Plundering in the Apocalypse

When they arrived at that location. Shin and Alice slowly landed without making a sound while their bodies were still invisible. The area was sealed by the investigators. Many people in official uniforms were doing some investigation, probably searching for some clues.

'Are they from Awakened Association?' Seeing their uniform Shin wasn't much surprised. After all, the majority of superpower-related incidents are handled by them now. As they are kinda new so it's difficult to trust them. So even Shin is trying his best to be out of their radar.

Alice was also curiously looking around. She saw some people carrying dead bodies, while some people in white gloves were observing the battle marks. Such as the crack on a wall, and blade marks on the ground.

After looking around curiously for a few seconds Shin directly pulled Alice inside the main building. With his [Magic eyes] he had already confirmed that most of the dead bodies were still inside and some kind of weird aura surrounded the whole building. 'Well, It's reasonable. It will take some time to clear all the dead bodies.'

'Mind Control.' Shin activated his skill.

[Alice, is this the aura of the souls of those dead guys?]

[Yeah, that's right.] Alice nodded her head in response.

Getting his confirmation Shin directly entered the hall where the aura was most concentrated.

A bad stench entered their nostrils as Shin regretted coming here without preparation. 'I should've bought a few gas masks.'

Alice was also disgusted but not too uncomfortable.

[You alright Alice?] Shin asked.

[Why bother? We have killed so many people. I'm already accustomed to it. It's just disgusting.]

Hearing this he could only smile wryly. Her words are reasonable.

[Let's just get it over it. Alice, be ready.] Shin reminded her, to which she nodded. There's no way she will let anything happen to him.

Shin took a deep breath and activated.

'Demonic Fog.'

[No energy.]

Seeing this message he felt like a fool but calmed himself down thinking 'fortunately no one saw it' and added stats in demonic energy.

***

[Bonus stats - 35] [Demonic Energy - 30]

***

'Demonic Fog'

He once again activated this skill. But this time there was a reaction. The purple-colored fog came out of his hand. But soon his eyes went cloudy and his sight blackened.

He felt like his whole body was groaning in pain. Veins pooped out all over his body. His expression turned hideous.

"Shin!!!"

Alice panicked and started absorbing the demonic energy in Shin's body. He felt a little relieved but the pain was still torturous. He circulated the divine energy inside his body to remove the demonic energy. But it was more difficult than he thought.

'It was a mistake to learn this ability here of all places.'

Cold sweat broke out from his body while Alice's worries increased over time. 'It's not good.' He felt like his consciousness was fading. So with his last bit of strength. He activated his abilities and took Alice away from the building. 'If I get unconscious there, we will surely be caught or get branded as criminals.'

With that thought, he took away Alice from there. "It should be fin-" his consciousness blurred and he fainted.

"SHIN!!!" Alice shouted and tried to wake him up. "What going on? I've already absorbed all of his demonic energy. Why did this happen?"

Soon she noticed all his veins were calming themselves down and his breathing became steady. But he was still unconscious.

Worried Alice immediately took him to a nearby hotel to let him rest. Inside the hotel room. She laid him on the bed and sat beside him with a guilty look.

"Shin..."

***

"Ugh." Shin groaned.

"How can you be so reckless?"

Shin heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice complaining about something. He slowly lifted his eyelids to see the familiar yet unfamiliar person standing in front of him.

It was the adult Alice. At least that's what he thinks because he doesn't know who she is.

"Alice? Am I in your sanctuary?" Saying that he looked around a bit. It was the same place where he was last time which he believed to be his dream.

"Yes." She replied.

From her voice, Shin could feel the anger and concern towards himself.

"Are you angry with me?" Shin couldn't understand what was going on. If he remembers correctly she told him it's not easy to bring him here and it will probably take a lot of time for them to meet. So what happened now? It's only been a few days. How is he here?

"You are asking me, am I angry? Of course, I am. You almost killed yourself with your recklessness." Her anger exploded and she shouted while huffing.

Shin could only think of one reason. "Is it because of the demonic energy?" He asked with a guilty look.

"Yes, what were you thinking when you absorbed it and started using it?" She asked while folding her hands. There's no way she is going to let it slide.

"If I could use it, my strength will grow even faster." He answered truthfully. That's what he believed. If he could control that energy his growth will be much faster than now. The combination of Mana, Divine energy, and Demonic energy. At least that's what he believed theoretically.

She went silent upon hearing it. As the silence continued, Shin couldn't help but feel even more guilty. Whether it's the small Alice or the adult one he regards them as the same entity. So he felt more like Alice was angry at him.

After a long silence, she continued.

"... You know, although you have an abnormal ability that defies everything even 'the Absolute Rules'."

Shin wanted to ask what is 'the Absolute Rules' but she didn't let him ask and continued.

"You can absorb various abilities and use them. But to absorb all these energies your body is too weak. Do you think Divine energy and Demonic energy are like mana, ki, life energy, or those other types of energies normal mortals use? No. Divine energy is access to immortality or even godhood. $%@$%#" She saw that she couldn't speak about it so she gave up and explained other things.

"If a mortal use demonic energy without a contract with a demonic being slowly their mind and body will get corrupted."