As he punches himself someone will notice…
The martial artist with this keen hearing will come over thinking it might be the animal that killed the woman
as he peeks into the bush he see's something wearing the skin of a man…
His mouth and hands covered in blood. His tears falling and melding into it
A shocked expression on his face as they stare eachother down
And without a word said the martial artist will draw a sword
"W-wait, I didn't want to eat her I swear. I-I wasn't in control" our protagonist will say
And the martial artist will not converse…he hesitates for a singular moment. Before slashing down
Our protagonist will quickly raise a hand up trying to protect himself
*Clang!*
The sword will bounce off his red hand…seeing this they both are shocked…and the protagonist will run
He will run as fast as his legs can take him
Running and running and running but…
He hears rapid thumps from behind him
Rapidly approaching he will turn around and try to block with his other hand
*Schick*
The martial artists blade will cut clean through
Searing white hot pain with shoot out from where his arm is
The protagonist will speak…well more of a sob "P-please I don't even know who this body belongs to. I-I was just reincarnated here"
The martial artist will freeze
And he will speak "Reincarnation? Only the strongest martial artists can do that and…by your demeanor your not one of them"
The pain will flip a switch in our protagonist …as soon as the martial artist stops speaking he lunges
His remaining red hand going for the martial artists throat
The martial artist will swiftly block however…he is pushed back by the beast like hand
And the martial artist will speak again "Fucking demons, shouldn't have trusted you" and expecting him to fight he will take a stance with the sword out in front of him
But the body runs, even faster then when his actual conscious was there
The martial artist's fury is heard throught the forest as he try's tracking him but to no avail.
Back with the protagonist he is still running…he won't feel tired…he won't feel angry for losing an arm…he feels terrified
'I-I almost died' he will slow down as his consciousness takes back over
'I-I need to hide' and so he digs out a pit and sits within it
It takes him a whole day with the missing arm however he will manage to do it…then cover the top with branches and leaves
And as he finally goes to sit down…he will feel a rush of energy
Unknown to him his 'meal' finished digesting through his damaged digestive track
And with the energy comes…relief
Quickly a new arm will grow from his previous stump…
His damaged digestive track is now healed…and in the naval area.
He feels something "W-was I reborn in a Murim world? It would fit the clothing…swords…and I think this is qi…I-if that's the case it makes sense I'm called a demon" he will sigh and curl up on himself
"Whoever this body belonged to was probably a demonic martial artist if my memory from the manhwa I've read is correct" he will say bringing his hands to his face
"A-and what I did wasn't me it was the demonic energy within me right?" He will chuckle dryly making an excuse…
Ignoring the fact that he didn't have qi until he ate the woman.
He will sit in this hole for a day…waiting for a martial artist to come by and hopefully miss his hiding spot…
But it never comes…
After another day of waiting and doing nothing, he will leave his hiding spot
And now he is hungry again "n-no I'm not going to eat another person" he will say to himself pushing out the memories…
The memory of how good it tasted…the memory of the satisfaction of eating to his hearts content…
He will slap himself to force the memory out "No I'm not a monster…I'm not a fucking monster"
He will decide to…wear something to disguise himself and check out the town from before…they bound to have food he can eat there right?
And so…the best he could do is take the skin off of a wolf and put it on his head
And his stomach will rumble in glee
"W-we're not going there to eat people so don't get your hopes up…"
It seems he is already becoming a bit cuckoo…talking to his stomach like it has a consciousness
And he will walk into town having clawed out some eye holes in the wolf mask with his hand
And as he nears…the smell alone is like a mental attack
Eroding away at his will
Eroding away at his humanity
He will continue on and…enter the town. Practically plugging his nose to resist temptation
And on the way he see's a wanted poster
'Jinhong Agma'
"Crimson demon?" (The translation for it)
And randomly a old man will walk up next to him
"Yep apparently he killed and ate a mother a few days ago. They say he is no longer human" the old man will chuckle
"Ridiculous right?" The old man will ask
And so…Jinhong will stare at the wanted poster and think 'I…don't look half bad?'
They did a full painting version of him and so here is how he looks
Medium length white hair with a blotch of red on his cheek…similar to his right hand
Otherwise he looks like a fairly good looking dude
"So uh…why haven't anybody gone after him yet?" Jinhong will ask shuffling closer to the old man drooling but stopping himself
Not with the usual thought of morality but of…
'It's to bright out everyone would see'
And he himself will catch this though and be horrified
The old man will speak "Well I heard they are reporting the fact that a new demonic faction is rising. Then they want to have a bunch of other sects join in in the hunt. Doesn't make sense to me they could just crush the demons" the old man will say clearly prideful of his local sect
"H-hey old man mind giving me a tour of the town?" Jinhong will ask