Trial Day 3

I feel asleep, and my dream was very painful and vivid. I felt Orion pushing through inside of me, by now he had awakened even more corrupt bloodlines which even stung to me, and I was the owner of the body. The two golden figures from before had melded together, and became a violet gold ball of energy that rested inside of my left palm.

I heard Orion inside my consciousness, and felt very disturbed. He sent cold chills though me, and I could feel every one of them, and they all carried a different message. Every message was trying to get me to submit to chaos, and become the Harbinger of Death for Chaos.

Then he started saying some things about Mars. He spoke about how the Harbinger of Frost had awakened in a body nearby. I immediately assumed it was Mars so I got nervous, that means that his spirit took over his body and soul completely.

When I heard this I tried pushing Orion down further, and managed to do so , awakening more golden, pure bloodlines in the process to pressure him into disappearing. The purple in the orb disappeared, and the gold color completely returned, signalling that it was fine now.

At this point I knew the two figures were gone for good, but I knew this orb was them, and its value couldn't begin to compare with the other golden dots among millions inside my body. I decided to experiment with fusing bloodlines, since I had full control over my dream now, and had suppressed Orion completely for now.

I tied the short red strings to each other, all around the orb. With this at least 60% of the bloodlines suppressing Orion would be fused together into the orb, so Orion would approach again, but I would also be stronger.

*Crack*

*Crack*

*Crack*

I woke up in shock, feeling immense pain coursing through my body, but my right shoulder more than anything. I looked over to it, but saw my entire arm was cut off, and pools of blood poured out. I looked for Mars, wondering if he was the one who did it, since he was the Harbinger of Frost.

Just like expected I saw him ax in hand with the blood dripping off its tip. He had a deranged look in his eyes, and I knew he wasn't the same Mars from before. I was about to die by his hands, but I also had a few tricks up my sleeve, the only thing was that I didn't know how to use them yet.

"Skills, show me how to use my skills!" I called out helplessly, I didn't assume anything would happen, but it felt like time froze around me, and a screen appeared in front of me.

Skills

1. Bloodline Fusion - Used in bloodline space to tie together bloodlines and reap the benefits after long torture induced after use of this skill.

2. Infinite Luck - A source of infinite luck from an unknown source that wants you to succeed and probably wants you to do something for them in the future.

3. Corruption - Allows the chaos residing within your body to be revealed, unleashing your true blood lust and power. This can also grant you enhanced healing properties or other abilities if your current corrupt bloodlines have such qualities. Can be activated by the key word 'Corrupt me so that I can douse this world in Chaos'

4. Scythe Calling - Call forth your soul reaping scythe in a last stand effort, if it doesn't receive at least 100 souls in this state within 1 hour it will consume your soul as compensation. This can be activated by using the key phrase 'Grant me your power so that souls might fester, let them grow in agony and regret so that you might let me live for the sake of reaping souls.'

5. Orion Possession - Orion takes control of your body temporarily and fights until your soul is satisfied. The corruption in your soul will grow and you will fuse further into Orion until you eventually become one. This can be activated by willing it in your consciousness.

6. Realm of death - A dark form surrounds the entire area within 50 meters. This enhances all dark type abilities as the souls of the fallen rise up and slowly enter the scythe powering it up indefinitely. If used too frequently it will cause the scythe to go out of control and eventually break. This can be used once every 2 days and can be brought out with the key word 'Fester'

7. True Wielder Form - A dark cloud forms around you and forms a set of cloth that enhances the wielders affinity with the darkness and can unleash more of the full power of the scythe. This can be used by speaking the key phrase 'Darkness within grow and rise so that we can become one.'

8. The System - Grants the abilities of knowledge about it's wielder. This skill can evolve and become a partner to its wielder it it obtains an empty body created out of mana. This can also become a way to list your achievements as they progress by saying the key phrase 'Track Progress,' once spoken this can never be stopped.

Skill List End

I looked at the list, and my seemingly simple list from before evolved into something much scarier, to the point that I was scared of myself. But now was not the time to be concerned over that, I was about to be killed by Mars, and I had to survive through this since my life was finally getting better.

I reviewed my list again and narrowed it down between three options if I wanted to survive. They were Corruption, True Wielder Form, and Realm of Death. I grabbed my scythe and time resumed at it's usual speed.

"Fester."

A dark cloud emitted from the scythe sending a cool blood lust throughout the room. Within a second the room was completely engulfed by the cloud, and hundreds of white clouds began to rise up from the ground. Mars was terrified and could only stare blackly at me.

I walked over to him as the white souls entered my scythe and it began to grow and turn into a black color with silver lines more defined than when they were purple. In fact all the purple had disappeared from the scythe, and formed a glove over my left hand.

I picked up my dismembered arm, and placed it where it was before it was chopped off. In the hopes of reattaching it, I decided becoming corrupt momentarily wouldn't be a bad idea.

"Corrupt me so that I can douse this world in chaos."

My skin turned grey, and muscles began to bulge further than they already were. The muscles grabbed onto my detached arm, an re linked it to my body. My right arm transformed, and also gained a purple glove, signifying it also gained power from the scythe.

More and more souls flew towards me and I felt stronger every time they did. They strengthened my bones, and heightened my senses, all the while my scythe also continued to grow, until it had finally reached the size of a normal scythe.

At that moment both the scythe and I stopped growing so rapidly I looked at the pitiful Mars on the ground cowering in fear. I was happy, I never knew I could feel this happy. When I saw Mars on the floor I felt truly happy, like I had never before.

I decided it would be good to torture him, like he had been planning to do to me. I slit his wrists and ankles making sure he couldn't move. I grabbed his ax and impaled him with it. His blue marks started to fade, and his face became pale as blood gushed out from his five wounds. But I decided he wouldn't get an easy death since I was just ecstatic.

I covered his wounds to stop the bleeding, and color returned to his face. He tried muttering different things a few times, but I didn't listen to them. I knocked out all of his teeth and left him there. I watched for a while until life finally left his eyes, and he died.

When he died, the ax turned to ashes, and his body and clothes followed. I was upset since I couldn't get anything of value from his corpse, but then thought it's probably for the better so I don't get caught for killing him.

I sat down and relaxed, and all the corrupt energies around me faded. I reverted to my original golden tanned form, and the purple markings also disappeared leaving me satisfied, and content with the way the trial proceeded. The only difference was inside my silver hair were crimson lines here and there which I thought must be related to my new fusion bloodline. But now I just had to wait around until they expel us from the dungeon, and I become a student at the Hero's Academy.