For couple of minutes, kenshi look for Gomez but whatever he look around. He couldn't find him everywhere.
Since he knew Gomez was here, he decided to check the basement.
Thanks to the information he read in the scrolls. He didn't need to waste time. Beating a poor soul to death just to ask, "where is the hidden basement."
When he found the secret passage. He saw lots of people in ragged clothes.
The people looks barely alive as he can see the exhaustion on their faces.
"Come on! faster!"
As one man shouted. The poor man drop to the group and the man just pick him up and beat the crap out of him.
Kenshi, who saw this only shook his head and said.
"No matter where I end up, there is always a bastard like him."
As he felt disappointed in human society. He didn't waste his time to help the man.
He was a Shinobi, a assassin work to kill and saving people are the job of the hero or law.
As he goes deeply, he witness different floors on which the drugs are making, stored and even some took samples then test it to the addicts.
Everytime he moved, his heart turned cold. But he couldn't do anything to save this people. He was alone, weak and trying to not be killed.
Even in his previous world, he was the same as now.
Once he reach the end. His instincts warning him tell that. "Whatever you do. Don't entered inside."
Of course, kenshi ignored it and entered.
When he was inside, he saw a tree, it's small that the size of a puppy and he witness that there are group of people.
At the center was Gomez with his two guards. This people look like paled and there expression was hallowed.
It didn't need a genius to know that this people are already dead.
"Is this a necromancy?"
At Kenshin's question. Shell replied.
"No, that tree is the one who controlled them."
"How can you tell?"
In Kenshin's calm question. She smiled and said.
"That tree was a tree of death. It's main power was to devoured the souls of the victims and use it to control the people.
Of course, the tree of death was different in necromancy. Unlike those Buffons, the tree of death control them but couldn't command, since the tree doesn't have a consciousness except if they detecting danger or hunt food using instincts.
Those people will just stand there, wandering around the tree and if a prey was near. The corpse will moved to capture the victims."
"I see, them why that Gomez and those bastards didn't attacked by those zombie hordes?"
"Oh it's simple, you see those items in their neck? They are death charms. It repellent any undead and also it makes them invisible to the eyes of the undead.
Moreover, the tree of death can't do anything about it. Since the tree may find them, the death charm just repellent for the undead and they just ignored them."
As soon as she stop speaking, kenshi start investigating.
From the looks of it, Gomez must be preparing to start a zombie attacks. But since those undead are few. He can't start right away. But why does he was here?
At his question, he noticed the fruit in the tree branch and ask.
"Hey shell what is the purpose of that fruit."
At his question, shell saw the dark fruit and calmly replied.
"Oh? Those are the soul fruit."
"Soul fruit?"
"The soul fruit are the collection of all the souls that the tree devoured. If someone eat that fruit. It increase his lifespan and probably turned himself young again."
"So, your saying that he just wait until the food was fully matured."
"Yes, but looking at the fruit. It probably won't be long until that fruit become fully matured."
"I see."
Once he heard enough, he took the desert eagle and calmly said.
"Let's make hid day to be ruined today."
Bang!
As he pulled the trigger. The dark mana bullet was fired towards Gomez. But his surprised. The little girl named Tanya already notice him.
With a wave of her hand, she materialize a mana shield. But shell scoff and said.
"As if those worthless shield will block my bullet."
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
Multiple layers of barrier was easily destroyed her mana shield, causing Tanya to widen her eyes. Of course, her partner shack quick grab Gomez to avoided to get him.
But unfortunately for him, the bullet hit his leg but not yet dead.
"Ugh!!!"
As he felt pain in his leg, kenshi click his tongue but shell was happily smiling. This made kenshi to notice her and ask.
"Why are you smiling?"
At his words, shell replied.
"Kenshi, do you know why we are called the curse weapon?"
When kenshi think of it. He didn't know why and she calm said.
"It's because once you got hit by the curse weapon. Any part of your body will never function. In other words. He will never use that leg again."
Upon saying, Gomez struggle to stand up cause kenshi to be surprised. But shell continued.
"Moreover, the bullet that embedded in his body will never be removed. Not even the pope himself can't dispell my curse. Moreover, if you killed him. His soul will devour by me and changed it into dark energy which mean, My body changes turning into a different weapons."
"Different weapons? Does that mean you can changed into sword?"
"Not exactly, I changed defending on my owner's imagination. In other words. If you imagine I became a spear. I'll turned into spear, if you want to increase power to obliterated the whole city I can do that too.
But it's depends on the owners will power or how many people he killed. Some owners used souls to increase power and changed weapons instead of will power, because it drained them too much causing them to lost conscious and end up in bed.
Resting for a couple of months and the owners like you, don't want to be end up like that. Besides if you choose to collect the soul and turning them into dark energy.
You can see the chamber that am empty and each souls was like a drop of water. Meaning you have to kill a lot of people."
As kenshi nodded, he look at the injured Gomez and calmly raise his pistol and ask.
" So how many souls until you change?"
At his words, she coldly smile and said.
"10 thousands souls and if it's a sinners. Only 5000 without charging for the next batch, the more sinners they are, the better the results."
Once he heard this, he smiled wickedly under his mask and said.
"Then am starting to hunt more criminals to protect my family this time."
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!