Five minutes later, the Shadow Demon was tied to the only chair in the warehouse. To prevent any kind of accidents from happening, Cassius broke its limbs completely and stuffed its mouth with a cloth.0

Cassius discovered, through his experimentation, that the Shadow Demon couldn't communicate. The Shadow Demon wouldn't reveal anything about its origins or any details about its rules. It wasn't that it wasn't unwilling, but it was more like it didn't know.1

It was a killing machine designed to act instinctively once manifested. Its sole purpose was to kill Cassius, its host. Shooting another look at the terrified Shadow Demon, Cassius lit a kerosene lamp nearby, crossed his arms, and leaned against the wall.0

The Shadow Demon couldn't...0