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Two weeks later, I stood at the bar, waiting for the letter. Devin clapped my shoulder. "You did it, Ten."
A boy arrived. "Tenshakuri Karuki?" he asked.
"I'm here."
The envelope trembled in my hands. I opened it.
You passed the exam, but you were not chosen due to social status.
It hit like a fist. Not because I failed — because the system was rigged.
Devin saw my face. "Don't give up," he whispered.
I ran out of the bar to my home and locked myself in my room.
"I cant believe I didn't get in because of my social class, because I am not rich,because I do not have a mansion or 3million gold in my name"I thought arngrily pacing up and down my room.
"hey kid I am sorry for what happened to you but I want you to not forget our main aim to become powerful and end this cruel world" he said.
"there will be no one…to end this…world" I said as I started to tie some ropes together.
"wait what do you mean and what are you doing with that rope"?he asked me. "doing what I should have done a long time ago"I said .
I tied the rope to the ceiling and tied the other end to my neck.
"hey kid I don't know why you are doing this but now is not the time to kill yourself" he said . I didn't listen to him I was still tying the rope on my neck.
"cmon kid you don't have to do this" he said as I climbed a stool and adjusted the rope .
"wait don't do what you will regret please"he said .
"sorry but it is too late for regrets." I said.
"wait if you die I will return to the abyss empty handed"he said.
"well I wish I could feel sorry for you" I said as I kicked the stool I was dangling .
"fine kid I confess I am sorry I never took your emotion I only made you fall asleep through some special technique as a new host the truth Is that I cant do anything at all please don't kill yourself"he said.
I saw was my life flashing before my eyes everywhere seems white.I saw my caretaker bust open my door.
"hey ma'am I am coming home" I said in a soft tone as he rushed to untied my rope and laid me down on the floor.
I came back to life and reality the caretaker I saw was the executive ambassador of the school I wanted to go to .
"hey kid what you doing?,killing yourself aint gonna solve anything. don't worry my school will take you in,I am the principal of a school outside the kingdom so I will take you in"he said when I heard those words I remembered the exact words of my caretaker. I burst into tears and hugged him .
"thank you sir"I said.
"there there kid all is gonna be all right just get your things ready for the school Okay, you start next month". He said.
A month later, I said goodbye to the bar, to Devin and , my boss. The wagon ride to the capital felt long and heavy.
The driver smirked. "People like you don't belong here. You'll learn soon enough."
"Hmm ok." I said.* cough cough cough* i coughed blood again. "Argh not again." I said under my breath.
"You Okay kid.?" He asked.
" I'm good" I said.
I entered the academy like a shadow stepping into gold. Students whispered behind perfect smiles. I ignored them.
That night, I sat in bed and thought about power.
If the phantom could grow through hosts, then maybe I could do the same — reap strength, one life at a time.
I scribbled in my notebook:
1. Base-level people
2. The smartest lecturer
3. A man of immense strength
4. An S-rank assassin
5. A knight
5.5. The regional emperor
6. A sorcerer
7. Monsters
8. The monster king
9. A dragon
10. The king
11. Gods
12. The pope
13. Supreme forms
14. Angels
15. The supreme one
"The Reap Theory of Succession," I whispered.
The phantom chuckled. "You're mad."
"Then let me be the kind of mad that reshapes this rotten world," I said.
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Epilogue
Below the abyss, the phantom bowed before a throne of blood and black iron. He poured out the bodies I had given him from my last dead body work.
"This is all I could gather," he said.
The throne's ruler laughed, cruel and slow. "Pathetic."
The phantom offered a clump of my hair — stained with blood.
The ruler leaned forward, glowing red. "Bring it."
He drank. Power flowed. "You may reduce force, possess hosts, reshape their bodies," he said. "But if you fail me, I'll destroy you."
The phantom bowed low. "I will make the host give what you desire. Then I'll kill him."
The throne's laughter echoed through the void.
And somewhere above, I began drafting the next names on my list.
🔥End of Reap 6 🔥