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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

New Home

"I'm home." Alex said with a raised voice as he walked through the front door. It felt strange having to announce his presence whenever he got home but it didn't feel like a hassle and he understood why it was necessary.

In his old home, Alex could hear the front door open and close whenever it was used so it was always easy to tell when someone got home or left. Another thing to consider was that the old home was very small so the chances of people being in the lounge or kitchen was quite good, in which case they would see him as he entered.

'I can still hear when the front door opens and closes from anywhere in this house but that's only because I'm a User and I've raised my stats, there's no way anyone else would be able to do that unless they were close by. The chances of someone being in this foyer area is also pretty small since it's just a walkway to enter other rooms and not so much of a room itself.'