She was a precocious child who had the name "Eva".

A name which was given to the man who had picked her up from the streets. The name which had been imprinted upon her very soul 12 years ago.

The slums which she had been living in seemed like a mudpit that sucked up all hope, but the only one who had pulled her up out of it gave her a new life void of deceit and darkness.

'Eva', had finally found meaning to her life.

"S-Save m-"

Kach-aa-....

The voice crying for help was quickly silenced in the middle. A faint sound of blood spurting could be heard as a heavy feeling rebounded vibrations in the earth.

"..."

Before a man that had become nothing more than a pieces of deformed flesh, a girl could be seen in the darkness, her hands were placed on the flat ground as it pulsated periodically in response, as if it were a living thing.

This girl was the 16-year old Eva.

"...They die so quickly..."

Her greyish hair revealed small cuts which covered her stationary eyebrows, the golden irises in her eyes were covered by a black blindfold, but there was a small cut which revealed its color on her left eye. It looked as if it was artificial, considering the fact that they were hollow without focus.

It was nearing dawn, but the dark setting in the abandoned alleyway she was in only strengthened the cold and dangerous atmosphere around her.

Clearly for a girl her age to kill without batting an eye, Eva must not be a normal person, nor a sane one in the eyes of a bystander.

"...Is it morning already... agh... my hands are so sore..."

The dead flat voice echoed in the narrow alleyway, as if spoken by an artificial lifeform incapable of emotions. But to call this person an artificial lifeform might be roughly inaccurate. Eva still had a body made of blood and flesh, at least physiologically speaking. She was a meta-human, but she was also a little different from one.

“...Gehh... Why are there so many of them..."

The smell of blood tickled her senses uncomfortably. While her eyes were disabled since young, Eva was compensated with superior hearing and smell perception. Thus the putrid smell of blood became an unpleasant experience.

As her palms remained rested on the ground, the girl manipulated the earthen elements and buried the body deep underground. Still, the thick stench of blood remained. Eva grimaced and placed even more effort in burying the remains of the bloodied bodies around her.

The ability to control the earth, that was Eva's ridiculously overpowered use of mana within her body. It was strengthened as years passed, along with her other sisters.

Of course, Eva too knew the reason for it. Yet it was inevitable that some sacrifices had to be made to achieve greater things. Eva had learnt that from one of Perun's past 'teachings' as he reminisced about his stories as a war veteran.

Yes, various things were still required to lay the groundwork for something greater, Eva and her sisters continued working under the shadows to return the Master's former glory.

Still, even if temporary, Eva felt her heart sink as she watched her Master's body weaken each day. But of course, Eva also contradicted those thoughts as she tingled each time, feeling the fruition of her forbidden love come closer every day.

The activities of this morning were not recorded under the records of the Dark Guild. The guild members that had long been replaced by Perun's daughters in secret, moved according to their own will and created forged papers for Perun to approve. In a way, it was for the sisters to maintain as innocent as they were in the eyes of their father, and to keep him weakened body as safe as possible.

Amongst the sisters, Eva was in charge of "Protection".

And these 'rats' who loitered around the district where the guild was located at were under her responsibility. Since she was the one who had the highest defensive ability, Eva should have stayed by Perun's side at all times.

And it had changed as of late after her Master had encountered a 'rat' coincidentally the day before.

The fury and regret which enveloped the girl was insurmountable. Eva decided to purge them before they multiplied. Of course, she did so while hiding her tracks with her earth manipulation.

The bodies would never be found.

Maintaining the supernatural sense the minute vibrations of the earth, Eva's super-sensitive ears maintained vigilance.

"...Fucking rats... I won't go home today until you're all dead."

She grit her teeth in annoyance. The existence known as a "Dark Guild" had always been targeted by the government as they operated under the premise of committing crimes to achieve their clients' jobs. Especially for [Kuromori], the dark guild which her Master had created a long time ago. Its notoriety had been raised from her sisters' recent activities.

As she thought, there was probably an ability user that could track them, albeit being a rough estimate.

For now, she continued to bury the tenacious taskforce sent to sniff out the location of where Kuromori operated.

Finally feeling unpleasant from the stench, Eva pinched her nose lightly and fanned the air with her hands. The girl soon narrowed her hollowed eyes, feeling the dampness around the hems of her tunic dress.

Her inelegance had caused a stain on her clothes.

"H-how did it even get there... Fuck...!"

Eva cursed as she bit her gums till it bled.

Staining her dress like that was akin to her not being to wear it anymore. Even worse, it was a dress she had received from her Master as her 16th birthday present.

No one had celebrated her birthday before in the slums, and Perun was the only who discontinued her ugly past.

"..."

