Home/ The Demon King Took Off His Little Horns/ Chapter 51
With the swan as a helper, Ansel suddenly felt that he had a lot more manpower, and with Joey’s special physique, even priest-level monsters can be temporarily blocked for a period of time. This way, monsters will be sandwiched from three sides…sandwich… bread…
Ansel: “…”
Hungry.
Quickly kill all the monsters and go for a midnight snack.
It can be seen that life here is really good. The client had also built a wine cellar in the basement to store fine wine. Ansel felt that this place was really convenient for the monsters. It’s dark, damp, and there are many barrel racks which can be used as shelters. The monsters must have gathered here and multiplied.
He had already descended to the wine cellar. The black swan took the lead and flapped its wings, landing under the stairs. It looked around with vigilance before finally looking up at Ansel.
Ansel also came down, and as he passed by the swan, he curled up his fingertips and gently scratched the small fluff on the swan’s head.
So well behaved.
The black swan, with a tuft of fluff on his head, stared blankly at Ansel’s back, and then happily trotted after him.
Joey also came down with the client. Joey thought that in his previous life, he was probably a shelf or a tree stump, and the client must have been a sloth who would pick on him in his free time. Fortunately, Joey had a good temper, if he were an ordinary demon hunter, he would have kicked away the client who wanted to cling to him.
“Are there really many demons here?” The client’s voice was filled with tears. “I often come down here to get wine. In other words, I was always on the verge of life and death in the past, right?”
If one day any of the demons had an appetite, they definitely would have eaten him.
While inspecting the interior of the wine cellar, Ansel casually said.
“It is indeed dangerous here, but there should only be ordinary demons as leaders here. Their intelligence may not be as high as that of higher-level demons, but ordinary demons also know that once something happens, they will not have such a safe base anymore.”
His gaze landed on an empty wine barrel next to him, and he slowly lifted his hand——
Boom! Turn it into a pancake!
With a ‘click’, the wooden barrel of wine lay like a flower on the ground, and together with the monster inside, it turned into a pancake. Ansel’s eyes were blazing with flames, and a wooden board hit the demon hidden in the shadow of the shelf.
Ansel then poked his head under the table and quietly looked at the monster that had hidden himself and dared not breathe.
Monster:”……”
It screamed in fear, but still couldn’t escape the fate of turning into a pancake.
The client watched as Ansel pulled out the low-level demons one after another from various hidden corners. At the same time, he became even more frightened. He choked up and looked at Ansel in pure awe, who was spraying a fire extinguisher at one of the demons.
“Has Your Excellency always been like this?” The client asked cautiously, “I mean, in terms of his thunderous methods?”
Joey couldn’t tell lies, so he just said lightly.
“No, this is Ansel’s first mission.”
Originally, Joey still had some illusions. After all, he was a senior member of the club. Although he was not very good at hunting demons, he was at least a gentle and reliable senior. It would be absolutely no problem for him to guide Ansel properly!
Taking a step back, he could also deliver things to Ansel, get water, etc…
As a result…
After Ansel finished using the fire extinguisher, that Black Swan enthusiastically took it and put it on the ground; When Ansel was halfway through cleaning up the demon, Black Swan immediately put a bottle of water on the ground; When a demon suddenly collapsed and rushed out, Joey wanted to step forward to block, but the black swan had already beaten the thing to the ground with one wing and turned it into a pancake…
After working as a mural for a while, Joey suddenly realized.
Joey: I’m a waste.
Joey: I’m not as good as a goose.
After realizing this, Joey acted even more professionally as a mural, and just as he was observing with his eyes, nose, and heart, Ansel’s slightly raised voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
“Joey! Block the door!”
Watching his subordinates being killed one by one, the two messenger-level monsters hidden in the dark finally couldn’t resist and tried to break through. Unlike priest-level monsters with iron surfaces that resemble human figures, messenger-level monsters are covered in layers of tough scales and have thick and powerful tails, resembling a ferocious lizard standing upright.
