Reincarnated As The Diabolic System

"Hey, are you okay?" Lia looked concerned as she glanced at Shane.

The latter blinked as he came back to himself. He nodded and lowered his head. No one could see the expression on his face after that.

A few moments later, he raised his head. He seemed to mask his emotions to the depths of his eyes and stared at the scene with a frown on his forehead.

"We can use this scene to trigger the demon."

Lia narrowed her eyes, but said nothing about it. She nodded as she uttered a spell under her breath. In the blink of an eye, the two came out of that memory to the present world. The demon with hair all over his body became even more agitated. It seemed they had just remembered the demon of his sore spot.

The demonic red eyes glanced at Lia in utter anger. Then a horrific roar echoed from his mouth.

Lia scoffed. "You demon, you were a system once, weren't you? What happened to you? Or should I ask, what did Ed do to you?"

Shane was already back in his system space as he stared at the screen with a complicated look. He didn't know whether to rejoice upon finding a clue or to feel sad. The person's dead body he wanted to save himself had issues. He had his suspicion of Dark, the demonic being who killed Tess.

Now he suddenly found out that Ed was himself colluding with them…..

Shane felt his breathing erratic as he continued to think about this. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. It didn't matter anymore now that he had found out. It might even be a misunderstanding since he didn't know the entire picture.

That's right. He didn't have to be so anxious about it anymore.

After thinking about it, Shane quickly got up and said, "Ask him about Ed. Did he really collude with the demons?"

Lia raised her brows. "Well, sure. Won't you ask me about how I know Ed's name?"

"You have come here. So you must have met him already. Why should I ask you unnecessary questions?"

Lia nodded and turned toward the demon, dodging another attack as she yelled, "Demon, Ed really colluded with the demons?!"

The latter roared even louder this time as if saying yes.

Shane sighed. He suppressed the emotion in his heart and focused on the screen.

"You're a mess. You know that? Ed used you for his benefit, forcing you to become a demon," Lia's voice was laced with a strange coldness that made Shane shiver from head to toe. "He continued his teacher's duty until death, leaving you all alone in this world to become a demon."

"Ed's dead….?" the demon finally opened his mouth and spoke.

His voice was hoarse as if he hadn't drunk water for a long time already. The demon paused his steps as his entire body froze for a moment. Suddenly, his entire body was covered with a black aura. He roared at the top of his voice.

"HOW THE HECK CAN HE DIE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION?! I WAS SUPPOSED TO KILL HIM!!!!!"

Lia scoffed as she dodged another attack from the demon. "Come on, Demon King. Is that the best you can do?"

"You will pay for your insolence, girl. I will destroy you."

"Sure," said Lia, silently pulling out a sword from her inventory, pointing the tip straight toward the demon's neck. "I'd like to see you try. You're not exactly scaring me, you know."

"You will regret your words. I will make you suffer." The Demon King finally raised his paws and attacked the girl.

"Oh, I don't think so. You're all talk and no action. Prove me wrong, Demon King."

"You will regret this. I will make you regret this."

Shane watched as the two went back and forth like this without stopping. He finally got a headache.

"Why are you chatting with him?"

"Don't you see? I'm forcing this guy to become angrier. He might end up self-destructing because of frustration, you know?"

No one said a word after that. The Demon King started getting increasingly frustrated as he kept losing against Lia.

"You can never defeat me, lady," said the demon as he attacked the girl again.

Lia clicked her tongue, easily removing the danger, and attacked with her sword. She didn't even use magic to defeat the demon, as if she was trying to show off her skills in front of Shane.

"You're getting slower, Demon King. I can see the fear in your eyes."

Demon King really sweated, but he pressed his lips and said, "You think you can beat me, girl? I'm the strongest creature in this world. I'm not afraid of you."

"Then why are you shaking? You're losing your power. I can feel it."

"No! I'm not losing to you. I'm just getting started," said the Demon King as he gritted his teeth and attacked her.

"I don't think so. You're weak, and you know it. You can't beat me," Lia's tone seemed magnetic in Shane's ears as he watched the fight. "You are so powerless. I can fight Ed head-on, but you, you don't even stand shoulder to shoulder with him. You're just trash who that hypocrite of a teacher used. Are you going to let him ruin your life like this? Are you?"

Her words seemed to have broken a thread within the demon's body. The latter trembled as a dark aura surrounded his body swiftly.

"YOU DAREEEEE!!!!!" The demon roared at the top of his lungs as energy blasted out of his body.

"It's over, Demon King. You're finished."

Those words were the last straw that provoked the demon. Before he was about to blast out completely, Lia spoke first.

"Goodbye, Shane. We'll meet next time."

Before Shane could say anything, the demon blasted his body. His energy was so hot and boiling that it burned up the entire world completely. At this time, the whole demonic realm felt a tremor because of that.

When Shane opened his eyes the next moment, he was already back in the space where he had started with the hooded girl. He sat on the ground for a moment, reflecting on what had happened.

The information he got was too much to process. His brain seemed to have malfunctioned at the moment.

First, Ed had something to do with the demons.

Second, Lia wasn't an average person and even know his name.

Third, he didn't even ask her about it!!!!

Shane pressed his finger on his forehead. Just then, he received a kick. He raised his head to see an angry hooded girl standing before him.

"Are you done sulking?! Or do you want to be even more shocked?"

Shane lowered his head and the expression on his face. He took a deep breath and got up on his feet.

"I'm fine."

"That's better," the hooded woman crossed her arms on her chest. "Because I need your help with something."

"My help?" Shane tilted his head, still in a dazed condition.

"Yeah. We have to go to another job. Rest for an hour and meet me at the black market shop. See ya."

After that, Shane came home. He was still confused and bewildered. He just went to bed without having dinner and slept for an hour.

It was Hope's call that woke him up from his deep sleep. By this time, Shane had already sorted his emotions as he accepted the call.

He had thought he didn't care about anything, but he did. Even though Ed wasn't as competent, that bald man was still his master in the name. At least, Dirt was still the person he owed. So how come things turned out this way?

Shane looked at the girl who had an angry expression on her face as she yelled, "Do you see what time it is?! How come you're still at home?"

He looked at her background and said, "You're also not there yet."

"You-" She was about to say something when Shane opened his mouth.

"I'll be there in five."

After that, he hung up the call and rubbed the bridge of his nose. He remembered he still had Dirt's power. He opened his stats, and sure enough. Time was added to his attribute. He closed his menu and thought for a while.

Since he didn't know many things, he might as well think about how to get into the past to see through reality. At least, he might become peaceful after learning the entire truth. But the question was, who would tell him what he needed to do? Dirt wasn't around to teach him the power of time.

Although he did have the robot's database….

He could see Dirt's videos and learn. He might even find clues about Ed and why he colluded with demons back then.

After making his decision, he got up and washed his body. He then put on some clean clothes and walked straight toward the familiar building.