1st Evolution

After the greetings between the new people and the villagers. Kameron got everyone's attention once again after a few minutes. It took a while since villagers were very interested in the stylish clothing of the trio.

As everyone looked at him, Kameron took around 10 steps back a began speaking. "I... am a demon."

While it was short and sweet, the villagers looked at him as if they didn't understand what was said. The village head, Leo, took some before time to ask a question also.

"Why should it matter at this point? You already saved us and convinced us that there might be friendly demons in the demon kingdom. Even if you are a demon, we won't reject you, young hero. You are an example of a friendly demon so why should it matter what you are?" he asked as he gave Kameron a friendly smile.

Kameron was a bit surprised by the words of Leo but with the other villagers quickly agreeing, he sighed and thought about how much he worried for nothing.

"Anyways, Since I am a demon I have an evolution when I reach a new rank. I have put it off for a while but I can't anymore so I will evolve right here, right now. I don't know if it will have a big effect on anything but I will do it a safe distance away from everyone." he said as he looked to Mikoto and Munakata.

"Go ahead, we will move them away if it gets dangerous," Mikoto said as he held onto Anna's hand. Munakata simply nodded and Anna did as well.

Seeing that everything was ok, Kameron started taking steps away from everyone. He had a few thoughts on his mind as he thought about the huge spectacle that the summoning just now had caused.

He was sure that there was already information beginning to spread through the ranks of the humans and demons. He didn't have a lot of time before scouting parties were dispatched to investigate the event.

"I need to start building kingdom after this. I can't go slow anymore, the people will be in danger eventually." Kameron thought in his mind as he decided to do a few gacha pulls after his evolution, If he could get more double experience potions he would be able to reach higher ranks faster.

When he was finally around 100 meters from the villagers, Kameron began his evolution.

[Beginning the Evolution Process]

Moments after he saw this notification, He saw dark clouds begin to gather above the area, reminding him of the time he assimilated with the Gluttony Rune.

As expected, red lightning began to dance across the crowds before gathering together. After enough lightning was gathered it struck down on Kameron in a massive bolt.

Unlike before though, the lightning didn't harm him, instead, it began to form a crystal-like casing around him. The crystal was completed in seconds being about a meter in thickness about Kameron. Inside of the crystal, Kameron had fallen asleep somehow.

Outside of the crystal, the remaining lightning began to recede into the clouds that disappeared shortly after. As the villagers wanted to go and check on Kameron, who was now asleep in a fetal position inside of the red crystal streaming with small lightning, but they were stopped by Mikoto and Munakata.

"Wait here, if something else happens while you are over there and you die in some horrible way, what would your young king say?" Munakata said as he stretched his arm out, blocking people from moving towards Kameron. His focus was still on Kameron yet he blocked the villagers without looking at them.

"Believe in him!" Even Anna had a few soft words for the villagers that reached the ears of everyone.

While the trio was stopping the villagers from moving towards the red crystal, Within the crystal Kameron was asleep physically but mentally he was experiencing something new.

...

Feeling as though he were falling forever, Kameron was surprised when he stopped moving after reaching the bottom of wherever he was.

Kameron was currently inside a black space that was flickering with red streaks of lightning while huge tornadoes of flames moved around hundreds of meters away. There he saw his naked body floating in the air as if he were standing.

(Welcome Kameron, you have come to your internal world finally. If you want to move around you have to think of moving. There is a limit to the space you can move around in at the moment though so you are safe from going too far) Ina said as her voice was speaking to him from everywhere, startling Kameron a lot.

"This is my internal world? And I move around by thinking of it? Why is my body over there though?" Kameron said as he tried moving around by wanting to be closer to his body.

(That body is your soul, it will change according to your physical appearance. For now, just focus on getting used to moving around. It is your intent to move that lets you move around in your mental world so focus) Ina replied to his questions as Kameron began trying to move around with the intent to move. It took what felt to Kameron around 5 minutes to move around with his intent without much trouble.

(Yes that's it, now you got the hang of it) Ina said as her voice resounded once again from the surroundings.

"It took a bit of getting used to but this is easier after some time. Now, can you explain to me what is going on here?" He asked as he focus his intent on observing the front of his body from a few meters away.

(Yes I can, this is your mental world as I said earlier, currently you are only able to watch your evolution here, with the help of your soul, but eventually you will be able to do more but I can't spoil it for you) Ina said sounded like she was smiling as she spoke.

(Also, If you are wondering why there is lightning and fire around then it's a simple answer. Those elements have an affinity with you. You might be able to control the 4 basic elements but only fire and lightning have an affinity with you right now) she said as she explained the circumstances within the mental world.

"So this black world is my internal world and currently I can only watch my evolution here? Which is why my soul over there is naked?"

(Exactly, now watch. The evolution is starting) Ina said.

The lightning within the surroundings began to gather and impact the runes in his right arm. The runes lit up in a similar red color before the lightning began to break the connection to his arm and return to the surroundings. The runes on his arm began to wiggle and extend up to his shoulder before stopping right at his neck. The color then disappeared as the runes turned black again.