However, the body armor they are very proud of is completely useless in front of the Demon King. Ansel directly crushed one of the monsters’ heads, killing him on the spot. In fact, Ansel could directly complete the double kill, but Joey and the client were still there, and he had already performed a bit too much. If he did any more, it might arouse suspicion.
Thinking like this, Ansel let go, planning to let the monster escape for a while before catching it again. After all, it couldn’t escape anyway.
Joey blocked the door, and the natural deterrence of the holy sword made the monster dare not approach. It just let out a mournful howl and smashed the wine cabinet, but in the end, it had no choice but to go back and face Ansel.
The client looked at the collapsed wine cabinet and the splashing red wine, and let out a scream.
“My wine! My limited edition! My collector’s edition!”
Joey guarded the door and tried to comfort him.
“Alcohol is merely a worldly possession, you can buy it again, unlike your life.”
The monster couldn’t do anything to Ansel, so it had no choice but to turn its head and charge towards the black swan.
The black swan immediately spread its wings, ready to show off its formidable power.
—– In front of his mate.
He fanned the monster with one wing and turned it into a rolling ball on the ground. Joey watched helplessly as the ball came towards him and the client. At the critical moment, he had to grab the client and dodge to the side. The monster ball broke through the entrance of the wine cellar behind them and smashed into the client’s house.
Joey heard a mournful cry from the client who was holding his head down.
“My home…”
He subconsciously tried to comfort him again.
“Without eliminating all the demons, how can it be called a home!”
The client suddenly cried even louder.
Black Swan was completely stunned. One of his wings was too strong, causing the monster to rush out of the triangular encirclement, disrupting Ansel’s blockade plan. He was so flustered that his wings dropped, and he didn’t dare to look at Ansel. When he heard Ansel’s footsteps approaching gently, he bent his neck and lowered his head guiltily…
Then he felt a gentle scratch on the top of his head.
“Little fool.”
The gentle voice of the angel doesn’t sound angry at all.
“What are you afraid of? It can’t run away no matter what.”
With a flick of his braid, Ansel jumped up the half collapsed staircase and went outside the wine cellar to deal with the monster. The black swan blankly stared at Ansel’s back and suddenly put its head under its wings.
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This angel is really…
When Ansel went outside the wine cellar, he discovered that the damage was huge. The monster ball even directly broke through a wall of the house and hit the outside. He also silently muttered a few words in his mind, “How can it be called a home until all the demons are destroyed?” and chased directly out of the big hole created by the monster.
He could already see the monster, which was struggling to stretch itself out and escape.
But just as the monster stretched out its neck——
In the flash of lightning, Ansel stopped in his tracks. He narrowed his sunset-colored pupils, and saw a figure against the light suddenly approaching the monster. He watched as the other party held the hunting knife in his hand and fiercely cut off the monster’s head!
The head fell to the ground heavily. The young man in black clothes and black hair turned his back to Ansel. His aura was gloomy, like a dead plant.
Ansel didn’t move or speak and just calmly looked at the young man. The black swan had already arrived not long ago. Seeing that this man dared to snatch the head from Ansel, it had already raised its wings intimidatingly, but Ansel remained motionless, so the swan looked up at him with some confusion.
Gasping, Joey climbed up with the client almost hanging on his body. Looking at the scene in front, his reaction was very straightforward.
“This, this is stealing heads…a demon-stealing, demon head-stealing?”
He doesn’t often say harsh words, which makes him look weak. But Joey also knew that sometimes, there can also be vicious competition between demon hunters.
After all, every demon is a considerable bounty.
At first, Ansel also thought the same way, but after seeing the opponent’s neat skills, he changed his mind. With such skills, it would not be a problem to kill priest-level monsters. In the Demon Hunter Club, at least for a second-class star like Yun Jian, there is no need to snatch the kill from him.
“…From the club?”
