My Eros System Grants Me Infinite Romance Routes
Chapter 6: Aura of Dominance...
CHAPTER 6: AURA OF DOMINANCE...
Akira walked towards the storage closet slowly with his dagge r at the ready. "He re goes nothing," he muttered and kicked open the door with hi s legs.
The imp turned ar ound quickly, his sing like an animal that has been cornered. Up close, it looked even more frightening. Its grey leather- like skin was tight over its bony f rame and it had ears that resembles that of a b at that twitc hed nervously, and its glowing r ed eyes burned with a hu nger that made it see m truly ev il.
"Human... lust..." it said. "You. .. smell of it. . ."
Akira didn’t wait for it to finish.
He swung th e dagger in a wide arc, aiming for its h ead. The cr eature sh outed and dodged to the side with unnatural speed, rushing up the wall like an oversized spider.
"Shit!" Akira stumbled back and ne ar ly tripped over a mop buck et.
The imp launched itself from the wall with its claws out, aiming straight fo r his throat. Akira raised the dagger just in time, and the blade caught the creature across its chest.
Green bl ood splashed across t he close t floor, burning w here it landed.
"Gaaaah!" The imp tumbled backwa rds, trying to hold its wound. "You... you killed one of us... I smell it on you..."
"Yeah, and you’re next," Akira growled, moving forward and closing the distan ce, despite his trembling hands.
The creature his sed again and tried going for his legs this time.
Akira kicked out out of instinc t, his foot c onne cting with the creature’s face. The impact sent a shock of pain up his shin, but the imp flew backwards, crashing into shelves filled with cleaning supplies.
Bottles fell t o the ground, some breaking and releasing the strong smell of bleach.
"You’re tougher than you look, human," the imp snarled, walking around him like a circle now. "But you’re still weak and pathetic. I can t aste your fear."
" Fuck off," Akira shot back, adjusting his grip on the dagger.
The imp rushed forward again, this time pretending to go to the left before going right. Its claws grazed across Ak ira’s arm , tearing through his jacket and drawing bl ood.
"Argh!" He stumbled backwards, his free hand going to the wound. I t burned like fire.
"Delicious, " the imp cackled. "Your pain is..."
Akira didn’t let it finish. He st abbed forward with everything he had, catching the creature in the shou ld er. It shouted and sta rted thrashing violently as green blood pour ed from the wound.
But it wasn’t enough; the imp was still moving.
Suddenly, Akira’s vision flashed with the red text:
[CHOICE AVA ILABLE: USE AURA OF DOMINA NCE – COST: 15 PP]
[WARNING: This will revea l your power to anyone nearby.]
Akira gritted his teeth. He was running out of options, and the imp was getting more aggressive.
"Use Aura of Dominan ce!" he com manded.
[PU RC HASING SK ILL...]
[AURA OF DOMINANCE ACTIVATED]
[PERV-POINTS: 65]
I mmediately, something changed inside him. H e felt like a wave of pressure coming out of him from his chest, invisible but very powerful. It felt as if his very p resence had weight, as if gravity itse lf was listening to him.
The imp’s eyes widened in ter ror. "No... no! Th is power... It’s not possible !"
The creature tried to run away, but the aura from Ak ira held it in place like an invisible hand cru shin g down on it. It whimpered, dropping to its knees with its claws clutching at it s head.
"Stop... please... master..." it whined pathetically.
Akira felt the power inside of him; it was int oxicating and addictive. His body pulsed with ener gy, and for a momen t, he understood what Ai had meant about perverted power.
"I said you’re next," Akira said in a cold voic e.
He raised the dagger high and brought it down with brutal force, digging the blade deep into the imp’s skull. The creature’s body convulsed o nce, t hen twice, before it went s till.
Green blood begin to gather under it, but only for a moment. The corpse started dissolving fast, breaking down into a sickly green mist that floated upward.
Akira tried to step back, but the mist moved like it has a mind of its own, rushing toward him and forcing its way into his nose and mouth.
"Gah! " He choked, but couldn’t stop it.
A rush of pow er f ille d him. It was strong, intense and im possible to igno re. Every nerve of his body felt the feeling of new strength.
When the mist finally dissolved in the air, he was left panting. His heart w as beating fast and swe at was dripping down his face.
The system pinged:
[IMP DEFEATED]
[ PP +20]
[ POWER +3]
[NEW QUEST UNLOCKED: FIND AND CLOSE THE OPENED PORTAL]
"A quest?" Akira gasped, still catching his breath.
"Yes," Ai replied in a gr ave voice. "That imp came from somewhere. There’s a portal nearby, probably a small on e but it’ s growing. If you don’ t clos e it, more will come. Stronger ones."
"Ho w do I close a portal?"
"We’ll figure that out. But first, you need to su rvive long enough to find it."
Akira turned away from where the imp had been, wiping green blood from the dagger with a rag he found on the f loor. His arm still burned from the claw marks, but the wound was already st art ing to close, p robably another benefit of his increas ed Power stat.
This wasn’t just about high scho ol revenge anymore. The demons were real, they were organis ed, and somehow, he was caught in the mi ddle of it all.
He barely had time to hide the dagger back in his gym bag b efore t he door to the changing room swung open.
Mia Takahashi was standing there with wide eyes, her gym bag hanging over her shoulde r. She was wearing black leggings and a sports b ra; her hair was pulled back in a high ponytail. But h er expressi on wasn’t flirtatious or teasing like before.
She was staring at the remaining green dust swirling near his feet, slowly fadi ng into nothing.
"What the hell wa s that?" she demanded, stepping closer.