My eyes opened to find myself in darkness and I imdiately stretched my hand outwards, touching the cocoon that enveloped . It broke away like it was made of sand before evaporating and turning into black mist. I found myself among the corpses of my fallen enemies, the undeads that stood in my way and I looked at the corpses in disgust while covering my nose to block out the stench. I turned away before stretching my body, I could hear my bones snap back into place and feel the blood flow from my finger tips to the tip of my wings which flapped gently, generating a small gust of wind.
'W-wait…..wings?' I froze as I looked behind at the pair of black, leathery, bat-like wings attached to my back. Panicking, I walked towards one of the many stores glass windows, wiping the blood off the glass. Looking in the mirror, I saw a tall, handso, black haired man with glowed red eyes and two black horns adorning his forehead. My appearance reminded of a warrior coming back from battle as I was covered in dried blood stains, my clothes were torn in places with my shirt basically being rags because of my wings.
'Status!!' I shouted in my mind and the interface appeared before .
[Na: Colin
Race: Demon
Level: 1/15( 1200 exp next level)
LP: 300/300
DP: 30/30
Traits: [Will to Live], [Senses Manipulation], [Demon's Pride], [Demon Enchant]
Skills: [Regeneration], [Supernatural Physique], [Supernatural Senses], [Aura Vision], [Demonic Energy Manipulation], [Compulsion], [Contract], [Demon Transformation], [Hell Fire affinity]
'I'm a demon.' I thought surprised, shocked and frightened despite already suspecting this would happen sooner or later. I couldn't take my eyes off my new appearance and I started to panic as I wondered how the hell I would be able to talk to other people looking like this.
[Demon: These are tier 3 unholy creatures that walk the path of the profane. These creatures are native to the Underworld but they sotis live on Earth disguised as humans.]
That description didn't reassure in the slightest about my especially with the ntion of words like 'unholy' and 'profane'. I knew that each evolution changed , not just in appearance but also how I perceived the world, and I'm not sure I was ready to know what demons think of humans. But the last sentence of the description "These creatures are native to the Underworld but they sotis live on Earth disguised as humans." did give so hope.
[Demonic Energy Manipulation: As a demon, demonic energy flows throughout your entire body filling it with power. Using this skill, you will be able to better control your demonic energy and manually channel it, shaping it into any form according to your desire. As you evolve, your body will beco more conducive to demonic energy, your control will improve and the amount of energy in your body will increase, allowing you to create more complex techniques.]
[Compulsion: Using this ability you can impose your will on creatures weaker than you by looking them in the eyes and telling them your commands. This skill can be resisted by those with a strong will.]
[Contract: This skill allows you to make deals with other sentient creatures. All clauses within the contract are to be upheld lest you or the other party face the consequences. The severity of the punishnt for breaking your contract is dependent on how much the clauses were violated. Contracts can be annulled if all parties involved agree to annul the contract, the contract includes an annulnt clause or all but one of the parties involved is dead.]
[Demon Transformation: This skill allows you to transform into your true form as a demon increasing your abilities. You can freely switch between your True Demon form and your mortal one.]
[Hell Fire Affinity: [Hell Fire] is one of the most powerful flas in existence and is native to the Underworld. You have an affinity to [Hell Fire] arts allowing you to create and shape hell fire to your will.]
Reading through the skill descriptions, I still felt a bit excited as now I actually had real powers, like supernatural ones that no doubt will be useful in a fight, but the one that interested the most was the [Demon Transformation] skill. I closed my eyes and thought about the [Demon Transformation] skill, and all the information surfaced in my mind, I knew everything about the skill on an instinctive level and I imdiately activated the skill. Suddenly, I was covered in black mist and when it cleared I looked in the glass and sighed as I was back to being human, at least I looked like one, though my clothes were still ripped and splashed with black blood. Focusing on the other skills, I could feel the knowledge surging through my mind, I instinctively understood these skills and how to activate them. I opened my hand and a dark orange fla appeared in my palm. I was surprised that it actually worked then happy that I got a new weapon in my arsenal. The fla was as hot as a normal fla but I knew instinctively that the more I used it the hotter it would beco. Making sure that there were no horns, wings or tail to be seen I made my way towards where the others were waiting.
"Why can't we leave, that guy is probably dead by now?" I heard a voice coming from the entrance. I recognized the voice as the guy that threw the knife at .
"He's not dead, look let's wait for another hour and if he doesn't turn up we can go in and look for him." I heard Claire's voice.
"Go inside and look for him, are you insane there are zombies in there and you guys won't even give a gun for self defense!!" The man said anger evident in his voice.
"Screw this let's just take the bus Kirt and leave these fools here." Said a guy. I didn't recognize his voice so he must have been one of the guys I rescued on the third floor along with the knife throwing guy, Kirt was it. I heard several people cock their gun and I could practically taste the nervous energy in the air.
"No you won't." This ti it was Tim that spoke, his voice possessing a dangerous edge.
"Oh please, you won't shoot. Not unless you want to bring a horde of zombies down on us." The knife guy said condescendingly
"Move out of the way or I'll…." The sa guy started to say but suddenly stopped and shivered. He turned around and was t by my red eyes glaring at him, I could see the cold sweat dripping down his face and I said in a voice laced with venom.
"Oh, cat got your tongue, I wonder what were you were gonna do if he didn't move, I'm curious?"
"I….I…I…." He stuttered.
"Speak up young man, where is that spunk you had just a few minutes ago." I said with a sinister grin and he continued to stutter while I looked at each of everyone of them and the one's I rescued from the third floor quickly averted their eyes.
"Sorry for taking so long there was a lot of zombies up there." I said my eyes finally settling on Claire.
"That's okay, let's just get out of here I'm already tired of this place." She said
I was also tired of this place so I quickly rushed everyone into the bus.
"Where to now, sir?" Asked the designated bus driver. And I replied with a smile on my face.
"City B."
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