Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil-Chapter 274: Out Of All The Weaknesses

When the Demon had absorbed all the white mist, he had returned to his true form. He had gotten his full powers.

And the first person he saw after getting his powers wasn’t Pablo.

It was Andrezj. The strongest Angel.

Along with Andrezj, the Demon had also seen Cupid as well.

As soon as the Being saw both Angels, he had attacked them and he had overpowered both of them easily.

Only after defeating the Angels, the Demon had landed his eyes on Pablo.

He wanted to have a talk with Pablo so before talking, the Demon had grabbed both the Angels in order to kill them for good.

But at that time, Pablo had asked, no, not asked, he requested the Demon to let the Angels go.

And that made the Demon realize that Pablo cares for others’ lives.

He doesn’t want the death of the people he was fond of.

And this, according to the Demon, was the weakness of Pablo.

’I finally got you.’

The Demon focused all his being to find a way to utilise this weakness.

He constantly dodge Pablo’s sword as he formed a plan inside his head.

’There are a lot of things I could use right now. I can threaten to kill the King of this kingdom but I don’t think that will do me any good. He doesn’t come from the type who cares about the King as far as I know. I have to use something concrete. Someone unrelated to all of this.’

The Demon was weak against Pablo but it doesn’t mean he wasn’t strong.

The things Pablo could do in his God mode, the Demon was also capable of doing those things.

Therefore, the Demon did just that.

He focused his ears to the sounds of people living in the whole kingdom.

He did that while dodging the swift slashes of Pablo’s sword.

After a few seconds, the Demon found a stroke of luck.

’I can use them.’

Pablo continued his slashes and he clicked his tongue very often. He was missing the Demon by a very little margin.

The next second though, the Demon jumped further back.

He was not in the range of Pablo. In fact, he was standing just in front of Jamal.

"Wh-What? I said nothing. Don’t kill me."

Jamal began pleading right away. He even closed his eyes in case the Demon decides to kill him.

However, the Demon wasn’t even looking at him. His back was in front of Jamal.

The Being looked left and right, focusing solely on the sounds and when he was certain, he kicked the ground and took off in the air.

Sensing the Demon’s disappearance, Jamal opened his eyes and heaved a deep sigh.

"That was pathetic." Boulder commented.

"I agree." Jamal accepted the accusation as well. He pleaded like a bitch.

They stopped talking and after the Demon went away, Pablo did the same.

He had very little time to kill the Demon. He had to do it fast, very fast.

So he too took off in the air and followed the Demon.

The eyeball camera followed just above Pablo. It showed both him and the Demon.

The Demon was just a little away from Pablo and Pablo increased his speed to the best of his limits.

He threw his sword aimed at the Demon and it missed him by a hair’s breadth.

"Che. Where is he going? What happened to his pride?"

Pablo’s sword came back to him.

The Demon kept flying, his eyes focused on his destination.

After a few more seconds, the Demon finally slowed his speed but before Pablo could catch him, he landed in front of a building.

Pablo did the same but again, before he could do something to the Demon, the Demon broke the door and went inside the building.

Pablo frowned.

He looked at the building and it was nothing flashy. It was a plain simple building. It had no windows. He didn’t know what kind of building it was.

However, it was only Pablo who didn’t know about the building.

Other than him, everyone knew about its significance.

"He went inside?"

"Shit. Stop him, Pablo!"

The people screamed from their homes and Pablo heard them loud and clear.

’There is no point in standing here.’

Pablo’s God mode would end soon and before that, the Demon should die.

He took a deep breath and went inside the building as well.

The eyeball camera followed Pablo.

The sight Pablo saw wasn’t what he was expecting.

The building was empty.

There was nothing there.

No chairs, no tables. Just a plain old room.

Though, soon Pablo saw what was up or rather what was down.

There was a big hole in the middle of the room and Pablo jumped inside that without a second thought.

Inside the hole, it was darkness.

And more than a hole, it was a tunnel.

’A secret passage?’

Pablo braced himself for the unknown and just like the Demon, he also focused on his hearing.

He concentrated deep in the tunnel and he finally understood.

’So he wants to play that game. Fine.’

The eyeball camera followed Pablo inside the downward tunnel and everyone else was worried.

"That Demon is such a bastard!" Jamal cursed.

"The detective can handle it well." Boulder said.

The King twitched. "Don’t be so sure about that. He will do what he wants."

They focused on the screen attached on the walls of the King’s castle and the King just hoped his fear doesn’t come true.

THUMP!

Pablo finally landed on the ground. The tunnel ended.

In front of him, he saw what he expected to see.

The eyeball camera also came and it showed the scene to everyone in the Kingdom.

Pablo was in a basement and it was a wide, wide room.

But the problem was, the room wasn’t empty.

The Demon was in the end of the room and between him and Pablo, there were thousands of terrified people.

Those people included the old people. The Disabled. Women and children.

And among the children there were even some new born ones. They were constantly crying and there were a lot of them.

The eyeball camera captured it all and what everyone was worried about came true.

"He is hiding behind the innocents. That shit!"

Jamal cursed the Demon. If he could, he would have killed the Demon right there and then.

"How did he even know we have a building to safeguard people from such attacks? It was well hidden under the pretense of a simple office building." Boulder asked.

"He was living in this world for far too long to not know about such things. He felt threatened by that detective and now he would use everything to save himself." Jamal answered. He knew the feelings of the Demon and he just hoped everything would go well.

"So you are relying on this?" Pablo said.

"Yes. If you move even one single step towards me, I will kill them all." The Demon threatened, he even started laughing.

"There are little children here. I am even carrying one in my arms. Surely, you don’t want them to die, right? You are so benevolent, kind after all. Hahaha!"

The Demon was sure of his safety. He was holding a newborn in his arms as well. The Demon was certain that Pablo would never put the innocents in danger. He was a Human, a kind Human.

Pablo roamed his eyes around the room and all the people in there were shivering. The Demon was so close to them and all they wanted was to breathe without the constant fear of death.

They all looked at Pablo and all of them joined their hands.

"Please, help us."

"I don’t want to die."

"I want to live with my child."

Everyone sat on their knees in front of Pablo.

The disabled ones, the old ones and all the women and children begged Pablo for help.

"Yes. Yes. Save them. Just die by my hands and I’ll let them go. If you try anything funny, I will kill them all. Hahaha!" The Demon broke into another laugh. He had the situation under his control. He won’t lose.

Pablo watched all of this with a straight face and the people on their knees stared at him with hopeful eyes.

"Save them, Pablo."

"Save the children at least!"

The people from all over the Kingdom urged Pablo to help the hostages as well. They wanted the new born children to get safe at the least.

"Do you hear them? Listen to them, Human. Certainly, you can’t watch the innocent die in front of your eyes." The Demon laughed some more.

He carried on laughing and the hostages carried on crying.

In the end, Pablo just sighed.

’Don’t, Pablo.’ Cupid chimed in as well.

’The Gods will not like this. Figure out some other way.’

’Do you hear me? Pablo!’

Cupid started shouting but Pablo wasn’t listening. The Angel was ignored.

’It won’t end well.’ That was all she was able to say.

"So, Demon," Pablo said. "Out of all the weaknesses you could have guessed about me…"

He stretched his neck left and right and after a long while, he smiled.

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