Protagonist?Antagonist? I Reject Both

Chapter 97 97:Awaken My Ghosts

The red world was dyed like a spot of black ink poured on a color painting. At the end of Leon's words, the word became dark.

"I don't know what this power is but this isn't enough."Hella snickered thinking that it was ridiculous.

"The power you are showing is amazing and you are really a unique piece but in the end, all of this would belong to me."

Hella raised her huge hand and extended toward Leon to grab him and crush him to death for real.

From many pairs of hands, mouths emerged that smiled eerily with hundreds of crimson eyes shining with blood lust.

CRANG!

With a huge roar ringing throughout the world, the huge head of her monstrous figure stared at Leon greedily. Unable to overcome the power, the space around started to distort as the huge hand pressed onto Leon who just stared at it as if it didn't matter.

As the monstrous hand approached right in front of Leon, a huge mouth appeared over the palms but just as it was about to engulf Leon…

Leon extended his hands and tapped with his finger from which a black lightning flickered.

In an instant, the palm containing the mouth disappeared along with her right arm.

"What...!"

Hella's eyes were bewildered by a situation that completely exceeded her perception. The question of what happened lingered in her mind. It wasn't cut or torn apart, rather her whole right arm disappeared without any sign.

Cosmic annihilation...

One of the most bizarre powers he inherited from his Martial spirit wipes out anything into existence if the power or qi of the enemy isn't strong enough to resist it.

Leon might still not be able to use the full extent of his power in the real world but here, where imagination and soul strength matter, he can use it freely.

"What are you?"

In the meantime, Hella quickly generated her right arm.

Red waves of annihilation fill the world as if falling and aiming only at Leon who just watched the waves approaching calmly.

Raising his hand, he flicked his finger.

A dark orb of condensed darkness hovered in his palms.

Pointing at the waves, he shot the orb.

SWOOSH!

The burst of red light waves and ten thousand waves disappeared from the world as if God erased them from existence.

"What the hell is this?"

Hella screamed and started pulling her hair like a mad bitch.

"You still don't know?"

A low voice whispered into her ears. When she turned her head, Leon was smiling in front of her.

At the same time, she slashed with her huge claws trying to tear Leon apart.

"This is your end."

Leon with a malevolent smile snapped his finger.

In the stillness of the night, an ominous darkness began to coalesce, swirling and growing with an eerie energy. Suddenly, a silent explosion erupted, engulfing everything in its path.

The inky blackness expanded relentlessly, obliterating all traces of existence as if the world itself succumbed to an abyss, leaving behind only an unsettling void.

With a flash, Leon found his consciousness returning back.

When Leon opened his eyes again, it was totally dark and his gaze fell on the pale lifeless body of Hella.

Horror, fear, helplessness, and despair were etched on her face.

Leon ignored her body and looked around as his glare became sharper and fell onto a dark orb floating over Hella's head.

Leon extended his hand and grabbed the orb tightly.

Remembering the power, he decided to create a code word for the power.

"Awaken!"

SWOOSH!

The orb burst forth and started to expand. Wriggling like a mass of slime, it extended and started taking the shape of a human.

And soon a Hella made of Darkness emerged before his eyes. She had the same haughty look along with a seductive smile on her lips.

Her eyes brunt with a greenish hue while her body still had that dark leathery suit. There was no sense of life, there was no heartbeat or breath.

This was the soul of Hella which he corrupted using his Darkness and molded to form a puppet soul of Hella that would follow his will until he died.

This wasn't normal necromancy that made use of rotten corpses rather it was a power similar to the God Of Death who has a firm grasp on a person's life.

And if the body was destroyed it would assimilate in his soul and absorb his power to recover.

What added more terror to them was this figure was of growth type due to his Extract special abilities and could use all the power of the original body and unlike undead, they wouldn't be affected by light.

It was like a ghost who existed yet they didn't.

The number of ghosts he can make depends on his soul's strength as each ghostly summon bears a certain weight over his soul and if it exceeds the limit, his soul might be injured.

"Hey, system, can you create a simple status screen for her?"

[Since she is linked to your soul, yes host I can do that.]

"Okay then do it. Make it simple with her name, realm, and power. Nothing more."

Name:Hella

Realm:Grade 3/Martial Grand Master

Special Trait:Telepathy, Soul Manipulation, Dream weaving, Astral projection, ????

"Noiceee!She really had some flabbergasted abilities. One that could really kill you if your soul is weaker."

Leon smiled and was satisfied seeing it. He knew that he lacked the skills of a ruler or leader required to create an organization so it was difficult for him to gather a group of followers to fight like the protagonist and Villain.

So for him, this is the optimum power however it makes him wonder if any protagonist or villain's soul mutates giving them such power.

"Wait! Maybe this happens. All the transmigrated protagonists have a strong soul. Meanwhile, Villains originally were generally killed like dogs before they became destiny villains and after transportation or rebirth, their soul sometimes carries a mysterious figure or power which wasn't present originally."

Leon then shook his head and then went to the next target.

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Astral projection is the psychic ability to separate one's consciousness from the physical body, enabling independent travel in a non-physical form. Practitioners often achieve this through meditation and altered states of consciousness. Key powers include out-of-body experiences, exploration of dreamlike realms, and encounters with spiritual entities.