Alex lingered a moment longer, watching Sue as she settled back onto the bed, visibly still trying to make sense of everything. He had more to ask—but time was short.
He stepped closer, his voice low.
"A few last things. Did anyone else know you had the serum? Anyone you spoke to? Messages, calls, anything?"
Sue shook her head.
"No. I didn't even know what I had until now. I never told anyone."
Alex nodded, satisfied for now.
"Good. Then keep it that way. From this point on, your survival depends on secrecy. The moment someone finds out what's in your blood, they won't just hunt you—they'll dissect you."
He turned without another word, walking toward the hallway that led to the secured lower levels of the safehouse. His coat swayed behind him like a shadow's tail, and the faint hum of Demonic Energy began to pulse around his steps.
As he moved deeper into the underground chamber, the air grew heavy. With a thought, Alex opened his system interface.
[Evolution progress: 100%]
[ Demonic Energy Compatability : 100%]
[Evolution Available]
Choose Your Path:
• Demon-Human Hybrid
• High-Human
His eyes narrowed. Two paths, two drastically different futures.
He focused on the first:
[ Demon-Human Hybrid
You will embrace the infernal strain. Gain heightened regenerative abilities, enhanced demonic senses, and Shadow Blood control.
Drawbacks: You will suffer increased instability of emotion, higher risk of corruption, and possible loss of humanity if improperly balanced. ]
Then he looked at the second:
[ High-Human
A Human who is ten times better in all aspects and this one is particularly powerful in Demonic Energy manipulation, but is not corrupted by it.
Drawbacks: Progress is slower. ]
Alex stared at both options. His breath steady, heart unfazed.
Power or control. Corruption or clarity.
The choice wasn't difficult.
He selected: [High-Human].
The moment he confirmed, a pulse rippled through his body like a wave of lightning cracking through steel. His knees gave out slightly as the system chimed:
[Evolution Initiated]
[Estimated Time: 3 hours, 47 minutes]
Warning: Subject will enter a temporary stasis to complete bio-spiritual realignment. Proceeding...
Alex stumbled backward onto the nearby padded bench, the only thing close enough to catch him. But it didn't feel like sitting—it felt like being dragged inward.
His limbs grew heavy. Muscles twitched. Nerves fired randomly.
Then came stillness.
His eyes fluttered closed as a deep warmth spread through his chest and core, like something ancient was awakening inside. The Demonic energy within him didn't fight this transformation—it flowed with it, refined, sharpened. Purified without being diminished.
As his body lay motionless, half-glowing veins gently pulsing with light beneath his skin, the door hissed open.
Cypher emerged.
She had felt the shift—her master had begun to ascend.
No longer in her monstrous combat form, she walked on silent feet, cloaked in shadowed threads of Chi and will. Her form seemed more… defined now. More human, yet still unmistakably other.
She stepped beside him, knelt, and without a word, began the vigil.
Like a sentinel, she watched over him, arms resting lightly across her lap, head slightly bowed.
And there she stayed—guarding him from the world, from danger, and perhaps from himself—as the High-Human Awakening began.
For Alex, this was the end of his old self, And begining of something new.
Three hours later…
A soft chime echoed in the chamber as the system's final message appeared:
[Evolution Complete: High-Human Achieved]
[All Parameters Stabilized. Awakening Initiated...]
Alex's fingers twitched. Then his eyes opened—calm, sharp, and glowing faintly with a light emerald hue.
He slowly sat up.
His breath was steady. No tremors. No residual pain. Just... clarity.
He reached up, brushing strands of hair from his forehead—and paused.
His once-dark hair had turned a striking silvery white, falling in soft, slightly disheveled layers around his face. His eyes, once tainted with traces of demonic red, were now a clear light green, calm but impossibly deep—like still water that had seen storms and survived them.
His body hadn't bulked up like a brute's. His build remained lean, athletic, deceptively human. But the air around him shimmered faintly, as if power now resided just beneath the surface, perfectly coiled, perfectly restrained.
The haunting aura—that cold, demonic pressure that once clung to him—was gone. In its place, there was only a quiet, commanding presence, serene but undeniably dominant. You wouldn't feel him enter a room anymore like a monster emerging from the dark—you'd notice him like gravity. Subtle. Unshakable.
Even his facial features had shifted slightly—refined, sharpened. Not unnaturally, but just enough to be disarming. Elegant. Dangerous. Evolution hadn't turned him into something inhuman—it had perfected the human he already was.
A mirror shimmered into view from the side of the chamber. He stood slowly and walked to it.
Alex stared at himself for a long moment.
"...Huh."
His voice was smoother now. No rasp. No echo of chaos.
Cypher, still kneeling in the corner like a guardian, finally rose and stepped forward. Her eyes scanned him, unreadable.
"You've changed," she said softly.
Alex turned, the corners of his mouth curling slightly.
"Yeah," he replied. "But I feel more like myself than I ever did."
Alex took a deep breath, and for the first time in what felt like forever, it didn't feel strained. There was no internal tension, no creeping pressure from demonic instability. The unease he had grown used to—the subtle sense that something inside him was foreign—was gone.
'Finally,' he thought, closing his eyes for a moment.
Even if there hadn't been pain before, there had always been that discomfort, that lingering wrongness. But now? It was like something had been cleansed. He felt whole. Human again.
Only this time, a human with power.
He opened his eyes, lifting his hand slowly.
Chi sparked to life in his palm, but it wasn't just Chi anymore.
A distinct stream of energy flowed forth—a swirling mixture of black and white, weaving together like silken ribbons, fluid and steady. The contrast didn't clash—it balanced. Controlled chaos.
"This…" he murmured, watching the energy curl around his fingers, "isn't Demonic Energy anymore."
He let the energy settle into his palm, its presence quiet but resonant.
"No. I call it now… Demonic Mana."
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