He began to laugh as he transformed into his human form.
"Excellent, I expected nothing less from you.
But before you can even use this power, your body needs a little repair.
This could hurt quite a lot, so try not to die, got it?"
The flames gathered on my right shoulder and began to burn into my flesh.
A dark shadow formed that had the shape of an arm.
After the shadow was complete, the flames covered this arm and attached it to my shoulder.
It was a terrible pain, but my thirst for revenge made me endure it.
My new arm was finished, but actually it was rather a skill I received.
"I hereby bestow upon thee the skill "Call Of The Shadows".
[Call Of The Shadows: The user can transform the shadow arm in any kind of weapon by using 30% of his mana, if mana is too low it changes back into general form, compatible with other skills]
I examined the arm, it felt like the original. When I activated the skill, part of the shadows were forming a sword in my hand. I was stunned that the transformation only took a few seconds.
"Also, thank your old friend for his gift: If anyone comes into contact with this arm, all self-healing powers will be disabled.
So it's the perfect weapon to begin your revenge with."
"The powers you will get will demand a high sacrifice, which you have already made."
What sacrifice does he mean? Actually, I don't care, as long as I get this power, I can retaliate.
"Well, let's get to your little secret. Let's reveal one of the answers. I promise, you won't be dissapointed."
After I opened my status bar, I saw that all my stats were over 2000, so I was now twice as strong as the other heroes.
I was at Lv. 1, but my profession was still hidden.
When I asked him about it, he said I'd soon know the answer.
I also possessed two new skills : "Heart Of The Will" and "Relentless Spirit".
[Heart Of Will: All attacking stats are tripled if the HP drops below 10%]
[Relentless Spirit: Allows high resistance to any potions, spells, and curses]
Now, my self-healing power was fully active and ready for action.
"So all that torture wasn't for nothing, what irony of fate, I guess. "
Finally, he burned a sign in the shape of a claw into my chest.
"This is the sign of our covenant. We'll meet soon enough. When you defeated all the monsters, I've got a little suprise for you, so dont let me down! After all, you're my favorite human."
Then the flames and shadows disappeared. Once again I was on my own.
When I tried to get up, I noticed that I was fully regenerated again and stronger than before. I immediately tested this shadow skill. When I concentrated all my hatred towards the shadow, a sword was building up in my hand. It had a dark blade with a flame burning on it.
As I started to go into the deeper areas, I was really stoked.
"Ready for death?"
Akito Nagari Profession: ???
Lv : 1
HP: 2140
MP: 2090
ATT: 2310
STA: 2200
Skills:
Light Of The Heroes
Call Of The Shadows
Heart Of Will
Relentless Spirit
The dungeon was divided into different floors and rooms.
There was only one monster waiting in each room.
Since each of these creatures was huge, I assumed the dungeon only contained the final form of the monster.
So the demon king chose this dungeon on purpose.
I had to prove my strength and so I fought through the floors.
I ran into the creepiest things. In one room, a wolf-like animal was waiting that consisted only of bones. On some of them, there was still hanging some flesh of its actual body.
But there were also human-like monsters.
In the next room there was a kind of magician who had a lot of resemblance to the old bastard. He suddenly tipped acid over his body and died, only to come back much bigger and even more dangerous. His face melted away as he burned out his own eyes. This was so gross that I looked away.
"Actually, you really are like the old man, except you're a masochist instead of a sadist. You would become good friends."
Although he looked so dangerous, i saw that he was Lv. 0
How was that even possible?
He had no chance against my "Relentless Spirit" skill. He threw fireball after fireball but it had little effect, my HP were still at 90%. I put an end to him with my shadow sword by cutting him in half. His body halves slowly separated while his innards were hanging out of him. My face and also the leather shred that the guards had given me were soaked with his blood.
As I was about to move on, I noticed that his heart was still beating, even though I split him in half. My arm responded to the heart by moving on its own. After I had collected it, the shadow devoured the heart completely and I got the message for my new talent "Necromancer".
I knew that word all too well. In almost all online role playing games this class was used because it was overpowered as hell. This also explained why he was Lv. 0 since he just reincarnated in this world just a few minutes ago
[Necromancer: User can make a dead creature his undead servant with a pact. The own level must be higher or equal to the target. Only one servant possible. Servant must follow orders of his master until he dies and the pact expires.]
I realized that my mana was too low to use this talent, so I had to level up as fast as possible.
