Despair, So sweet
Adam faced the three figures, fire was burning all around their clothes but they didn't even seem to wince .
'Fuck this guys aren't human' Adam thought.
One of the silhouettes suddenly vanished and Adam could feel the slight breeze that past right his cheek, they were going after Logan.
He couldn't be worried about Logan, he had his own problems, another barrage of fireballs was released by one of this mysterious individuals.
But none of them had hit him, some had even hit their captives and it didn't even take a second as sea of flames started to engulf them one by one.
"Arrhhh!"
"HELP!"
Out of 15 Captives, 9 remained, Adam couldn't think with all this chaos, he needed to save Logan but with this other two here preventing him from moving, he couldn't do anything.
He couldn't think clearly, the smell of despair filled the air once more, it was coming from the captives, he tried to ignore it but this damn system kept reminding him.
[Host gas been exposed to the negatives emotions called ',despair']
[Host is advised to immediately devour the source of despair to gain experience points and level up before it passes away]
' Wait what would happen if devour it ' Adam asked within his mind
[The host would be empowered and would have permanent effects]
"Can I devour their despair without hurting them?"Adam was curious to know the answer, he didn't seek to harm them
[Yes but the host is to inexperienced with their ability and skills to perform such an action]
"So I have to kill them?" Adam asked hesitantly.
[Yes]
Adam clenched his fist, he had no other choice, he took in a deep breath, he hardened his resolve before speaking in a soft voice which all the captives heard, their minds couldn't understand why Adam said the words.
"I am sorry"
Adam moved at speeds which none of them could even catch a glimpse off, his speed was nothing special compared to his attackers but his speed was enough to kill all this normal humans without to much effort, his hands tore through their flesh like claws and they died without even a chance to scream or know about their deaths.
A perfect end, black smoke emanated from their corpses and all rushed towards him entering his pores with ease, he levitated a few metres into the air as a wide smile curled up his lips, a wonderful feeling extended to every part of his being, this sensation was unique, something which far surpassed the greatest of delicacies in the whole continent.
"So this it how it taste, Despair, So sweet"
[The user has had their first taste of Despair, you have truly embraced the nature of a true Primodial Demon, now show your enemies despair]
{NEW QUEST}
[Your loved one has been attacked by this lowly creatures, as a true primordial demon, you can not let this pass without punishment, now show them true pain]
[Kill the two attackers]
[Reward: Nightmare skill]
Adam looked at the two masked beings, his eyes not showing anymore fear, he could feel the energy passing through his veins, he could hear the final thoughts of those who died, he even saw a bit about each and every one of their past and all those they loved and cared about.
He could feel all their, sadness, fear and despair' yet instead of regretting his actions, a smile curled up on his lips as an expression of bliss formed on his face, after feeling all those negative emotions, he was glad he killed them all more now.
"So this is true happiness, I have never felt like this, I was looking in the wrong place, true happiness can't be found through family or riches, it can truly only be found in the absolute despair of others, I should have known all this time" Adam irises were red in colour now, his lips had been salivating for sometime as he stared at the two figures in front of him.
"I wonder how your despair will taste like" The two didn't seem to be bothered by his words, not even a word, Adam wasn't even sure they were breathing.
The two masked men charged at him, one had used Fire magic to release a mighty fire ball bigger than the last, it looked like a miniature version of the sun, while the other had used something similar to earth magic and turned the ground beneath Adam into liquid mud distorting his balance.
Adam didn't even have time to dodge the attack, a smile curled up his lips as he stretched his palm out towards the fire ball and instead of burning him, the flames stopped a few metres away from his hand.
"Tsk,tsk,tsk, humans trying to fight a demon with magic, don't you know we were the first to master it" Adam said like a teacher scolding a student, his fingers waved from side to side with a look of disappointed sculpted on his face
The bright yellow color of flames was suddenly overwhelmed by a pitch black darkness, the flames were now tainted with darkness.
"Flames of Despair, BURN!"
Adam threw back the fireball towards them with speed that made their earlier attack look like it went at a snail pace.
The two didn't even have time to blink as the black fireball smashed into them burning every part of them without mercy but instead of burning the outside, it was burning their internal organs from the inside to the outside.
Adam was curious why this men didn't screams, it annoyed him, the scent of despair and suffering weren't on this creatures, it like they didn't feel anything.
"it like they don't have minds"Adam tilted his head a bit realizing this creatures just kept walking forward towards him without care for their own safety.
