Death Leveling Chapter 40

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Stood there a man in sunglasses and a dark-red, biker-esque sweater—slightly tanned, with tousled blond hair spiking upwards.

He was horribly bandaged—some sort of streetfighter? I thought, yet him posing a threat to me wasn’t in the realm of considerations.

He then proceeded to unzip his pants and…

As he was about to open the flood-gates of his elephant…

I peered my head up.

“Eh?” he abruptly let out.

Sharpened my left palm and…

“AAAHH!!—”

Cut off his pecker.

Immediately, using my left hand, I grabbed the back of his head and, with my arm still only being healed up until the wrist, I pressed it against his mouth—not letting any sounds escape his mouth.

“Thank you for the meal…” opened my mouth and bit into his neck—rather than simply biting it and letting him be, I began chomping on and making grotesque noises.

*Skreeeeeeeekkk!!*

“MMH— AaaAAA…” he kept trying to scream, but I wouldn’t let him—I could feel his saliva on my bone, but instead I pushed my arm further in.

His teeth broke—my arm was all the way inside his mouth, he was starting to choke on his own blood pouring all over his throat.

I stopped.

Kept glaring at him with ominous eyes.

My anger wasn’t satisfied with this—I didn’t want him to die just yet.

Emotions were tangible for me after this transformation, so I could feel the terror for myself to consume and chew on—his expression was that of utmost horror.

*Skreeeeeeeekkkkkk!!*

Allowed his body to drop—he began convulsing on the ground, with his wounds getting tarnished in the dirt—was that like salt?—did it increase the pain?

I don’t know what went over me—or perhaps I did, but I wanted his death to be slow and torturous.

He didn’t do anything wrong, he just happened to exist in my presence at the wrong time.

“Wh— whia— ah… ahh…” he rolled teary-eyed and started turning his back towards me—trying to escape?

*Skreeeeeekkk!!*

“You’re already dead, you just don’t know it yet,” I whispered after kneeling down—closer to his ears.

Devouring him some, my MANA rapidly increased—my right arm healed instantaneously—brand new and beautiful.

I proceeded to sharpen it and then stabbed him in the calf—gradually began moving my palm upwards and opening his entire leg.

“AAAAAAAAHHH— WHA!! STOP— FUCK ARE… YOU—”

“You want me to stop?—is that what you’re saying?”

Yet again communicated in eerie whispers.

*Skreeeeeeeekkkkk!*

Out of pure spite, I put my hand on him and started focusing my MANA—I didn’t know how to do any healing spells, so I tried doing it on pure instinct alone.

My MANA was flowing into him… was that good enough?—will it prolong his suffering?

He was gradually moving away, so I grabbed him by the hair and began dragging him away—into the pitch-black darkness with him moaning in misery and pain.

*Skreeeeeee!!*

Continued devouring him… and then pouring MANA into him to make sure he was conscious to see every last moment of it.

My mind was gone.

And so was his.

“Do you want to live?—hey, hey, you—answer me—life or death, what do you want?!”

His face was disfigured, blood kept pouring out of his mouth…

“Ki— kill… m— me…” kept gurgling on his blood—does it hurt to choke on that?—or is it pleasurable, a little inverse that makes you feel so-so alive?

*Skreeeee!!*

I…

…wouldn’t know anymore.

Tortured this man for over an hour—for what reason did I do that?—wait, reason?—fucking reason?!

The second “reason” brazed my mind, anger and sadism yet again embodied my soul.

And with emptiness… I whispered.

“I’ll let wild animals do the rest, you just stay patient for me—don’t die, okay?”

Went over his clothes: he only had pennies and a small bottle of rum tucked in his pants.

I left, with his body in pieces scattered all over—he was still conscious, breathing and whimpering.

*Skreeeeeeekkk!!*

Wasn’t going back right away—needed to find a pond or something like that, I was covered in blood straight out of a nightmare.

Then… I felt it… I could feel his MANA in my head—this again? I thought to myself, almost dismissing the possibility that he could be reborn.

“Mmm…”

I was feeling anew—replenished and yet again prideful, but even in spite of that…

Yet again started grinding my teeth…

“Tskkk!!”

Next to a lake, I stopped and took a massive breath—lungs filled with the aroma of nature, drawing a gleeful contrast between the bloodbath I just committed.

Then in humiliation… I uttered.

“Fine… Golden Knight, out of respect for you, I will never make an error of that magnitude again— and I swear to you, I will one day find you, and then subject you to depths of hell unseen in this World!!”

Raised both of my arms upwards and, upon a pause, jumped face first into the water.

Began simply… floating in the lake… absent of thought or reason.

I knew I should be returning by now, but I simply didn’t care any longer—something in me had changed, like a cog finally being put to action upon years of dormancy.

“That… felt good…” allowed myself to say that…

“That… FELT GOOD!” this time, I shouted… not quite loudly…

And then…

“THAT… FELT FUCKING GOOD…!!” this time at the top of my lungs… “I want to do it again… I want to do it again and again!!”

“I want to devour everyone!! I want to subject everyone to hell!!”

“I want to kill!! I want to kill!! I want to fucking kill!! Kill everyone without mercy!!”

“I want to rip everyone apart and listen to their cries for mercy!!”

“And I won’t stop at just you— you— I will massacre your families, your children and your parents until there’s no one to even continue your bloodlines!!”

I yelled in anger…

“This World… this insignificant World…!! I will not leave a single breathing soul on it…!!”

“I don’t care about anything like World domination— death, I want to bring death upon every living being…!!”

Grinding my teeth again, blood began dripping out of my mouth yet again…

“And how dare…!! How dare you humiliate me!! How dare you give me mercy, you fucking bastard!!”

Kept floating in the water… like a snowflake…

Soothing… and calming.

Glaring at the stars, I closed my eyes and relaxed even further.

I could fall asleep… even if I no longer desire it.

All these innocent thoughts…!! They truly belong to me, and no one else.

Finally… “I’m home,” I whispered.

And in peace, I fell asleep afloat the lake.

I knew that somewhere in this beautiful World, underneath a blood red sky…

A scarlet flower had bloomed in my honor.