After killing a huge amount of monsters, I was finally at level 10. Although it was easier for me to gain skills it took a long time to level up because my stats were very high from the start.
My skill list was full of new stuff. From a giant lizard I got the skill "mimicry", a hawk like bird gave me the skill "raptor".
[Mimicry: user can camouflage himself to remain undetected, consumes mana]
[Raptor: Increases speed by 300%, silent sprint possible, consumes mana]
I was almost at the final door, when I fought a guy with huge wings.
This wings were not made of feathers but almost completely out of white sword blades. He also held a scythe in his hands which made him look like a grim reaper paired with an angel.
While his wings were throwing blades at me, he tried to kill me with his scythe.
I could avoid most of his attacks with "Raptor", but some blades hit me anyway.
After a while, my whole back was full of deep cuts. I could feel the leather sticking to my bloody back.
Until now, I've only used a sword, which was too weak to cut through his scythe or his wings.
With "Call Of The Shadow", I could use any weapon I knew about. So I could also use weapons that didn't even exist in this world.
I fell out into an evil laughter and put on a gloomy face as I thought of the perfect weapon.
Let's see how you will handle this!"
My arm was transforming into a huge chainsaw with a black blade.
I enjoyed the shrill sound as the chainsaw started.
The guy looked pretty confused when I stormed him with this weird thing.
He swung his scythe at me, which I sawed to pieces at once.
In combination with the "silent sprint" perk, I got behind him and took the opportunity to punish him.
First I jumped at his wings and sawed off the first one.
The blades all shattered, as they touched the ground.
His blood splashed through the whole room, he screamed in agony and swung wildly around himself.
When I saw the blood sticking onto the saw, my rage knew no bounds.
Because the wings were pretty big he lost his balance and fell forward. When he was almost defenceless on the ground, I decided to cut off the other wing aswell, but much slower this time.
When he lay there screaming, I could almost feel the pain and the agony he was in.
"How you like me now, asshole!
Let's see how much is left in you."
Even after that torture his will wasn't broken so I got bored and finally sawed his head off and threw it through the room for fun.
"Let's play again some other time, okay?"
The talent I obtained from him, "Blade Master", was actually very useful.
[Blademaster: allows a perfect handling of any weapon, endurance of weapon increased 200%, can be combined with other skills, no mana required]
My happy mood soon was destroyed by my injuries
Although I had reached level 10, my complete mana was used up.
It didn't fill up either. When I looked at my status, I was poisoned.
The blades on his wings were poisoned with some paralyzation potion. The resistance only worked against opponents who were below or at my level and since he was Lv. 20 I had no resistance. My mana production was temporarily disabled. I noticed that "Light Of The Heroes" also used up mana because no wound closed anymore.
But why didn't it show up when I looked at it ?
I lost too much blood. When I leaned against the wall, I began to lose consciousness.
"Why now, when I'm about to leave this hell? I can't do it anymore, apparently I'm really a good for nothing..."
As i was about to die, somebody was talking in my head.
"You were so good, better than I thought."
That voice was different from the one I knew.
"But you haven't met my expectations yet, so finish what you started. "
Who is this? What expectations do you mean?
When I opened my eyes, my HP filled up again and my wounds were healed, also the mana points were fully regenerated.
How is that possible? Why am I still alive? I was dead, wasn't I?
My status was completely the same, but now there was an extra skill: "Burning Hate".
[Burning Hate: Allows the user to fully regenerate all stats, one time skill]
"Thank god I really DO hate this world! Is this a sign that I'm on the right path?"
I prepared myself for the final room and walked in.
There was no one in there...
Have I done it? Did I really make it through this hell?
Of course, I had to jynx it.
Suddenly the ground was shaking and three huge creatures broke thorugh the wall on the other side of the room.
There all were at level 50, so I had to be very careful.
The first one was a ghoul. His face was covered in blood. Out of his mouth he spat blood that had an acid effect to it.
Next, there was an undead knight which held a giant sword in his hands. Parts of his body only consisted of his bones. His sword looked it it was poisoned, so I would better not get hit with it.
The last creature was a Minotaur from Greek mythology. He had huge sharp horns that were harder than diamond.
Quickly, I made up a strategy.
I assumed the ghoul would attack me with his claws while spitting blood on me.
The knight would use the giant sword to hit me and the Minotaur would try to impale me with his horns or trample me dead. At least that was the plan. When they noticed me, they immediately attacked me. I couldn't take them all out at once. My attempt to kill them separately backfired.
