A young handsome man with eyes red as blood and hair like the color of the dark night sits all by him. He was attached to weird machines that checked his vitals signs.
It is because he had been through the area of the flesh storm. The death zone that is infamous for being extremely dangerous.
However, the storm isn't active anymore. Nobody is sure what made the flesh storm disappeared. This phenomena itself is mysterious in nature. After all, it is made by demons.
For what purpose? Probably just for destruction. Nobody knows.
According to the young man, the flesh storm had already gone by the time he reached the place. Why did he even visited that place?
His answer was "because of the call of war"
Whatever that means. That incident had left the young man in quite a sad state.
Young man's body had been brutalized by the devil spawns. He was covered with the blood of devil spawn and his own. Dire wounds were everywhere on his body. Even his bones were broken and lost. He shouldn't have survived. But he did.
Strangest part though, he started walking and training the next day. As if his body had been restored back to the full health. And yes, it is true.
Those who have unlocked their soul paths are extremely durable and are known as perfected humans. But even this quick restoration of the body is quite extraordinary. Even the healers aren't that quick to start walking, much less start training on the very next day.
It isn't that surprising though. Even humans with soul abilities, there are those who are exceptional than the most.
Just like this young man who is like a hero. His soul name is Lust for blood and his official name is Eric Soulheart who is the son of Ghost Soulheart. But people know him by War.
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War is bored and tired of sitting in one place. His vital signs are normal but they still won't let him leave this hospital. Sneaking out could be an easy task to accomplish for him.
Like just jump from the window to the ground floor. Wouldn't even take a minute.
How high is he? Who really cares about the specifics.
But he really doesn't want to test Miss Shiny's patience anymore. She is already mad and stressed enough.
And the stunt he pulled inside the death zone was quite the thing. It somehow attracted a lot of publicity. That was the last thing he wanted.
He doesn't even know how do people even come to know that. He ran away in secret but still was found out.
Now who knows what types of rumors are gonna spread. He hopes that it won't bother his friends.
War doesn't like bothering people. Sometimes he wishes that he is all alone back in a battle field. Killing anything and everything for an eternity.
That sure is an interesting dream. He sometimes wonders what dreams do other people dream about.
Dreams about living in peace with their loved ones, or dreams about taking some revenge on someone, or probably earning enough money to live a lifetime in luxury. Probably.
Life is so troublesome. But war, war is even more of a trouble. He just fails to understand his own heart. Why his heart yearns to kill? Why his mind find peace in the pain? If someone could answer that. Then he didn't have to be so worried. But nobody is here to answer.
He is all alone right now. Waiting for Miss shiny to arrive. She has some news that is important.
But for now, he doesn't have much to do.
War looks at the tablet like device. It is unique soul observing gadget. Humans aren't meant to look at a soul. There are specific soul ability that can see it but they are much too rare.
This Soul tablet work on that specific principle to observe one's soul. So they can see the progress of their own soul. Just drop one drop of your blood on it. He accidently poured a little more than needed but it won't be a problem. He hopes.
Soon, translated words of the soul reveal themselves. It is like looking at one's stats in games.
Given name: War
Soul name: Lust for blood
It made him chuckle a little when he first time saw it. The name given to him by his adopted father wasn't even shown in the stats. Truly amusing.
Path of imperfection:
Path name: [Disease of Self]
Description of the path: [You desire War..]
Attributes of the path:
[bloodlust] description: [Everyone will hear your call for blood. It is up to them to answer or not.]
[Vile solace] description: [Violence will heal you and give you pleasure.]
Path of Perfection:
Path name: [None]
Description of the path: [unknown…]
Attributes of the path:
[Call of War] description: [You hear the voice of future. It gives you your path.]
War wonders about the people who call him a hero or praise him for his bravery. Of course, he never did anything for fame or glory.
Reason for all his action can be answered with one thing, [call of war].
That one attribute from the Path of perfection had put him into so much trouble. But he really doesn't mind it much. As it is really orgasmic to answer that call.
He had hoped that answering that call would help him unlock that path in no time. But it has been so long and no progress is made. It is kind of disappointing.
He has no idea what does he have to do to unlock that path.
Why did it have to be so complicated. If he isn't supposed to follow the call then explain it in details. Why is everything so vague?
At the very least the Goals presented by his soul are simple.
Goal name: [Killing count]
Devil spawns:[987/2000]
Demons:[0/ERROR]
Humans:[32/50]
Elves:[3/50]
Mole people:[0/50]
Angels:[0/ERROR]
…so on
War smiles with pride.
He isn't a crazy murderer. The humans he killed were criminals…most of them were. And devil spawns are universally considered a taboo. Some don't even call them living beings.
War isn't heartless enough to call them non-living. He knows that they fight for their lives too. The fighting spirit they show is much more than even humans but it could also be said that it falls into the category of insanity too. But who cares, fighting with them is a sweet escape form the world. He rather kill devil spawns than humans.
Killing these devil spawns have given him those attributes in the path of imperfection. Maybe killing different things would provide attributes in the path of perfection. He isn't gonna try it now though.
War sighs.
He finally looks at his soul inventory. He sure doesn't have a lot of items in his soul. Such a shame.