Chapter 245: Two Dead Sins
'No, no, no, no!'
'Give it back!'
'Leave my body, you bastard!'
In the subspace, Greed, now controlling Fafnir's body completely, slapped his own head while hearing Fafnir's panicked voice inside.
"Hey, stop shouting in my head. Is that how you guys feel? Hell, I apologize to you and Dante. That's really annoying!" Greed clicked his tongue and flexed his fingers.
Adrian sweated heavily as his gauntlets retrieved the armor against his will, exposing his body under the segmented blade.
'STOP THAT!'
"Huh? Is that how you say thank you? I expected something warmer than that." Greed's smile widened as he casually pulled the segmented blade and manipulated Adrian's body, causing him to kneel before him.
The next moment, Greed leaned forward and tapped Adrian's head gently: "Hey, Asuras! Asura one, Asura two, Asura three, are you there? Can you hear me? How is your condition? Is this boy feeding you well there? Can you say something stupid aloud?"
He waited for a few seconds. When he didn't receive a response, he sighed and said: "I guess your condition isn't good, huh? Told you all that the White Abyss is the best place for you if they succeeded in killing you. You should have kept more fragments of yourself there, hehe."
Suppressing his laugh, he continued: "How is the feeling of being dead with barely any emergency plans, huh? You all should have listened to me when I said it was a losing battle, but no! Your stupid ego and anger blinded you with fake confidence. You died miserably—"
Just then, Greed felt his sword vibrating.
It kept glitching in his hand, flickering between the solid form and the shiny particles.
"Man, that kid is truly relentless. Can't he stop trying to summon it back for a second?"
If Fafnir was still in control, he would have paled instantly.
'S-summoning it back?'
It was obviously Dante trying to regain the relic.
'Oh no… it's all my fault. I caused this myself! I deserve death, I deserve suffering, I deserve—'
"Shut up already!" Greed rolled his eyes: "I'll return it to him soon. I just need to save your sorry self and teach you a few things. Haah…"
With a move of his finger, the thread connecting him to Adrian snapped before entering fully into Adrian's brain without being connected to Greed.
The sword kept glitching more aggressively, but Greed ignored it completely and said: "Listen, kid, don't resist and just try to feel what I'm doing. Try to learn everything I'm doing at this moment. Otherwise, you might end in a similar situation and cause more harm to your dear master."
Fafnir finally stopped shouting in Greed's head, processing Greed's words while trying to stop panicking.
'Just… how?!'
Fafnir could admit that it was truly his fault.
For some reason, he summoned the weapon without thinking about Dante's situation.
But how was he possessed?!
"Oh, it's simple. I'm sealed only when it comes to Dante's body. You are not him." Greed chuckled, taking a few steps backward while casually playing with the segmented sword: "In other words, the only thing stopping me from trying to possess a vessel is still in the Abyss. Without it, possessing a shadow like you is easier than stealing candy from a child."
"But don't worry, I'm just helping you. Now focus and learn!"
With a wide smirk, Greed opened his palm, causing 3 different energies to burst outward.
They were silver Ether, crimson demonic energy, and inky-black spiritual energy that was clinging to a sliver of mana to maintain its stability.
Without breaking a sweat, Greed casually split the silver Ether. Half of it fused with the demonic energy, and the other half with the spiritual energy.
Fafnir stared at that sight in disbelief.
After everything he had done, after months of practicing, he couldn't find a way to use the Shadow Aspect with silver Ether!
And now Greed was casually doing that with the demonic energy too!
That wasn't the first time, now that he focused on everything that Greed had done. The subspace was still active because Greed used demonic energy and silver Ether on it!
"You both were wasting this beautiful energy for so, so long. Focus on how I manipulate them, focus on how I use them!" Greed manipulated the mixture of ether and demonic energy with ease, forcing it to launch toward Adrian.
The energy invaded his body like a parasite, then flew outward, pulling something from Adrian's body.
And the next second, Adrian's runes appeared by force, glitching as if on the verge of collapsing.
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Name: Adrian
Age: 24
Race: Perfect Wrath Demon (44%)
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❖ Classes:
[Fire Sorcerer]
Existence Essence ⟨1500/1500⟩
✧ Passive Abilities:
⟨Fire Sorcery⟩
⤷You can cast fire spells without chanting and with less consumption of spiritual energy.
✧ Active Abilities:
⟨Fire Interruption⟩
⤷You can interrupt any fire spell cast by a person with weaker Spirit Stat and force the spell to obey you.
