Marv was still in a moment of emotional instability as he looked to the remnant of Alyssa's body that was lying on the snow. red spots were around the body as the snow absorbed the blood's colour. it was gruesome for Marv to look at, he was a genius back in his world and was familiar with deaths during experiments...but this was different.
he couldn't explain it but for some reason, he felt like...crying? or was it raging? his emotions were hard for him to identify as he looked to the other part of Alyssa's limp body that was stuck to the tree. he only knew her for about nearly two weeks yet...it just didn't feel like that.
he felt like as if he was crying for his wife...something impossible yet that was what he felt...
it was at this moment that the high-tier ice spirit that was standing not too far from the murder scene, decided to walk towards Marv. it was having a small layer of frost following its movement as it headed towards Marv.
the ice devil from earlier had also sensed the presence of the high-tier spirit. it was now also heading through the trees towards the murder scene, it was walking at a slow pace but was now making sure that every being within the forest could sense its power.
Marv was still confused during this period before he heard some ringing in his ears. it was just a small amount of ringing at first but within the next six seconds, it had reached a point where Marv just felt ears bleeding. he fell to the ground in pain as loud groans escaped his mouth. he then felt his body losing strength.
he was temporarily paralysed on the snow next to Alyssa's body. he then felt the ringing receding then a green semi-transparent message board appeared in his eyesight.
[successfully rebooted server of world S]
[player Marvin Rheede Lore shall be temporarily examined for issues.]
Marv then felt his body slightly have a wave of relaxation start from his head going down to his feet. he felt his emotions relax for a few moments before they raged right back into his thoughts. he felt angry now...just angry, nothing else. his system having finished its examination was displaying what seemed to be a series of codes in green lettering. after two seconds of rapid flashing his system finally finished and displayed something new to Marv.
[system has found emotion: Immense Anger.]
[using emotion: Immense Anger; as the foundation for new system feature allocations.]
then the system displayed several sentences as more rapidly started filling the screen. Marv only managed to catch a few such as 'system synchronization; 8.11%' and 'removed skill [hero weapon]' and a few others that seemed to be in a different language similar to Japanese Kanji back in his world. the system finally slowed down after a while and stopped at a new sentence.
[congratulations player Marvin Rheede. you have successfully had a system reboot with no problems]
[allocating rewards to all the players with successful system reboots...]
[done]
the second 'done' appeared on Marv's screen a new message board appeared to the right of his vision and was displaying a few random images...there was some type of red scythe among them that temporarily gained Marv's attention before he felt his head ringing again.
{would you like to revenge? Mr Marvin}
this was the first time Marv had felt a voice talking within his mind. the voice was male and was similar to tenor. it surprised him a bit before the voice continued talking.
{it seems you were pulled into the realm of the ice devil...your contracted partner also died...you seem to have had terrible luck and I can understand your grief to a certain point, however, I'm not here to sympathise you...I'm here to offer you a certain power...one that can help you have revenge...do you accept my child?}
Marv was shocked but anger was still the emotion controlling him. so, even without knowing what he was signing up for the agreed to the request.
{very well...I shall lend you the power that is [death mode] even though this power could be considered illegal according to the creation pact I have received the consent of one of the system masters so I shall go ahead...my name is Death...otherwise known as one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse...let my bloodline rest with you.}
it was at that moment Marv felt a burning pain on his right arm. he couldn't help but hold it with his right hand only to feel the pain transfer to his left hand. it took a few moments before the voice spoke again.
{you now have the power that was formerly mine...you are too weak to use it to its fullest but I trust you with my soul...so if you want to know more about your new strength...my soul shall remain here to answer them later...now I will activate [death mode] for you...because the ice devil and high-tier ice spirit are coming.}
Marv's vision went black that second.
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Kishan was still walking through the snow and was now nearing the murder scene. although his agility was much faster than his current speed he was calmly walking because he liked admiring his own realm. he was in no rush and knew that if the ice spirit tried to run away he could just pull it back to him.
Kishan pulled his head back to look to the sky. a slight crackle could be heard as he moved his head. he was nothing special when compared to the other devils but he was known as the lord of ice back at home.
he was grumbling to himself about his older days when he felt an unfamiliar presence within his realm. he widened his eyes in shock as he quickly shifted his head to look back in Marv's direction. he felt the snow under his feet shake a bit and the snow on the branches overhead fell onto his face. he brushed them off with his right hand and growled a bit.
a horseman of the apocalypse had arrived in his realm...