On the plain icy cold landscape lay a shirtless young sixteen year old boy tired and drained of life yet he looking undisturbed by the chilly wind that blew over his bare body, slowly he rose and scrutinized his immediate surroundings.
Ynddark maybe a vast planet of ice with thick clouds that blocked the atmosphere casting a sense of wonder in whether this planet had a star or moon, Damian thought as that was the only thing he saw, in a distance mountains could be seen surrounding this area so that would be his objective, to reach those mountains and teleport himself back home.
An eternal blizzard raged against him, his skin turned paler than alabaster and his muscles shrunken, this was the effect of Personified Absorbing, any weak being like a human who used more than once at a time would cease to exist as their body wouldn't be able to regenerate as fast as it was getting destroyed.
So Damian's only hope of going home was to rest up and try his luck even though this was purely his plan, it was a small price to pay for power and he was ever ready to pay for the sake of revenge with that resolve he was ready to reach any height and even commit the unthinkables just for that, Valkazon shall pay and he would personally make sure of that.
He summoned a spear in his hand and utilized it in moving against the blizzard but the cold was still a problem so to resolve that issue he manipulated the heat in his body to it's maximum, containing it in a way that it only made him as warm as standing under the morning sun.
* CLING, CLING, CLING *
The sound the tip of the spear digging into the ice was the only thing that could be heard, he kept walking but moments later he was forced to rethink his plan as a familiar holographic screen appeared in front of his face.
[ Ding! ]
[ New Missions Alert ]
[ Objective < 1 > Multiple creatures of diverse races are enclosing you with malevolent intent, show this impudent pests their place on the food chain.
Objective < 2 > Find the main reason you were cast into this desolate place and survive.
Objective < 3 > Leave this palace in the next three hours and return home before your family notice your absence. ]
[ Rewards : 2x New abilities, 3x New skills, 1x Special Weapon, 3000 Stat Points, 9000 Exp points ]
[ Punishment for Failure : Imminent Death ]
Damian smiled and he turned around noticing a fog that enclosed around him, even with the fog he still saw monstrosities encircle him with watery mouths, his face went serious as eight spider like extension sprouted from his back, a giant bear-like creature was the first to lunge at him.
He sidestepped nonchalantly before pointing a finger at the bear creature, in seconds it erupted in flames dieing instantly, more bear-like creature charged at him, seven foot in height bear fur and reptilian claws, it was also adorned with antelope horns on it's head, they were called Kolobos.
Taking for the sky he created and weaved webs of destruction that sliced through anything that passed through it, Damian knew he had to be careful as he was short on Qi so he did a quick count and recorded up to seven hundred plus creatures.
This would be a big problem he thought to himself as he tried to fly straight for the mountains but notice that they saw him and followed still, unfortunately some flying creatures blocked his way as he flew.
They were humanoid creatures with feminine features but wings for arms and had talons on their bare feet, Damian identified them as Harpies, they flew around Damian clawing his beautifully sculpted body, this annoyed him to a great extents that he debunked his idea to flea and adopted one to destroy everything in sight.
He flew to the nearest harpy to him and caught it by it's wings before ruthlessly ripping it off and dropping it to the ground with extreme force, he repeated that action till twenty harpies were killed in a few minutes.
He conjured spheres of flames, shards of ice, spikes of metal, blades of wind and rocks of earth clearing the air space of any flying creatures but also drained his Qi causing him to drop onto seven hundred creatures that waited for him below.
He crashed onto the ice using his hands to absorb the impact and do couple backflips stabilizing himself as he stood meters away from the charging army of Kolobos, harpies and Casnovs ( Eel like snake monsters with arms ), ' Primordial Demon Technique ' he said in his mind calming his nervous system.
' COMBAT MASTERY, First stage Explosive Berserker ' he said his muscles enlarging as red energy surged through the veins, his eyes beam red and sharp fangs sticking out of his mouth, formally he was about six feet tall now he was a whopping six point nine.
Positioning himself in a running stance he said again, ' Second stage Phantom Astral Speed ', * Boom *, Now he went God mode, although he was still in his running stance shrieks and cries of pain filled the air as the army diminished rapidly.
Slowing time to a very low extent one could notice that they were three Damian's in the horde of monsters all with diverse weapons, the main Damian stayed in his running stance with a smile on his face muttered inaudibly, ' Ten…, Nine…, Eight…, '.
The carnage continued with Damian's astral phantoms creating a ' W ' in the triangular formation of the monstrous army, Damian speculated the involvement of a higher intelligence which coordinated this attack but he didn't put to much thought on it and that was the beginning of his troubles.
' Three…, Two…, One…, ' He said rasing his face to the onslaught and after a brief pause, ' Zero ', he instantly disappeared as time seemed to have been suppressed to stopping then a white thin line tore through the middle of the battlefield sucking all the phantoms.
Damian appeared some meters away from the remaining monsters his back facing theirs, this sequeled a large explosion that destroyed everything in a twenty nine mile radius even engulfing Damian who was the core perpetrator of the act.
Minutes later Damian staggered out of the flame, this battle was a huge setback so he had to reach that mountain and fast, he slowly started jogging and then evolved it into a sprint he noticed that his speed was very much faster than normal but before he could check his current stats a force swept him of his feet and lunched him straight for the mountain.
* ARGHHH *, He moaned trying to stand and comprehend what was happening but couldn't find the strength to carry out his wishes, " So you are the one sent as the sacrifice " a resounding voice echoed in his ear as he felt himself been lifted by the hair from the rumble of rocks which he lay underneath.
" A human with a sealed demon soul how intriguing " it said again, Damian twitched as he had never felt this sort of pain before, the only thing in his mind was blood regeneration which could heal cuts, gashes and other minor injuries but could regrow lost limbs and body parts although it could rejoin them.
Slowly the pain subsided and he could finally look at the face of the useless being that dared do that to him, it was a horned face but not that of a demon but a dragon and behind it were two humongous brown draconic wings.
" This face seems familiar " the dragon said taking for the sky, " but I need that gem stone to get out of here " it said staring into Damian's disdainful expression, it flung him to the top of the mountain which was actually a Mesa.