Chapter 4: First Human Encounter

Caizher without care for the fallen's well-being continued punching it on the abdomen. He did this until the fallen loses all of its fighting ability. However, it still wasn't dead as one needs to severe their heads or damaged their brains

Thus, Caizher changed his target. He threw another punch on the fallen on the ground, but this time, the punch was aimed at its head. A single punch was not enough to kill it much to Caizher's delight

He threw a continuous punch on the fallen's head until he heard it's skull cracked. Brain matter oozed from the fallen's mouth and ears. Just like before, this turned into a stimulus for Caizher's body

Caizher loses interest in the dead fallen and turned his focus on the other two. The fallens were still attacking Caizher's body even though it was a futile attempt

Caizher randomly picked one of the fallens and directed his condensed fist on it. To make sure that the fallen won't die easily, he only attacked it on the abdomen again and again until it loses its fighting ability

Then just like before, he aimed at the fallen's head causing more gray blood and brain matter to dye the ground

Caizher also did this to the third fallen and his bloodlust finally subsided. Because he made his killing brutal, it took lesser time and effort to clear his mind

"Son of a bitch! How can you like something like this?!" Caizher angrily asked his body which of course won't answer him

Caizher is not repulsed by the concept of killing but it's not like he enjoyed something this brutal

"But buddy, although I'm angry at you, I must say that you are really powerful!" Caizher continued talking to his own body and felt amazed at it

His body might not show too much strength as he needed to punch continuously the fallens to kill them and perhaps the only powerful characteristics of it were great immunity to physical attacks. However, Caizher knew his body well

Compared to humans, the control he has over his body was akin to an infant. He still can't control it properly causing his strength to not be that high

But he's still a 'baby' yet his strength is comparable to adult humans, then what more if he turned into an 'adult?'

Caizher is excited to arrive on that day. Since he finally had the chance to fight someone (although he's a bit disappointed with the outcome) he decided to return to the mansion and enter one of the empty rooms on the first floor as he's lazy to go upstairs

The second purpose of Caizher's fight was to gauge his current capability and he's sad to say that it was still lacking. He needed to train more!

Caizher passes through any objects on his way while killing the fallens he met. He's annoyed that he even met fallens along the way

He still needs those fallens to constantly check his progress. If he killed too many of them, he would be forced to travel farther away from the mansion. And he's too lazy to do that

Caizher entered one of the rooms without a fallen and continued his training to control his body. He was so engrossed in it that he only went out for almost once a week to kill fallens. He killed them to check his progress and also to stop having a bloodlust outbreak again

Because of that, after another month, he fully 'cleaned' the fallens in the mansion except for two which are his parents. He just lures them into one of the rooms upstairs and passed through the ground to get back to the first floor

He did this so that his parents' furious attacks will be directed on the ground which they cannot break. If he exited through the window or door, his parents would surely attack and destroy those places

He doesn't have the ability now but maybe in the future, he can turn back his parents to normal. Even if he's not close to them, he's still their child.

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It was two months now since the apocalypse started. Fortunately, no one came into his mansion, well, that is until today. A group of five humans finally discovered this enormous mansion

The five have serious faces showing that they are experienced humans in this apocalyptic age. However, their current condition is not that good

Their clothes were tattered and they have dirt on their bodies. All of them were holding to their weapons as if their life depends on it

They might be experienced but too bad that they are not that talented when it comes to using mana. Even after two months, their mana control was below average than normal humans

The fallens themselves also become stronger. It was harder to kill them now. The five were also starved that is visible in how skinny they become

"Boss, a mansion! People, this rich might have stored lots of foods before the apocalypse!" One of the five men said excitedly to the man in front but the 'boss' just look at him angrily

"I know! Do I look blind to you?!" The boss scolded angrily causing the other man to shut his mouth, afraid to incur more wrath

Thus, the five entered the gates of the mansion silently but weird enough for them, they didn't encounter any fallen along the way

"Boss, we need to be careful. We still didn't saw any fallen even after coming this far. A powerful being might have made its nest here or there are people inside that used this place as their base" another one of the men said but the boss also looked at him angrily

"Do you think I'm that idiotic, Mr. Smarty pants?" The man receiving such words also kept his mouth shut

Their boss really has such a bad temper. If he wasn't the most powerful of the five, the other four would surely leave him. However, in the apocalypse, if you don't have enough strength, you need to seek protection from the strong and the four can only swallow their anger

