Chapter 13: Escape the Void, Embrace the New World
Lying in ruins, I take a look at the blue sky, then divert my eyes to a man with long silver hair, wearing intricate, white armor. Multiple ethereal angelic wings pop out from all over his body, and behind him are 8 rings made out of light spinning around at the speed of light. Blood trickles down his face as he looks at me with his blue, emotionless eyes.
I laugh
“Kehkehkehkeh, to think that you are capable of defeating this demon king in his domain.”
I glanced at him, releasing my will, causing the world to shift color for a moment.
“But mark my word; when I’m revived and recuperating my power, I will find you and kill everything you ever loved, everything you ever cared for, and then torture you for the rest of your pitiful life.”
“Mark my word, Kaiser SilverLight, I will.“
A cold voice, cold enough to send me shivers, pierced my ear.
“You will die right here, right now. I will make sure of that.”
As he extended his arm, millions of runes were marked into the ground and the sky. They begin to glow a silvery-colored light, causing the entire domain to rumble as it begins to break apart, creating a split in the sky. From there, an otherworldly, smooth glyph that was covered in chains appeared. Create a vortex, sucking everything to it.
“What do you think you are doing?”
“Died Beelzebub, this is your karma.” Kaiser begins to dissipate into light, leaving Beelzebub behind.
“YOUUUUU”
The vortex swallowed me up; I felt like I was caught in a tornado for eternity or maybe a second. I feel my form expanded big enough to be compared to a planet only to shrink to molecule level.
What the, what is happening, what
A black void stretched across the infinite, and I was floating around confused for a second before the corroding effect took place.
“KEHKEHKEH, I THOUGHT THIS WAS SOME SEALING TECHNIQUE, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE AN EMPTY SPACE.”
But something feels odd about it. I cast my magic, doing ritual, trying to create a portal, but...
“Huh? That didn’t work.”
Then I try another way, then another way, then another way, then...
"Kehkeh, this is not funny..."
A day has passed, and I for the first time felt desperate, for I realize that my existence is dwindling.
"HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE"
“LET ME OUT, LET ME OUT." I felt despair for the first time.
“NO NO PLEASE, ANYONE, ANYONE.”
I feel my body breaking apart, I scream till my lungs are gone, plead till my eyes are dry. Despite being a pathetic little shit, I beg and beg and even pray.
"GOD, DEMON, BROTHER, ANYONE SAVED ME."
I looked around but only met with nothingness. I try to find at least one being. Feeling something, I turned around.
Beelzebub may not see anything, but the moment he turned around to gaze at the void, something else gazed back.
“ARGH”
I woke up, shivering all over my body, unable to control my breathing.
“DAMM IT”
I usually just use soul-splitting rituals for this body to rest, but due to the last fight, I was forced to experience a dream—no, a FUCKING NIGHTMARE.
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I shiver greatly, wondering why the weather is so cold these days. Wait, this is morning.
I take a look around and see grass covering my entire sight and the sun on the horizon. I look down to see that I’m sitting on a rock wearing a red garment.
“You awake, boss.”
His voice resounds behind my back. I turn around and see him trying to touch me.
“DON’T TOUCH ME." Gollum flinched
“Are you okay, boss?”
It seems that the nightmare took a toll on me. I coughed.
"Cough, cough, it seems that the aftereffect is more severe than I think.”
"Yes, boss, your entire body is a mess; if not for the kind stranger, you might take a whole week to wake up.”
“What?”
I take a look at my body only to realize that all of my injuries have been healed, not only that this vessel is much more powerful now.
I checked my body one more time to find any anomalies, but seeing none, I sigh in relief still.
“Hey Gollum, come over here.”
“Yes bo-“
BANG
“UGH”
“You bastard, how many times do I say don't trust strangers?”
“But it’s a blond man this time.”
“Let me guess; that’s all you remember.”
"You are BANG UGH.”
“But since there is no anoma—wait, where is the freaking coRPse?”
“Right behind you, sir.”
