20 years ago...
Before the *Second Renkai Awakening*, there was a small group of *Destruction* class hunters or just Destruction Hunters, where there are the most powerful demon hunters in the world.
The group was known as "The Complexity Hunters", having four main members: Raizer Fainer (55 years old), Raintalya Fainer (50 years old),
Jonhye Vick (22 years old), Natasha Vick (20 years old)
Raizer and Raintalya were the couple of the group, the oldest and the strongest at that time.
Jonhye and Natasha were two blood brothers, being people with great talents, who could surpass the duo. They were incredible... while they were alive.
Slady, however, was not a member of the group. He was an acquaintance, a friend. To this day, Slady remembers the day Elisa was born.
15 years ago...
He was alone in his library, which is not much different from what it is today, it was a silent and lonely place.
Suddenly, the library door opened, revealing Raizer and Raintalya, where the woman was holding a baby in her arms, still feeling a little weak after labor. Raintalya looks at Slady, offering a gentle smile.
"Good morning, Slady. I'm a mother now."
The woman seemed to be feeling more fulfilled than ever, Slady looked at Raintalya, letting out a yawn.
"I'm happy for you."
Slady says, always in such an emotionless tone. Raizer goes to Raintalya, picking up Elisa.
"Let's see if Slady will want to hold her."
"Oh, of course, dear."
Raintalya leans back on the couch to relax, Raizer goes to Slady, looking as happy as his own wife.
"Do you want to hold her, Slady?"
Slady looked Raizer in the eyes and at the baby.
"I don't think it will hurt me."
"You'll like it, Slady. Just be careful not to drop her."
He puts Elisa in Slady's arms, he holds the baby with his bionic arm with a certain delicacy so that she doesn't feel pain.
Elisa looks at Slady innocently, biting her toes with her gums, she didn't feel afraid, in fact, she grabbed Slady's long hair and tried to put it in her mouth.
Slady remained quiet, thoughtful. Then he looks at Raizer with a question.
"Are babies that strange?"
He asks in a sincere tone, genuinely curious. The man gives a brief laugh, going to take Elisa into his arms again.
"They're not strangers, Slady. She's just a baby-"
As she tried to pick her up, Elisa grabbed onto Slady's shirt, not wanting to leave the man's lap. Raintalya laughed quietly in the background.
"I think my daughter liked you, Slady."
Slady put her hand over Raizer's, stopping him from pulling the child away.
"You can leave her alone, Raizer."
"Of course, take good care of her."
Raizer moved away, sitting next to Raintalya, wrapping the woman's body in a warm hug.
"Honey..."
The woman kissed the man's lips gently, placing her right leg over his, hugging him back.
Raizer placed his hand on her belly, caressing her affectionately.
"Do you still feel the pain, honey?"
"Not so much, I'll be better soon."
The two of them hugged each other, even after so long of marriage, the love they both felt for each other was beautiful, very beautiful.
Slady was busy with Elisa, the baby kept climbing the man, he remained impassive, letting the girl do whatever she wanted.
Elisa tried to climb up to Slady's neck, but she ended up falling, being easily caught by Slady, who put her on his lap again.
"Don't try again, little one." His voice was emotionless, firm, not wanting disobedience.
But Elisa didn't obey, grumbling, she raised her small arms towards Slady's left arm. The man didn't understand, but he put his own arm close to the girl, who took his fingers and wrapped them in her mouth, starting to suck, as if she were breastfeeding. So Elisa ended up sleeping on Slady's lap
A few hours later, everyone was at La Taberna, Slady was sitting in a corner, drinking a sweet wine, Raizer was serving drinks to Jonhye and Natasha, the brothers drank the beer, seeming to be having fun that night. Raintalya was sitting near Raizer, breastfeeding Elisa in her arms and drinking a little too to keep up with her friends and her husband.
It was a pleasant night, no one was there to disturb. Despite being further away, Slady felt comfortable with those people, he wanted everything to last a long time, he wanted that feeling to never go away...
13 years ago...
One day, the oldest and most dangerous Inferius, "Inferius Complex", ended up having the Second Renkai Release.