Ansel asked, intending to confirm the identity of this person. Unexpectedly, after hearing his question, the other party asked back.
“Demon Hunter Club?” Then, the young man sneered, “Your club is too careless in carrying out its tasks, and even allowed monsters to escape, causing a huge commotion…”
He paused.
“As for me, although I hunt these monsters, I am not a demon hunter.”
The young man twisted his hunting knife and looked back arrogantly. However, his cold and casual expression froze completely the moment he saw Ansel. Rhein felt an invisible force nailing him to the spot, leaving only the bright white hair and sunset-like pupils left in front of him.
Scattered memories from five hundred years ago rushed towards him like a tide.
At that time, he was still under the shadow of the Holy Court, which trained brave warriors and sages, teaching them magic and martial arts. At that time, Rhein still believed in Supreme Heaven and that every angel was holy and immaculate… He grew up in such an environment and firmly believed in his destiny of being a warrior.
Follow the guidance of the angel, draw the holy sword, defeat the disaster and become a warrior.
That was——
The destiny of the warrior Rhein.
However, everything changed that year.
No matter how the Holy Court tried to summon, the angels who always came to guide them never came again. The saint who always smiled gently thought it was due to her own sin. She abided by the precepts from birth to death and chose to commit suicide to apologize to the supreme heaven.
However……
The angels still didn’t come.
The devout offerings, the repentance of the innocent people who offered their lives, and the constant summons day and night… None of these could move the angels of the supreme heaven.
——It seems that the angels will never come again.
——Humans have been abandoned.
On that night when the angel was supposed to descend, the young warrior and the sage secretly ran to the place of descent in the atrium. The night was deep, and two stubborn children who didn’t want to believe that they had been abandoned leaned against each other. Anthony was already feeling drowsy holding his cane.
【Rhein, you said……】
【Have the angels really abandoned us?】
In a drowsy state, he heard Anthony ask this question. Although Rhein’s own eyes were filled with tears, he stubbornly wiped them away with his sleeves.
【No, as long as we wait a little longer…】
Just wait a bit longer, and angels will surely come to guide humans, just like before.
Suddenly, Anthony signaled him to remain silent, and the two children heard some faint noises at the same time. The atrium is the place that connects the Holy Court and the Supreme Heaven. The two children looked at each other, could these voices be…
Is it from the angels?
It sounded like they were arguing or complaining.
Do angels also quarrel and complain?
【We have to… close it anyway… Why don’t we just do it…this time…】
【On the contrary…I won’t go…】
【It’s boring… anyways… We have endured it for a long time…】
Anthony had already started to cry silently, and Rhein gritted his teeth. Even if it was just a few words, he could understand the meaning behind them.
【…What are you arguing about?】
As soon as this voice came out, the angels suddenly fell silent. This is the clearest sentence that Rhein has ever heard, and it is also the most pleasant voice that Rhein has ever heard. He turned his head towards Anthony who was wiping away his tears.
The two children looked at each other and listened attentively.
For some reason, when this voice sounded and everything became quiet, Rhein felt a bit sad. He once heard people say that when a person is isolated, as soon as they speak, everyone around them will immediately become quiet. Resisting talking to that person, resisting letting that person join the conversation and their circle… Rhein thought that only humans do this, but he didn’t expect the noble angels to do it too.
But the owner of that voice seemed completely indifferent, speaking clearly as always.
【I know what’s going on.】
【So, I’ll go.】
On that night when mankind was already in despair, in front of the young warriors and sages, the last angel descended in the light.
It seems that he has just returned from the battlefield. The angel’s wings were covered with light armor, holding a bow and arrow in his hands, and his body was stained with blood and dust.
Yet his halo was brighter than the sun’s wheel, his white hair was as bright as the wings of a white bird, and his pupils were more dazzling than the falling sunset.
The most important was——
In the gentle and calm eyes of the angel, the young warrior saw——
Himself as a human being.
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