"I can now see why Lucifer took a liking to you… This potential… oh~ this potential! You'll be strong… though, it's sha your journey ends here, boy. No reincarnation or deathly rebirths within my territory… even your daddy can't save you down here,"
My mind felt as if it had shattered like a broken pane of glass, leaving the shards to disintegrate and endlessly fall into the abyss.
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Strangely, and sohow, I had awoken in a dark room, but I couldn't feel anything, hear anything, taste, sll, or even see anything.
Well, if you counted seeing endless darkness as sothing, then I guess I at least have the privilege of experiencing that.
Though, as soon as I felt the presence of what seed to be a beast ripped straight out of the depths of hell, I scread for my body to move, yet nothing happened.
The wolf with hundreds of eyes layered across its head stared down at , its acidic drool already inflicting a torturous pain that made my mind almost shatter yet again.
But, the privilege of screaming had been revoked from , and the only thing I could do was wallow in my own mind as the beast tore away at my body limb from limb, making sure I felt each and every individual ounce of pain.
Then finally, he chomped my head off, and for so reason, I experienced the feeling of my head being torn straight off my body.
It was a pain unlike any other as my spinal cord snapped in half, sending signals to my brain that I was dying, but I couldn't do anything… nothing at all.
But suddenly, my body began to rearrange, and I slowly, even if it was just the slightest bit of feeling, gained the ability to hear the very low growls of the beast who approached once again.
I wanted to run away and escape from the pain, and this slight sliver of sound only accentuated my fear, even more, forcing my mind into so kind of defense chanism.
I fainted… only to brutally wake up to the feeling of my head being torn off, forcing to savor the pain of dying yet again.
This repeated over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over over and over and over over and over and over over and over and over over and over and over over and over and over over and over… again.
What seed to be years had passed inside this chamber of darkness, but over ti, I was able to regain my sense of hearing.
After what seed to be ten years, I finally regained my sense of hearing.
Another ten years passed, and I finally regained my sense of sll, allowing to absorb the hints of moss and gri that covered the endlessly bloodthirsty beast.
Another ten years passed, and I finally regained my sense of taste, allowing to taste the musty air that had been stained with gallons of blood.
And finally, after another ten long years of suffering, I regained my sense of touch, allowing to simply move that body that I hadn't moved in decades.
But, I was quickly shot down by the monstrous wolf who grew endlessly after feasting on my body one ti after another.
The next ti my body rearranged, I gained an even stronger control over my body, but after an entire week of trying, I was finally able to stand up to the wolf and push it back.
Its overwhelming bloodlust and size could've crushed under its palm, but as it looked down on , it used just its massive mouth to swallow whole… the perfect chance I was waiting for in order to escape this hellish place.
I jumped straight into its mouth, my body feeling as if it was still being torn to shreds with each step that I took.
The air was suffocating from the amount of blood that coated the insides of my sinuses and esophagus.
The hungry growl of the wolf's stomach continuously tried to digest with just sound alone, but I pushed back with all my might.
I dug my insanely long nails into the wolf's cheek, which was as soft as a pillow, and once I felt its blood spray my face, I couldn't help but let out an ungodly smile.
"Revenge is the sweetest when your victim suffers the most," I muttered before tearing at the inside of the wolf, who couldn't do anything but shakes its head around to try and discard from its mouth.
I kicked each tooth with all my might, ignoring my shoulders that had already dislocated from the violent shaking.
Each ti I kicked a tooth, it would slowly get looser and looser until I finally tore it out, and I repeated this with each and every single tooth in the mouth of this damn monster.
Blood was all I could see, but I still squird my way through the flood until I reached the esophagus, tearing it apart with my dislocated arms.
I felt my humanity slowly slip away from with each passing second, but if I needed to escape this hell, this was worth it.
And then finally, after I was done, I looked upwards and threw both of my arms that dug a hole into the roof of the wolf's mouth.
It howled in pain as its brain matter seeped from the hole and slowly filled its widened mouth that I used to escape swiftly.
I looked at my art as I stood there, covered in blood, beaten and burned by the acidic saliva, both arms limply hanging beside … but I was completely content with my work.
The wolf's hundreds of eyes landed on , attempting to charge towards , but it had lost too much blood already, and as its brain began to dissolve with its very own saliva, its limbs stopped working, leaving it to die right in front of .
I made sure to savor each and every second of it as the wolf's dying howls traveled through the endless darkness.
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[You have beaten Stage One of Three]
[Stage Two will comnce]
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My face paled upon reading the text in front of , and the only thing that traveled through my veins was an endless amount of rage.
My decades of suffering, ti I would never be able to get back, was just preparation for stage one, and now I needed to complete two more that, as expected, were way stronger than their predecessor.
As my mind attempted to process and comprehend the hellish words laid out in front of , behind the red panel was a massive wolf with hundreds of eyes yet again, but instead of one head, it had two heads.
"Cerberus… KAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! ALRIGHT! LET'S GO!"
[You have died]
[Stage will be reset]
As I looked down at my body which had been burned to ash by the flas of the second head, I looked back up at my enemy.
They had reappeared, and I was completely revitalized to the point that I even felt a bit stronger as the built-up exhaustion had been washed out of my body.
"Foooooo… I see," I muttered as I attempted to suppress myself from letting loose like that again… in fact, if this reset never happened, my humanity might've just slipped out of my grasp.
"Why do you want to still be human?"
All of a sudden, the first head of Cerberus asked a question that nearly shook to the core… as I had no reason to want to still be human.
"Why not beco sothing stronger? Sothing much, much stronger than your previous mortal body. You've seen the demon lords… they're omnipotent beings who have long discarded their humanity yet still retain what it ans to be human… in your terms at least,"
"The demon lords… were human?" I asked, and the second head let out a long sigh as if the first head had let sothing slip.
"Win, and I shall inform you of what you desire,"
I attempted to check my status once again, but all I received was a wave of,
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A drop of sweat quickly ran down my cheek as I knew I had to do this barehanded, so as soon as I felt a strange hunger well up inside of , I let it take over .
[Teacher Quest has been revealed]
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[Demon: Cerberus]
[Specialty: Magic]
[Difficulty Level: SSS]
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[Teacher Quest: Unlock More Runes]
[Description: Your proficiency with magic has rapidly increased into sothing unheard of, but compared to the depths of the underworld, you are nothing. Use this slip-up in Beezlebub's small plan to acquire more power and earn yourself a new source of strength]
[Reward: [Skill Book - Magical Presence]
[Penalty Upon Failure: Cut All Stats In Half]
[Ti Left: Infinite]
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"We will no longer hold back. Prepare yourself, mortal, for you shall see the power of a god,"
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