[Attention to all Gaians! This is my final message, the day of rupture has finally arrived, the invasion is about to commence, and the beginning of the end is no longer approaching, No! instead it is here, and once again I wish you all the best in your endeavors in this new corrupted world.]

 

Announce Aliyasa, Mother Gaia's Herald now known to all as the Voice of The World.

 

However, she fled as soon as she arrived because Aliyasa had said nothing additional, leaving everyone to their own fates. Nier, on the other hand, started looking around, and as one could expect, it was rather quiet. Because no one was present, it was assumed that the other family was bunkering down somewhere.

 

He had no idea where she had gone, nor did he care; instead, he began to flaunt a wicked smile on his face, as he was in complete joy. After all, despite the fact that this was a flawless simulation, this was the future that was going to arrive.

 

And, because of his class choice, Chernobog Hier, he was able to witness the slaughter before everyone else. It was truly heavenly, and his excitement could not be expressed in mere words, yet seeing that he wanted to watch how the apocalypse would begin. He didn't waste any more time, and jumped off his balcony, landing in his garden in the front yard.

 

Nier didn't have a specific destination in mind; instead, he planned to explore the city surrounding him and see where he ended up. After all, he only had one goal in mind: and that was to find a victim to play with, whether it was an enemy he had to murder or a random encounter he could play around with to amuse his twisted curiosity. It was even more enticing seeing that his hunger was low as well, so he craved the taste of another person's misery more than ever, along with the fact that he was curious to see if he could gain points while in a simulation.

 

As a result, he jumped over his electric gate and was surprised to realize that he wasn't even attempting to do so seriously. Despite this, he was able to jump 10 meters in the air with little effort. It was even more absurd to him because the amount of effort he put into the jump was comparable to the amount of effort he put into doing light jumps or basic stretches to get the blood circulating properly before a thorough morning workout.

 

"I see, super strength." Quite convenient, although I'll have to push myself to the limit to see where I stand in terms of pure strength. And how far could I genuinely jump to if I went all out... hmmm well, there's only one way to find out where I now cap at in terms of physical prowess."

 

"No biggy then, first and foremost, let's test out speed first."

 

Nier stated as he began to stretch his limbs, only to be surprised at how flexible he was in comparison to when he was nothing more than a mere man. And after he was finish he went into a runner position. 

 

However, before taking off, he instructed N2 to do something for him while he was running.

 

'N2... do me a favor, and calculate my total speed, and report to me every ten seconds.'

 

Of course, N2 replied in the affirmative.

 

'This directive has been acknowledged.'

 

'Good to know, now then, here goes nothing.'

 

Nier responded to N2 in kind, and with that said, he began to jog slowly, gradually picking up his paste as he went along.

 

Eventually, ten seconds passed, and N2 obeyed the command he was given.

 

'34/MPH.'

 

Nier has already surpassed the world record for the fastest man alive. And because he wasn't even trying, he started to pick up the paste a little. To point out, the world around him seemed to slow down, and everything came into his view in quick succession all at once.

 

He was already a good ways away from his home, but he didn't have time to think about it, seeing that N2 began to report back to him once more.

 

'154/MPH.'

 

Nier had reached the stage in his testing when he would decide to run normally if he were a human. As such he increase his speed once more.

 

'213/MPH.'

 

'345/MPH.'

 

'598/MPH.'

 

Nier increased his speed with each report, yet he still hadn't reached his maximum speed. He also didn't feel fatigued; in fact, utilizing his shadows earlier was more demanding than him running even now, and if he had to be honest. This was him maybe at 25%-30% give or take, he had no exact way to measure it.

 

Despite the fact that he believes it is time to become serious and decides to concentrate all of his efforts on the next speed-up following the next report.

 

Albeit a loud explosion could be heard before the next report even arrived. It was so loud that all of the automobiles in the area had their windshields shattered. Looking at Nier now, he would appear as nothing more than a blur, and his current speed was as follows.

 

'830/MPH.'

 

N2 declared inside Nier's head because he couldn't hear anything at this point, although he did sense that his body felt slightly heated owing to friction. Apart from that, it wasn't even remotely serious.

 

'I have long broken the sound barrier, and this is me putting in some effort; now let us see how fast I can run at full speed and with all my might.'

 

Nier inwardly said with an excited tone, after all, who could blame him, wouldn't you feel excited too if you knew you could move at Mach-level speeds? You might not be a speedster but you are essentially faster than any living being on the planet prior to everyone's evolution of course.

 

However, Nier witnessed something unbelievable, as the world around him abruptly slowed down. He notices the leaves in the surrounding park gently falling. And for the first time, he noticed some individuals fighting in the middle of the street; there was a giant lizard-like man with a baseball bat who was beating the living shit out of a strange dog-like man with cat ears, the fight was intense seeing both of them had deep injuries.

 

It was another evolved like him, and he just raced directly into the lizard guy, his body exploding into pieces as it scattered all over the pavement, why did he do this, well it was just for amusement, and the fact that the two of them were in his way. Yes two of them died, seeing that the head of the dog cat man thing, on the other hand, was mercilessly smashed into the asphalt as Nier ran over him with a happy smirk on his face. But at this speed, everything happens in less than a second.

