Max's Sacrifice

"Argh!" Max yelled as a blinding light engulfed him, he began to rise until he was standing in the air. The crab tried to attack it but each time it makes contact with the blinding light, it would be sent flying away. After many failed attempts, it stopped and watched the human boy in a confused state.

Slowly yet rapidly, the bruises, cuts and gashes all over his body began to close up until there were none left.

*Ding*

<<Strange Power is being transmitted into the host>>

<<Transmission can not be blocked>>

<<Transmission successful>>

<<Source of powers... Demon Lord>>

<<Name: Yama>>

<<Class: Ruler>>

<<Powers: Infinite>>

<<Coalescing both bloods in progress>>

<<Coalescing Successful>>

<<Host has been granted the ultimate power of the demon lord>>

<<Error...Host is incapable of wielding the powers, the system has locked them>>

<<Evolve into a demon lord, this is only when the host can access these powers>>

<<Granting host access to all the available powers>>

<<Grant Successful>>

<<Skills Unlocked>>

"Argh!" Max yelled, holding his head in pain. The pain was unbearable but at the same time, he felt a tremendous amount of energy surge into his veins. He was yet to understand what is going on when his eyes became heavy and then darkness took over him.

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This is impossible!" Damon exclaimed as he stared at Max from the shadows.

"What is, Lord Damon?" The figure that was standing close to him asked as he stared at the demon lord in confusion.

"Yama! I sense his presence around the kid," Damon replied with his gaze still on Max.

"What? But that is impossible! No one has ever been able to awaken Yama, not even yo– forgive me my Lord, but this is beyond belief," the figure said in shock.

"If Yama awakens in the boy, that means..." Damon refused to believe what would become of the entire demon race if Yama truly awakens.

Yama is the first Demon to have been created by the Origin and as such he wields the ultimate powers of a true Demon lord. His existence brought about the beginning of the demon race. A race of demons with different classes and levels, he became their Lord and ruler and ruled over them to the best of his knowledge. But after many centuries of ruling the demons, some began to show rebellious acts and began to go against his orders. Damon then was only a young demon but he was close to Yama — very close to him, he had no idea that Yama would not live long enough.

The demons who had risen against him planned his death by using the ultimate demon trap formation. A formation created by Yama to entrap rebellious demons, this trap was able to entrap demons no matter the level or class they were. This was the greatest mistake he ever made that he regretted even in his death — he made the demon trap formation for every demon including himself and so they used it against him.

As if knowing that a day like that would come, Yama took out his core and gave it to Damon for safekeeping with a promise that he would be back someday. Many years passed but the someday wasn't forthcoming, not until he found Max.

Damon didn't know why but he found Max to be very interesting and something kept propelling him to give the core to the boy. He kept going against that impulse for long but just as he saw Max about to breathe his last, the eagerness in him to survive and the anger that filled his veins, he had no choice but to give in to the propelling mind. He at the eleventh hour gave the core to Max. But what he didn't know is that Yama would ever awaken again and through a mere human kid at that!

"Let's just watch for now," the figure said and both he and Damon silently watched Max.

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"Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. Friend for a friend, foe for a foe!" Max's eyes turned blood red when he opened them, a smirk curved upon his lips as he stared at the confused crab. With a wave of his hand, the crab disintegrated in the air, blood spattering around the place and some pouring on him.

"This is how it feels to be powerful, huh?" Max mumbled out with a chuckle. He looked at his body and touched some parts that he knew had bruises and deep cuts, after touching his body for some time he felt nothing. He grinned from ear to ear in satisfaction and then looked around him, he spotted Zheren's body not far from him then his face saddened.

He began to walk toward Zheren's body, his face darkened as the scene where the boy died flashed in his head. He felt anger surge into his veins, he felt angry for not being able to save him. When he got to the body, he fell to his knees and examined the body, there was a cut that ran deep into his chest, and also a hole that at a glance one could see the already stopped-beating heart of Zheren.

"Sorry, this is my fault for not being able to save you back but if there is the possibility of me bringing you back to life, I'd do it no matter what it will take," Max said in a heavy tone with his eyes locked on Zheren's cold body.

<<There is only one way you can bring him back to life but there will be a lost>>

The system suddenly said to the surprise of Max whose eyes opened wide. "What could that be? What will be the loss?" he asked abruptly.

<<You can wake him up, it is easy. But you have to bear the consequence which is that you will lose your consciousness for a long time considering how weak you still are. By bringing him back to life, he will become a demon like you and will be subjected to you, he will only follow your orders and will possess the powers of a demon. Will you do it?>>

"A demon?" Max asked with widened eyes, to think he had already become a demon was something he didn't expect. 'It's no wonder I feel strangely powerful' he thought and grinned.

He became silent for some time as he digested what the system had told him. He said he would do anything to bring Zheren back to life but not to the extent of losing his consciousness, what if he doesn't wake up at the end? What would become of his new gotten powers? All these questions troubled him as he stared at Zheren's body. He had longed wished to become powerful and now that he had gotten them.... would he sacrifice them for someone else?!

"I will do it!" Max suddenly yelled. He was not going to be selfish, not to the boy who tried to save him even without them knowing themselves. Zheren died because of him so why would he not sacrifice as well? And who said he wouldn't wake up? He was going to fight whatever it is that will make him not wake up.

<<Place your hands on the boy's head and feel energy inside of you, carefully direct them into his body and wait for some time>>

Max did as he was told, he placed his hand on Zheren's head and closed his eyes. He directed his mind to the raging energies inside of him and slowly he began to direct them into Zheren's body.

While he was doing this, his vision began to get blurry and his eyes were getting heavy, he used his free hand and held his head was seemed to be in pain, he let out a groan yet he didn't take his hand off Zheren's head. Seconds passed, minutes passed and the wounds on Zheren's body began to close up, Max saw this and a faint smile appeared on his face, it was a smile of hope. The wounds had eventually closed up and the body began to get warm which was a sign that Zheren was coming back to life.

But Max was no longer himself, he had become extremely weak that he was no longer standing on his feet, he was now down on his knees but he persistently kept his hand on Zheren's head, his only wish was for him to live again.

"I don't think I can con–" Max didn't complete what he wanted to say when he suddenly slumped and laid still on the ground, he turned his gaze on Zheren whose brows unexpectedly twitched and an unknown smile curved on his lips before his eyes finally closed.

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A/N: Hello, I'm having an eye problem and I depend on eye drops to be able to see clearly. As such my chap upload may drop dramatically, nevertheless, I will be trying my best. Thanks for the support and time.