Demon Lord's Reincarnation

Upon waking up Erste looked around and found himself in an unfamiliar room. The room had a dangling light bulb that was barely illuminating the room he was in. The room had no windows and one door, it wasn't big nor was it small. There was a table in the corner and a chair, aside from that there was the bed Erste was on. Erste stood up and, after checking the room several times, found nothing more.

'What happened, where am I, where are the others?' Now that he was certain that there was no apparent danger in the room, Erste had time to think. 𝑏𝘦𝑑𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Erste tried to recall what had happened before losing consciousness, and the last thing he remembered was getting hit by a huge torrent of flames. There was also that dream-like state where he found the body of two New Gods.

Erste closed his eyes as he tried to sense the mana within him. It didn't take long as he felt the massive mana that was now flowing through him. Feeling the surging power Erste nodded his head in satisfaction. After checking his current status Erste opened the door of his room and was surprised to see that it wasn't locked.

'So I'm not some sort of prisoner or they had no time to lock it and were careless.'

Erste did not let his guard down as he cautiously stepped out of the room he was in. He was now in a hallway but unlike the room where he was the light from the hallway comes from torches. Even with the torches the hallway was still quite dark, so Erste took one torch and started walking.

After walking for several minutes he was surprised that he had not seen anybody or anything else while walking. As he continued to walk he finally saw a door and as he entered, it was the same room he was in before, that would mean he had gone in a circle.

'I already checked this place and there's no secret switch or anything. I'm sure whoever put me here wants me to test me to find some sort of clue to get out of here, but I'm not patient enough for that.'

A vicious smile appeared on Erste's face as he got into a fighting stance, his right fist was on his waist as he gathered mana into it.

"I have no time nor patience for some sh*tty test!" Erste punched at the wall with such power and speed that a sonic boom erupted from his punch.

...

Several minutes before Erste woke up Nikki, Miguel, and Tala were with a group of people who had helped them from the crisis of the Old God. To their surprise, the people in this so-called secret base had a very intimidating presence similar to the New God.

"I know that you saved us but I still need to ask... What are you going to do with Erste, why did you put him in a different location?"

Nikki asked the leader of the group of three. The person she was talking to was a man who looked to be only a few years older than them. The man was wearing armor that looked to be from the middle ages, and behind him was a crimson lance. The other two of his companions were also wearing similar armor, and their weapons were also lances.

"Don't worry we won't hurt you guys. What we're doing now is to separate the person who recently gained mana from us. The reason we're doing this is because usually once a person who has gained mana wakes up they become violent and are unable to control their mana. Well, there are also some instances that their personalities become similar to the New God they killed."

"... I guess we can only believe you guys for now. So what's the deal with all of this, who are you, people?" Nikki stared at the leader sitting in front of her with a frown on her face. Miguel and Tala were too nervous to even say a word.

"Remember the missing people that police can never find? We are those people, well you guys are also missing people now."

"So are you going to explain to us what is going on with every crazy sh*t that's happening?"

"We will but we'll wait for your friend first before explaining anything since I don't like repeating myself. See here that guy is already awake." The leader snapped his fingers and a floating screen appeared before the group.

The group watched as Erste calmly looked around the room and then afterward he stabilized the mana circulating through him. Seeing that scene the leader was quite shocked at how easily Erste stabilized his mana without anyone guiding him.

'This guy must be some sort of genius.'

The leader was now even more interested in the man who defeated a New God by himself. They watched as Erste got out of the room and started walking through the hallway. The leader used an illusion to make Erste go back to the same room. The leader wanted to make Erste figure out that the hallway was a simple illusion that could be easily dispelled with a little use of mana. After seeing Erste easily control his own mana the leader was expecting something more from Erste, but then he saw that Erste went back into the room.

'Does he think that there is some sort of secret switch in there, or did he notice that we are on the other side of the wall? Anyway, it doesn't really matter the only way to get into this room is through the hallway.'

As the leader was feeling a little disappointed he saw that Erste suddenly got into a fighting stance.

'What the f*ck does he think he's going to do, is this crazy guy going to punch the wall? That wall is reinforced with mana, even I wouldn't be able to break it barehanded.' As the leader shook his head, Erste suddenly looked in their direction with a vicious smile on his face. 'Did he notice my surveillance?'

"I have no time nor patience for some sh*tty test!" After speaking Erste punched at the wall, and to everyone's surprise, Erste was actually able to break through the wall reinforced with mana.

'This guy isn't a genius, he's a f*cking monster.'