The Test
"It was okay, I acquired some decent power", Sun answered while still wondering about the test.
Thinking back, it might've been just a bad dream, but his status is denying that fact.
"Soul origin: Lucifer
Abilities: Has yet to be discovered"
"It is very likely that I've been transported into a mirror world of my reality. If I can keep up with the upcoming incidents, I'll surely pass the test."
Sun was sunk into the thought of what the test might be.
"Since it's a test to withstand Lucifer in my mind, it should be brutal. Something like a ruthless killer storming into my home is trying to kill my mom."
As he was struggling to figure out the contents of the test, he saw cracks on the ground.
Somehow it seems, that time has stopped again.
Those cracks quickly spread all over the living room, even his mother was full of those. Now she looked like a statue with crack, ready to fall apart any second.
Sun felt something inside his head break apart. It sounded like broken chains.
Now everything disappeared. Sun felt a headache, the pain was growing.
*plump*
He passed out from the pain.
Simultaneously, Lucifer was watching Sun Reed from a spiritual orb.
"Hashar got into his mind, now we'll conduct the real test", said Lucifer.
(Hashar is a servant created by the powers of Lucifer. Readers should only know this much about him right now)
Back to Sun Reed. He is sitting in a small room. The only light source is a lamp standing on the table in the middle of the room. The walls are concrete walls, resembling an old interrogation room from 1980. There is a wooden chair behind the table. This scene looks sad and Sun imagines people being interrogated here.
"Sit down", a cold voice rose. Sun was interrupted and tried to find the source of the voice.
He looked for speakers but didn't find any. Finally, he gave up and sit down on the chair, just as he's been told. He didn't want to argue with the mysterious voice since it was a test made by Lucifer, it should be a powerful creature or person conducting it.
With the current strength and knowledge, Sun Reed knew that he wasn't strong enough to fight it with force, therefore, he could only rely on his mind.
"Sun Reed.
15 years old.
Family status:
mother - alive
father - dead
Soul origin: Lucifer"
The strange voice sounded again. Sun wasn't surprised by this since he already saw Lucifer plus living in a city full of magic. One could easily use mindreading magic to uncover basic information from other people.
"Are you willing to give up on humanity in order to get powers beyond your comprehension?
Give up your human body, sell your soul and feed them to the darkness to get power?"
The mysterious voice asked Sun Reed.
"Giving up on being a human ...
Living without emotions, but with immense power?", Sun's eyes darkened.
A part of his memories of someone saying something about power to him flashed through his head:
"Sun, living with power, but feeling nothing is not someone you would call powerful ...
A powerful person is someone who protects, helps and saves people ...
remember this well my ___"
He couldn't remember the last part, but he understood the content.
"If this is what it means to be strong, living without emotions ...
How can you feel strong if you don't even feel like protecting something precious to you?
What's the use of being strong when you can't even be yourself using that power?!"
Sun shouted his answer through the whole room.
On the outside, Lucifer was hearing his answer and his silver eyes were sparkling with joy.
"Magnificient, this boy ... "
"Ha ha ha ha ... "
"This will be fun."
After a brief moment:
"Hashar, you heard that too, right?
What do you think?"
"Well, this boy is indeed not like the others. I guess that with him alive, I can tolerate humanity for a bit longer.", said Hashar with a dignified voice.
After that, he dispelled his magic and returned to Lucifer.
"Boy, you passed the test. Congratulations.", the familiar voice echoed through the room again. Afterward, the room started to tremble, everything disappeared and Sun Reed passed out.
...
"Wake up Sun!", someone with an indescribable voice called him.
Sun was feeling a bit dizzy and didn't recognize the place for a few seconds.
"Huh? Am I still sleeping?"
But after his eyes could focus again, he remembered everything.
"The Test!!!", Sun panicked and quickly stood up.
"Don't worry brother, you made it.", Lucifer answered with a bright smile.
"B-brother? What happened while I passed out.
Well, I made it at least.", Sun was surprised by the outcome and felt relief.
The pressure and cold look Lucifer had before had completely vanished. He felt like another person. Sun didn't know how to react, so he decided to switch the topic.
"Lucifer, I succeeded, so what kind of power will I receive from you?"
"Sun, look at your status ..."
Sun Reed quickly looked up ...
"Soul origin: Lucifer
Abilities: Body of the Demon King*
*Ability grants your great physical strength and nullifies all magic. You may obtain new Forms."
"This is ... AMAZING. Powers to nullify magic. This is some OP sh*t!!!!
Am I superman or what ????", Sun was very satisfied with the results.
Soon his eyes fell onto the last sentence of the description ...
"You may obtain new Forms"
"Lucifer what is that thing about new Forms?", Sun asked greedily.
"Brother, now it is not the time to discuss such a complex topic, I'll explain it to you some other time.
Right now, we need to focus on your aggressor. Stopping time is very exhausting, so I can't last it for very long. You need to defeat the opponent because if you die, I'll die too!!!"
"Right!", Sun totally forgot about the real world. This realm seems to have a different sense of time. "Perhaps time doesn't even exist here?", he thought about physics but didn't come up with a plausible solution, so he dropped this topic and focused back on his attacker.
"Be cautious, I can feel a strange power from the attacker.
This place will fall apart, so I'll get us out now.", Lucifer said.
"Okay, this is a perfect opportunity to try out my new ability!", Sun answered with determination.