Amidst the black aura that enveloped the cemetery, James found himself staring at a strange crimson window, as if it didn’t belong to the real world. His heart raced, and he felt a profound fear, as if he had unleashed something he should not have.
“What is this thing?” he asked in a trembling voice.
A strange voice emanated from the unusual window.
[Welcome, Child of the Dark. This is an assistant system created to aid the heirs of the great Monarch ########.]
James focused on the magical yet twisted words that appeared from nowhere, as if they were answering his question.
“This must be a dream, yes, it’s just a dream.” The boy let out a pained laugh, tears streaming down his face. “I can’t believe I trusted a strange voice and believed I’d really become stronger.” James thought to himself in deep sadness.
He then heard another sound coming from the window. He lifted his foggy eyes to read.
[This is not a dream , Child of the dark . You are not weak. You have a magical element that has not been unlocked yet, and as your assistant, I will unlock it for you now.]
“I have a magical element? You’ll unlock it for me?” James whispered. “This damned hallucination is playing with my nerves. It’s all because of that book.”
The boy turned his head to see the book but froze in place. The book that had formed from his mother’s corpse had disappeared.
“Just as I thought, it really is a hallucination.” He looked at his mother’s grave, and his eyes widened and a great fear filled his body . There was only a skeleton where his mother’s body had been.
“What the hell ? it was real” The boy couldn’t finish his sentence before he was overwhelmed by an unusual sensation of heat.
“Damn it, I’m burning!” He lowered his gaze to check his body, but he wasn’t burning.
“what ?" he screamed " Then what’s burning me?” In an instant, the sensation of heat in his body intensified, and he felt his organs boiling. The boy let out a pained scream that echoed through the empty cemetery.
“This is painful!” The boy cried out in agony.
In the midst of his pain, he heard the voice from the window again.
[Your magical element * Fire Magic * is now being activated. Please wait.]
“Magical element? This damned thing is burning me from the inside.” he screamed
In a fit of anger , the boy got up and tried to strike the window with his hand, but it passed through and he fell to the ground in pain.
[This window does not exist in the real world. Please do not attack it and wait until your magical element’s seal is removed.]
The boy remained in intense pain, recalling memories of his mother in their old home and their simple, happy life together. He felt as if he were on the brink of death, which was what he had desired since her passing.
" this is what you wanted james to meat her in the after life , i guess im going there now "He closed his eyes and tried to relax, resigning himself to the possibility of death.
“James, you must never give up. Your mother wouldn’t be able to be proud of you in front of her friends if you don’t try.” The boy, who had resigned himself to death, heard a warm voice dancing in his ears. he opened his eyes in agony It was his mother’s voice when he lost a race against another child. He had felt great disappointment back then, but his mother had helped him get back up.
James gritted his teeth and screamed in anger, “You cursed window, how long must I endure this?”
[Two minutes.]
James got up from the ground and looked at the red window in front of him shivering he asked . “Will this really help me in my revenge and goal to become the strongest?”
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Crimson words formed before the boy in a terrifying harmony.
[You are the Child of the Darkand the rightful owner to the Book of Abyss and the heir of the great monarch, Your destiny is to become the strongest among all. You can seek revenge against whomever you wish and kill anyone you desire.]
James formed a pained smile. “Then I will endure this pain and avenge everyone who caused my mother’s death. I won’t stop at revenge; every evil soul must disappear, and I will be the one to eradicate them.”
James, who felt his internal organs burning with pain, forced his head to look at his mother’s grave and formed a gentle smile. “Mother, I will avenge those who did this to you. I have the power to do it now.”
The boy, staggering from the terrifying pain, approached his mother’s grave and sat quietly in front of it, waiting for the process to finish.
After two minutes, the pain suddenly vanished from James. He lifted his head and looked at the window in front of him. a sound entered his ears
[Congratulations, sir. Your magical element has been activated.]
A small smile formed on his face, and he got up from his place. He focused his attention on the palm of his hand. In the darkness of the cemetery, a red flame materialized before him.
