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  Shi Xiaobai walked towards the fallen Little Fatso, with his eyes appearing as if the most cruel demon resided within.

  "Foolish human, have you ever experienced despair?"

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  Chapter4 Hero! Hero! Hero!

  "Heroes are unable to save this putrefying world. Magnificent Lord Sahadun will destroy it and kill those useless heroes along the way!"

  "Big Brother..."

  "I am not your Big Brother. I am Sahadun's most loyal servant. Whatever I said to you was just a lie. Foolish mortal, your feebleness has never changed. You are only a fatty who has snot dripping down your nose, forever abandoned by your friends! You are the lowliest existence in the world!"

  "Mommy..."

  "Your fantasies will be shattered by me. Your pride will be trampled by me. Your insolence against His Excellency Sahadun will be met with the cruelest of punishments!"

  "Little Rat, Little Lei..."

  "Tremble and be filled with despair, mortal. Lord Sahadun is here! Your end is here! This world's end has come! Your friend and the little girl you like will all die. They will die without proper burials because of you!"

  "Boohoohoohoo..."

  “......”

  Shi Xiaobai placed his foot on the fallen Little Fatso. With a ferocious look, he kept shouting, while Little Fatso wailed loudly under his foot, sounding depressed and looking utterly helpless.

  Sahadun immediately watched this scene with interest. Having a lowly status in the Demon World, it had never been exalted before. Furthermore, this human's showcase of a show titled "Despair" was quite fascinating. It was a rare indulgence for it to witness how despicable humans would lose their humanity in a bid to survive, slaughtering one another.

  "So the best way of torturing humans is to make them experience despair." Sahadun liked this newfound knowledge. Its three eyes looked at the youth whose back was facing it. Then suddenly, a cold glimmer appeared.

  "Foolish human, do you think that by fawning over this Demon, this Demon will spare your life? After you have finished torturing that little fatty, this Demon will torture you and make your hopes of surviving turn completely into despair. Haha, what a great thing, this thing called despair. This Demon will definitely relish in your despair."

  With this thought in mind, Sahadun felt an increasing sense of anticipation. However, it soon found itself impatient. This was because it realized that the youth in front of it was only using words to torture Little Fatso. Nothing else was done other than the first kick causing Little Fatso to be slightly injured. After that, everything was just an empty show of strength.

  Hence, Sahadun angrily boomed, "Enough! Let this Demon personally torture him!"

  With his back facing Sahadun, Shi Xiaobai's expression immediately changed. His eyes flashed with an intense struggle as he suddenly kicked Little Fatso's belly with all his strength. Little Fatso immediately cried out as he went into a fetal position while grabbing his stomach.

  Shi Xiaobai continued to kick Little Fatso's body forcefully before turning around to speak politely to Sahadun. "May Your Excellency Sahadun please give this lowly one a chance. Let this lowly one kill this foolish human who dared offend you. To be able to contribute my meagre strength for Your Excellency is all the meaning of this lowly one's existence!"

  Shi Xiaobai's eyes were full of respect, madness and infallible loyalty.

  Sahadun turned silent for a moment before it nodded in agreement. To it, for humans to kill their own kind so as to survive, resulting in such an inhuman scene, made it extremely pleased. Besides...the greater the hope, the greater the despair. For this, it was willing to go along with the youth's request, resulting in the most realistic illusion.

  After Sahadun had agreed, Shi Xiaobai turned around and forcefully kicked Little Fatso a few more times before saying politely, "Your Excellency Sahadun, this lowly one knows of a mystical technique. Once it is used, the person hit by it will seem to experience an abyssal hell, craving a death that he would not be able to receive!"

  Sahadun's eyes immediately flashed with a hint of vigilance, but it could not feel a single shred of psionic fluctuations from the boy. Hence, although it was alert, it was also very curious. As a result, it said, "Hurry, this Demon's patience is running out."

  "Yes!" Shi Xiaobai nodded with excitement. He immediately clasped his hands and placed them before his chest, while he began chanting.

  "The nigritude of the burning inferno! Burn unto my body! With the key of darkness, open up the doors of my goal! When the sky is shrouded in a red veil, the land and I will prostrate before you! Awaken, awaken, awaken! Use my blood and make it the most cruel Cursed Flame!"

