Hunt Down The Devil

Appeared for a long time ago…

They prey on, disturbing, and troubling humans.

Some say they are like humans.

Some say they are like animals and plants.

No one knows their origin.

Not specified when and where they appear.

But from many victims.

There are those who refuse to run and prefer to fight in order to survive.

Firearms, sharp objects, hard objects, holy are always their accomplices.

Devil preyed on humans, devil hunters destroyed the devil, humans against the devil.

Centuries of devil hunters risk their lives for the lives of humans. Every time someone falls, a new fang always appears. But the devil will continue to appear while in the human heart there is darkness.

September 4th, 684 X on the continent of Numan, in the Sufyan Forest area, a horse carriage passes, driven by a young man. He’s wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and black trousers, animal skin vest with fur on the shoulders and neck, as well as gloves and leather boots. His hair is swaying in the cool night breeze, which also hit his clean skin. Abelard is sitting very quietly behind his galloping horses. His aura is very thick and deep. From his closeness, he looked handsome enough to attract many young girls. He’s not alone. Inside the carriage, there is an old man. Aahva sits with his arms and legs crossed.

“Hhmm, so this is the forest of Sufyan, huh? Not impressed creepy for me.”

“Hey! You better watch the road, boy!”

“I can do it blindfolded if I wanted to. So, where do you want to go?”

“We go straight to the location!, reduce the interaction with the residents around! If there is someone here.”

“Huh? It’s okay, right? We can occasionally stop by for fun.”

Shadows of memories from the past returned to Aahva’s mind. One by one, the passages popped into his head as Abelard said the word ‘fun’. Abelard had a habit of bickering with other people whenever he lost his temper. Every time he was with Abelard, Aahva would be more troubled about dealing with others.

“Abelard! Try to control yourself better! Every time you get carried by the atmosphere, you will do a lot of bad things.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m so sorry about that, but do you know? Every time I fight with bad people somehow ... “

“Hhmmm what? Continue!”

“It felt like I felt very happy for some reason. I really enjoyed beating them.”

Aahva was always responsible every time Abelard was involved in a problem. But deep inside his heart, Aahva wants Abelard to be a much more patient person.

“Hey listen up! What does it mean I am raising and educating you if you just fight with other people every day?”

Aahva’s voice is sharp and pressing. He looks at Abelard with eyes of understanding. Abelard suddenly feels embarrassed because of what Aahva said just now. What is the meaning of the ability to hunt the devil if it is used to fight with other people? So Abelard just shut his mouth.

“Hey turn right, after that straight until we don’t find another way!“

“Hey, old man, answer me honestly!”

“What is it?”

“Do you think I’ll be able to do it without you?”

Aahva smiles lightly, his eyes sparkling, turning his gaze straight at Abelard.

“I’m sure you can. Besides that, if there is a problem that you can’t face it yourself, then you can come to me. You won’t be alone.”

“I got that. Ahh, is it here?”

“Emn I think. Looks like we have to walk from here. Abelard, take everything you need!”

They have arrived near the location smoothly, even though Aahva’s horse carriage is quite old. Aahva brings his fire weapons and, of course, Abelard brings his flagship sword. Because the location of their destination cannot be reached by horse carriage, they walk for a few meters.

Because of the incident was three days ago and they just arrive here three days later, there is nothing else because the body of the victim was cremated by the residents.

The Sufyan forest, west area. Step by step, the two of them walk into the middle of the forest. There are big trees around on the dry soil. The air is quite cold and fresh even in the night. Some creaking sounds of the night insects. In this century, the sky still looks clean, bright, and beautiful with the bright sparkling stars.

Their journey in the dark night is assisted by a flashlight. Aahva may have gotten used to the dark but, on the contrary, with Abelard because he still needs the light.

“Hhmm, Hey old man! It seems like there is no clue anymore around here.”

“Then, don’t be careless! It could be that the devil is still around here.”

Aahva has a strong sensory, so he is very sensitive to the devil. Even so, he doesn’t feel the slightest the devil around him. They continue to look around.

“Uncle!”

“Hmm, you found something?”

Suddenly, Abelard’s temples bones throbbed a few times, anger churning in his heart. Even though his breathing is normal, but still not with him. His feet felt as if they were being pulled by something. His thoughts were distracted by other things as they started walking from the carriage. Abelard’s heart is furious. The longer he holds that feeling, it’s getting stronger and stronger.

