A Visit In The Night

Later that night, I began running through my two shops. I say two because there was also an angel shop as well. Out of the two, I could only spend the ten points I had on the demon shop. There was only one skill that was suited for the current me. And this skill was called: Demonic Strength. It basically doubled my current demon strength. The reason why I said this was useful was that, for one thing, having more strength was always good, but the main reason was that I had a kind of flash of inspiration.

My menu system shows the skills I have acquired, but it does not say I can not use these skills in other forms. As such, when I saw demonic strength, I bought it without hesitation. Well, not like I had many to choose from. There was another skill that seemed to be magic called: Dark Bullet, but that was not a good idea for me right now as I have yet to awaken. I kinda did not wish to expand and explode. And I did not wish to risk it, that is for sure.

But I was able to find one thing out, and that was demon shop points can not be spent in the angel shop, and I am sure that is the same for the other way around. Although I do have my first skill picked out from that shop. It is called Heavenly Regeneration, and to be honest, it is an overpowered skill. As long as I do not die, it would heal me back to new within a few days, even if I lost an arm or two.

In the end, I found out three things. One is that while in my neutral form, I can use demonic strength. I am currently just as strong as I would be in my demon form. However, I do not get the double boost. The second one was that it does not work in my angel form. As soon as I switched to my angel form, the skill grayed out in my window. And lastly and this is the most important thing I learned, and that is that my skills are upgradeable. Although it seems to be double the shop point cost to upgrade to a new level. Like right now, my demonic strength skill is at level 0, but to go to level 1, I would need to spend another ten shop points.

When I looked at the description for level one in the shop, it says two times the effect. Which means two times my current strength in demon form in neutral form. This was not too bad as I do not think I can go running around as a demon or angel all the time.

"You seem to be having fun…." A male voice entered my ears. I did not think when I suddenly answered back. "Mmm…."

When I realized the voice was not one I recognized, I turned my head to see a man with black wings and horns on his head standing in my room. I did not even need to think before I quickly transformed into my demon form and flew up into the air and to the other side of my room. "Who are you, and what do you want!?"

"Relax. I am here to thank you." The man wore a black suit and had tan skin with black hair. His eyes were a blood red. He had all the same features as me in my demon form. So it was a no brainer to figure out what he was.

"Thank me? Are you the one who gave me this system?" I asked. I was very much on guard.

"You can say that it was a combination of both factions. We were not to come talk to you until you had finally purchased something from one of the shops. But to think…. You purchased from the demon shop first. So I must thank you. As Demons are now in the lead. Oh, excuse me, let me introduce myself. My name is Lucifer. I rule over the sin of pride." Lucifer bowed his head to me, but I didn't say anything back. I just wanted to know why he was here and what he meant that demons were in the lead.

"What do you mean? What does me buying something from my shop have anything to do with demons winning?" I asked as I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I will not go into finer details, but let's just say it like this. As you live your life and as you purchase things from the two shops, each purchase will give a point to the shop side you bought from. These points will be tallied up when you die, and then the winner will rule. It is quite simple, really."Lucifer replied with a smile. But I frowned. Why does it sound like I am being used for some kind of game?

"So I just need to buy something from the angel shop and then stop altogether, and you will be tied, right?" I asked with a smirk on my lips. I mean, what did he expect from me? To play along?

"Let's just say you will never be able to do that…." Lucifer's eyes began to glow a blood red, but this was followed by a bright flash of light, and a woman with a golden halo and white wings appeared in front of me.

"Lucifer, know your place. You are not to interfere with the game. You were only here to give a minimal explanation. Nothing else." The woman, who was obviously an angel, replied.

"Gabriel…" I watched as Lucifer ground his teeth and then snorted. "It's fine. She is still young. There is plenty of time. But do not think you can just ignore the system. You will never be able to escape your fate!"

After saying these words through gritted teeth, Lucifer disappeared. Gabriel, as she was called, turned to me and smiled. She is very pretty, I give her that. "You really are a cute thing, even in this disgusting form. But it can not be helped. As you may have heard, my name is Gabriel, and I am the ruler of the virtue of diligence. "

"Is what he said true?" I asked coldly. Whether she was kind or not, I still did not trust her.

"It is," Gabriel answered after a slight pause.

"I see. So you are no different from him. I see… Heh…." I snorted. "Then you can leave as well. Angels, demons, gods, I do not care who you are. My life is my own."

"As you wish." Gabriel did not seem troubled by my words at all. I watched as she disappeared in another flash of light.

The room was now once more silent. The pitch blackness of it all enveloped me. I felt like my life was not going to be easy. But I will say this. I do not care who it is. If they so wish to interfere with my family or anyone I come to care about, I will fight them with everything I have. Even if I have to abuse this damn system to do it. I will not be a toy for them to use to play their game.

I knew that it would be useless to try to ignore everything altogether. From the way they were able to appear out of nowhere, I am sure they can make things happen to force me to use the system so…. Hehe... What if I just make sure they end up in a tie? Then what? Or better yet, I can just make use of the system to grow stronger and stronger until I can toy with them directly.

"My life will be mine to decide!" I yelled out.

"Bella, go to bed!" My mother's voice came from the hallway, causing me to shrink back. I hurriedly got into bed. I forgot that my mother does walk the halls before she goes to bed at night to check on things. But this also concerns me as well. I am sure my mother would have quickly entered the room to check on me if she heard me talking with someone. But she did not. Was this some kind of spell that those two were able to use? Did they keep our voices from reaching beyond the door?

So many questions and no answers. None of this was fair. But I do know my current goal is to grow stronger and stronger and break free from being anyone's chess piece. If they wish to play a game, I will play, but it will no longer be one versus one but a one versus one, versus one.

I woke up the next morning feeling overly tired. I got no sleep. I was thinking about what I was told all night, and it is still stirring my mind. But I do know one thing, and that is that I need to talk to my parents about this. If something were to happen and I kept it all from them I would feel horrible. I want them to be in the loop so they know what to expect and watch out for from now on.