The Chosen of Helment

Chapter 20

Without hesitating for a second I make the power of my sword flow through my body and I go out at full speed like a beam of light that allows me to run vertically down the wall. I get through the bedroom part in less than the blink of an eye. I get to the bathroom and find the girl who had discovered her ability recently lying on her back on the ground and crossing her hands in front of her face trying to protect herself from a tall, burly demon in black armor that releases a mist of darkness around her. , carrying sword and shield with a helmet resembling a grinning skull that exhibits blood-red eyes about to end the life of the frightened girl in front of him.

I cut off the arm that holds the sword high and just before it attacks him again he hits me with his shield in the abdomen, throwing me against the wall to the point that it cracks due to the incredible force with which I impact against it. A blow that also breaks a rib causing severe pain the second it breaks.

I rejoin practically without feeling the pain from the adrenaline that runs through my blood, and just before I can do something the demon disappears right in front of me holding the arm that I cut him with the other while entering a pool of darkness I get off him and he speaks furiously to me, "You'll f*****g pay me this! I'll rip your insides out with my bare hands!"

Then I go to where the girl is who looks at me both admired and grateful for having saved her, the one who.

I ask him very concerned, "Are you okay? Didn't he do anything to you?"

She responds with a surprise hug and crying, "I thought she was going to die again! I was so scared! Thank you very much Iran, thank you very much!"

I answer astonished with her spontaneous reaction, "I just did what I had to do, nothing more." I pat her on the back to try to reassure her.

"In the same way, thank you very much, there are no words that can express how grateful I am."

"Don't worry, I understand you."

After allowing him to vent over my shoulder for a few seconds, Alfred and many others look at me in admiration, which makes me feel a bit embarrassed.

Elizabeth, who is also present, just looks at me seriously for a second, and then focuses her sight a few meters behind us, being overwhelmed and expressing herself out loud, "They murdered someone!"

I turn my head immediately and I can see a body divided by the abdomen on a pool created by its own blood which I recognize immediately.

Then I say completely perplexed when I recognize the victim, "It can't be it's Hayden!"

Alfred approaches the mangled body and confirms my suggestion with a shake of his head to express himself afterwards with disgust first, "He promised a lot as a future hero. That is why they killed him" Afterwards he looks at me with concern and affirms very sure, "I'm sure he goes after all those who have already discovered his abilities. So Iran, you and I are in his sights."

The instructor Melias who heard the hustle and bustle comes running and speaks very scared when he sees the body of our companion, "This couldn't be! But how is this possible?!"

He walks over, examines in detail the large and deadly wound on the corpse and then he comments after perceiving how some of the dark aura surrounding the demon comes out of this, "This is definitely not a normal low-ranking demon like the ones you have faced up to now. This was done by a Shadow of the Abyss. This poison in the form of a mist is something that identifies him." He rejoins and asks those around him, "Someone of you could see him clearly to be sure."

"I, I stood up to him when he tried to kill my friend." I answer raising my hand as I rejoin with difficulty.

"You are a very brave boy. Everyone should follow your example. So tell me, what was it like?" I tell him just as I saw him adding the strong aroma of ash that that enemy brought with him, something that I still have inside my nose, to which he responds by initially nodding and then affirming, "It's just as I tell you. A mid-range, Shadow of the Abyss." Then he speaks to those around him with a distrustful look, "Listen to me all carefully. There is a killer of heroes among us. Possibly it is hidden right here under the guise of one of you. Because that is his main ability." He makes a brief pause where he does not stop looking among those present, "He assassinates and steals the appearance of his victim by entering his body. So I ask you to be very careful among yourselves and at the slightest hint of suspicion please report it to Instructor Luther or me so we can take it over immediately."

Asks one of those present, "And there is nothing that betrays it to be sure who the murderer is?"

"I'm afraid not, because possibly

the person who serves as his guest may not even realize when he killed him and hid in him. Because that's what he does in order to make use of his victim's abilities. He murders him and holds his soul inside the body until it decomposes, which can take a long time, as the deterioration process keeps it hidden with his incredible cloaking magic that makes absolutely nothing noticeable."

"But if he kills someone, he must leave some mark so we can identify him."

"It's true, but it perfectly camouflages the same magic that hides his body that is beginning to rot. You can have him with his throat slit from side to side right in front of you and not be able to see him."

"But is there nothing to make that magic disappear and be exposed?"

"Yes, there is, but neither I nor anyone else in this place has such power. Very few are those who possess the extraordinary ability to nullify the power of a demon as strong as a Shadow of the Abyss."

At this moment I am filled with worry thinking, "Now we do not have to take care of anything else the enemies in the trials, but also of him that is hidden among us."