The Game Rune System

Like nothing happened, Tetsuya left the meeting and hid himself behind many shabby houses. He kept his attention around, though. Using the minimap from The Game Rune's MMORPG mini rune, Tetsuya kept an eye on the devil merchant.

He marked him on the map, then followed carefully without revealing even a little of his presence.

The surrounding devils and other races also got marked by Ashley who supported her beloved as much as she could. Avoiding all of those devils and other races with utmost precision, Tetsuya set himself up on another adventure.

It was rare for scum to leave their area unless they gained new profound strength. Unfortunately for Tetsuya, a few devils and black bulls teamed up together to form a bandit party.

Those bandits were vigilant and wouldn't miss their prey unless someone dug below them. All of them pointed their greedy fingers and widened their eyes to probe through Tetsuya. In his devil form, he didn't seem that strong.

"That's bold of you to leave the town. What are you up to?" One of the devils took the role of a speaker. Since their target was the devil, it was just proper for one of them to be the representative of their minds.

He spoke what everyone wanted to ask.

Tetsuya shrugged, "Sightseeing." He briefly answered, but such an answer didn't satisfy surrounding bandits. All of them closed up distance, so Tetsuya added, "If you don't want to let me go, then I guess we can exercise for a little." There was one exercise Tetsuya could do with the men.

That was the killing!

Spreading his wings, Tetsuya matched those with the vampire runes. The new kind of wings widened behind his back, then sucked all temperature into its content. Those flashed briefly with lava-like veins, then Tetsuya disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.

Appearing next to the furthest black bull, Tetsuya used his elbow to strike the man's temple. Then swung his kick to take down the bandit's life. The shocked head tumbled down off his neck, then elongated horns impaled the ground.

Tetsuya sneered, then repeated the similar moves. He just often changed the beginning of his assault. It was either elbow or kick that started the fun, then the heads rolled around the ground!

Tetsuya patted away the dirt out of his clothes, then left those dead bodies alone, "Such weak people don't even deserve to enter my inventory," Some ego filled his voice, but Ashley rolled her eyes.

She said, "Take one bull, at least. We can try to get some items out of them too." His beloved game master spoke wise words, so after quenching his emotions, Tetsuya took all the bulls into his inventory for the later analysis.

He then resumed his trip, "He isn't that far away." Tetsuya whispered, then increased his speed now that he had unfolded his wings. The moment the devil merchant entered the dense and thick forest area, would be the moment of his demise!

Tetsuya properly scrutinized the area, then flapped his wings up!

He then fell down like a star while knowing about the devil merchant's location!

BANG!

"Who is there?!" The devil merchant tumbled on the ground and urgently looked around! He felt an immense power locking itself on his back, so he moved before any lethal wound would befall on him!

He luckily rolled on the ground, then Tetsuya revealed himself out of the smoke created by his descent, "It's me. Do you want to know my name?"

"Of course! I will report this straight to the lord!" The Devil Merchant spoke about officials like a righteous citizen, but Tetsuya and Ashley burst out laughing immediately after hearing it.

"Haha! Report to the lord! Where did those eyes go? The very eyes you had used while dealing with the scum people?" Tetsuya waved his hand, then grasped his Lust Sword. The Sword pointed at the devil merchant and forced him to answer the question.

However, the devil merchants had one of the best defenses in the devil race. They were often tasked to go around the underground, so many situations such as these had happened before.

Thus, he didn't ask for a name because nor spoke about the lord to amuse the game masters.

The inferno flames wrapped around his body, then formed the first layer of defense! The flames were deep red, thick and impossible to see through. Within this formation, the devil merchant also took out another treasure and wrapped it around his wrists.

After he poured energy out of his rune towards it, the treasure snapped and began to spread thick red skin across his whole body! From the outsider's perspective, it would seem that the devil merchant's body got charred.

However, in this cocoon-like defense, the devil merchant began to send the undetectable waves that would reach the devil castle in less than an hour!

Tetsuya looked at the flames, "Well then. Do we have some water here?" He jested, but this attribute would be the most useful right now. He looked at the yin demon essence hoarded in his Lust Sword.

For the whole adventure, Tetsuya and Milady Yuhi had been often dual cultivating and their strength together rose. Though she was limited to one rune, she had forged it with many others and had increased her strength in the process.

Nonetheless, her main rune concealed many secrets!

Tetsuya knew that her sword had the ability to summon water. It didn't only mimic the 'river', but hid such potential within. How exactly did she get this rune? Tetsuya learned that one of her ancestors craved his whole status on this rune alone!

And he adventured a lot before that!

Although the secrets of this rune were amazing, Dual Cultivation from Eroge Game was also outstanding. The yin demon essence had Milady Yuhi's deepest secrets within that sword and Tetsuya began to heavily focus on those.

His sword grew colder with each second, then Tetsuya performed his beautiful and mesmerizing swordsmanship on the flame formation. He aimed precisely at one point. A few slashes were enough to realize that his sword had indeed a lethal power against the devil merchant.

The gap in its defense got forcefully conjured, then Tetsuya shoved his sword inside! The flames answered this assault by crawling on his arm like ants, but Tetsuya sneered and challenged their flame forms head-on.

His sword fought something hard, then. This was another barrier protecting the devil merchant. Tetsuya's mind bloomed with various ideas! It was highly possible for this merchant to have other means for self-defense.

In those means, calling his buddies seemed like one of the highly feasible methods. Tetsuya clenched his sword, roared with his might and pushed his sword as deeply as possible.

Ashley cheered from within, "Remember The Dual Cultivation! Remember how deeply you impaled yourself in Yuhi. Isn't that the source of your strength, right now?" She giggled, then cheered on, "Oh, prince charming! Your sword is the hardest!"

"You naughty demoness!" Tetsuya burst out laughing, but his voice was also laced with complaints. It wasn't a good moment to remember the dual cultivation as Milady Yuhi was one of the women that just did magic and wonders in the bed.

Her whole body was like a miracle and new doors to this lustful game master!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

In this stalemate, Tetsuya had been the loudest so far. Either he roared to bring out more strength or laughed at Ashley who didn't hold back to help him. The game master's voice got overshadowed when the second barrier cracked and his sword's tip slid into.

"AHHHHHHHHH! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!" The devil merchant cried out loudly. Not even thirty minutes passed yet this man managed to reach out to him! How could this sword be so cold in this inferno underground?

How could he even wield this power?!

He howled to his failure barrier, but it was music to the game masters' ears.

"Devil Merchant! From today, I will be borrowing your name and let it become another legend in this underground! Be fucking proud! Haha!" Tetsuya's cold yin demon essence flooded the devil's body from inside, then Tetsuya exchanged the elements.

Using one of the hot potions from the devil's blood, Tetsuya poured it into the devil merchant's coffin, bringing a reaction that imploded him.

"Read his status, Ashley," Tetsuya said, then Ashley's purple cube slipped out of his body. It began to analyze the devil's origins while Tetsuya cleaned up the stage out of the cold yin demon essence.

He then left the burn marks around the red forest and prepared the fake body.

Twenty minutes later, the devil army appeared around Tetsuya who had long since changed into the devil merchant's appearance.

"The threat has been extinguished. This fool rushed into my barrier and killed himself in the process." Tetsuya said.

The devil looked at him with narrowed eyes. No flaw could be seen on Tetsuya other than wounds that seemed real too. His whole aura was the same as the devil merchant, but the devil still asked some questions.

Tetsuya answered them all, then closed his eyes.

"We will escort you back to the capital," The devil said, then Tetsuya hopped onto the carriage.