Chapter 136 - The Incarnation Of Evil

"The monster inside of the scroll consumes you instead? How though? Is that even possible?" Julius asked in a very one confused tone.

"Yes it is. By actual eating the scrolls in its physical form, you're accepting all of it and so, that scrolls can't be used by anyone anymore. Of course if there were copies of it made, those can still be used but it there weren't any copies of it, not only can't it ever be used again but it also gains an insane amount of power. Of course that all depends on what tier the scroll is. I just hope it's not that one-" said Vivi as she watched the body of Igor get enveloped in a black substance much similar to a shadow as it began to completely surround Igor until nothing could be seen of him.

"No… it's the worst outcome we could have asked for," said Vivi as she began to slowly move away from the area.

"What do you mean?! What's going to happen to Igor?" Julius asked in a concerned tone.

"Look Julius, he ended up consuming the highest tier or scrolls excluding that of the secret tier. He had consumed a shadow monster tier scroll! We're going to have to actually battle that monster! Many people here have never even seen it and now they're going to have to either fight it or get killed by it," said Vivi as she began to get scared.

"Wait you said that the monsters only get that insane power boost if it's the only scroll in the world right? The library of the limitless probably has a copy of almost every scroll so I doubt that would happen," Julius said to Vivi.

"Even so, how are we supposed to defeat that thing?! It's much stronger than anyone and everyone here!" said Vivi as she hoped that she was dreaming.

"If that's the case then, leave everything to me, I'll protect my new army!" said Julius as he faced the now giant shadow monster that had consumer Igor.

"You're going to die here Igor!" Julius said as he began to walk forward like a hero that was about to kill the villain in a single punch.

"B-Beserker Mode: On" said the shadow monster in a raspy voice as red glowing engravings began to appear around the shadow monster's body. The shape of the monster began to change as it morphed into a monster that was unheard of. Julius had seen the regular shadow monster before but this was something else. It was truly what a pure monster would look like. The incarnation of evil.

The shadow monster's figure began to change as its hands became dark sharp claws along with its feet taking on the same shape. The shadow monster also grew wings which followed the same colour scheme as its body with it mainly consisting of black due to its shadow like body along with the red glowing engravings all over its body which had appeared after something called the berserker mode activated.

"Do you have something to explain to me?" Julius asked Vivi in an annoyed voice.

"I think I know here he got that scroll. There is only one place where he could have gotten that scroll. What I don't know is how he learned about the reversed consumption method," said Vivi.

"Wait, where did he get the scroll?!" Julius asked.

"From my tower where I keep all my scrolls, that's the only place where he could have gotten it," said Vivi.

"But that doesn't explain why he got a power up. All secret arts should have a clone of them in the library of the limitless. That doesn't explain why Igor was able to attain a secret art of this level!" Julius replied as Igor was almost done forming into his new body.

"I can't say it! I'll tell you in secret if you manage to defeat him. If I were to reveal that type of information here our in the open, it would cause a catastrophic change in our world," said Vivi to which Julius nodded in agreement to her conditions.

However as the two of them finished speaking, Igor had finished being taken over. There was nothing left, the transformation was complete. Igor was no longer alive, all that remained was the berserk shadow monster.

The shadow monster roared as it charged towards Julius with both with large arms trying to squish Julius instantly then devour the prince.

"Igor, I don't know what made you go this far. Even though you clearly seemed to like Vivi a lot, you would never reach her. Not because you were just weak physically, but also mentally. You just sat in the side lines without making a move. All you did was watched and you were surprised when she didn't know you who you were. What else were you expecting to happen? All of this is your fault and you only have yourself to blame," Julius began to speak as he closed his eyes and started to take in deep breaths.

"You might think that by giving up your life for this temporary power that you're going to drag everyone with you to hell. Unfortunately for you, I won't make that dream of yours come true. You're going to die here, wether it is the shadow monster or Igor I'm speaking to right now," Julius said as the shadow monster brought its palm forward as it tried to reach for Julius as it wanted to kill him. However, Julius simply placed his index forward and when the two made contact, there was a small pause before the berserk shadow monster exploded and there was nothing left of it.

"H-How?" Vivi asked in a confused, yet grateful voice filled with relief as she would be able to live another day.

"Are you even human?" Vivi asked Julius who simply looked back at her with his reassuring smile.

"Now Vivi, I believe that you wanted to tell me something about why it was so easy for Igor to get his hands on that scroll," said Julius.

"Fine, I guess you do deserve to know the truth since you saved not only me but everyone here," Vivi replied before beginning to explain the information which would change Julius' view of the entire world.