Naturally, Eva began to feel a pit of anger rising within her. Silence had never been more deafening as her body trembled, like a kettle about to burst.

"...Y-"

"You... you lowly... little rats..."

Since it no longer mattered, Eva 'raised' up a half-moving corpse of a man. She wanted to vent out her frustration.

She wanted to hear the screams.

Eva lifted one of her legs and pressed her weight with her feet.

And she screamed.

"You lowly ratssssss!!! How dare you!!! Dirty this dressss!!! DO. YOU. HAVE!"

"Nnn~!" "ANY IDE-A. HOW. MUCH!" "Aunnn~!" "I LIKED." "THIS DRESS....!!!"

Venting it out on the unmoving corpses below her, the occasional tides of arousal caused Eva to stop her feet momentarily. She squeezed her thighs together to endure the sense of sadism boiling within her.

As her climax subsided, Eva resumed stepping on the 'rats' with all her strength.

Blood continued to squeeze out from beneath her feet. Various pieces of guts got onto her face, yet the girl still indulged in the feeling of dominance. The whimpers that had made it enjoyable, died out a long time ago.

“...It’s all because of you… you, you, you, you, you, youuuuu!!!”

Still, Eva continued dirtying her dress, her pale face distorted with a mix of infuriation and ecstasy. Legs that never stopped stepping on entrails and torn flesh.

(Ah ah…)

Eva’s shoes were thoroughly sullied. Her breathing was rough, as strings of saliva dripped out from the corners of her mouth like a ravenous hyena.

"Haah... haahh... Master is right... I do seem a little unfit... I guess I should exercise more..."

Before long, the girl was now a tad bit calmer.

Suddenly, she felt a fluctuation beneath the earth.

Sensing that there might have been a witness from the commotion that she had created in the abandoned alleyway, Eva pressed her palm against a wall quickly.

...

“...Hmm?”

Movement.

(...Someone...heard me...)

Did she miss out on someone in hiding?

When Eva began paying closer attention to her surroundings, she noticed a subtle movement behind a dustbin very soon.

The body of the "rat" trembled, as if sensing that clairvoyant stare from the ground.

The rat was a weakling with barely enough mana in his body to pose a realistic threat against her inhuman abiliity to control earthen elements.

...Still, he had mana unlike the rest of the inferior species. Eva's curiosity was piqued, albeit by a miniscule pinch.

She felt the sudden use of mana, and then suddenly, the man was 'disappeared' from her eyes.

(Invisibility? Aha...)

But through the vibrations on the ground, Eva could still perceive the general direction of escape. She did not feel particularly worried that anyone would actually be able to escape...

(Hide-and-seek, is it?)

Eva revealed a sadistic grin, her predatory eyes remained hidden by the blindfolds.

(One more~ Hee hee~)

"..."

"..."

"...What am I doing. I can't leave any witnesses, can't I... Isn't this... bad. I'm out of breath too."

(No... this is not the time to be playing...)

"The consequences... Yes, the consequences... elder sister has warned me before... The consequences if I let even one rat scoot away from me..."

There was only bad things that would happen if she happened to fail in removing these people from existence. People who sought out the Dark Guild for their heinous trade in the underbelly of society.

These rats would compromise the Master and Eva's love nest...!

This realization turned Eva's face a little blue.

This useless person whose only purpose was to sniff out information about the Dark Guild, how dare he... How dare he hide...! This rat... the chance to be with Master, had the rats finally realized his worth?! No, she wouldn't hand her essence of love over to anybody...

It was also not below the low-life to tattle on her, about the fact that she was actually a girl who got off on the suffering of others. Would Master be disillusioned at that time? For the pure and diligent Eva to be this kind of girl inside. There’s no doubt about it… disgust. Her Master would be really disgusted by her putrid nature. Not even a word of rebuke from her kind Master… but all kindness had its limits, her behavior would never allow her to become any closer as his lover...

"...You goddamn psycho, you lunatic. So you were actually a monster..."

The master would abandon her without a second glance. No, that’s not it! Master, it’s… there’s a reason for this! Eva would cry out with an excuse, but her Master would push her away coldly, eyes filled with rejection. "Get out of my house, you monster." At the doorstep where she would be abandoned, she could see her sisters crying for her, but in truth Eva was the one who only knew that they were actually all laughing inside at her misfortune.

Master...! Look behind you... They're laughing...! They're laughing at me...!!!

(One less person to worry about~ What's that? Ah, Master, I was just talking to myself~ Here~ touch this place too! Ahn~)

Your hands...! They're too close...! Get them off!

(Hehe... wrapeth thy hands 'round mine own waist liketh this, ahh, valorous pleasure seeps into thy heart~!)

