Ugh,room reeks of blood.Finally I took all their mana.Who knew that in fact all legends were true?There were martial artists and magicians in this world.Secret societies existed.I made meridians of my own.Mana was such a scarce commodity here,practitioners killed each other for it.

Now I can feel the existence of a realm above this one,but no way of going to it.So this is what they meant by bottleneck.That should be realm of gods!I am so close and yet so far!Maybe I could have broken through if given time.But I already am doomed.

Thick steel door is shuddering under many blows"Come forth Mithra!We will kill you!Pay for all our brother's lives you have taken!"a man screams and finally door surrenders.It lasted long enough.All of masters have come after me.

They all are crazy.Coming at me like hungry ghosts.With bloodshot eyes and desperation.Palms punches and kicks.For each one I take I give one back.Reality itself ripped open with ever exchange.I am filled with power of dozens of masters.But still I cant handle this many desperate guys.

I somehow was able to trick them into the truck and escape...No one should know.I send the code from my phone and my house goes up in blazes.Blown up sky high.I sigh,that was my house for many years now.

I remember my life.When I was young I was called a genius doctor.One day I chanced upon a wounded man who died and saw during autopsy this man was more different than normal.It was when I realized the existence of mana.I call it mana because it was an existence like that.

Spells that could shape the world to ones wishes.Want to burn a man?All you have to do is to focus your mana.Then begin to vibrate his atoms.Spontaneous combustion!It existed.Magic was a mystery scientists could not solve and did not know!I was the first scientist who knew of mana!

After that I thirsted for this knowledge.I was thrown into secret societies.One by one I had beaten all of them and learned all their arts.I drained all their mana too.I am going to die.I can tell,I got a wound from our exchange and I can tell it is too late.

If I had some time...Maybe I could have broken through into that realm?" I am so infinitely jealous.If I was born there...I could peer even deeper into the mysteries!I could know secrets of creation!I could become even a god!"I reach out for skies.Then I find myself filled with resolve,I will not perish.

"I WILL NOT PERISH!"I know there are magics that make one into an existence akin to a ghost!I will sacrifice them!They are all inside truck and cannot use their mana.I made truck for that reason.They underestimated me.I fill truck with sleeping gas and prepare ceremony.

At that moment I feel a tear at the universe.I wondered what it was.Even a bit of mana could destroy the wall while the rest was so thick that I could not even feel it.Curious I used my power on it.

Finally newcomers,with this I have enough power to tear apart this prison.I immediately kill them,they are so weak that it is like swatting flies.It reminds me of my time outside the void.The days I rampaged through the creation.

They worshiped me as a demon god!I was a demon who went from world to world and slaughtered billions.Nothing could stand in my way.They would all think I would not kill them,too.Like I needed their prayers!

I am filled with rage.This anger never ceases,never weakens.As expected.It demands more and more blood.I was anger and resentment given form after all.I fought,fought and fought.Every time I killed I grew to a greater strength.So did anger and resentment within me.

They called me demon,but my kind is spirits.They are made of emotions,places and thoughts.Gods of mountains,gods of rivers,gods of nights,gods of suns.I was a god of wrath.We are all born as demigods,birthed by mana in response to the wishes of people.I was born in a world that was slaughtered.All hatred and anger gave birth to me was etched into my soul.

I was finally tricked and sent into the void.In this void there was no mana.Mana enough to tear the walls of reality asunder.I fought with many demons and finally ended up as the last demon.My wrath insatiable,my boiling blood.Nothing to fight.Nothing to kill.I cannot fulfill my nature.

Today is the day I finally have enough mana for tearing it apart.I will tear the reality asunder and escape.Finally I shall escape this cursed prison!When I go out I will kill once more!World will shatter,heavens will shake in fear of my wrath!"I think blood spilling as the worlds burn.It soothes my heart.My reason for existence is killing!

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"Be torn apart cursed walls of void!"I laughed with joy and slashed them apart.At least that is what should have been.Walls was now very thin but not broken!I had made an error!Even a bit of mana would be enough to tear it now.I will have to wait for countless years to tear this wall open again?I would rather die!

It was just a normal day.So why?I was walking up the mountain.Only place even bandits don't dare come.I had just gone out to get water from river.I played with a boy.Boy was not from around here.He did not know the river was dangerous.Deeper the more dangerous it is.

Boy drowned,no matter what I did I couldn't save him.It turned out boy was a noble's bastard child.He wanted our heads on pikes.City guard attacked me and my family.We were just normal villagers from a small village.If a noble wanted to kill us our lives was nothing.Besides noble's were supposed to be buried with some peasants to serve them in their afterlife.

I am only alive because of my parents.First my father fought them back and gave us at least a minute.Then my mother separated from me.To lead a false trail.I have knowledge enough that they both would die.But I was so scared that I kept running while cursing myself.It was I who brought ruin to my family...I should have never played with that boy...

..When sun set this blizzard began.I am walking but there is no shelter in sight...I see I am going to die here aren't I?But I cannot give up,for the sake of my parents who gave their lives for me,I shall not give up.With renewed resolve I walk still...

...I cannot do it.Everywhere is covered with snow.I cannot see where I am going.For all I know I could be walking in circles.I am beginning to be unable to feel my legs anymore.I remember my mother"Never go up into mountains.There are demons there"snow and shadows make shapes in the dark.

I am tired,hungry and I already stopped hurting,now I feel an irresistible sleep.I fall down unable to move anymore.My tears frozen on my cheek.I can see my mother looking."Mother I am scared"I reach her with my hands...

<3RD PERSON POV>

The man was stupefied.Before him was an existence like devil.Demon was so happy that he could jump for joy.He turned to one who helped him and felt that he was dying.He frowned.The one who did such a huge favor to him no matter how unintentionally it was,he could not leave him alone.

Man asked"Who are you?Are you the devil?"while wondering if the devil came to take his soul to hell.He was not afraid,but to see such a being...He felt curious and all mana he had gathered was sucked by that being...He was going to die.

"I am Blood-red Demon God!I was sealed inside the void,but just now you freed me!Even if it is unintentional I wish to repay my savior!"Demon said and continued"I cannot save you!But I can make you reincarnate!Tell me what you wish for and it shall be done!"

Man's eyes gleamed!What good luck!What good luck indeed!He said immediately"I wish to reincarnate in higher realm!But please let me reincarnate as a male!It is alright as long as it is sentient!Also I don't wish to be reborn,acting like a child."he shuddered at the thought of being a plant or an animal and-to a much lesser extent a girl while acting like a child was annoying.

"Close your eyes and leave it to me!"said the demon.For him such a task was simple.He took man's soul out of his body and his body perished.He searched for a suitable body.He found body of a child in a world in half-material realm.He had a little dragon blood in him.He wanted his benefactor to have best possible body there is.

Also someday he wanted him to be strong enough to fight him.He gathered mana from divine realm.Used his power to bestow on him both power enough to awaken his dragon blood to its purest form possible and put the soul of his benefactor into his body.

But from afar this act looked like a purple thunder descended on boy.Then his body shook with his heart violently beating again.He turned partially into a dragon then turned back to human form.Demon now satisfied,left...