[ MAGIC SYSTEM: ELDEN RING ]
[ ACCESS GRANTED ]
"Eh?...."
EH??!!
EEHHH??!!
NANIII!!!??
'What in The Marika's name is This ?!!'
I got perplexed, reading that.....
'Elden Ring?? Out of every world, This is most unexpected.....'
'Anyways, I got the Black Heart waiting to beat again,' I grinned as I selected
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[BLACK HEART OF THE MONARCH(LEVEL I)(MAGIC ENHANCEMENT)]:
-World: "Solo Leveling"
-Origin: "Ashborn"
-Shadow Monarch's Authority
-Highly increases affinity with dark and shadow powers.
-Provides a substantial mana pool
-Quick comprehension of skills related to darkness and shadow magic due to passive effects
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By the Looks of it, I can say that this system is more of a support system rather than a typical gamer's one.
I mean, as long as it helps me grow strong, the type doesn't matter.....
With that I pressed
I held the black heart in my hands. It was heavy, pulsing with an unnatural rhythm, each beat sent forth a oppressive Dark aura.
Just holding it made my chest tighten, but I didn't hesitate.
Ignoring the foul, bitter taste, I swallowed it whole.
Comfort didn't matter....Only Power did.
The moment it entered me, something changed.
The heart wasn't just a piece of flesh, it was alive.
It spread through me, and the shadows around me twisted like predators craving blood.
They lunged, digging into my skin, dragging themselves into my body.
A system prompt appeared before my eyes,
[WARNING! FUSING OR INTEGRATING A FOREIGN ARTIFACT WILL BE EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND CANNOT BE INTERRUPTED ONCE BEGUN...]
[DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED?]
'Heh, of course how can I forget not all systems offer painless power-ups'
I yanked a thick t-shirt from my clothes pile, shoved it in my mouth, and tied it tight behind my head to stop myself from biting my own tongue.
With one last deep breath, I pressed
The atmosphere instantly shifted. The room itself felt like it wanted me dead.
The air grew so heavy it forced my lungs to strain with every inhale.
"Mmmhhh!!! Mmmmmm!!!" The muffled screams erupted behind the fabric stuffed between my teeth.
Then it hit.
The heart detonated inside me, sending black tendrils bursting out, piercing into my chest like barbed wires.
They crawled along my mana veins, shredding them apart, only to replace them with themselves.
If the earlier was like burning veins, this was just lightning coursing through me.
My body convulsed violently, my limbs twitching against my will.
My throat locked up, I couldn't even scream properly anymore.
I was trapped in silence, forced to choke on waves of agony.
Laying on floor twitching like a dying man.....
Three minutes. That's all it took. But each second stretched into forever.
Without my soul force being strong due to reincarnation, I would've blacked out or worse slip into coma.
Finally, it stopped. My body went still. And then the voice returned,
[CONGRATULATIONS!! HOST... INTEGRATION AND FUSION HAS BEEN COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY]
[HOST'S POWER LEVEL HAS INCREASED]
[ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: MAGIC USER]
[SOUL STRENGHT ----> A GRADE]
I had no idea how much time had passed when I finally woke up.
My throat was dry, my chest heavy, but I could breathe again.
Slowly, I pushed myself to my feet, peeled off the ruined T-shirt tied around my jaw, and let it fall to the floor. My body felt weak but… alive, different.
I opened the apartment door and stepped into the night.
The streets of Kuoh were silent, washed in the pale glow of the moon. It hung high and full, like its watching....
I am pretty sure it is....
The world was calm.
A few stray dogs howled far in the distance, the sound carrying through the empty streets.
I walked softly , the city asleep.
Well The Devils and other Beings are Alive but yeah...
Eventually, I reached Kuoh park.
I walked deeper until I found a secluded spot beneath the moonlit sky.
Its peaceful and breath of fresh air.
Taking off my shirt, I sat in the lotus position. I slowed my breathing, quieted my thoughts, and began focusing on my soul.
Little by little, my consciousness drifted. The weight of the world fell away.
When I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in the park.
I floated in an endless ocean.
The waters stretched forever, black and calm, reflecting a night sky without stars.
It was vast, silent, and absolute, a place that could swallow any mind. This was my sea of consciousness.
And at the center it, a scroll hovered.
Dark in color, edged in gold, covered in sigils that pulsed with strange rhythm.
They circled it like chains yet also like guardians, runes burning and fading with no pattern I could grasp.
The scroll pulsed once, then drifted toward me. Without hesitation, I reached out, and it landed in my hands.
Its Sold and Heavy, not what I thought it would be.
The moment I opened it, the ocean trembled. The silence broke.
Voices rose. Countless voices.
They were neither male nor female, neither human nor divine.
They reverberated in my mind, deep and resonant, like monks chanting forbidden sutras in some ruined temple.
Every word was truth twisted into heresy.
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"All that exists between Heaven and Earth… is but energy."
"Energy has no morality.
No purity.
No filth.
It is power, and power alone."
"The immortal drinks from the heavens.
The devil steals from the abyss.
Yet both only devour."
"Devour without hesitation.
Devour without shame.
Devour without end."
The ocean shuddered with each chant, waves rising and crashing around me. The scroll glowed darker, My black heart beating much faster,
"Flame burns all forms.
Lightning splits all essence.
They are the fangs of devouring, the keys to tear apart the false."
"Whether it is divine radiance or demonic corruption…
whether it is the breath of an immortal or the blood of a beast…
all shall be swallowed."
"This is the Heretic God's Way.
No path forbidden.
No method rejected.
To cultivate is to consume.
To live is to feed.
To reign… is to hunger."
The chants overlapped, filling my mind until I could no longer tell if I was hearing them, or if they were my own thoughts, as I repeated after them....
In the air before me, words formed out of black light....
if that even makes sense.....
"To cultivate like immortals or by killing immortals, It doesn't matter." i whispered as this basically allowed me to harvest Qi from killing, and not just absorbing from nature.
[DING!]
[HOST HAS SUCCESSFULLY GRASPED THE ESSENCE OF THE DEVOURVER ]
[CALCULATING REWARDS.....]
[REWARD: HERETIC GOD'S PROFOUND VEINS (AGAINST THE GODS) ]
'Oh fuck! I get a reward for just understanding? hehehe..'
'Hmm, this type of profound veins...if am right, this is what Yun Che had right. Sweet~'
with that Little bit of Love from System I started Cultivating,
"Hehe, Ill become strong in no time...." I grinned to heavens.