***NoTe
I don't know how long it's been. Has it been days, months, or years? I haven't been able to move once. Whenever I gain consciousness it's freezing cold. The air is poison so it burns my lungs and sets them on fire. That doesn't last long because then my entire body burns. Then I fully regenerate. However that doesn't matter because the beasts in purgatory come to eat my flesh. I'm scared, how am I going to get out of here.
I have to stop passing out. I have to stay awake through everything. My evolution trait will kick in as long as I stay awake. I have to be the best. If I want to become the best and stop losing then. This pain is necessary.
After I don't know how long I finally stay awake. When I come to I notice a piece of paper in my hand. On it says " Break out of purgatory."' I start looking around. The environment is just rocks and lava. I can see the poison gas in the air it still affects me. I can sense bloodlust. There's something behind me. I turn around but not fast enough it rips my arm off with its teeth. Is that a bunny? Did I just get blitzed by a bunny?
I stop the bleeding on my arm and start hiding. I can't die again to a bunny. Even if it's demonic I can handle it.
***Kuro
" Why is he trying to hunt the bunny." I say to the king.
" He is most likely going to eat it." The king says.
" Wouldn't that just poison him though." I say
" He's trying to force his evolution trait to activate. Its his only ability that doesn't require mana besides echolocation." The king says.
" How long do you think it'll take him to break out of there?" I ask.
" It shouldn't be no longer than 1 earth year." The king says.
" Woah you sure have a lot of confidence in him. Even to say he will break out faster than me. " I say to him.
***NoTe
My arm regenerated after a few hours. I ended up hunting the bunny down and killing it. There are also wolves roaming around. They hunt in packs and I saw them take down a bear. I'll be the one to hunt them next. That can be done later. Right now I have to train. I walk over to the lava and jump in. This lava is a pure form of negative mana. All I have to do is let it come to me.
It burns. It's burning my throat and lungs. Allowing the negative mana to pass through my mana channels. Feels worse than anything i've ever felt. It's necessary for my future plans though. I need the negative to mix with the mana that holds my evolution trait. It's the only normal mana I still have left.
***Kuro
" He's been sitting in that lava for a while. What is he doing?" I ask.
" He's most likely trying to absurd the negative mana. NoTe is a genius i'm not surprised that's what he came up with." The king says.
" Yeah but-" I get cut off by an explosion.
" Well damn he succeeded." The king says.
***NoTe
Woah I didn't expect it to truly circulate. Negative mana and regular mana in one body. I can't use regular mana yet because i'm dead. Which means I can't use any of my past abilities. So i'm still out of mana. However I can continue to absorb negative mana. To stop my stamina from decreasing.
I've noticed that time here runs a lot faster than in earth. I don't know the exact difference yet because time is a tricky subject. I'll ask later.
Back before me and Rev had made it to area 4 of the slums. I went into a hyper focus state to where I trained for a long period of time. Until I fully master all of my moves. I'll spend a week straight only doing one move. That just allow full mastery over myself. I'll start with the basics, all the way from a simple punch to sound arts. I will be strong no matter what.
***Kuro
He's been practicing that same move for a while now. It's just a punch nothing special.
***A few days later.
Woah he's still doing it. In the exact same position and everything he hasn't moved. That's some impressive concentration. By the end of the week NoTe's simple punch had turned into a planet destroying weapon.He was truly achieving perfection with his technique. Even then though he never stopped. The only time he ate was in between the week breaks. Which the breaks were no longer than 45 seconds. He repeated that process for the next 2 years. By the time he was done his martial arts were truly divine.
It was like when he made an attack. His surroundings moved themselves to make sure his attack landed. He could even choose how the damage worked. The king was right NoTe is a genius.
***NoTe
I didn't know if the hyper focus would work. However, because it worked so well my improvements skyrocketed. I've made so many new moves. My sound arts can be done without my chains. I have a new two point kick. One goes straight through the opponents temple. Affecting the memory and causing a concussion. While knocking them out. The other just destroys the head entirely. I can use different ones for different situations.
My attacks always land. If I swing at the water the water will move so my attack can land. I learned to control the damage I produce as well. Even though that still didn't stop me from destroying this small cave. It's time to start properly exploring purgatory.
For the next few days. I make blades and other things from the rocks and minerals around me. Not to use to hunt the animals but to see if they pierce my body. The same environment that scorched me for years has no affect on me anymore. That's good.
I need someone to test my new martial art skill against but I haven't seen any humanoid demons. I spoke too soon though because one pops up right behind me. It has a spear in its hand it's getting ready to attack. I wonder how fast I'll kill it?