"Captain, the second floor has just been cleared," reported one of the officials working at the 'government' tower base, her words coming out erratically as she breathed heavily.

"What? Was the first-floor clearer there?" asked Ria, already making her way towards the tower portal to see the survivors.

"N-no captain. The agents working there didn't report anyone with his description going in. And what's more, there are only two survivors, both are female," replied the agent, trying to keep up with Ria's pace although she could hardly get her sentences out without gasping for air.

'Maybe if I can get these two on our s-' Ria was thinking before the two survivors came into view.

"Wait, don't tell me it's those two?" whispered Ria, turning back to her subordinate, who could only nod her head in agreement.

Standing in front of the tower portal was a frail woman, wearing black thick glasses, with a kitchen knife in her left hand. Her stance was awkward and she kept her eyes fixed to the ground, never once looking up.

What was peculiar about her was the mixture of red and green fluid that dripped down her clothes, and the small blotches of red that covered the left frame of her glasses.

Standing beside her was a little girl who looked to be five, laughing happily as she played with two dolls on the ground. Unlike the woman beside her, she was clean, not a drop of blood on her clothes, however, this in itself was peculiar as well.

"Who let a child into the tower?" whispered Ria angrily, but her subordinate could only shake her head in confusion.

"Hey there, I'm Agent Ria, Captain of the Emergency Response Division, as well as acting head of all government officials within the area," introduced Ria as she approached the two with a forced smile on her face.

"I just wanted to ask you two a few questions about the tower floor you guys just cleared, if it wouldn't be too much to ask of course," continued Agent Ria, however, their response was somewhat discouraging.

The woman with glasses began shivering as if scared of Agent Ria, while the girl acted as if no one was speaking and continued playing with her dolls.

'Sigh, at this rate I'm sure to get fired.'

"I'll cut right to the chase then. I want you two to join a new division that the government has been working on. Of course, there will be compensation, we'll give you anything you want if you show results." said Agent Ria finally, her voice sterner than before.

'What's the point of trying to play friendly if all I keep getting are social weirdoes,' though Agent Ria as she stared at the two waiting for an answer.

The woman with glasses began mumbling something, however, all that Agent Ria could hear were inaudible whispers.

"I can't hear y-" Agent Ria's sentence was cut off by the little girl as she looked up for the first time.

"Mommy and Daddy say they want more friends, but good friends are hard to come by. If I join your party can you get them more friends to play with?" asked the little girl in a sweet voice, a voice so sweet indeed it seemed strangely threatening.

"Y-yes, ofcourse," replied Agent Ria, goosebumps appearing on her skin as she saw the smile on the little girl's face.

"A-Arcanian points. I-I need Arcanian points," blurted out the woman next to the little girl, finally raising her voice.

"Y-yes, of course. I can arrange for that as well," replied Agent Ria.

'I'm wondering if I made a mistake asking these two to join,' thought Ria uneasily as she looked at the two new recruits.

"Okay, please follow me to our headquarters. There you will give a full report on what happened in the tower, as well as an in-depth explanation of your abilities," said Agent Ria, gesturing for the two to follow her as she walked back to her office.

Her subordinate couldn't help but shiver in fear as the two girls passed by her, something about them felt eery, however so did everything else nowadays.

***

"Where are you guys hiding? Come out and play, I'm starting to get lonely," echoed Gray's voice throughout the empty school hallways.

Behind him lay a pile of goblin corpses, drowned in blood and piss. Its red and yellow monotony only broken by the black patches of charred skin caused by the flames of his weapons.

He held a katana in his right hand, with glowing red inscriptions along its length and a glowing blue gemstone at the center of its hilt.

His blood-red eyes contrasted his snow-white hair, giving him a dangerous cold look. Blood and sweat rolled down his forehead as he breathed heavily in excitement, a near erection forming due to the thrill of blood being splattered by his blade.

"Are all of you dead already?" asked Gray as he walked up the final flight of stairs to the roof, the door at the end of the path covered in both goblin and human flesh, with a big X at the center warning to stay away.

"X marks the spot," laughed Gray, drunk on bloodlust.

He kicked down the door, the power he had gained from absorbing all the goblins' blood giving him inhuman strength.

"Hmm, you're awfully big for a goblin," commented Gray as he looked at a goblin about the same size as him riding atop a wolf-like beast standing 4 meters tall with scales instead of fur.

"Well, I've seen a bigger one than you and killed it too. And your little pony, I've killed one exactly like it," laughed Gray before turning into a blur and appearing behind the goblin.

"Now give me more blood," said Gray, two distinct voices speaking at the same time.

"Human, who makes deals with demons, You shall now know death," said the goblin as it blocked Gray's katana with a silver sword of its own.

"Talking goblin?" asked Gray, ignoring his bloodlust for a second due to confusion.

Now that Gray got a better look at it, it was wearing a jet black cloak, its cape reaching ankle length of the beast it was riding.

Underneath the cloak, it wore jet black clothing, with three knives strapped to its chest, and another two at its waist.

On its back was the scabbard of the sword it was currently holding. Glowing black inscriptions ran along both the length of the silver sword and the scabbard, the darkness exuding from it like pure corruption.

A single dark green gemstone gleamed at the hilt of the goblin's blade, its eyes staring dully at Gray as if it were bored.

"Wait, what?"