Chapter 6: Pride is the Root of All Sin

Gasping, bright silver eyes opened looking around with a fevored intensity. " What the hell is going on with me?" He could see perfectly in the darkness around him. He gaged then rolled over and hurled up what suspiciously looked like a lot of black looking blood. Coughing hard he opened his eyes to see his skin had changed. He clenched his clawed fist as his mind went into overload.

[ Calm my child.... focus on the being you are.....]

That beautiful voice echoed through his mind halting all of his thoughts. He sat back on his heels and took a deep breath in through his nose. He felt his very origin shake as his pride welled up inside of him like a dam about to burst. With a surge the very beginning of the sin flowed into his mind like a river.

Snarling he focused as his heart beat slowed. Suddenly little by little his appearance started to change. Like a building wave moving faster and faster his skin rippled from his toes all the way up to the tips of his horns. A flash like a roaring fire and he changed to look like his old self.... only different. He was more defined, his muscle mass larger all around. He was okay looking before but now? Now he was devilishly handsome.

Rolling his shoulders and cracking his neck his stood and stretched towards the sky. "Okay, I can definitely say I feel good atleast." He looked around trying to see if he could find something, anything from his gear. He managed to find the shred remains of what used to be pants. They had torn all the way up to the knees but atleast he wouldn't be ass out to the world. The next item he found was his Grimoire. It'd buried itself into a bush and was a bit dirty. He brushed it off and fed it some manna so it floated next to him. Sadly he didn't see anything else nearby so he still didn't really have a weapon.

Suddenly a searing pain like fire coursed through the right side of his face. Howling through his teeth he fell to the ground clawing at his head begging it to stop. Eventually it did and he lay there gasping tears streaking his face. When he opened his eyes a weird sight caught his attention. Super imposed on the right side of his vision what looked like a Stat panel had appeared shining a murderous red. It looked a bit like this;

[ Roanoke Stein: Absolute Sin]

[Vitality: 1000]

[Mana Count: 480/500]

[Unlocked Sins: Pride (Small Sun, Pride Embodiment, Hubris, Root of all Sin) ]

[Pride: the user now as access to the full Sin of Pride. Small Sun: user creates a small nuclear sun that they can move around and slam into targets. Pride Embodiment: user takes on the form of the king of Pride, all Pride abilities enhance but the users Pride rises to a dangerous level that may cause over confidence. Hubris (Passive): whenever facing an enemy that's stronger then themselves the user gains a tremendous Hubris, if the user can control their Pride they can use it to overcome some of their greatest foes. Root of all Sin: the absolute sin has just begun its journey down this dark path of sin, however, sins aren't all bad just acts against higher entities that they say are forbidden, user learns sins faster, raises users senses and physical attributes, Root of all Sin can never be deactivated only hidden but also allow the person to change between their demon form and their original form.]

Roes heart nearly stopped as he read all the lines of text. There was a bunch of grayed out question marks he assumed must be other sins. He couldn't wrap his mind around the great boons he'd already received though. Trying not to panic he realized this was why he just knew how to change back to his human form. At least some of the puzzle pieces were starting to fall into place.