The onslaught of the demon had carried on. There was no one left untouched as nearly all the members of the legions had fallen to the unholy power imposing its will on them. And just like how everyone else had fallen, Rodney's case wasn't any different as he was just in the same position as his fallen comrades before they had been tossed aside.
But unlike in their case where there was numerous failed distractions, Rodney's case was quite different as it didn't look like there wasn't anyone in the area other than the other identical copies of the demon that could help him. And these copies were in no position to offer any help, if anything, they were there to cause more harm.
But while the demon had it's hand practically stuck in the Rodney's chest, something that hadn't happened in the case of it's other victims began to play out. Unfortunately, in Rodney's case, unlike the others, his white glowing energy had stuck around rather than showing up briefly and disappearing.
And while that would have been some sort of disaster if Rodney's chest had stayed glowing, something odd had perhaps miraculously saved him. The white glowing energy had instead gone in and what came out instead was a swirling black energy. And as soon as this energy emerged, it latched on to the demon's hand which was pulled away rather quickly by the demon.
And then slowly this energy began to flow out the more through the chest of Rodney all while he stood erect looking like he was paralyzed as what was left of his shirt from the fight with the generals was being torn off quickly. The chest piece he had on seemingly disappeared into the swirling dark energy. Then the next thing that began to happen was his skin. They began to tighten up and it looked like he was shrinking up by the minute as the remaining flesh tightened up revealing mostly his bones.
Then the energy in the form of shadows quickly began to wrap itself around Rodney so tightly that it looked like it was replacing the lost flesh. And this went from his chest all the way to his hands, back and down to his legs leaving only his face free from being covered.
His dark eyes were quite the stand out on his face. And as these eyes conveyed nothing, absolutely nothing as they had no emotion attached to them, a very chaotic aura burst forth from him causing slight ripples in the air. Even the demon in front of him could feel the intense energy coming off of him. Though this could not be scaled on the same platform of Yang's or the demon's aura. But there was a clear distinction between Rodney's aura and the two mentioned above.
"The pure form of darkness?. How is this possible?" The demon said with a befuddled look on his face.There was a look of confusion and a slight hint of fear in his eyes. Same eyes that had now died down from the fierce red glow. Then the other identical demons around all puffed into ashes simultaneously and flew towards the one that had Rodney earlier who was speaking.
Rodney then began to ascend from the ground with the dark wings that sprouted from his back. And as this happened, the demon took a step back not sure what exactly was happening.
But at this moment, something else that would make the demon question the credibility of what it was witnessing also began to unfold.
*Bing*
[Protocol override successful]
[Forced evolution complete]
[Congratulations!]
[User is now at level 10]
[New skill unlocked]
[Profile upgraded and can now be viewed]
....
More of these kept pouring in. But not for Rodney who was awake, far from that. These notifications were received by some other person entirely.
A down and out red haired boy laying on the ground with wounds on his body suddenly began to heal up slowly. And few minutes later, this boy's wounds had completely healed and then the next minute, a blue spark surfaced from his hands. And this was swiftly followed by more sparks of blue lightning enveloping his body and lifting his still sleeping body off the ground.
And just as he was above the ground slightly with his body curved and his face facing the floor, his eyes shut open with blue sparks coming from them. And his red hair began to extend down up until it passed his shoulders slightly. And then the remains of his shirt began to rip off as an aura burst forth from him too causing the sparks to go wild and cover him up for a minute. And when what looked like the smoke from the spark settled, a pair of dark wings could be seen attached to his back. This was Erwin. And he was very much alive.
But it didn't take long and an almost similar scenario replayed itself again. Although this time,it happened in a slightly less provocative manner and in a rather cold manner.
*Bing*
[Protocol override successful]
[Forced evolution complete]
[Congratulations!]
[User is now at level 10]
[New skill unlocked]
[Profile upgraded and can now be viewed]
Someone laying on the bare floor with bruises and wounds that were slowly healing up was the blue haired teen, Blair. Then out of no where, his knees and hands slowly began to freeze up and directly from his body sharp ice spikes began to pop out sporadically and that's when.....
"Arrrrghhhhh..." Blair let out a loud scream in pain as he was being lifted from the ground with his blue icey cold shinning eyes. His blue hair was now growing longer reaching his shoulders. And just like Rodney and Erwin, he had paid the ultimate price as his shirt was ripped off to give way for his dark wings that sprouted out. And immediately, the surrounding area slightly became cold. This wasn't really noticeable, but the demon been very sensitive had no problem picking up the little changes that occurred.
"This aura, this is a pure aura. This could only come from the true ones.There hasn't been an appearance of a true demon in this realm since the fall of..." he paused his statement as his eyes were shut wide open even more in shock "...The shadow knight, kravenus. And that must be....that must be his dreadful sins. But how...how is this even possible?".
*Bing*
....
Another one on the floor had received the notification as well.
"You might take his form and even possess the pure demon's aura. But even that is not convincing enough as the aura is only pure but commands little power. You wreak of weakness, a child, a demophytes at best!!" The demon yelled out with glowing red eyes yet again.