The Monster Monarch System-Chapter 135: Weaponsmith (Part 1)

The explosion cleared shortly after and Rem collapsed the walls, letting them vanish into thin air then he walked over to the corpse – the ground had been further deformed after the explosion, shattered beyond belief and looking as though it would crumble at any minute.

He finally arrived at whatever remained of the corpse and he let out a little sigh.

"You’re incredibly resilient," Rem commented watching the head of the demon gnash and grumble, attempting to regenerate her body but the opposing souls within her head wouldn’t let that happen – the regeneration failed.

"You wanted to survive," Rem spoke with an emotionless tone, bringing out his Shortsword, "And look at you now, at the tip of my blade..."

The eyes of the Demon fixated on his blade and a cold sweat ran down her face as she felt death itself emanating from the weapon, she tried to move but there was limited movement possible with only a head. Rem coated his blade with flames and took another step forward.

"Two opposing forces can’t exist in the same body," Rem said and stabbed it down, piercing the brain and taking the life of the Demon easily.

The tab he had been expectantly waiting for appeared beside him and he absorbed the two souls, Rem took several steps backward as the souls revolved around his own before being absorbed by his soul.

He looked at the gains they both brought and sighed in disappointment, he was of course interested in what had made the other soul possess this body but there was nothing here. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

’Not like I would want to lend another soul my body,’ Rem thought as he walked over to the tent which was the only thing that was actually in one piece, the ground and any other rock pillars nearby looked like they were fragile and a serious blow would shatter them both.

Rem opened the tent and looked at Megan, the young woman was visibly shaking but her face became warm upon seeing Rem was alright and even so without a scratch on him, although his clothes spoke otherwise.

"It’s fine, two strong powerful monsters fought outside and I killed the one that won between them before they could come for you," Rem said, "Pack your stuff, we need to head out,"

"B-but what about you, your clothes are-"

"I have a change of clothes," Rem said and left the entrance of the tent, taking off his clothes and reaching into his Inventory, taking out a new set of them.

As Megan finished packing her things and took a step outside, her eyes widened as she witnessed the destruction first-hand, the ground had so many cracks in it that it looked like it was going to shatter in any minute from now. She found Rem at the side staring at the ceiling.

"Oh, you’re done?" He asked while walking to the tent and pulling out a ring, Megan assumed it was a storage ring but it was a regular copper ring that Rem had kept behind, ’She’s so gullible that such a simple ring looks like a storage ring to her,’

Megan turned away and Rem pulled the tent into his inventory while pocketing the ring.

"Come on, let’s get out of here," He said while taking a hold of Megan in a princess carry, prompting the young woman to blush, "What do you think?"

"I-I t-think we should get out of here," Megan said as if she was in a daze – Rem’s strong arms holding her, just the thought of it made her blush intensely.

Rem propelled himself into the air, clearing several meters in one jump while the girl closed her eyes – this was the agreed method of transportation between them and the best way to clear a lot of distance within a short time.

’Where should we go next?’ Rem thought, ’Even after absorbing those souls, I’m nowhere near holding a candle to my opponents, I should really start targeting these masked figures one by one, but she’ll be in danger,’

He didn’t want anybody innocent to be caught up in his battle but the more time they spent within the dungeon, the more danger they were exposed to.

’If I don’t find them, they find me,’ Rem thought, ’I need to find them and use the element of surprise to my advantage – they were five of them and I’ve already killed two, that means there are three left,’

’I’ll need to find the weakest one out of those three and attack,’ Rem thought as he fell atop a stone pillar, pressing his foot against it and jumping into the air yet again.

"R-Rem," Megan suddenly said in a tiny voice.

"Yes?" Rem asked while his hair swayed in the wind.

"Have you ever been in... love before?" Megan asked and the sudden question immediately broke Rem’s concentration, nearly causing him to miss the next pillar he was going to jump on.

But he landed on it, leaping into the confines of the air once again and he stared down at Megan.

"Love? No," He said, "Honestly I don’t even know what that word means,"

Megan’s eyes shot open in alarm.

"You don’t know what love means?" Megan asked.

"Yeah, is it something important?" Rem replied, maintaining his poker face with ease as he leaped off yet another pillar.

"Yes," Megan said, her cheeks puffed cutely, "But I don’t have the exact words to describe it,"

"Doesn’t that just mean it’s not relevant?" Rem asked.

"No it just means that it’s hard to describe with words but let’s say you feel deep affection for someone, affection that makes you want to do a lot of things for that person, risk your life to save that person, die for that person, that’s it," Megan replied.

Rem pondered her words before looking up dismissively.

"I used to have someone like that," Rem said and Megan’s eyes widened, they grew intrigued, "But she’s no more, I couldn’t protect her,"

"From?" Megan asked.

And as she said that, Rem suddenly tilted his trajectory and Megan clutched to him tightly as a black figure shot past them, slamming into the ground.

"W-what was that?" Megan asked while clutching around Rem tightly.

’A weapon, huh? These people really don’t want to give up,’ Rem thought as he landed on the weapon and turned to their assailant – a demon in white.

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Author’s Note:

Collections, Power stones, golden tickets, we need them all!