Adam felt pity on them, this people were also just victims of someone else, they weren't in control of their bodies and minds.
He would release them from their torment through the greatest medicine of all, Death, and he was the doctor.
His body sprinted forward towards the two, their bodies were barely standing and the heat was so intense that the very bones in their arms were melting from it intensity, they couldn't raise a finger.
His hands grabbed a hold of their necks and with barely any effort, their heads were pulled off their shoulders.
[Quest Completed]
[the two attackers have been killed]
[Reward: Nightmare skill]
[Bonus Reward: 500exp]
[ Nightmare ]
[The host is able to use the despair essence they have accumulated to create a domain over a particular portion of space, letting unforeseen horrors born from the despair essence plague their opponents with vicious attacks]
[Time limit: 1 minutes (can expand with increase in despair essence storage)
[The domain will constantly fix itself and maintain itself even without the host support only if the target constantly feels despair or emotions similar to it]
His eyes looked at the nightmare skills description and a big smile curled up his lips as he saw the description, it perfectly fit the name.
'Interesting , this might be useful'
Adam eyes stared forward towards the direction Logan had run to, Logan needed help and with this new found strength, he was more than enough.
Like a speeding jet, he was off from his position leaving afterimages at regular intervals, his eyes locked on to his target even from afar and like a predator closing in on his prey, he closed in.
The masked man hid in the bushes stalking Logan like prey looking for the opportunity to pounce but they didn't know they were also being watched.
The masked man sensed Adam presence, it turned back noticing Adam ever speeding silhouettes, if it were in modern times they would believe he to be some sort of missile, the masked man stretched his hands out and spear suddenly appeared from thin air and landed in it hand.
It radiated a calm green aura, the masked man leaned back with the spear, it handle still tight in his grip, and with a mighty bang it was sent flying towards Adam.
It sharp pointed metal kept at the blade edge teared through the air with ease barely having any air resistance to slow it down.
"Do you people ever learn"
Adam had already expected the attack, his hand raised forward towards the spear and by the time it was about to hit his skin, it suddenly stopped, the masked man could feel his control over his own Mana, vanishing, the bright yellow color of the the spear vanished and was taken over by a black pitch darkness.
He had used this skill to take over the flames from before, this skill name was called.
Mana Takeover, it used the despair essence of Adam to completely override the control of Mana of others, this skill in itself was useful for blocking or reversing attacks but it surely wasn't invincible.
A black long spear was within his hands, oh no it wasn't a spear anymore but similar to a 9 feet sycthe, there was a sinister smile on the sycthe, yes it was on the sycthe, the sycthe was smiling, a lip like structure was near the sycthe blade, screams of agony and despair had completely overwhelmed the silence of the forest.
"It time you experience a true 'Nightmare'"Adam whispered into the air, as a black mist left his lips surroundings the masked man in a domain of complete darkness, hundreds of shadows like figures emerged from the darkness, their otherworldly monster looks would have left permanent scars on the psyche of most normal people, to bad this man didn't have a functional mind.
This shadow figures attacked from all directions, the masked man formed another spear in hand and attacked, he was being attacked from all sides, above, beneath, nowhere was free, it was like this whole place was a monster lair.
The masked man couldn't take this overwhelming Force of power by this dark creatures, one of them had ripped off his left arm but before he could be damaged more.
The one minute time limit was over but as the shadows vanished, Adam was right there waiting for him, his sycthe had already swung forward the moment the time limit ended.
His spear was swinging right towards the masked man neck, the masked man was fast enough to try and block it with his spear but it wasn't enough.
"Flames of Despair"
Adam muttered and a sea of black flames engulfed his sycthe and as it touched the masked man spear, it melted instantly upon impact cutting it like it was butter.
Adam sycthe had finally met it target and nothing could stop it, the sycthe blade slashed through the masked man neck and the black flames drowned the masked man body in the intense heat living only ashes left.
"Weak, no fun" Adam red eyes stared into the distance, a strange energy was calling to him, it was from the altar, the altar that this people sacrificed those they kidnapped.
"Let see what you are" Adam ran towards the source of all this energy, it was raw unfiltered despair, it was different than the others.
Adam didn't bother with the nearby flames, he could use Mana Takeover the control them in any way he desired opening a path for him.
Adam finally arrived in the altar, the flames didn't seem to be able to come near it, this wasn't a mere coincidence and he knew this.