That disgustingly bad accent. Stay far away from Master!

(Papa, do not concern with Eva any more... you have us...)

No, get your hands off him!

(That's right father, let us comfort you... haaah ahnnn~ th-there~ Let it out on us... release everything... release everything onto our bodies...!)

Nooo! I should be the one there...!

(We are sows meant for Master's pleasure... we are your cocksleeves!)

Ahhh.... How envious... how frustrating!

Eva imagined her loved one lying down on a master bed with several women attending to him. She could only hear the slutty voices of her sisters, whom she hated so much for stealing her Master away.

(They should just die already. They should just die. Die... die...!)

"Ahhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything that Eva has worked... Everything will be gone...! I won't allow it...! I won't allow Master to leave meeeee...!!!! I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it-!"

At this point, Eva's delusions had gone off the rails. The presence of blood had seemingly triggered something in her heart. Eva's eyes were turning darker.

(...He... Hehehe... No one will know if I kill them all, right? … Rats... Eliminate. All rats must die... Kill them all.)

She was to be the most perfect and convenient daughter in her beloved's eyes. She would continue to hold the spot where her Master would continue to fawn upon.

And first, Eva had to secure the "rat".

“Huhu… little rats… always hiding… squeaking your dirty lies to Master… huhu… huhuhuhuhu...” She murmured, a crazed smile on her face as she briefly glanced over to where the last survivor was hiding.

"You think... you can run...? Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, you think you can run?!!!"

As if possessed by a demon, Eva’s shoulders twitched and her head tilted sideways, bobbing back and forth unsteadily. Her screams would send a chill down the spines to anyone who heard it.

The man who had been hiding all this while realized that the footsteps had suddenly turned silent. This man was called Dabi.

Did she leave? Did that monster leave? The men who had came with Dabi couldn't have possibly died with just one hit... right? That was surely it, they were probably playing dead or in hiding just like him! He knew that those guys were pretty resilient. Still, that was his limit of caring for others, Dabi couldn’t think of anything else other than his own survival. Calm down, me… get a grip…! Dabi continued to convince himself, his strained eyes and ears in full alert. Dabi suppressed the uncomfortable feeling welling in his throat, he could not afford to pass out now. A strange feeling sprung up in his chest that somehow, this was a suicide mission his boss had purposely ordered him and his men to undertake. After all, that monster was clearly a mutant! Mere mana users like them were not enough against her! A few seconds passed like this, and then a few more. It seemed as if the coast was clear. Maybe... this mutant did not have the ability to sense him while his Camoflauge Cloak was in use. It was a taxing ability that splurged his mana pool, so he couldn't hold it for long. At the best, he would sustain it for 20 seconds more.

Just to be safe, Dabi spent the maximum of time in stealth, before he released his breath and muttered while panting.

“Sh...she’s gone… Hah… haha… I’m… I’m al-”

“There you are. Run~?”

“?!?!?! Hiiiiiii-aaaaaaaa!!!”

A chill ran down his spine, the voice was just right behind him! But Dabi did not even think of turning back, he got up and ran. Without looking back, surely… he would have a chance at escaping! The light, he could see the light at the end of the alleyway…! Once he’d escaped… he’d inform the higher-ups about this girl. About what an impossible opponent this was for his taskforce, his platoon could not even put a scratch on her. And without even breaking a sweat, forty-two men lost their lives instantly to the girl. And where was the reinforcements? The back-up, the support?! The other platoon that was supposed to be here was nowhere to be seen. Dabi had a bad premonition of what had possibly happened on the other side. The air was silent, only the rough and haggard breathing of the man. Dabi had ran for a long time, yet he was not even close to the exit. He had been running for a long time. A long time. He ran, and ran. And ran… but to his horror, he slowly came to a dark realization.

He was running on the spot, Dabi had not moved an inch ever since he started running. The dustbin at the side was still there. The blood from the crushed remains of his counterparts still stuck to a spot on the ground where he could still visibly see it. His eyes slowly worked their way down to the floor, where he finally saw the reason for his uneasiness.

The ground was sifting through sand, flowing backwards like a treadmill. Once he realized that there was no point in running any more, Dabi fell to his knees in despair. He did not want to look behind him. His actions, all of his actions were merely just dancing in the palm of her hands. The girl who now overlapped with the image of a demon in his eyes.

The earth stopped moving.

Tap, tap, tap. Crack…. Splat. Legs which pressed its weight down on flesh and bones, making the sound of cracking and sloshing. But it passed rather quickly, and all that was left was a wet and squishy sound.

“No… no… don’t kill me… I… I don’t want to die… please… have mercy…” The smell of urine permeated in the air. Dabi had wet his pants. All while pressing his palms and forehead on the ground, no one could save him anymore. He had no choice but to beg.

