That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Primordial Demon

Somewhere in the underworld. A place full of demons.

It was filled with an ominous aura that would make any normal person choke to death.

We see the formation of spiritual energy, clad in a white light.

This energy begins to grow brighter and stronger before it finally settles down.

After that, we see a person with silver hair and golden eyes that shone brighter under the darkness.

This being was created by the same energy that grew rampant a few minutes ago.

He got up and began scanning the area in order to find his bearings.

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Argent: 「Hm? Where am I?」

I was quit annoyed finding out that some bastard was mocking me for the cringy-ass nickname.

Why can't you let a man rest in peace.

I never wanted any of this. Now I don't even understand what's going on.

After dying horribly, I got teased about my whole life as an introverted virgin.

Getting all those anime flashbacks and shit. I thought those were all fake.

I guess you learn new things every day. But now I'm here.

I would call this a reincarnation if not for the fact that I'm in a place with red sky and distorted trees.

This looks like hell. Wait! Now that I think about it, that mystery voice kept going on about how I was going to get reincarnated in hell as some sort of demon.

Is this what they meant? I'm a demon? A spiritual being? Unique skills?

WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK IS GOING ON!!!

Ah! My head hurts, I'm just gonna check this place out.

Saying that, I decided to move around a little.

I spent months travelling around this hell.

At first, there was no one around before I started to sense the birth of new creatures.

I wanted to see them, so I moved to the nearest one I sensed.

This place had nothing but trees, red lakes, white grasses, black clouds, and demons. Yes demo-

Argent: 「WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!」

Is that what all demons look like!? What I saw in front of me was an abomination rather than a demon. It had a goat head, four eyes, goat legs, claws, and wings.

Damn! I'd never like to look like that.

Wait. Now that I think about it, I don't even know what I look like..... WAAAAAIIIIT!!!

Without a second thought, I ran to the nearest lake I spotted

I immediately checked my body to see how I looked like after my demonic reincarnation.

Argent: 「Who the hell am I!?」

I looked like a divine beauty. Silver hair with golden eyes.

An androgynous face that leaned towards the girly side.

I could consider myself the absolute ultimate trap.

It was safe to say that I was perfectly crafted.

Although I could've looked more manly.

Well, there's no need to pout over spilt milk.

I was so endorsed with my looks that I "conveniently" forgot about the demon I spotted.

A fireball was sent to me. I spotted it on time, so I was able to dodge.

Argent: 「Hey man, you've got something against me or what!?」

I was quite annoyed after being disrupted.

Somehow, my reflexes and sensory perception were extremely high.

Is that what that voice meant about skills?

???:「RAAAARGH!!!」

The demon roared and charged towards my direction.

I tried to look into my skills, but I got nothing.

Now that I think about it, the demon attacked me with a fireball.

Argent: 「... Magic!!」

I now understand. Magic exists!!

I have always been a huge fan of magic.

Anytime I read manga with magic as a base, I always invented my own type of magic theory in my mind.

Heck! I even had a diary for it. Makime used to laugh her ass off after discovering it. Tch, bastard.

Well, the only downside is that it never existed in my old life.

But it does here!! I only need information about the energy required to establish magic.

Most manga named it "mana," but I feel like this one was different.

I can feel it. It's like a particle you manipulate with your imagination, and it does the rest.

With that, I attempt to use my knowledge of magic from manga to perform it.

I carefully studied the demon that was performing it.

First, manipulate the energy. Second, imagination, third-

Argent:「『Ice Cage』!」

I had done it. Hell yah! I did it, man!! Woooohoooooooo!!!

Alright, let's see what I can do with this knowledge.

Argent: 「Huh!?」

The demon I had frozen in ice was still frozen until the ice began to shatter.

After it did, the demon was nowhere to be seen.

Damn it! Not when I needed you the most.

*Sigh*

Well, let's find other demons for test subjects.

I then embarked on my quest to find demons.

Day after day, month after months, I used my knowledge of magic to fight.

I had recently found out about the unique skills 『Gluttony』, 『Soul King』, 『Wise Sage』,『Replicator』 and 『Ultimate Authority』.

The reason why the first demon I killed got annihilated by a simple magic was because of my unique skill『Ultimate Authority』.

It simply elevated any type of attack and defence to the ultimate level.

Pretty op if you ask me.

I don't know if there are others as strong as me or even stronger, so I'm not complaining.

My 『Gluttony』 allows me to devour my opponents and store them in my pocket dimension. Which is what I call it.