The Altar didn't react to his presence in any hostile way so he moved forward towards it, the amount of Mana concentrated in this area was higher than usual but it wasn't harmful.
' You aren't human' The altar spoke, it mighty voice echoed through Adam head leaving him with a minor headache.
' So why do you interfere in the business of my land ' The altar asked
" You can speak , and I thought you were just an ordinary altar" Adam could feel the immense presence of the altar but his instincts didn't seem to warn him of danger, it was harmless.
"So why did you kidnap people don't tell me you were so hungry for sacrifices because this altar has been abandoned" Adam asked in a mocking tone, he didn't to surprised about the altar sentience
"No that is not it and I don't think I would like to share my story with a non-human, just leave and never enter my territory again" The Altar began releasing a suffocating presence on Adam but nothing but a smile curled on his lips
"Your territory, how arrogant of you, and also I already know your story, child of Faren"
The altar left a moment of silence then continued to speak "How did you know?"
"I just made a simple educated guess, and it natural for vengeful spirits to cling onto their area of death"
"You aren't a normal creatures aren't you"the altar said, Adam eyes flashed red for a moment and a smile curled up his lips
"You don't know how right you are"
The Spirit within the altar would have shivered if it had a material body, it composed itself and his it fear.
"Yes, I am one of the children of Faren, those sacrificed, we are led by the adults of our village towards the entrance of the forest and after that we are told to follow the trail of sweets and candy and it will lead us to our destination, me and my brother was one of those sacrificed, they didn't kill us fast, they tortured us slowly, I had to watch my brother die at the hands of those scum"
Adam rubbed his beardless cheek pondering and how to react to this spirits questions.
"So after your death, you turned into a vengeful spirits that slaughtered all those passing through Faren but why did you start now, it already been a century since the child sacrifices have been abolished"
"Yes your right, I wasn't strong enough to make my ethereal body influence the physical world till a month ago" the vengeful spirit spoke
"A month ago, what happened a month ago?" Adam was getting more curious about this spirits.
"It was that man, he gave m- , do you really believe I will sell out my benefactor to you, I am done talking, since you killed my puppets, it only right for you to replace them, NOW SERVE ME!"
A red mist came out of the altar and moved towards Adam but nothing happened, Adam eyes remained the same and waited in anticipation of what this spirits was trying to do.
"Nothing, was that all, making red mist appear was the big magic trick.....how disappointing, now let me give you your rightful punishment for messing with my family" Adam hand was placed on top of the altar and a system notification appeared.
[The host has come in contact with a source of despair, would the host like to directly absorb this energy source]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes" The red mist began being pulled into Adam, and the vengeful spirits screamed in agony as it power was being drawn into him, Adam could hear hundred, no thousands of different screams.
"After you killed your victims, you didn't let their souls go to the after life instead you forcefully ate their souls not only them but the other children who were sacrificed after your death, I would have had pity on if you were a vengeful spirits but your nothing but a monster who uses revenge as an excuse to kill others and devour their souls"
The way Adam eats the despair essence was like a cleansing process, he eats the emotion not the soul but in this case, he was eating the vengeful spirits as well.
"I am sorry, I am just a child, I didn't know anything better, please have mercy, have mercy"
"I don't care about why you did it but just stop giving me excuses old man"
"Old man" The vengeful spirits was surprised but it realized something, Adam was right.
"Yes old man, you might have died a child but a century has passed since then, now die... again already" Adam completely consumed the soul into him and a notification appeared.
[Level up!]...
[Level up!]...
[Level up!]...
Host name: Adam Edwards.
Race: Primodial Demon
Skills/abilities: Nightmare, Mana Takeover
Attributes: Fire
Rank: Newborn Demon(Lvl 30)
Essence: 120
Equipment: Scythe
Stamina: 20
Strength: 25
Agility: 16
"What with all this quick growth even with the energy I got from eating the spirit wasn't enough to give me such a boost?" Adam asked as he looked at his stats.
[ Primodial Demons get stronger through feeding on despair and other negative emotions, the host was formerly a hybrid of both human and Primodial Demon so everytime the host accumulated the emotion of despair, it was constantly empowering their demonic bloodline, this gave the host a mighty headstart more than other newborn demons]
"Who knew all that constant suffering for all those years would give me new power, so the saying is true, NO PAIN NO GAIN" Adam walked away from the altar and went to rendezvous with Logan, a wild smile was on his face.