(Focus on your back) Ina said as Kameron instantly moved his intent to look at his back.

There right above his butt, he saw a slim black tail extending out about 2 meters before stopping. There wasn't anything special about it but Kameron was a bit concerned as he saw his somewhat small tail.

"Why do I get such a small tail?" He asked as he observed the front of his body once again.

(You are beginning to grow horns) Ina once again commented as Kameron moved his intent closer to his body and looked at his forehead which has 2 small nubs sitting there. Close to the tip of the nubs were a blue color while the rest was covered with his brown skin.

"Those can't be considered horns... those are nubs," Kameron said as he sighed and looked over his whole body once again as he saw a notification appear before his eyes.

[Evolution Complete]

[You have partially awoken your bloodline]

[All stats have been increased by 100]

[Your Endurance multiplier will be increased to 15]

[Your Physical and Magic Damage multiplier will be increased to 3]

[You have gained Basic Lightning Manipulation (SR)]

[You are unable to enter or exit this space on your own]

[You will now be returned to your body]

As he felt his intent being forcefully pulled into the air he heard Ina's voice again.

(His package is maybe a half-inch larger than before... sadly, he has no wiv-)

Kameron questioned why Ina was so interested in that part of his body but a few seconds later was unable to listen anymore as his intent disappeared from his mental world.

....

Back in the real world, it had been 30 minutes already. All of the villagers remained in the area speaking with the trio of Mikoto, Munakata, and Anna.

The three were given an introductory lesson, by the villagers, on the world, the level-up system, and the different ranks, and finally the situation they have been in for the past few years.

(AN: I didn't explain it before since I felt it was a simple thing to infer, but I'll do a simple explanation right now for people who might not have understood before. The inhabitants of this world are given very simple systems at birth. They gain levels and increase their ranks. People learn skills/spells or create them and with each rank, their power increases a lot. Simple right?

Alright then, if there are any questions about anything specific, feel free to comment them)

While everyone was talking a loud crack was heard as they all turned their attention back to the red crystal in the distance. They saw that the inside was a bright red as cracks began to spread around the crystal.

Moments later the crystal broke apart as multiple red streaks of lightning shot into the sky before dissipating. Standing within the remnants of the crystal that was a young man clenching his hands a smile on his face

This young man was Kameron.

~A few minutes before his emergence~

Slowly opening his eyes, Kameron noticed he was encased within a red crystal.

(This crystal protects you while you are evolving but now that you are finished you can break out of it) Ina said quickly giving a simple explanation to him.

"I see, thank you for explaining, Ina." He replied to her while expressing his thanks. As he focused back on his current situation he felt the crystal wasn't too difficult to break.

Yet, before trying to break free, he took a few seconds to see the notifications that had appeared after he opened his eyes.

[For completing your First Evolution, you have gained 10 normal summoning tickets]

[For summoning your First Summon, you have been given 10 normal summoning tickets]

"Ohhh I missed this other notification after Mikoto arrived ... well, I see it now so it should be fine." He said as the lightning within the rune on his arm began to gather in his palm.

"Nothing complex yet..." he reminded himself as he just tried to fire the lightning without shaping it.

Surprisingly the crystal around his body cracked instantly as the lightning impacted it. Seeing what he had to do, he gathered more lightning into his hand before firing it at the crystal around him. Surprising him even more, the crystal dissipated into a mist that entered his arm, letting him continue to fire lightning as the inside became red with the constant lightning attacks.

After some time the crystal was on the verge of breaking and Kameron had a little bit of space to move around. He raised his hand to the top of the crystal and shot a bit more lightning from his palm as the crystal around him shattered completely.

"Finally!" He said as he clenched his fists feeling the strength increase caused by his bloodline awakening. "I should evolve sooner next time!" He said as he began to step towards the group of villagers while his tail swayed slightly behind him.

.....

At the same time that Kameron had finished his evolution.

Inside the capital city of the human kingdom, a young lady looking almost 18 years old sat beside a window in the royal palace.

Looking out the bustling city from a room in the palace. She became lost in thought once again as she thought back to life before coming to this world, the smile of the boy that had tried saving her life came to her mind as she became heartbroken once again.

She covered her face with her hands as she began to cry silently before hearing a knock on the door of her room.

"Miss Anna, the third prince is requesting your company in the garden." A young man's voice was heard from outside of the door as the young woman, Anna, began to wipe her face with her hands before moving away from the window.

"Please tell the prince that I am not feeling well right now so I will be unable to accompany him today." She answered as she laid her back on the bed and covered her eyes with the back of her hands.

"As you wish, Miss Anna" The voice replied before disappearing as Anna was left in silence within her nicely decorated room.

Unfortunately, after a few moments, more tears fell from her eyes as she kept remembering everything about the boy she once knew.

"I hate this place... I want to see your smile again... I want to hold your hand again and go places with you... please... save me if you are here.... Kam..."

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