Versatile System Online

Meanwhile,

In a training hall full of trolls, Aella and Elina opened the door as the thick stench of blood hit their noses. Frowning, they looked around and found the whole hall splattered with blood.

“What the..” Blurted Aella, her face was pale as the disgusting scene of blood and guts spilled everywhere made ever feel light-headed. Her vision darkened for a few seconds as it took her immense willpower to get back to her senses.

“Aella! Snap out of it and gear up. They have noticed us,” Said Elina as she pulled a wand out of her spatial storage. Yesterday, after coming to the academy; she had gone to the Weapons Storage and with the dean’s permission, she exchanged some materials for a wand.

The magical wand was named, [Amplification] as it could amplify the wielder’s magic and allow the person wielding it to cast more spells in a much more efficient manner with lesser buffer time.

Though this tool was pretty expensive and Elina was only able to get her hands on it because of the haul she received when clearing the dungeon, not to mention the dean’s silent approval also allowed her to get some discount.

Raising the wand, she started to write in the air as multiple curses were cast.

[Curse Of Deterioration:- Scatter]

[Curse Of Deterioration:- Fragmented]

These two curses were the most powerful curses she could cast. Their unique attack style not only scattered the enemy’s ability but the deterioration effect that came with the curse made it even more dangerous.

Not to mention the second curse that fragmented the very thoughts and actions of the enemy. As she cast the curses, various black runes appeared on her body.

Taking shape of tattoos, the runes wriggled on her skin as they formed some sort of ancient script. Aella, upon noticing this phenomenon said nothing as she herself was busy activating her abilities.

Also, since Elina had evolved recently, Aella thought of it as a new ability she might have unlocked and let it. However, all this while; Aella failed to notice an eerie presence forming within Elina.

Activating her system, the wind fluttered as Aella’s eyes turned sharper, and a greenish hue tinged her pupils as her presence turned elegant.

Her vision turned sharper as small lines formed in front of her. The lines outlined the various trolls as they indicated the probability of their action and guided Aella to the best scenario for killing them.

“Swoooshhh,” Plucking the bow string, an arrow shot forward as it struck a troll’s eye.

“Hurghh” the troll groaned as its body fell to the ground and convulsed as the life faded away from it.

“One down,” Muttered Aella as she started to pluck the bowstring. Her fingers turned in a blur as arrows shot out with incredible speed.

Multiple trolls fell as their vital points were targeted and they all died within seconds.

On the other hand,

Elina slowly lost consciousness, darkness consumed her as her attacks turned more and more ruthless. Her wand, which was previously of a silvery grey color darkened as a blackish hue converged over it.

Her eyes lost their light as she worked as if a programmed being that only knew to attack. In her eyes, only killing mattered and the trolls in front of her were what she could kill without any loss. Not to mention the fact that her expression indicated the great pleasure she derived from killing the trolls.

Then, the blackish runes on her body darkened as they turned corporeal. Their mere presence was eerie as Aella, who stood besides her felt a strong stench of blood thirst radiate from Elina.

However, as Aella herself was lost in killing the countless trolls in front of her, she ignored the presence because she trusted Elina.

But was it Elina anymore? Her stance, her movements, her expression, everything had changed. Everything had turned cold and eerie. It seemed as if a devil had awakened within her body and right now, it was the devil who controlled Elina.

As for Elina,

As she attacked and used her powers, she felt something strange. A faint voice spoke in her ears. It influenced her. At first, the voice that seemed like a whisper started to guide her about her powers.

Thinking of it as some sort of help from her system, she believed in the voice and actually started using her powers in a much more efficient way. Slowly, she started relying upon the whisper more and more as the whisper started to influence her greatly.

Though, the strange thing was that it only came when she activated her powers fully and when the strange runes formed over her skin.

Right now,𝑶𝒱𝐋xt.𝑐𝒐𝓶

When she entered the room and saw the guts and blood spilled everywhere, she was disgusted. However, more than that, she was angry.

Was human life so feeble?

Was it the fate of humans? That even after gaining so much power, after working so hard and striving so much, they would be killed by a bunch of senseless monsters that appeared out of nowhere?

She questioned herself with these questions as an unimaginable amount of anger burned in her heart. Along with that, the life she had lived uphill now surfaced in her mind. The oppression from the gang. How their mother suffered and how cruel the world actually was.

As the thoughts surfaced, her anger peaked as the runes over her skin turned darker and the voice that usually whispered in her ear also turned louder. The whisper turned into a strange cryptic voice. The voice was neither of a man nor a woman, it was outright eerie and strange.

However, not for Elina. She didn’t care as right now, all she wanted was to kill. Her bloodthirst had surged to such an extent that she didn’t care, she didn’t want anything and only blood was in front of her eyes.

Looking at the trolls in front of her, she started using her curses more and more as slowly, the strange voice started to control her actions. She did as the voice said and started following its commands until suddenly, she was pushed into darkness.

The strange voice took control of her body as a dark, eerie power manifested throughout her body.

“What happened?” brought out of her rage. She saw herself floating in the darkness that stretched beyond horizons. Feeling herself fall into the endless pit of darkness, her memory felt hazy and all she remembered was some sort of voice telling her what to do and killing the trolls left and right.

“Was it a dream?” She questioned herself as slowly, the endless pit changed. A floor appeared as Elina fell to the ground while an endless path stretched in front of her.

“What is that?” She looked ahead. With confusion all over her mind, she reached out to the small dot in the center as the surroundings changed.

Everything turned to a blur as she found herself at the end of the route. In front of her was a small black ball. The ball had various runes around it and a strange chain with countless pulsating symbols covered the ball.

The ball had small cracks over it as a dark blackish smoke seeped out of it. From within the ball, she heard indiscernible whispers cry out. They asked her to free them and in return, they promised her everything.

“You want power, we will give it,” They whispered as the allure of power slowly influence her to walk near the ball as her hand reached for it.

Suddenly, her hand stopped. A memory surfaced in front of her eyes.

“Dear, even when it seems there is nothing left and only darkness. Remember that you are in control. So what if there is only darkness? You have control over it, so control the darkness, control the demon that resides within it and use it to climb out of the darkness,” It was a middle-aged man telling her that.

She remembered that the man was weak, his skin was sunken and it was only before the man was gone that she remembered that it was her father and those were his last words for her.

A tear fell down her cheeks as slowly the darkness around her changed. The blackish ball morphed as the chains enlarged. Within seconds, a figure appeared. It towered over her as the darkness wired around it.

Elina hovered in the air as she came face to face with the high future. Looking into its demonic eyes,

“What are you and what’s your purpose in my consciousness,” She asked, her eyes looking into its eyes as not a hint of fear was found in her eyes.

“Good, he taught you well,” The figure muttered.

Then, looking back into Elina’s eyes, the figure spoke;

“I am you. I am the demon that comes from within you. I am the demon that has formed over the years and my power comes from your blood as it is the blood that flows within you that I serve. However, it is if you can show me that you are worthy. If you are, I will become a part of you and lend you my power,” The voice sounded in her head.

Looking at the demon, resolve shone in her eyes as she spoke,

“I have nothing to prove my worth. I know I am strong enough to control you and your manipulations,”