Clyde swiped a t-s.h.i.+rt and sweatpants that barely fit him from someone's clothesline . He felt uneasy about not having his sword, especially against the demons that roamed the city . d.a.m.n that demon lord and his f.u.c.king army, Clyde thought .

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Before he found the line, he ducked over his shoulder constantly to make sure cops weren't going to catch him for indecent exposure . His worries were for nothing . Not a single human police patrol was out . The young man suspected that they knew everything about the demon lord . And they were afraid of him .

Clyde checked his mental navigation system, frowning at the large numbers that still remained . He wasn't terribly far from the others but sneaking and ducking when flapping and screeching sounded in the distance slowed him considerably .

The young man still felt a little down about losing his clothes and killing the harpy . The spirit wave seemed to get stronger with every use, despite not having a level . Even though the harpy basically s.e.xually a.s.saulted him, he was still a man . A single man with a beautiful woman . Well, some a bird woman attempting to force him into fatherhood . Monsters and humans had vastly different thought processes . Both could be forceful . Once again, being the Stone was now starting to mean something . Still, he hoped self-defense was enough justification for the deed .

Clyde was crossing an intersection when the sound of conversation caught his ear . He dashed behind a parallel parked car and watched .

"Lord Zeth is being so pushy tonight," a feminine voice said .

"Like yah," an accented voice answered . "I tried to get him to rest, maybe mess around a bit, but he's being such a stick in the mud . "

Clyde saw two demons moving slowly past him from less than fifty yards away . One was a Lamia, a pink-haired girl with the upper body of a pretty young woman and a snake-like lower body . The second looked to be some kind of bee woman . Short blonde hair, lower body of a bee . Disturbed, he a.n.a.lyzed the two .

Lami Sui .

Level: 25

Type: Monster

Work under: Zeth; Hidden Lotus .

Special: Charm . [Great chance to charm males for up to 1 hour . ]

Weakness: Your hostile detection isn't high enough for this .

Resistances: See above .

Secret: Your hostile detection, luck, and will isn't high enough for this .

Honeybee- Abby .

Level: 23

Type: Monster

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Work under: Zeth; Hidden Lotus .

Special: l.u.s.tful sting . [Great chance to stun . Honeybee may lose control and vigorously super-rape victims] .

Weakness: Your hostile detection isn't high enough for this .

Resistances: See above .

Secret: Your hostile detection, luck, and will isn't high enough for this .

Just then, they stopped, as if sensing his a.n.a.lyze . Clyde held his breath, feeling like an idiot . He should've remembered the dark slime's reaction . Anyone of the Hidden Lotus seemed to be able to sense themselves being magically a.n.a.lyzed .

"Did you sense that, my dear Sui?"

"Sure did, Abby . "

Clyde felt their grins .

"I taste him in the air—over there!"

"f.u.c.king son of a b.i.t.c.h," Clyde hissed as he peeked around to see them moving toward him with unhurried paces .

"I get first dips," Sui said . "It's been a while since I've had s.e.x with a human . "

"Pssh—I don't have all day to wait for you to climax . We share him . "

"Fine with me," Sui said . "But try not to sting him . It'd be a pain in the a.s.s to get my ride in if you're raping him to oblivion . "

Clyde hopped to his feet and bolted with all of the strength his legs could muster . His speed stat was forty-six, paired up with the pa.s.sive-skill Athlete . Then… . He wanted to punch himself for forgetting an important skill . A skill that could be used outside of battle at the risk of his MP . Flash Step . The pursuers were laughing as they sped up, easily gaining .

[Activated Flash step . ]

Within seconds, he lost them—not caring how much MP he wasted to get far away from them . He managed to circle the area and get back on track with his Mental Navigation System .

"You . "

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Clyde turned to the source of the voice . A sense of sweetness and honey pressed against his mind, but his Heart protection warded it off . Stepping out of the shadow, armed with a glowing red katana, was Melody .

