Chapter 142 - Good Summon, Wrong Summoner
Tori's body slowly started to turn transparent while light particles floated around him.
Ban was not surprised by the sight in front of him. He already knew that this would happen the moment Delo was killed.
Every time a Monster was killed, they would no longer have any chance to come back to life again. Their body would remain on the Summoner's World, be consumed by other Beasts or Monsters, be buried by their owner, or left behind to rot.
However, if the Summoner was killed before the Summoned Monster, their body would slowly fade away along with the light particles.
According to the Adventurers, if a Summoner was killed, the Monster would return to slumbering, waiting for the right opportunity to be summoned again by another Summoner.
That was also another reason why he was adamant about killing Delo. Not only was it the right choice to begin with, it would also create another chance for the pitiful Tori.
Tori glanced around his body and he could not help but feel sad upon noticing the particle of lights surrounding him as well as the now dead Delo far away.
His head started to drop down, feeling devastated by what had just happened.
However, a moment later, as if he had already decided, Tori finally looked up towards Ban, staring at his eyes without any fear.
Thank you!
It was the words that Ban comprehended from the way Tori looked at him.
Tears started to emerge in Tori's eyes again. This time, it was no longer a pain due to sorrow but a tear produced due to feeling relieved.
Relieved that his owner would no longer use that method again and relieved that his owner would no longer feel the torture brought upon by that method.
At this moment, the duration of Wrath State has already ended. And even though the Possession Skill could still last for fifty more minutes, Ban decided to end it and let Eva come out.
Eva materialized in front of Ban with her eyes closed. She slowly opened it before she flapped her wings to move towards Ban's right shoulder. At the same time, the Rogue Red Termite arrived beside Ban, waiting for his next order.
Seeing them all gathered together, a smile appeared on Tori's face as he bowed to them, feeling grateful for what they had done.
Growl!
Tori made a soft growl one last time as if saying goodbye before his body finally faded away.
"You were a good Summon. You were just summoned by the wrong Summoner. I hope that you will find a good partner in your next life, farewell, Tori!"
Ban said while bowing his head. Eva and the Rogue Red Termite did the same.
Ban turned around a moment later before walking towards Delo's dead body. Just like what happened to Tori earlier, the dark veins had also already resided the moment he was killed.
Ban did not feel anything after seeing the state of his head as well as the blood and brain that was scattered around it. After all, he had already seen things more gruesome than that when he killed those Beasts, especially the numerous Two-Tailed Rats under that hole.
Although it was the first time that he killed a person, he felt nothing special as he knew from the moment he decided to take revenge that he would need to kill for it to happen.
With his resolve being settled long ago, killing was no longer a thing that bothered him. And besides, after he arrived in the city years ago, he realized that killing was only normal.
Killing inside the city was prohibited and if you get caught, you would just need to spend some time in the prison and pay a massive amount of Gold Coins and they would immediately let you out without any problem.
Dig!
Ban ordered the Rogue Red Termite to use its skill Dig, a skill used for digging minerals.
However, instead of digging minerals, the Rogue Red Termite this time was instead digging for someone's hole.
Nevertheless, the Rogue Red Termite still followed his order without any delay.
A moment later, the Rogue Red Termite dug a deep and wide hole on the sand, enough to fit the body of two persons.
After the Rogue Red Termite finished digging, Ban ordered it to drag Delo's body and drop it towards the hole it just dug.
After throwing Delo's body down like garbage, the Rogue Red Termite finally covered the hole again as per Ban's order.
A moment later, the hole could no longer be seen and it looked the same, almost like nothing was buried under it.
If it was any other day, Ban would really not bother to bury a man like Delo. He thought that he did not deserve to be buried and he should just be left above the surface to rot away or for the Beast to eat.
However, he kept thinking about what Delo said earlier as well as the thing that Tori warned him about before he faded away.
Friend… Tracker…
That was what he understood. He thought that Tori must be warning him about Delo's friends and that they would track him due to what he has done.
Although he was not afraid, he decided to act carefully as he didn't know yet if his friends were strong or not, after all, he's a member of the Dark Guild so he figured that should act more cautiously against them.
For starters, he decided to hide the body first and come up with a good excuse together with Belle. He already has a nice idea of what excuse they should produce.
Delo also said that their plant won't fail. He was confused about it, but he suddenly thought about the untimely Beast Tide that was not supposed to occur yet.
Ban no longer thought about it as he was still not sure if that was really the case. However, he decided to not let the case go, who knows he might be able to stop the Beast Tide if he stopped the Dark Guild first.
He could also just put it inside the Storage Space or Storage Pouch to hide the body away. However, he was reluctant to 'dirty' the contents inside them so his only option was to bury him deep under the sand.
Ban nodded his head, feeling satisfied with the job well done by the Rogue Red Termite. The Rogue Red Termite stood monotonously beside him again, waiting for his order.
However, Ban no longer has any so he decided to let it go back inside the Beast Tattoo again so that it could heal the arm it used for the Bullet Strike earlier.
Ban felt satisfied with its performance so he was planning to buy some minerals later for it to consume and hasten its healing progress. In that way, he would be able to summon it again and let it use the powerful Bullet Strike as a surprise to their opponent again.
He then slowly approached Belle to talk about their excuse as well the things they should hide and the things they can tell the others.
However, before he could reach her, he suddenly halted as a System Screen suddenly popped up in front of his eyes.