Chapter 2: Discovery
“Ugh…”
As I wake up after absorbing his soul, I feel... unreal.
“ha ha HAHAHAHAHA. HA? ARGHHHHHHHHHHH”
Shit, the recoil from absorbing all those memories begins to reappear. The sheer experience is frying this mortal brain. I begin to claw my face, trying to dig out those memories like a mindless beast.
“Huff, I, must, ERASE”
A snapping sound appeared inside my head as blood spurted out from my ear and nostril. A massive headache crashed down on me, but the pain is bearable.
By forcefully deleting my memory, I have prevented it from turning into insanity, but as things turned out
“Huff huff, I think I accidentally deleted some of mine and his memory too.”
Well, it doesn’t matter anyway. After a minute of calming down, I sensed something—for the first time in this life, I felt
Joy
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YES, REBORN, NOTHING CAN KILL THIS GLUTTONY
“I CAN SEE IT, THE NEVERENDING FEAST AWAIT JUST FOR ME.”
“KEHKEHKEHKEHKEH COUGH”
I feel so happy that I begin coughing and laughing at the same time. That is quite shameful of me, but I don’t care anymore.
Now let’s begin to re-enter the demonic realm and devour some.
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Ah, right, I forgot I’m a human now.
Is there a mirror somewhere? Ah, there it is.
From the reflection, I see a skinny, young, blond man with pale skin, wearing a dark cloak, blood smeared all over his face, and white eyes with no pupils. No, Phantom Eyes
Now that I look closely, this bastard has phantom eyes; that’s unexpected.
But sadly, it is "ruined.”
Phantom eyes give the user the ability to gaze into the soul of the living, which sounds very cool.
But you have to wait until you reach 15 to awaken.
And in the mean time, there is a chance you might encounter a divine or demonic being passing by. There are certain divine or demonic beings out there roaming the world of dreams for multiple purposes.
Looking at those souls will cause your eye to be "ruined" and mess up your mana core and veins, which will cause you to lose the ability of the eyes and plague your mind with madness.
This bastard must have it tough; sleep is essential for humans after all. I used to do an experiment to see how long a human can last without sleep, and for a demonic creature like me, the result was quite shocking.
The reason no one knows the true potential of this ability is because those who can’t see the soul due to the ruin will have white eyes with no pupils, making everyone think it’s an illness, but those who are lucky enough not to see any divine being will have white eyes with gray pupils and will be awakened at the age of 15. Everyone will think it’s a blessing.
"Haizzzzz, I can feel this body’s mana veins and core got all messed up.”
“But who am I? I am someone who can cross dimensions, who can even escape absolute death. I can fix this with ease.”
Take a deep breath. I begin to meditate; demons meditate too, or maybe it's just me. Either way, this vessel inner is a mess. In order to become at least normal, I must either consume elixirs or
Absorbing demonic energy.
While checking my inside, I realized another major thing.
“Where are my liver... and 2 of my fingers?”
This bastard must have it really tough, but luckily this problem can be solved. There seems to be some residual from my descent; even though the amount is extremely little, it is enough to heal this body.
I raised my hand and began to absorb the leftovers.
“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
This took 1 minute for me to devour it all. I felt so alive, I began to put those manas into action.
“Heal”
Mana heal: an advanced ability of using mana, even more advanced when you use dark mana; you can heal your injury.
As a being who lived for eons, doing these kinds of things is as easy as breathing, even if the injury is sealed up.
"Ah, finally complete KEHKEHKEH.”
But the tinge of satisfaction doesn’t last long as someone shouts outside.
“ISSAC YOU EYEFREAK, COME OUT AT HERE AT ONCE.”