“If you want to defecate, this is not the time!”

“That’s not it.”

“Hhmm… Then what?”

Aahva looks towards Abelard and realizes Abelard’s expression looked like when he was angry but look calm. There’s something weird about him. Abelard is just standing opposite Aahva.

“Hey! What’s the matter?”

When the moonlight begins to shine on the land until it reaches Abelard, he throws away his flashlight.

“Sorry!”

Aahva’s eyes get wider. His heart jolts, his whole body tenses for a few seconds. He has no idea what he has been witnessing. Abelard runs, striding with long and fast strides, leaving Aahva by himself.

“Abelard wait!”

Aahva tries to scream at Abelard, but it doesn’t work because Abelard is already far enough away from him. Abelard runs so fast, leaving Aahva himself behind while Aahva himself is very surprised because suddenly Abelard is not as the same as usual. Suddenly, a piece of memory is floating inside his brain.

‘It’s been that long huh, thank goodness nothing bad has happened so far.’

‘Have you lost your mind? How long you will be playing around with something that human shouldn’t take care of.’

‘And soon enough the fate would turn upside down.’

Aahva grit his teeth. He is aware of everything Aimer said, his heart is really trembling with all this situation. Unknowingly, he clenches his fists very tightly.

“Why did everything end up like this?, it’s never happened before.”

His voice is a bit heavy, as is his breath. His hands begin to shake. Slowly, Aahva closes his eyes. His breathing begins to regular again. He did not tremble like before. He stood in place, his mind contemplating.

‘Abelard…’

‘I don’t know what’s going on with you right now, but I hope what I’m thinking is wrong.’

‘Heh Aimer, to think what you said to me turned out to be a sign now.’

Aimer’s feet slowly walk, getting faster and faster. A sharp glint appears in his eyes. Not forgetting to take the flashlight that Abelard threw away earlier, his mind focus on chasing Abelard to avoid something bad, who had left him. But considering Aahva is quite old now, he could not compensate for the speed of Abelard.

On the other hand, Aberlard, following what was in his heart that he felt, was pulling him now somewhere. His breath is very long could not control himself to calm down, Spurring his legs very strongly like a war horse ridden by a commander.

‘What is happening to me?’

‘What is this feeling?..’

‘ It’s never happened before...’

‘Why am I feeling so free..?’

His mind continues to wave in his fantasy. Forget the message of his master not to be carried away in the atmosphere. He keeps running, passing the enormous trees around him.

‘Well… never mind.’

‘I don’t know what’s wrong with me this time.’

‘But the feeling that bothered me from earlier.’

‘What is gonna waiting for me there?’

In the midst of his journey in the middle of a quiet forest, his mind recalls all the plans Aahva wanted for him.

‘His words are still in my head.’

Suddenly, A scent of blood enters his nostrils, and the smell is pungent. He gets shocked and stops when he feels something from the direction of the rock near him. The feeling in his heart grows stronger as he stopped. Abelard’s mind is aiming on something behind the big rock near him. His instincts keep pulling him towards it. He walks slowly. Don’t care about the danger that can befall him.

The closer he got to the boulder, the stronger the smell of the blood become. He leans against the rock, trying to peek at what was behind the rock.

A large creature the size of a gorilla, its head vaguely like the head of a horned goat with bright red eyes. The tail is very long, maybe the same length as a snake. In the tail, something like a human organ is wrapped around it. His sharp nails bit by bit cut the organ and eat it while lying by the river.

His pupils get wider, his breath suddenly gasps, Abelard drowned in his instincts. The heat is suddenly overflowing in his chest. His mind gets filled with the desire to destroy the prey in front of him. The moment he holds the hilt of his sword, all that hot feeling disappears in an instant. His heart slowly begins to calm down, a sentence that Aahva always said to him immediately entered his mind. Abelard sits leaning against the rock behind him, His breathing returned to normal. He who had almost been consumed by his murderous desire had calmed down again.

‘What’s wrong with me this time? ’

‘Yeah right, besides that how that thing pulled me here? Anyway, I need to take it down soon. That devil must be really strong’

’Okay, I will do this quickly so I can return to Aahva and go home.’

