For the war of the God of Destruction, your purpose—blessed by Him—is the annihilation of the worlds! Grow, and fulfill your duty!
It was only one sentence, but it was followed by a sensation that enveloped him, like the pain of his death.
He could still feel the burning heat of his blood from the knife wound, but everything came to an end when he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.
Three months passed in the night sky, and creatures he had never seen in his life appeared in the distance. Aside from that, his vision had also changed—everything was in black and white, and energy similar to gas shimmered like a mirage at every point.
The sudden shock of such an event made him reach for his head, but something was strange.
There was no sound, no sense of touch, no smell—he could only see, and even that vision was not the same as before.
He looked at his hands. They were black and white, showing only the skeletal structure of a human hand. He should have been terrified, but he couldn't be—he didn't even know why.
In a moment when he had no idea what had happened to him and tried to hurt himself to awaken, despite knowing he had been stabbed, a floating window appeared before him, fifty centimeters in both length and width. A mechanical clicking sound echoed in his mind, frightening him. However, this feeling was brief, and after a few seconds, as he calmed down and checked his surroundings, he slowly looked at the floating window that moved with him, as if it were connected to him. He saw unfamiliar but understandable lines:
[Transfer successful]Name: HazardFinal Race: Demon King Arc LichLevel: 1Life: 100Power: 30Agility: 20Mana (Miasma): 350Stamina: -Talent:Reanimation of the Undead:You can raise the dead using dark mana, based on the level of the deceased.Negative Energy Bullet: (Inactive)By consuming a chosen amount of dark mana, release a dark energy bullet that causes damage based on the mana spent. (It may also cause confusion and paralysis in the target, depending on their level and willpower.)Corpse Explosion: (Inactive)When activated, the corpses within a 100-meter radius can be made to explode.Skill: -
Hazard stared at the window with an odd look. Whatever this was, it felt somewhat familiar, and he could relate several things he remembered to it—systems and reincarnation. But such a reincarnation, especially into a skeletal form, was completely unexpected. Just then, the system window began to display new messages that caught his attention.
[Your soul, along with 4,999,999,999 other souls, has spread across 5,000 worlds to fulfill the will of the God of Destruction and Darkness. The God of Destruction expects you to take control of the world you are in to move to the next level and enter the War of Eternity.]
The weight of the information was overwhelming. The numbers and all of this could only be summarized in a book for easier understanding, but Hazard, now realizing he was but a pawn in a much grander existence, felt a little anxious. But he was a dead being now, so his body could not express such reactions. Only seconds later, the system window changed again.
[Place the Demon King's Altar in an appropriate location.]
A holographic green design appeared, showing the outline of a pool with several tall, five-meter-high skeletal arches above it, resembling a tomb. It was strange and terrifying, freezing Hazard in place for a few seconds. Everything was happening so fast, and there was no one who could keep up with such rapid changes.
After only a few moments, he began to move. His bony, fleshless face clattered, but it had no meaning. After a few minutes of walking, he finally reached an abandoned village in a barren mountain, and there, he built the altar at the center of the destroyed village.
[Are you sure you want to place your altar here?]"Yes."
A burst of light and dark mana followed, causing a small earthquake that shook the ruined village houses.
The altar, a pool filled with the darkness of the night, had a depth of thirty centimeters. The bottom of the pool, with magical circles, had arches resembling iron gates with skull designs on top. This eerie and sinister appearance could inject fear into living creatures and made the weak animals nearby flee rapidly.
Hazard, seeing the animals' reaction, wasn't particularly surprised. He, too, had been caught off guard by the altar's strange appearance, but it wasn't a major concern. The most important thing now was the faint scream that came from inside a half-destroyed hut, drawing Hazard's attention