“...Hmm… there are still a few rats.”

But Eva's attention was brought elsewhere, Dabi was not even a threat in her eyes.

Saying that with a grin, Eva furrowed her eyebrows... yet her bloodied face still hung a bright and unmoving smile. Truly, the disparity was frightening, only Eva herself knew what was going through her mind at the present. The sound of footsteps moved away from Dabi, he could not see what was happening to the others behind him.

Tap, tap, crack. Crackkk… Splat splat. He did not have the strength to run anymore, Dabi’s legs felt like jelly hearing the girl stepping over a number of corpses.

Save me… save me… someone please… His dry throat could not make out a scream. There was no one who could save him. From behind came a few screams, painful choking sounds… but they died down soon after. He was going to be next, Dabi thought as he pissed himself even further, his pants were now completely soaked. What kind of pain would he go through… Dabi couldn’t resist looking back to prepare his heart. But it was just as horrifying as he'd thought, more abnormal was the scene in fact. The remains of what seemed to be a one-sided butchering of body parts. The girl... was smiling maliciously, she was enjoying it. A lunatic, she was a lunatic, Dabi cried out in his mind. There did not seem to be any sort of hesitation whenever she took a life. The girl was looking at farm animals, ready to be sent to the butcherhouse.

But the scene had merely been turned into one of gore in Dabi's unstable mind. The men were all being enveloped by sand, mummified into the earth. It seemed that Eva had learnt her lesson about the blood spraying all over her, thus she dried them from the inside out. Eva was a person who never made the same mistake twice. Still, she was already covered with blood and filth, there was almost no point in doing it now. Eva noticed that the man was staring at her while trembling uncontrollably, his mouth was twitching incessantly. Was he too afraid to puke? That was hilarious. Eva thought silently that this was truly the movements she wanted to see from a cornered rat.

Still Eva was kind enough to respond to Dabi's gaze at what she was holding. A cylindrical-shaped item made of hardened mud, there was a faint whirring sound inside of it.

“Hmm…? Ah, this? Don’t worry. I won’t let you die so easily… you have quite an amount of mana now that I look at you properly.”

A powerful grip on the man's shoulders, preventing him from moving. Eva's nails pressed into Dabi's skin like needles, procuring spurts of blood from the point of incision.

“Kuhhh!!! I-it hurts… l-let go…!”

His limbs and the lower half of his body had already been restricted by solidified mud coming from the ground. He could only watch as the girl leaned over him, with raspy breathing over her flushing red face. Eva's sadistic urges were being tickled from his discomfort.

“So Eva’s been thinking, why not turn you into a mana inductor? You’d do well to save Master some money~ Hee hee… I shouldn’t be so focused on my mistakes, and work on things that I can salvage instead. That’s what Master taught me before after all, I listened! I listened properly to his lessons! Am I not diligent? Am I not a good girl? But why, why does Master not look at me properly? Why does Master not look at me more? Why does Master share his time with vixens around him?! Why does he not understand my feelings for him? Is he really dense, or is he just hiding it. He knows it all along already, doesn't he? Why does he not tell me he loves me back? Does he not love me? He says he loves me but I know it's as her daughter! I don't want to be his daughter, I want him to see me as a woman! So why?! Why?! Hey, tell me why? Why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why.. why… Hey… why aren’t you responding… are you dead? Are you pretending to be dead again? Huh, open your eyes… Hey, hey… open your eyes, hey I said... oh, you're really dead... ...boring.“

The man was already a puppet whose strings had already been cut, and Eva casually tossed the corpse onto the ground where she began to work on turning it into a mana battery.

"Sav~ing~ mo~ney~ for m~y ma~ster~ Ahhh ahh ah, wh~at a wo~nderful feelingggg~ I hooope he pra~ises me today too~"

Her hands continuing a grotesque surgery on a limbless body, singing her words out of tune. Eva truly felt happy working for her Master. After cleaning the alleyway by soaking most of the blood with mud, Eva pressed her palm against the surface of the ground.

A second after she did so, Eva was encased in a suit of hardened dirt much like that of a mecha. This was her Earth Golem, which she could pilot in. A 'bodysuit' which completely covers the pilot, towering over 3 meters in height; the bulky frame resembling that of a sumo wrestler. The exterior appearance of the golem was rather crude-looking like a snowman, but it still did its job well at obscuring the person's appearance.

"Ah, it's time to head back home. I did a pretty good job today, if I do say so myself."

The emotionless voice amplified and reverberated within its hollow shell inside. Clutching the 'mana battery' covered with a layer of dirt, Eva moved the golem back home. Today's report for Master: There are no abnormalities today either.