Pupil-less pitch black eyes were staring back at him. No matter how long Alfonso looked at his reflection in the mirror, he was still fascinated. His gaze trailed down to his chest which had in the middle a long vertical cut which was closed by rows of fangs. The cut opened like a mouth with a thought from him, revealing the nothing but darkness inside his chest. A long white bone that was slightly curved began to come out from the mouth in his chest after he ordered it mentally.
The feeling of control over the bone came naturally to him when he grabbed it, like it was a part of him.
Alfonso looked at his own reflection that was holding a long white bone in his hand, he could swear that it was slowly pulsating in his hand...
It has been three days since he went through the body modification treatment and he was currently residing inside the room that the Abyss Slayer Union provided him for the next 6 months.
It had been three very revealing days as many secrets that the Abyss Slayer Union kept for themselves were revealed to him and the others who became Slayers.
First was the origin of the grey lump of meat he ate to transform himself into a Slayer. That lump of meat was a heart harvested from a Minion Rank Abyss Monster.
He learned about the different Danger Ranks that monsters were categorized in. The lowest and weakest were the Minion Rank, then Elite Rank, Warrior Rank, Goliath Rank, King Rank, Disaster Rank and Doom Rank.
Alfonso honestly did not know what to think about those ranks as he had only seen a few bad quality clips from abyss monsters in action.
He was more concerned with the fact that the quality of the heart he ate impacted his strength. Alfonso would be totally screwed if he didn't have his Seismokinesis.
He went through various tests on the first day to figure out what the deal with his strange white bone was. It turned out that his bone was actually a bow. He thought that it was a simple club but it kept changing bit by bit with every hour that passed. It was slowly evolving, finally taking the form of a bow made of white bone after 2 days. It looked somewhat disgusting because the muscles on the curved ends were connected by tendons.
Alfonso was really flabbergasted by the level of strangeness he had reached after becoming a Slayer.
He learned that the heat circulating inside his body was an indicator how much stamina he had and would become weaker with every new bow he created. He tested his limit, coming to the conclusion that he could create only 3 bows or 30 arrows made of white bones before running out of stamina...
What depressed him was how bad he performed with his new toy on the training ground.
The penetrating power of his arrows were no joke, even higher than that of bullets but he had never used a bow before so his accuracy sucked. Alfonso was glad that he could create other weapons and switched immediately to a blade.
He tested first how sharp it was and well...It could cut but nothing that was too hard like iron as it would break quite fast...
He was glad that his body at least reached a superhuman standard but even that didn't last long when Nik revealed that he became a Berserker after his body modification treatment. The two of them sparred against each other multiple times and Alfonso who previously always won against Nik found himself having a hard time to even tie some rounds. It was because Nik gained a far superior physical advantage over him after using his Berserk Form. Nik who was already 1.84 meters tall grew even taller and his body became hard as steel with some bones sticking out from his arms and shoulders. Alfonso's blade always shattered when he struck Nik's body...
The only good thing was that he beat Nik when it came to speed and reaction time. Alfonso didn't stay depressed for long when they were informed that their power could forever grow as long they devoured enough monsters.
They learned that people would gain one of the three types of powers after going through the body modification treatment. Berserkers would explode with astonishing physical power after using their Berserk Form. Weaponmasters were able to create weapons from their bodies and Special Type, they were bizarre and very rare.
He put his strange Weaponmaster Power aside, focussing on his Seismokinesis, his Seismic and Vibration Senses improved from initial 10 meters to 30 meters. He didn't know how strong his Shockwave and Tremor Manipulation had become but it should be enough for his planned D&D fighting style.
'I'm really itching to try out my improved Seismokinesis but I can't do it here, there are too many Slayers around...Detect & Destroy is the style I'm aiming for. Thanks Whitebeard and Eiichiro Oda for showing me the way!' Thought Alfonso while putting his bone bow back into the vertical mouth in his chest.
He began to put on the clothes that the A.S.U (Abyss Slayer Union) gifted him, they gave him a nostalgic feeling.
These clothes were standard military clothes, black leather boots, black cargo pants, black shirt and a long military trench coat.
He went upstairs, knocking on the door of room 216. Niklas opened the door, wearing the same pair of clothes as him.
"Good morning bro, let's go to the canteen for breakfast before preparing our stuff for today's mission." Said Alfonso to Nik who nodded.
The two of them went down, heading to the building where the canteen was. They saw other small groups of Slayers doing the same. They soon joined the line to get breakfast, sitting on a free table and starting to eat. They were soon joined by other Slayers from their class.
"I can't get used to this...I don't feel full even after eating so much! This much food would have been my dream four days ago but now..." Complained Thomas.
"You know it's a side effect from becoming a Slayer, the Senior Slayers have already explained that our hunger will be stilled after we devour monsters from the abyss..." Said Leon who was also unsatisfied.
Alfonso nodded, he had been feeling hungry all the time since he went through the body modification treatment. "They said that we will kill enough abyss monsters to fill everyone."
Thomas smiled, "That's right! Today is our first mission, I can't wait to kill and devour some monsters haha."
The others joined him, expressing how much they want to kill and devour monsters to satisfy their hunger.
"You guys are too arrogant after becoming Slayers...It can't be that easy, or have you forgotten how many Slayers die behind the walls of Dortmund?" Reminded Niklas them.
They sobered up after Nik's reminder, stopping to talk about easy killings. Their good mood was further soured after the Slayers from District 2 mocked them on their way out of the canteen.
"I really don't know why they still think that they are better than us. We will catch up to them in no time as long as we devour enough monsters." Said Niklas confidently.
'That's true, they will find themselves behind some of us if they are lazy...' Thought Alfonso as their group finished eating their breakfast.
"We have one hour until the gathering, go and prepare your stuff. Let's meet in half an hour in front of the main building." Said Alfonso, he noticed that some of them glanced at him strangely but no one said anything and did as he said.
Nik leaned over to him when they were alone, "They don't respect you because they think that you are weaker..."
Alfonso shrugged, "It's true that my blade sucks but I can still beat the crap out of them. I only need to wait for them to turn weak after their Berserk Form runs out of steam."
Nik nodded, he was the only one who knew that he was strong as Alfonso was the one that had trained him for years.
They split up, and Alfonso began to pack his backpack.
'I'm looking forward to the first mission...'