Demon's Shadow

[The heart has awoken.]

[The heart is accepting energy to flow throughout your body.]

[You have accomplished the first challenge. You will now return to Earth in: 10]

[9]

[8]

....

[0]

Closing my eyes I prepared for what would happen.

***

Walking through the pristine hallways a singular boy with bright yellow hair and shining blue eyes opened a door with the number A-1 above it.

Entering the room the boy was once again met with no one as he was the only student to have returned from the Aquinox Realm, and he'd done it in world record time.

He was known as the genius among geniuses, Floyd Renvlair.

Closing the door, he left the empty classroom behind and headed for his dormitory. If he could just remember where it was.

***

Blue sparkles appeared on the ground below a tall drop as Azriel appeared at the bottom.

"So they just put me back on solid ground."

Azriel walked into the forest and away from the clearing as a gaze fixated on him from above.

"Sir."

-Yes?-

"He is alive and has returned safely."

-Ok. Go look for the other ten talents.-

"Yes, sir."

Departing from the area, the hooded man left Azriel to fend for himself.

Checking his pocket Azriel for his phone he then used it to locate the academy and how to get there.

Utilizing the energy in my body, I ran forward with intense speed. Quickly heading towards the Alesia Academy wasn't going to be easy as there were also monsters on earth, but I'd be way easier than the Aquinox Realm because the monsters here are weaker.

 Powerful gusts of wind were left in my wake as I move passed every monster in the forest and the few who tried to attack me we swiftly taken out by my shadow demon.

*****

"You think the others have returned yet?"

"No way unless th-

"Who are they?"

Two of the ten talents were walking together but their talk was cut short when they reached the school and saw multiple people wearing student uniforms,yet, these people had never gone or been to the academy before now so why were they here now.

The paper which was hung above them answered that question though.

Transfer Students.

They were all transfer students and they weren't normal transfer students... they weren't human.

Races like elves, dwarfs, and dragons had all been merged with Earth when the Aquinox Realm came, the four races (humans, elves ,dwarfs, and dragons) co-existed in one world by creating a peace treaty and it seems that this was the beginning of the races uniting.

'There's an elf there.' the brown haired boy who was one of the ten talents thought.

'There's a dwarf there.' the brown haired girl who was also one of the ten talents thought.

'There's a dragon there, although it's only in human form.' both of them thought.

Taken by awe the two students stood there looking at the new students.

*****

For the past ten minutes I had been running to the academy, yet, I wasn't even there yet.

The dense forest was a confusing place but with my phone I could find anything but the monsters within the forest were like pesky ants compared to the monsters in the Aquinox Realm.

My shadow demon followed me and would only slow down to deal with any monster that came in the way of my destination.

[Low-rank: Mutated Bear]

[You possess a newly awakened energy heart, therefore, energy can't be entirely automatically absorbed.]

'Yep, that's the one of the benefits of an energy heart.'

'After I evolve my energy heart to a certain point it'll completely absorb the energy from a monster I defeat and it will automatically circulate it removing all impurities.'

'But that's for the far future, if I even have one.'

[... defeated.]

[...defeated]

[..defeated.]

*****

"Nine out of the ten talents have returned, but the location of the last of the ten talents is unknown. What might've happened to him?"

Turning off the T.V. the red haired man sat on a cushioned chair whilst another female figure stood behind him.

"Did the information spread faster than you wanted."

The female figure moved her face out of the shadows revealing her red hair and eyes which complemented her beauty.

"It's fine if they know since it won't change a thing."

Standing up the red haired man with yellowish eyes left the room. 

"Is that so."

The woman walked out of the room and followed the man.

"What if he doesn't return." The woman asked

"That won't happen. He's already on his way." The man said

"Are you sure about this Andrew Crimso-" 

The woman had a smile from ear to ear when she attempted to utter the last part of her question.

"I don't go by Crimson anymore! Just Andrew."

The red haired man spun around and said.

"And why don't you go and find yourself a boy with that body of yours before coming to pester me."

The man told her and continued walking forward leaving her in her state of shock.

"You."

The girl walked the opposite direction of the man as she no longer wished to talk to him.

***** 

 I might've had my phone which should've been leading me to the right place but it seems it wasn't as when I reached the academy's entrance I saw that the name although similar were completely different.

That's only taking into account the name. This place isn't even an academy, it's a run down shack.

Indeed, the place he stood in front of was not an academy at all but it was actually some run down shack.

Relocating the place of the academy I realized that my phone had been leading me in the opposite direction the entire time.

"Oh."

「Told you that you were going the wrong way.」

"Huh.. Ok, I admit you were right for your first, last, and only time in your life."

「Just go back to the academy already.」

"I can't now." 

「Right, right. You wasted all your time going in the wrong direction and now it's night. This all could've been avoided if you'd have listened to me.」

"Whatever. I'll be staying the night at this run down shack."

Azriel walked into the shack.

***(Next day)***

Waking up I immediately headed in the right direction this time.

Just like yesterday I dashed through the forest and my shadow demon killed the monsters which stood in our way.

[Azriel Viala - Demon Child of misfortune,death,and suffering

Age:16

Demon Shadow:Medium-Ranked(Evolution 4%)

Potential:Supreme(Superior)

Abilities:None

Status:

Strength: 6 Speed: 11

Stamina: 8 Intellect: 4

Misfortune: 666 (9999 is the max)

Instinct: 6

Demon Shadow Assimilation: 12%

(Average human stats are around 2 to 3)

Items: Caved Crown, Crowned Double Horned Goblin Core, Horned Sword.

Talent: Misfortune of Death(Lead those around you to death by misfortune.)]

[Shadow Demon

Evolution:High-ranked (limited to Medium-rank)(Nerfed)

Assimilation: Child (12%)

Health:100%

Abilities: None

Physical Features: Sharp claws, Bladed hand, tough skin, double-horns.

Talent: Pure Adaption ( Adaption is key) 

Potential: Sentience, Supreme-rank(Evolution), Superior-rank (Assimilation) ]

I checked both my status and my Shadow Demon's status to make sure everything was going smoothly.

Both of us were dashing through the forest and making our intimidating presences known to assure we didn't get held up by weaker monsters.

Only the strong monsters who thought themselves worthy challenged us but most of them were easily beaten except one of them who managed to escape.

After dashing through the vegetation of the dense forest I finally made it out and returned to the academy.

But what I saw at the front of the academy shook me more than the shaking in that old shack I slept at.