Cuniculus

Caeruleum casually scrutinizes the rabbit-looking demon in front of him. Waiting patiently for the demon to attack, Caeruleum begins to recollect everything that happened to him since he entered this world to find the off feeling he's been getting.

But, after going through his memories, the only result he gained was an increased feeling of discrepancy.

Before he could continue with his thoughts, the rabbit demon, seemingly impatient, floated forward whilst speaking in a monotone voice. "You seem oddly carefree, originally after you escaped from my control the previous times, I thought you were quite the powerful one. And seeing your current demeanor I would assume so, but… "

Boom

Releasing all of his aura, a pressure countless times stronger than a demon general, but nowhere near a demon lord, descends with full force.

Although Caeruleum doesn't feel any strain on his body, his soul seems to quiver in fear.

Smiling at Caeruleum's change in expression, the rabbit demon floats closer. With less than half a meter distance between them, the rabbit stretches out his hand…

—-

Thinking he's about to die, Caeruleum finally calms his rapidly beating heart. Although his plan seems a little reckless, it's actually nearly foolproof. Although the demons he's met so far aren't enough for Caeruleum to come to an accurate conclusion, Caeruleum can confidently classify demons as bloody and savage creatures.

Yes, the city was a bit of a surprise, but that's not enough to change his perspective. As for the reason he wants to die. Well, after Caeruleum was told about how he absorbed over two thousand souls and became stronger, combined with the number of corpses he spotted during his brief scan of the dome.

Caeruleum hypothesizes that when he respawns, his body parts, including his soul, will be forcefully put back into his body. Regardless if that part is in the possession of someone else. And If the above scenario occurs, like what should have happened to his previous situation, the soul will still forcefully come back, even if it means it has to bring other souls with it.

Thinking back to the powerful pressure he felt, rather than fear, Caeruleum feels excitement for being about to wield such power.

Poke

While Caeruleum was having his villainous inner monologue, the rabbit demon nonchalantly poked Caeruleum on the glabella.

In doing so, Caeruleum feels an uncomfortable sensation in his body, like being fed a dozen bowls of ramen on a full stomach.

His eyes start to blur, and with the sound of a click, he loses consciousness.

—-

Waking up in a daze, Caeruleum slowly recalled what happened before he lost consciousness. Finding the rabbit demon no longer in front of him, Caeruleum tries to look around, but to no avail.

His head seems to be stuck in its current position. Mentally frowning, Caeruleum tries to move his body, but he is faced with the same result.

Not understanding the current situation, Caeruleum was about to ask the panel when his body suddenly started moving on its own. His body first looks down at its hands, then clenches his fist and…

Boom

Throwing a weak-looking punch in the air, the ground in front of him parts into two, the shockwave continues to spread, beyond the forest, over a magma lake, and finally,

Boom

It reaches a mountain range several hundred thousand kilometers away, obliterating all the rocks into dust before losing all its momentum.

"Strange, how come I've been promoted to a demon lord after taking over this body?"

Caerleum's voice comes from his mouth. But with the utterance of those words, one can clearly tell the one speaking is not Caeruleum.

Hearing the voice, Caeruleum, trapped in his body, suddenly feels a sense of trepidation.

"No, no, no, this wasn't supposed to happen.

What the f*ck, What the f*ck, What the f*ck!!!"

Panicking Caeruleum feels immense dread at the absurdity of his situation.

Then, with a sudden thought…

Swoosh

The panel appears in front of him.

A ping of nervousness suddenly hits, every fiber of his soul clenches in anxiousness, hoping the rabbit that took over is unable to see the panel.

Seeing his body continue to examine itself whilst ignoring the floating panel in front of him, Caeruleum lets out an internal sigh of relief.

Gathering his nerves, Caeruleum finally reads the panel.

[The host is in a state between dead and alive, it is recommended that the host puts in greater effort to die so the system can respawn the host in perfect condition]

How the f*ck can I put in effort?! I'm unable to move or do anything.

[The system is just a system. If the host wants a guide, please purchase the technical advisor skill in the shop]

[Note, although the host is in a strange state, the host is still absorbing corruption energy from the environment.

Rate 237 per beat -> host is now a high-level demon (false), 864 per beat -> host is a general-level demon (false), 4,728 per beat -> host is now a lord-level demon (false), 78,396 per beat. ]

"…"

With the appearance of the notification, Caeruleum suddenly calms down and begins to carefully analyze his situation. This… actually isn't so bad. Sinking into deep thought Caeruleum carefully goes over the pros and cons.

After comparing them, he finds that aside from a lack of freedom, there is more to gain in this situation.

However, that doesn't stop Caeruleum from internally cursing himself for coming to the conclusion that demons are just savage and bloodthirsty.

Letting out another internal sigh, Caeruleum begins to use this time to get a better understanding of all the system features.

—-

While Caeruleum was recovering from his inner turmoil. The rabbit demon, now deciding to go by the name Cuniculus, wasn't standing still.

Using his telekinetic abilities Cuniculus molds the soul of this previous body's occupant into a cocoon, completely covering his own.

If someone was previously watching they would find a blue-skinned demon that was previously radiating the terrifying aura of a demon lord suddenly transforming into a mid-level demon.

With a smirk, Cuniculus leaves the forest. With his exit from the forest, Cuniculus's telekinetic range which was previously suppressed by the dome of suppression, rapidly expands like a gushing River that has been suppressed by a dam for countless years now finding a path of release.

Fwoosh

100 kilometers, 10,000 kilometers, 1 million kilometers, 10 million, 20 million, 50 million…

The expansion suddenly stops at 67 million kilometers.

Thump,

Falling on his knees, Cuniculus struggles to process the countless pieces of information streaming into his head. Quickly turning it off, Cuniculus frowns in vexation.

Remembering the thousands of cities he found, Cuniculus shakes his still-aching head and walks in the direction of the closest one.