[Does Host remember?]
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[Caution: Expect Rapid Mutation, unpredictable emotional shifts, and a gradual divergence from baseline humanity.]
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[The Void Asuras were not myths. They were a devil race that commanded raw Void, leaving dead dimensions in their wake.]
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The notification flashed before Ryuk's gaze as his eyes narrowed dangerously.
'So it was an effect of the Void Asura cultivation? No wonder I felt like I wasn't even in control of my body.'
[Host has calmed down a lot now and should have good control over his emotions once more. But Host might find himself overreacting when Unordinary emotions assault him. That is the price to pay for an ungodly evolution.]
[To counter this effect, Host must make sure to keep himself calm in all situations, ensuring not to let his emotions flare uncontrollably like before,] the system advised as Ryuk nodded his head.
'It was uncontrollable for me not to overreact after I'd discovered some random Fallen, I never knew before suddenly knowing my real race."'
"How? How did he know I was a Knull? I've never revealed that to anyone," he muttered, before a line of blue hair flashed by his gaze, and his focus dawned on it—before the thought flashed in his head.
'Could it be Asteralaxia?'
'Only she knows I'm no human from the beginning…' he thought to himself, but his memories soon flashed of the shock in her eyes when she had heard that he was a Knull from the Fallen and he quickly threw the idea away.
'No. She knew I wasn't human. But she has no idea what race I was, judging from her shock. That Fallen was more than sure I was a Knull,' Ryuk mused to himself before the idea flashed.
'Wait, he was a Fallen. A Fallen Angel. And I just fell out with their Queen. Could it have anything to do with her? Even Morgaine was never aware.'
'This is headache-inducing. What do I even do now?'
'Focus on my cultivation? But I don't know just how many people are aware of that fact. If it's already revealed to the world—which I doubt—it will be a little problematic. But not so much so; not many people are even aware of who I am anyway...' Ryuk mused to himself as he felt his breath unconsciously skyrocketing.
But then—
"DRIIIIIIIIIINNNGGG"
"DRIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNG"
The sound of ringing echoed as Ryuk felt the reverberations from his pocket.
It was coming from none other than his device, and he furrowed his eyebrows, bringing out the device and looking at the interface.
{MADWHITE}
"Hey Aster, can we stop for a minute?" Ryuk asked as Aster clamped down on the brake, before swerving to the side.
The snow blew out of the way, her boots dragging on the snowy ground before coming to a stop.
Getting down from the bike, Ryuk swerved the call to the side.
"MadWhite?" Ryuk said as the voice came in.
"Ryuk. How you doing?" he asked, and Ryuk nodded.
"Just came out of seclusion..."
"Good. And bad," he said, as Ryuk's eyes flashed.
"Bad?"
"Yeah. I got bad news."
"This was sent to the Cataclysm Expert Forum a few hours ago..."
"A bounty on a 'runaway' Knull." Ryuk asked looking at the pop-up notification that soon disappeared.
"Yeah. Right now, even I'm tempted by the reward. But what's crazy is, you're the one in the image—with your girly face!"
"HAHAHAHAHA!" The boisterous laughter rang out as Ryuk clicked his tongue.
This was what he feared the most—and MadWhite was just laughing it off.
"You don't think it's true?" Ryuk asked, as MadWhite scoffed.
"This isn't the first time this is happening."
"Just so you know, only the absolute bigshots can post a bounty on the forum."
"And this has happened quite some time back, when some huge-ranking powerhouse wanted to get rid of some annoying nameless idiot."
"They just post his ass on the forum, lace his name down with some crime which he most likely didn't even know the meaning off and put up an irresistible reward, and the other Cataclysm Stage will chase him down and deal with him."
"I'm a bit surprised they're using the 'Knull' excuse though. That's outrageous."
"Means whoever posted it doesn't just want to spank your ass—they want your ass gone."
"Oh?"
"Then may I ask—was it the Fallens that posted the bounty?" Ryuk asked as MadWhite clicked his tongue.
"Just like I guessed. Seems like you really fucked up with someone from the Fallen race, and they seemed pretty high-ranking too."
"Who did you annoy, kiddo?" he asked, as Ryuk's eyes narrowed.
'Seems like I was right. It truly was the Half-Fallen One!'
"Their Queen?"
"What!?" MadWhite screamed in shock on hearing the words, as Ryuk's ears cringed hard from that.
"Hey! Easy with the noise."
"Easy with what!?"
"Hey, kid? You know what shit you got yourself into!?"
"Tell me their Queen you offended isn't the Half-Fallen One, is it?" he asked, and Ryuk nodded.
"Yeah. Exactly. We had an argument," he said, as he watched MadWhite go silent for a while before heaving out loud.
"That's really serious, Ryuk. Trust me, it really is."
"The one you annoyed is a crazy one. A really crazy one. She's at the Eternal Stage. And if you think that's what's scary about her—you're wrong."
"She's the most beloved Eternal amongst all Eternals and a Forum Leader."
"In an instant, she could send out 500 Cataclysm Stage experts to go do something with a wave of her hand—and they'll do it in an instant, trying to gain her favour."
"And she also has good relationships with other Eternal Stage beings on Endearth. And to top it all off—she has a scary background. A very scary one."
"You don't want to fuck with her, Ryuk."
"If possible, try and go mend it with her. I've heard she's pretty benevolent after all.." MadWhite suggested, as Ryuk's eyes flashed, his memories flashing of the past occurrence, before he shrugged his shoulder.
"I'm afraid that's impossible."
"Then go lie low till it passes over."
"No one knows you that much anyway in that You have no known settlement, neither a job nor company you're affiliated with that can give you out."
"I don't think you have many friends either. So, it should at least be easy."
"Once the third Knull War comes in, in about a week or two from now—I'm sure the world will have a bigger problem on their head than searching for some girly-faced kid."