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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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Visiting A Friend (1)

Tom's house was located in a slightly wealthier area of the city compared to Alex's. His family earned the same amount of money overall but they only had one child so the expenses were less, allowing them to live more comfortably.

This caused Alex to often have a fleeting thought that his life would be easier without his siblings, but that thought never stuck around for very long, he loved his siblings too much to trade them for an easier life.

Instead of an apartment building, Tom was living in a standalone house, though its size was only slightly bigger than Alex's home it was enough space for the family of 3 to live comfortably, where everyone had a room and enough space for their things.

It was a source of envy for Alex, he couldn't help but wish for a similar situation but at the end of the day he pushed those feelings aside and accepted reality while enjoying time with his best friend.

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