Chapter 55: Another Demon King
I ran without stopping, following the blinking dot on my map. Desperation mixed with adrenaline, forcing me to go faster than I thought possible. Finally, I reached the top of a hill. At the summit, in the moonlight, was a shadowy figure searching for something, moving back and forth like a predator. My map didn’t reveal its name; it only showed the red dot with no information. I forced myself to stay calm and just kept observing it without attacking.
I activated my [Lunar Senses] ability to get more information, but it was useless. It was as if the being wasn’t real, just a black shadow, a lifeless void. It was the first time I had seen a completely black body, apart from the soulless corpses I had seen while killing lizards.
"What the hell are you?" I thought, as I activated [Temporal Evaluation]. What I saw chilled me to the bone.
[Doppelganger Lvl 9]
"Shit...," I thought. According to what I had heard during my time in the kingdom, only beings that had reached level 90 or more could have abilities of this level.
The shadow stopped abruptly. It turned, stared at me and tilted its head, as if it were confused. Slowly, it began to walk toward me, stopping a few meters away. I remained calm, pretending that nothing was happening to prevent it from suspecting anything.
"I see... you are a hero, and a very powerful one," the Doppelganger spoke, its voice sounding like a whisper of a thousand voices at the same time, causing me a slight headache from listening to that cacophony.
The shadow began to sniff me like a dog, its body trembling slightly. After a moment, it backed away while screaming at the top of its lungs as if it were terrified of seeing me.
"You killed one of us... Impossible..."
"Who did I kill according to you, Doppelganger shadow?" I asked, maintaining my firm and arrogant tone.