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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 · Fantasie
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Gaining Speed

Several minutes before Marcel died and his entire gang was wiped out, there was a surprising moment for Alex during his fight with Jack. Ryan had just prevented Jack's death and attacked Alex with a punch that sent him flying across the room.

While in mid air Alex created an ice spike beneath Jack and it went right through his head as it erupted out of the ground, killing him instantly. In the moments where Ryan was too stunned too react, Alex had a chance to make some changes to his power set when the system prompted him to do so.

[Absorbing Life Force]

[Ability Detected]

[Absorb Ability]

[Y/N]

'I can absorb an E rank ability? I thought I was limited by the rank of Devourer... If that's not the case then I can grow stronger even faster!' Alex felt a surge of excitement as he opened the Abilities page and selected an ability to sacrifice.

[You have selected the ability [Regeneration]{F} to be sacrificed]

[Confirm]

[Y/N]