The core of Inferius is similar to a giant gate, where Krythos was sealed, the most cruel and perverse being that humanity has ever seen, subjugated by Zyrionq (God), expelled from the heavens and thrown to earth, as a human.
Even though Krythos was reborn as a human, it did not stop him from almost causing the end of humanity, committing heinous and disgusting acts. As the bearer of Renkai Energy, he ended up creating the Inferius Complex, causing a catastrophe on a global scale, almost decimating humanity.
His "end" was found when a man managed to awaken his "Mana Liberator", balancing the battle against Krythos, who was sealed by man in his own creation, being "condemned" to live eternally imprisoned.
But even after the First Renkai Awakening, nothing would be the same again, humanity would have to face the Inferius that would emerge and try to destroy the human race every day, the human race would have to improve itself with the Renkatas found in the Inferius and still master magic to become stronger.
Returning to the memories of 13 years ago...
The city of Libretãnhya (humanity's last hope) was in flames, bodies of demons and humans around Slady, who walked with a sniper rifle in his right arm, heading towards the huge portal of the Inferius Complex. Looking back and seeing that some people had survived, the bodies of Jonhye and Natasha, who were killed. The women and men trying to help each other with healing magic, already accepting that they would not be able to bring their brothers back to life.
The Inférius Complex is a huge dimension that is made of some "biomes" within the dimension
Inférius Blizzard: it is composed of ice and snow, always at low temperatures, its renkai creatures are characteristic of ice or snow.
Inférnal Infernal: the closest to hell itself, it is hot and its demons are more rocky and have parts of fire in their bodies.
Aquatic Inférius: within the waters or just made of water, the demons are marine.
Forest Inférius: the most "normal" of the Inferius, where there are demons in their most natural form, not adapted to certain environments. But also, it is one of the most unpredictable.
In the center of the Complex Inferius, there is a huge hole, where the "Gate of the End" is located, where Krythos is sealed and it is the gate that opens when the Renkai Release happens.
When Slady entered the Complex Inferius, a body was thrown at high speed towards Slady, he was fast enough to catch it with his mechanical arm.
When he saw it, it was Raizer, who was badly injured and unconscious. When he looked ahead, he noticed that it was Raintalya, who was different... she had become the *Destroyer of Blood*.
Destroyers are humans who have not been transformed into demons by Renkai energy, their bodies becoming much stronger and remaining human, but if they cannot take control of themselves, they can be dominated by Renkai energy, following only one instinct...
Destroy.
Raintalya, now looking at Slady, did not recognize her friend or her own husband in the man's arm.
"..."
Her gaze was cold, starting to go towards Slady, conjuring a blood spear.
Slady did not have much of a choice, so he threw Raizer's body towards Raintalya. Without hesitation, the woman prepared to pierce her own husband's body.
But suddenly, Slady appears below her with a sweep, pointing the sniper at her face and shooting.
She narrowly dodged the ammunition, failing to attack Raizer, so her focus completely changed to Slady.
"You..."
She points the blood spear at Slady.
"You won't live to see tomorrow."
She lunges at Slady with the spear, he dodges the attack, making Raintalya (Destroyer of Blood) hit a rock on the ground.
Slady prepares to shoot her in the head, but Raintalya manages to pull the spear out and defend herself with it, which ends up being dismantled by Slady's sniper shot.
"For a human... you're doing very well." She says in a cold tone.
She conjures another spear, going towards Slady, who had remained standing and places the sniper on her back, pulling two pistols from her coat.
"I'll make you free, Rain. Even if I have to kill you." Slady says in her emotionless tone.
"You really are pathetic, human." She laughs arrogantly.
"We, Destroyers, are the most powerful weapon of the Renkai and you, a mere man who is not able to release his mana, think you will defeat me?" She says in a cold tone.
"..."
Slady let out a sigh, it was true, he is the only person in the world who does not have a mana releaser.
"Your ignorance is ridiculous." Slady looks at Raintalya, right in the eyes.
"Whoever is controlling you, I will not hesitate against you, Raintalya Fainer. If your life will be the price to pay to save thousands or even yourself..."
Slady loads the pistols, looking at Raintalya with no emotion on her face.
"I will do it without regret."
