“Gur'algais (Old Cyrá for Soul Eater) are extremely hostile and very powerful monster that belong to the 'corpse-eater' monster category. The Gur'algais are the final step of the already mentioned corpse-eater and one can only appear if their previous form the Del'algais (Old Cyrá for War Eater) reach a certain level as well as a certain amount of intelligence.

After evolving the monster will lose the need to eat flesh and gain a hunger for souls. Because of their huge size and their nasty abilities to literally suck the soul out of their victim, they are feared and hated by all civilized races and usually instantly get taken care of by a party of X-Ranks.

The appearance of a Gur'algai is rather disgusting and disturbing. Like their lower evolution stages, they bear many long tentacles which grow out of their backs and tails which are able to easily grab and hold even A-Ranked adventurers while they use their long claws and sharp beak to rip the victim into small pieces. Instead of being black like the War Eater, a Gur'algai is of a pale creamy color and possesses many more tentacles, usually thirty to forty! With a body length of over thirty meters and tentacles that sometimes grow up to fifty meters he is also three times bigger than his previous form.

Another reason why many people fear the Gur'algai and usually try their best to kill them as soon as possible are rumors about another step in their evolution. Although never truly seen, some say that above the Gur'algai stands the Van'algai (Old Cyrá for World Eater) a being that is supposed to hold the same power as an Elder Dragon while having an eternal hunger for flesh and souls. This theory is most likely false though. “

-From 'Strange and Mysterious Beings' Volume 1

*Sirius POV*

“What do you mean? How can show me my soul?” (Sirius)

“Fufufu, let's talk in private, shall we dear?” (Saxin)

…

Dear, huh? This is going to be hard to get used to...

I nod and Follow Saxin. Some of the guests tried to start talking with us but Saxin managed to get rid of them. While leaving the main hall, I feel a pressure from behind me and see Jehova looking at me with a wide grin and nodding at me.

What? Does he think we are going to do something? That's not possible though.

Luckily.

While Walking deeper into the cocoon Saxin brings me to a set of huge stairs that go down. So, we are going underground? Where will I end up?

“Where are we going?” (Sirius)

“Fufufu, to my private bedroom! I'm so excited!” (Saxin)

“…” (Sirius)

What?! She can't be serious, right? Oh god...

“Y- you do know I don't have a dick, right?” (Sirius)

“Fufufu, you have plenty of bones though” (Saxin)

It's over. It's fucking over! She is going to defile me! What will I have to do with my bones?! Is it worth it?!

“Hehaha! I'm just joking, calm down! We are just going to my bedroom so we will have some privacy.” (Saxin)

“O- of course!” (Sirius)

Good.

For a moment, I thought I had to bite through my own tongue. Shit, now that I think about it I actually don't have a tongue, huh? What would I do if I had to quickly kill myself? Poison is also not an option. Maybe I should look for some anti-undead stuff? You know, just in case...

After walking down the stairs for a bit, we arrive in front of a huge door. Saxin enters through it and I follow her. The room inside literally looks like the bedroom of a queen! Well, only a lot darker and bigger.

In the center of the room is an actual bed the size of a small farm! There are even mirrors and a closet in here. Why does she have a closet? She doesn't wear any clothes, right? Now that I think about it, she should start wearing some. I don't like the idea of her walking around naked all the time.

She is a spider though...

“You saw it, right? My domain.” (Saxin)

“Well from the outside at least.” (Sirius)

“Do you know how it works?” (Saxin)

“It's a reflection of your soul right? A pretty strong skill if you ask me.” (Saxin)

“Exactly. Something some don't realize though is, that I can't only make a domain with my own soul. I can use the souls of other people as well. That's why I bought you down here, to show you what you look like! Fufufu, to be honest, I'm really curious as well. You have to allow me to use your soul though.” (Saxin)

Oh? My soul? Sounds interesting.

“Alright, I'm in.” (Sirius)

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“Very well, you need to close your eyes and completely relax while I reach into you and touch your soul. It won't hurt, just be a bit unpleasant.” (Saxin)

That doesn't sound very good. Let her touch my soul? Well, if she wanted to kill me I would have already been dead anyway. Let's do that. I close my eyes and do just as she told me to. Shortly after I feel something entering me. It kind of feels as if something is crawling under my skin!

