Chương 88: The Demon Siblings

Daki's vision spun before she could react. She saw her own body cut apart into fist-sized pieces.

"Eh?" Daki was stunned.

"Too weak. And not very bright. You knew we were strong, but you did not even test us. You just attacked first like an idiot. Do you not know the one who attacks first loses?" Cael crouched and pressed a finger against Daki's dazed face, turning her head from side to side.

"No wonder Muzan said your head was not very good. Tsk, tsk, tsk. What are you glaring at? The words in your eyes do not look good at all. Ugly."

"You are lying! Lord Muzan praised me as his most capable demon. I am not ugly. Lord Muzan said I am the most beautiful demon. You cut my body apart. I will never forgive you!"

"You get uglier when you keep screeching. It makes you sound even less intelligent. Too weak, too weak. No wonder Muzan called you the disgrace of the Upper Ranks."

"I am not the disgrace of the Upper Ranks! You dare insult me. Even Lord Muzan never insulted me. I will never forgive you!"

"Oh? Your body has already been cut to pieces, and you still will not forgive me? Are you going to grow legs from your head and jump up to bite me? I am so scared."

"You..."

"You what? Your voice is unpleasant. Stop talking. Oh, your eyes are watery. Are you about to cry? Cry louder if you want. It will not change anything." Tengen looked at Cael, who was taunting a demon's head, with a blank stare. So this was what the captain was like. What was the point of taunting a demon head? Still, her body had been cut apart and her head severed, yet she was still alive and moving. Her body had not disintegrated, either. Just as Cael had thought, they were sibling demons.

Cutting one head was not enough. Both had to be cut at the same time. If he had come alone before receiving Falna, he would have lost in this situation.

"Aaaaaah! Do not insult me! Do not insult me! Lord Muzan praised me. He always praised me. I am strong. Lord Muzan gave me characters in my eyes!" Daki, now only a head, began wailing. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it"I will kill you. I will kill all of you!"

"Muzan praised you? He was only coaxing you into working for him. Look at you crying and making noise. Of course he had to coax you like a child. The more you shout, the weaker you sound." Cael turned Daki's head back and forth while she cried. At that moment, one of the pieces of Daki's shattered body rapidly swelled. In the blink of an eye, it expanded into a human shape. Cael did not move. He narrowed his eyes. Tengen gripped his chained blades with both hands and watched quietly.

The aura was strong, but in terms of perception, it was not as strong as his. More accurately, it was far behind him. If the other party did not run and chose to fight, he could subdue him perfectly within thirty exchanges. In less than two seconds, Gyutaro fully appeared. He was thin as a skeleton, with yellow irises. One eye was marked Upper Rank, the other Six. His hair faded into green, his mouth revealed saw-like teeth, and he wore loose blue pants. Red-and-black sashes wrapped around both arms. Whoosh.

The instant he finished forming, a bloody sickle appeared before Cael with a foul stench. Clang. The harsh sound of metal scraping rang out. The reeking sickle stopped one centimeter from Cael's forehead, blocked motionless by the white sword.

"Oh. You are pretty good. You blocked my attack." Gyutaro's half-dead voice came out sickly as his drooping eyes stared at the Demon Slayer who had seized his sister's head the instant he attacked.

"Fast too. You took my sister before I could."

"Hey. Could you give my sister back?" His half-dead voice did not sound like a request, only a chilling pressure.

"No, I cannot. I am not done teaching her a lesson yet. At least let me make sure she understands the situation. Watching a monster panic after doing the same to helpless courtesans feels appropriate, does it not?" Cael held Daki's head up in front of Gyutaro and grinned like a villain.

"Uh... why do we look more like the bad guys?" Tengen retorted silently. Why had the tone changed so suddenly, Captain? They were supposed to be on the side of justice.

"Brother, kill them! Kill all of them! I worked so hard. Lord Muzan praised me. But they said Lord Muzan was only coaxing me. They are bullying me. Kill him, kill them all... Waaah!" Daki's head cried loudly in Cael's hand.

"So noisy. I told you to stop talking, not to chatter endlessly. Shut up." Cael stuffed a rag from the floor into Daki's mouth, leaving her able to make only muffled sounds.

"You are good. Very good. You dare make my sister cry and cut her body to pieces." Gyutaro's drooping eyes filled with malice. Dense demon aura burst from his body. It was not far from Akaza's, though the pressure was slightly weaker.

"Anyone who bullies my sister is unforgivable."

"My dear, foolish sister works so hard, yet you still bully her."

"I will not let a single person who bullies her go. I will kill all of you. Every debt gets collected. Every grievance gets paid back."

"Calculate how much you owe before you die. My name is Gyutaro." The moment he finished speaking, another sickle carrying foul blood blades appeared beside Cael's ear. Gyutaro swung like a mantis hunting prey.

"Heh. Slow." In Cael's eyes, the world became incredibly slow. His extraordinary Basic Abilities and various Skills produced that result, especially Transparent World, which accelerated his thoughts, predicted every attack, and revealed every weak point. Blinding sparks, foul red blades, and white arcs formed around Cael along with a continuous ring of metal. The floor shattered into tiny fragments at a visible speed. The proprietress had collapsed to the floor, completely terrified.