I Was Born With A Demon Lord Inside Of Me, Who Wants To Kill

Chapter 15: Threat

Rekka continued to train with Akio. He gave him simple tasks, such as killing slimes, flying menaces and even Threat 2 monsters like wormites.

Akio was happy seeing so much progress the young boy made in just a couple months. He mastered to use LVL 2 Fireballs and even emit small fires from his hands. For a while. Rekka was depressed after killing so many monsters, but got over it with Akios help and support.

*3 days earlier*

The guards were searching for the two for years now. They hanged wanted signs in almost every major city and villages and searched multiple towns: Highfalls, Oxwood, Hailfare and Milldale. They were out of clues and didn't know what to do. The higher-ups were furious at them, as they made an entire research team for the boy. They were scared of him that much, thinking Rekka would have gotten much stronger. Higher-ups gave up on the guards and sent a Tier 7 adventurer to a mercenary.

He is known by an alias "Needle". He is a tall man with short black hair, probably in his early 20's. He became an adventurer and quickly climbed the divisions. He became the only Tier 4 adventurer in the country at the time. He was well known all across Highhelm and was taking 5 star quests. He even reached stage 20 in the country's main dungeon! Despite being so famous, people did not know where he came from or even his real name. There was one incident in his adventurer career. When Needle reached stage 20 in the dungeon, he got back with severe injuries. They found out that the stage boss injured him and he barely got away. After the incident, for unknown reasons, he quit being an adventurer and opened a bar outside the city grounds near Road 3. The story of Needle doesn't end here. Once, he went to the city and informed the higher-ups that he would be their private mercenary, only doing tasks that were up to his skill. The higher-ups gave him numbers of tasks and Needles had a kill count near 500. He was doing his tasks secret and no one figured out his true identity. If someone learned it though, he would quickly get rid of him or her.

The adventurer approached the bar. There was red lighting inside. A man wearing a black homburg was sitting inside, smoking. He had a teared up red cape hanging on his shoulder, was wearing black clothes and had a belt full of needles. His legs were on the table, wearing black boots with spikes on the end. The adventurer realized who he was:

-Needle! It's an honor to meet you! I'm a Tier 7 adventurer, aspiring to become as strong like you! – She was shaking out of happiness.

-It's a pleasure for me too. – He stood up and started getting near her. – What brings such a beautiful... and young lady at my bar in the middle of the night, alone?

-I got a letter for you from the higher-ups!

-Did you... Read it by any chance? – Needle asked in a calm voice.

-Yes! I did not know you still took quests, everyone thinks you retired!

-Did you tell anyone about my task?

-Not yet, but when I-

The girl fell to the ground, unconscious. Multiple needles were piercing her vital points. She was dead. The adventurer died so fast, she couldn't even blink.

-I told them to bring me tasks by themselves multiple times for me to not spill unnecessary blood – He sighed – I guess they are just that scared of me.

He burned the adventurer's body with fire magic.

-Let's see.

He took out the paper and read it.

-Oh? A young boy with natural red hair, nails and... even teeth? No ordinary human can be born with this – He giggled – This will be an interesting task; have not taken one like these in a long while. Just need to find about that man's whereabouts and I will go from there.

He seemed happy and excited, expecting something out of the ordinary would have happened in his near future. Needle got ready next day and headed towards Highfalls.