I look down at the rock, seeing the rotting corpse of the lower-rank devil. Ah, the aroma; it’s triggering my hunger.
I climb down and use a mana claw to rip out of the rabbit gut. Usually, I would directly absorb the demonic energy from the demonic creature's fresh corpse, but when one becomes a demon, their mana core will become a demonic core, which is ten times more valuable.
I ripped its heart out and squeezed it, from the mess, a shiny ruby with a dark aura came out of it.
“Kehkehkeh-KEHKEHKEH”
I laughed like a madman for a while, because never would I have thought that I would acquire this little thing.
EAT EAT EAT
Unable to contain my hunger anymore, I swallowed it without a thought of care for what might happen after. Licking my hand even though I know that it was pointless
THUMP THUMP THUMP
“Huff huff huff.”
I breathe heavily, and as the demonic energy enters my bloodstream, I feel my mana veins and core are being fixed, and not only that, but my vision is getting brighter. Smoke is coming out of my body, and I can feel the capacity of my dark mana grow.
Demonic energy is actually like a neutral form of mana and dark mana, so one can use it as a way to increase their mana, but it will corrupt their mind and soul. But for something that has already been corrupted, such worry is unnecessary.
Gollum, look at the sight before him and sweat.
“His mana capacity is reaching an all-time high.”
“ARGH”
I scream as smoke comes out of my throat, and my eye shines a weird light. My eye from all white suddenly has gray pupils.
As the smoke subsided, I stood there with blood leaking out of my eyes again, but I didn’t mind as I looked at Gollum.
"B-Boss, congratulations! You reach D-rank.”
I check my body, seeing that the amount of dark mana has increased greatly, but shouldn’t it shift to demonic energy?
Yeah, let's not care about that. I look at Gollum with much more focus, then something else appears inside. The soul of Gollum and all of its characteristics. Now I can see the true amount of his mana, his ability rank, and his identity.
Each soul has different features; from there, it will build a person based on these features.
“KEHKEHKEHKEH”
Not only that, my mana core and veins are fixed, returning to the owner's supposedly true power, and with me wielding it, it becomes much more powerful.
With all of this, my first plan has been completed.
"Ah, Gollum, it’s time.”
“Yes boss”
“Now let's go to the richest place nearby. For the journey of the gluttony, just begin.”
“Y-YES BOSS”
Now my journey to restore my glory and to feast on this new world has begun. I looked into the sky, anticipating
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A hidden figurine was looking in a particular direction before turning his gaze to the golden spear.
“To think that I would have it this easily.”
GoldSeal: An artifact that is capable of absorbing demonic energy
I have hunted this damn rabbit for a while, but it was deemed impossible. Not only do all I have is demonic energy, but also this rabbit can sense demonic energy from very far away. And I am currently being wanted; I cannot ask for anyone.
But the rabbit has been enchanted by the spear’s demonic energy, causing it to destroy any forest or civilization if it has a chance. So by killing Orochipy, leaving the Noman without a powerful predator, the rabbit will come here and graze this place to the groin.
I turn my gaze at the burned forest. I tricked Issac Mortem to summon a demon, but if that didn’t work, I could use that debt collector to become a host. Finally, the rabbit will absorb all the demonic energy coming from the possessed guy, become overloaded, and die.
But fate always has another plan: to think that the summoned demon not only has demonic energy but is also capable of using imaginative techniques.
I would like to see how he does it.
“Now with this, my plan has progressed by 30%.”
“So are we going to go to Deisnor?”
"Oooh, I like food there.”
“Shut up all of you; we are not going there to have fun.
“Haizz, you party boomer.”
“He’s right, we must be serious.”
“It’s time for a new world to emerge.”
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While going on the journey, I looked into the sky and saw a singular soul throughout the sky, smirking.
“There you are, fucker.”
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Inside nothingness, there is nothing, and that is true for "Him". "He" was once everything but now, "He" is nothing. Tied into an eerie pillar. Getting robbed until "He" become nothing
As the otherworldly chains tied "Him" down, a crack appear, revealed a silver light