22 Niva?

When the figure that started to appear out of thin air took shape, I was surprised to realize who it was by appearance, but who it is now, I can't.

The figure of a girl stood in front of me, her height was about 165 cm, her figure was slender, her hair color was a little ashy and silver, her eyes were yellow, she was dressed in some kind of tight outfit.

When I look at her, I remember her from the anime "Horizon on the Edge of the Void", like her name was "Nato Mitotsudaira", but what is she doing here?

- Who are you? I asked, still lying on the sand.

She looked at me with an uncomprehending look, and then said:

"Master, didn't you recognize me?" Niva asked, or else...

- Niva? I asked, not sure.

- Yes, Master, I am Niva. - She said smiling.

- Why do you look like the character "Nato Mitotsudaira"? I asked.

- I have adopted a look that suits your taste better. It looks like you like girls with silver and ash-colored hair? Niva answered and asked.

- Well... yes, but that's not the point now. Niva, how long do I have to stay here? I asked.

- Whenever you want, but before that. Master, can I show you the reward for the special quest? Niva answered and asked with a smile.

- Okay, please show me. I said.

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[Special Quest: One must stay, the other must fall.]

[Description: Defeat your demonic side without dying in the process. This is your dark side, has no emotions and your other character traits.]

[Requirement: Kill/Absorb/Defeat your demonic side.]

[Reward: Available function - [Class] ]

[Failure penalty: 50% of your bloodline will be destroyed]

[Penalty for failure: Your identity will be erased.]

[Completed!]

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- Class? I asked myself, but Niva decided to answer.

- Yes, now you can see a person's class, even if he himself does not know about this class. The class for you will also give bonuses and an opportunity for the evolution of skills and abilities. Niva explained to me.

- Yeah, I see. - I nodded to myself, because now my skills and abilities will swing much faster. - Niva, how does my domain work? It's the first time I've heard of such a thing from the Higher Demons. I asked.

- Your "soul domain" has many possibilities for use, but now only souls can be stored there. He appeared due to the fusion of two opposing types of demons. Niva said.

- And what should I use these souls for? I asked.

- You can eat souls and accelerate your growth with them, but if the souls are weak, then they will give little. - said Niva smiling.

"So that's how souls can be used. Very useful. I said.

- Yes, but I think it's time for you. - Said Niva I...

- * Click*- Niva snapped her fingers, and I began to disappear turning into dust.

"An original way to kick me out of here," I said sarcastically.

- Yeah. Niva confirmed, smiling at me. Apparently he's taking revenge on me for something.

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(From the 1st person of Yui Diablo)

After I chained Meliodas, I tried to restore my mana, but it was difficult. After all, when there is not a controlled subject next to you, it is difficult not to turn on the combat mode.

The chains began to crack after 30 minutes, then after another 30 minutes the "Chains of Snakes" began to break. All that held Meliodas was the "Weyr Chains", but seeing how he tries to break out of them, he resembles a beast that beats a mountain, not knowing about another way.

But it is impossible to relax, because even without all his strength, while he is in this place, he always has a chance to quickly regain strength. I've only restored my mana by 46% if he can break out, the most I can do is use thunder spears or windbirds, but the damage from them is unlikely to break through his defense.

I'm starting to wonder if I should use the mana Stone [ur8]? After all, if the worst-case scenario comes true, you will have to use it. But we must wait, because a stone of this level is very rare, and spending them ahead of time is stupid.

After another 27 minutes, Meliodas suddenly stopped moving, and then all this energy on his body suddenly disappeared. Then the body of Meliodas just fell down and is held on chains in the air swinging, so that he did not fall to the ground.

- Meliodas, is that you? I asked.

- Mmm... mmm... Zzzz.... Meliodas croaked.

- Looks like he fell asleep. Meliodas! I called out to Meliodas.

- Mmm... Yui, let me sleep for a couple more hours. Meliodas said and fell asleep again. I decided to go up and whisper in his ear:

- Meliodas, if you don't get up, I will do anything with your body. - I said, licking his ear, and Meliodas stood up abruptly from this, but the chains prevented him.

-*Clang*-

- Uhm... Yui, of course I also like a bit of similar games (as a sadist), but let's not be my first time? Meliodas said with a guilty smile.

- I would like to do it, but the time and place is not right. I said, and canceled the spell.

-*Crackling*-

The chains broke into pieces and disappeared like mana particles.

- Yui, it seems now I remember what I did before. I'm sorry, I didn't control myself. Meliodas said with a guilty smile.

"Don't worry, I'm not mad at you. But do not try to repeat this again without warning me, because if this happens again, I doubt that they will be able to stop you without being prepared. I said in a serious tone and looked at Meliodas with a serious face.

- I understand, next time, if it happens, of course, I will immediately warn you. Meliodas said, seeming to understand the seriousness of this. - But now I need to test my capabilities. Could you help me recuperate? - Meliodas asked me.

- *Inhale* OK, but please don't rush anywhere. - I said and started using a healing spell, of course I'm bad with this type of magic, so far, but weak healing and recovery spells, I can do.

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(From the 1st Person of Meliodas, after 1 hour of treatment from Yui.)

When memories came to me from the moment of losing consciousness, I realized that I was almost in berserk mode, or the state when Meliodas loses control of himself, well, forget about it for now.

So let's see, my strength and control have increased, and I also feel this place better now. I should have enough time for now, it's good that there are a lot of lower demons here, for one thing I will check my abilities and continue to fulfill the quest.