Though I don't have skin...

After a while this 'thing' reaches my chest. I get a bit of nausea and I feel like I would have puked if I had a stomach. The feeling of nausea vanishes and I open my eyes. I'm still inside Saxins room and she is standing in front of me. She is looking at her frozen fingers while being confused.

“What is it? Did it fail?” (Sirius)

“Huh, what? Oh no! Everything alright. I think... anyway! Let's create the Domain. Shall we dear?” (Saxin)

There it is again...

'Dear' kind of gives me goosebumps. Though I don't have any skin. I nod and Saxin creates a domain. The both of us are instantly sucked inside. Let's see what my world looks like! Oh man, I'm getting excited!

*Saxin POV* 

What was that? His soul, so cold! It felt like I was reaching into the mouth of a Frost Wyrm or like I was trying to catch a Everfrost Wisp. Souls are supposed to be either warm or even hot, right? Well, let's enter his domain. I'm really curious now! What is it going to be? A world of ice and snow? Let's see. 

… 

What is this? What is this place?! I expected a cold world but this... This world looks so empty. Well mostly at least.

We are inside an endless white snow desert that stretches in every direction without anything inside besides in the middle of it. There lies a strange construction that sends shivers down my spine.

On the ground lies a cage filled with a small mountain of living beings. I can see humans, some elves, some demi-humans and even some strange golden figures that bear a divine aura. The cage is burning... All the beings are screaming in pain and agony while burning! Red flames are coming from the bottom of the cage and turn black as they go through the people up to the top of it. On the ceiling is another much smaller cage. Within I see a man. The man sits inside while the completely black flames engulf him. His head is lying inside his knees while he hugs them. It seems like he is screaming as well.

“That's me.” (Sirius)

“Hm? What dear?” (Saxin)

My husband points at man inside the upper cage.

“That's me. Before I tuned undead.” (Sirius)

What?

Could it be...

Are those perhaps the souls he has eaten? I never saw something like that...

Usually if something eats a soul, it consumes it completely to strengthen his own. But Sirius...

He keeps the souls conscious to use their pain and agony!? This explains why he raises in power so quickly. The victims he eats don't truly die and can also not be reborn as long as he is alive. They just burn here, for all eternity nurturing the black flame within him. And the man? Is he burning as well?

“I think I understand. You are using the souls to power you but on the same time you torture yourself as well. You still see yourself as human and feel guilty for what you are doing. I'm sorry dear, we shouldn't have come here.” (Saxin)

He is probably pretty shocked, huh? I though his soul would be darker. Maybe I made a mistake marrying him so soon? I should probably have learned more about him.

“Hehaha! What? Are stupid?” (Sirius)

“Huh?” (Saxin)

“Guilt?! Humanity?! Hahaha, I think you have missed something, Saxin. I also missed it. But now I know. Oh, and how I know! Just listen to it. Listen Saxin. Listen to ME!” (Sirius)

What is he talking about? Does he mean the man on the upper cage? I start to concentrate and listen closely.

“Hehe... more give moooore... hehahah... ahhhhh. Feels. So. Good. Good. Good. Feels so good. Hahehehe. Scream. More. Scream for me. Please, oh please scream more. Feels. Good. Good. Good.” (Twisted and broken Soul)

He... Ge is enjoying this?

“I always got pushed around, Saxin.” (Sirius)

What?

WHAT WAS THAT?!

His Voice changed. It's deeper and smoother. Something is within it and it scares me. This is doesn't make any sense! My power is a lot higher than his! He can't even scratch me!

Why am I feeling so bad now though? Why are my instincts telling me to get out? Also, isn’t it getting awfully cold right now?

“Always, Saxin.” (Sirius)

Stop saying my name like this... please!

“I was born into a household of dogs. People with no money to support a child, but they still got one. No, they got more. Three? Four? I don't remember. I was the only one that survived though. Not because of luck, or because my parents gave a damn about me or anything. I worked for it, Saxin. I worked very hard to live while those assholes pushed me around.” (Sirius)

His eyes start glowing brighter...

