As Zero stared at the ceiling he took off the ring that reduced his strength to human levels and reverted back to his true appearance. Zero put the ring on the nightstand and went back to thinking about what to do about Yoko. Yoko was pregnant with his child and although she didn’t look it at all this was due to her constantly casting illusion magic of herself.
With his divine sight, Zero could easily see past the illusion and based on how Yoko’s stomach looked Zero assumed this would be a 9-month pregnancy. The child was constantly being nurtured by Yoko’s mana so there was no problem with the child’s health. The real problem was where she was going to have this child. If they went to a human hospital and the child used its power then quite a lot might die.
This troubled Zero quite a lot and he planned to ask Hel when he saw her again. Suddenly Zero felt a bout of dizziness and his heart began to beat wildly. Zero clutched his chest as he began to feel a throbbing pain. As the chest pains continued, Zero was hit by a headache the likes of which he had never felt before. He felt as if something was physically being drilled into his brain when he receive a notification.
SEED OF PRIDE HAS BLOOMED
WARNING SEED SHALL AFFECT PERSONALITY
DUE TO CHAOS SYSTEM PROTECTION CHANGE SHALL BE KEPT MINIMUM
ATTEMPTING TO GAIN PASSIVE SKILL SIN OF PRIDE
ERROR UNABLE TO GAIN SKILL
SKILL IS CURRENTLY HELD BY LUCIFER ARCH DEMON RULER OF PRIDE
CHAOS SYSTEM WILL NOW CREATE A SKILL TO FILL THE VOID
SKILL CREATION COMPLETE
PASSIVE SKILL PRIDEFUL ONE GAINED
When the notifications ended the pain Zero was feeling began to fade. When the pain ceased Zero asked the system why he felt so much pain.
THE SKILL THAT THE SEED OF PRIDE ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THE HOST CAN ONLY BE HELD BY 1 INDIVIDUAL. THE HOST TRIED TO TAKE THE SKILL BUT WAS REJECTED BY A SUPERIOR ENTITY AND RECEIVED SOME DAMAGE. THE SYSTEM WAS STILL PROTECTING THE HOST SO THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMUM BUT DUE TO THAT, THE SYSTEM WILL BE OFFLINE FOR SOME TIME TO REPAIR ITSELF.
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‘How long will it take to repair yourself?’
UNKNOWN
THE SYSTEM SHALL BE GOING OFFLINE NOW
DON’T DIE WHILE I’M GONE
With those words, the system then went silent. Zero felt hungry so walked over to his minibar that had been filled with blood bags. Zero kept drinking blood but no matter how much he drank he never felt satisfied. Although Zero had finished the last of the blood he still felt hungry so he teleported to the city.
Walking through the city Zero walked by many dark alleys waiting to be attacked or harassed. After passing the fifth alley, Zero was pushed against the wall by 3 men as 2 women stood behind them sneering at Zero.
“Hey, he’s pretty good looking so how about you let us have some fun with him after you guys finish.” said the woman on the left
“Yeah we can have plenty of fun with him.” said the woman on the right
The man holding Zero against the wall nodded before demanding all of Zero's money and belongings. Zero smiled at the group and said, “I was looking for food and you 5 have just volunteered yourselves. You should feel grateful for becoming the nourishment of someone like me.”
The 5 looked at Zero as if he were insane when suddenly shadow tendrils erupted from their own shadows. The women tried to scream but the shadows covered their mouths while the men tried to break free. Zero looked at the food before him and smiled and with a flick of his wrist the 3 men were decapitated. Zero then used the blood manipulation of the skill vampyr, collected all their blood, and drank it all.
The women who witnessed this sight were scared out of their minds crying and praying to escape. Zero walked over to them as he stepped closer he could sense their fear. Although he was in a human form Zero’s eyes glowed purple even though he hadn’t channeled any mana.
“You wanted to have some fun with me right? Well then, I’ll have to do my best to show you the best time of your lives before you die.” said Zero with a smile
Although Zero had never touched this skill, he knew instinctively how to use it. He activated his tantric manipulation skill and the women started to convulse. With this skill, Zero had the ability to manipulate a person’s sexual energy and pleasure as he pleased. Zero used this skill to put these women in an endless state of orgasms as he feasted on their sexual energy that was being released. After 2 minutes in that state, the woman couldn’t even think as tears flowed down their eyes. After 30 minutes of that state, the women died so Zero released his shadows and they fell in a puddle of their own tears, urine, and other bodily fluids with a smile on their faces.
Having finished his feast Zero’s hunger died down and his purple eyes returned to the amber color of his human form. Zero frowned when he looked at the corpses before him. Although he seemed to be under the influence of his new skill and the endless seeming hunger Zero knew, he couldn’t blame it on them since he had been in his right mind the entire time. Zero didn’t feel bad about killing these people but he didn’t like the fact that he showed no restraint. He clearly understood that such behavior would put him at odds with Alucard and Julius. Zero however felt like he shouldn’t care as if behaving well in front of them was a waste of his time.
Zero sighed, as he wanted to avoid that because Julius aside if he fought Alucard then Soma would move to defend him. Zero wanted to avoid fighting Soma at all cost; not only because they were friends but also Soma would be considered this world’s main character. This meant Soma had plot armor and Zero didn’t want to deal with that. This was one of the reasons why Zero kept his interaction with Soma at the castle to a minimum as seen during the battle with Sophia. Even when completely outmatched, on the verge of losing his powers, and fighting someone who controlled Aether his weakness Soma managed to squeeze out a win with minor injuries. Due to the memories in his head, Zero understood that plot armor didn’t make Soma invincible but anyone who would be seen as his enemy would experience negative luck while he experience good luck as if Soma was siphoning theirs.