Chapter 41
Following what Julius said, I closed my eyes shut as I heard more ripping and tearing noises along with the fat cat's struggling voices.
Grip! Tear! Rip!
( Cat ) [ G-GAH! y-you bitch... aaagk! ]
'No seriously! what's happening to him?!'
'IM NOT SURE EITHER...'
By this time, Julius was now really talking in my mind. It felt very weird as it's like prostrating yourself or showing your bareback to a complete stranger.
It was an extremely uncomfortable feeling. Real uncomfortable.
As the fat or I think used to be fat cat's howls resounded throughout the whole room along with the witch-like laughter of Metis, The throbbing pain in my chest eased as Julius fully.... got insi-
No, I meant the throbbing pain eased when Julius and I finally merged. Still sounds gay so I'll change it to fusion will do.
Anyway-
( Cat ) [ AGHHH! RAAAAGH! AGH! ]
No seriously though, what the fuck's happening?
This Metis person, clearly an incredibly dangerous being, what's her deal?
'DON'T THINK AND JUST FOCUS ON THE MERGING'
'What the hell? Merg- are you fucking kidding me? at least let me now FOCUS on what YOU have done to me and MY chastity?!'
'TALK ONCE MORE AND I SWEAR HUMAN I'LL-'
'YOU'LL DO WHAT HUH?! WHAT?!'
'TCH!'
Okay now I think he's genuinely pissed no.... I'm pissed? wait what? I feel.. a gush of anger somewhere in my mind but I'm pretty sure I'm not mad though.... just genuinely confused.
'Is this the merge? I feel so trippy, is this what it feels like to be high?'
'STOP THINKING HUMAN. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FEEL A LOT BETTER THEN JUST THINK OF NOTHING.'
'But you just told to focus on merging. what.'
'YOU- OH MY... JUST DON'T THINK AT ALL!'
'Uh no, that'll be hard with all this screaming and laughing happening.'
'JUST DEAL WITH-'
( Metis ) [ How interesting.... so this is one of your new tricks, former demon king? ]
GAH! WHAT THE FUCK?! This bitch caught me by surprise by fucking whispering right next to my goddamn ear!
( Metis ) [ Just by smelling you- no, your souls. *lick* Haa... I'll-... *ting ting* Hm? aww well it seems that's all our time for now. ]
Even though I closed my eyes
What... wha-
'LEAVE HER BE.'
( Metis ) [ Oh well.. there's always a next time and I'll be sure to watch you..... and as for you little pathetic cat... ]
( Cat ) [ YOU BITCH! I SWEAR I'LL REPO- ]
( Metis ) [ Enjoy your time in the abyss~ ]
( Cat ) [ Wait what... no... No! y-you can't be serious.. right? ]
( Metis ) [ Well....~ ]
( Cat ) [ NO! NO- DON'T DO THIS! NO! ]
I could feel the ground tremble harder as the cat's blaring pleads gets softer and softer by the second and soon the trembling stopped and the cat was no more.
'what happened?'
'....'
'Julius?'
'.....'
'Hello?'
'...'
'HEY JULIU-'
( Metis ) [ Another thing for the former demon lord, we've broken through the max level cap. ]
Suddenly, my eyes shot opened as it immediately looked at the witch.
What the...
"R-REALLY? NO, THERE'S NO WAY-"
What the fuck? I can feel my mouth opening but it moved on it's own! not only that but Julius's voice came out! what the fu-
( Metis ) [ Well.... if we learned to manipulate the abyss... heh, what does a mere level cap can do? ]
"B-BUT THAT'S IMPOSS-"
She smirked as she leaned in closer to my face.
" BLE.... NO WAY.. REALLY?!"
[ Yes, We've achieved something you sought after your whole life. ]
"S-SERIOUSLY?!"
'Hey dude! it's clearly a sca-'
[ The living proof of that is the current Demon King. ]
"N-NO WAY..."
'H-HEY! IT'S A SCAM! DON'T FALL FOR IT!'
[ Heh.... check that out yourself~ anyway, chiao! ]
With that, she disappeared and I- we were left on the darkness.
My vision trembled as what I felt like my hands held my face.
Drip!
'Huh?'
Are these... tears?
"I-IT'S POSSIBLE... ITS-... POSSIBLE!"
Uhhhh.... y-you alrigh-
"YES IT'S POSSIBLE! IT'S FUCKING POSSIBLE!"
'Can you not celebrate in my body and tell me what the fuck is going on? How and why are you controlling my bo-'
Suddenly, pain erupted from my chest.
"G-GAHK!"
I- we collapsed at the ground as I held my paining chest.
'w-what the fuck.... IS GOING ON?!'
"IT'S HAPPENING... HUMAN."
'Wh-what's happening GAHK!'
The pain was now even more unbearable as I couldn't even think straight!
"H-HUMAN.. EVEN ON THE SLIGHTEST POSSIBILITY THAT.. YOU WIN. I WANT YOU TO B-BREAK THE LEVEL CAP... EVEN IF THAT'S THE LAST THING YOU DO... BREAK THROUGH IT!"
'b-break through? wha- AGHK!'
I couldn't understand much of what he said after that but most of it was something about him passing down all his knowledge and skills etc etc.
The pain was too strong for me to stay focused.
Soon, my body no- my mind couldn't take it anymore and was about to fall unconscious.
"L-LONG LIVE... THE DEMONIC LEGION.."
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It felt like a really long... dream. Julius's life flashed in my mind. It felt like... I lived his whole life. from the point of his birth unto his countless years of imprisonment in Hell.
I was there.
He had.... well, a depressing life. I guess?
He was born with the demon king class and so he forced himself to become the strongest otherwise, he'll die. Because not surprising, in the demon race, the strongest gets to live.
So yeah, with that mind set and environment, Julius knew he HAD to be the strongest. I guess all I can say is, despite the way I was treated, He's somewhat admirable?
Like damn.... this guy did everything he could to be the strongest it was a must for his survival. There was also that one tragic part where he lost someone he cared about and you know, the tragic past troupe.
Oh look at me, Im making fun of a guy with a real tragic past. Well that's probably because I've never really got attached into anything and no Im not an incel.
I'll have you know that I've even got at least three or two girlfriends before, but that was in elementary. Still though, that counts.
Right?