Chapter 741
All at once, the world changed. The demon was flooded with power, more than it had ever felt before and the world around it slowed down. Seconds turned into minutes for it as it felt the thrill of success screaming out to it. It had done it, it had pushed beyond its limits, reaching greater heights just like its god had hoped and it could feel the power it now held acting as the reward.
Not just in the strength it had gained though but the skill as well. The voice in its head that sang of its newfound strength told it as much and it could feel the change itself as the link it had up with all of its limbs strengthened significantly.
More than that though, it could feel the limits of its magic practically disappear. Until then, it would only see five minutes down any path but now? Now it felt like there was no limit, at least for the time. It was sure it would find one after it tested its new power for a bit but that was going to need to wait. In the moment it had only one goal, dominating the creature that had caused it so much trouble.
A part of it wanted to kill it then and there but the demon held itself back. No matter what rage filled it, the fact the creature had been able to push it so far was a testament to how useful it would be and now feeling victory on its fingertips it stretched out with its magic, looking for the future where it won.
And it found nothing. It was so much more powerful than it had been only moments before and could create more paths for itself to walk down with all of that strength too but it couldn’t see a single one where it came out on top, forcing a scream from its throat at the unjustness of it all. It had pushed so far past its limits, why could it still not win?
It was a question it wasn’t going to get an answer to; its time limit was up. Feeling something creeping into its head no matter how it tried to fight it off, eventually the world went black around it, spelling out its defeat.
As Ben slumped down to the ground in exhaustion, every other person and demon around him did the same.
“Alright, that was a little too freaking close for comfort.”
When he’d first connected with the demon he’d thought he was going to have a heart attack when he saw it was a contender for two skills and then had nearly been sick when he heard it awaken them. He’d known it had to have had an unreasonably high level in its skills but he hadn’t been remotely prepared for what he’d found and all he could do was thank his lucky stars his mind was still more powerful in the end. The demon had lost the second he’d gotten within its range but it had insisted on making it feel close the entire time.