Reincarnated With The Van Helsing System - Chapter 693

Chapter 693: A chaotic confrontation in the jungle (part 1)
Daimon who was surprised by the sound of a notification, because he had already completed the requirements for the opportunities, he stole from those two at this point, so bringing Sera to his side shouldn’t have triggered a notification.

[Ding]

[A new tittle has been granted due to a specific action]

[Just Judge: The host has been recognized by his positive contributions to other people breaking away from the fate of being used by those unworthy of the “Hero” tittle, thus earning the right to put them to trial in the name of justice]

[A new skill has been created due to a specific action]

[Fate Severing Blade Lv1: If judged to not be up to the host’s standards, hero type enemies can be stripped of one survival chance per every grand clash between the target and the host, which ends with the host gaining the upper hand (Standards for a hero must be realistic and akin to the type of hero in question, otherwise the effect will be null, any contrary case results in the effect being absolute up to two superior levels of existence above the host’s one)]

‘Huh?’, reading the notifications from the system, Daimon couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, it was quite an amazing ability, the most annoying thing about hero type users is their capacity to escape and make “heroic” bullshit comebacks, which translates in them being cockroaches with incredible survivability.

After all, even a trash tier hero like Adam was able to survive encountering Daimon a couple of times before, thanks to it.

And from now and onwards, he’ll be able to directly decrease said chances, but it came with quite a few very specific conditions, to begin with the target had to be a piece of trash, unfit for the specific type of hero label that accompanies his system, based on Daimon’s standards.

‘Grand clash, really… so the stage has to be a battle that could be included in an “epic heroic tale” for it to work, I mean even if that is the case it would be doable but kind of annoying, I guess that’s a hero-related skill for you’, thought Daimon.

Not even a second later, as if trying to “comfort” Daimon, a couple of quite interesting notifications appeared in his mind.

[Ding]

[A new mission has been triggered due to a specific action]

[A true hero’s duty: the Devil Ruler has been deemed a proper target by the host’s standards, make the world a better place by getting rid of him]

[Requirement: Kill the Devil Ruler system user, within the assigned period of time (48 hours)]

[Reward: A skill from the hero series will be tailored for the host]

As good as the previous sounded, Daimon’s attention was directly drawn to the next notification instead.

[The host has successfully severed a relevant connection of the “Hero of Light”, Fate Slashing Blade can be used, do you wish to proceed with it right now]

[Y/N]

‘Well, I guess that for a hero losing the support of pretty girl, is a major defeat…’, thought Daimon as he accepted, not without saying.

“I’ll be back in a second”, it was figurative speech, Daimon didn’t move an inch from where he was sitting, but he closed his eyes behind his mask and the next time he opened them, he had appeared in a completely black majorly empty space.

It was a strange place, where Daimon could actually see himself at the same time as he looked at the world from his point of view, which is why he noticed that he looked like his original undisguised self.

Fun fact, Daimon actually looked quite the same in his current life as back at earth, minus the silver hair and purple eye traits which he inherited from Aisha in this life, so in this place, wherever it was, we could see a Daimon with a much more common black hair by innate and light brown eyes instead, also he was wearing his usual white and purple get up, from his daily life at the academy though, as if aspects of his two lives were combined to create this appearance.

Besides that, his body had a certain glow and looked a bit translucent, with some focus he could see through it, though there wasn’t anything else to look at but the empty black space.

Well, that and silver chains restraining an unfamiliar figure, which radiated a familiar aura.

“Hey, you, don’t stay there like a fool, help me, wait you are… Demon of the elite class!”, said the unfamiliar figure restrained by the silver chains, to which Daimon couldn’t help but laugh.

“So that’s what you looked like originally, I guess a major part of your “starting gift” was used to improve your appearance, in consideration of the goals you were aiming for, you couldn’t use charm with every single person after all, and anyone would have been suspicious to see you with all those pretty girls, if you remained like that”, he said.

The unfamiliar figure within sight, was none other than Adam based on the aura he radiated, however that was the only thing he had in common with the Adam that Daimon has seen before, because the guy in front of him looked to be in his forties, had at least a couple of dozens of extra kilograms of weight more than he should have, and was balding too.

Now, all the previous doesn’t make a person unlikeable or “bad” by itself, outer appearance is not everything after all, however the arrogant gaze and offensive attitude demonstrated by Adam a second ago completed the requirements for him to earn the title of “trash” through and through.

“What the hell are you on about, do you know who you are messing with, wait a second, you are not restrained… you are that masked bastard!”, screamed Adam with a horrified voice.

