Summoning the Holy Sword

“Wa!”

Everyone stepped back frantically after the corpse spoke. While Marlene and Lize prepared themselves against the strange monster, Anne went up and observed it curiously as though it was an exotic animal.

“Eh? Leader, Leader, what is this? It can talk? Interesting!”

“That’s a Parasitic Ghoul.”

Rhode approached the monster and pushed his sword on the tip of its head.

“It belongs to a kind of lowly Demon who lives in the Betrayer Canyon, the first level of the Ninth-order in hell. The size of their eggs is that of a fingernail and after being consumed by any living creatures, they will wake, start to absorb the nutrition from their victim’s chest and slowly take over their mind. In the end, the living creatures will be the vessel for these Parasitic Ghouls to produce offsprings. In order to prevent their ‘host’ from dying so easily, they would give them an ability to spurt flames for self-protection — Although the flames are similar to a fireball spell, there are still differences in their might. Furthermore, these Parasitic Ghouls mainly lives together in large numbers and serves the Demons with higher authority.”

Rhode swept a glance at the hissing monster.

“Also, they are the most convenient tool and spy when it comes to entering the surface from hell.”

“Demon?!”

“Demons are unlike Humans. These Demons won’t disappear immediately after they’re killed. They will return to hell in their spiritual form and reborn as the lowest form of Demon. Unless we have holy powers to purify them, it will be meaningless to kill them.”

Rhode gestured and turned towards the Parasitic Ghoul.

“You’re right. I have no intentions of killing you. No matter what, you are my precious prisoner.”

“Sss—!”

It once again hissed but no one knew if it was furious. However, it realized that the expression of this Human seemed to be rather strange.

“But, I have a way to make you speak obediently.”

Rhode swept a glance at the surrounding and extended his arm. A pitch-black card emerged above his palm and instantly dispersed into a thick black fog. In a split second, a beautiful, elegant figure appeared.

Celestina’s emergence had muted the crowd. The militias widened their lustful eyes on this sexy young lady while the mercenaries stood like wooden logs as they observed the elegant young lady pacing out from the thick fog. She had fair, snowy skin with dark, smooth hair accompanied by bright, red eyes. Her beautiful face triggered an unexplainable impulse from the bottom of their hearts, making them want to kneel by her feet, kiss her shoes and also dedicate their sword and life to her.

“Are you done seducing them?”

Rhode’s cold words felt like a bucket of water splashed onto the mercenaries’ head which woke them abruptly from their fantasies.

“It was only for some fun, Master.”

Celestina placed a finger on her lips and displayed a fascinating smile towards Rhode. However, Rhode remained expressionless and let out a sneer before pointing to the front. Celestina shifted her attention and to her disgust, she cupped her mouth immediately. It was a look of an abomination as though a noble lady had seen a shabby-looking beggar.

“Parasitic Ghoul? Master, you actually have such an interest? I would say that this thing isn’t anything fun. If you’re really interested in keeping pets, I can introduce you to something else like the succubus oh?”

“I appreciate it, but, only if I have that need.”

Rhode shot Celestina a look.

“Now, I hope you can entertain your fellow countrymen because I have many things to ask it.”

Rhode lowered his gaze to the Parasitic Ghoul under his sword. However, this time, its guts from before was nowhere to be seen. It had shrunk into a ball and was shuddering violently. As a race of order, the strict hierarchy of the Demons’ level was similar to that of the Country of Darkness. Although Celestina’s strength was sealed, her aura didn’t dissipate. Ordinary beings probably couldn’t detect it, but for a Demon like the Parasitic Ghoul, they definitely could sense her authority.

“I am no fellow countryman with such lowly species, Master. It doesn’t even have the rights to touch me at all.”

Celestina was annoyed by that sentence. Her expression sunk and gave a dissatisfied reply. However, Rhode didn’t apologize. Instead, he gave her a ‘go ahead’ gesture and didn’t say a word.

This made Celestina furious. Although she wanted to retaliate, it was basically impossible for summoned spirits to revolt. In the end, the young lady had no choice but to stare viciously at the Parasitic Ghoul.

“Alright, you lowly vermin. I want you to answer truthfully to my Master’s questions, understood?”

The young lady shut her mouth and turned around with her eyes closed as though she had just seen something disgusting. In response, the Parasitic Ghoul trembled and continued to shrink itself into a ball.

“Yes, dear Madam, I will answer truthfully.”