Story 06: Fiendsmith [VBEX5]

“I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with light!”

STORY & ILLUSTRATIONS No.06
Fiendsmith
“Fiendsmith Engraver” is a lone wolf demon hunter who defeats demons and forces them to make a contract with him in order to make their power his own. This is a tale about a man who lives in the underworld and a quirky demon who cries crimson tears.

In An Unseen World Where There Are Many Demons And Monsters Abound, There Is A Certain Man Who Is Utterly Diabolic…
There is a man that fights demons, using the transforming weaponized coffin “Requiem” that he obtained from a demonic contract. All he does is fight demons, either through bounties he receives or ones he happens to encounter. However, whenever he fights, he’s so brutal, that even real demons call him a “Demon”. This man, dubbed the “Fiendsmith”, hunts down every demon that comes into his field of vision.
Fiendsmith Engraver

The Transforming Weaponized Coffin “Requiem”
An enormous coffin that the Fiendsmith carries with him. The Fiendsmith forcibly feeds the demons he defeats into this “Requiem”, and makes them form of a contract with him, and when he decides to unleash their power, he feeds Requiem a dog tag inscribed with the demon’s true name. Used tags are fed to his familiars “Sanct”.
Fiendsmith Requiem

Fiendsmith’s Sanct

Fiendsmith’s Tract

The Demon Summoning Form “Sequence”
A mode that allows the forced summoning of the devoured demons. A summoned demon is thrown into a brutal battlefield whether or not they want to get involved. There is also a mode that allows the Fiendsmith to be possessed by demons with whom he has a strong contractual connection, while Requiem transforms into a weapon or piece of equipment that suits his possession.
Fiendsmith’s Desirae

Fiendsmith’s Sequence

The Demon God Form “Agnumday”
A combat mode in which Requiem itself becomes a demon. While he’s out of control in this form, his raging appearance is truly that of a Demon God.
Fiendsmith’s Agnumday

SECRET IMAGE
Fiendsmith Requiem

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TL notes:
-The line mentioning that Engraver is called the “Fiendsmith” writes it in kanji as 悪魔鍛冶師 (akuma kajishi, demon smithing master), force-read as “demonsmith” (localized as “Fiendsmith” in the TCG).
-We have previously translated the reference art for Requiem from a Twitter post, which also features Engraver.

Stay away from the woman with the crimson tears.
Rumors have spread about her around the abandoned luxury buildings.
The Fiendsmith heard about the rumors, but wasn’t interested in them. In general, anyone dealing with petty things like that are not really worth much.
Lacrima the Crimson Tears

A woman who confused forming a “Contract” with a “Marriage” proposal. After an incident in one of the abandoned buildings, she took a liking to The Fiendsmith, and offered her body and soul without a single demand of compensation. As a result, she’s able to support him by astral projecting without being completely sealed within his weapon of choice. However, in order to unleash 100% Lacrima’s power, words of love are necessary.
Fiendsmith’s Lacrima

The Fiendsmith left the slums, searching for somewhere to sleep for the day. He came across a fancy hotel with a prominent clock tower. In the past, only government official scale VIPs were allowed to enter building, but The Fiendsmith busted down the door, and rudely made his entrance.
Immediately, he heard a voice echoed through the halls that struck him as either sobbing or a mocking laugh.
A girl with crimson tears in her eyes appeared. They quickly signed a contract. Immediately, Requiem transformed for combat. For some reason, the woman blushed and nodded aggressively.
Fiendsmith Kyrie

The Fiendsmith went to confront Mestopheles, the most evil demon in existence, the source of the “Day of the Devil” that caused the end of the world as everyone knew it. Before Mephisto, who stood higher than everything else, the Fiendsmith found himself in an absolutely dire situation.
During all this, Lacrimosa pops out on her own and offers a contract. The Fiendsmith hesitated for a moment and then reluctantly accepted.
“Gimme every last drop of ya, girl—!”
Fiendsmith’s Rextremende

The evolved form he obtained from forging a traditional contract with Lacrima. Her tears have become bullets that pierce any enemies that stand in their way.

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Thanks to 过户费喜加一 at Bilibili for the scans

TL note:
-In the line where Engraver agrees to form a contract, he uses a very vulgar tone.