I could dodge most of their attacks by using "Raptor". The Minotaur rammed huge holes into the walls while the knight missed my head by an inch a few times. The biggest problem was the ghoul's blood. Luckily it went on my clothes, so now I was nearly naked.
There was only one way to win.
I had to get them to use their attacks against each other. In order to do that i used "Mimicry" a few times.
I lured the knight to the ghoul, who spit his blood all over him instead of me and etched his face away with it. I used this opportunity to cut him up from behind and killed him. Next, I got the Minotaur to focus all his attention on the Ghul. I hoped that it had the characteristics of a bull, so I prayed that it would react to the red color. The Minotaur didn't let me down and ran at full speed towards the Ghul. His horns skewered the entire body against the wall. Now there was only one thing left to do. By the time the Minotaur noticed me, it was already too late. His horns were still in the wall and the ghoul's bones prevented him from pulling them out. I made a huge jump towards him, then I cut of its head my shadow sword.
I used almost all my mana to keep up "Raptor" and "Mimicry. The rest of the mana wasn't enough to close all my wounds. I used to fight monsters that were between level 20 and 30. But since the wounds of level 50 monsters were inflicted on me, I needed more mana to heal them.
Luckily, the wounds weren't that deep.
As I was about to recover, the demon king suddenly appeared before me in his human form. I was scared to death since I thought he was another boss.
He began to laugh and clapped his hands.
"That's what I call entertainment. Your show was great, especially your torture for this wannabe angel. As promised, here's your surprise. "
He took a dagger out of his hand and stabbed me a few times. The blood was sputtering out of my body. I couldn't move at all, I was helplessly at his mercy.
"Why?! I thought we had a deal! Why are you taking my revenge from me?"
He looked very surprised and began to laugh again.
"Did you think our deal would be over with your death?
I'm going to tell you a little truth now:
There is a reason why your status and profession was hidden at the beginning.
Not only you humans have a prophecy, also we demons have one which says:
"He, whose hatred is greater than the whole world itself will bring chaos over the lands and create a new world in which demons will be the rightful rulers."
We had been looking for this prophet for a long time.
Even so long that I had to return to this kingdom.
When I heard the news of your arrival, I was curious. Since the king hadn't prepaired a barrier, it was pretty easy to spy on you.
Suddenly I saw that one of these heroes was different from the others, because he wasn't really a hero. In fact, nobody knew what he was.
After I spoke to him via telepathy several times, I noticed that a black flame was dwelling in him.
It was his hatred that spread over his body and finally took on the form of his heart. At last, the hate had devoured it, now he only lived for revenge and retaliation.
But it was not yet so far, I had to wait until I got an opportunity to meet him personally.
When I saw him, I immediately knew that he was the chosen one, whose companion was damnation itself.
And YOU are this exact person. I admire you for your blood thirst and your ruthlessness.
Besides, I wouldn't ignore the prophecy or lend you my powers just to get rid of you.
I haven't forgotten our promise, you can still have your revenge if you want to.
The decision is yours, show me I wasn't wrong about you. "
He stabbed the dagger right in my heart and I died.
At least, that's what I thought when an notification popped up before me:
"New skill achieved: "Eternal Revenge". Activate now?"
[Ertenal Revenge: User trades Humanity for his Life, Rebirth gets reborn as a demon, previous status will be preserved, one time skill]
That weirdo tricked me!
A follower of the demon king...
Well, if my plan works out, I guess I won't be able to be regarded as a human being anyway...
Fuck it, let's destroy this rotting world together, Amon!
Activate! "
The next moment I was brought back to life.
"So you're finally awake, Akito."
That was the first time he called me by my name.
When I looked at myself, my body was completely changed. I was taller than before and had white hair. Besides, I was more muscular and the branding mark on my chest was gone.
"So this is my new me. . . I like it! "
I started smiling, my heart was racing.
He looked at me with a evil face.
"Now you finally know your destiny."
I opened my status, all stats were the same as before my death, but one detail was different now.
Akito Nagari Profession: Demon
Lv : 20
HP: 12300
MP: 8600
ATT: 11900
STA: 9700
Skills:
Light Of The Heroes
Call Of The Shadows
Heart Of Will
Relentless Spirit
Mimicry
Raptor
Burning Hate (used)
Eternal Revenge (used)
I looked at him while smiling, he knew what I was about to say and smiled back.
"And now the hunt really begins!"