Demon Form

Demons were the enemy of the world.

It was normal for other creatures to instinctively feel repulsed and scared upon the sight of them.

The goblin's knees buckled as it subconsciously knelt down in fear.

Kurk!! K-Kurk!!!

Its jaw trembled as it let out various stuttering sounds.

The "corpse" of a boy that should've been an easy snack for it now became a demon covered in black scales.

"Grrr…"

The demon let out a low sound as it stared at the goblin.

Kurrr!!!

The goblin screamed as it scurried away.

Tears could be seen coming from its eyes as it ran away with all its might.

However…

Woosh— Crash!!!

The demon's figure blurred before a loud crash was heard.

K-Kurkkk!!!

The goblin struggled on the ground, but it was unable to get out of the demon's clutch.

Swoo— Shuik!!

KURKKKK!!!

The sharp end of the humanoid demon's tail pierced the goblin's stomach.

The goblin tried punching the demon's hand in an attempt to escape, but the black scales were too tough.

Kurkk!!! Kurk!!! KURR—

Lifting the goblin in the air, the demon slowly opened its mouth.

The goblin desperately struggled.

However, its body soon turned into a black mass of energy that was absorbed by the demon.

"Huh?"

Regis felt his mind clearing up along with the feeling of his Perfect Adaptation's activation.

'What happened?'

'Where am I?'

'Is the pain gone now?'

…

Questions filled up Regis's mind as he tried to make sense of his situation.

All he remembered was the fact that he felt being sucked into nothingness, as if he experienced death for a short moment.

Fortunately, his confusion went away after a few minutes.

He looked around and saw the vegetation around him, "It seemed like I've entered the Goblin Forest…"

Then, he seemed to notice something amiss.

"Wait…"

"Why does it feel like I have something on my butt…"

Regis muttered with a strange expression.

He felt like he was controlling another limb on his butt, which was an extremely strange occurrence.

"What is this…"

He tried controlling the strange limb he was feeling on his butt.

"What!?

However, what he saw shocked him.

On his side was a tail with a sharp end that was covered with black scales.

He hurriedly looked at his hands.

However, his shock only increased, "Why does my hand look like this!?"

The reason for his shock was his hands that had also been covered with black scales and his nails that were replaced by black claws.

Regis looked down on his body and saw that the black scales only covered him partially.

The black scales on his hands only extended up near his elbow, while the other black scales only covered the lower part of his body.

It essentially acted as pants for him.

Meanwhile, his chest and back was completely bare as only a few black runic tattoos adorned his upper body.

"These are kind of cool…"

However, he shook his head quickly in the next second.

"Focus. Focus. Just what the hell happened to me?" Regis muttered in a confused voice as he looked around.

Spotting a small lake nearby, he hurriedly went towards it.

Looking at his reflection on the surface of the water, he gulped subconsciously.

In the reflection, he saw his face.

"What is this… Is this really me? Have I become a demon?"

However, what was strange was the runic tattoos that formed a pattern on it and the two black horns that were on his temple.

Regis was worried that this would be his permanent form from now on.

"Let's calm down." 

He muttered softly as he activated his gift of Tranquility.

Feeling his whole being forcefully calm down, he heaved a sigh of relief as he repeatedly opened and closed his hand.

"Wait a minute…"

He walked up to a tree and placed his palm on it, applying a slight force on his grip.

Crack!!!

However, a crack immediately spread throughout its entire trunk.

"I've gotten stronger… besides that…"

Regis closed his eyes and felt the demonic power in his body.

He felt- No, he knew that he was stronger.

"Let's not get carried away…"

Sitting down on the ground, he muttered to himself as he lightly slapped his cheeks.

'Let's see what evil craft I awakened earlier.'

Regis thought as he closed his eyes.

'Oh, this was the one I originally got when I went to the red space earlier…'

Soul Contract Creation.

It was the evil craft that confused him earlier.

This was because although he had heard about people signing contracts with demons, he still didn't know the specifics of it.

He didn't know if it would even be useful.

After all, he was hoping for an evil craft that would help him with Vanessa and the others.

Suddenly receiving something like a contract caught him off guard.

'Anyways, let me look into that later.'

Nevertheless, Regis continued sensing his consciousness in order to look for anything that might have caused his transformation.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before he found something.

Demonize.

Another evil craft that had been embedded in his consciousness.

'Did I receive two evil crafts from the red space?' Regis thought with a confused expression.

After all, it was his first time experiencing this.

Besides, he had no clue as to what was the origin of this evil craft.

He then continued browsing his memory and looked for any information related to Demonize.

It turned out that Demonize was an evil craft that was bestowed upon demonic humans.

Specifically superior demonic humans who have formed a contract with a demon or a devil.

The demonic humans would then be able to borrow power directly from the demons they were in contract with and experience a huge increase in power.

As Regis learned of this, the confusion on his expression only increased.

'But I haven't signed a contract with any demon, though?'

He then began to desperately browse the information on his memory, hoping to find a way to turn back to being human.