Beasts at Ridges

Surya quickly leaves for the jungle where he will wait till the entrance exam.

He had absolutely no interest in spending his time with any of the people from the church while he also needed to try a few things which were conveyed to him by his White Grimoire.

While approaching the forest which spanned across the entire mountain ridge near the Grimoire ceremony, Surya encounters a giant magical beast that looked like a lion with a snake for a tail.

The beast immediately lunged at Surya's approaching figure but before it could reach Surya, its eyes showed panic and the beast fell down in front of Surya while clutching at its head with its paws.

"Soul Magic. But this is not powerful at all. This is only a Level 1 magical beast, and according to my grimoire, the maximum level of a beast in this particular forest is Level 7."

Soon as Surya learned of his abilities, he saw that his soul suppression on the beast was starting to wear off but before it could do that, Surya immediately raised his hands and grabbed at the void, from which a heavy broad sword covered with dirt and scuff marks appeared.

As soon as the sword appeared, it fell on the beast's head, making it explode with the brain matter and blood flying in different directions.

Surya, who wasn't prepared for the weight of the sword to be this heavy just looked at the gory scene in front of him.

His eyes then traveled from the beast's corpse which was slowly and slowly deflating to his white t-shirt which now had some brain matter stuck on it.

Surya's eyes dilated a little and his stomach started to churn.

Granted he had committed murder in his own world, but such a disgusting scene was giving him nausea. Somehow, as he collected himself together, he saw that the corpse of the beast has suddenly rotted and before he could have another bout of nausea, he realized why that happened.

According to his grimoire, he now had Soul Magic, which makes his soul powerfull enough to pressurize other souls, directly bypassing the physical barriers they were protected with.

And his grimoire would forcefully suck every soul which was about to enter the wheel of samsara for another reincarnation.

The beast's soul which Surya just killed was violently and hungrily devoured by his grimoire, resulting in the immediate rotting of the beast's corpse.

"I have a feeling that if I control my soul magic enough, I can easily remove the soul of the weak creatures without such a commotion and rotting smell."

Although Surya got the gist of what his grimoire was all about, he still had some doubt.

Such as his grimoire had told him that it could eat his Black Five Leaf Clover grimoire to become stronger, but did that also mean that it can eat other grimoires as well?

If that was the case then he should go back to the grimoire library at night and eat all the grimoires present there.

As his thoughts reached this maddening point, his grimoire immediately sent him a message which made Surya chuckle.

"So you can't do that just now huh? You can only devour the grimoires which have activated themselves after bonding with someone."

Well, even that was pretty scary considering the type of guy Surya was. But he had another question for his grimoire which he now decided to ask.

"Can I go back to my previous world? And How did I even end up here? Was It really the doing of that skeleton monster or were you responsible for it?"

Listening to Surya's question, the grimoire was first silent, but when sensing Surya's malicious intent, it immediately started to say something in Surya's mind.

**Ascend....The..Falle….**

"So you're saying there is a chance for me to go back, right? I just have to ascend and become The Fallen to get all my answers."

With this confirmation and the mention of going back to his world, a past memory started to play in Surya's mind.

****

It was a month after the announcement of his wedding with Ragini.

Surya this month learned a lot about Ragini and obviously knew that it was her birthday tomorrow. He planned to surprise her by wishing her at midnight, not on phone but in person, and hence, he was standing outside her mansion and 11:30 pm.

The guards around the Mansion immediately saw Surya approaching towards the gate and as soon as they recognized that he was Surya, they immediately bowed their heads in unison while the Head guard asked

"Hukum*, You? Such Late? Let me immediately inform Maalik**"

Surya raised his hand to make him stop and slowly approached the outer gate which was now opened for him.

"Don't inform anyone. I am here to surprise Ragini for her Birthday. No one shall interrupt me. Is That clear?"

All the guards finally understood the reason behind Surya's visit and once again bowed in understanding.

However, Surya, Now was in an awkward situation. How should he approach her room? Should he climb to her balcony which was actually very dangerous or should he just go inside the house through the main door and then go to her room?.

"I don't believe that I am doing something this stupid."

Surya finally decided to climb the wall.

He knew that Ragini watched a lot of Kdramas and other bullshit and she must have at least dreamt of this once, that her so-called Prince Charming would climb her wall to come to meet her at night.

But as Surya was about to do the most stupid thing in his life, he suddenly remembered that there should be portable wooden construction ladders in her mansion which were used to install the lighting for their Engagement Ceremony.

Thinking till here, Surya went back to the guards and asked them about the ladder.

At first, they were scared out of their wits that their Hukum* wanted to climb the wall.

