88 Erot, The Reaper Demon! (1/2)
”ANYWAY! I'll explain later, Sabrina. Faunia, tell us. Who is this Erot? For you to act like that, Erot must not be someone ordinary.”
”Ordinary? Human... gods, and goddesses were never ordinary in the first place! Their powers exceed beyond your imagination. And even us, ourselves, needed to take precaution whenever there is a presence of the same level as ours or greater. Else, you wouldn't know if you'll have another meal in your life!” Faunia explained like a child telling stories. Sabrina finds it like a girl telling her experiences in school for that day.
”???” Pedro frowned as he stares at Faunia in confusion.
”Tch... For you to understand. Remember your eyes!”
'His eyes?' Sabrina glanced at Pedro wondering what is unusual with his eyes.
”Yeah, what about it?”
”No one would imagine that those preserved eyes of the Demon King Varxatos would give a human a power able to kill a goddess! Do you now understand?”
”I somehow have the gist of it. I'll take precautions next time.”
”That's reassuring. I can't let you die unless I find a suitable inhe~AHEM!” Faunia faked a cough as soon as Pedro smiled and finger pointed to himself, the moment he heard the line that Faunia was looking for something.
”Hahahaha! I was just joking!”
”Heh! In any case, Erot was a former god of war. I only heard rumors from my master that He became so obsessed with wars and fights to the point that it became the reason for his exile!”
”fights?”
”Yes. It was said that one time, he had a practice fight with another god. Unfortunately, his enemy lost consciousness after receiving one punch from him. Erot was annoyed and felt like he was being mocked. Hence, instead of stopping the fight, he continued to punch that god to death.”
”That incident made him a bad guy and later on was considered a demon?”
”On point, human! My master told that that move to exile Erot was one of the worst decisions made by the gods and goddesses. My master said that Erot became one of the most notorious demons in history with a kill count of gods and goddesses, only ranking third from Varxatos. Hence, getting the title The Reaper Demon!”
”Hah... So troublesome!” Pedro rubbed his forehead as if someone with big trouble.
”It is. So?!”
”So?”
”What will you do with that, Human?” Faunia pointed to the pair of black eyeballs in the center table.
”I am still not decided. However...”
”However? Speak your mind, human.”
”Faunia... Do you happen to know if we can combine two eyeballs from different 'Demons'?”
”Huh?”
”I see... Judging from your response, It is not possible!” Pedro became a bit disappointed after knowing that even from a goddess, like Faunia, two 'Gods' Eyes' can't be merged!
”Eh...”
”You can't combine it, of course! Where did you see someone with four eyeballs? But, that doesn't mean that they won't get stronger. At the least, they can develop depending on how you use them. For example, It was said that Erot was a former god of war hence his eyes were all good with fighting stuff like determining weak points of the enemy in one look. If one uses his eyes in fights, who knows, it might get stronger.”
”Then, from what I know... his eyes should be red. Why is it in black?”
”Tch... I told you! Even if my master didn't tell me about it, do you think a former god of war would be that dumb to charge straight on like those mad demons? No! He would be caught up by the other gods and get killed before he can kill that many. Never... Underestimate gods and goddesses. Even I am not confident to face sister Laraya, what more Erot.”
”I guess... We can just rest easy for now. These demons are nowhere near us at the moment!” Pedro wore a relieved expression as the Pen-Knife slid down through Pedro's sleeve. Sabrina, who was silently listening to Pedro and Faunia, frowned the moment they finished their conversation.
'Even with my instincts... I wasn't fast enough to react!' Sabrina's hands were held by Faunia who suddenly appeared in front of her. Sabrina's hands were inside her inventory bag. Her hands were tightly grasping a Pen-Knife.