  Shi Xiaobai extended his arms as he cried out loud. He looked up into the sky, as if he was summoning the power of some form of darkness.

  "Fragments of the King of Demons, the demonic command of the God of Torture, let the infinite nightmare demons descend upon us, scatter the boundless bones, and let the soul-devouring wraiths rain down their curses on the sinner in front of me..."

  Shi Xiaobai shouted in vehement earnestness, as he constantly changed his actions. He appeared devoted yet passionate. It looked like he was really about to summon a terrifying existence and unleash an extremely amazing mystical spell.

  However, a few minutes later, Shi Xiaobai was still chanting away. Sahadun immediately harrumphed coldly, "How dare you fool this Demon?"

  Shi Xiaobai turned around and showed fearful reverence. He said with a placating smile, "I'm almost done. The only flaw of this mystical technique is that it requires a long chant. However, please rest assured Your Excellency, once this mystical technique is unleashed, it would definitely let you witness the cruelest form of torture in the world!"

  A cold glimmer flashed in Sahadun's eyes. Its patience had been completely worn off. It suddenly raised its right leg and kicked Shi Xiaobai in the chest. Shi Xiaobai immediately cried out as he flew backwards, landing heavily outside the sandpit.

  "Your pathetic life will be spared temporarily. Watch and you will see how this Demon tortures humans. The cruelest form of torture in the world? This Demon will show it to you!" Sahadun immediately looked downwards at Little Fatso, whose face was completely covered in tears and snot. Sahadun revealed the cruelest smile.

  "Stop!" Shi Xiaobai felt like his chest was being ripped apart after being kicked. However, when he heard Sahadun's words, he immediately screamed.

  Seeing Sahadun raise his right arm's sickle, Shi Xiaobai's eyes stared painfully as he shouted towards the sky loudly. "Hero! Hero! Hero..."

  Sahadun was momentarily stunned as a derisive smile appeared on its face. It said, "Foolish human, so you were actually trying to stall for time. Unfortunately, this world doesn't have Heroes. You will not succeed in waiting for a Hero. Once this Demon is done torturing this foolish pig to death, true despair will be bestowed unto you."

  Shi Xiaobai turned a deaf ear to Sahadun's words. He was in a frenzied state and constantly shouted "Hero". Every shout seemed to tear his throat apart as it echoed throughout the park, as if it was about to break past the gloomy mist of despair.

  When Little Fatso heard this, he too began yelling together with him. The yelling that intertwined with a weeping accent echoed alongside Shi Xiaobai's yelling, as they resonated into the most heart-wrenching wails.

  "Hero! Hero! Hero..."

  "Shut up!" Sahadun bellowed in anger. Without any further hesitation, it swiped its sickle-shaped right hand towards Little Fatso's neck!

  "Clang!"

  A silvery moonblade blocked Sahadun's sickle!

  A not-so-tall figure had suddenly appeared between the calamity fiend and Little Fatso.

  A charismatic voice filled with warmth, regret and anger echoed.

  "The Hero is here!"

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  Chapter5 Can I call you Bi
g Brother?

  "The Hero is here" were the words Shi Xiaobai was waiting all along for.

  In fact, at the final moment when he failed during his second go, he had heard the same words. At the moment after Little Fatso was tortured to death by Sahadun, and with Sahadun walking over to him, he had slowly closed his eyes, but this line travelled into his ears—The Hero is here!

  But following that, the fiery voice of "Make your choice, youth!" rang in his head. Hence, before he had the chance to catch a glimpse of the late Hero, time had returned to the paused state with the choices.

  "If I can hold on till the Hero arrives, maybe we can be saved?"

  This thought became the faith Shi Xiaobai needed in order to choose "Save Little Fatso" for the third time. To hold on until the Hero arrived, he needed to think of ways to stall for time.

  However, after experiencing two failures, Shi Xiaobai knew very clearly that he was extremely weak in front of the calamity fiend. He couldn't stand the slightest bit of torture, hence, to stall for time, bluffing or putting on airs was impossible for success.