 

He had already left the area and was approaching the city bridge, which was the largest bridge in the city and was quite huge. It was called the San Antion Bridge, and it normally leads to the other side of town. It's roughly two miles across, but at his speed, he could cover that in no time. In terms of speed, N2 provided his most recent status report. Nier appeared to be running at his maximum speed at the time, which was.

 

'3,179.87/MPH.'

 

That was the outcome of his speed test, and Nier's reaction was pretty obvious as he said with a delighted smile on his face.

 

'So my current limitations are a bit above Mach four-speed, which isn't bad at all, considering this body's default speed is that insane.'

 

Nier discreetly expressed satisfaction with the results, but at that point, he was caught aback by N2's immediate terror-filled voice, as N2 said.

 

"Master stop now, get out of here, your not ready for something of this caliber, you need to run, get out, get out, now,now,now, NOWWWW!"

 

Nier slowed his pace to run away at that point, listening to his instincts' voice of reason. Although he had no idea what he was going to run away from. However he knew one thing, and that was the fact that if it scared even his instincts despite being inside a simulation, then whatever he was supposed to run away from had to be a foe of a high degree.

 

But it was too late at that point since what happened next to Nier was something that not even his eyes could interpret, let alone comprehend. Because both of his legs vanished in an instant. And when that happened, Nier was taken aback, if not utterly perplexed.

 

The cause for this astonishment was quite obvious; he was not slashed, nor were his legs blown off, but it simply vanished as if it teleported away.

 

Blue blood started pouring from his missing appendages steining the bridge concrete pavement right away. Nier, on the other hand, let out a loud yell as anguish overwhelmed him.

 

"UghAHAAAA~~ Its hurts, it hurtzzz.... FUCKKK!!!"

 

The searing sensation in his legs came melting and pounding away at his brains, the wound was unnatural, it didn't look like a cut in the slightest, yet both of Nier's legs were ripped away from him from the hilt and in a perfect manner not leaving a single groove edge to indicate that it was physically done by any form of melee.

 

"Fucking damit... what the hell hap....

 

But if things weren't fucked up enough, you would be shocked at what happened next. Because the events that began to transpire put a seed of fear deep within Nier's very being; a fear he would never forget.

 

For one, had no idea what the hell was going on, he didn't see any enemies, and yet he was instantly targeted by an unknown force. Not once, but twice, for Nier's entire voice fled his body, and blood spilled out of his mouth, but grief and anguish from whatever happened to him was obvious on his face, as tears flowed from all six of his eyes.

 

The sorrow he had felt was beyond words and meaning. Because his larynx abruptly disappeared from his neck, rendering him unable to speak. In pain, sorrow, and dread, he began to role in his own pool of blood. He tried to crawl away, but his shadow grabbed him and fell into the shadow realm, intending to teleport back home. However, his shadow manipulation abruptly stopped working, and the connection he formerly felt with the shadows also vanished.

 

And the only thing he could hear in his silence agony and dread of the unknown was N2, who proceeded to inform him of what was happening to him.

 

'The innate skill "Shadow Manipulation" was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'Monster Lord....

 

'.... Targhamal... is he the one that is making me suffer.... "It hurts"... how dares he does to me "Please kill me it hurts"... I will kill him.... I will murder him... just you wait.... "It hurts, please stop; it hurts."..... I will kill him "Am I going to die.".... it hurts but the shame hurts more... I will kill him... I will eat him.... I will murder him... no... it has to be worse, it has to be worse... it has to far, far, far, far, far, far WORSSSSSSSTTTTTT!'

 

Nier vowed in rage, and at this moment, his agony had turned to fear, and his fear had turned to fury, and his anger had turned to determination to exact revenge on this monster at whatever cost for making him suffer like this.

 

He was going to perish. He was aware of this and accepted it, but what if this was the real world? It was simple, he would have died seeing that he had no second chance. He would not have survived. And the thought of that realization terrified him.

 

And yet, deep down, his want to retaliate with a million times the fury outweighed his dread. But then it hit him: how could he achieve his revenge if he didn't know what he looked like? As a result, he began to use his eyes to see anything, he needed to see the person responsible for his agony, even if it means living through this nightmare a million times.

 

Suddenly his eyes caught sight of something, high in the sky was a small red crystal ball throbbing like a heart, in the center was nothing more than a mouth, with rows of sharp teeth, as it smiled sadistically at Nier, snickering with glee at his pain. But, to make matters worse, his leg was floating beneath the orb while his voice box was floating above, almost as if the monster was placing his bodily parts to use as its own. And Nier had no idea just how true that statement was.

 

Because it wasn't until Nier saw what happened next that he realized how dangerous this monster was, he could speak, but N2 narriate the horrors perfectly.

 

'The innate skill "Equivalent Exchange" was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'The innate skill "Corruption Empowerment" was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'Your name was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'Your left arm was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'Your right arm was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'Your 3rd brains was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'Your rib-cage was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

'Your eyes was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

Had been eaten!

 

Had been eaten!

 

Had been eaten!

 

Had been eaten!

 

Had been eaten!

 

Had been eaten!

 

'Your entire existence was eaten by the monster lord Targhamal, known as the existence eater.'

 

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[You have died]

 

[Game Over]

 

[Total survival time: 17 minutes, 32 seconds]

 

[Notice. Targhamal, the monster lord of the Neither has been registered in the monster encyclopedia.]

 

[Now resurrecting.]