faces. How could they have offended someone they shouldn't have offended.

But, behind such deep regret in their hearts, came a hope. A Hope, so that they can face the problems they are now experiencing....

"R.S-Styx...??" Rakuza says this slowly to the man.

"A-You are, the legendary R.Styx..?" Similarly to Kanza, he said it slowly. There was not the slightest bit of courage to harden the voice.

"Stop that, I feel like vomiting is called a legend before myself. And again, my current name is Anryzel Dirvaren..." The man covered his mouth while shaking his arm.

"Then..... We are so sorry!" Rakuza and Kanza said it simultaneously. They prostrate to a man named Anryzel Dirvaren, who is none other than Ren himself.

"Forget it all, answer my question. No matter whether you are a player or not, if you are my enemy, I will destroy you." A Threat from Ren is leveled at Rakuza and Kanza.

"My first question is, what was your goal in attacking Nirlayn?"

"I-I, just hate a Vampire, therefore I intend to attack that woman..." Kanza.

"For me.... I was ordered by someone to exterminate a female Vampire, incidentally the woman you call Nirlayn according to her traits..." Rakuza explained with a gloomy face.

"Vampire again? Let me explain, Nirlayn is a Blood Devil just like me.."

"J-So she's also a pemai-" Kanza was surprised.

"No, he's from this world... And you're Rakuza, I want you to tell me."

"Kanza, I'll ask you later..."

"Yes, no problem.."

"Well, Rakuza, is this what you mean by force...?"

"B-That's right, I did all this... Because I had to." Rakuza replied as if helpless.

"Who told you to do all this...?" This time, Ren asked seriously.

"Please listen to my story, it also has to do with my expectations of you."

"Alright, Say.."

"Well, three years ago I was transferred to this world. In the beginning, I lived freely, hunting, partying, and adventuring. I do all of this with my friends. However, two years ago, when we were hunting in a forest.... Suddenly people in black robes surrounded us...."

"Black cloak...? Hm.."

"True, at that moment they said a choice 'Be a part of us or die tormented.' We were certainly against them, but their strength was so great, my friends were easily killed by them.. There was nothing else, except the despair that had befallen us at that moment. When we had only two remaining, me and my girlfriend.. We finally gave up, there was no other choice but to follow them."

"That means... You know the information about these black-robed people...?"

"Of course, but I'm just a subordinate, I don't get any important information like, who's the head of the group, or any evil plans they're going to do. They're very careful..."

"Then... What's the name of their group, and why are they after Nirlayn.?"

"The name of this group is.... Night Corpse, the reason they're after the woman you're with, I don't know. Merely, I guessed that their group was bigger than what I was aged-!? Argh!!."

Rakuza suddenly felt a tremendous pain in his chest. He fell down and rolled - rolling inside the cube. His face groaned in pain while holding his chest in pain.

"O-Oi! Why you...?!" Kanza looks panicked to see the state of Rakuza who is beside her.

Meanwhile, Ren was surprised by this, he realized, there is an activity where other people are in Rakuza's chest. Where it looked like a Chain holding Rakuza's heart in Ren's eyes, this was a Curse Magic.

"Tch, Curse Magic... [Blood Prison Cube : Cancel]."

Trank!

The red cube broke into pieces, making Rakuza free from her confinement. However, it just made himself roll freely, he looked even more in pain.

"As if I'd let it..."

Quickly, Ren approached Rakuza and held her back from moving. Ren readied his right hand, then he moved his hand over the Chest of Rakuza, as if he was going to grip something.

"It's gonna hurt a little bit, hold it..." Ren spoke to Rakuza who was groaning in pain.

"You guys.... No, once - a time, bother me.!"

A blood-red aura shot out from Ren's Hand, then Ren thrust his hand at Rakuza's Chest. This scene might look a little cruel, but Ren had no other choice to undo this curse.

Ren quickly retracted his hand, a sinister Purple Mist held in his hand. The fog was wriggling, looking, as if he had his own consciousness.

"It... Drink."

A Potion Bottle Ren appeared out of nowhere, then with a weak hand Rakuza received and drank the Potion Bottle. The pain he felt now disappeared, thanks to the potion as well, the wound from Ren's hand prick had completely healed.

Ren moved away from Rakuza, with his hands still gripping the Purple Mist, he raised it towards the sky. Then, slowly, Ren strengthened his grip. With the blood red aura he had, the fog shattered instantly, becoming a grain - a purple grain that disappeared into the air.

"He...Haha..."

Suddenly Ren laughed, making Rakuza and Kanza tilt their heads. However, Ren's next words gave them goosebumps....

"Whoever you are.. If you challenge me, I'll crush you." A cold word directed at empty air. Even so, Rakuza and Kanza still felt terror in those words.

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In a room lit by candlelight, a small-bodied woman was seen. What was terrifying about this woman was that she was using some terrifying magic, on the unconscious human bodies before her.

"What..? Magic lost? No way, I'm sure he's dead, so my magic is gone..."

The woman confidently said that. He does not know, a disaster is eyeing him...