On a planet that was supposed to be devoid of any living organism, life still managed to thrive. And it was not a simple life like single cellular organisms. But complex creatures with inherent abilities that evolved to adapt perfectly to their environment.In the face of seemingly impossible odds, miracles still seem to find a way to happen.The dark creatures that inhabited the barren world slowly explored the area of the explosion until they reached the center where a large hole had formed.Hanging on the edge of the hole with half of it still inside was a motionless body. The body was completely blackened with clumps of dried lava clinging to its surface, with open wounds that festered and bled red and black blood.Under the dark glow of the lava-strewn ground, the dark creatures noticed this anomalous body that didn’t belong with the rest of the scenery.Seeing the body, none of the dark creatures moved. They cautiously stayed a distance away from the body and watched it for any
The body of the dark creature hung limply on Kasack’s arm. He watched as its fearful expression gradually became dull as life escaped from it and flowed into his body.Due to some mysterious power, the originally full, if not severely injured, body of the dark creature shriveled up as its life force was devoured and flowed into Kasack’s body.Kasack frowned as he devoured the life force of the dark creature. Kasack did this to quickly replenish the energy he had lost so he could immediately heal the injuries he had sustained. But the life force of a first-order creature was really weak and could barely provide him with enough power to lift his body up.It was only by inducing all these creatures to fight and kill themselves that Kasack had been able to absorb enough life force from their spilled blood that he’d been able to recover to his current state.But it was far from enough. Kasack could still feel his body groaning in pain from all the wounds he had suffered from the Shade lord
After a long time, Kasack had managed to recover from his grievous wounds and he was no longer close to death's door. But he was still weak and not fully recovered.Worst of all, because of his wanton slaughter and plunder of the dark creature's life force, Kasack could already feel the soul corruption slowly building up inside him. He could feel himself becoming more irritated and quick to anger. This was because it was all the souls of the dark creatures mixed in with their life force that Kasack absorbed.Once, when Kasack had planned to stop after healing himself sufficiently, he had been planning to slowly recover his strength and heal his wounds when he had been ambushed by a pack of dark creatures. Due to his irritation and the contamination of the souls, Kasack had gone on a rampage. He had lost control and killed all the dark creatures. At the same time, he had made his injuries worse and almost gotten himself killed. So Kasack had to continue absorbing more life force, slowl
“Wow, Arran hints have ready heated up. I almost lost my life in the beginning. These guys have really learned how to be sneaky.”Arran stayed in the corner somewhere and silently observed the battlefield. Everywhere he looked, he could see people fighting to the death without regard for their lives at all.No matter how many times Arran saw it, he could not stop being amazed. In real life, it was impossible to see such fanatical determination when it comes to dying. Not even the most ruthless person could resolve themselves to death in a battle, as they would always look for ways to win and survive.But not these guys. These guys were the real deal. In the first place, there were here to die, so they didn’t care for anything else except to take as many people with them as possible.Everywhere Arran laid his sight on the battlefield, he could see limbs severed and crushed heads, all of which were strewn across the floor like some piece of garbage.The battlefield was a chaotic mess of
The place Arran revived was relatively quiet. There were only dead bodies lying around him, with nobody fighting. Compared to the other places on the battlefield, Arran’s spot looked like a paradise.But it won’t be like this for long. The only reason this place was like this was that the axe man that Arran had split in half previously had killed everybody else in the area before being killed by Arran. But as long as Arran continued to stay here, many more people would flock to this place like a flood, just like the last assailant that killed Arran had.Unlike Arran, none of the others that died in this place had revived. It was because they couldn’t.Arran was the only one that could revive after dying here. It was because this was his reality dungeon that had appeared shortly after opening his reality gate.The reality dungeon was a perpetual battlefield where the only thing that existed was battle and slaughter. It was created for Arran to train his combat abilities in order to dea
“Seriously, big brother, have you forgotten? We are connected to your dreamscape so we can naturally appear here. Don’t tell me you didn’t know this?”Veil spoke with doubt on her innocent face. Her red eyes looked at him curiously, almost as if she was asking why he didn’t know such a simple thing.Faced with Veil’s close scrutiny, Arran turned away in embarrassment. Then he tried to defend himself.“Of course, I know you are connected to by dreamscape. But this dreamscape and the other one are completely different from each other. There’s no way you should appear here, so how did you do it?”As Arran spoke, he swung his body around to dodge a javelin that was aimed at him. As he spun, Arran caught the speeding bolt and snatched it away from the air, then threw it back at his assailant after completing a full circle, skewering him to the ground along with a whole row of people behind him.“But they are not.”At the moment, Arran threw the javelin back at its owner, Veil spoke.“What
Arran was positively beaming with delight. He had completely forgotten about his earlier motivation. His current mood was as if he had been injected with chicken blood and could go ten rounds with an experienced courtesan.In a good mood, Arran turned to Veil and smiled at her.“Hey Veil, I remember I haven’t gotten a chance to try out your abilities yet. How about it? Want me to take you for a spin?”At this request, Veil’s face lit up with excitement and her blood-red eyes shone with a fervent light.In a hurry, Veil answered, “Yes, yes, yes!”“You don’t know how long I’ve waited, big brother. Seeing little brother get a go with you before made me really jealous. Now it’s finally my turn.”“Hurry, big brother!”“Alright, I get it. Get ready.”Arran smiled. He could understand Veil’s excitement because honestly, he was excited too.Feeling the anticipation of testing Veil’s abilities, Arran quickly said to Zaburi.“Sorry 'Zab', I’m gonna make use of your sister for some time. Hope yo
Wielding Veil, Arran was a reaper on the battlefield, his swings carrying out a mass culling of his enemies' lives, leaving only broken bodies littered around the battlefield.The screams of Arran’s victims as they succumbed under [Dark Curtain]’s beam mixed with the war cries of the other warriors who sought death at every waking moment, creating a beautiful symphony for the coming herald of death.The battlefield in the reality dungeon seemed to be divided into two sides. On one side were all the warriors, fighting for no reason at all. And on the other side was Arran, who seemed to have pitted himself against everybody else.Arran’s wanton slaughter drew the other warriors' attention. They all flocked to him like bees to honey, each driven by an insane madness to kill him.As for Arran, he sheared through the attackers like he was reaping wheat, every swing of Veil’s blade leaving an open clearing before Arran as broken bodies were sent flying. But without hesitation, more people w