At this very moment, Zylus laid every single thought he had accumulated over his time in the demon realm away. He had his one focus…
To kill those five spirits.
As each spirit giggled grimacingly, Zylus smirked. Why do I feel so powerful all of a sudden?
"Hey!" The spirit, Victoria, screamed, pointing towards Zylus. "I don't like the way you're smiling…" She paused, getting ready to charge. "Everyone… Kill him!"
The cabin wasn't big and it wasn't small either. A cabin just large enough to feel comfortable, without any wasted space. Just enough room for this newly transformed Zylus, to-
[Spirits Slain: 1 of 5]
[Time Remaining: 10:00]
One swift cut through its transparent body, and the spirit fell.
At this very moment, our protagonist felt entitled to his rage. The feeling that he has been carrying an inner deception to not uncover that emotion since birth.
He felt powerful, he felt anguish, he felt quick, and he felt…
Rage.
When Zylus slew one of the spirits, the other four paused. They couldn't even see his movement, nor could that spirit be regenerated. All that floated in the cabin were particles of yellow in death. The spirit was hit with a demonic weapon that has now turned even more devilish. Through sheer rage.
When a spirit is hit by a demonic weapon, it disintegrates due to the weakness they hold towards demons. And that's darkness. Each weapon carries at least fifty percent of dark matter, with there being obvious exceptions, all of that just to kill a spirit. Almost like they were created for that very purpose.
The spirit dispersed, and nothing of that creature remained.
"I'm sorry, Victoria." Each one of the spirits looked behind them, as if they had seen a ghost. "But I just feel like an entirely new person."
It wasn't a ghost. It was Zylus, and he has now changed. Black aura seeped around his body, and the crooked wooden tiles on the floor continuously creaked. But Zylus didn't look mad, even though his heart was raging mentally; on the outside, he looked like a kid who had first visited a children's playground.
"How dare you treat us as worthless smuts! You damn bum!" Victoria yelled as she began closing in on the distance with Zylus.
The other three followed along with her.
She grinned, thinking she had smacked Zylus as he disappeared just as he received contact with her punch, but that wasn't the case.
He had treated them all the same. With one quick slash. Nothing more and nothing left.
[Spirits Slain: 4 of 5]
[Time Remaining: 5:00]
[Unique Skill Unlocked: Raging Burn]
[The 'Unique Skill' Can Only Be Used In This Fight]
[Definition: Enrap Your Target In Complete and Utter Fear]
"How…?" Victoria, well, the spirit now, paused. "I didn't feel any Systemic Flow reside within you!" She panicked as she began backing away from a transformed Zylus. "How have you gotten so strong?!"
She frighteningly screamed, but Zylus simply pondered on something. Systemic Flow?
Ah, I see, probably what they call the power here.
It was weird… Zylus seemed calm, deliberate, and evil all in one being. By sheer rage, he drastically increased all his statistics in each category and unlocked a new move. Only for this fight.
"Now, Victoria," Zylus paused, as she tripped over a broken tile, falling backwards right next to the exit. "I'll spare your life."
"Really?" She glimmeringly smiled, but Zylus couldn't care.
[The Spirit's Thoughts: As soon as you let me go, I'm going to stab you in the back. What a fool you must be to let me, a spirit, loose.]
Wow, my system even shows what others are thinking. How generous. But I guess it's only for people who hold evil intentions towards me.
She grinned... in her mind.
"Yeah," Zylus began walking towards Victoria, "I was lying." He flipped his katana as he caught it from the handle, making the tip point towards her lying body. "I wanted to try something new that my system gave me."
She began begging, pathetically yelling, but there wasn't anyone left there to help.
"Let's see what this does," Zylus closed the distance of the tip of his katana towards her face as she continuously begged for forgiveness, "Raging Burn."
[The Victim Will Now Feel The Fear She Has Caused To Others]
Then, just for that moment, Victoria, but now the spirit, felt it. Fear that she only felt from the ones that took away everything she owned-
"This," she whispered, "I've only ever felt this when I met one of the ten orders."
Her heart began to ache in pain. Almost like she had to relive every negative thought she had ever had. But it wasn't that; it was the move Zylus used. And he smirked in that entire process, looking down at her in pity.
"You deserve more pain, but tell me more." Zylus demanded, "Tell me more of those 'ten orders.'
She didn't answer him… or rather, she couldn't answer him. The pain of fear she continuously began to accumulate kept killing her mentally over and over. But her body would simply regenerate and go through that torture once more. A spirit has generative powers until they are struck by a demonic weapon. So, it won't die until I decide to finish it.
"I said, tell me, or this will go on," Zylus whispered in her ear, not knowing he was the cause of this.
[Do you wish to release the effects of 'Raging Burn' on the victim so they can speak?]
[Yes or No?]
Alright, I guess so. Yes. Do it system. Oh yeah, I have to click on it.
[Yes]
As the pain released from her entire body, she began breathing heavily, and sobs began falling from her face. But Zylus looked even more enraged by her sobbing. However, he didn't want to torture her anymore, because now he wanted answers.
"Say it, ugly. Before I make you go through-"
"Okay, okay- okay- okay-, listen." She breathlessly said over and over again, putting a hand to where a woman's chest would be located.
"The ten orders-"
[Objective Completed: 5 of 5 Slained]
[Well Done!]
[+250 Exp]
[Level 2 Reached!]
[+10 SP]
[Market Unlocks In 10 More Levels!]
Just as she was about to give some specific details, her body began to disperse, the same way all the other four spirits before her had vanished. In yellowish particles. Those yellow glowy things gotta be a sign of their death, I guess.
"Damn…" Zylus whispered, making a hole through the wooden wall in front of him, "Even though I killed the spirits, why do I still feel this... rage?" He finished, carrying his katana on his shoulder.
As he slammed the door open, he began feeling-
[User Is Feeling Extreme nausea, Tiredness, and exhaustion]
[User Will Faint In 0:03]
[0:02]
Fuck off, I haven't even gotten any info yet.
[0:01]
As Zylus's body began to drop on the mudded pile just outside the cabin, he began hearing steps and loud noises from just in front.
[0:00]
And just like that, he was now left in a pit of emptiness. Without a thought or enough energy to go on. After all, he hasn't eaten for an entire two days. Time passed quickly over there in the human realm. But here, it's slower than usual.
"Scan the area!" Someone yelled as he watched Zylus's lying body fall on top of the mud.
"Yes, sir!" Five demon cadets screamed in reply as they began tipping into the cabin.
"No way this kid could've done this…"
It wasn't Medrus; Medrus at this point was long gone. And he was now in another realm.
He has now infiltrated the…
Spirit Realm.