What if he falls? What if he injures himself? If even a scratch is received by Hukum*, then their Maalik** would surely make their lives hell.

So now, after a lot of planning, Every guard in the Mansion was now standing under the balcony of their Princess where their Hukum* was climbing with the wooden ladder.

Everyone was ready to catch Hukum anytime he falls while some were supporting the ladder with all their might.

"Finally.."

Breathed Surya as he climbed over the balcony of Ragini's room and signaled all the guards to clear out with the ladder and return to their duty.

Now, Surya tried to look past the balcony window but the curtains didn't let him see anything, and hence he simply decide to sneak through the balcony door which was surprisingly open.

As soon as Surya opened the door…

****

Suddenly Surya was pulled out of his road down memory lane by the roars of Five different monsters.

He looked around and saw that the stench from the rotten corpse in front of him has attracted Five different beasts which were now menacingly looking towards Surya and eyeing the Demon-Slayer Blade in his hand which was still placed on the squished head of the lion type beast.

"Did I really just blanked out in such a dangerous situation?"

Cursed Surya who realized how stupid he had become with how much he was missing his fiancee.

He started to will his soul and exuded a horrible pressure around him.

The beasts who were just looking at him as a dead man started to show fear as they could feel that the person in front of them could barely but still suppress their souls.

Surya didn't let this moment go to waste and immediately swung his broadsword at the five in a circular motion, trying to take advantage of their uncertainty, but, alas, the beasts were angered and most importantly, they were faster. By the time it took for his heavy broadsword to reach them, they all scattered while one of them lunged at Surya, sinking its teeth in Surya's shoulder.

An Acute pain started to blind Surya as his grimoire immediately warned him about the poison which was being inserted in his bloodstream.

The grimoire's voice helped Surya a little as he summoned the Demon-Destroyer Sword and let it fall directly on the beast's head, which was biting at Surya's shoulders.

The grimoire immediately sucked the beast's soul who instantly died from the sword falling on is skull and started to counter the poison in his body as he gritted his teeth and looked at the other four beasts which were now surrounding him.

"You don't even have the qualification to breathe the same air as me and you dare attack me when I am thinking about my precious? Leave your souls behind. You all have lost the right to even reincarnate." Said Surya as his anger started to boil.

In the fit of rage, his soul pressure surged and temporarily paused any movements of the beast in which Surya elegantly moved while lifting the broadsword with his both hands and claimed the lives of two more beasts.

Now Two more souls were absorbed by the grimoire which was fighting the poison in Surya's veins to keep him sane while he looked at the last two beasts with a menacing glint in his eyes.

Surya suddenly saw something, and immediately acting on it, he rushed a little back towards the Demon-Destroyer sword, while throwing the Demon-Slayer sword towards the base of a giant boulder, situated at the base of the mountain ridge.

The boulder shifted a little from the impact of the heavy sword and became unstable, due to which it started rolling towards Surya and the remaining two beasts which were by now bitting at the Demon-Destroyer Sword in Surya's hands.

As Boulder slowly and slowly approached their position, the beasts also felt its arrival and tried to immediately back off but then Surya again used the last of his exhausted soul force to overpower them and stop their movements while the boulder reached its destination and flattened them without any problem.

Surya was now lying against a tree where he ran just before the boulder arrived and with heavy eyes, reflected on how stupid he was to just stand there while going down memory lane, becoming extremely vulnerable.

With last of his energy, he again got up and dragged his body towards a little clearing surrounded by rocks.

Verifying that it was indeed safe, he laid down against a rock and closed his eyes while both his swords disappeared from the fighting spot and appeared inside his grimoire.

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Howls of different animals woke Surya up.

It was night time and he finally felt a little better after the confrontation with the beasts in the afternoon.

He reflected upon his actions and decisions again after which he finally noticed that he was stinking.

His appearance was really repulsive with brain meat, bone matter, flesh and blood sticking to his hair, shirt, hands, and legs.

Surya also tried to look inside of his soul realm but finding it extremely difficult to do so, he just asked the grimoire.

After the Grimoire told him something, he understood that the poison from earlier and the wound on his shoulder along with the pain, everything was taken cared of by the grimoire with the help of the souls of the beasts.

He was also informed that he is not strong enough to check his soul realm or even contact with the grimoire.

The grimoire was telling him all the important stuff about what's to come and what he can do, after which the voice of his grimoire too, fell in a slumber and didn't respond to any of his questions.

"So you will again be able to speak with me after I become stronger? But how strong? What is the Quantification for it?"

Not getting any reply, Surya sighed and just got up. He needs to find a river and wash everything off. Even he was disgusted by the way he looked right now.