In front of Behemoths corpse. With body close to that of a humanoid, but with the head of an octopus were KChalla and Knella.

This person is no less than a monster, whatcha think?

KChalla, the green-skinned bipedal octopus, felt his tongue slip as he traced the large scar on Behemoths neck.

To KChallas admiration, the pink-skinned Knella answered.

There is only one hero who can inflict wounds so fatal on a freaking Behemoth, right?

True.

Frillite.

As the strongest of the heroes, she was also famous among demons.

Mainly, cause she was a constant source of fear.

KChalla shivered.

I heard she slayed an Ogre by herself last time uh, she will not come back, will she? Knella, how much more time is it gonna take?

KChalla looked at the crystal orb that was slowly absorbing Behemoths soul and hurriedly asked. Knella looked at him with a disdainful gaze.

Tch, see getting yourself scared by a human now think about it with common sense. The main camp is under attack, so their priority will rest there, so why would they come back?

Thats true, but cant we just hurry up a little? To us, demons, the air of human world is like poison mist. Im out of breath.

Hah, what? Youre not even a high-tier demon, you cant choke on your breath just becau Hik? Someones coming here.

Wh, What?! Fr-Frillite, she is here?!

Nope. Just a human male.

KChalla turned his figure to the direction Knella was pointing. As he said, the human walking towards the two demons was a male. That meant the person couldnt be Frillite.

Ah, just some human bug? Kinda scared me.

KChalla narrowed his sleek brows in indignation.

He morphed his hands into giant octopus tentacles and headed towards the human.

Oh~ hes so dead.

Do it in moderation. You know I hate human screams. Do you have any idea how annoying it was just because you were having your fun?

Behemoths corpse was guarded by three knights of the Duke. The corpse of a named monster is so valuable that it was only natural for knights to stay behind and protect it.

The three knights were killed by KChalla.

His poison coursed from their skin to intestines, melting them bit by bit, making their death painful. Because of which, Knella had to tirelessly listen to annoying human screams.

Okay, okay. This time, Ill do it fast.

KChalla waved his hand, um, tentacle in the air.

Anyway dont bother me.

Knella grunted and looked at the orb that was absorbing the Behemoths soul.

An artifact that absorbs souls.

An important artifact it was. Entrusting this artifact to them meant

I have finally earned my lords trust.

Taking on this difficult task had been the right decision. After completing this mission safely, when he returns home, he will surely be promoted

Aaaaaaah!

Ah goodness! Hey! I told you to not let screams reach my ear uh?

Knella, who zapped his head to the loud scream, was bewildered at the unexpected sight. He thought the screams were of the human.

But it wasnt.

Aaaaah! My tentacle!

It was KChalla, whose tentacle had been chopped off that caused that scream. Blue blood dripped from the cross section of the severed limb. While KChalla faltered, Cloud approached him.

Dont come, you bastard!

KChalla stretched out his left limb.

His large octopus limbs were divided into eight sections, resulting in eight octopus tentacles. Which were further branched into eight more, resulting in sixty-four slimy, octopus tentacles.

Each octopus tentacle had small and sharp teeths at the edges, secreting a toxic substance coating the tentacle in whole.

A menacing venom that will lead to fatal wounds with just a single touch.

Tch, disgusting.

Cloud frowned and drew his sword.

Unlike the transparent sword which he had used to sever the ogres tendon, the current sword was crimson-red in color.

This was the sword he found to match the level with the one on Lorians waist, in case, or whenever they were going to have a fight.

He held the sword in reverse and threw it like a lance.

Trrrng-!

The crimson-red sword pierced through the cross sections of the small octopus tentacles and darted into KChallas head. KChalla staggered, and then collapsed helplessly.

Cloud drew out his sword from the octopuss head. He yanked it in the air, brushing the blue blood off his sword, this time walking towards Knella.

Seeing that KChalla was defeated in an instant, Knella panicked.

He should have ran away then, but the crystal ball hadnt fully absorbed the Behemoths soul yet.

If he didnt bring the crystal ball with Behemoths soul filled to the brim, his lords wrath will take away his life. But waiting for the absorption to become completed? A hole will drill into his head before that.

While Knella was facing problem in making a choice, Cloud reached in front of his eyes.

Cloud extended his hand to Knella.

Knella stared at the empty hand blankly, and then carefully placed the crystal ball on top of it.

Cloud smiled in satisfaction.

Fortunately, he seems to have survived, at least for now. Just when Knella felt relieved to be alive. He was questioned.

Can you speak human language?

Yes.

Great. What a smart octopus. So now tell me all about who you are, why youre here, and what youd been up to with this crystal ball. Dont hide anything.

If I tell you, will you let me live?

Nope. You will die.

then why should I tell you anything?

If you dont want to say it, you dont have to. Instead, you will have a fantastic experience of seeing your own internal organs, alive.

Clouds smile widened.

Knellas octopus eyelids fluttered wildly.

* * *

I looked at the corpses of the two demons with different gaze.

So, they were the servants of Four Heavenly King.

Not wanting to experience his organs picked out alive, Knella confided in everything he knew.

Surprisingly, these were the demons following the Heavenly King, Kreas.

One of the Four Heavenly KingsKreas.

He was the first of the Four Heavenly Kings that appeared in the game The Heros Party and is a demon that looks like a giant octopus.

Just because it looks like an octopus doesnt mean its a real octopus. It has a lot more legs than a Kraken and no suckers. It can be thought of as being somewhere between a kraken and the tentacle monsters that can only be seen in Cthulhu mythologies.

But why do Kreas minions need the Behemoths soul?

It felt surprising that these guys were the servants of a Heavenly King, but whats even more surprising are the deeds.

Not theirs, but of the person acting above them.

Deliberately woke up the sleeping Behemoth.

Then gave orders to KChalla and Knella in the name of Kreas.

To bring back the soul of the Behemoth in the crystal ball after it was subjugated by heroes.

When I asked for what was the Behemoths soul required, Knella said that he knew nothing more than this.

I stabbed him a couple of times with the dagger to see if he was lying, but the only words he cried out were slogans of injustice. He really didnt seem to know.

Silly me, thinking about why the Heavenly Kings minions were ordered to collect the Behemoths soul.

There was no need to think long.

What else can be the reason when the minions of the Four Heavenly Kings are involved in something?

Either working for the Demon King himself or for the Heavenly King they serve.