"then die." the letters began to glow before tightening, with the intention of destroying the demon saint completely. "don"t be so ras.h.!.+" levi didn"t stop. "i may be corrupting you, but in a good way!" the demon saint shouted forcefully. "corrupting me in a good way?" levi stopped the letters, mainly because he found what the demon saint said to be ridiculously funny."yes, like the way you were talking earlier." he said. "what about it?" levi asked. "you are inexperienced in certain things. for example, the people of the demonic G.o.d sect are possibly still currently looking for you. they know you as a cold self-serving person, and they also know that you cultivate a unique skill, so even if you change your appearance, there is a possibility of being discovered because of your personality. Also, going into this cloud sect is dangerous due to the fact that most of them are emotionless people, which means that they don"t act on emotion, but logic." the demon saint explained.
"so?" levi questioned. "so, if my personality influences you in the right places when needed, even things that you don"t have any experience with, you should be able to do them to a certain degree without being discovered." after saying this, the demon saint went quiet. he knew that even after explaining all of that, this person that he would now have to call his master would still kill him if he felt like it. "fine then." after staying silent for a while levi said.
after walking for a while they arrived at the foot of a large mountain. this mountain had tall trees, the birds were chirping and occasionally small animals would peek out to look around before running in different directions. "hmm?" levi felt like there was something strange about the mountain, but couldn"t figure out what. the 3 continued up the path for a while more.
they arrived at the top of the mountain, which was surprisingly flat. on it, stood some Chinese style buildings, with a large paG.o.da in the center of them all. levi looked at the buildings and tried to guess what they were for based on their shapes and sizes. "was that also you?" levi asked. "yes...master." the demon saint paused for a bit before answering. "have you ever seen buildings like these?" levi questioned. "only a few times, master." the demon saint replied.
since he was in this kind of situation where he would die if he didn"t submit, the demon saint decided to just obediently do what he was told, at least on the surface. "oh and, does something about this mountain feel off?" levi asked once again. "something about this mountain feels familiar to me, but i don"t know what." the demon saint replied. "hmm..." levi was lost in thought. "junior brother, since you are new to the sect you have to get baptized first." the senior sister"s voice brought levi back from his thoughts.
"baptized?" levi found this strange. when he was recruited into the demonic G.o.d sect, there was no baptism. "follow me." after she said this, the senior sister led levi to the paG.o.da at the center of the cloud sect and sent him inside. inside, on the bottom floor of the paG.o.da, a small candle was on each of the 6 walls, giving off a weird smell. "hmm?" alarm bells were going off in levi"s head as he jumped backwards, intending to get out of the paG.o.da, but to no avail. with his back against the door he fell to the ground, unconscious.
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a bright gra.s.sy plain.
levi slowly opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar place. he looked around, on one side as far as he could see was just a gra.s.sy plain and on the other side a large forest. he got up from the ground and dusted himself off, then realised that his appearance was back to normal, slightly childish face, sharp golden eyes with black slits down the middle and red hair.
he started to walk in the direction of the ancient looking forest, as it was giving off a vibrant feeling of life, while it only took common sense to know that walking into the endless plain would only lead to death. "demon saint, where are we?" levi asked. "..." there was no response. "hmm?" a frown appeared on levi"s face. "oi, answer me." he asked again, but there was still no response. "..." levi said nothing more.
as he walked into the forest, a sense of danger overwhelmed him. "!!" while walking through the ancient forest along with the wrestling of trees, levi heard a deep purring sound. without a word he began walking in the direction of the purring, being careful not to make a sound. step...step...ste-crack! "!" levi stepped on a peice of branch that was hidden under some loose soil. the purring stopped after the cracking of the branch, levi stood in the same position without moving, a few beads of sweat on his face.
after a while, as the purring was heard once more, levi heaved a sigh of relief. "what is making that sound? my blood is pulsating this much, which means i most likely wouldn"t be able to put up a fight against it ..." he thought. after a while he found himself behind a large tree, the purring sound was coming from directly behind it. "hmm?" he peeked out, what he saw made his eyes widen with surprise.
sleeping in a clear spot between the trees was a panther that was almost as tall as a grown man, even when it was lying down. glossy black fur, large paws and a muscular body. it had a small crystal like purple horn in the middle of it"s forehead. "what is that? looking at it, i probably wouldn"t even be able to fight back if it attacked me." levi"s eyes were still wide open as a grin appeared on his face, his breathing becoming heavy. "i want it"s bloodline!" a grin filled with greed.
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after calming himself down, he thought about the state he was in. "what just happened to me? normally, if something has a bloodline that i want, but can kill me easily, i would leave without hesitation....i have to leave here before that happens again." he thought. his back bulged as two blood wings sprouted. flap! after a large flap, he was barely in the air when he heard a something coming toward him at a seemingly impossible speed. only managing to turn his head a little, through the corner of his eye, a black shadow was behind him, before only darkness remained.
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"ugh...hmmm?" levi slowly opened his eyes and looked around. he found himself inside of a six sided room, then he remembered. "what was that shadow? was it that black panther?" he mumbled as he got up. creak! the door of the paG.o.da opened by itself when he got up. walking out, two people were standing outside. "now that your baptism is finished, it is time for you to pledge yourself to the sect." the senior sister, after seeing levi come out, said as she turned and began walking.
"what do you mean? explain." levi, standing in his same position asked coldly. after remembering what happened when he went inside of that paG.o.da, he was p.i.s.sed off. "oi, demon saint." remembering something, he called out. "yes." an aged voice rang out in his head. " did you know that would happen when i went inside there?" the voice in his head was becoming increasingly cold. "what do you mean, master?" the demon saints confused voice rang out.
"what? are you saying that you have no knowledge of what just happened?" levi asked, annoyed. "? what are you talking about? from what i know, we just arrived at the cloud sect? weren"t you just about to go inside of that paG.o.da?" the demon saint asked, confused once again. "..." levi said nothing more. "what is there to explain, junior brother? pledging yourself to the sect is pledging tourself to the sect. now hurry up, its getting later." the sun was on the horizon, staining the clouds with a bright orange. after thinking for a while, he decided to follow her.
a while later, they arrived in a dark room. "elder, a new disciple is here to pledge himself to the sect." the senior sister said. from what she said, someone was supposed to be in the room, but no matter how levi looked he couldn"t see anyone. "hmm." a low voice was heard as a white circular pattern appeared, illuminating the table beneath it. without a sound, a large glowing blue crystal appeared on the table. "place a drop of your blood on the crystal." the voice was heard once again.
"blood..." levi walked up to the crystal and discreetly grew out his index fingernail a little, then cut his thumb. pat! a brownish drop of blood fell onto the crystal before disappearing. "you can leave." the low voice said. levi looked around one more time for the person responsible for the voice, but to no avail. "that boy..." after he left, a pair of all white eyes looked at the crystal.
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outside.
"demom saint, what was that crystal?" levi asked while walking. "it looked like a binding crystal. it binds you to whatever the contract entails." the demon saint replied. "what contract? there was only a crystal...does that mean that i agreed to something that i don"t even know about?" levi asked, with a hint of irritation. "....that is a possibility." the demon saint paused before answering. "..." levi said nothing more, a strong killing intent leaking out before disappearing. "i wonder if what i did will work?" he thought.