After the conversation with Rin coupled with the numerous disappointing upgrades, Damian completely lost interest in spending more points. The excitement he initially felt after becoming a Demon Noble had faded considerably. He had entered expecting some absurd abilities worthy of his growth and instead walked away with martial arts, utility skills, and several abilities he apparently could not even use safely.

He stared at the massive talent tree one last time then turned away. The world inside his mind slowly faded as darkness swallowed his vision before his awareness returned to reality.

Damian slowly opened his eyes and the interior of the SUV greeted him once again. Beside him, Rin sat quietly on the leather seat while staring outside.

Neither of them spoke. The atmosphere inside the vehicle felt heavier than before.

Eventually Damian broke the silence.

"Do you have an idea who might be trying to kill me?"

Rin frowned deeply as its tails curled inward. For a while it said nothing while its thoughts turned rapidly.

To move deities and influence Dukes, only a few beings in existence possessed enough resources to make that happen. Then gradually one figure surfaced in Rin’s thoughts.

The Prince of Envy!

Rin’s eyes narrowed as he remembered that monster was infamous in the underworld, not for combat but greed of another kind.

Envy. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Not the desire to possess but the inability to tolerate others possessing things beyond him. The Prince of Envy had spent millennia collecting artifacts, inheritances, divine relics, cursed weapons, and impossible treasure all owned by beings of equal or lesser standing.

But what he was most known for was not the items he acquired but the means in which he acquired them. Envy was like a vulture but the kind that brought the predators that would kill the prey.

While he is considered amongst the weaker siblings, he was feared more than the powerful ones because his greatest weapon has never been force, iIt was strategy.

He was the kind to get what he wanted by trading priceless things for even more priceless things. Over time, even deities have become willing to exchange favors with him just to get their hands on one of his priceless treasures.

Despite not speaking Damian already read part of Rin’s thoughts.

"You believe he’s the one that put a bounty on me?" His eyes narrowed.

Rin nodded slowly but lacked confidence.

"He’s the only one I can think of." Its ears twitched. "But I can’t find a reason."

"The Prince of Envy isn’t the type to attack targets without value."

Rin looked at Damian.

"As far as we know no one should know about your Abyss inheritance and if they do they will be fighting for themselves and not the prince so what could they possibly want?" Rin’s expression became strange.

Damian literally has nothing they should care about so it didn’t make any sense.

Damian listened and stared ahead silently for a while until a thought crossed his mind

"You said he’s the Prince of Envy right?" He asked.

Rin nodded.

"What if what he envies is my reputation?" Damian spoke calmly.

Rin blinked in surprise but Damian continued.

"What if he envies the fact that I killed a Duke only months after obtaining my inheritance?"

Slowly Rin’s eyes widened in realization. Envy was not limited to objects. People envied status, glory and attention and now that Rin thought about it, every demon they met after Haborym always brought up the Dukes defeat.

Even Jota!

And it made sense because it had never happened before. A newborn Prince killing a Duke should be impossible and impossible achievements generated legends.

Suddenly the Abyss’s warning made more sense, this event was never going to disappear. Every demon in existence was probably watching this planet, waiting, wondering and expecting what impossible thing would this new prince do next.

Rin slowly nodded in understanding as its expression darkened.

"I can’t say for certain but right now, this is our best explanation." it admitted .

Damian stared outside quietly for a moment, then asked.

"So what do we do?"

"We tell your wives and we recall most of the demons Jota gathered. You need maximum security." Rin answered immediately.

Damian opened his mouth to speak but his phone interrupted.

Ring!

His annoyed eyes shifted toward the screen and then softened immediately upon seeing it was Twenty.

A faint smile appeared.

Among everyone left on Earth, this idiot was quickly becoming his favorite human. Damian picked up the call but before he could speak Twenty exploded from the other side.

"CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MASSIVE WIN MY BROTHER BUT THAT IS NOT ALL." His voice sounded excited while music blasted faintly behind him. "WE FOUND THE MOTHERFUCKER THAT SHOT YOU."

At this moment there was a loud pouring sound, like water being poured into a glass cup.

"SHOULD I SEND MY BOYS TO PICK HIM UP?"

Twenty laughed loudly while pouring champagne. However his laughter weakened when he got no response for several seconds.

"Hello bro?"

BANG!

Twenty jumped violently and the champagne bottle slipped.

CRASH!

The glass shattered and his drinking glass tipped over but he ignored all of it as his eyes remained frozen on the figure outside standing beyond his massive glass door.

It was Damian standing calmly with a five-tailed fox sitting on his shoulder. The ground beneath him had shattered as cracks spread outward.

Twenty stared blankly as his brain struggled to process what it just witnessed .

"Nigga, you can fly?" He blurted without hesitation.

Damian shrugged Indifferently like it was nothing "It’s complicated."

Without moving, the sliding door opened and Twenty suddenly felt his feet leave the ground. His eyes widened as an invisible force wrapped around him gently and then carried him like he weighed nothing.

He drifted across the room until his feet landed before Damian.

From this close proximity, Twenty noticed Damian looked different in so many ways he doesn’t explain. But there was one thing he couldn’t wrap his head around.

"Did you get taller overnight?"

Damian blinked and gave Rin a questioning look.

"Did I?" he asked

"I think you added a few inches." Rin shrugged.

Buzz!

Twenty froze as his eyes widened, he only remembered the fox now it spoke. Twenty had seen it when Damian appeared with his dramatic arrival, however his brain somehow kept forgetting it existed until it spoke.

"Oh shit..." His eyes widened.

Then suddenly his face exploded with excitement.

"My first demon!"

Damian and Rin froze at the unexpected reaction. Twenty immediately rushed forward and circled Damian while inspecting Rin from different angles.

The man looked genuinely excited instead of terrified.