“And then? What did my parents do after not moving a finger for me? They sold me to a slave trader! Who gave them the right? The fact that I crawled out of this whores dirty vagina?! Who are they to push me into slavery, Saxin?!” (Sirius)

The black flame grows and people in the cage start screaming even louder.

“Do you know what they did to me?! The pain, the humiliation! Those slave traders weren't even the only ones beating me! Even the other slaves pushed me around since I was the youngest one! Mere slaves, Saxin! Slaves! Oh, but I was saved, right? By the Demi-Humans, right? The only reason those assholes ever thought about doing something is because those idiotic slavers took one of them! And what did they do?! Leave me in a fucking forest! I walked around for weeks only eating grasses and roots until I found a village.” (Sirius)

He is getting angry? No, it actually doesn't seem like that. What is this strange emotion within him?

So cold...

“And then someone took me in, oh how nice. I had a mother that cared for me. That loved me even though I had nothing to give her in return. And I also had a father. A father that drank more than a fucking pig and beat me and mother nearly every god damn day! Even then people pushed me around! And then?! Do you know what happened then?! He killed her. Haha, he fucking beat her to death and then started crying and apologizing. Of course, he couldn't forgive himself and took his own life as well, leaving me alone. Ah, sorry that was a lie. He left me a debt. Turns out he stopped paying for his drinks at some point. So, what now? How do I repay this debt? Of course, by marrying the daughter of the shopkeeper.”

He already married once? Wait, does it even count? He lived back then...

“So I had a wife. A bitch of a wife to be precise. A wife that slept with more guys then were inside my small village. I tried so hard NOT to see it, Saxin. I tried so hard to just enjoy my life with a useless water-user as a wife that sleeps with everyone as long as they ask nicely. And then I had a daughter. Unfortunately for me, she actually was mine. If she got pregnant with somebody else's child I could have left her right then. How unlucky I am, huh? You know what's sad? Even my daughter, my own flesh and blood pushed me around! Telling me what a failure I am for a man to let my wife do as she pleases and how bothered she is by the fact that she is a mix-race. I tried so hard, Saxin. I tried so hard to be happy! To ignore those things! “

The man in the upper cage stood up and started laughing as if he had lost his sanity.

“And then, I got killed. I saw two persons killing and raping my family. I wasn't mad though. I tried to be. I pretended to be. But I couldn't because of the hate. I thought the hate was directed towards those men, but it wasn't. It was directed at everybody, Saxin. They killed me and I killed them in return after coming back. And then I saw this.”

He takes a Portrait of three people out of his pocket. Is that him and his family?

“I cried after seeing that. Some may think I cried because of the grieve, regret and sadness. But those are idiots. I was happy. So, happy! I was free now! Free to do what I want to, free to achieve what I want to, free to KILL what I want to. Never again shall I be pushed around! Lucifer said it, didn't he?! I need a goal. I need something in my life so I can work towards it. And I finally know what this goal is going to be. I'll stand there, Saxin.” (Sirius)

“Stand there? Stand where?” (Saxin)

“Above everything. I'll stand above it all and look down on it, pushing around whatever I want to. This world has forsaken me from the very moment I was born into it. I'll show it that it made a great mistake.” (Sirius)

“…” (Saxin)

I'm so wet right now. Shit, I need to find a way for us. Maybe Diana can help me out somehow? Let's hope so.

*Sirius POV* 

We leave the domain. What was that? I suddenly felt so much hate for this world. I suddenly had to say those things... I have no idea why though.

Congratulations! By reflecting on your life and realizing the truth within it you have Successfully unlocked the Passive Class Skill: Proud Hate. Shall you rise to the top! But beware! The higher you go, the deeper you fall.

What? A new skill? What did I realize? How my happiness was just a mere lie? How I hated this world even before that faithful day? Well whatever it was, seems like it was useful. Let's take a look at my new skill.

Proud Hate (Passive)

Your hate for this world that has forsaken you changes your whole being.

Immunity to Emotional attacks; +0.5% Damage

…

What? 0.5%? how is that even useful! Worse even, this skill is already on max level! Well it's better than nothing I guess.

After coming out of the domain Saxin just stares at me. She seems hungry again...

Got a good feeling though.

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Authors Note: Do you like wet spiders?