It had already passed 7 P.M. We were waiting for Vishnu at the venue. After some time, he arrived.
"What are you guys even waiting for? Let's go inside." He said.
As we entered the hall. The sound of chatting and eating filled the air. All were present at the birthday. At last, she arrived, Maya Raikar. Wearing a red dress with slight black on it, just the look of it was enough to make the hall go silent.
As we continued through the party, a bunch of students stood up and congratulated everyone for graduating, and best of luck on the university entrance test. At last, one of them started about how unfortunate it was for those who didn't even awaken.
Those words were pointed directly and indirectly towards me, as if mocking me that I am the only one who didn't awaken there. I stood there silent, ignoring what they said. People started chatting and gossiping about it.
"Stop it guys, he still has a chance to awaken. And even if he doesn't, he still has a chance to become a scientist with his grades and best theories." Said Anaya, standing up for me. It was much more like a disgrace and guilt than embarrassment. My friends trusted me, and I didn't even dare to stand up for myself.
"You still cover him up even though we all know he can't awaken. And he is still silent and needs protection from a girl Hahaha..." Maya spoke in a mocking tone to Anaya.
Everyone stared and laughed at me as I left the hall without saying a word to anyone. As I was walking through the bushes, still thinking about how useful I am, and whether I can even awaken...
Suddenly a man in a black suit and sword in his hands crashed near me, covered in blood and injuries, asking for help, calling for reinforcements on his walkie-talkie. As he approached me a black hand covered in dead skin and blood pierced through his chest. In an instant, he died.
A tall figure rose from the bushes, sharp claws that even cut through steel, horns curled through his forehead, with a black, dead, bulky and musculine body. Speaking like a human while cutting like a monster, it was the rumoured 'Demon'.
I who was in a deep state of thought a moment ago, got terrified, a shiver ran across my whole body. I was terrified to the point that my body froze. As that demon moved closer to me, I couldn't move, as that demon spoke...
"Human, you are really unlucky today to meet me, I didn't plan to kill you today, but I can't let you live after what you saw. So get ready to DIEE-"
He hand pierced through me, blood surged out like a flowing river. As he released me, I fell thinking...
"Is this how it ends? What about my mother? If I died like this what might happen to her? How is she gonna survive in this world of power? I haven't even found my father yet..."
As these thoughts lingered in my mind I was slowly but gradually losing my consciousness. Mumbling about...
"I have to go back... I have to meet my mother... I have-"
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As he lost consciousness, blood flowed down his body. That demon grabbed him by his leg hanging him in the air, ready to feast on him any moment.
Blood flowing from his body reaches his neck, as a drop of blood touches the Shiv Lingam locket of his father. A shine emitted from it and a sound came from it...
"[Sizzle....Sizzle...]"
A floating window popped up...
"[ERROR_CODE 303][ERROR_CODE 303][ERROR_CODE 303][ERROR_CODE 303][ERROR_CODE 303]...."
"[BLOODLINE DETECTED]"
"[BLOODLINE: GOD OF DESTRUCTION-MAHAKAL]"
"[MAHAKAL SYSTEM ACTIVATING]"
"[SYSTEM BINDING WITH HOST...SUCCESSFUL!]"
"[HOST'S HEARTBEAT DROPPING]"
"[SYSTEM EMERGENCY MODE ACTIVATING...]"
"[ACTIVATION SUCCESFUL]"
One after another series of prompt windows appeared..
"[TARGET DETECTED: DEMON]"
[RANK: E]
[LEVEL: 12]
[SPIRIT INITIATE-BRONZE]
"[EMERGENCY SKILL- SOUL DEVOURER]"
"[ACTIVATED]"
As the skill was activated it devoured the soul of the demon. The demon screamed as his soul was pulled out of his body..
"Aaahhhhhh what kind of... magic... is this... even my soul is being pulled out... how can a mere mortal human... possess this kind of power... "
"[USING TARGET'S SOUL TO HEAL HOST]"
And it ended in just a few seconds, both he and the demon fell. System prompt appeared again...
"[HIGH QAULITY MATERIALS DETECTED]"
"[AUTO-PICKUP ACTIVATED]"
[STORED 1*DEMON BODY IN INVENTORY]
As this happened, he was all asleep... soon some men in the same black suit appeared, checking for the demon they got info on. As their captain spoke..
"We lost our comrade, and even a civilian was killed, but where did that demon run off to?" As he was thinking one of his team members shouted.
"Sir, this civilian is still alive!!!" As this reached the ears of the captain, he asked him to quickly take him to the hospital and inform his family.
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"Ugh... huh? Where am I? And what am I doing here?"
I woke up in a hospital bed, didn't know how I got there. The last thing I remembered was that demon piercing through my body. I checked my wounds and I was shocked to see that I didn't have a single wound, not even a scratch.
"I remember that the demon's hand pierced through me. Was it really just a dream?"
Just as I was trying to remember what happened after that demon nearly killed me, a slight but robotic voice echoed through my head.
"[HOST, YOU ARE FINALLY AWAKE]"
I was shocked as well as mesmerised by the prompt window appeared in front of me in thin air.
"[HOST RECOVERY RATE 100%]"
[HOST- Rudra Sen]
[BLOODLINE - Mahakal]
[AWAKENING TRAIT - GOD OF DESTRUCTION]
[UNQUIE TRAIT - ALL MASTER(LOCKED)]
[LEVEL - 1]
[STRENGTH - 8]
[SPEED - 7]
[INTELLIGENCE - 10]
[PHYSIQUE - 8]
[SPIRIT - 10]
[RAGE POINTS - 0]
[SKILLS - SOUL DEVOURER(WEAKENED),
TRI-NETR,
SPIRITUAL CONTROL,
HELLFIRE,
SOUL CHAINS]
"!!!!!!" After watching this only thing that arises in my mind was...
"Whattt is this...!!?"
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