But first I decided to choose a class. When I opened the class panel, there were a bunch of them: Warrior, Mage, Archer, Berserker, Summoner, Swordsman, Archer, Necromancer, Fighter, etc. I can also get 1 subclass every 100 levels. I decided to choose the "Warrior" class, since his subclasses are swordsmen and spearmen. You can also choose a subclass that is not related to the main class, but this can spoil the balance, so this is for the future.

When the class was chosen, I felt how my characteristics increased, as well as a couple of skills increased in level.

Then I started running through Purgatory, while Yui used wind magic on her feet and caught up with me. I tried to dissuade her from this idea of following me. But she said she could still be here for a couple of hours without using magic above level 3. She also said that in case of something, she would help me and use the mana stone [ur8].

The first one I found was a red demon, for testing I decided to create blades from dark matter like my double. Then I tried to cover the weapon with hellfire.

Then I ran at the red demon.

-*Whistle*-

When I'm already near him, I jump closer to his heart and make a sharp swing at his chest and...

-*Shh*- flesh incision

I inflict a wound on his chest and jump away from him, doing a jump and a backflip.

Hellfire burns on him and slowly burns his body, and he growls:

- Ragggrrra!! The demon shouted.

After 38 seconds, the demon was no longer moving, and I have 1+ red demon hanging in the quest.

I'm surprised to see the hellfire in my right hand. Now that I've paid attention to it, my hellfire looks really powerful, and more sinister. Dark matter has also become stronger and harder, but I feel it much better now.

For an experiment, I decided to hit the corpse of a demon with a paw made of dark matter. The result is that there is a faint trace of my blow on the body, but it is enough to inflict only a small wound, from which the demon may freeze for a couple of seconds, but if I hit much harder and more times, perhaps the outcome of the battle will be decided earlier.

It looks like my powers have really become stronger now, which means that I don't have long to complete the quest. However, my mana spent about 49% on this combination, so we need to continue. Anyway, I can quickly restore mana here thanks to the atmosphere and background of magic here. Although, as Yui told me, she can take mana here, but only after this mana, she can get poisoned.

After 8 o'clock.

During this time, I was able to find and kill 10 red demons and 57 blue demons. I also noticed that a little more and my control over dark matter and hellfire will be increased. I'm also tired.

For the experiment, I tried to pull out the demon's soul and absorb it. As I found out, from his soul, I really got an increase in strength, and stamina, and mana. Although their souls are a little dark, and as the experiment on a couple of demons showed, the blue ones are the weakest souls here, the red ones are stronger. As for the gray demons, then we need to find one and try his soul.

I take stamina potions [ur5] and mana [ur4] from my inventory. I was able to get these potions from Milim, since she has a great status, it was not difficult for her to get it.

Yui, looking at how full of strength I am, killing demons, decided to return to the barrier and wait for me there, well, she will restore mana, otherwise she was not allowed to restore it last time.

When I recovered, I continued my training and killing demons. In battle, I still understand everything faster and learn. And what a pleasant feeling I get when I cut demons, Mmm... indescribable. Looks like I'm really starting to act like a demon now.

After 8 o'clock.

During this time, I was able to find and kill 10 red demons and 57 blue demons. I also noticed that a little more and my control over dark matter and hellfire will be increased. I'm also tired.

I take stamina potions [ur5] and mana [ur4] from my inventory. I was able to get these potions from Milim, since she has a great status, it was not difficult for her to get it.

Yui, looking at how full of strength I am, killing demons, decided to return to the barrier and wait for me there, well, she will restore mana, otherwise she was not allowed to restore it last time.

After 6 hours of killing demons.

- * Inhale* Haaa... Hahahaha Haaa... *Inhale* - I'm lying on the ground and taking a breath, and laughing almost insanely. After killing a couple more red demons and a couple dozen blue demons, I pumped the control of dark matter [ur6] and hellfire [ur5].

I also learned new tricks. As I understand it, the higher the control, the less mana is spent on the ability, and I can also get more opportunities for dark matter. After all, if it can take any form, then there are just a lot of possibilities, but if you cover it with hellfire, then it's a killer mixture.

After a couple of minutes of rest, I decided to ask Niva:

- Niva, how long is left before my exile? I asked Niva.

[3 hours, 48 minutes, 34 seconds. ] - Said Niva.

- Clearly, we need to wrap up, otherwise Yui might accidentally stay here. I said and started to get up, then ran to Yui.

While I was running, I began to figure out the next course of action. I will have a birthday soon, and I will also have to visit Albedo Yuki-Hime's residence. I had to look at the status of Zest, if I remember well, then she is a good magician and knows level 5 magic. Although it will be difficult for her to compare with Yui's talent, but this is if we talk about quality. And the number of spells she has is probably more. I could use a sorceress like that on hand. Yui only knows a couple of level 5 spells, and then it's only elemental magic. Zest probably knows a lot more and a lot, it will be necessary not to forget to check her status.

So after clarifying the relationship with Albedo, it will be necessary to decide how to develop further. And also now that I have fully awakened my bloodline, my status will be checked soon, which means we need to solve this problem as well.

- Niva, any ideas? I asked Niva.

[You can use an illusion.] - Said Niva.

"An illusion? Are you sure? I asked.

[Yes, since the amulet will not be able to hide all your skills, abilities, it is best to deceive their vision during the check.] - Said Niva.

- Hmm... the idea is very reasonable, but I can't use magic of this level to deceive my Father. I said.

[Well, you just need to find a good illusion magician.] - Said Niva.

- I hope I can find it, otherwise I'm unlikely to be able to hide my trump cards from others during the check. I said, continuing to run towards Yui.

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