Neo lifted his head and stared at the sky.
I've completed the Shadow Trial
Give my reward for it.
He tried to talk to the Shadow Supre.
The oppressive air around him grew heavier, and the shadows seed to deepen, as though the entity might be listening.
Theoretically, the Shadow Supre should be able to see and hear him.
I want to awaken my Shadow elent as the reward for completing the Shadow Trial.
There was no response.
If Neo awakened his Shadow elent, he would be able to consu Shadow elental energy without being poisoned and dying.
It included the mimicked Divine Energy ford by Shadow elentals that was present in the Shadow World.
And as long as he could gain Divine Energy, he could use it to regenerate his entire body.
Neo clenched his flickering hands into fists.
If he succeeded, he would get his body back, and since his soul was still here, it would be no different from being 'resurrected.'
He should not be pulled into the Underworld after that.
Everything was perfectly logical. Theoretically, at least.
Neo knew there were quite a few places where it could go wrong.
The Shadow Supre could refuse to give him his reward since he was still in the Shadow World.
There was no guarantee he could regenerate his entire body, especially in his current state.
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He was an amalgamation of Expert mastery Death—an unstable form of energy that could kill anything, even his own regenerated body.
Another possibility was him being pulled into the Underworld even after he perford a pseudo-resurrection.
Neo clicked his tongue in frustration.
Despite the risks, he had no other choice.
Stop acting like you can't hear to .
Give the reward I rightfully deserve.
He almost heard the shadows chuckle and a door of shadows appeared before him.
Sohow, he knew what was inside the door.
His Shadow.
He needed to devour it and he would awaken his shadow elent.
Neo entered the door.
He appeared inside a vast space with chess-board like floor and sky.
An old man stood there.
He was a Shadow.
Who's that?
That's not my Shadow.
The Shadow attacked him with the feral ferocity of a monster.
It died as soon as it got within three steps of Neo.
Neo didn't had to do anything.
The passive death radiating from him was enough to kill the Shadow.
Why is it so weak?
Neo was confused.
He noticed the corpse of Shadow and decided to devour it.
mories of the real person whom the Shadow mimicked appeared in Neo's mind.
He was elderly man who used to live in isolation deep in the mountains, surviving off the land and communing with nature.
After digesting the mories, Neo saw sothing astonishing happen.
[ Shadow ]
Awakening progress: 1/33 → 2/33
Neo stared at the status screen that suddenly sprang up.
The progress of Shadow elent awakening increased from 1 to 2 when he devoured the old man's Shadow.
There is no way this is true.
Neo had an idea of what was happening.
But it was too absurd.
I can't be a Seraph.
They know they are reincarnators.
But I'm not the sa.
Despite his confusion, the truth remained before his eyes.
Devouring old man's Shadow increased his Shadow elent awakening progress.
Only devouring one's own Shadow did that.
This could an only one thing.
The old man was Neo's Shadow.
Another door materialized before Neo.
He stepped through it and he appeared in a similar area.
The floor and the sky were like a chess board.
A Shadow of a middle-aged man with unkempt beard pounced on him.
Neo made quick work of it before devouring it.
More mories appeared inside his head.
They belonged to a middle-aged father juggling a demanding physical job while taking care of his three kids.
[ Shadow ]
Awakening progress: 2/33 → 3/33
Another door appeared before Neo.
The sa things repeated.
Neo devoured the Shadow of a child and gained its mories.
It was a young boy living in a crowded orphanage, dreaming of being adopted into a loving family.
[ Shadow ]
Awakening progress: 3/33 → 4/33
The sa things repeated.
Every door he crossed showed a new Shadow and he gained new mories.
A wanderer in his late 30s, who traveled from town to town, embracing a life without attachnts.
A 12-year-old genius who excelled in science, only for him to grow old and find out he was diocre.
An old soldier who has traded his sword for a plow, and longed for peace.
A young man in his early 20s working multiple jobs to support his ailing parents and younger siblings.
A poor child who wanted to beco theatrics after watching a play of a king assassinated by his trusted friend.
A trusted aide of a ruler.
A 40-year-old man who works quietly in a library made by a republic nation. He spent his nights reading and contemplating life.
A foolish teenage boy fighting against oppressive rulers.
An elderly farr who woke up before dawn every day, tending to his crops with devotion.
A struggling artist in his late 20s, performing on street corners while waiting for his big break.
[ Shadow ]
Awakening progress: 13/33 → 14/33
Neo continued to gain new mories.
None of the lives had connection to each other.
He thought it would remain that way.
However, when he devoured the fourteen Shadow sothing else happened.
The fourteenth Shadow belonged to a middle-aged man obsessed with creating life-changing technology.
Until his late twenties, he had been a lazy man with no ambition.
But on his 23rd birthday, he suddenly dreamt of his past lives.
They were mories of the thirteen Shadows Neo had devoured.
The dreams enlarged the middle-aged man's world and fascinated him.
They fueled his ambition and caused him to beco obsessed with science.
The man wanted to see those dreams again.
He wanted to see his previous lives in details.
Unfortunately, he died before he could realize his ambition.
[ Shadow ]
Awakening progress: 14/33 → 15/33
Neo stepped through the fifteenth gate.
He devoured the Shadow of the monk in his 50s.
The monk had awakened the mories of his previous lives, which led him to understand the futility of life.
He took a vow of silence and lived in a serene monastery, seeking enlightennt.
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