Then a blinding white-yellow star suddenly appeared in the empty black space, turning into another familiar person, one that did look as Daimon remembered, namely a young girl wearing a detached sleeved white and golden dress, she had light honey golden eyes and a pair of light-yellow energy wings on her back, her bare feet were floating a few centimeters above the “ground” level at which Daimon was standing in the void, naturally that was the angel girl, Ariel.

“And someone who is much more fit to be a hero than a piece of trash like you”, coldly said the angel girl to Adam, before she turned to see Daimon as she added.

“Sorry to interrupt, I asked permission to come here, because I wanted to see this with my own eyes, I hope you don’t mind”.

“Ariel, you bitch, you told him about me, just you wait, the restrictions will freaking kill you for this!”, shouted Adam, only for Ariel to softly snort in response.

“As much as I would have liked to contribute more to this situation, that’s not the case, he achieved this with his own effort, like I said I’m just here to watch, though I feel the sudden urge to cheer on “them” as well”, she said, only for another voice to add.

“Mm, Daimon deserves to be cheered on, he is the best after all!”, this new voice came from a streak of silver and black light that descended from above, landing on Daimon’s right hand, to then turn into another familiar figure, it was Gram, which means that the one speaking earlier was none other than Narasha.

Before we continue, let’s explain the conclusion Daimon has reached about his current whereabouts, and also why he wasn’t surprised to see that Adam was still “present”, when he was confirmed to have died back then against Sarah and those two.

Back then, the moment Adam was killed, Eve directly advised Daimon to keep Adam’s corpse in the inventory, which was redundant, since Daimon was going to do so from the very beginning, after all he had plans to see if the corpse of a hero could become a good material for experiments.

And since that was the case, it didn’t make sense for Daimon that she went out of her way to tell him that, in other words, there had to be an important reason for it and Daimon trusted Eve, so after reading between lines, he kept Adam’s corpse in the inventory at all times.

Which turned out to be the right choice, the inventory was an isolated space, unless Daimon specially allowed it, like with Narasha or Horals, once something was stored into it, its connection with the outside world was completely severed, in other words, it could act as a prison of some sort.

And thanks to that, Adam who still had one last chance to make a comeback, probably the way Ereth made it back even after being killed by Freya’s last host, was trapped here instead.

Truth to be told, Daimon couldn’t detect any life from Adam’s corpse, had it not been for Eve being the smart girl she is, giving him a hint, he would have been oblivious to this, and as Ereth has proven, even having their body destroyed is not enough to cause a permanent death, at least not the first time.

‘So, this is another way to see the inventory, or more accurately one of the slots of the inventory, the one where that guy’s corpse is stored to be more specific, I guess this is a mind related special way to see it which I was allowed to experience, due to the ability’, thought Daimon as he grabbed Gram’s hilt, making Nasha happily exclaim.

“Let’s cut some trash~”, immediately afterwards, mysterious-looking symbols made out of white light appeared all over Gram’s edge, apparently the skill “Fate Severing Blade” was manifested through Narasha, which made sense, she is Daimon’s battle partner and the only sword he will ever use, for such important matters.

Feeling the overwhelming dread of an incoming death, once again, but this time for real, Adam immediately screamed.

“W-Wait, I can be of use, if you let me live, I’ll give you information, I can’t leave this place anyway!”, he knew that this time there won’t be a chance to return, and luckily for him, Daimon actually had a few questions he wanted to ask.

“Let’s start with anything related to the church of light, what did you discuss with that Arch cardinal?”, said Daimon as he tapped his fingers on Gram’s hilt for a second.

“T-The Arch cardinal, I see you have good taste, she told me #%&!%&#…”, Adam’s words became gibberish all of a sudden, and he realized it too, so he immediately tried to repeat his sentence.

“T-Their goal is to &%$”#!”, but the result was the same, his mouth actually distorted when he tried to speak about it, and no matter how many times he tried, the result was the same.

“Restrictions”, limited to say the angel girl, which made Daimon sigh, memory orbs couldn’t bypass restrictions, so even if he were to obtain one, there will be interference in it, like right now, on the other hand, this was still good information, for Daimon.

Because he could confirm that whatever the church of light was trying to achieve, had something to do with a system, the question here is if… Ariel’s system was the only one involved, but let’s not get sidetracked now.

“What a shame, it looks like you are useless to the end”, casually said Daimon as he pointed his hand at Adam, the silver chains which are the representation of Daimon’s complete control over the things stored inside the slots of the inventory, then brought Adam towards him, stopping at a perfect distance for him to be slashed down by Gram.

“N-No, I can still provide other kinds of assistance, I #$%&!$#”, till the end, Adam tried to spill the beans to extend his life, but Daimon had decided to end him for the good, so one swing of his sword later, his head fell from his neck and then Adam’s figure vanished from this place.

He wasn’t the only one, Ariel, Nasha and lastly Daimon also disappeared, but unlike Adam, they simply returned to where they belong, while the idiot hero was gone for good.

