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Milo stood up and dusted his clothes, he looked around the world that looked similar to the one that he just saw a second ago , except for the fact that every looked red , like it was soaked with blood and the buildings and constructions were more or less broken down and destroyed. It looked like an apocalyptic world. Just the world he knew. In front of him was a crack that seemed too small for any human to pass through , but through the crack he could see his world , and everything still looked normal. Even seeing his own world through the crack made the environment look weird.
"Well , . . . . . .the crack hasn't expanded any more than I last saw it . And no spirits are around here . Then it must have transformed back there". He stared at the crack again that seemed to be slowly expanding .
Then slowly , his body began to disintegrate until he had disappeared from that spot.
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18 minutes later, a shadow covered that exact spot. A shadow bigger than any monster should be. " He was here,. . . . .but he was not around for long. A deep voice from the shadow said before going into silence.
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Milo stood up from the floor and looked around, making sure there was no one around but who would wander into the deep reaches of the cemetery and why at this time of the day. The sky even seemed to be darkening as Milo looked up at the sky. He could still smell that pungent yet sweet smell, and now he was interested and really wanted to know what it was .
He carried his bag and walked out of the cemetery , no sooner than he left, with a shadow following behind him.
Milo ran at the fastest speed he could run in a congested area. He didn't want to accidentally explode a car again. He raced through the streets on such speeds that could rival that of a car. He wants to kill this spirit and get home before the rain meets him and he gets drenched. He doesn't like the rain for any reason at all.
He had soon entered the forest and was running towards the direction of the smell.
" Well it's good that it isn't in the city , where people are. There would be much less collateral family that can be done here". He didn't even finish his words right when he saw the demon. He suddenly stopped . . . . .in a clearing , hundreds of metres away, he saw the spirit that gave off the smell he had been perceiving since morning. And standing much closer to it , the smell was starting to get unbearably strong and Milo almost got disgusted. He looked around the spirit and saw three bodies around it. Each dead in a most brutalizing way. The spirit seemed to be shivering as it laid down near the bodies. It's four hands were quivering and it's three eyes were very red, almost bloodshot. It's body was shaking and trembling as if it were under some great pressure. The spirit groaned and twisted it's body in various positions, trying to alleviate the terrible agony it was feeling.
" Oh I see now, . . . .it's evolving . No wonder why the smell hadn't changed direction. It was even devouring the fresh spirits that had just died". Milo sat down on a rock and just watched as the evolving spirit tossed and groaned . He had never seen any on evolving right before his eyes and one this level so high. It even looked as if the evolution process would soon end.
At the end of it's evolution , it grew an extra arm from its stomach though the hand does not look complete and was still lacking in length. It was obvious that the evolution process was not complete and it needed other spirits to consume to end it's evolution.
It stood up shakily as if not sure of its own body again and even clenched it's five arms repeatedly. Milo just sat down and watched all this.
After making sure of itself, it finally turned to direction where Milo was sitting , who just waved at the spirit as if saying hi.
The way he sat there and just stared , it was as if everything he saw was natural and part of the cycle of life . But that was not what surprised the spirit , it was the fact that Milo could see it. And it filled it with joy.
It was sure that if it ate Milo's spirit , it would completely end it's evolution and he would become stronger. It staggered towards Milo with speed but it itself was not sure it possessed. It ran quite awkwardly and Milo could not help but chuckle as it ran towards him. He yawned before checking the time on his wristwatch.5:23, he still had some time to stretch his body . He waited till it evolved finish so that it would add a few more day to his life if possible, so now , it's time to kill. Suddenly , a transparent blue sword appeared in his hands.