  Thankfully, Shi Xiaobai had received two very important pieces of information during his second failure. The first was naturally that a Hero would come. The second was that the calamity fiend's name was Sahadun.

  Hence, Shi Xiaobai thought of the most likely method to succeed—Flattery. He used the most exaggerated words and phrases to praise Sahadun, in an attempt to gain its trust, and at the very least, divert its attention.

  The effect was beyond Shi Xiaobai's imagination. He never expected the calamity fiend to be so susceptible to praise, allowing Shi Xiaobai to let out a sigh of relief in his heart. However, every word of praise he said to Sahadun made him recall of the tragic cries under the sunset.

  The more he praised Sahaun, the angrier he felt. He could not suppress the sorrow in his heart, as if his tears would instantly flow out of their floodgates, as though all the negative emotions were stirring in his stomach, making him want to barf all he could.

  However, Shi Xiaobai knew that not only was he not to express his true emotions, he had to put on a show of fanatical devotion. This was very, very difficult, but Shi Xiaobai had managed to do it.

  After obtaining Sahadun's "trust", he had to first and foremost save Little Fatso's life. Shi Xiaobai was very dumb, so he used the dumbest of methods, which was also the method of filling a victim with the greatest despair.

  Only the Heavens knew how much he wished that all of this were a dream when he kicked Little Fatso. When he shredded the hope in Little Fatso's eyes word after word, he had hoped so badly that he would immediately wake up from this painful nightmare.

  In fact, he should have given Little Fatso a much worse beating, for only then would he be able to eliminate Sahadun’s wariness. But damn it, he couldn't. After a single kick, he was already on the brink of collapse. He was playing the role of an evil character, the ones he had always hated on, but he longed in his heart to transform into a hero of justice who could put Sahadun down in one punch.

  Dreams were beautiful, but reality was very cruel. Shi Xiaobai had done his best. He had even racked his brains to produce a long incantation that made no sense in the end, causing Sahadun to lose all of its patience. And with that, Shi Xiaobai was no longer able to stop him.

  Shi Xiaobai, who was on the brink of despair, still had the last glimmer of hope that he would await the Hero's arrival. Hence, with this last shred of hope, he began to shout loudly.

  The Hero really came.

  Shi Xiaobai tried his best to resist crying, because he knew now was still not the time for him to cry. The moonblade-wielding Hero might have been able to block Sahadun's sickle-bladed arm, but the battle had only just begun. The most important question was whether the Hero could defeat the calamity fiend.

  "Keep it up, Hero."

  Shi Xiaobai clenched his tiny fists tightly, as he moved carefully towards Little Fatso in the sandpit.

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  ......

  The Hero, who blocked Sahadun's strike with his blade, dressed in a peculiar fashion. He was covered in a tight yellow jumpsuit with red gloves, boots and belt. He also wore a white cape behind him. Even stranger was his head. It was completely bald and could even reflect light off it.

  It was a bald hero dressed like a generic superhero.

  The atmosphere at this moment was similarly peculiar. After Sahadun's right sickle-arm was blocked, its body began to violently tremble. Its deep blue eyes slowly turned crimson red, but not only did it not retract its right arm, it did not even seem to have any intention of doing anything with its left arm.

  Even after the bald hero leisurely withdrew his blade, Sahadun still remained in his frozen state—right arm swinging half-way up—like a statue.

  "How do you want to die? Chopped to death with one slice? Or smashed to death with one punch? Or..." The bald hero spoke as his keen pair of eyes that were filled with murderous intent suddenly went blank when he put away his blade. His originally tensed facial features softened, and he momentarily looked kind of harmless.

  "This...This Demon..." Sahadun spoke with a stutter as his body trembled even more intensely, as if the baldy in front of it was extremely terrifying.

  "This Demon, this Demon doesn't want to die!" Sahadun suddenly roared and twisted its body to escape in the opposite direction. The way it fled looked like a dejected dog.

  Shi Xiaobai stared in astonishment. He only saw the bald hero raise his blade and aim for the fleeing Sahadun who was about to disappear from sight.

  "Don't tell me he can kill the calamity fiend with an air slash?" Shi Xiaobai watched with excitement. He looked at the superhero-dressed bald hero with eyes filled with admiration.

