"Welcome poor unfortunate soul!" A voice that seemed to be full of gravel and grits sounded in an endless boundless space. There was nothing but darkness.. no star nor moon. Damon found himself floating in this darkness, he could hear the voice but he saw no one.
"Are you the devil!? Is this hell? It's more powerful than what the priests made us picture it." Damon said to the infinite darkness.
"Devil!! Hahahaha! I am no such thing. I am the Revenant System. I couldn't help but sense your soul habors bottomless hatred and anger. This piqued my interest.. so I ask now, what do you seek!?" The same demonic voice said.
Damon gritted his teeth as he heard the voice. The death of his wife and daughter flashed before his eyes. He could still see his wife being raped over and over by the seven men, he could see Carlos putting a bullet in her head, in his daughter's head, and finally in his head.
"Ah! Revenge!? And not a simple revenge from what I sense. You want them to feel pain.. unimaginable pain. This is interesting. I am liking this." The voice said with an amusing tone.
"Can you give me what I want?" Damon said with hatred seething from his very soul.
"That is an insignificant request. I can give you what you seek and more. I can give power.. make you more powerful and rich than even your world leaders.. you will crush your enemies like ants they are. You will be the booth that steps on them." The voice said.
"Good. And what price do I have to pay? I have nothing to offer you? I'm already dead in the real world." Damon said with a frown.
"Oh, I seek not earthly wealth. Those are trivial things that you mere mortals indulge yourselves in. What I want is simple: souls. Kill for me. Become my ambassador of chaos. That is the price you have to pay. I don't care if it's your enemies, rivals, or even the innocents.. I will accept and all souls you give to me. This is the price you pay." The demonic voice said. "Are you willing to pay this price?" The voice teased.
"I already vowed to sell my own soul to the devil himself if I can have what I desire. This price is, as you say, insignificant. I will fill your belly with the blood and guts of the Mafia world." Damon said.
"Good! I knew you were definitely interesting! I am beginning to like you.. now, it's time for you to wake up. Your path as Revenge Of The Mafia Lord, begins now."
*
GASP! Damon gasped for air as he instantly sits up on a steel table.
"JESUS CHRIST!" A male voice screamed and then a thud was heard.
«Ding!
A level 2 soul has been consumed.
+200 XP
+2,000 dollars
Ho ho ho! You were not joking. Killing the coroner the minute you awoke. Me liking, hehehehe.»
Damon stood up and looked around. He could see he was in a morgue.. and he could hear the voice of the revenant system in his head. It's devilish humor radiated from his tone. Damon glanced at the middle-aged lean man laying lifeless on the floor. He didn't need a diviner to tell him the man died from a heart attack just now, well, he won't blame him.. it's not everyday you get to see a corpse suddenly rise from the dead.
«Ding!
STAT
Host: Damon Mateo
Race: Human
Status: Former Mafia Lord
Level 1 (200/1,000)
Strength: 20
Agility: 20
Stamina: 20
Perception: 20
Endurance: ??
(Normal humans have 7_10 as their maximum cap in attributes).
Skills: Hand combat (Lv 2), Gun combat (Lv 2), Soul devourer (Lv1)»
Damon stood up and then undressed the coroner, dressed up and walked out of the morgue. He did his best to stay out of sight.
'First, I'll need to a change of clothes, and a base of operation. I'm certain by now Carlos has taken over my house and Maria's apartment, but I'll still go there anyway.' Damon thought to himself, he could see doctors and nurses walking around the hospital. It seems they had brought his body and that of his family to the hospital's morgue after murdering them.
"Carlos, not even the birds will feast on your flesh, I'll burn you to ashes." Damon said through gritted teeth.
Leaving the hospital, Damon flagged down a cab and gave him the address. The drive was a silence one, and as soon he got to his location, he told the cab driver to wait.. he had no money on him, and as such he couldn't pay, the driver wanted to retort but a deadly stare from Damon shut him up.
Getting into the building, Damon pressed the elevator button and waited for the doors to open. Took a few seconds for the door to open, and inside were men dressed in black suits.
"WHAT THE..." The men shouted in unison as soon they saw Damon. They simultaneously reached for their guns, but Damon was a bit faster considering his attributes were double of theirs. He slammed them against the wall of the elevator as the door closed. He punched the one on his right, knocking him out cold. The other man seeing his gun won't be useful then decided to use his fist, he punched Damon just as he turned, but the funny was he couldn't see any pain on Damon's face. It was as if Damon felt nothing. Before he could snap out of his daze, Damon held his neck and squeezed.. CRACK!
«Ding!
Level 3 soul consumed.
+300 XP
+$3,000
Level 1 (500/1,000)»
Damon heard the system's voice in his head again. Tossing aside the dead man, Damon held the other one he had knocked unconscious by the leg, dragging him out of the elevator, straight to Maria's room.
*
"Good, you're awake. Maybe you can help me out here." Damon said as he ate a slice of apple. He had tied the man to a chair.
"Damon you traitor. You're supposed to be dead. I carried out your dead body." The man said with annoyance clearly shown on his face.
"Yes, yes, that.. now I told Carlos that I'll return, and I'll make a deal with the devil if I had to.. and what did he say? He told me to claw my way out of hell first." Damon said and a smile played on his face. "I guess I took his words seriously and came back from the dead after making a deal." Damon said as he chewed on the last slice of the apple. He then pointed the butterfly knife at the tied up mafian.
"Now, you're going to tell me everything you can about Carlos.. who's with him, who's not, and most importantly, where he goes to have fun.. and then, maybe, just maybe, I'll give you a quick and painless death, which is more than you deserve."
"Go to hell!" The mafian said and spat on the floor.
"Been there, saw nothing, which is why I'm back here.. now, it seems you've made your choice. Let's get started. After I'm done with you, I'm going for Carlos next, so be rest assured, all your friends will be with you soon to keep you company."