Healer wakes up to an insatiable hunger, but he was not in the room, it was quite the opposite, he was still in the glutton main bedroom, he would have thought to be back, but then he remembered that when he rested the other times it was a little later that he was brought back, what would he do with his time here he wondered, he was stuck until he got beamed back and he had no idea when that was, but something was off, he could no longer feel the connection between him and mara, actually, now that he thought of it, he couldn't feel anything at all, no air, no touch, he couldn't even hear, as he got up, the stone echo was lost to him, he looked at his hands and in pure shock he looked at his hands, they were wispy and black, his finger were pointed and he noticed that they had gaps in them 'hey system what's going on' he waited a moment and then got nothing, not a word was uttered, he patted down his body, he felt nothing, and because he could no longer feel for some reason he was unable to feel his body, he would need to find a mirror, he looked over all around the room, it seems that the body has dissipated, and it also seems as if the room has lost its color, he slowly walked out and walked on the the streets, all the demons turned their heads to look at the figure that appeared from the castle and were appalled by what they saw
"…"
he tried to speak but no sound came out "what are they looking at?' He wondered, but soon he regaled that the castle did lose its color, its his eyesight, he was only seeing in black and grey, all of a sudden he felt weaker, he stumbled and fell to the floor, he layed on the ground for a few minutes every once and a while a demon stoped and tried to speak with him, but it was no use, he really wasnt able to hear, while he was wondering what happened, he was enveloped by a black white, he couldn't feel the pain but he knew it was hurting, inevitable he passed out from the damage done to him
he woke up at an unconfirmable time, but he was in a very familiar place, it was a desert, it was a barren wasteland, and yet he saw souls of demons floating about, he couldn't get up or move as he was still exhausted, he worried that if he moved he would exhaust even further and die, he was unsure what was going on, but as he could no longer feel mara he assumed that something happened to his original body, but if that was the case he should have died, he tried to feel for the boys spirit but there was nothing, not even a small hint of him, healer was fully disconnected
///
in the dreamscape mara and dreamer were panicking
"FUCK!" Dreamer yelled "i didnt know he would transport to hell!"
"wait…" dreamer slowly realized something "my whole goal was to kill the guardian of this body and take it over, so, its been fun mara, but i really must be going"
"I was never asking, so what will it be, giving up this body to me or dying?"
"because "we people" dont even consider it an option"
"are you now?" He squinted his eyes at her
"come at me then"
he smiled not dodging "we're in a dream space you can't- AGH!" He was slashed by her new found claws
"Damn, i chose badly on what job to choose huh?"
they continue to clash inside the boys mind, but now, the boy had a problem, he no longer had the power that made him immortal for that power was gone, lost to the tides with his demon companion
they continued to clash each getting worn out, not physically, mentally, manifesting things cost mental strength, as an example think of MP and running out except for your brain, and if you do run out you feint leaving a spot open for your opponent to attack you, so it was good to give a rest when possible, but neither had let that rest happen to the other
"so…" *huff* "energetic" *huff*
"Hey, shut up bitch"
their clash then continued, slashing and piercing sounds could be heard, eventually, mara lost, it would be completely unrealistic to think she had a chance at winning, someone with a lack of combat experience and not much mental strength stood no chance, it was a miracle she even lasted as long as she did, but even that was because of training that her and healer went through when they were bored, and even then she always lost very quickly
"well, now that i have no need for you, how about i lock you up?"
<…>
it was no use to respond, for she was already passed out from exhaustion, and dreamer didnt have to worry about the others, he already dealt with them, all that was left was to take over the boys body, but when he tried he was met with a lock to the "door" to his brain "well it seems you did some preparation, did ya?"
after a moment or two, a boy, the boy, spoke, but something was off it was different sounding then he expected, it was more mature, it was strange in a way "i did, and i dont like people in my brain, it took a while but i was finally able to break into my own head
…
after a couple of minutes staring at each other the boy finally spoke "out of my head, or ill have to kill you"
"kill me?" Dreamer scoffed "how will a nameless brat kill me, you dont even have your powers in here"
the boy thinks for a moment "yea, marsh as a name doesn't interest me anymore, how about the name Mal? Yea i like that more, system, what are the rewards i get for killing him?"
