156 The Right Thing To Do (2/2)
As Eric felt Moby's tight, crushing iron grasp on his face, he began to inwardly panic, squirming around like a little child, trying his best to breathe let alone escape as he had no mana and was simply too weak to do anything in his current state. Then suddenly, he felt an unknown energy enter through his head, slowly spreading throughout his entire body. The feeling of calmness and peace that was instilled throughout his entire body made him stop his futile escape attempts as his entire body felt at peace…
However, that peace did not last for long as it was replaced by the worst pain he had ever felt in his entire life…
The light, heavenly blissful sensation disappeared and was instead replaced with pure darkness as he experienced his worst nightmares over, and over again in his head… However, they did not feel like nightmares… No, for him they were all too real, all the physical pain, all the mental anguish that came with them were both mostly replicated in his mind but also his actual body...
His blood felt like it began boiling and bubbling with the heat and intensity of 1000 suns. He felt the bones in his body form cracks making it feel like it was about to crumble at any instance. Every organ in his body felt like they turned inside out, not all at once but slowly to make it as painful and excruciating as possible. His skin felt like it was churning as his previously black hair began to show strands of white and gray. His previously smooth skin began to wrinkle, making him look older than he actually was, even at his height of only 4'10.
In his mind what was only 1 or 2 minutes felt like many weeks or even months straight of the worst torture he could even imagine.
Moby stared at this entire painful process with a wide smile on his face as he was glad it was working even better than he expected, he could see all of the pain and suffering in real-time as he began to witness his body agonize, break, shift and transform in weird ways. In a few seconds, he would undoubtedly be dead and he could have him out of his hair forever, getting what he deserved for all that he had put him through…
When, suddenly, he felt an intense pain in his head akin to a slap that snapped him back into reality, making him come to his senses as he felt extremely stupid beyond belief for what he was about to do…
He immediately let go of Eric's body, making it fall on the ground with a thud, small wrinkles on his skin with a few strands of gray on his head, his nose still breathing as he was just barely alive…
Moby almost just messed up his entire life, almost killed and doomed himself over revenge due to his furious, blinding rage and hatred… He needed to stop and think about what he was about to do, something that he luckily managed at the last second before it was too late. Getting revenge did not mean throwing logic out the window, what was even the point if he would not stay alive for long right after. He needed to think calmly, logically and intelligently, If he had killed Eric just now, everyone would know that it was him, leading him to get arrested and even sentenced to death in many cases, it was just not worth it. Even if he also killed the other 2 boys, there were many witnesses that saw him go with them to the back of the school, and if they formed an investigation or just asked him with a lie detector test, there would be no way he could get out of it.
He had already scarred all of the 3 boys for life, and if he wanted to kill them, he needed to do it at a better time when there would be no witnesses and no way of them leading the murder back to him.
For now, he needed to leave Eric alone as anything more would just straight up kill him. He could wait for Simon and Raymond to wake up from their unconscious state to do the same thing he had done to Eric as it only worked when they were awake, but that risked him being seen by other people that could have been in the area. It risked his new torture technique being discovered and it risked him going into another fight with potentially stronger students, something that he was not confident in as his demon energy reserves were almost depleted.
His best course of action would be to leave for now and strike later when the time was right, building his strength using his system in secret until the time was right, which was exactly what he decided to do. Moby sheathed his sword, looking at Eric's shrivelled body, rain falling down on his face with pure contempt, before walking away towards his bag in the distance to grab it before planning to search the 3 boy's belongings for any valuables before he left the area.
As he was walking towards his bag, a sudden flash of white light appeared all around him as his vision was completely consumed by it, making him panic and put his arms to his face to protect his eyes…
In the next second when he opened his eyes, he saw himself naked, floating in a void of mystical golden space, greatly shocking him as all he did was stare at its beauty in awe, not even taking the time to question where he was or what he was doing. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, he heard a loud, deep, majestic voice that echoed throughout the entire space and shook him down to his very core.
”Congratulations Moby Kane, you have passed your first trial! You have demonstrated exceptional strength, will power, intellect, strategy, and last but not least, rational thinking! I am thoroughly impressed! I look forward to your next trial to see what you will do then… In the meantime this will be my farewell, I wish you the best of luck on your path to becoming the demon lord!” The voice resounded before fading away like it was getting farther and farther away from him.
And, before he even had the chance to talk or ask any of his possibly 1000s of questions, another abrupt, flash of blinding light consumed his entire being, blinding him once more...
Then, suddenly, still, in the witness of the flash, all of his true memories and knowledge began coming back to him all at once as he knew exactly what had just happened to him with the trial.
In the next second when he opened his eyes, he saw that was once again back to the familiar-looking blue gym of his military school, back in his actual, non-prepubescent body, heavy sweat running down his face from all the mental strain he experiences he had just gone through...
'I-I am back! I passed!' Moby thought with immense relief and celebration as he felt extremely proud of himself, but still, many questions and thoughts running in his mind making him ponder deeply about what he had just seen and experienced.
Then, all of a sudden, he heard the familiar sound of one of his system's notifications, interrupting his train of thought, making him really excited to see what his rewards were going to be for successfully passing the trial he had just gone through...