In A Parallel World With Random Skills, I Reluctantly Become A Mafia Boss?

Chapter 23: Demon

Thinking that the flames would devour the bright figure, I focused my senses on observing the enemy's movements at this time. When I saw the little boy, Edacitas, sprinting at a speed unattainable by humans, towards the west side of the forest, filled with dense trees, I start to cast my movement skills on myself once more, and quickly move towards him.

But again, I was shown an even faster speed right before I managed to overtake the enemy, in that short amount of time. The other figure, that was adorned with black gales, went ahead of both of us, and quickly shot out sharp-looking wind blades towards Edacitas.

There was no resistance.

The blades were so sharp, that even the bones of a 'Demon King' didn't make a sound when being decapitated limb from limb. It was like looking at a heated knife, cutting through butter. When I finally regained my bearings, I saw the little boy, who was arrogant just a little while ago, screaming in pain as his legs had flown through the air, drawing an arc of blood as it spilled into the night air.

"...Why!? Why!? Why can't my 'Inherent Skill', <<Bottomless Hunger>> absorb your attacks!? This is impossible! One such as I, cannot possibly die in a place like this!!"

He was frantically screaming about something, but I was paying only the least amount of attention to his ramblings. Instead, I was looking at the figures out of the boundaries of common sense, that appeared on both of my shoulders with shock and amazement.

Now that they were not moving, and I finally took account of the situation, I immediately drew a conclusion as to what exactly were these figures, and where they came from.

Well, they were 'birds' though.

Perched on my right shoulder, while showing its carefree side of stretching both its dark-colored feathers, was the bird covered in darkness and gales, which decapitated the legs of a 'Demon King' in a split second. Now that I took a closer look at it, I recognize the breed of bird it belonged to.

With dark round eyes, and a silver lining at his back, and a glare that looked as if it was looking down on everything, calmly observing me and the surroundings...

A mysterious bird of prey, the Raven.

Meanwhile, the one that surprised me even more, was perched on my left shoulder.

With bright shining sky blue feathers, with white linings covering most of its wings, was the shining bird that fearlessly dove into a sea of burning hot flames, and came out unscathed. I didn't know what exactly happened, but somehow, each of its wings were producing different temperatures.

Feeling the chilly winds close to my neck, it seems its right wing was producing cold air, while I felt that the edge of my shoulder was heating up considerably. It was a strange-looking bird. Don't get me wrong, it looked beautiful, almost divine even.

But, I have not encountered anything that looked like this...Wait.

Somehow, this one looked familiar.

Ah, now it all fits together. These guys came out from the 'Phoenix Egg' that my first benefactor left me. No wonder they looked almost the same. These little guys were actually the twins that came out from that egg. Which meant that the one on my left shoulder was indeed, a fantasy creature.

The blinding divine bird clad in flames, the Phoenix.

"It seems you both, are the sons of my benefactor."

*Nod*

The black-colored raven on my right only showed a slight nod. It seems my <<Automatic Language Translation>> skill is in top form today as well.