It's already been two months after the apocalypse. The bad side of humanity that was suppressed for a long time finally slowly regained its freedom. People who rose into power started being drowned on it and abused it

The five successfully entered the huge house without suspense but it only made them become more uneasy. How can a big place like this not have anyone? All they met along the way were dead humans or fallens

"Boss, this is creepy. Should we continue?" One of the five said and the boss pondered for a while. It was already a day since they last ate something. Also, it's not like their last meal was a feast. Supplies are low since the apocalypse and they need to eat sparingly

Although the boss was afraid of the unknown too but still decided to continue. "We need to find food now. If not, our fighting capability will just continue to lower. We need to risk it!" The boss might be easy to anger but he also has some brains

Humans are still limited by their mortal bodies. They need food to survive in this world. Without food, they will slowly become weak until they die

The four nodded their heads as the boss's words makes sense. They can already feel their bodies becoming weaker than their peak condition. They need to find food as soon as possible

The five were amazed at how grand the mansion. They were already amazed at it by looking outside but turns out that it was even more beautiful inside

If the apocalypse didn't happen, people like them would have no chance to enter such a place. But now, the strong can own anything they want

However, no matter how beautiful the mansion is, it still gave them the chills. More dead bodies of humans and fallens can be seen inside but any living creature cannot be found

The five started opening doors but didn't split up. The work might be faster if they split but it will also be more dangerous. They are already risking their lives by entering such a scary mansion, they need to raise their guard

The doors they opened were all empty. They didn't know where the kitchen is and can only search one by one

The five stood in a certain door and the boss cautiously opened it like what they did for the previous doors. When he finally opened it what met them was a lump of darkness

It made their eyes open wide and they trembled a bit. One of them even fell on the ground butt first due to seeing something like this. It might be the apocalypse but at most, the enemies they encountered are either fallens or mutant creatures, very different from something like this

The man on the ground was the timidest of the five and has a weak mind. If he wasn't able to shoot wind from his hands, the four would have surely abandoned him already. Timid people has no place in the apocalypse!

But abilities like that are helpful in this apocalyptic age. Also, who knows, what if one day his wind become more powerful and he conquered his cowardly attitude

The four's reaction might not be as exaggerated as the timid one but even they were scared. They remembered all the dead bodies in the mansion and how no other creatures were on it. They came to the conclusion that it was the work of this lump of darkness

The sound generated from the timid man's butt hitting the ground attracted the attention of Caizher.

Caizher was just about to sleep when these people opened the door of his room

He might not need to eat or sleep but his darkness body is still his body. Always using it will also put a burden on him and he needs to rest for some time. And although he can afford not to sleep but recovering from fatigue is faster when he's asleep.

Caizher is also not that scared of something attacking him. He cleaned the area of the mansion and even if he was attacked, it was harder to harm him because of his body

"Oh? Humans? Hahaha!" Caizher said and laughed in a scary manner. He decided to play a 'prank' on them to scare them. He won't have any second thoughts about killing them if they attacked him first. But he still lived his whole life as a human. Caizher won't easily kill someone if it wasn't necessary

Besides, he thought that his scary body will cause them to run far away, however, it backfired on him

The boss was scared but if this darkness was really powerful then they don't have any chance of fleeing. Thus, he resorted to attacking first to see if he can kill it

The boss was holding a butcher knife in his hand and he poured his limited mana on it. The butcher knife that was covered by the boss' mana turned red in color and become hotter. His mana gave it more firepower

The boss charged at the darkness while holding his knife which made Caizher panic

"H-hey easy there buddy! If you attack me I'll surely kill you!" Caizher threatened but it just made the boss think that he's actually weak. The boss gained confidence and used his butcher knife to slash on Caizher. He was too stupid to think that he'll kill a lump of darkness with a single knife swing

"Fuck!" Caizher hissed from the pain. He has high physical immunity but in front of attacks infused with mana, that immunity won't help him at all

From Caizher's body, appeared an area where no darkness is present. The area might be small as the mana was consumed immediately but it was as painful as someone making a cut on you which naturally made Caizher infuriated

This is the first time he got hurt after he became the 'darkness' and it caused his body's bloodlust to affect his mind again.

"Son of a bitch! I warned you but you still did it!" Caizher said angrily. The boss was taken aback. He swung his knife as long as he can but only a very small cut was made to their enemy

He felt that his mana was consumed quickly and after it was used up, his knife was rendered useless and cannot do any damage to Caizher. This made the boss quite flustered and his fear rose