Atlas: Lightning From The Wild West
43: BEELZEBUB

BEELZEBUBS

Cheryl smiled broadly after receiving her wages. However, his expression changed after counting it.

"Bounty Store doesn't have a lot of fans" Cheryl said.

"Of course the pay is not as big as you Adventurers, plus our work is inhumane. We sometimes have to take jobs that require killing targets" Indra replied.

"If it only kills me often too. Starting from Goblins, Orcs, Wyverns, Devils, even Dragons" Cheryl said.

"What about humans? The question is, are you capable of killing humans?" Ask Indra.

Cheryl speechless.

"Where are you going now?" Ask Indra again.

"I don't have a plan" Cheryl replied.

"Then you can go home first, I still have business here" Indra replied.

"You sure you don't want me to be with you?" Ask Cheryl.

"I'll be happy. However, you look tired. Rest" replied Indra.

Cheryl agreed with Indra's advice and said goodbye to him. For now, Indra intends to try to find information about the Necromancers. Indra did not want to bring Cheryl into this matter as this was her personal matter. Indra then tried to ask the Owner.

"I have a little question, lately has there been a bunch of Necromancers rioting?" Ask Indra.

"So this is why you're expelling the stranger? Try remembering. Necromancer huh? Hm. wait a minute. Let me remember" replied the Owner, rubbing his thin beard while thinking.

"Oh! I remember! Lately there have been many cases of tomb demolition. However, there are not many perpetrators whose identities have been revealed" continued The Owner.

"That's enough, give me the job" Indra replied.

"You want to hunt the Necromancer? Not just like you. About that, I have some recommendations" said the Owner issued several sheets of paper containing the price of the Necromancers' heads. 

In all the posters it also says "Only Dead" which for the Bounty Hunter means carrying the suspect's body intact. Almost all are Rank A+ missions except one that has Rank with the sign "?" Indra without a second thought immediately took everything at once.

"These fugitives are in the Southern Territory, a very difficult place to access. Are you sure you still want to take it?" Ask the owner of the place again.

"There's no problem with that" Indra replied.

"As usual, I can't guess the contents of your mind" said the owner of the place again.

"That's a good thing, at least for me" Indra replied.

Now Indra has more reasons to go to the Southern Region. However, he did not want to rush. It was not easy to enter the Southern Region, nor was it when intending to get out from there. At least those Necromancers needed some time before they could get out.

Before returning home, Indra intends to take a walk in the market. Maybe there were things that caught his attention, so he stopped there that night.

As he walked through the market, he felt a familiar air. However, the air was not often felt.

"Beelzebub you've met in a place with an atmosphere that is not much different from this place, Indra" said a voice that suddenly appeared in Indra's head.

Indra looked around while confused. He heard Luzin's voice in his head. However, there were no signs of her being around. Eventually, Indra began to focus on the Luzin words he heard in his head. If indeed he had encountered someone strange in a market, he only thought about Reven Stahl. A merchant he met in the Northern Region. Finally Indra knows the origin of this foreign air. Reven must be around that market.

Indra then ran to look for Reven's trading wagon. If it was true what Luzin said, then Reven was one of the 3 Demon ancestors, the Lord of Torment Beelzebub. Although it does not make sense for a Devil to be a traveling merchant. 

After a while later, Indra managed to find Reven's trading wagon. Indra also saw Reven who was sitting relaxing beside the trading wagon. Indra slowly approached him.

"Hey! We meet again! I have a lot of new stuff! So, what do you need this time?" Tanya Reven who immediately stood up to greet Indra.

"I didn't come as a customer, I came to see you Lord of Torment, Beelzebub" Indra replied.

Reven laughed thinking Indra was joking. However, seeing Indra's glued gaze staring at him Reven also began to be curious about Indra. Suddenly Reven's eyes turned bright red, not only that. However, the entire place also lost its color. Just Beelzebub's eyes lit up there, the movement of the people around also looked like it was slower.

The bewildered senses began to look around him and tried to touch the passersby slowly. However, his body pierced through those people. It was as if they had not seen Indra.

Even Reven's voice changed drastically, before he sounded like a friendly market trader in general. However, this time he did not even sound like a human.

Hearing that, for the first time Indra felt fear after all these years, he began to sweat coldly and his breathing felt heavy. He finally understood why many people were afraid of the Devil, the difference was that Indra met their ancestors directly.

"Are you going to stand there without saying anything?" Ask Beelzebub.

At that very instant, the moon that did not have a bright shining color in the blink of an eye. The beam makes everything return to normal, Beelzebub also returned to normal. Beelzebub was startled and started to standby. All of that happened as if the Moon God was warning something to Beelzebub. However, shortly after everything returned to normal Beelzebub's eyes turned red again and all the colors there again disappeared. Seeing Luzin watching him, Indra became calmer.

"So that's it. The Moon God sent you. What does he want from me?" Ask Beelzebub.

"He said if I needed strength, then I should come to you" Indra replied.

"just that? All right" reply Beelzebub.

 "Why would you just like that? I thought talking to the ancestors of the Devils would be more difficult" Indra said.

Beelzebub smile.

"He was a figure who had existed even before time was created. Getting into trouble with him is like suicide. Now give me your hand" said Beelzebub.

Beelzebub who had held Indra's hand then used his magic and gave a mark on Indra's palm. As the mark began to appear on his palm, Indra began to feel pain. However, not much, but over time the pain became more and more so and made Indra scream in pain. His palm felt extremely hot as if his palm was melting. The pain lasted for 30 seconds. However, it felt like it would never pass for Indra. 

After the pain disappeared, Indra looked at his palm and saw a sign shaped like the letter "B" that joined the letter "Z" Indra still could not believe he had made it through the pain. His body suddenly felt lighter than usual, something felt very different from before.

"Good sword, give it to me for a moment" Beelzebub said.

Indra then drew his sword from the scabbard and extended it to Beelzebub. Beelzebub did the same with the sword and made the same mark on it. The sword was now darker in color and felt very light in Indra's hands.

"Actually, what does this sign do?" Ask Indra.

"A Sign of a Sin. It is the epitome of demonic blood that has flowed in your body" Beelzebub replied.

"So I just became a Devil. Okay, but that hasn't answered my question" Indra replied.

"Don't you feel it yourself? Besides, name this sword" Beelzebub said.

"Pregnated her? Hm.I still need to think about it a little bit" Indra replied confusedly.

"Storm catch. That's a good name! Storm catcher" Indra continued.

"Good name selection" replied Beelzebub.

"I still can't believe I'm now half a Devil" Indra said.

"No, you're still a human being. However, the blood of the Devil runs through your body. Only a creature equal to the Great Witches would realize A Sign of a Sin" Beelzebub retorted.

"Thank God" said Indra.

"Luzin has never treated a human being so special. Who the hell are you?" Ask Beelzebub.

"I'm just a pathetic person who has no purpose in life" Indra replied.

"Good hat" Beelzebub said.

In an instant the atmosphere there returned to normal.

"You don't want to buy anything? I sold a lot of good merchandise" Reven said. His log back sounds like a friendly market trader.

"Which one are you?" Ask Indra.

"Come" Reven replied.

Indra then left the market and returned to the Angel Eyes Saloon.