The two entered the hotel smoothly.
Leone patted the guard at the door on the shoulder: "Saddy!"
The guard looked up: "Leone, why are you here so late? Do you need a room?"
Leone waved her hand: "I need to see my friends. They haven't left, have they?"
The guard shook his head: "No, they've hardly left all day."
"Hehehe, thanks Saddy, I'll treat you to drinks later."
Leone led Akame towards the room where Aoki and Kurome were staying.
As they approached, both of them showed puzzled expressions and exchanged glances.
The room was quiet, without any movement.
Asleep?
Leone raised a finger.
Ding ding ding!
"Aoki, it's me! I need to see you!"
There was still no movement inside.
Akame stepped forward, a flash of her sword.
Click!
The door slowly opened.
The two of them looked inside at the same time. Under the moonlight, the scene in the room was clear.
There was no one in the room, everything was clean and tidy, and there were no signs of anyone sleeping on the bed.
Leone glanced at it and immediately made a judgment.
"It's been a while since she left!"
Akame asked. "Did Leone slip up yesterday?"
She disappeared without a word, not even the hotel guards knew.
Her first thought was that Kurome and the others had noticed Leone's unusual behavior and left immediately.
Leone wasn't angry at Akame's suspicion; in fact, she had similar thoughts.
Leone thought for a moment, shook her head, and muttered softly,
"Probably not! When we first met, I did try to test them. But yesterday I really just came to drink; I didn't do anything."
Akame walked into the room, her gaze sweeping over every corner.
Kurome had been living in this room a day ago.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard she searched, she couldn't find any trace of her Little Sister.
"What do we do now?" Leone asked.
Akame thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait a bit. Maybe they just had something to do and quietly went out for a while. They'll be back soon."
She wasn't willing to leave without seeing Kurome.
"Alright then!" Leone plopped down on the bed.
Akame silently looked out the window.
...
In another dimension.
Aoki looked thoughtfully at the pile of reports in front of him.
He hadn't gone to the palace these past few days, focusing most of his energy on studying the Four Demon Rakshasa.
Aoki discovered that the Four Demon Rakshasa's bodies had indeed undergone some mutations.
Simply put, parts of their bodies had become Danger Beasts.
This was probably the same phenomenon as the corruption and assimilation of Teigu.
In that case, their method of consuming Danger Beasts was questionable.
"Eat them raw?" Aoki clicked his tongue.
He was ruthless.
However, it didn't seem to affect him much.
Anyway, he was a demon, and he couldn't taste anything, whether it was cooked or raw.
But there was another problem: the four of them had been consuming Danger Beasts for a long time, and their bodies had gradually mutated until they reached their current state.
But he possesses extremely strong regenerative abilities. Even if his body mutates, he'll likely recover immediately.
Unless he consumes a Danger Beast that renders him unable to recover.
Would a Super Danger Beast work?
Aoki shook his head. Even if a Super Danger Beast reached three stars, that would only be half a star higher than the "King of the Others."
At most, it would only slow down the recovery speed slightly, not completely eliminate it.
"It seems this method won't work."
Aoki put away all the experimental reports.
However, it's certain that the human body can indeed be transplanted with Danger Beast bloodlines.
At this moment, Kurome walked over, her expression somewhat strange.
"They're almost awake!"
"Pretty fast!"
Aoki walked inside. "Could you help me organize the lab report?"
"Okay!" Kurome didn't ask any further questions.
Aoki entered the room.
The Four Demon Rakshasa were completely unrecognizable, their bodies bloated and their appearances bizarre, making them unrecognizable as human.
Three of them were still unconscious. The demon on the outermost edge had awakened, her eyes rolled back, her expression ferocious, drool dripping from her mouth, struggling desperately.
She was Mez, the dark-skinned, silver-haired girl.
However, Aoki had erased her memories, and after becoming a demon, her personality was severely distorted; she could be considered dead to the palace.
The reason she had become like this was, of course, because Aoki had injected too much of his blood into her.
There are two ways for a demon to unleash its potential. One is to eat people, and the other is to undergo modification by the progenitor of demons.
The former is more stable and safer, and the final strength is also greater.
The latter is a quick fix, its advantage being speed.
Aoki couldn't let them go out to eat people, so he could only choose the second method.
He didn't pursue the ultimate blood transfusion, so none of the Four Demon Rakshasa died.
"Roar!"
The former Mez roared like a wild beast.
Aoki didn't waste words; his figure instantly appeared in front of her, raised his palm, and with a soft plop, his five fingers pierced her forehead.
"Devour!"
An invisible vortex appeared, unleashing a powerful attraction that instantly devoured the demons.
[Killed one demon, gained 720 points → 820 points, 0 experience points.]
"820 points?" Aoki's face lit up with surprise.
The Hantengu had only given him 800 experience points back then. And now he was already level 20.
The other three demons awoke one after another, and Aoki dealt with them one by one without any mishaps.
[Free skill point +1.]
[Killed one demon, gained 850 experience points.]
[Free skill point +1.]
[Killed one demon, gained 900 experience points.]
[Congratulations on leveling up!]
[Constitution +1.]
[Free skill point +1.]
[Killed a demon, gained 1010 experience points.]
The system notification kept ringing in his mind, and Aoki was overjoyed. He had already leveled up when he devoured the third demon.
After devouring the fourth demon, he not only gained a free skill point but also an attribute point.
Aoki had a thought, and the azure screen appeared.
[Name: Aoki]
[Strength: 29]
[Constitution: 29]
[Intelligence: 29]
[Agility: 29]
[Profession: Hunter, King of the Others, Martial Artist, Doctor]
[Free Attribute Points: 0]
[King of the Others]
Quality: ★★☆
Level: lv21 (1625/2100)
Skills: Demon Blood VI, Space Travel II (Extreme), Transparent World II, Devouring Demons II, Soul Impact (Not yet learned)
Free Skill Points: 4
Aoki first added the two free attribute points to Intelligence and Agility, reaching a total of 29 points in all attributes.
Then he looked at the skill points. This time, he gained 4 free skill points in one go. Learning "Soul Impact" requires a total of 6 skill points. He's very close.
"I really still have to kill elite monsters. Killing ordinary monsters, I probably wouldn't get this much even if I grinded for two months."
Aoki was still not satisfied: "A quest would be great."
Leveling up by just killing monsters is too slow. The exhilarating feeling of leveling up three times in a row with the quests "Lower Moon's Doomsday" and "Upper Moon's Doomsday" is still unforgettable.
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