Standing face to face with death itself, Ray was fearless. The Devil taking over his mind started to expand; its control grew over his body, yet Ray didn’t even flinch. Even the parasite inside of him tried to hide, but nothing could hide from the mouths that were gazing upon them.

Unsure on if the body he saw was its true body or not, he observed its abnormal lifeform; many creatures were zipped together as its organs with black threads, and on top of the mountain, a woman’s body existed with no face and more black threads on its head.

Ray had stories about people that had sacrificed planets to give a fraction of the Devil’s powers, and all of them had died with no expectation.

"No Fear ..." Millions of voices screamed at the same time into his head; women, men, and animals, all at the same time, were talking to him.

Ray didn’t say a word, his mind shattered to a million pieces; even smaller words seemed so unfamiliar, but something deep within him urged words to come to the surface, "I’m Blood Angel."

Screams turned into laughter: "Not Enough."

All the layers of his mind were destroyed; Ray could only think about the simplest urges he needed: food, sex, and love.

Where are humans animals? Ray had asked that question many times of himself: If his goal in life was to live like an animal, what gave him the permission to call himself a person?

Is every person equal? Most humans had gotten used to their pathetic lives that their environment made for them; they couldn’t even choose their simplest matters in life. Ray wanted to be free.

Did fate exist?

Ray screamed back with his body and mind, "I will break these chains that are put on me by the world."

His hunger took over all of his thoughts. What was the point of earthly needs if he couldn’t reach where he wanted? "I didn’t put everything online to falter."

"So hungry..." All the voices stopped at the same time, and a voice from long past spoke to him, "These offerings mean nothing; give me satisfaction."

Reading his thoughts, the parasite inside of him started to laugh. "Blood Angel, you are the most interesting person I have ever met."

The voice of his mother from the mouth of the devil made him remember he couldn’t achieve great things without being able to let go of his dearest belongings.

With a grin on his face, Ray made a small blade in his hand. With slow movements he started to cut his own throat, not taking his eyes away from the entity looking down on him.

His eyes became fussy; with his previous wounds, his body was already weakened, and with so much blood lost, he used the last remaining strength he had left to stand on his feet.

Life faded away from his body and soul; as the last breath came to being, he laughed.

The Devil watched the scene with amazement at its existence; throughout history, no one had shown it such a time.

"End"

A drop of dark blood came out of its body, for the first time it decided to answer the offering. The drop entered the corpse’s chest, mixing with the body; its magic awakened.

The magic inside of Ray started to pull everything back together, like a black hole eating anything on its path. The magic went against the system, taking back his powers from the future; his lost soul slowly started to shape once more inside of the body.

Ray sensed it; he was not alive, but he was not dead either. The changes in his body started to happen. Ray could sense the foreign power inside of him starting to be absorbed into his own power, but that didn’t come with no changes.

"I admire you..." The parasite talked again in their mind.

The presence of the Devil disappeared from the earth, but Ray could still feel the gaze of many more on him. He talked back to the person inside of him, "You no longer can read my thoughts."

"Yes, but you will die in five days anyway; your foundation is not enough to carry the blood of a firstborn."

"More than enough to escape from your grasp."

He started to go over his powers; his blood no longer was human blood; his blood had turned as dark as a black hole, and all of his powers from level 8 had returned. "They all should be stronger by a big margin now since I’m no longer human."

"Am I human?" Ray asked himself with curiosity. After a second he shook his head. "Who cares as long as I’m myself?"

His system still didn’t respond to his calls, but as he checked, all of his powers had returned. Enthusiasm and killing intent rose inside of him; two Immortals and a monster waited out there for him to test his powers.

Only one last piece was lacking; from all the things that Katarina had stolen from him, one thing in particular stood out the most.

His voice filled with authority called out, "Come."

On the other side of the planet, Katarina was in a secret bunker; after her treason, the military had held her in special care with a few high-level bodyguards. She just chilled on the couches and spent time reading books; both Ray and Jade had closed their minds to her completely, and with Immortals all around, the chance of her magic being exposed was so much higher.

For a mere second, Katarina sensed something attacking her. As she was getting up her defenses, a weapon’s core escaped from her system; Orcus still hadn’t come under her authority. With a simple command from its true owner, it had defied the system.

In Ray’s hand, from a small bone, a spine started to grow, with a blade coming out on top of it. "Orcus..." The design of the weapon had changed from his old times; now that he had devil blood inside of him, a dark fluid rotated inside of his spine. With no way to check it with his system, Ray decided that the best way was to test it in action.

As an old habit, he swung the scythe around him while new wings came out of his waist; they had turned into dark wings with holes on them in different places.

"Time to hunt."