Chapter 23: A Dangerous Ability

Chapter 23: A Dangerous Ability

When flesh melted it turned into something that looked like brown mushy yogurt. With a sizzling sound of something boiling coming from it.

It has been a long day. I didn't have the energy to feel disgusted.

After making sure professor Chain was leaning against a tree. I threw my sword like a spear at the screaming creature and pierced its side, almost missing the demon. The prick of getting stabbed didn't seem to grab the creature's attention.

I started walking toward the demon. It hadn't noticed me, so I shouldn't get scared. That's what I told myself as I tried to replicate the feeling of using my Perfect Me technique.

Be logical, no decision should involve emotion in this matter. Don't think about the future or the people who died around me. Dont think of how this could go horribly wrong. Be cold colder than ice.

In contrast to my thoughts, the heat coming from the snake was blistering hot. The demon was burning up a lot more than I thought it would. I grabbed onto my sword that was stuck into its body and swung it upward.

The slash went by so fast that it felt surreal as I was covered in boiling blood in a split second.

Hot! Shit that burns!

It was like boiling water scattering all over me. I had my clothes to stop the blood from scorching my skin. I jumped back, in time for some of the snakes to bite at the place I was at a second ago. They stared at me like delicious prey.

While in Perfect Me state, I learned not to rush into battle. Always do it with a plan, and know when to back off. Don't involve emotions and nervousness. Trying to get one more hit in when you have an advantage could end up in death. Be patient.

Humans were way squishier than demons.

"Kon! Be careful!" Called out Bets, the fatigue in his voice was as clear as day.

Perfect Me was one of the best abilities for me. That was something I had realized after using it only once. Slowly but surely, I will shed the weakness of my previous world.

In my last life, there was no risk where I used to live. At most, there might be a car accident or some homicide that had nothing to do with me.

Growing up in such a safe environment would dull anyone's instincts for survival. In this world, even sleeping was a dangerous activity. A demon might have the ability to enter dreams and kill you in them.

So many thoughts going through my mind. It was like my body was moving on its own. No, it wasn't, every slight movement was with full consciousness.

I took a couple more steps back and threw some projectiles. Which didn't do enough damage, but the ball of serpents was cautious enough to try and dodge.

Seemed like this demon had some intelligence, despite being low class.

"Teacher!"

"Professor Chain!"

The students didn't listen to me at all and just went and crowded around the teacher. I couldn't help but smile a bit. Despite being harsh as hell, Chain saved their lives with the intention of sacrificing his own. This was something many students would remember.

In the original, he would have made a similar sacrifice for another student group that the main character was a part of. That's why I never got mad whenever he acted like an asshole. One of the main reasons was that despite saying it in a mean way, his lessons were genuinely good. But also because he had the will to sacrifice his life even for those students that seem like he doesn't like them.

Amongst everyone, Gem stood by the side and I walked closer to him. His face was in a permanent sneer as if looking down on the people around him.

"That shadow wolf was your special ability, right?" I asked, wanting to pry some information.

"Yes," he answered simply, despite his delinquent appearance even though he knew that it wasn't smart to reveal his Special Abilitys nature.

Well, the Kuro Clans abilities werent a secret. Since the clan was one of the four great clans.

Though I knew it from the manga and even knew the weaknesses of the ability he hadn't even discovered yet. "Never thought I would see such a strong ability like yours in here. Seems stronger than most of the teachers."

Gem would develop this ability years later after a long period of training to raise his Ord. His main affinity was 50% Blaster. He was better than the average exorcist at best. But due to being born in the Kuro Clan, he was eventually going to reach a high power even with talent less than most.

Exorcist Clans essentially breed through generations of people using similar abilities. Normally a Blaster at the end of their growth would be able to change their Ord into an element, and control said element.

It wouldn't be strange to see some Blaster who was an Expert or Elite Exorcist shooting fireballs. But the training needed to achieve that would take months for the talented. For someone like Gem it would have taken at least two years.

Also to control elements, it wasnt only the Blaster affinity that one needed.

Since Gem was from the Kuro Clan. His family had been using shadow abilities for generations he was able to create the ability within a little over a year.

Their Ord could be imbued into a shadow, and Kuro Clan members can mold that shadow into many different forms, depending on the person.

But here he had achieved similar results as in the manga that had taken him over a year. My first suspicion was that he had sacrificed his lifespan. But sacrificing lifespan wasn't something any inexperienced Exorcist could do. Unless it was a Creator, which one could stumble through by accident in a stressful situation.

Sometimes someone can get a bunch of Ord through extreme restrictions on special ability. Ord control was something that can only improve with training. So the answer to how Gem could gain so much power in such a short time had an obvious answer.

Someone else intervened and a dangerous ability had formed. Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only