" Release me, Clan Leader!!! " Crow said as the Hive Stinger Clan Leader pin him down after some long fight.
" Dammit, why are you holding me!? "
" Do you want to interrogate me or something!? " Crow asked the Clan Leader as he still didn't answer on why he had to pin him down like that.
" It won't work, old fool! "
" Crush my bones, grip it like a snake as you like, I won't break, I won't surrender! " Crow shouts to the Clan Leader as unknown to him, the ground starts to rumble.
" (Smirk) " the Hive Stinger Clan Leader smirks as he felt that.
" So you now have released it, granddaughter," he says.
" Huh!? " Crow asked as he then felt the rumbling in the ground too.
" What the... "
" On your left, Dark Brotherhood Sect Leader. " the Hive Stinger Clan Leader says as the Demonic Blast comes from the Dark Brotherhood Sect Leader's left.
" What the...!? "
" What is!? "
" My granddaughter..., she did it, finally "
" I've been waiting for it for so long... " Hive Stinger Clan Leader said.
" Sorry for everything kids... " he says as the blast approached his direction.
" But it's time this old man finally earns it, hehe..." he says as the blast comes to him, destroying both him and the Dark Brotherhood Sect Leader, Crow.
...
" *PANT* *PANT* " Silent pants as she sensed it, she senses the Ki presence of her grandfather disappeared, along with the presence of the Dark Brotherhood Sect Leader.
" Grandfather... " she says as she suddenly remembered something.
( Hours Earlier )
]" I can't use the Demonic Ki, Grandfather, I can't!!! "
" That Ki is a Ki that needs to feed another Soul, I can't unleash it in this place. " Silent says to him about her grandfather's decision to let her release the Demonic Ki within her.
" Silent, my dear... " the Hive Stinger Clan Leader says as he pats Silent's hair.
" It's alright, trust me... "
" I beg you to unleash, for the honor of our Clan. "
" Don't worry about me and the others... " he says as he sensed Galen his grandson's Ki presence is already far from their reach.
" Besides, if you unleash it... "
" Our Clan's Legacy will still survive... " he says to her.
...
( Back to the present )
" I'm sorry, grandfather... " she cries as she then sees her brother on the ground.
" Flash..., you too... " she says her brother Flash was around her radius when she releases the Demonic Ki inside her, killing him too in the process as the Ki consumes the Souls of those the holder loves to increase its power.
" It's my fault, I shouldn't... "
" No... " Silent says as she grins her teeth.
" Regretting won't change it, but... " Silent says as she leaves the very place to pursue Adrian, leaving Flash behind while unknown to her.
Flolial had already escaped.
...
" He's around here, somewhere... " Silent says as she arrives at the place where the beam ended.
As he entered the location, she sighs as she clenched her fists.
" The [Demonic Ki] is beginning to influence me... "
" Likewise, I still doubt I could control it, even before it influences me, it already had me killed those I cared about. " Silent says as she remembers Flash and her grandfather who technically was killed by her.
The [Demonic Ki] is such an uncontrollable malice of power, it is hungry for souls for death, hence those who had this kind of Ki will always destroy those around them as the Ki consumes other people's Ki and life to increase its power.
Especially Silent Stinger's kind of Demonic Ki, the kind of Demonic Ki she had is the [Black Spirit Ki], the Ki of an unending void that craves for power to fuel its insatiable hunger. The endless Darkness consumes every energy force around it, like a Black Hole to be similar.
This kind of Ki is the greatest weapon of the Hive Stinger Clan, for this is one of the last known Ki derivatives that still exists in the world that abandons the Ki's use.
" The energy remnants, the Souls... " Silent says as she can hear the souls getting sucked by her, thanks to the [Black Spirit Ki].
" Please, don't I want to be-AAkhh!!! "
" Master Stinger, please save--!!! "
" Conrad, leave this, akhh--!!! "
" Gaahh, their voices..., their last screams!!! " Silent says as she hears them, the effect of the [Black Spirit Ki] absorbs the dead souls, it absorbs their last memories.
