I Became a Soul Eater

As they closed the distance at full speed, a fierce battle was already taking place. I thought they were fighting with the subjugation team or the Gentas who were said to eat them, but fighting the shadow of death was a completely strange monster.

[troll?]

It’s the first time I’ve actually seen it, but trolls are quite famous beasts. It wasn’t as common as goblins or orcs, but it’s a monster that appears all over the continent, even if it’s not here.

Trolls are powerful beasts. It is usually 3-4 meters tall, has strong physical strength, and is a tricky beast with excellent regenerative powers that quickly heals cuts from swords.

However, the trolls fighting in front of me were completely different from the known trolls. First of all, it seemed to be 7 meters tall, and its dark glossy leather was different from the green skin of known trolls. Like the Black Goblin, it was a mutant that could only be found in the Great Forest.

Compared to the massive troll, the shadow of death seemed relatively small. The shadow of death was also taller than the average person, about 2 meters tall, but in front of the black troll, he looked less than a child.

The black troll was extremely agile for its size. But the shadow of death was so fast that it was invisible.

bang! bang!

The troll’s fists were constantly swinging, smashing the ground and surrounding trees. The shadow of death circled around it as if it saw an opportunity, dodging it leisurely.

“Keuuhuhhhhh!!”

The black troll, who had been messing around with it for a long time, stopped its hands and roared as if it were angry. It was such a tremendous sound that the leaves around it trembled. It doesn’t work very well for me, but that’s kind of peer. Among magic, there is something that instills fear in the opponent. Although higher-level monsters do not use magic, they use techniques that produce similar effects through roars.

“Kyaaa!”

The shadow of death stood face to face and roared. The troll staggered back. It is unknown whether it was panicked because his roar was not being eaten, or if the shadow of death was being eaten on the contrary.

In any case, the shadow of death did not miss the opportunity. As the shadow of death rushed forward, the troll kicked as if it was about to strike it down. But the shadow of the rushing death suddenly disappeared as if it were sinking to the ground.

[Hiding the shadow!]

As expected, the shadow of death that came out of the shadow behind the troll climbed up, driving its claws and claws into the troll’s legs as if climbing a tree, then climbed up the back of the troll and grabbed the wild hair on the back of the troll’s head with one hand.

The troll raged, shaking its head and body, but the shadow of death, its claws firmly planted into its shoulder, hung unmovably. Then he lifted the other hand that wasn’t holding his hair. Suddenly, the toenails grew long. Before I even looked closely to see if it was hiding its nails like a cat or if it really had the ability to stretch its nails, bluish aura began to gather on its nails.

[Come on?]

I was surprised again. I hadn’t even heard of a monster using an aura. Oh, I just saw it. It wasn’t just an Aura, it was an Aura on the level of an Aura Blade. If I told this story to the scholars of the Masurani Royal Capital, who use the same level of aura as the senior knights, they would rather snort and believe that there are zombies with faith, instead of turning on their eyes and saying that they would find the devil of death.

Suagh!

The claws of the aura of death’s shadow cut through the troll’s neck. So the battle was over. It felt long, but it was only a few seconds before the shadow of death used shadow hide and decapitated the troll.

cooong!

The troll’s corpse fell to the ground with a roar. I didn’t forget to quickly fly and absorb the troll’s soul.

“Oohhh!”

The shadow of death stepped on the troll’s corpse and roared in victory like a human being, not a beast.

Then he raised one of his fingers and injected the aura there, splitting open the troll’s chest, inserting his hand into it, taking out the heart, and began to eat it. Still, I thought that a magic beast was a magic beast. However, one word that followed made me think differently.

“It’s disgustingly tasteless. I want to eat beef stew.”

You know human cooking? At this point, isn’t it really a chimera that has been modified by a human?

But those predictions were quickly overturned. As the shadow of death ate most of the heart of the large troll, there was a crunching sound and the body of the shadow of death began to change.

It wasn’t a big change, but the body of the shadow of death was getting bigger overall. And the small and large wounds on the carapace surrounding the body began to disappear.

[You absorbed the troll’s regenerative power]

At this point, I was no longer surprised, but rather calmed down. And I was finally able to come to a conclusion. Don’t you know a guy who is very similar to the shadow of death?

it’s me Reflecting on myself has been a big task given to me over the past few years. And I learned a lot of knowledge about him.

The bottom line is that there is nothing like me. But similar things happen occasionally in history. Beings that deviate from the common sense and logic of the world, or beings that create events, we call them gods.

There are so many words for divine punishment, divine mischief, or divine crumbs, divine interference, divine grace, divine mistakes, or divinely created events.

I am a being born through the action of something of God. At least that’s how I concluded. And the demon called the shadow of death in front of his eyes must be of that type.

It is an existence outside the common sense and order of the world. How dare a black mage or something like that become a high-ranking mage, become a lich, and even after hundreds of years of research, can he create this beast in front of his eyes? no. It is impossible.

