Mixed Blessing System

It was too late when the Transcendent realized something terrible was in that cave. Lothur and the others were already further away than he could go in time to stop them.

He found himself in a problematic situation, not knowing if he could save the grandson of that important figure, and panicked as he flew toward the danger.

"Damn it!"

"How could something like that happen?" He muttered as Lothur's weaker observers also acted, rushing to where they had just sensed something threatening.

Unfortunately for those 2nd stage cultivators and the Transcendent, just as they were about to enter the cave Lothur entered, a large stone fell on the entrance.

In the blink of an eye, that place shook as if a strong earthquake was happening nearby, causing the rocks of the mountainous terrain to pile up in front of that single entrance.

Those men had to stop as they ran towards it, frustrated that this setback had stood in their way.

But the Transcendent had already identified the threat inside that cave and felt that this was an act of the being in there!

'If it did that, it must be more intelligent than it should be...' His face turned pale as he thought of the possibility that Lothur might be facing.

Many in the capital could wish Daemon's son dead. But that was not the case with Lothur's grandfather, even considering that man had problems with his son.

This Transcendent knew that, and that's why he was nervous about the possibility of Lothur perishing right in front of him!

"Work with me!" He shouted to the cultivators who had stayed to watch Lothur. "If we don't act fast enough, they will all die!"

"There's a damn demon inside that cave!"

Gulp!

When such a word was quoted, all those men in the surrounding area felt sweat dripping from their pores, fearful of these beings that were so difficult to kill.

None of them was a demon hunter, so knowing that one was so close did not please them. Even more, their job was to protect Lothur, so failure was not an option, or both they and their families would lose a lot.

So these men could not help but feel bad about the situation and soon started working with that specialist.

At least they were not alone!

...

Meanwhile, inside the cave Lothur had just entered with his group, the beasts and animals had dispersed through secondary tunnels when they reached a certain chamber in this area.

From there, they sensed something had happened outside this cave, which would probably make it difficult for them to leave this place.

But when they reached that dark place, lit only by a few torches on the walls, they came across a strange creature that had taken all their attention to it.

This being looked like a human child of about 10 years old, but with blue skin and a small horn in the middle of its forehead.

Its teeth looked like knife edges, and its mouth was a little larger than a human's, with a side opening that showed all the teeth in its mouth.

Meanwhile, its red pupils showed these six youths exactly what he wanted at the moment.

Human blood!

"A demon!" Julia screamed in shock as she correctly identified this disgusting creature, which had a terrible smell escaping from its mouth.

The others were also frightened to see such an individual, a being that could get stronger by devouring humans like them.

Considering everything they knew about demons, from how terrible they were to how difficult it was to eliminate one, even Lothur felt uncomfortable.

They were standing in front of something that could kill them!

But as Lothur watched this individual, he realized that the first demon he was facing was no ordinary one.

Unlike what was expected from an ordinary demon, this individual was not so bloodthirsty and did not attack them immediately.

Seeing the creatures it had lured into its lair, this little demon smiled in satisfaction as it silently watched these people.

Lothur paid attention to this and put this first impression together with the sound of falling stones a few seconds ago.

'He deceived us!' The silver-haired young man concluded correctly, identifying that such an organism was quite intelligent and controlled.

Self-control and intelligence were precisely two attributes that were easy to use to judge a demon's ranking among its peers!

In other words, this demon in front of them had an excellent lineage!

'It probably started manipulating the animals and beasts in the area to lure humans to it...' Lothur already had his staff in his hands, standing in a defensive position in front of his group. 'Realizing that the humans in the area were weak, it didn't kill anyone, but it did enough for stronger cultivators to come to it.'

"What a dreadful creature! It did all this to bring us here, to devour us!" Lothur commented to his companions.

Hearing that, the five became even more fearful while that being laughed louder, enjoying seeing its dinner identifying the current situation.

"Hahahaha, you're not bad at all, human!" The creature said in its strange voice, which had negative vibrations capable of scaring even experienced old men.

Demons had their own language. But since that one was of a good rank within the demon lineage hierarchy, it had learned the human language even though it was pretty young.

That was also why it spoke a bit slurred, swallowing some syllables so that its speech became even more terrifying.

The five youths next to Lothur felt goosebumps in their bodies at the voice of this being and began to feel even worse as if mental and spiritual blocks were being imposed on them.

Demons were the natural predators of humans. Hence, from the appearance to even the voice of these beings, each of their attributes frightens and diminishes the wills of humans.

[Unknown Demon]

[Cultivation: level 10]

[STR: 60.9] [CON: 66.6] [DEX: 63.5] [AGI: 61.9] [SOU: ???]

Lothur looked once again at the status of this opponent, noting how quiet he was in front of this group, which was relatively stronger than him.

But that was only natural for a demon. These beings had unusual regenerative abilities that could recover even severed heads!

Every demon had weird regenerative powers and was considered by ordinary people to be semi-immortal beings!

Because of this, each of these beings was highly confident since they knew that few humans knew how to defeat them, and for them, it was very easy to kill beings of the human race.

So that being was confident while looking at Lothur's group trembling with fear, with this young 'mortal' in front of everyone, on guard, much more emotionally controlled.

'Is this a mortal? Is he hiding his cultivation?' The demon in question, who looked like a child, but was much older than all those young people in front of it, thought silently. 'And why isn't he feeling as much fear as the others? Has he, by any chance, ever fought someone of my kind?'

As this creature thought about Lothur, he said to those companions of his simultaneously as his eyes glowing due to his visual ability. "There is a secret exit behind where it is. So I want you to run away while I hold it back."

"Don't look back and notify the academy of the situation!"

"Go!" He said as he ran at the enemy.

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