Reincarnated As The Diabolic System

Chapter 61 60. A Small Gift

Shane's life returned to his regular schedule except for learning how to fight with a sword. He had already mastered the sword in a short time, and it wouldn't make sense to continue learning the same thing again and again. So, Ed decided to make his only disciple learn how to use his powers. As for the learning process….

"What the heck is this?" Shane stared at the scene in front of him with a blank expression in his eyes. He didn't know how to respond at the moment, "Who would build a virtual fort just for a disciple's playground? At least, have some mercy on me!"

"Because I have too much money to spare," Ed spoke shamelessly without even blinking.

That's right. Ed could not only create weapons, but also virtual portals for temporary dungeons and buy their right to use it unlimitedly. He then directly used some unnatural means to open the demon realm's portal as monsters swarmed inside the space, packing it up. Just as Shane and Ed entered the dungeon through the portal, they stood on the cliff and stared down at the ground filled with monsters of several grades. Far beyond it, there was a fort, which was also undoubtedly filled with higher level monsters.

Shane felt like crying after watching this scene. He didn't want to go down. The demon realm was situated in the most hellish part of this universe, and that was why it had several demons that escaped from the place and then had gone on to wreak havoc elsewhere, but that didn't matter. Even if they escaped, the heavenly officials would deal with them and place them in dungeons.

The virtual portals and dungeons were prepared to lock the escaped demons, but Ed here invited all the demons on his own accord without even asking anyone's permission. If the System God were to find out about this….

,m Shane couldn't help but shudder. Even though he hadn't seen the man, he had heard much about that person being ruthless and strict with his systems. It was said that the System God was originally a normal system, but he climbed to the top and didn't even spare his family members. He had also vaguely heard his classmates talking about the System God's brother rotting in the most dangerous place in this world.

The scariest thing was that despite being an elder brother, the System God refused to acknowledge his own brother and didn't support him anymore. Shane didn't know how such a person ended up becoming a God, but he absolutely didn't want to meet such a person lest he invited trouble to himself and Tess.

Wait, Tess….

The light in Shane's eyes dimmed as he opened his mouth, "Is she still my sister?"

Ed was surprised when his disciple asked this question, and his expression turned serious, "Why are you asking this?"

In fact, he knew why his little disciple was doubtful. The fact that Shane's first ever job as a system ended up changing to a severe difficulty had become a bone stuck in the latter's throat. After that, he found out that his groupmates weren't normal in the first place. These were the people he trusted the most, and now, he couldn't even believe his own sister.

He didn't know what was happening, thus his doubt about Tess being his sister popped up in his head.

Ed pursed his lips and said, "Don't think nonsense. I think someone, most probably that demon you killed or his acquaintance, tampered with her mind. The best solution is to stop telling her everything. The enemy might even be keeping an eye on you through her and those other friends of yours."

Shane nodded in understanding. At this time, he thanked his own intuition that worked well back then when he decided to hide the situation about dark cosmic energy. He released a breath and said, "I'll start."

"Make sure to come back alive," Ed leaned back leisurely on the stone closer to the cliff as he pulled out a cigar from God knows where and started sucking on it without stopping a bit. "Go on. Don't mind me."

Shane ignored his strange, lazy master and pulled out his sword. Just then, he heard Ed's words, "Don't use the sword. You have to channel your energy to kill them all."

"Why?" Shane didn't want to accept this situation at all as his facial muscles twisted to form a desperate expression, "I-I can't use my power effortlessly yet!"

"I know," Ed nodded as he puffed out a ring-shaped smoke from his mouth, "You can only use your powers in desperate situations. I'm trying to put you in such conditions to bring out your powers."

"But… This is so unfair!" Shane wanted to cry out loud at this time. He glanced at the series of monsters down the cliff and asked, "How do I get out of here?"

Ed shook his head, "That's for you to figure out."

Shane just wanted to hit someone at this time, but he managed to control his anger and took a deep breath, "If I die, it's all on you."

"Sure," the bald man waved his hand in the air and said, "Now, off you go before I kick you out."

"But-" before Shane could finish his sentence, he was kicked off the cliff by a wave of power that came from Ed's body in the form of his extended aura.

The next few hours were hell for Shane. That is to say he was pushed off the cliff all alone as he landed into the sea of monsters, as the latter group growled and launched onto him. Shane immediately summoned his energy as he tried to imagine several ways to use it, but in the end, he still couldn't figure out how to use his power at all.

Before today, he could only use his powers through a medium such as swords or other weapons. Even though he used his energy to threaten others, that was a complete accident. Now that he wanted to use his imagination, he couldn't do it at all.

He stood there, dodging the attacks of zero level monsters, but they kept coming at him. After a while, even Shane was tired as beads of sweat formed on his forehead. At this rate, he might die from exhaustion. He raised his head to see puffs of smoke rings flying in the air above his head. For some reason, his heart calmed down as he frowned and stared at the monsters while dodging the attacks.

Usually, in novels, the protagonists would use magical rules to use powers. For instance, Harry Potter had wands and spells to use powers. Some stories even had other stuff such as systems or gaming instances that defined the use of magic. In this system realm too, they had spells and weapons to define the use of magic.

But Shane's powers were different, since there wasn't an example in the past to provide him with enough guidance. On top of that, he had discovered that even though the demons could use dark energy under certain rules, these rules didn't seem to affect him at all.

He had figured it out while fighting the demon in the dungeon. That demon could only use his range of powers to form illusions and show scenes from their history, other than that, it was impossible to do anything else. But Shane, on the other hand, managed to suck away that demon's powers without even knowing anything about it. He had just thought of taking away the demon's powers in his most desperate situation.

That's it.

So, did it mean he could do more things with his powers?

As soon as Shane thought of this, his eyes lit up. He pushed a thought to himself, 'I want to use dark magic balls to blast the monsters.'

He repeated this sentence in his mind again and again as he focused on gathering the dark cosmic energy in the palm of his hands. Slowly, a ball of energy formed in both of his hands that shone brightly with darkness swimming deep inside. A threatening aura leaked out from the energy balls that spread all around him, making the monsters pause their steps.

After a moment, they growled even louder as they increased their launching speed.

Shane grinned at this. He was convinced that he could use his powers anyway he liked, and now, other monsters found him threatening. For some reason, he didn't feel danger at all. Instead, his heart started beating wildly in his chest upon seeing the monsters that had been attacking him were now in a state of anxiety. It gave him a strange sense of pleasure that filled his heart.

Maybe he should do this more often.

He raised his hands and said, "C'mon!"

Ed, who was looking at every moment of his disciple from the cliff, stretched his lips and smiled, "Eh, looks like Shane's finally gotten a realization."

Dark sparks flew in the air as the group of monsters were killed on the ground one after another. The bald man turned to look at the sky and said to himself, "I hope my brother likes this small gift from me. Imagining it brings me immense pleasure."

His words vanished into nothingness since no one could hear it. Ed knew that no one could hear it, and he didn't intend to let anyone hear it anyway. But he still didn't understand his brother's plans by sending his little disciple to his gates. After thinking about that white-haired girl, he frowned.

Shane would have to be careful from now on. He could feel a storm brewing in the darkness.