Chapter 334 Evolving!
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I read the Evolution Option I got and I was left rather flabbergasted, is there something that is not overly creepy?! A giant snake that eats anything, a monstrous titan made of shadows, and now one that can give birth to monsters? Give birth?! I don’t want to give birth to monsters or weird things! I create them through Necromancy and the like but… giving birth? I don’t know but it sounds a bit yucky, especially imagining myself as some sort of Alien Queen from the Alien Movies giving birth to slimy eggs that hatch into little abominations… Uegh, if I am ever a mother, it will probably be with a man I love… Maybe Lucifer, but nothing else!
A-Anyways, maybe I should check the last two evolution options and decide. It has been only a few minutes but I am getting tired of waiting, I want to evolve already. If things are terrible in the other two then… I might end up having to pick the previous ones. The best of the three is obviously Apophis, I suppose.
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[Lamashtu]
[Rank: A-]
A mischievous and terrifying demonic phantasm that crawls from the Underworld to the World of the Living seeking to trick mortals and devour their souls… and flesh. This aberrant demoness phantom is capable of tricking others into making them believe she’s often a beautiful and fair maiden, letting the people lower their guard before her only for the next morning to disappear, alongside many of the newborn and young children of the village. There had been many cases through history of such an aberrant creature, and there has only been a few times when they were captured and defeated.
Often times, they always get away with their tricks and monstrously gorge into the flesh of children and the souls of the young. Wherever they move there is an Aura of Terrible Misfortune, and anybody that targets them often suffers horrible luck, making it even harder to capture them. They are bloodthirsty and cannot live without gorging into young flesh, gaining strength through it, but weakening if they don’t appease their hunger.
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Okay, that’s creepy as fuck. I am not going to eat little children! This is insanely horrible! What the…? Also it’s A- Rank, so I am not taking it anyways. Well, even if it were SSSSS Rank or something I am not taking it! No way.
The only thing “interesting” about it is perhaps the ability they got to shapeshift into other forms and also the power to bring aura of misfortune, but I already kind of got something similar with my current Title Skills, which I carried from when I was alive… Yeah.
Well, lastly, there’s Beelzebub… It has the name after a giant and ugly fly, so I am not really expecting too much from it… But let’s see.
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[Beelzebub]
[Rank: A++]
A mysterious being. It is said that there lays a demon so hungry in the depths of the underground that it has begun to devour anything. It has an endless stomach that leads to an abyss of pure darkness. It can take many shapes, and through all of history, it has been portrayed in many forms. It often said to be a force of nature, an entity that represents famine, hunger, and death. It spreads fear into the hearts of people and make them kill one another for resources rather than doing the dirty job itself. After that, it reaps the souls and the flesh of the dead, devouring them, rotting them, and consuming everything… a malicious being.
Its powers are a mystery to many, but the undead of the Underworld had seen through its powers. It has the capacity of shapeshifting into horrendous masses of insects, bringing plague wherever it goes, or it can even shape into an enormous fly to intimidate others, however, its truest appearance has never been discovered. It spreads fear, hunger, famine, plague, and all evil. A phantasmal abomination born from the depths of darkness and malice of all of humanity, it seems to never be appeased, it is always hungry, and always seeks to devour…
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This is… incredible. Is this really the description of this monster? Beelzebub… It is really intriguing. It doesn’t seem too bad from the surface level, but it seems to be a mystery as well. But based in what it is said, it already has a lot of great things, such as shapeshifting, the power to manipulate others and bring fear and hunger… and more. No, wait, that’s kind of scary. But the lesser of the two evils? What would I prefer? A monster that eats children or this thing? Also, it is the only with an A++ Rank instead of A+ or A-, so there’s no way I am not picking it!
…Or am I?
I am not even sure what sort of powers it truly has, but let’s solve the mystery by simply turning into it! Yeah, that’s always how it works the best at the end, turning into the abomination will easily let me see what it can do.
Hmm… Or maybe I could pick another of the evolutions, and choose to become a giant snake… or an enormous titan? Perhaps prioritizing raw power at the end could be better than gambling into something mysterious…
Well, here I go.
FLASH!
I quickly selected the evolution option, as my entire body was quickly encompassed by a mass of darkness, and then, a lot of purple mist began to rotate around me constantly. I felt like my own Soul was mutating once more, absorbing all of this energy, and transforming myself into something completely new, something very apart of my own self, something I would barely be able to recognize. But this power, I had to admit it. This power felt good.
I could feel it all over and inside of me, the power of the abyss itself was delving deeper into my own soul. Despite having been slightly afraid some seconds ago, now I was… happy? It felt like I was right at home. The more my evolution continued, the larger my soul became, and the greater the black hole within it, this void that had begun to emerge… grew. It became all-encompassing.
How frightening… not even I am sure what monster I will become now. But its power… It shall be useful to accomplish my goals.
Ding!
[You have selected the [#####] Evolution Option!]
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