He remembered the red flames of his mother and how she had proudly displayed in front of him.
James closed his hand making the falmes disappear and returned to the grave, he went on one knee and with steady hands started scooping dirt to fill the grave containing his mother’s skeletal remains.
After finishing, he looked at it one last time, then placed the rubber flower on the metal piece in front of the grave his mother wrote before dying
and left for his uncles shop
On the metal piece, it was written:
Serena James
Beloved Wife
Mother of the Best Child in the World
My Son will
James left the cemetery and headed to Mr. Michael’s shop. In the meantime, he paid no attention to the people around him and did not lower his head. He walked among them as if he were no longer weak.and afraid of them
“So, am I the only one who can see you?” James asked the strange window in front of him.
[Yes, sir. You are the only one who can see me.]
James nodded in understanding and then asked, “Is your presence just to remove the seal from my magical element?”
[No. My master said that he was very weak, so I studied your body and found that your magical element was sealed, so I just removed the seal. Your true power is your original magical element, not the second one.]
The boy suddenly stopped amidst the crowd and looked at the window in front of him in astonishment. “My second magical element? Isn’t fire my only element?”
[Your original magical element is Dark Magic, not Fire Magic. This system is here to help you unlock your power. For now, you have one drop of blood, which is required to obtain books, and you have only one ability.]
“What’s the ability?” the boy asked in curiosity.
Another crimson window appeared before him.
[Ability: Blood Manipulation. Details: The user can control a person’s blood and paralyze their body. Duration: According to your current power, you can paralyze for only two seconds.]
The boy’s eyes widened at this information.
“So I have both Fire and Dark Magic? That’s truly remarkable.”
In his astonishment, he accidentally bumped into a passerby.
“Watch where you’re going!” the man shouted.
“I-I’m sorry,” James replied, stammering.
The large man looked at Jamesand the lowerd his gaze to see the iron chain around his neck, and furrowed his brows. “What’s this? You’re a slave? And you dare respond to me? Do you think you’re at my level bastard ?”
The large man struck James with his left hand to the stomach, sending him crashing against a wall and causing him to vomit blood and passing out
The large man approached James to finish him off. “You filthy creature, you soiled my trousers when you bumped into me. You must pay the price.”
James, who was unconscious, could not move.
The large man picked James up by the head and dragged him across the crown into an empty alley and threw him against the wall
“I’ll finish you here so no one interferes , its been so long since i killed someond and your oragans are wirth alot in the black marekt , curse your luck kid ”
The large man, eyes reddened with rage and excitement advanced toward the weak boy in front of him, intent on ending his life.
[Attempt to kill the heir detected.]
[Heir is unconscious.]
[Activating automatic Monarch Aura.]
In the dark alley, a crimson aura emanated from the boy lying on the ground.and surrounded the area The large man fel his strength disappearing and fell to his knees, trembling.
“W-What is this!” The man tried to scream, but no sound came out.
A terrifying voice echoed in his ears. “Who are you to attempt to kill the heir?”
The man’s eyes turned red and bloody, and his heartbeat accelerated unnaturally his arms and feet trembling as if he is infront of something greater then his existence
“i am sorry , i -i am sorry , Help me!” The man tried to call for help with trembling voice tears comming from his eyes but he couldn’t speak.
“Know your place, mortal,” the terrifying voice thundered in the man’s ears, causing his eardrums to burst and blood to flow.
The man begged crying . “I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, i will not do it again please i have a child ” he pleaded, bowing to the child on the ground surrounded by a crimson aura.
The boy on the ground raised his left hand involuntarily and pointed a finger at the large man.
The terrifying voice echoed once more in the man’s mind.
The boy’s lips moved on their own. “Disappear.”
In an instant, the large man’s body turned into a pool of blood and vanished from existence.
The crimson aura around the boy disappeared.
and they alley fell into silence
the red window appeared before the unconscious child
[You killed a person +10 drops of blood ] [Monarch Aura used.]
[-10 drops of blood.]