Healer felt around his mouth, still unable to feel anything, he could feel pain though, but that was probably a natural reaction to ensure ones survival, at least he had a decent attack now, sharp teeth were essential for him, mainly because thats what he was most used to besides his claws, the only bad part is the rest of the soul was used to heal his arm, he should have been more careful, if ones soul is destroyed here there is no going back, at least thats what everyone assumed, as no one has ever returned from it
…
after an hour of wandering he came across ruins, there were many wonders of the eighth ring, many didn't know what it used to be, though, as hell was, well, hell, no one volunteered to research, as they were always to busy fighting with each other, for all intents and purposes hell was fucked, it was in a barely self sustaining ecosystem, no one bothered with the history with the reasoning of 'if they died they were weak' and it was infuriating, well, at least to healer, he considered himself smart
'hey, look at soul attachments'
[sharp teeth]
[higher intellect]
as that what he was born with as a soul, along with an unaverage body
he looked around the ruins until he spotted a door, it was closed with a lock however, the only way to open the lock was use of mana, while humans used their powers with outer power of the world, demons had to use an internal power, the only problem was the fact that you needed to have a mana gland to use mana, and healer didn't have that anymore, now it was very likely that he would find one, as they weren't uncommon, but he didnt want to lose the building, so he decided to wait and sit,
over time he spotted a few demons with no eyes and limbs, but none had parts that interested him, that was until he saw a small demon wisp looking thing with a single eyeball, he approached it and got in a fighting stance similar to a boxers
[you have challenged a lowest grade wisp of water]
he wasnt happy with the type of wisp it was, water was practically useless at lower levels but nonetheless he was easily able to grab the wisp and pop its eye out, killing it, he then quickly consumed the soul
[two new parts to choose from: lowest grade water mana gland/lowest quality wisp factory]
he stumbled back in surprise, wisp factory wasn't expected, it allows to turn soul extras into a wisp companion based on the quality, but now he had a tough choice, the factory or the gland, by far the glad was important but water was useless at its level, he chose the wisp factory,
he instantly felt a change in his body, where his soul would be it was pushed to the side and now shared space with the factory
[second soul remnant can be used: make wisp (lowest water)/improve body]
he again stumbled back, maybe it was because he never had a wisp factory but he never heard of this, he decided to go with the make wisp option to save time
[wisp companion made. HP:25]
it was the lowest grade so he wasnt surprised, but he kinda felt attached already, he walked up and pointed to the door
the wisp seemed to understand and started to pour all its mana in the door, so the door opened with a loud rumble
'shit, that probably drew attention' he walked in the wisp following
///
in the human world Mal was researching his health feature
"i really don't wanna do this" he held the knife in his hand, readied a finger and in one quick motion he cut it off
{100 HP used to heal wound}
his finger quickly grew back "i see, so 100 for a finger? That's a lot, but not unexpected" he considered for a moment "if my health is 5000 i can lose five fingers ten times" but then he thought "what's my health regeneration rate?"
{1 HP every 1 second}
"Ok, so it would take one minute forty seconds to regenerate the HP to take heal a finger? What about breaking? Does it depend on severity?"
{yes a dislocation is 10 HP and bones spurned to dust is 1000-4000 HP depending on how many}
"so my whole body's bones are covered by HP how much is being skinned?"
{10 for scrapes, 100-5000-10,000 depending on severity}
"ok, so I can't survive severe skinning, good to know, how do I increase my health?"
{by consuming [demons ///]}
"so the demon parts are what make me strong?"
{yes, your body reacts differently}
"i also might want to get new powers"
{it will take away 4500 HP if you wish to acquire a power}
"what's my current HP?"
{400}
"Oh, i guess i did acquire that other power, is there a way to make my health regenerate faster?"
{sleeping and medicine}
"what type of medicine?
{instant med known as: 'insta cure'}
"i see, from what i hear that expensive, it'd be better to just sleep, but then again" he opens his table computer, a futuristic screen pops up as he proceeds to log in "may be worth to buy a few just in case, i probably can only afford… what is it? Two? Yea two" he clicks buy and pay with his card "now i feel empty inside, hey how much does that stuff recover anyways?"
{500 HP after analysis}
"thats not a lot…"
{the average human HP after calculation is 500}
"oh, so why does it cost 100 to heal a finger?"
{the energy requirement and the food that would be consumed, as well as the cell growth and replacement rate}
"ah, that makes sense, kinda, you just inflated it didnt you?