It allows me to rot things, get the skills of those I devour, and convert them to energy. Cool.

『Replicator』allows me to copy the skills, magic, and arts of my targets once I see them in action. Pretty cool, right!?

My last unique skill I found out about was also broken.

『Wise Sage』.

With it, I can increase my thinking rate to about ten thousand times.

「Note: I know 『Great Sage』increases thought processes to about a thousand times, but 『Wise Sage』is an advanced version, so don't complain, ok?」

I also get to analyse my target and gain information about them.

I know that I possess other skills, but I can't use them.

I have no idea how to activate them, so I'll make due with what I have.

It's not good to be too greedy.

I don't really know how to use skills well, so I would rather stick to magic more.

I'd still occasionally use my skills during tough battles.

After spending decades fighting, I'm beginning to grow bored.

I have no one to talk to. No one even listens to me.

I need advice on how to utilise my skills to the fullest.

I also need a companion. I'm feeling so lonely.

Perhaps someone wise could teach me a few things about this world.

VOTW: 「Confirmed. Acquiring the Extra Skill 「Wise Companion」... successful.

The Extra Skill『Wise Companion』has been successfully merged with the Unique Skill 『Wise Sage』」

Huh. That voice again. Just what is it? It says that I got an extra skill.

I never even knew that extra skills existed.

I'm gonna need to gather a lot of information if I wanna live long.

Argent: 「Well, it's time to hit the road.」

I continued my selfish quest for knowledge, and after 100 days, I found out that the name of the energy used in this world is called " magicule. "

I also found out about a new type of magic called nuclear magic.

It's really cool. I learnt it from a greater demon.

I've met like 70 greater demons since my arrival.

I also discovered that I was the first demon to exist. How?

I recently met a red-haired demon who looked like he wanted a fight.

He said that when he arrived, there were no demons except a very strong one whose aura he felt.

I didn't understand what he meant by aura, so I just ignored it.

He said that I was the first sentience demon to exist.

It felt weirdly refreshing for some weird reason.

After all the chatting, he finally stated the reason he visited me.

To fight. Honestly, I was getting tired of fighting lesser demons.

It was only greater demons that were a bit challenging.

I decided to fight him. He was really strong and talented.

He copied all my moves, so I figured out that he had a way of replicating arts and magic.

I decided not to show my skills yet. We fought for a long time until we ran low on magicules.

We decided to fight again on a later date and parted ways.

I learnt a lot of things from our encounter and applied what I learned from him.

Now, I'm bored again. I now understand why immortality is also considered a curse.

I really wanna talk to someone. I wonder if Rouge and I are the only primordial demons.

「Negative. Two new primordials have been born, namely Blanc and Noir, respectively.」

W-Wah!! Who's there!? Show yourself or your face gets it.

「Notice. It is impossible to manifest myself due to my existence as a unique skill.」

Huh? A unique skill? If that's correct, then how are we communicating with each other?

「Answer. It is possible to communicate with the host due to the unique skill『Wise Sage』being rooted to to your soul.」

Wait. Are you wise sage? How are you communicating when you're a skill.

「Answer. I was born due to your desire to have a partner to accompany and guide you.

When you requested a companion, the "Voice of The World" gave you the extra skill 『Wise Companion』 but this alone was not enough to fulfil your desire.

Hence, the skills 『Wise Sage』and 『Wise Companion』were synthesised in order to create a skill with an interactive response system.」

Argent: 「Wait, so that's the name of that voice I kept hearing.

I guess my selfish desire created a sentient skill. Cool.

Well then,it's nice to meet you, Sage-san. Please take good care of me.」

「....」

I guess it's gonna take some for us time to get closer to each other.

Argent: 「Well, let's continue our journey.

But first, can you tell me about the other skills that i have no idea about?

Im not capable of doing so on my own, so please help me.」

「Notice. It shall be done.」

Name: (Nameless).

Race: Arch-demon.

Blessings: None.

Title: Primordial Silver (Argent)

Magic: Nuclear Magic, Aspectual Magic, Elemental Magic, Physics Magic, Soul Magic, Dark Magic.

Intrinsic Skills: Possession, Universal Shapeshift, Ultra-Speed Regeneration, Material Creation, Magic Resistance.

Unique Skills: 『Wise Sage』, 『Gluttony』, 『Replicator』, 『Soul King』, 『Ultimate Authority』,『Space Administrator』.

