The Road Back Home

"Aron wake up already, we are here!" Rodger shouted to the back of the Lincoln towards Aron who was still asleep from the long drive.

Huh? We are here already? that was quick, Aron thought as he collected his bearings. Aron hopped out of the backseat and onto the concrete of the parking lot leading towards the baby shower. Aron grimaced at the sight of the bright sun and squinted his eyes in response.

"How long are we going to be here for, dad?" Aron asked politely

"Until I feel like leaving now shut up and start walking already, we are late enough as it is." Rodger replied coldly.

Aron sighed, and started walking towards the entrance. The building was a large church like building with a lot of multi colored balloons surrounding the perimeter. Aron figured he may as well take a closer look at his leveling system considering he is going to be here for a while whether or not he liked it.

Aron opened up his menu to examine it more thoroughly. He looked through the basic abilities like mediocre regeneration, speed, strength, etc. They did exactly as they sound, they add a minor boost to my physique and my physical healing speed. He looked at the definition for the more complicated abilities with intrigue:

Lesser Hell Control - Ability to alter one viewpoint into seeing small hellish hallucinations. manipulate small amounts of fire, magma, and other heated substances at the cost of stamina. Cannot summon or cast fire.

Lesser Intimidation - [Toggle ON/OFF] Gives off a fierce pressure to creatures weaker than Aron

Demon King's Protection - On the verge of death gives intense increase in power and greatly increases efficiency of abilities. Durability is increased tenfold. Doubles physical regeneration speed.

Strength Absorption - Upon killing an enemy 5% of their strength is permanently added onto Aron's total strength

Ability Absorption - Upon killing an enemy Aron can select an ability to inherit at the cost of an Ability point.

Experience Gain - Upon killing an enemy a certain amount of experience is gained depending on the enemy's strength in comparison to Aron's. Upon level up Aron will gain an ability point and a small increase to Aron's strength, speed, stamina, and durability.

Aron closes his menu and returns to reality. I wonder how I got the Demon King's Protection, It must have been something I did in a past life. I doubt it would be anything crazy like being the heir to the demon king. Aron smiled wryly as he thought about it. The baby shower had begun approximately 30 minutes ago, based on Rodger's response we are probably going to be here for a while. Aron let out a sigh as he decided what he could do to make use of this time. After some contemplation, he gets up out of his chair and leaves the party. Once he got outside he decided to start running around the block to see if he could upgrade his skills. Specifically the speed and strength increase, Aron figures that focusing on that would make a good baseline for his growth.

Aron had taken running shoes because he knew he was probably going to leave the party early regardless so the first step on his mind was to run a mile or two and see if that increased his strength and speed. After Aron had run around five km he paused his jog and checked his abilities once again.

[Mediocre Strength and Speed Increase]

A small boost to overall strength and speed

(Progress to Lv. 2 23%)

Aron closed his menu and sighed, I guess getting stronger isn't as easy as I initially thought. Aron ran back to the baby shower as it was wrapping up as he saw his parents packing up their stuff and putting it in the Lincoln.

"Where have you been, and why are you so sweaty?" Sandra looked Aron up and down as she said this.

"I was just taking a walk to think about some things" Aron responded. Sandra didn't seem satisfied with this answer but didn't care enough to pursue the point. He hopped into the car and put in his earbuds and fell asleep as they headed home.

"PSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" A loud sound was heard as an angel figure crashed into the road and skidded into the nearby field. Behind it was what looked like a demon flying in the sky, alongside it was a flying red pheonix staring intently on the fallen white figure. The demon had a handsome face with a large horn poking out of both sides of the demons head, he was very muscular and wielded a colossal black flaming mace. The angel had one of its wings shredded and it was heavily injured from top down. It was obvious at first glance who the victor of this fight was. The angel leaned on his staff as he stumbled back onto his feet. he seemed to have a bit of fight left in him as he stared daggers into the demon. The demon chuckled

"You think you can still fight Meric? Just admit defeat, it will be easier for both of us" the demon self proclaiming his victory stood triumphantly in front of the fallen angel.

"I will never let you win Vaaric!" the angel lunged with the last of his strength and was able to strike the demon's abdomen with his staff.

"Ouch, that kinda stung" the demon said as he took the staff and threw it in the opposite direction of the angel. The demon got right into the face of the angel as he said "If that's how you want to play it, then so be it." The demon looked right into the eye of the angel and a bright red light appeared as the ground around the angel enveloped him. The angel struggled to get out, but after struggling for a couple of minutes the resisting ended and only the demon was left. The demon looked towards the ground and as if a crater was opening the demon slipped into the ground and quickly disappeared leaving those of us in the car at a loss for words.