Reincarnated As The Antihero

Demon King Abron

Nicolas could smell the stomach wrenching smell of blood all over him. His eyes opened in a jolt and he quickly sat up. He couldn't believe what he saw. All around him were organs and fleshy walls that made it seem like he had been swallowed whole by a mammal.

He could feel the warm wetness of a liquid soaking his hands and clothes. He looked down and the sight of it's red colour making him sure what he was sitting on was blood made his skin crawl. He instantly stood up as he screamed.

"Are you that scared of your body?"

Nicolas had been oblivious to the fact that a person was watching him all along. He turned to see a man, dressed in the way he had been earlier when he was with Lou-ra, sitting on a throne made of bones that looked like ribcage.

Nicolas' mind replayed what the strange man had said earlier; he had called the place where he had suddenly woken up after suffering a severe pain in his chest his body.

There was no way he had entered his own body, that was impossible, however, considering the numerous things he has experienced lately, it wouldn't be more surprising for him to be insider his body.

"What do you mean?" Nicolas asked.

The strange man placed his chin on his hand as he stared disgusted at Nicolas.

"You heard me correctly. I don't want to repeat myself" He said then dipped his long finger into a part of the fleshy wall.

Nicolas instantly felt an intense pain in his abdominal region, causing him to fall to the ground as he held his stomach. It would now be safe to say that they were inside him.

"For someone that took over my body, you're very weak. However, I must commend you on how you killed those knights and soldiers. It's a shame you let Hero Hinnel escape, I know I wouldn't" He said.

Nicolas immediately began to put the pieces together. Judging from the things he said, Nicolas could understand that the stranger sitting in his body with an irritated look on his face was the true Demon King Abron.

Nicolas, still holding his affected stomach, staggered as he tried to stand up. He was pissed Abron was making use of his body in the most infuriating kind of way.

"But he was alive when I came, I'll say you didn't do a very good job if killing him the first time" Nicolas retorted as he prepared himself to receive another blow from Abron.

A smirk appeared on Abron's face, he was impressed with the way Nicolas talked back to him, but he didn't want him to get the wrong idea and try to disrespect him again.

Abron punctured Nicolas' stomach walls once again and watched in enjoyment as he saw Nicolas fall to the bloody ground in pain. He stood up from his throne then made his way slowly towards Nicolas.

"You are a mistake. You shouldn't have ended up in my body. You're a weakling, you're insignificant" Abron stood close to Nicolas and studied him. He bent down and held Nicolas' hair, raising his head so he could stare directly into his eyes.

Nicolas tried to resist, but he could feel that Abron was too strong for him to resist. He wondered what Arlimus had been thinking when he decided to trap both their souls into one body.

"I never wanted to be here. I didn't want to be you" Nicolas said.

Abron shook his head slowly as he clicked his tongue.

"Don't lie. I can see it in your eyes" Abron stared intensely at Nicolas' eyes.

Nicolas was confused. He didn't understand what Abron meant by the words he said.

"What do you mean?" Nicolas asked.

Abron let go of his head and walked a few meters from him, creating a bit of distance between them.

"You're lying you don't crave power. You're lying you didn't enjoy killing those knights. I can see it in your eyes. You hated being weak an not in control, but now you have the power to do what you want. In a way, you're just like me" Abron's lips parted in a sinister smile.

As Nicolas stood up, he couldn't help but laugh at Abron's words. He felt he was talking crazy for saying he enjoyed killing people. He was trying to lump them together in the same category of psychotic sociopaths.

"I am nothing like you" Nicolas said.

Abron laughed heartily. He was clearly enjoying his back and forth banter with Nicolas, however, he wanted him to surrender to him completely. He needed to take control of his body before it's too late. He had duties that demanded him to be in his full power and Nicolas was coming in his way of doing that.

"You are actually. Your soul is dark and you want to rule the world, just like I do" Abron said.

Nicolas snickered. Now he knew Abron was being crazy. He just had to find a way to get out of this trace he had stumbled into. If only he could send a message to Lou-ra to cast a spell that would be effective in waking him up.

"I don't want to rule the world. I want to get out of here so I can go back to living my life the way I want it, by my rules" Nicolas said.

" There's no way you can do that when you're in this world. I don't know the realm you came from but this place is not peaceful. You cannot survive without having a powerful source and by the looks of it, your source isn't" Abron explained with a serious tone.

Nicolas expression changed. One thing for sure was the fact that Abron wasn't lying. He didn't know if he had enough power to continuously withstand Hero Hinnel and his Battalion.

Abron noticed his words were getting through to Nicolas and he smiled sinisterly within himself. All he had to do was to play his cards right.

Abron thrust his arm forward for a handshake.

"I can help you live your life the way you want, afterall, that's what I stood for before I died five hundred years ago. All you have to do is give me full control of this body, and I promise, you'll have the best life ever" Abron said.

Nicolas stared at his hand and wondered if Abron could really be trusted. He didn't want to live a life where he would be afraid of being killed by Hero Hinnel. He wanted to be free and judging from Abron's words, he can achieve that if he submitted to him.

It was a risk he was willing to stake everything on.

He slowly began to walk towards Abron, his hand stretched out to accept the Demon King.