World Collapse

A month passed flawlessly.

We completed a total of 47 -B- Rank Quests.

Earning us a neat sum of 12000 Judes.

Not only that, but Red Dragon's lease was fulfilled.

The others were going around doing package-delivery quests. Something to finish off the day.

I however, was completely alone, due to the fact that I had done my daily rounds.

I had recently bought some tight and flashy adventurer clothes. My hair had completely surpassed the front of my face now.

I got a haircut.

The next haircut I got, we had all become -A- Rank adventurers.

The next haircut, we had all become -S- Rank adventurers.

Then, I became the strongest adventurer in the world. I was only 19.

I stood tired, beaten, yet at the pinnacle of all adventurers.

Picture a dark night, a large pile of skeletons heaped together. On top of this hill of death, I'm sat in exhaustion, my sword is covered in bone bits and the scent of death.

If you're wondering where Frila, Red Dragon, anyone went? They all left. They didn't want to follow me.

I'm the Rank 1 S Rank adventurer. Nobody is stronger, whenever a new dungeon comes up I'm the hero at the door.

As I sit here, after clearing the strongest undead dungeon in the world I notice the air begin to buzz around me.

The sky goes red.

"Oh." I mutter. "So you finally came."

The demon king, he arrived out of a portal covered in gleaming black armor.

His face is hidden behind thick layers of steel, he's carrying a great battleaxe. The two wings on his back allow him to soar mightily.

"Do you think my rank is for show?" I cackle into the night, instantly casting force to tear him to the ground.

His form crumples like a fly.

He stares up at me through the bones, his eyes gleaming red like sirens.

"HUMAN." He roars.

"I've always wanted to fight someone stronger than myself." I say, beginning a monologue. "But I don't know if you're that person... You see we both know I have more power then you can imagine. Why?"

He crawls up and regains his footing.

"Because I've concluded my powers are otherworldly, thus the spawn of this world cannot touch me."

He begins emitting a red aura, the sky begins to rain blood.

"I shall show you my true form human, but you shall only see it once. Tell death I will meet him only when this realm is mine!"

His armor falls to the ground, clattering loudly in the night.

His wings expand gloriously, his skin goes from red to white. His eyes begin to gleam with gold.

The two horns on his head become longer and more terrifying, most of all his aura is extremely intimidating.

I unsheath my blade, the Dragon Slayer.

"I've been waiting for something like this!" I grin.

"I know you aren't from this world, human. I WON'T LET YOU RUIN MY WORLD." He explodes with an outward dome of red energy.

As it latches on to me I simply use force to drag it off.

"We are in different realms of power." My red hair brushes in the wind.

I cast force on him, like a gravitational weighing ability, causing him to kneel.

"Any last words, Demon King?"

"Such a simple trick, why can't I resist it? Or match it?" He is unable to combat my force.

"Who would've thought the mysterious thing I met in the ravine that day, became my greatest asset." I know the creature is invisible, but I want it to know it's the only reason I got this far.

"You." The demon King screams. "Don't you know what power you are using?"

"Hmm?" I turn around, unfazed.

"That's the power of the devil! The ability to dominate everything! You're going to bring ruin to the world!" 

The demon king, in his final glorious form is spouting nonsense.

I send him off with a swift blow.

"I hope you like the taste of dragons."

His head falls to the ground with a clatter.

As I'm about to cheer in joy I realize something strange, there's a creature next to me. It's my force, but it's no longer invisible.

It has blue skin, grey eyes and the form of an overgrown squid.

It's floating in mid-air like an alien.

"Who... Are you?" I can barely speak. I'm in disbelief.

"The devil." It has a voice, monotomous as the colour grey.

I bring my dragon slayer out but it's ripped from my hands by an unstoppable force.

"Ah. So that's how it feels." I gulp. Clutching at my rank 1 adventurer medal.

"That's not all I have, I'm the best adventurer in the world." I'm shouting for some reason.

I whip out every trick in the book.

Teleporting trinkets, invisiblity potions, venomous daggers. Forbidden grimoires, nothing works.

It simply removes all my abilities with it's force.

"I'm going to consume this world, I appreciate you saving me from the ravine, I appreciate you letting me reach my original power and even more."

A flash of blue covers my sight, it blitzes forward.

I feel a tendril strike through my heart.

Everything feels...

Cold.

The next thing I know the scenery around me is collapsing.

"No."

The world is collapsing.

I stare at the devil, in wonder.

"Who do you think placed you conscience into the boy's body?"

I gasp.

I wasn't here by coincidence?

On my dying breath I can only scream out.

"Why do you think you got my power? So you could wear a false badge?"

I want to die. I ruined the-?

"You destroyed this world, that is why you are my hero, at least."

Everything goes black, the last thing I hear is the rumbling of a collapsing world.