{you get not his power, but a randomly generated one + dreamspace}
"what's dreamspace"
{it is a item that allows you to store physical objects in your head}
"like an inventory from a game?"
{yes, and its a better storage then your spatial type space, able to hold anti matter and sort things}
"ok cool, also dream dude" he looked at dreamer
"yea? What is it?" He asked cautiously
"why do you think it took me so long to get in?" He asked gently as I'd he was asking a small child what an answer to a problem was
"you suck at mental barriers?" He chuckles
"no, maybe a little correct but i was using all my mental energy to give myself powers" he smiles "you know what that means, right asshole?"
"Oh fuck, your one of those, and here's why i wanted to finish this job ASAP" he sighs "so what did you make?"
he smiles devilishly "oh you know, i was just looking at what you were doing, then realized i could make a better version, so say hello to mental god, cheesy name i know, but i want to enjoy this. Power while i have it"
"your right thats cheesy as fuck, welp" Raines his hand "say bye to your limbs" he waits for his power to work but nothing happens
Mal smiles as he looks at dreamer he speaks his words holding power "you can't do anything against me" the words echoed across the mind scape
"what?" He looked confused "yes i can?" As he finished his sentence an anvil appeared above mal's head
mal spoke again, they again reverberated "if you can then i can see what your doing" when he finished he saw the words 'anvil', 'head', and 'fall' he side stepped the anvil just in time "the next time you do something your heart will fail in here, causing you to die here"
"that was… specific" he squinted 'opponent, heart, stop' "well ill get you ba-" he collapsed to the floor and slowly disappeared
///
back in the material world the boy, Mal, woke up and took a look at the stone and pill, he swallowed the pill
{dreamscape acquired}
'ok cool, now what's the power i got'
{dream to reality: make anything that has been seen before (thats real) and create it (no consumables or boosters)
overdrive: create one fantasy item}
he crushed the stone quickly gaining its power "ok, so what shall i do next?" He thought for a couple minutes "I'm sure that demon can make it out of hell himself, right now i need to train in my combat skills, if I'm correct i no longer am immortal, I'm strong sure, but-" he was cut off
{claim the secret power: Life's a game: the sequel?}
"no, not yet anyways"
{saving for later}
"ok"
{items have been updated! They now have a health boost! Health: 5000}
"How does health work?"
{when you have health that will be used to heal your injuries, when health drops to 0 you can no longer use it to heal}
"why do i have that power?"
{your body is relapsing from the loss of the power, to stop you from dying this has been made for your body}
///
in hell healer was still in the eighth ring, but he was finally able to move
'fucking hell, what's the deal now?'
He was asking this as a demon was slowly approaching him, it had a large maw and shard teeth but other then that it was just a floating mouth and teeth
'that is really fucking weird, what does it want?' He thought for a couple more moments 'oh, it probably wants to eat my soul to grow stronger, well I'm not gonna let that happen'
as he raised his fist he got a notification
[notice, you have initiated a fight between
this was how demons knew they grew, it was like a system of their own, except instead of level up they got to choose what part of the soul to adapt to their own
'bring it on fucker'
Healer took initiative and punched the poor soul, but it did no damage, well it did but it did very little, he was a level one soul at most, this poor soul seemed to be a level 2, while it may not sound like much, it was a huge difference especially spice the ranks were so open, one never truly knew where they fit until they met someone of their rank stronger then themselves, the poor soul attacked next biting off healers arm
'AGH'
he grabbed the souls teeth and twisted them out of their sockets whenever he saw a chance, once he was finished he quickly pummeled the thing
'JUST DIE'
soon it dissipated and all that was left was a soul, he soon ate the soul and received a notification
[two things can be chosen (can only choose one) sharp teeth/large mouth]
he thought about it 'to hell with the mouth, teeth are more useful!
he quickly grew teeth and he formed a mouth, the rest of the soul was used to reform his arm, so he wasnt able to get stronger
"…"
he tried to speak but was unable to still
'damn, need to find a demon with vocal cords'