The expedition has already been forgotten. I continued to follow the shadow of death after that. The more you kill and eat stronger enemies, the stronger the shadow of death becomes. And increased the number of subordinates.

The shadow of death, which was just a mediocre boss on the outskirts, entered the center of the great grove little by little. As they entered the center, stronger monsters occupied the area.

Of course, I also absorbed the souls of the many strong monsters that the shadow of death and its minions fight and defeat. I also got stronger.

How many years has it been since you followed the shadow of death? It is not known exactly because the change of seasons is not severe in the great forest, but when it was about three years old, I informed the shadow of death of my existence.

-I am a soul, a being similar to you, following you

I wrote on the ground in front of the resting shadow of death with physical power that I could write for quite a long time as I became stronger. The shadow of death lingered blankly for a while. This seems to have come as a surprise to him as well. I could feel it even though the expression was not showing.

“Are you like me? what do you mean?”

-You devour the body and become stronger, I devour the soul and become stronger

The conversation that started like that continued for quite a long time and often as far as my physical strength could reach. When I told him that our existence was probably born from some unknown influence, whether it was a trick of God or something, the shadow of death sobbed for quite some time, weeping with seven pairs of red eyes.

It is said that he was originally a well-known mercenary. He was active in Regis Line with very close friends who grew up with him from the orphanage, and when he was just starting to gain fame, he met a pretty strong demon in the forest and ran away. In the meantime, he was betrayed and left behind.

Although he was seriously injured, he managed to escape somehow, and in the meantime, he met a shadow tiger and came up with a plan. It was clear that he would have died. It was a big wound that couldn’t be revived, but when I woke up after losing my mind, all the wounds were gone and it was said that I had red eyes like a demon. After that, he couldn’t return to the Regis Line and lived hunting in the Great Forest, so his body changed little by little and completely transformed into a demonic beast.

I also told him my story. For a while, we spent time talking like that. But it wasn’t like that forever.

“I will definitely go back to the human world.”

The shadow of death started hunting again. In the central part of the Great Forest, there were really all kinds of monsters. There were all sorts of variants, and there were magic beasts that used strange special abilities. Fighting and devouring them, the shadow of death used its abilities.

That’s what the shadow of death said. There must be a magic beast with the ability to transform like Polymorph somewhere in the Great Forest, so he will steal that ability and return to the human world. It wasn’t completely absurd, so I had no choice but to cheer quietly.

However, as they moved to the center, more powerful monsters occupied the area and reigned like leaders. Even if it was the shadow of death, he did not fight in a situation where the odds of winning were less than half. No, rather, the shadow of death had a human mind, so it was a little more passive than other witches.

Of course, in the meantime, the shadow of death has become very strong, but now the monsters fighting for regional supremacy with the shadow of death were monsters.

There were two strong people around. One was a Titan Snake over 100 meters in length, and the skin was so tough that the shadow of death aura couldn’t pierce it. Somehow, when he pierced it using his special ability, he began to emit poisonous smoke all over his body, but what he touched with the black poisonous smoke was a strong acid poison that melted as it was. The shadow of death was also seriously wounded, but it was a huge wound that would have died if it had not been for regenerative power.

The other was a twin-headed ogre. The twin-headed ogre is a very strong beast that appears several times in the history books of the outside world. There is a record that the twin-headed ogre in the history book destroyed a castle alone and slaughtered tens of thousands of people. However, the twin-headed ogre you are facing here is at least several times stronger than the twin-headed ogre in that history book. Of course, isn’t it the master of Daesilim production?

Standing up to 15 meters tall, this monster is terribly fast and agile for its size. This mass moves at a speed similar to that of the shadow of death. Supernatural strength is natural, and the head is also very clever. what a terrible monster If such a monster appeared in the outside world, the high walls of the Regis Line would collapse at once. Or is there something that can stop it? I had never seen a master-level knight in person, but considering the power on record, it seemed that at least 10 master-level knights would be needed to compete.

More than a year has passed in such a confrontational state of biting and biting each other. I said goodbye to the shadow of death. It seemed that I should go to the royal road soon.

The shadow of death told me to come back with loads of news from the outside. I left a last message to the shadow of death before leaving.

– Conquer the Great Forest and become the Demon King. sure it will be

“Because it’s the Demon Beast King…that’s good! ha ha ha!”

With an expressionless face, the man who would become the Demon Beast King laughed out loud. After being sent off by the Demon Beast King, I started my journey back to the capital after a journey in the Great Forest for several years.

Because I lost my direction a little in the Great Forest, it took me a little over four months before I was able to return to the capital. It was only after I came out that my notion of time was fading, but it had already been five years since I left the capital.

I immediately went back to the palace to find Isabelle and Ether. But no matter how much I searched, Isabel and Ether were nowhere to be found. Since there was no one who could speak the language, I had no choice but to go around people and gather information, and I had no choice but to hear unexpected news.