Ch.33: Theory.

Aric stared at a pool of blood. 'You were a good fight, Mr. bear. You should've attacked when you had the chance though..' He basically saw the shadow of the bear and turned around at it. It had a hungry look and also a look of that it won already.

Since it had confidence in winning, it allowed Aric to touch its belly. A mistake on the bear's fault as its stomach was chomped out, killing it on the spot.

'I didn't get any good skills but its base stats were something else. I'm glad the bastard was overconfident because if it just attacked me, I'd be two halves on the floor..'

With the strength the bear gave him, he could probably pick up 3 busses with minimum struggle. 'My body builds itself over and over again until it adapts to my strength. That's good..' He looked at his arms and noticed that they were perfectly balanced, muscle to fat ratio wise.

'At the rate I'm going, I'll be the strongest person in the world by the time I get outta here..' He looked at the pool of blood one last time then went back towards the hole he made.

He then went into the hole and soon arrived in the small room. From there, he began making supplies. Things like little bottles for the water, a bag to carry things in them, and shoes and clothing.

'I need to learn how to only take skills and stats and not the entire being. I'm good at making clothes and stuff out of fur in this life and if I'm on a very low floor, the hide that monsters have would make for good clothing, weapons, armor, etc..'

He sipped on some of the remaining water in the puddle then whipped his mouth. 'My desires...why do I have a desire... to kill?'

He had an urge to take and kill, kill and take, and take and kill. He wanted everything for himself, thinking that pasting shouldn't be an option.

'I...randomly get these urges and each time they get stronger. It's like I'm never satisfied, even after taking power. What..is this insatiable desire for power? I know...that I've always wanted it, but not to this degree..'

After all, too much power consumes someone. Remember, Aric's goal was to get enough power to save his brother and mother. He didn't want to be some God. He just wanted his family to live in fortune and riches, free from any problems.

'I want that, and yet, I know that I need all this power. Haru, you're already living your life. Mother, you still deserve your peace. And for that, I'll do anything. If power consumes me on the way, then I'll let that be. I'll just let my desire to save you drive me at that point...'

He tapped his face, leaving a red mark. 'Remember Aric, no matter how much you joke about death, remember...remember your goal, okay? Get enough power for that, okay?' He nodded at himself with a frown.

In a fiery pit of hell, a man with black hair and black eyes was looking at a screen. His looks were that of a perfect human, skinny, but just enough fat. Slick hair with just enough gel. He wore a below par clothing though which made him seem poor.

"Looks like your finally starting to accept yourself, son." He watched the boy on the screen as he crawled through a hole. This man was Aric's father, Gluttony. He was a 7 deadly sin and was known as, 'Infinite Desire'.

"It'll all be explained in due time, son. For now, you need even more power. Because when you fight, 'him', you'll need it." He then looked at another screen. It showed a familiar face, God, talking to a guy.

'Only he..can oppose you, son. Let that be known.'

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Aric flew back into a wall, coughing out blood in the process. 'The wrong opponent..' He cursed himself as he landed on the ground. Standing a bit over, there was a huge, black beast on all 4's. No need for a description as you can picture the beast as a huge gorilla.

Okay, maybe you do need a little description. Its height was just over 15 meters and its muscles rivaled a house. It caught Aric killing off its pact and in return, I'd kill him.

'Thank God- No, thank me, for this body. I would be a blood stain on the wall if I didn't take those gorillas, stats..' He slowly got up and whipped the blood off his face. The gorilla then began beating its chest, its red eyes becoming that of bloodlust.

'But...how will I win this one? I can't get close to it at all. My body won't allow me from fear..' He was shaking while tears ran down his face. The gorilla then picked up a huge boulder and held it over his head.

'If I could time it right then-' The gorilla threw the boulder at Aric which interrupted his thoughts. As the boulder broke through the air, Aric shook his head and jumped at the boulder. The two connected, the gorilla becoming confused by such behavior.

Confusement soon turned into surprisesment as the boulder turned to dust, only to reveal Aric going straight towards its face. Since the Gorilla had slow movement speed for it's big size, it couldn't react and so it gave Aric enough time to place his hand into its eye ball.

It screamed in pain and stammered back. 'You ever put you hand inside of jello or just touch it in general? Yeah, me neither. Could never afford it..' He took the strength of the gorilla, its body falling flat onto the ground.

[Level 38-----> 51

Stats: 670----> 1,500

Magic: 1,230---->1,950.

Decay: S2(Stage 2.]

Transmute: 2----->6.

Skills: Air Walk, Monster Stomach, Sonic Wave, Bear Claw, Fear Inducement,..

]

'I was able to turn a boulder that was bigger than house into dust. I feel like my power...is stronger than it should be..' He then had a theory. That while it was harder for him to connect dots, the outcome would be more deadly.

'I work harder and get better results. I feel like that should be a cool motto..' He then took out a small jar filled with clear liquid and drank from it. This caused his wounds to heal like they were never there in the first place.

'This liquid is spit from the Goddess Of Health, Tia. With this, I can heal any physical wound that I receive. This is limited to only physical wounds and not lost limbs however. If my arm is cut off then....well it's gone for good. This liquid also doesn't stop hunger or thirst...'

When he woke up from his escape from the wolves, he concurred that it's probably been a few days since he was down here, considering he was starving like he hasn't ate in a week or something.

'You ever had monster meat? Yeah, shits taste like experied meat. Still good doe with the right ingredients to cook it.' He shrugged while sitting down.

He then crossed his legs and closed his eyes. 'I'll stop here for a bit to replenish my magic power and strength. Bursting through a house sized boulder isn't easy...'

And like that, Aric spent a while sitting in one spot until he felt satisfied. He would eat on the monster meat and drink off the river that flowed a bit away. 'I got my silver hair back and my eyes are red now. Must've been the meat..'

7 days later, Aric got up while sighing. 'Stage 2, Dots connected, zero. Zero. Let that sink in. After sitting here for a week, I couldn't even get 1 dot to the other. That's...bullcrap...' He picked up a rock, stared at it for .5 seconds then threw it at a wall.

'Oops. Reflex..' He yawned out then laid on the cold, rocky ground. 'Imma....imma go to sleep. I've cleared the monsters on this floor so it should be safe..' He made a blanket of rocky ground over him and a hut as well.

'I need to clear my mind for a second. Just uh...just a..' He closed his eyes and fell asleep. He hasn't sleep in the past week and so, he really needed this rest. Even after he took the gorillas powers, he never rested.

He kept pushing through his training and so, all the stress and fatigue accumulated, sleeping being the only way to clear that effect. While going into the Realm Of Magic can replenish magic and such, sleep is a mans best medicine after all..

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