Chapter 8: Gluttony
It was finally time to permanently break this portal—or at least erase the traces that made it detectable.
It required an absurd amount of energy, and Jin could feel his reserves dwindling.
Fortunately, the body he now inhabited, though damaged and worn by the scars of dark energy, still had enough potential to meet his immediate needs.
The previous owner had probably fallen into an deep depression, unable to withstand the constant corrosion of his being by that force. An involuntary martyr.
For Kang Soo Jin, it was almost a miracle fallen from the sky.
Unlike the absurd tales meant to frighten the masses—those that depicted dark energy as an irredeemable taint—Jin knew it was, above all, a curse... but a tamable one.
Back then, his original body had resisted naturally thanks to the pact he had formed with Sparda.
This time, however, the story would be different.
He could awaken the fragments of Dante’s powers buried within him and, above all, learn to control his body Nexus—the network of vital and occult energy that linked his soul, mind, and body.
He had retraced his steps, to where it had all begun, to where he had merged with this body.
He returned below the cliff, for as long as he could remember he had felt an energy emanating from a nearby cave.