Chapter 2：What Is the Most Important in the Twenty-First Century? Cheat! (1/2)
This feeling of hunger was so sudden and violent that it threw Roy off guard.
A feeling of emptiness like a black hole came from his stomach, stimulating Roy's mouth to secrete a lot of saliva. These droplets of saliva dripped out and fell onto the ground, corroding it and causing it to emit green smoke.
Roy did not give a damn about this currently. He could not resist his body's physical instinct. He was so hungry that he turned his head to stare at the eggshell that he just hatched from.
This broken, ugly, and black eggshell was exuding an 'I'm delicious' smell, announcing its existence to Roy…
I can eat, right? Definitely so, right? Don't some creatures devour their eggshells after hatching?
Roy really could not think of anything else that could relieve his hunger from the surroundings, so he could not care less as he grabbed a piece of the eggshell, stuffed it into his mouth, and chomped on it vigorously.
Kacha Kacha. Unexpectedly, Roy realized that the eggshell was not that unpalatable. It was like chewing on crispy rice. He did not know if it was because of the magma beach, but it actually tasted as though it was baked. It was delicious!
The eggshell that he swallowed finally relieved some of the hunger in his stomach. However, before he could rejoice, a strange memory suddenly appeared in his mind, stunning him.
This memory turned out to be a kind of inheritance from the eggshell. It was short and only told him two things—one was regarding his identity, and the other was about his name.
Roy was stunned because he found out from the inheritance that his identity was a demon!
Now, however, the situation was worse than he imagined…
Shit, did they get it wrong?! I died saving lives! Even if the merit of saving lives isn't enough to let me go to Heaven, become a cute, chubby angel holding a small bow and arrow, and shoot at pretty ladies, I should have at least been granted another chance at life! Why did I turn into a little demon?! Did I fall into Hell instead of making it to Heaven??
He cursed inwardly but was unable to do anything. Roy had no power to correct this error even if something had gone wrong.
”Bacronsha Meryer Lacdiren Stanlis Lundisha… Ramos Osiris?!”
A lengthy name appeared in Roy's mind as he devoured the eggshell. This had to be his true demon name if he had not guessed wrongly!
According to the memory, every little demon hatched from an egg would obtain a name after devouring their eggshell. This name was the true demon name, and it was a mark imprinted on the demon's soul that must not be disclosed to anyone. If there was need, they could generally take a segment of their name from the whole string.
The reason why the true demon name had to be kept a secret was that once it became known to someone else, that person could bring indelible damage to the demon through special means! The disclosure of the true demon name was an immense threat to their survival! It was a common weakness among all demons!
This was like using a computer to create a document. The program would automatically mark the generated file with a page number. Once you knew the full name of a file, you would be able to locate the file accurately, even if there were millions of files… The true name of a demon was the 'mark' that the creator gave them! It could accurately locate the soul of the demon!
Now that he understood this point, Roy would not mention his true name anymore. Moreover, only a crazy person would read such a long name, and he would still use the name he had in his previous life.
However, this incident also put Roy on alert.
Him being a demon was an irrefutable fact that could not be changed once he had his true demon name. The first thing he had to do in an unknown environment and an unknown world was to adapt to this transformation. He must not get to know this world with his human thinking. Otherwise, he might die without knowing how if he was not careful!
Only those who had died once would know how lucky it was to be reborn. Who knew if he would be given another chance if he were to die again.
Therefore, whether as a human or a demon, it was most important for him to treasure his own life.
The surface area of the eggshell was not big, and Roy devoured the whole thing in no time. Just when he swallowed the last piece of eggshell and felt a slight satisfaction in his stomach, a voice appeared in his mind again.
”Custom Made Demon King System has activated!”
Roy was shocked. W-what?!
Before he could react, an illusory image appeared in his sight.
What appeared in front of Roy was a… panel! In the middle of the panel was a strange eye. It blinked at Roy and made a clicking sound. The sound immediately reminded Roy of the one his mobile phone made when he took a picture with it.
After blinking, the eye disappeared immediately. What replaced it was a picture in the blank space right in the middle of the panel.
The picture had a squatting little demon with dark red skin and pointy ears. In addition to the pair of just exposed pointed horns, he had a bunch of messy black fetal hair. He looked unexpectedly cute!
I-is this what I look like now? Roy stared at this 'selfie' with wide eyes.
All right, putting aside whether or not he was cute, Roy noticed that there were some options at the top of the panel.
The first item was Beautify. He stretched his hand to touch it, and a series of tools popped up on the left side of the panel. These tools were Graffiti Pen, Erasing Pen, Coloring Pen, and some other special brushes.
Other than the beautify function, there were also Color, Special Effects, Text, Collage, Filter, 3D, AE, Save, and so on. Roy felt uneasy after seeing these functions. He searched all corners of the panel and finally discovered—Shit! What Demon King System is this?! Why does it look like the combination of a bunch of software like PS, 3DMax, and AE?
Being reborn with a cheat is all nice and cool, but what the hell is with these strange abilities?
At the same time, an attribute panel appeared beside Roy's demon selfie.