{the power of life's a game is not all good}
"ok, now thats fair, games have inflated damage"
///
healer walked down the passages carefully, the wisp following behind
'what were these places?' He wondered, no one knew and yet they had to exist for a reason, and even for hell they were strangely advanced, the mana locked doors, the metallic hallways, he looked around and eventually found a split in the corridor healer pointed one way to the wisp, it made a nodding motion as they split up, eventually healer came upon a dark room, there was faint sound heard within, the door was already open and he saw a switch, so instead of running he wanted to see what was in there
'…'
to say he was disappointed would be an understatement, he squashed it under his foot
[slain rat soul]
He looked around the room and saw that there were several giant test tubes with broken glass, some were empty but intact, there was one however that got his attention, but first he consumed the rat soul
[consumed soul three parts to choose from: sharp claws/night vision/rat teeth]
he choose sharp claws, but instead of getting claws
[sharp claws are already present on body, reading body type, astral type]
this was the fist time this happened to him
[sharp claws have been turned into razor sharp claws]
his fingers changed so the tips turned into a small knife shape
[you have two soul remnants: make wisp (two options)/upgrade wisp (two options)/improve body]
he was confused but he would rather have one strong wisp then many, so he chose the upgrade option
[rat teeth/night vision]
he chose night vision, as he had no desire to see a wisp with teeth
[wisp has integrated night vision HP +5 = HP 30]
[one soul remnant remains: make wisp/improve body]
he found it interesting the upgrade option wasn't there anymore, but then he remembered that he was only able to take on one soul option as well, so that made sense, in the end he chose improve body
[your body has been rapped in the soul and integrated into into you]
he did feel sturdier and slightly stronger, he then moved up to the test tube and raised his fists, although he looked like an idiot he learned the name of what was inside
[artificial demon has been initiated in battle]
'an artificial demon? How curious' he shattered the glass as liquid spilled out
[you have slain artificial demon]
'it would seem this gunk kept it alive' he picked up the soul and gulped it down
[consumed one soul part: artificial mana gland of high grade, add to body? Yes. No.]
He chose yes and felt an organ grown and an energy start to produce within him, it was high grade so he didnt care if it was artifical, but when he tried to use his magic he wasnt able to, this was a problem, as you couldn't get different magic glands, as demon body's can only store one, so if he's unable to use magic because of this it would be a huge loss on his part, but soon something else caught his attention
[wisp has taken 10 damage]
///
back in the human world Mal was look for a fight
"Well, it would seem I'm in a pickle, how can i learn if I'm any good in a battle if I can't find any chumps to fight?"
He walked around for a while unable to determine where every bad person went, it was extremely unusual "hey, what's my current HP?"
{4599- 5000}
"ok good, its all full now"
an unknown figure walked up to him "what do he have here?" A gruff voice sounded from behind "a game nerd? Life's not a game chump, maybe i should teach you that"
Mal chuckled at that, it was actually quite funny to meet some people unaware and actively talk about it like its not, granted that was probably 95% but it was the 10% of people who made him laugh
"oh? Am i that funny?" He sounded irritated
"oh, sorry, just an inside joke-" as he turned he was punched
{500 HP-}
"ouch, that hurt bastard, i Heard a fucking crack" he rubbed where he was punched "system, analyze"
"again with that game shit, you nerds need to learn when to shut up"
{bone breaking punch}
"so if he punches me my bones are guaranteed to break?"
the man looked confused
{yes}
"well thats a simple fucking power, actually i have an idea" he made sure to sound smug
"You think you mama's gonna save ya?" He yelled as he rushed
before the gruff man could react he was quickly overpowered, Mal grabbed his fist and moved the mans fist to block his very own punch, he slowed his punch but the damage was done
"FUCK MY HAND" the man yelled loudly
"Your power is so fucking simple, it especially can be easily used against you, if you had the brittle bones power you'd be a match for me, but no, you got a punch that breaks bones no matter what"
"h-how did you know!?! Y-you know who i am!?!"
he sneered at this "you think your mama's gonna save you" he looked the man dead in the eyes "cause she's not"
"j-just wait until you get sued!" He made a threat
"oh i will" mal grabs the mana hair "and i look forward to seeing your face Hmong the witnesses" some intimidation never hurt anyone
Fear filled the mans eyes as mal pounded him into the ground, shattering the bones in his face with his own fist
he then walked away back to his own abode, this was a successful experiment, it seemed he still had overwhelming strength, he just couldn't heal indefinitely over all he found it a very successful experiment, he no longer had to worry about losing his skills regarding his power, but something bothered him, it was probably nothing but he swore he saw his shadow shift sor a second, but that was probably just him being sleep deprived