Chapter VIII: 4 Billion Shadows

After his brush with death, he got one system privilege. He wanted to think. "Maybe knowledge like who made the system?, why am I here?, can I go to my world?" Many thoughts would be good but power was a good option. He needed to destroy the church. After a while he asked the question "How can I use the system in its entirety?"

[Get more powerful." The system responded "this can be by evolutions, leveling up, or absorbing shadows]

"Absorbing shadows?" Kena said as he looked around in the forest he was in smiling and saying "gold mine" He knew how to absorb stuff already so this would work. He touched the shadow of a tree with his intent following and the shadow was gone. The tree also was wilting. Turning gray and the leaves turning into dust." *!*

[Your power has grown. All stats have gained 14 points]

[HP: 214/214]

[Strength: 71]

[Speed: 68]

[Stamina: infinite]

He was happy he could get strong but worried what wasteland he would create if he did this to the entire forest. He would have enough to destroy the entire church on a whim with a forest this big. Then he thought some more and reality really sunk in. He was in a world of magic, monsters, and demons and he was one of the "kill on sight" species.

"The only way I can get strong is to fight and have shadows. Maybe I have a way to get a little too strong. Maybe to the point of a overload." So he hunted a little and killed a few beast until night.

"This will probably take out the whole forest, but I'll see if I can stop it." Kena said as he put his hands on the ground. "I want the shadows of every holy knight"

He waited but nothing happened. "Maybe I'm not that powerful yet." As he went to the floor to sleep. One of the only human qualities he has left. He woke up the next day to see what was a amazing gift, but the destruction it had caused. His idea was to use the darkness in the night to get every shadow connected to it. His only wish was for the holy knights, but in turn he got everything covered in the darkness that night. *!*

[Congratulations! You have absorbed 4 Billion Shadows!]

[You have maxed out strength, Speed, Defense, and magic power! The rest of the points for them will be locked]

[New Stat "Agility" Has been unlocked! Agility has been maxed out

[HP: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000]

[Strength: 1,000,000]

[Speed: 1,000,000]

[Agility: 1,000,000]

[Def: 1,000,000]

[MP: 1,000,000/1,000,000]

"What happened to the people?!?" Kena screamed. He ran in search for a house, village, settlement, etc. he just didn't want death in exchange for power. With his speed, he found one quickly. He looked in a house to hope for alive people. What he found was actually good. Everyone was alive and their shadows were gone but they all had a halo over their heads and bird wings. Kena used inspect on them.

["Timothy Nettles"]

[Race: Angel]

"Without shadows you turn into a angel? I guess I did them a favor." Kena thought. He realized he could pull the siege off by himself at this point, with them seeing this, they should be distracted. Though, he might have given them a gift for killing him. He also realized he has a chance to fight the demon arts master. With this much power, he would definitely win. He returned to the woods with the trees looking dead to fight the demon arts master. The same thing happened as he was in his mind again.

"FIGHT ME!" Kena screamed. The demon arts master was coming. Since it wasn't combat, he was running regularly. He moved his hand a little though. Right after, Kena was grabbed and thrown into one of the Edo period houses. Since he got strong, he lost barely any health, losing around 7 HP. He ran into the master at top speed and hit him. He was defeated on the spot. He wanted to end the fight fast to stop any damage. He also meditated to make his mental stability up. He got it to level 20. "Boring, but worth it"

As the little village in his mind turned into a city of people.

He looked around and left. He now had the knowledge to go to the demon realm or to lay siege to the church. "A army sounds good, but it would be good if I destroyed it now to have no one try to kill me as frequently. Church it is then."