Abelard’s mainstay sword comes out of its scabbard. The scabbard is pitch black without any decoration, the hilt was carved with a unique horizontal engraving shaped like interlocking letters. There is a red jewel between the hilt of the sword and the sword. At the edges of the blade, it is very sharp and bluish silver, while the middle is gold and, when exposed to the moonlight, can emit a sparkling light.

Abelard stands with his back to the rock, His right hand holding his sword and his left holding a small knife. Closing his eyes while taking a deep breath, feeling the surrounding air through the passing wind. Abelard’s eyes get opened sharply. His feet hit the ground with all his might to jump over the rock he was behind, a beautiful somersault like a dancing dolphin.

At the same time, the goat-headed devil feels an ominous aura nearby, getting closer. His tail gets stiffened, his standing body looks very large, probably about two and a half meters. His bright red eyes see someone floating in the air. Makes his heart pounding and triggers his appetite. His claws are starting to unravel. His mouth begins to secrete mucus and dripping from his long black tongue, along with his feet running fast for the prey in front of him.

When Abelard landed on the ground, a large, sharp clawed hand rushed towards him. Suddenly, his eyes get widened as his entire body froze for a moment. Abelard got a completely unexpected surprise. For a moment, his body may stop moving, but not his mind.

The devil’s eyes are shining bright red, his long tongue is sticking out with joy. Suddenly, his right hand stopped along with the pain in his hand, plus a kick hit him right in the face. His leg takes a step back. When he realized, he couldn’t feel his right hand anymore and black blood was flowing profusely. Abelard cut his hand with his sword the moment he kicked the demon’s face with his two legs.

“AARRGHHH, MY HAND….!!”

“MY HAND!!!”

“MY HAND!!!”

A gigantic voice resounded throughout the area. The wind begins to shake the trees of a quiet night. Forest birds start to fly away from the surrounding area. Aahva, who was quite far away, reacted when he heard the voice and immediately rush to that place.

On the other hand, Abelard frown, his pupils get dilated as a ringing sound entered his ears. His mind sinks into his subconscious fantasy for a while.

‘Human type.’

A piece of his memory begins to appear from the depth of his conscious. Slowly, various thoughts fill his brain.

‘Is this possible?’

‘That devil was talking?’

‘Wait, is this what Aimer means’

His Adam’s apple moves up and down, swallowing his own saliva. His breath started to get heavy, his eyes get sharpened as if they were going to stab his enemy. Abelard wanted to say something, but it was very difficult because it got stuck in his throat.

“Hei! Devil! Can you understand what I’m saying?”

The demon’s breath is panting. His eyes look at Abelard with a look of hatred. The blood from his hand continues to flow, but his left hand squeezes his right hand to stop the bleeding.

“HAH??”

“I said, can you understand what I’m saying?”

“HUMAN….”

“Uhgg, it seems it would be difficult.”               

Abelard puts on his prepare position and immediately jumps up to the devil in front of him. Both his hands swing his swords towards the demon’s neck with all his might, but in the end he can’t slash it. The devil hits Abelard with the remaining left hand so that Albelard bounces and his back hit the tree.

‘Oohh, that was hard. I thought this would end faster. It turns out that this devil's brain is bigger.’

Before Abelard re-prepare, The Devil immediately attacks Abelard, that makes Abelard roll over to avoid its attack. Unfortunately, his sword was left behind in the tree where he was thrown earlier. Abelard stays calm even as he gets apart with his sword. Then again, the devil overthrows a tree with his horns. That’s when Abelard realizes if its horns would definitely be the strongest point.

“THE FOOD THAT MADE ME LOSE AN ARM WOULD FEEL DELICIOUS.”

And again Abelard hears the devil is speaking.

‘It seems it can really speak.’

In the mind of Abelard, that big voice that was heard from the devil was very grueling to his ears.

“This is the first time I met a devil like you.”

“Tell me, how can you understand our language!?”

Instead of answering Abelard’s question, the devil instead laughs at Abelard. Abelard begins to heat up because of the annoying devil’s behavior.

“Answer me! You damn devil! Stop laughing!”

Abelard immediately bluffing without a single think.

“YOU HUMANS SHOULD BE JUST QUITE AND BECOME OUR FOODS!”