  At this moment, an anxious girl's voice appeared in the distance.

  "Leave its head for me!"

  When the bald hero heard this, he scratched his head and sheathed his blade into his scabbard. Shi Xiaobai was dumbfounded as he looked at Sahadun, who was about to disappear from his field of vision, with an anxious heart.

  Suddenly, an unforgettable scene for Shi Xiaobai appeared.

  He saw that the calamity fiend, which had tortured him endlessly—the Sahadun that was so powerful that he had no way of resisting—had been sliced into numerous tiny pieces in an instant like a piece of tofu cut numerous times.

  Shi Xiaobai was entirely unable to see what had happened, but at that instant, Sahadun fell apart, turning into a mess of minced meat.

  At the same time, from the edge of his vision, a young girl slowly walked towards them.

  As it was quite a distance away, Shi Xiaobai was unable to see the girl's face clearly. She was dressed in a t-shirt and shorts. She had white skin and her impressive figure was telltale.

  "So cool!" For Shi Xiaobai, this was a moving scene that he would never forget in his entire life.

  However, he did not focus on her for long. Instead, he crawled up, while enduring the pain in his abdomen, and then walked towards the sandpit.

  "We did it, Little Fatso.. We survived.. We.."

  The walking Shi Xiaobai slowly came to a halt as he saw Little Fatso retreating backwards in fear. His gaze at him was filled with dread.

  "I've hurt him.. It's all because I am too weak.. If I had been stronger, I would have had a better way of protecting him." The joy in Shi Xiaobai's eyes slowly diminished.

  "Sorry..." Shi Xiaobai said to Little Fatso. His voice was filled with regret as he deeply lowered his head.

  "Big Brother.." Little Fatso spoke in a sudden, crisp voice.

  Shi Xiaobai looked up. That rotund face that was a convoluted mess of tears, snot and sand looked like an old soccer ball under the sunset's illumination, appearing light, yet heavy.

  "Do...Heroes exist?" Little Fatso asked in a whisper.

  "Yeah!" Shi Xiaobai nodded his head strongly.

  "Big Brother, you aren't lying to me?"

  "Yeah!"

  "Am I a member of...Xiaobai's Hero Squ
ad?

  "Yea!"

  "Mommy, Little Rat, Little Lei, all of them won't die?"

  "Yeah!"

  "Big Brother, can I call you...Big Brother?"

  "Yeah!"

  "Wa...Wu Wu Wu~"

  The tiny body leaped up from the sandpit and landed in a similarly small embrace that was just enough to accept him.

  In the park at dusk, Little Fatso hugged Shi Xiaobai, bursting into tears.

  Shi Xiaobai, who was fighting back his tears, could no longer hold them back. Two streams of tears poured out from his eyes.

  "Wa~"

  At this moment, this young, thirteen-year-old child let out a heart-wrenching cry.

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  Chapter6 Hurry Up and Sign a Contract with This King

  The simple dialogue, of two children hugging each other while crying their hearts out, seemed like it could be composed into a tear-jerking story after some arrangements. The cries that mixed bliss and grievance sounded like the most beautiful musical notes and the most elegant script.

  The bald heros’ eyes flashed with a trace of gentleness as he sighed.. He walked towards the girl who was complaining on her way here.

  "Tsk, to think that it's just an F-Class calamity fiend. This tiny bit of points isn't even enough to fill the gaps in my teeth."

  The young girl was around 15–16 years old. She had a delicate face and had skin as white as snow. She had a ponytail behind her that made her look pretty and charming. Dressed in a white t-shirt and black shorts, her chest was propped up with a full curve, while her slim, straight legs had a graceful curve, showcasing her perfect figure.

  Hearing the girl's complaining, the bald hero smiled gently and asked, "Little Riko, what's your ranking now?"

  Riko furrowed her brow slightly. "Teacher One-Pun, you can't add the word 'Little'. Please call your student—Riko."

  One-Pun's dull eyes flickered with a faint amused look, as he nodded, saying, "Alright, Little Riko."

  "Hmph!" Riko responded with an unhappy snort. However, she did not fuss over the matter any further, presumably because she had failed several times before.