Modern World Warlock-Chapter 92: Corruption

After Jake was escorted home by Dante and his group, he greeted his parents and prepared himself to sleep.

As the boy was lying in bed, he texted his friends Lina and Tommy on their group chat, where they reminisced about the good times they had with the Omega Team.

At one point, Lina sent the boys a good night message and fell asleep. However, Tommy and Jake were feeling quite energetic, so they kept chatting on their phones for a while.

It had only been a few minutes since the girl left the conversation when the boys noticed a message appearing at the bottom of the chat box.

["Lina is typing a message…"]

["LOL, Lina can’t sleep either."] Jake posted on the group.

Tommy chuckled while lying on his bed, patiently waiting for the girl to say something.

["Guys, I’m scared. Can we meet at the park?"] Lina said on the group chat, alerting the two boys as the message looked urgent.

Hastily getting up from his bed, Jake put on a jacket and shoes before sneaking out of his window to avoid waking his parents up.

The teenagers had been living on the same peaceful residential street since they were babies, and while they weren’t direct neighbors, they were quite close to each other.

It only took Jake and Tommy a few minutes to arrive in their pajamas at the dark park. There was a playground with a few swings, a slide, and a sandbox on one side and an open grassy area on the other.

"She is still not here?" Tommy asked, arriving at the park mere seconds after Jake.

"Do you think she is okay? It’s not normal for her to ask us to meet in the middle of the night…" Jake said.

"True—that’s mostly your thing," Tommy jokingly commented.

After waiting for a few minutes, the boys heard footsteps coming toward them, making them turn and notice Lina standing a few meters away from them.

The girl’s hair was down, covering the top half of her face in a somewhat sinister manner. She was wearing her pajama dress without shoes and stood still for a few seconds with her arms hanging on the side.

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"Lina, are you alright? It’s a bit chilly… Here, use my jacket!" Jake said as he approached the girl.

’What’s this eerie sensation…?’ Tommy thought, keeping his gaze locked on the girl

In a sudden change of attitude, Lina smiled warmly and thanked Jake for his concern, making the boy blush a little from embarrassment.

Unbeknownst to the teenagers, Detective Alice and June had followed them to the park after seeing them leaving their homes, hiding behind a short brick wall by the entrance.

"What the hell are they doing here at this time?" June whispered to her superior.

"I have no idea. I saw the kid leaving his home through the window, so it’s safe to say they want to keep this a secret," Alice replied, keeping her voice down and perking her ears to listen to their conversation.

"So, Lina, why did you call us here? What happened?" Tommy inquired.

’Hmm, the girl called them both here…’ Alice pondered.

The girl gazed at her redhead friend with widened eyes and an uncanny smile that startled the boys for a moment.

"Lina…?" Jake muttered.

Suddenly, they were interrupted by a deep voice praising Lina for a job well done, prompting the teenagers to turn around hurriedly.

As soon as their bodies turned, they were instantly frozen in fear as a heavy pressure could be felt on their shoulders, which came from the tall monster standing before them.

"Wh-what are you…?" Jake stammered, his voice breaking from the absolute fear coursing through his body.

"Now… I would like you to tell me everything you know about Hellslayer," the massive demon said with an intimidating tone.

’Who!?’ Jake thought, utterly confused at the demon’s words.

Putting his hand in his pocket, Jake began to look for the soul shard given to him by Dante.

*Stab!* The sound of a knife interrupted Jake, making him feel a painful sting on his back that dropped him to the ground.

"Lina, what the hell are you doing!?" Tommy shouted, seeing that the girl had stabbed Jake in the back.

The blonde’s expression showed a wicked smile as she got on top of Jake’s back, pulling out the knife and going for a second stab.

*Shunk!* Jake’s right shoulder received another knifing.

"Arrrghh!" Jake screamed in pain.

"LINA STOP!" Tommy shouted again from the bottom of his heart.

The demon began chuckling at the sight and said that he was quite entertained, his comment sounding like he was praising the kids.

By the park’s entrance, Alice and June were also frozen in fear after the demon’s appearance, hiding behind the brick wall with sweat trailing down their temples.

Their guts were telling them to run away and not look back, but their minds couldn’t leave a group of teenagers alone with a monster.

After taking a deep and calm breath, Alice pulled out her pistol and showed herself to the demon, pointing it straight at the monster.

"Nobody moves!" Alice shouted, prompting June to come out of hiding with her gun.

The presence of the detectives caught Lina’s attention for a moment, and Tommy relished the opportunity to try to get her off Jake’s back.

However, as soon as he approached her, the girl turned around with a furious expression and sliced his hand, making the boy stand back cautiously while holding his palm in pain.

The detectives walked inside the park a bit more, with Alice not budging her aim from the monster for a single second.

Meanwhile, June pointed her weapon at Lina, noticing that the girl was crying while still holding onto the bloodied knife.

"Please… shoot… I don’t want… to hurt my friends anymore…" Lina muttered, her voice stopping after each word.

"Don’t shoot!" Jake shouted while bleeding on the ground.

June’s hand trembled slightly, remembering that Camille told her about the demon who could corrupt people.

The creature laughed again. "So entertaining… A cop is about to kill a kid," he said.

Alice gritted her teeth with anger and shot at the demon, hitting him in the chest. Nevertheless, the wound healed almost instantly, leaving the woman in shock.

Following her discharge, the demon pointed his claws at Alice, and she was flung forcefully towards the creature, stabbing her gut with his sharp nails.

As Alice was impaled, she coughed blood, and her body went limp, allowing the monster to lift her up like a trophy skewered in his claw.

Tommy stood on the side in utter shock and disbelief.

On one side, the detective had been stabbed by the demon. On the other, her friend was being controlled and was imploring to die as she was killing his other friend.

Detective June was trembling from fear and anticipation, and the pain in Tommy’s hand from the slice was getting more prominent.

It was as if time had slowed down momentarily for Tommy, who remembered the face of Zac, his savior, and grabbed the soul shard in his pocket.

He knew that it was an artifact given to him by Dante, but the kid didn’t have the same type of attachment to the warlock as he had with the redhead.

With his mind wholly blank, the teenager threw the crystal against the ground and shattered it, generating a black mist that spun furiously at the point of impact.

"Huh… what the hell?" Zac asked himself as he appeared in the center of the dark park.