Resistances: Physical Attack Nullification, Mental Attack Nullification,Pain Nullification, Spiritual Attack Resistance, Thermal Fluctuation Resistance, Natural Effect Resistance, Abnormal Condition Resistance,

I see. It seems I gained some resistances from my battles with Rouge and the greater demons.

Argent: 「Well, I guess I had six unique skills.

I still don't know all about my skills, so do you think you could help?」

「Answer. Yes.

Unique Skills

1.『Wise Sage』

[Subskills]

1. Thought Acceleration: Increases thought-processing speed by ten thousand times.

2. Analytical Appraisal: Perfoms analysis and appraisal on targets.

3. Universal Perception: Allows for the extrasensory perception of light, heat, sound waves, etc.

4. Chant Annulment: Allows the user to perform magic without incantations.

5. All of Creation: Allows the user to comprehend all non-concealed phenomena in the world. The outcome of this ability depends on what the user understands and the information the user knows about.

7. Parallel Computation: Detaches regular thought processes and performs operations on any matter the user wishes to analyse.

7. Skill Domination: Allows the user to gain total control of their skill.

8. Auto-battle Mode: Temporarily possess the user's body for as long as the user wishes.

2.『Gluttony』

[Subskills]

1. Predation: Takes the target into the user's body. But in case the target is conscious, the chances of success decrease significantly. The target of effect includes but is not limited to organic and inorganic objects. It also extends to skills and magic.

2. Stomach: Stores the predated target. It is also possible to store materials created via analysis. Targets stored in this subskill are not affected by time.

3. Mimicry: Replicate the captured targets' appearance. Its abilities are also possible to use. However, it is limited to targets whose information is successfully analysed.

4. Isolation: Stores harmful objects that can not be analysed, neutralising them, then breaking them down into magicules.

5. Corrosion: Corrodes the target, decomposing it if it is organic. There is a chance of acquiring an ability after partially consuming the targets body.

6. Receive: The ability to obtain skills from the individuals under the user's influence.

7. Provide grants part of the user's abilities to those under the user's influence or to use individuals that have a soul link/bond.

3.『Replicator』

[Subskills]

1. Replication: Copies the skills, arts, and magic of the target only if the user analyses the procedure. Skills, arts, and magic that have reached the ultimate level can not be replicated.

2. Forced Replication: Forcefully copy the skills, magic, and arts of the target without the need for analysing the operation at the cost of the user's magicules. (The user may lose up to 60% of their magicules when used.)

4.『Ultimate Authority』

[Subskills]

1. Ultimate Level: Any type of attack can be elevated to the ultimate level whilst simultaneously raising the user's defence against attacks to the ultimate level.

2. Essence Fusion: Fuses a pair of different essences or targets into a single object.

Can be used to merge skills together, evolving them into new skills. More than one skill can be acquired from merging depending on the combination used.

3. Essence Separation: Separates the properties or essence inherent to the target into different objects. (In case the separate target has no physical form, it may dissappear.)

5.『Soul King』

[Subskills]

1. Soul Harvest: Souls of those weaker than the user are instantly harvested. Only individuals with spiritual attack resistance or ultimate-level skills are considered safe from this ability. Skills belonging to the harvested soul can also be acquired.

2. Soul Barrier: A barrier that constantly absorbs the soul energy of targets at a frightening rate.

3. Soul Storage: All harvested souls are stored in this subskill and can be converted to magical energy for the user and viceversa. Souls in this dimension are not affected by time. 

4. Life Predation: All types of energy and life can be devoured by this ability. Once devoured, the target is taken into the 『Soul Storage』 for analysis. The target of effect includes but is not limited to organic and inorganic objects. It also extends to skills and magic.

5. Soul Regeneration: Recovers from damages affecting the soul.

6. Soul Manipulation: Allows for the manipulation of souls to a certain extent.

6.『Space Administrator』

[Subskills]

1. Space Negation: Grants the user the ability to temporarily erase space within a specific area to halt the movement of anything within that eliminated space.

2. Space Severance: The gaps within space can be opened and widened for various uses. It can be used as a source of teleportation by opening the space between two points and connecting the two spaces.

3. Spatial Domination: The user has total control over space and space related activities.

This concludes the appraisal.」

Wow. Just wow. I can't imagine all the things I could do with this amount of skills.

I'm already overwhelmed with joy as I've found another thing that can cure my boredom.

Argent: 「Alright then, let's go on a hunt!!」