Transcending Realms With My Leveling System As A Demon-Chapter 62: A Zylus Without Fear

[Processing Decision]

[Decision: Remove Fear]

[12%]

[54%]

[78%]

[97%]

[100%]

[Emotion Processed!]

[Fear Has Been Cut] → [User Will Never Be Able To Gain It Ever Again]

[Prepare...]

And just then, Zylus blinked, his back rested against the tree, his body felt completely numb, until slowly, everything started coming back to him. The darkness left, and the same terrain he once fought Fred in was present.

[HP: 100/100]

Fred had his back turned, walking backwards, his fists aimed at himself.

"Now I wait for Lucas to get up," Fred paused, "I will need to beat some sense into him before I can kill myself."

Zylus slowly got up; he barely made any noise, not enough for Fred to react with. Fred closed his eyes, breathing slowly in between, almost as if he was becoming one with nature.

Zylus stared at Fred as he would look at any other person now, "I just don’t feel fear."

And then Zylus closed his eyes, readying the Demonic katana at his side, "Technique..." He muttered, preparing his katana, "False Body Deception Technique." A calm whisper that Fred didn’t react to.

[Technique: False Body Deception Technique]

[Technique Status: Processing]

[Success: 99%] 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

[Current Technique Disabled!]

[Next Available Use: In 24 Hours]

Slick!

[New Technique Unlocked!]

[After Consecutive Uses of ’False Body Deception Technique’, User Has Gained Something Extraordinary]

[New Technique: Demonic Kin]

[Uses: 1 Use Per Week]

"I swear I killed you." Zylus used his palm to block just in time; for some reason, the katana didn’t cut through him, but blood still dripped down.

"I knew you would block it," Zylus grinned, letting go of his katana that sharply stuck into Fred’s palm, "I’m the ultimate gambler."

Zylus jumped upwards from his once-bent stance, both legs floated in the air, Fred watching slowly, yet he couldn’t move.

"He stuck me to the ground!" Zylus’s katana staggered to the floor, making Fred unable to move unless he wishes to cut all his fingers on his left hand.

Bam!

Zylus hit him with a swift high kick to the face with his right leg. Fred’s face was the only thing that twisted, yet he still didn’t move.

Bang!

He spun around, which helped maintain himself upwards in the air, then went in for another kick, now with his left leg.

Fred’s head now twisted in the complete opposite direction, yet still no reaction.

Zylus dropped to the floor, one leg under the other, his arm staggered to the right, in the main Spiderman type of pose.

Fred scoffed, blood genuinely came out of his mouth, "blood... That’s my blood?"

"It is," Zylus whispered, rushing in for a body shot, as Fred lowered his right arm to try to capture Zylus by the head.

"Got you," that was all a bait.

Slap!

Zylus’s main goal was to leave a mark on Fred, slapping Fred from left to right, then slicing his katana off of Fred’s palm.

Shick!

Blood started pouring off of Fred’s palm. He just twisted his hand around in time to not lose any fingers, then Zylus put his right leg behind Fred.

Fred didn’t react at all; he just looked at his own blood, surprised.

"This is actually my blood," Fred said lightly, confused.

Zylus put a hand on Fred’s chest, then wrapped his leg around the back of his.

"Ahhhhh!" Zylus yelled, using as much force as possible, "Why the fuck are you so heavy!"

Bam!

Zylus used his right palm to push him backwards, and circled his leg to trip him downwards.

"You see me?" Zylus spat to the floor. He readied his katana by his side, "the one and true ruler of this world."

The moon’s shine glared just on top of Zylus, too perfect.

Fred looked up, his eyes widened, as Zylus was about to slice his head off.

"I knew it," Zylus whispered, "I knew you were one of the first who would have to die that I didn’t want to kill."

Fred attempted to get off, but now his aura started appearing and disappearing between small three-second intervals, decreasing as time went on. Clearly, he was losing his strength, and there wasn’t much he could do.

Zylus aimed his katana in the air, "Goodbye..." He moved his katana swiftly downwards, "Friend."

Just as he reached impact, for some reason, he stopped. There was a shift in tension in the air that stopped him from continuing. His face shook slightly as something stepped up to him from behind.

"Hey, Zylus," it was Eldra’s voice that he heard, "What are you doing?"

Zylus slowly looked back, leaving Fred. Though Fred was passed out, so it didn’t worry him to kill Fred; it wasn’t a need of his.

"E-Eldra?" He stuttered, his eyes widened, and he dropped the katana by his side.

For some reason, Eldra’s eyes glowed white; it was weird, very much so.

"I thought you were just unconscious..."

Eldra smiled gently, "Oh, I just woke up, sorry about that."

Zylus felt as though something was completely wrong, "Why aren’t you reacting to me and your brother fighting...?"

"Didn’t I tell you already?" She responded, "I hate my brother."

Even though this is true, she started feeling for him once more, so this was weird. Why did Eldra have no more emotion for the person she started feeling for? Did she somehow forget her growth until this moment forward?

Something seemed to shift, specifically, the tension.

"Zylus!" Clare yelled into the mic, "The person working with us is coming right now."

Zylus calmed himself, "Jace?" He smiled, knowing there would be someone coming he could rely on. "Alright, perfect, because this girl in front of me is being weird..."

"But Zylus..." Clare paused. She researched the person they commanded to infiltrate the human academy.

"What is it?" Zylus picked himself up, "What’s up? Talk." He demanded, glaring intently.

Just then, everything around him seemed to slow. The wind shifted from east to west coldly, his numbness increased, something had him feel a tingle down his spine...

"Who’s Jace?"