Silent feels the pain, but she can't emotionally hold it, her heart is too soft, not ready to hear such violent screams despite her being trained and have many hardships. The thing is, despite her great upbringing amongst the other members of the Hive Stinger Clan and her exceptional inherited talents she never experienced such sadness before since those around her rarely die.
Until this very day...
The screams of those she cares about are absorbed into her, she felt guilty when it happened, for the first time it happened was her cat who died when she was little, which the [Black Spirit Ki] absorb until it's nothing, now it's those who cared about her.
" Flash, grandfather... " Silent says as she also hears the voices of her brother Flash and her grandfather being absorbed by the [Black Spirit Ki] for eternity.
" Keukk!!! " despite her heartbreak, in contrast, her body is strengthened, and her power is increased as the [Black Spirit Ki] slowly influenced her mind, distracting her from the sadness of her flesh.
" ~Oh Silent, why are you sad? don't be sad, girl... ~" the Black Spirit Ki says, as it toys with her mind.
" ~Cheer up, look..., ~"
"~ Look at you now...~," it says as Silent sees herself on the nearby wall that reflects her body as she sees herself, her hair that once brown color turned into white, her skin is paler, and her eyes are turned black, so black that her pupils are gone as some black cracks are visible around her eyes.
" What happened to me...? "
"~ You are now reborn, dear Silent.~"
"~ You have absorbed every weak soul around you. ~"
"~ Now it's time to receive the reward of your efforts...~"
" Why? why has my body turned into this? " she asks herself, to the Ki.
" Why do I deserve this? why? "
"~ Why? Do you ask? ~"
"~ Your body didn't turn into this in order to prepare you... ~ "
" Prepare me? " Silent asks as he then felt something, as she felt a great rumble from below the ground.
" *GASP* "
" This presence, it's impossible, it couldn't be!? "
" My blast should've killed him, destroy the soul out of him! " Silent says the rumble of the ground is getting crazier.
" How!? " Silent asked and when she says that, something comes out from the ground, a large drill-like thing, coming out from it.
" Hehe, it seems I'm on time. " the voice says, as his hands clear the dust, showing himself in front of Silent.
" You're!!! "
" Hey there, Mrs. martial dancer! "
" It seems you've transformed... "
" Did you get some kind of buff or something? " the person comes out from the smoke, it was none other than the hater of Martial Arts himself, Adrian Waterson coming out with another Gift he absorbed using [Greed & Gluttony].
[ Forged Bone Drill ]
[ A physical type Gift, transforming one of the User's limb skulls into a large metallic bone drill. ]
" How did... you...!? " Silent asks as she sees Adrian coming out which also shocks her for in his other hand, he was holding her grandfather's and the Dark Brotherhood Sect Leader's corpse.
" Grandfather!!! "
" Too late!!! he's mine!!! "
[ Greed & Gluttony Activated ]
[ Greed & Gluttony: Consume Absorption ]
Adrian consumes the two corpses and absorbed the powers they left behind in their very empty vessel, for their souls had already been taken away, leaving the body empty while it still had some juices of Core Energies.*
" Hehehe, isn't this fantastic! "
" Get two birds with one stone! yet you're the one who throws it, I'm the one who gets it! " Adrian says as he can feel the Sin Ability processing the Gift and Sin Core he consumes, transferring its essence into his very veins, making him obtain their abilities.
" Oh my, oh whoa whoa whoa! " Adrian says as suddenly he somehow releases raw Ki from his body.
" Grhhh... " Silent grunts as she sees it.
"( KI!? )"
"( How did he? no! )" Silent realized how did it happen which made her more furious.
" So hehe, ready for Round Two!? " Adrian says as he seems to also activate [Greed & Gluttony] as his body is half-transformed.
[ Greed & Gluttony: Absorbed Abilities Activated ]
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Extra:
* The Souls left their bodies and powers behind, it kinda resonates with the concept that when you die, you will leave everything you achieved when you're alive. In this world, the Gift Powers are included since 'that power' didn't belong to the humans in the first place, but for Ki, I still don't want to reveal it too much.