[Stonebreaker]
Existence Essence ⟨1500/1500⟩
✧ Passive Abilities:
⟨Hard Skin⟩
⤷Your skin has some properties of stone, making it harder to damage and more durable.
✧ Active Abilities:
⟨Powerful Stone⟩
⤷Increase the force of anything made of stone by double but consumes triple the mana and spiritual energy.
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❖ Stats:
• Vitality: 105
• Spirit: 210
• Mind: 120
• Demonic Energy: 125
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❖ Domains & Aspects:
✧ Abyss Domain — Attunement: Greater
⤷ Aspect: Force [Comprehension:20%]
✧ Earth Domain — Attunement: Greater
⤷ Aspect: Fire [Comprehension:99%]
⤷ Aspect: Stone [Comprehension:45%]
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❖ Innate Traits:
[Perfect Wrath Demon]
⤷ The concept of wrath turned into a race. A spirit and two human souls fused under a mix of lingering hatred, love, trust, and sacrifice. May your enemies never feel safe again.
• Sub-Trait: Reverse Fury
⤷ Wrath isn't only about being filled with anger and hatred, but by making the others feel the same toward you.
✧ Passive Abilities:
⟨Hate Me More⟩
⤷ You grow stronger the more the people hated you. Let them grit their teeth whenever they see your face.
✧ Active Abilities:
⟨Burning Emotions⟩
⤷ Uses demonic energy to burn the received hatred like a fuel to heal your body.
[Descendant Of Asura]
⤷ Asura is proud of you. Even under intense fury, you can still think clearly.
[Wrathful Flames]
⤷ The more angry you are the stronger your flames and the hotter your blood and body.
[Heat Track]
⤷ Track the heat signature of any living being.
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❖ Relics:
[ᚷᚱᛖṠ̷̺̪̬̱͛̒͠Ḯ̶̢͎̟̲̀̍̓N̸̖̩̤͑̈́̿͝ᛖᛞ]
⤷If the world give you lemon, make lemonade! Wait, what's this stupid description? I agree, that's embarrassing and not even grammatically correct. Embarrassing? That's the greatest quote I have ever made! I'm sure the kid will like it.
✧ Passive Abilities:
⟨Your Wrath Is Hotter Than Flames!⟩
⤷Fire resistance, fire amplifier, stone amplifier when used with fire, and a few other things baby! Woohoo!
⟨I am too hot and too cool to name this⟩
⤷I hate you. Anyway, you have a force amplifier in this when used on your body. After all, what's a man without muscles! Your punches with this thing are going to crush some skulls!
⟨Soul Weapon⟩
⤷ᚷᚱᛖṠ̷̺̪̬̱͛̒͠Ḯ̶̢͎̟̲̀̍̓N̸̖̩̤͑̈́̿͝ᛖᛞ grows stronger with your soul. Get stronger and we get stronger with you. You know he can't see the name, right? Who cares? I can see it.
✧ Active Abilities:
⟨A Very Hot Armur⟩
⤷Just feed me demonic energy and spiritual energy and you'll have the hottest armur ever! Wait, he misspelled armor! How to edit it?? I don't know. No one taught me. Oops.
[Soul Cage]
[ᛃᚱᛖᛖᛞ]
⤷I know how handsome you are, but hey! Your beauty is dangerous for this world. You have no choice but to make a sacrifice and hide your face for the sake of the world. Blergh! I'd have choked if I had a body and read this.
✧ Passive Abilities:
⟨Hide yourself⟩
⤷Keep your demonic features hidden. That's important until you get more confidence in your power, unless you decide to visit the Abyss.
⟨Kekeke⟩
⤷Some knowledge about the arms of Asura. It's a great technique. We'll teach you how to use it properly. Asura? You mean me? No, it's me! I wish I could punch you both.
✧ Active Abilities:
⟨Wrath's Domain!⟩
⤷Pull your enemy into this domain and have your stupid glorious fight without anything to disturb you. Huh? That's boring. Let me write a better description. Fuck off.
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"..."
Fafnir read every single description with a mix of amusement, awe, and confusion.
The awe from the strange things he was looking at.
Very high stats that surpassed even Dante's stats in numbers, somehow had two classes, three aspects, and many more.
He was already forming a vague idea of what a perfect wrath demon was.
But for the relics… that was supposed to be written by the great Sin of Wrath?
It looked like a child writing for fun.
'Wait, why does it feel like several people?'
Greed scanned the runes quickly, confirming his doubts before letting them shatter into a mess of energy.
"Man… you never changed, even in death. You're still the same autistic man I know."
"By the way, you can edit the description, but I'm not telling you how."