Slady takes a few steps back and kicks Raizer's body towards the portal so he won't be hurt during the fight.
Raintalya wasted no time, she advances with her spear towards Slady.
She releases it in the air and throws the weapon towards Slady, who dodges it and starts shooting with his pistol. Raintalya creates a kind of blood barrier, preventing her from being hit. She grabs the spear and runs towards Slady, starting a series of blows against him.
The man dodges the attacks, taking small cuts on his body and clothes, but he counterattacks, punching Raintalya right in the face with his mechanical hand. She spits the blood on the ground and tries to attack Slady with a stronger attack.
Slady moves away and shoots with the spear, the reaction between Slady's fire and electricity-fused ammunition with the renkai energy and the blood from Raintalya's spear causes a small explosion that throws them both away.
Slady holds on because of his bionic hand. He grabs the pistols that were thrown in the air and looks around to find Raintalya. Suddenly, she appears behind Slady with the spear, ready to pierce him.
But with a reflex, Slady punched the spear, causing Raintalya's weapon to be dismantled and the punch to hit her breasts, causing great pain in her body.
"Hmph!"
She releases blood from her mouth, looking at Slady.
"How... that's not possible."
"Of course it is."
Slady walks towards Raintalya, fixing the mechanical arm.
"It's been a short time since you took over my friend's body," Slady says, emotionless.
"You can't control her body completely, it's still too young to be able to develop your true power."
Slady aims the pistol at Raintalya, then before he shoots, she conjures a kind of blood stake and places it on the barrel of the pistol.
As he shot, the bullet hit the stake and whipped towards Slady, who narrowly dodged the bullet, hitting her earlobe, causing her to be burned and electrocuted.
"..."
He didn't change his expression, Raintalya took advantage and conjured a spear and tried to cut Slady's legs.
The man quickly noticed and jumped back.
"I think I wasted time explaining, I won't make the same mistake."
He removed the stake and prepared to shoot her again.
Suddenly, Raintalya had placed the spear on the ground and jumped, running towards Slady, who quickly put away her pistols and pulled out her sniper with her mechanical hand and hit it against the spear, causing a reaction that made the two of them move away.
In the small distraction, Slady threw the sniper into the air and went to Raintalya and punched her in the face with his mechanical arm. He caught the sniper in the air again and hit her in the leg, making her fall.
Slady aimed the weapon at Raintalya's face and fired, but she managed to rest the tip of the spear on the rock of the Infernal Inferius and tried to kick Slady from above in the direction of the head.
He ended up hitting his head, making him fall to the ground.
Raintalya landed on the ground with elegance and prepared to pierce Slady's skull with the spear.
He spun at the last second and struck her in the face with the sniper. Slady ended up coughing up blood and swallowing it. He grabbed Raintalya's spear with his right hand and hit her in the face with the handle. Slady aimed the sniper at her face and fired.
Raintalya dodges and pulls the spear out of Slady's hand and tries to attack with a horizontal slash.
Slady leans back and dodges the blow, but suddenly, two bloody stakes fall towards Slady's face, he dodges and Raintalya tries to give a horizontal kick to Slady's face, he counters with a punch to her leg.
"Hm!!"
The woman moved her leg away, seeing Slady advance on her, punching a more sensitive area of her breasts and then taking the sniper and hitting her face with one tip and then shooting her in the heart.
The woman moved away, spitting blood and putting her hand on her breasts, feeling the shot she had in her heart, her eyes begin to return to normal, as if she was beginning to lose control of Raintalya's mind.
But suddenly, his eyes shine even brighter, showing that he not only managed to maintain control, but took complete control of Raintalya's body and mind, making her hair change, becoming similar to her own blood and her eyes undergoing a similar change.
Slady took a few steps back, realizing that the fight would become more difficult
"Then I have no choice..."
He placed the sniper on his back, pulling out the two pistols, joining them both in a socket and holding them with his left hand.
His mechanical hand is free to use it in combat, he places his hand on his eyepatch, removing it and revealing an ocular prosthesis with a black background and a red glow.
From his back, five mechanical claws emerge, all swinging and pointing aggressively at the Destroyer of Blood.
Now Slady's battle against the Destroyer of Blood has taken on another level.