Chapter 6: A little fly
Everyone, regardless of their dimensions, may possess an ability within these ranks.
Common
Uncommon
Special
Peak
That’s it for a mortal, but for a higher rank, existence is different.
Unique
Boundless
Supremacy
Divine
One was born with an ability, and that’s it. Unless they have a growing type, no one can grow. Except for Earth
Earth, the fourth realm, the only realm that no creature from another dimension can enter; the best they can do is influence the thoughts of a few people. This realm is different from others because, one simple thing: all of them can have their abilities evolve.
People from different backgrounds can evolve and even reach divinity by ascending. I don’t know why they have that ability or why this realm has its mana sealed, but if they were to have mana and have the chance to grow for eons, there will be no other realms as they will conquer everything and become the sole ruler of the Nine realms. And that weapon is now right before me.
As my eye filled with hunger and maliciousness was looking down at the blue orb, I sensed a powerful gaze, then turned around, looking at a particular spot from the universe. I snickered.
“You seeing my brothers, this is my turf now, and there’s nothing you can do about it, not even you Lucifer. I will grow an army filled with supreme and divine rank ability. Then I will claim the throne of hell.”
Then I look in the opposite direction.
“You will be next; you will be 12 kings no more; I will devour heaven and become an absolute being.”
“With the immense power that I have, I will become the one and only God and Devil. I will be able to create an endless feast for me, KEHKEHKEHKEH”
Rage, fear, murderous intent, and indifference—I can feel all of those emotions, yet all I think about is how to use this ingredient right in front of me. I laughed for a moment, then I felt something—something amiss, something
“Oh oh”
This isn’t reality; this is a dream. The moment the thought of this being a dream came to me, everything collapsed, leaving only a white space. A devil may sleep, but they will never dream except for Belphegor, but I wonder. Even though I am possessing a human, my soul is still a demon, right?
“So confusing, I guess I will take a look around.”
I begin to study the white space; it may look like the space is infinite, but I can see it, the border of this dream. As I began to approach it, my eye caught something shiny. The next moment, my body began to be on fire like I was in the core of a star, but the pain is nothing compared to what I have suffered. Surprise, I take a look around my body, then use my willpower to subdue the flame.
What I just see is probably a higher-rank existence soul; even though the distance is like faraway, it's still enough to ruin a mortal mind and soul. I might be weak right now, but my mind and soul are that of a demon king; these things won't-
“SRQWE?”
Fuck, as my body began to break apart just by one word. Yes, I’m a demon king, but I already got weak beyond words. I need to wake up.
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“HAAH”
As I wake up, I cough up some blood. I got careless; remember, I am a fly compared to this world right now. I caught my sight in the mirror and was shocked to see the poignant state I am in.
This is not good; sleeping is an act of healing for humans, but if this keeps going on, my body won’t be able to heal. In order to not see them, you must possess another special ability or you must become a divine god follower. Thinking for a while, I found the solution.
Biting my finger, I draw a hexagon, then draw runes around it. I’m pretty weak, so I need to make a ritual step by step like this. Then I begin to rite.
I suddenly feel lighter; everything becomes more transparent, and before long, I see myself lying on the floor. This is the soul-separate ritual; by doing this, I can split my soul from my body.
With this, my body will sleep but my mind will be awake. This is great; not only can I "sleep,” but I can actually take a look around, though I need to be careful; my soul has been weakened, so even someone who has ascended ability could kill me right now.
I fly out of the house and into the sky; from there I can see where my house is. It’s located near the foothills of a mountain. I then fly around for a little, only to realize that there’s no city, no village, and no creature?
Such oddity; I cannot fly too far away from the body or I will be disconnected from it. I guess I will have to ask Gollum.
STARE
What the, something is-
The surroundings begin to rumble. From the distance, a gigantic creature with obsidian color begins to emerge from the ground. The creature is a python with nine harpy eagle heads, with each head having a black and white feather, 3 yellow snake eyes, and 2 snake fangs on its beak.
“IS THAT A FUCKING OROCHIPY?”
Orochipy, a fusion between a giant harpy eagle and an Orochi, both are the creation of Sky God Atlas and Storm God Susanoo, even though it is weak to lightning. It is a powerful creature capable of going toe to toe with a high-ranking demon. Those two gods are enemies to each other, so I think it would be funny to create a mutation between those two creations.
That used to be a habit of mine—to combine creatures from two opposite sides—but now they begin to bite me in the ass.
Orochipy possesses not only incredible toughness but extreme speed; it can shoot its feather at the speed of sound, and poison is strong enough to kill itself with it. But the reason I’m afraid right now is because it’s attack can strike through the soul and it’s gaze could immobilize any living creature, basically a perfect small-prey hunter. I cannot move right now. It, like a harpy eagle, has the habit of hunting small prey, so it makes sense why it settled in this small forest.
For the first time in this life, I felt fear. Am I going to die just like this? What kind of luck is this? NO, I REFUSE TO END THING LIKE THIS. As I break free from the stare, I fly toward my body.
Then a huge boom exploded. I feel murderous intent emitting, but it’s not for me.
As I turned back to look, I saw it: a lonely, hooded figure standing in the sky. He is wearing a ragged mantle and holding a wooden staff. He might look like a crippled beggar, but I can feel the immense demonic energy coming from him. I drooled, wanted to eat him, but held myself back. I don't want to die again.
He is probably as strong as a high-ranking demon, but that isn’t enough to-
I saw it; a massive red magic circle appears out of nowhere. The Orochipy raised Nien of its head up, then shrieked; the shrieking seemed to be able to disrupt mana control.
But the magic circle seemed perfectly fine, then a massive thunder pillar shot down to the earth and
BOOOM
Combining a loud boom, shock the whole surroundings. Even though I stood very far away, I still got assaulted by the shockwave.
“Ho-, how powerful”
‘Remember, I am a fly compared to this world’
Maybe I am even less than a fly now. Sure, I can do something like that, but that’s all in the past. I must shift my view point or else, I will be swallowed by that thunder.
After the lightning subsided, the Orochipy was still alive, but barely, as its head looked more like a vulture than an eagle. Still, it remained ferocious, flying to the sky and trying to swallow the hooded figure.
The figure, undisturbed, used another, this time hundreds of red chains coming out of his sleeve, binding the gigantic creature until the orochipy was completely covered in chains, becoming a huge sphere.
The sphere shrinks to the side of a ball and floats to the man's hands, only to be swallowed by the other
The fearsome Orochipy has its life end just like that. This guy's ability is probably at the ascended one.
He just stood there for a moment, and suddenly he shifted his gaze to me. Fuck, he sensed me all the way here.
Then he just teleported away.
“Huh?”
I see, I’m a small little spirit after all; what can I do?
But if I were to come in my human form, things might turn for the worse.
Shiver by such thought, I think I should end my sight-seeing and return back to my shabby house.
******
From the sky, a hooded figure was looking at Beelzebub leaving
“How amusing, the ritual actually works.”
“Who would want to possess that vessel?”
“This demon seems to be quite weak, Tho, don’t you think?”
“True, and yet I can feel it’s very majestic.”
“Why is he in soul form?”
“Should we eat him?”
“Shut up; all you know about is eating.”
From the shade of the hood, eyes that changed into different colors every second, all looking at Beelzebub with different emotions and thoughts