"What do you want?" Clyde said, uninterested . "I'm busy here . "

"Why you!" Melody pointed her sword at the young man . "You better take me seriously . I owe you death so many times over . "

"First all you little t.w.a.t, you started this s.h.i.+t," Clyde said . "I don't have time for the dramatics . It's f.u.c.king dangerous out here . "

Melody lurched toward the young man, uncaring to the bigger situation at hand . Like the distant wing flaps .

[You have entered combat!]

"Are you being serious right now?" Clyde dodged the katana's swipe, took aim, and released his magic .

[Activated energy ball!]

Clyde predicted her dodge, aiming at the spot she dove right into . Mortem wanted him to use his head . He would . And hopefully not get f.u.c.king caught by the approaching harpies .

[Enemy HP has dropped to 76%]

Melody slowly stood, snarl on her face .

"You know, I've had it up to here with you," Clyde said as he raised a hand over his head . "You have issues . Like, scamming and then sending those guys after me because you didn't have your way . What's your problem?"

The redhead said nothing . Clyde shook his head . "Okay, you're attacking with a sword . In a threatening manner . I…I'm no killer, but…" Then an idea came to mind . He quickly shook it away . Bind her, leave her to be raped by monsters . As much as she probably deserved it, the redhead was still human . Armed, but still human . "Why the f.u.c.k are we fighting each other when those things are out there?" Comprehension actually came to her eyes . "I know you're not out here after curfew, armed unless you're some kind of chuuni . In that case, the monsters will **** and eat you . And I've got some really strong ones chasing right now . So, truce?'

"No," Melody said . "Let them kill you for all I care . "

"Fine then, back to the original d.i.c.k move it is," Clyde said, aimed, and released the tendrils of blue magic .

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[Activated Binder's hand]

[Your luck has caused the binding to work when it would fail! Binding active!"]

Each tendril held the redhead in place .

"Hey—you a.s.shole, let me go!"

Clyde willed the tendrils to hold her to the side of a building like glue . She struggled but couldn't move .

"Well, see you . I feel like a d.i.c.k for doing this, but thanks for the sword . " He s.n.a.t.c.hed it out of her grasp . The girl struggled harder, eyes frantic .

"Give it back to me…It's mine—give it back now!"

[You have found Blade of the Red Souls . Item cla.s.s: very rare . ]

"I gave you a chance to work with me, but I've got better plans for you," Clyde said . "That binding will release right as they get here . "

"No, please . " Tears dripped from Melody's eyes . "Please don't leave me here . I'm sorry for being a b.i.t.c.h—just don't let them . "

Clyde shook his head .

"Bye . And have fun . "

"I'll do anything! Please!"

Clyde stopped his forward step .

"Anything, you say?"

"Anything—I don't want to die . "

Clyde shook his head .

"But you sure had no problem killing me . One who did jack s.h.i.+t to you . Pfft, you know what, have fun . I hope you get raped by empire state building-sized p.e.n.i.ses . "

As Clyde took another step away, Melody's crying pierced his ears . She sobbed like a ten-year-old girl . The prompt that he'd been waiting for finally appeared .

[Enemy has lost the will to fight!]

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't let you stay here to be monster bait . "

He cackled softly . "Never mind . "

System, I need you to make sure this girl honors her promises, Clyde thought . He wasn't sure if it was going to respond, but it did .

[You may make a nonattacking Pact with Melody via a promise . She will be unable to attack you for the rest of the night . Any further day, if she even so much as thinks of harming you, you will given a one-time warning . Her defenses will be dropped by half . ]

"Fine, I'll let you down, but you must give me your word that you won't try anything . I'm also keeping this sword, because you know, trying to kill me and all . You'll have to help me though—so I hope you know unarmed combat . "

"I give you my word," Melody said, tears flowing . A little snot trickled from her nose and from her blush, all dignity was gone . "Please . I swear . "

[Promise accepted . She is now bonded to you via nonattacking Pact . ]

She looked surprised when Clyde actually released the binding . The ploy worked .

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Melody has changed from utter hatred to feared . ]

Clyde sighed .

"Remember, you started this not I . Now let's get going . We've wasted enough time . And I'm sure we can't avoid conflict now . "

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