CAT WARLOCK: This Darklord Feasts Upon Horror-Chapter 286: Blood Mask

Bash opened his eyes. He writhed in the air as he absorbed the power of the new souls.

The three Chaos Singularities landed on his body and made him even larger. The exoskeleton on the outside became more defined and harder. His muscles grew. His body enlarged.

Bash was already a large demon that almost reached the size of a small building. He continued to grow even bigger.

But then the Mimicry Mask attached itself to Bash. His entire body shrunk. His demonic red skin turned white. His exoskeleton disappeared and instead, a white suit with red shirt materialized.

The black Mimicry Mask turned red and transformed into a demonic mask.

Bash became a short young boy with a red suit and a pair of shorts. His hair was as red as his previous demon skin.

"He is so cute!" Selina’s eyes lit up.

Crow and Aurora looked at each other with the same questionable gaze.

The Ritual was a success. Bash landed on the ground as he knelt down in front of Mater.

He was different. More graceful. More polite. Not the brutish Bash that Mater knew.

"Thank you, Master. Bash has returned to serve you." The kid’s eyes were blood red.

[Infernal Brute-Demon]

[Rank]: 2

[Level]: 20

[Spells]:

- Charge: A simple and ordinary charge. It is five times as fast when charging. It is immune to movement restricting effect during Charge. (Upgraded)

- Jump: A simple and ordinary jump. It can jump twenty times higher than it normally can. (Upgraded)

- Slam: While in the air, the demon can accelerate its falling to create a devastating ground attack. (New)

[Passive Abilities]:

- Blood Mask: The demon can materialize a mask that when worn will maintain a humanoid appearance. Gains the passive ability, Hellfire Impact. (New)

- Hellfire Skin: Those who hurt it with melee attack shall be repulsed with hellfire. (Unchanged)

- Demonic Brute: It passively heals itself over time. (Unchanged)

- Bone Armor: It has a natural exoskeleton that raises its resistance to all damage types. This ability is disabled while wearing the Blood Mask. (Changed)

- Demonic Body: It has resistance to all negative effects. This ability is disabled while wearing the Blood Mask. (Changed)

- Hellfire Impact: While wearing the Blood Mask, all attacks of the demon cause an explosion of Hellfire. (New)

Selina approached the cat and the kid. She used to look at Bash from below. Now, he was shorter than her.

Bash looked like a kid in elementary school.

"Are you really Bash?" Selina said.

Bash lifted his head up and tapped his chest, "I am Bash. Bash is me."

When he was a demon, he used to tap his chest. It looked intimidating like a gorilla punching its chest. But now that he had the appearance of a kid, he looked kinda... cute.

"Oh yes, you are! You are Bash!" Selina picked up the little guy and hugged him.

Bash looked at Mater, waiting for instructions, only to see the black cat shrug in defeat.

The masked kid sweated. With the implementation of the 200 souls, his intelligence had gone up quite a lot and he could understand many more things than before.

He knew that this goth lady was his Master’s Queen and whatever she did, he must endure. Even if it cost him his dignity.

’The thing I do for my Master...’ Bash thought.

’Hey! We can swap if you want.’ Mater answered him in his mind.

’It’s alright, Master. Bash can take it.’

"Master... Is the Shrine alright?" Crow pointed toward the forge.

There were many cracks appearing on the electrical forge. It looked like it could explode at any moment.

The black cat flew over to it. His Octagrams appeared as he scanned the Shrine.

"Welp. I know something like this could happen. Luckily, it didn’t explode when Bash was advancing."

Mater waved his claws in the air. The Infernal Seal he left inside the electrical forge detached itself from the forge. The forge slowly returned to normal.

Its condition was greatly worsened but it wouldn’t explode now.

"With the Prison in the Dark Grimoires. I really don’t need the forge anymore. I can construct the Shrine within the pages." The black cat meowed.

"So... Are we going to return to the studio?" Selina said.

"Let’s do that. And give Rowan some credits as well to cover the damages to the forge."

Selina let go of Bash. The little kid immediately jumped away. For some reason, Bash was really afraid of the goth girl. Somewhere in the depth of the souls he consumed, a fact had been engraved into him.

’Woman is very emotional. You have to tread very carefully around them.’

Bash didn’t know if it’s true or not. But he trusted his guts. He didn’t want to get spanked because he angered the Master’s wife.

The demon felt a familiar aura in the room. He approached Solarix.

"Hello, Bash." Solarix knelt down.

Solarix had a more matured appearance then Bash. But Bash was stronger, higher in rank, and became Mater’s servant before Solarix. It was only right for her to show respect.

"You’re the same as me." Bash said.

Solarix nodded, "That’s right, big brother. Master accepted me not long ago."

"I’ll protect you from now on." Bash said. His high-pitched innocent voice touched a string inside Solarix.

"I’ll protect you too, Bash." Solarix said.

She and the little kid shook hands.

"Let’s go to the Prison and establish Bash’s authority." The black cat meowed.

"The Prison?" The demonic kid blinked his eyes in confusion.

Sparrow leaned in and whispered, "Master’s new pocket dimension. Also... Hello, my name is Sparrow. I came after you were on ice."

The Satyr sneakily shook Bash’s hand. Then he straightened himself up and acted like he didn’t say anything.

The black cat watched everything. He didn’t know what to say.

’Why do I have a feeling that these servants are... very unstable? Why can’t they be more like Blanche?’

Blanche the white rat raised her hands in a theatrical manner, "Rejoice! Our Dark Lord has resurrected his trusted demon. I, Blanche, am the witness of this unforgettable historical moment."

Selina watched everything from the sideline. She smiled sinisterly.

The truth was... No one here was normal.