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Devoran

The power to devour death and enhance yourself. That is the power that Alex Rune received. An apocalyptic event occurred several generations ago that forced humanity to retreat underground in order to avoid extinction. Now all that remains of the human race lives within a series of five cities, with each city being built deeper than the last. In these cities everyone was equal and your only value to society was dependant on what you provided towards the survival of humanity. Of course, as anyone could have guessed, equality didn't last long. people started to create a social hierarchy based on what they could provide and soon enough capitalism had been reinstated. A few generations went by and the surface had all but been forgotten. Nobody cared for it, nobody longed for it. The surface might as well have been a fairy tale. It was around this time that another shift occurred within society, something that tossed the hierarchy onto it's head. Abilities. People started to develop supernatural abilities that allowed them to defy the laws of nature. Flight, teleportation, super strength and many more. It didn't take long for a new hierarchy to be formed, one that put these ability 'Users' at the top of the food chain. This brings us to the present day, where a young man nearing adulthood discovers that he possesses one of these abilities during a rather stressful moment. The ability he received? The ability grow stronger with each life he takes. This alone was a surprise, as he should have been too old to receive an ability, but the surprise didn't end there. It turns out than when Alex kills someone who possesses an ability, he can take it for himself. Now that he has the means to achieve greatness, he throws away his old self and embraces his need to kill, to grow stronger by any means necessary. Money hungry corporations, power drunk ability Users, this story has it all. Now get reading ;)

MagusRex · Fantasy
Not enough ratings
116 Chs

A Bet

"You seem like the type of person to ambush someone from the shadows and then when you start losing shout something like 'do you know who I am' or 'my father won't let you get away with this' and hope that that will somehow scare the opponent enough to let you go. Based on how you're reacting, I must be right."

Alex's words, as well as his mocking attitude, were casing quite the reaction from Angela. You could tell how badly she wanted to resort to violence simply by looking at the intensity of the glow in her eyes, her body language and facial expression didn't even need considering, although they did give the same impression.

"You have no idea who you're messing with, I will-"

"See, I hit the nail on the head." Alex suddenly interjected. "You're so predictable, is falling back on your name the only thing you know how to do? If you really want to deal with me then challenge me to a match and let's get it over with."