…

A second later, Daimon opened his eyes in the real world, he made a quick scan on the inventory, and after confirming that Adam’s corpse was still there, but any lingering presence of him was completely gone, he attempted to reassume the conversation he was having with Sera, only to see the doubtful gaze that the girl from the church of light was giving him.

“Did you just… become a hero, no, it feels different and I’m not tied to you, but the aura you radiated a second ago was a bit similar, it’s gone now though?”, she said.

“Ahem, let’s just say that I got rid of some problems, for good this time”, limited to say Daimon.

Sure, he was tempted to keep Adam imprisoned in the inventory for he had many different things he wanted to try, but giving it a second thought, there will be many other users he will have to fight, surely, he can find one less annoying to deal with than a hero, which can fulfill that role for him, in the future.

“I see, I guess that explains why I felt as if a weight had been lifted from my chest out of nowhere, thanks”, happily said Sera, she was aware of the existence of system users, so she made sure to talk about in a roundabout way to prevent the penalization from affecting her too much.

“Back to more pending matters, can you perhaps secure that woman’s cooperation?”, asked Daimon referring to Laila, if they had her on their side, getting rid of Marcus would be way easier, but maybe because of that same reason, Sera’s answer was a negative one.

“Sorry, I was lucky that those bastards needed a pawn with strong mental defenses, but Laila is restricted to follow a much stricter schedule…”, she said to then add.

“However, we can do something with that too, she and I were created to be each other’s ultimate enemies, we were supposed to kill each other for the sake of those two guys, in the final battle, so if I start a serious fight with her, she won’t be able to leave until a winner has been decided between us”.

“If you agree with it, I would like to lure her away to prevent her from dying, we have both suffered through a similar situation, so I can assure you that she will be a good ally at the moment of dealing with the church of calamity, if we can bring her to our side”, she concluded.

“Sure, I don’t mind so long as you make sure that she absolutely doesn’t get in the way, after all you weren’t originally included in my calculations, so your assistance is an extra bonus”, said Daimon.

Despite both Sera and Laila having been introduced as those two’s assistants, the truth is that they haven’t done anything to have gained enmity with him, in fact Laila and Sera, who accompanied Calvin’s group and Scarlet’s group through the entrance to the second layer of Neptune, deliberately didn’t cause them trouble.

By using the priority of reuniting with Adam and Marcus respectively, as an excuse, they didn’t attack Daimon’s teammates and immediately left as soon as they could, so it was fair for Daimon to return the “favor” after all, he wasn’t going to directly help Laila, but he wasn’t going to kill her either.

“Mm”, with a slight nod, Sera thanked Daimon for agreeing to this little petition of hers, and then she took the initiative to share some more important intel with them.

“You probably know about the strength of that guy’s subordinates, right, but not the ones of his pets, by the time I met with him, he had a couple of blood specters at his side, one of them is a middle stage Arch rank sea snake, while the other is an early-stage panther”, she said, only for two girls to directly call dibs on them.

“The snake is mine”, said the sky-blue haired Lyn.

“I want to fight the panther”, added the little tiger girl, to which Daimon had no complains, but he did have a question about those two blood specters.

“Any special characteristics of that panther and snake?”, he asked.

“Mmm, well, their red color is not the same as that of other blood specters, and there is black mixed into their bodies, I once saw Marcus cutting his wrist to then pour a few drops of his blood in them, so I assume this is the method he used to turn them into his lackeys”, answered Sera to then add.

“Ah right, the ones sealed at the bottom of the water bodies on that side of the jungle, had been “fed” quite well, their energy has reached the middle stage of the Arch rank and they should be free from their restrains in an hour or so at this point, and he has another set of those nethereals guys he kept in secret at his side, two peak Lord ranks”.

“With mister’s assistance I can stall them, or defeat one of the Arch ranks while fending off the others without any problem”, said the werewolf girl, one middle stage and one early stage Arch ranks are not a problem for her current self to stall for time, and with Badr blocking them, she was sure to get even better results.

Just as the alfear princess was about to ask, who was her opponent going to be, the wood castle trembled a bit.

“The wood thorn knight says that the trees on the other side are attacking them now as well, so I guess I’ll deal with the jungle itself”, she said.

Since everyone had their respective targets to deal with, while Daimon obviously was going to go for Marcus, it was time to make their move.

And so, Sera was freed from the restrictions, only for her to offer her hand to shake, to Daimon, it was a bit weird but she looked genuinely interested in experiencing what is like to work with someone, instead of working for someone.

“I’m inexperienced but I hope, everything goes well and thanks”, she said, which made Daimon bitterly smile behind his mask, he had found quite the strange new ally.