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Chapter 5 - Road of Regret (2)

When Adrian first arrived in prison he was a timid teenager who would constantly be covered head-to-toe in abuse.

However, exactly one year after being brought in his timid appearance would suddenly change. This change occurred when Adrian got a call saying that his sister had taken her own life on the anniversary of his incarceration because she was overly stressed about what had happened.

Once Adrian heard the news something deep inside of him broke causing him to lose all emotion but anger. This anger would burst out when Adrian was attacked from behind by a burly inmate.

After the first strike to the back of his head, Adrian whipped around kicking the burly man in the balls before shattering the man's right arm.

This incident set forth a chain of events that led to Adrian systematically beating the old leaders in prison eventually allowing him to talk over the prison but in the process, Adrian also learned that when he was injured he would heal at an inhuman rate as long as he remained calm.

Over the next few years, Adrian became almost unrecognizable transforming from a semi-muscular teen to a man that resembled a gorilla more than a human.

Enough of that exposition. The real regret started when Adrian regained his vision in his 21-year-old body sitting in a dark room across a table from a man claiming to be his 'lawyer.'

The 'lawyer' handed the guard a stack of money, then waved away the guard after telling him to cut off the cameras.

"What do you want from me? I've already told you, people, before I killed that bastard. He didn't deserve to live after what he had done." Adrian said unfazed by the transaction

"Before that, you can call me Mr. S. Mr. Scolvof, I'm here to offer you the chance to repent for the pain you caused… to your sister." The 'Lawyer' said in a calm, unsettling tone.

Adrian stood up, showing a rare trace of emotion as he yelled, "Bastard! Why bring her into this? Do you want to die?!"

"Now, now, Mr. Scolvof, our project needs someone with 'Ability' like you… Please hear me out before you 'kill' me." replied Mr. S sarcastically

Within a second silence fell followed quickly by Adrian lashing out and grabbing Mr. S before throwing him against the wall. Adrian hesitated and decided he wasn't worth it and started to walk out the door.

"Mr. Scolvof, I want to tell you now as soon as you saw my face you only had two choices. Your first option is you walk out that door and my people erase you and we use your dead body or..." After a short pause, to let his words sink in, the 'lawyer' continued "... in the second option you sit your ass back down and we transfer you alive to the project... The choice is yours."

Suddenly a golden flash came across Adrian's vision as he then went to sit back down before being injected with something causing him to pass out.

It was this one forced choice that caused Adrian Scolvof to die and Adrian Walker to be born.

A few hours later Adrian woke up, restrained, in a testing facility.

This facility was filled with thousands of scientists that were working on a mythical piece of technology called the Forced Evolution Chip.

The reason he was 'chosen' was for the unique blood that allowed him to adapt to any situation in seconds while also healing at an incredible speed and with the introduction of his DNA the project progressed at an unbelievable rate.

During the process of testing his 'abilities,' the scientists caused his DNA to unravel and become unrecognizable, forcing his body to take on the complexion of a dead body, becoming incredibly malnourished, with the only positive of the process he gained yet another ability, shape-shifting.

[Second Regret Completed]

[Starting Third Regret]

As Adrian opened his eyes, he was now in his 25-year-old body. After over four long excruciating years of experimentation, Adrian's mind was at its lowest point.

Adrian felt weightless floating in a tube of fluoroantimonic acid (the world's strongest acid) that at this point only made him feel slightly tingly.

On this day something happened to cause his already fragile mental state to completely break. That event was when a young 9-year-old girl, whom Adrian would often take care of in the facility, was wheeled past Adrian in a body bag, and the scientist that pushed it was laughing that they finally completed the project.

With the same scene replaying yet again, of yet another person Adrian cared for having died he lost control of his underlying insanity and anger, causing him to transform into an amalgamation that could only be described as an eldritch horror.

During his rage, Adrian killed every living thing in the facility, but it was only after he gained control of his mind back he realized that he had also killed all of the other 'experiments'... his friends.

As the only survivor of his massacre, he was left as the only person that knew about the horror of their experimentation, but to his surprise when he left the building with their research he was greeted by a black sun and a blood-filled sky.

[Third Regret Complete]

[Starting Fourth Regret]

Opening his eyes a fourth time, Adrian was now in his 63-year-old body at the peak of his power. However, unlike before, Adrian could no longer think for himself as his mind was flooded with the thoughts of his new body.

A body that had no threshold for his senses, allowing him to feel truly every detail of what was happening. A body with an ever-changing physique covered in multi-colored scales that exuded a cold killing intent.

In front of him was a handsome gray-skinned man with pitch-black wings, scarlet horns, and a spear-like tail that split into two halfway down, the Monster Lord. Behind him, six people whom he trusted with his life stood waiting for his word.

At the sight of each other, the Monster Lord called forth his army to attack Adrian and his companions.

Leaving the endless horde of stampeding monsters to his companions, Adrian rushed down the Monster Lord, wanting to end this quickly and clear the world of monsters.

However, his naïve hope for a quick end to this battle was short-lived, as the two clashed with each other, each side quickly found that they were evenly matched.

In the end, their fight became a battle of attrition, a battle that lasted 16 consecutive days and nights of high-stress intense blows without a moment's rest.

Both sides couldn't afford to give anything but 110% just to live, much less take the other down.

Even the slightest mistake would cost them everything, even their followers' lives.

All the while, Adrian's companions and followers were fighting a life-and-death battle with a seemingly endless supply of monsters commanded by 13 Demonic generals.

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By the dawn of the sixteenth day, Adrian only had one critically injured companion left alive and all three of the twenty thousand soldiers survived; but they took hundreds of millions of monsters with them to their graves.

On the other hand, Adrian had finally started to gain the upper hand after exhausting every last trump card he had, and luckily he also made the Monster Lord do the same.

Rushing in for what was hopefully the final time, Adrian tried to cut down the Monster Lord in a flurry of blows. His optimism was snuffed out when he was stabbed with the Monster Lord's signature weapon, Devolver, straight through his heart.

Completely contrary to the Monster Lord's expectations, this strike did not kill Adrian it only sealed his faith because as Adrian's heart was pierced through Adrian had fallen unconscious.

Without his mind to limit and control his body his overwhelming insanity and anger that had consumed him so many times before burst forth with the sole purpose of destruction.

Adrian's mind was full of images of his companions being slaughtered by an endless horde of monsters fueling his rage further.

With his madness in full swing, Adrian summoned his companions' weapons, shattering each of them, and causing them to compound all of their energy.

After breaking all of the weapons, a field of white flames, thick miasmic poison, chains, atomic explosions, shadow creatures, and bone giants exploded forward all at once, causing anything within 200km to be completely deleted from existence.

The previous four lucky survivors were caught up in the explosion and died in the destruction.

Leaving Adrian alone once again in the middle of his destruction, though this time he had a sword clung to his chest.

[Fourth Regret Completed]

[Will you accept fate and relive your worst?]