Moby took one of the deepest breaths he had ever taken in his entire life and wiped the slight hints of sweat off his forehead. He knew it would be difficult for him to convince them both, especially Yami but he had no idea it would be so intense.

In reality, he was technically not lying to them, although some aspects had to be stretched in his favour. He certainly felt like in their current state, they stood no chance and that they would be soon hunted down and killed.

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What truly surprised him was the amount of trust Hikari had in him, it was more than he could ever imagine. He had always been there for her in her times of need, but that was simply to win her favour and not out of any sense of friendship. Although, he would be lying if he said that was the only reason...

'I guess that's what happens when someone grows over dependant on someone…' He thought to himself as he peered over behind him.

There, Hikari laid after eating the pill and letting him inject her with demon energy, sleeping sound as a baby, a complete contrast to the man to her side grunting and writhing in pain.

A huge weight was lifted from Moby's shoulders, yet there was still much weighing him down and clouding his mind, from both the past and present. The biggest hurdles had yet to be overcome. Now was no time to relax.

Other than the sounds coming from behind, Moby's demon ears could pick up on that same of a feint breath oozing from the walls...

'And then there was one…' Moby smirked and looked over at Elizabeth in the corner, curled up into a ball. And with a wide grin from ear to ear, he slowly strode in her direction and peered over her from above.

"Miss Elianora, are you there? If so then speak!"

"Y-yes… I-I'm here…" She slowly muttered, not even taking the time to look up to see the face of the man addressing her.

"So, I take it that you've overheard what was talked about earlier? Correct?"

"Y-yes! Some of it! Y-you, you're not human! P-please don't hurt me! Have m-mercy..."

She was a rather pathetic sight indeed. She seemed like quite the cunning girl from before, but she seemed to be nothing more than those well-trained, powerful yet sheltered nobles that had no backbone when it came to any true danger.

"Don't worry, I won't do such a thing, that is if you cooperate of course!" Moby nodded. "You overheard everything, so that means I can't in good mind keep you as is! So, I'll be generous and give you two choices, either you join me now or you die he-"

*CLANK*

Suddenly, his speech was interrupted by what almost sounded like metal striking metal. Yet, he was certain that was not the case. He felt an abrupt tingle on his throat, and when he looked down, he saw a metallic blade, a dagger twitching and struggling to break past his flesh, yet only managing to draw slight hints of blood. And the wielder of that dagger was non-other than the grinning Elizabeth Elianora, both arms on the hilt trying to jam that dagger as hard as she could.

Yet, that smile did not last for long, replaced with panic and dread as soon as she noticed her attempts were futile.

"Are you finished?" Moby smirked.

He was like a calm and collected monarch, if anything, he seemed amused, she could not believe her eyes, any man in his position would have been furious.

"How! HOW! I've seen your powers in class! You're n—"

"Silence!" He casually slapped her in the face, sending her flying into a wall, tumbling down on her knees coughing blood from the impact.

"That was some really good acting you know! It was quite the surprise! But, good to know you're not some spoiled broken mess like I thought you were. Now, tell me exactly why you did that? What was your purpose?" He watched as she slowly struggled to lift herself up.

"Isn't it simple! You said that those people hunting us are after you! So, if I captured you for them then they'd spare my life!"

"Not a bad plan, would have worked if I was a stupid weakling. But sadly, I don't think our enemies are so kind to just leave you be like that…" Moby mused.

"Still! You're an accursed demon! The enemy of mankind in the ancient tomes! You're maybe even a shalker! Killing or capturing you for the sake of humanity is something more than worth it for me! And now was a perfect time considering those idiot slaves of yours are not here now!"

"Ancient tomes?" Moby's voice became far more sombre, and his eyes turned a glowing purple, almost as though he was consuming her whole. "Explain yourself…"

"No! I'd rather die than turn into your plaything! I knew there was something off about you from the first day of class! It seems like I was gonna die anyways on this god-forsaken planet, I might as well have taken my chance!" She chuckled at herself, a stream of blood dripping down her blood-stained teeth.

"What a shame, I guess I'll just have to do it the hard way…" Moby took a prolonged sigh and shook his head, his hands on his head.

"Ha… Ha ha…."

"What's so funny?" He raised an eyebrow at the nearly crippled woman underneath.

"Are… Are you feeling it now huh… A headache right… It shouldn't be long now! That dagger I stabbed you with was infused with poison! But not just any poison! My family specializes in healing and buffing, and with our engineering, we managed to create the most lethal toxins in the world! There is no known antidote! I doubt that you can even hear me by now! By this point, all of our test subjects were alre—"

*Tsk*

Moby had enough of her useless ramblings, so he decided to put a stop to it with a single slap that put her to sleep. Of course, he had enough restraint to keep her breathing, but just barely.

Although he hated to admit it, he most likely needed her assistance in the coming battle, so turning her into a demon was a must. It all ended much better than he expected, she was not depressed enough to take her own life like he had initially feared.

Once again, he shook his head to help clear his mind before picking up Elizabeth's numb, bleeding head to begin the demonification process.

There was much brewing in his mind, and front and center of that was how he was able to survive that attack with the dagger. It was truly something that he did not expect, and something he was mad at himself for. It took much of his prowess to maintain his casual, high and mighty poker face.

'That dagger seemed to be infused with her ability, and since she was an elite school student she was supposed to be above an X rank in power. And still, it was barely strong enough to pierce my flesh… Why is that…' Moby thought to himself, trying to wrap his head around what happened.

And almost as though the answer was waiting to hit him in the face, he heard a sound he would never forget in a million years, the sound of a system notification… And it was accompanied by an even more memorable voice that filled his heart with unknown emotions he was unsure he even had until that moment.

'Sorry for the delay, hope you didn't miss me too much!'

[ Congratulations! Due to that egg thingy in your soul reaching its first stage, You've 'Evolved?' into an Abyssal Draconic Demon of Sin!]

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