34 One Hundred Percen

Cray who was experiencing all of the things that Nick was also saw the sudden flash of memory. He looked at the woman's face which resembled Nick.

Grandmother. He noticed that somehow seeing her in this state made his heartache.

In fact, it was Nick who was feeling this ache, but as they were all feeling the same thing he could also feel the muddy and stinging feeling in Nick's heart.

After seeing this scene, Nick had regained control over his rampaging powers. He then pointed his arm towards the demon in attempts to direct the flow of power towards it instead.

At the moment that he was about to shoot out his power, the demon had used Gilbert's body to shield himself.

"AHAHAHAHA You're too naive! Go ahead and do it if you can!" The demon coldly shouted as he made took Gilbert as his hostage.

Seeing the sudden move by the demon, Nick could no longer stop the flow of his power. Even if the enemy was to take cover he had already pointed towards it.

Nick, instead of panicking immediately thought of what he could do. In a split second, he thought of many solutions but none of them could help the current situation.

Wait. What if I'm thinking about this all wrong? What if-

That's it! All I have to do is protect Gilbert!

After reaching that conclusion, the power that he had condensed and emitted from his arm began to expand like a balloon.

The sphere began to reach out Gilbert who was being used as a shield of the demon.

"UWOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH"

A beast like a scream was made by Gilbert as he was engulfed by the sphere. While he was screaming, the black patch that covered his whole body began to slowly disappear.

Afterward, the demon who had been hit by Nick's attack felt the connection between him and Gilbert disappear.

It was astonishing. Within this time frame, Nick had been able to manage to wield his power this skillfully.

Eventually, the sphere enveloped the demon. The demon's skin began to disintegrate and turn into dust.

The female assailant which saw what happened to the higher rank demon turned ash faced. She then started to get away from the place but she was instead blocked by a sword that threatened her life.

Without a choice, all she could do was fight her way out but the sphere that Nick had made didn't stop expanding as it eventually reached her.

The moment her skin touched the sphere she instantly withered and had similarly turned into ash.

At this moment Nick who was standing tall began to close his eyes as he fell down. He had collapsed from all that he had just done.

Cray who was still inside Nick's body heard something that he didn't understand at first.

"Trial of Fire, one percent complete. Restarting the simulation."

Cray immediately thought of all the pain and suffering that he had felt just a moment ago.

To think that all of those were just one percent, wouldn't that mean he would undergo the same kind of suffering to fully complete this simulation?

"Oh no....."

Cray softly whispered under his breath as he once again saw the familiar forest. This time he didn't see it from an outsiders point of view. Instead, he saw if from Nick's.

Don't tell me I'm going to repeat this a hundred times to get out of here?

Unfortunately, Cray had no say in the matter as it was already decided that he would finish it no matter what.

Time slowly passed as Cray began his second experience as Nick. Eventually, he had finished it and after the third one, he began to notice that he would be numb for the fourth one.

As soon as the fourth began he swallowed his words because the pain seemed to increase the more iterations that he makes.

After he reached his tenth, he no longer wanted to continue. He once again heard the voice saying, "Trial of Fire, ten percent complete. Restarting the simulation."

He felt like losing his mind.

What am I doing here?

Why am I even here?

Am I born just to suffer this?

He began to think of different things as he underwent the fifteenth repetition.

On his thirty-fourth, he no longer had these unnecessary thoughts. In fact, he could no longer think properly anymore. All he wanted to do was to quickly get this over with.

Over time though, he was slowly accumulating experience. He still didn't know how useful it would be once he gets out of here but, he would see how he could perform a whole lot better using the power of his father.

The fifty-sixth time that he had heard the voice he no longer feared the demon. He also noticed that he could now interfere with Nick's actions when he was using the power.

On his seventy-third, he could now fight the demon after having the contract with it.

He then reached the ninety-ninth simulation. By this time, he could now fully control the power that Nick had obtained from the demon.

Finally, on his one hundredth he was stunned to find out that this time, he could no longer hear Nick's voice. Nor could he know what Nick was thinking.

It was all him this time, he was in full control over Nick's body.

"No way-"

He then quickly did all the things that the young Nick was supposed to do but this time he was prepared to fight against the demon. Without any suspense, he won over the demon on his own without any help or guidance from the original owner of the body. He didn't even pass out after he beat the demon.

The moment that he realized that he had finished off the demon he once again heard the voice saying, "Trial of Fire one hundred percent complete! Completion rank B!"

After that Cray was once again dragged all the way to the place where he previously saw the three men.