MIDNIGHT PRINCE: Empire of Sin

Adam felt like he was floating in a dream. His consciousness was faint and he felt his surroundings hazy.

He was in a world of darkness filled with nothing but blood and death.

It was a suffocating world but at the same time, it was as if he was finally home. As if this place was completely part of him.

—A beast was waking up.

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When Adam opened his eyes, he realized that he was still standing in front of Eve.

He somehow felt like he was still walking on clouds but this sensation swiftly vanished.

Shaking his head, he asked carefully,

"How long was I out?"

This was the first thing he needed to know. He had a tight schedule and losing too much time would be a shame.

"I guess the equivalent of 72h."

Adam let out a sigh of relief. Three days weren't too bad. Furthermore, he did not know why, but he felt extremely refreshed right now.

Eve looked at Adam with an expression mixed between surprise and wonder.

"Hum…Did something happen?"

"Looks at your skills."

Adam did as he was told and opened Genesis.

The first skill, [Domination] was definitely very interesting.

Adam didn't know how useful it would be, but just not having to fear normal animals was already a great benefit.

He could even tame them.

'Do Humans count as animals?'

This was something worth pondering and testing. After all, humans were scientifically classified as animals.

As for the second skill,

"Genesis was finally able to analyze the skill in the time you were unconscious. I guess now you just have to name it."

Adam looked at the new skill

he obtained it with fascination.

This was the second skill he had obtained from his innate Origin skill.

[Name: ???

Rank: S

Description: A power that can instill fear in others. Anyone with a willpower lower than the user can be affected

Effect 1: When the skill takes effect, the ones affected will be paralyzed for a certain time depending on their willpower.

Effect 2: When the difference in power and willpower is too large. The one affected might be stunned and faint.

Effect 3: As long as the skill takes effect. The ones will receive various debuffs.

Effect 4: This is a wide-scale skill and further amplified when used in The World.]

Adam's eye twitched. This went beyond what he could have hoped. It was clear how superior S-ranked skills were from all the effects given.

He could already imagine how he could use it in a fight.

Slow down the enemy with his telekinetic power. Use the new skills when they are paralyzed and pierce them with his combination technique.

Even if it couldn't stop powerful people, at the very least it could affect them. As long as their willpower wasn't higher than his.

Adam breathed deeply and asked,

"What is Origin exactly."

"I do not know."

​ Eve was serious this time. The experiments Cain made were mostly secret.

No one knew exactly why he was creating them or what power they exactly had.

Of course, Eve had a few ideas about the reason he created them

But either way, it was clear that Adam was different and was becoming stronger at a fast pass.

"You need to understand Adam. All Primogenitors created by Cain have something special. You are the first and even the Akasha library has no record of your skills before you actually create them."

She looked up, "The Akasha library can record all knowledge, future, present and past. But – People like you are Singularities whose Fate is hard to predict."

She smiled, "Only you can find what the power of Origin truly is and everything it entails. I am sure you can do it."

She gently patted his head.

Adam had to admit that he felt slightly warm.

He did not know what Eve's true goal was.

Was she using him to escape her prison?

Did she have other more sinister goals?

He didn't know. But for now…He would not hesitate in taking what she offered.

Once the moment passed, Eve took away her hand and muttered.

"Genesis told me you wanted to train by reviewing the book you read on earth.

"As much as it's a good idea. It's a waste of time. Even if a book written on earth had the exact same content as one written here, you would assimilate the knowledge far faster by reading the book here. As they are written by the laws of the world."

When you read a book in the Akasha library, what you obtained was the essence itself.

A book appeared in her hand. A book Adam recognized.

[Appraisal]

"Take this for example. From what Lilith told me this is a skill that is taught in some sort of academy. Only senior students can learn this and even then most witches fail. Those who do need a year or more."

She grinned, "You perfectly learned this in less than three weeks."

Adam understood, "Of course, I believe your natural talent helped greatly. Buy still you should know how unreasonable going from 1 year to 3 weeks is."

Adam looked around,

"If what you are saying is true then…just how many skills do you have?"

Eve shook her head, "Less than you would think actually. All skills we learn let a mark on our souls. There is a limit to that."

The only way to go beyond that limit was to open the five secret Chakra.[1]

She gazed at the floating book of Genesis before taking her eyes away.

"So, what will you do now? The choice is yours."

Adam pondered silently.

His goal in coming to this place was to gain time and improve his control of The World rather than truly obtaining new skills.

He also wished to train a little more and perhaps assimilate the fighting skills Cecilia was relentlessly beating in him.

But the word of Eve made sense.

'I still have one more occasion.'

He needed power. More power. Only then could he be sure to kill that Vampire.

Once this was done, he could live his life in leisure as he focused on accumulating money and finding wherever the Garden of Idunn was.

As such,

"Please, help me find books about the Four fundamental forces of nature and one about Gravity itself."

"Interesting."

Eve nodded, glad to see Adam listen to her advice. She too wished to see exactly how far Adam could go on this path.

If he could truly use all the forces…Then he would truly be Cain strongest and most complete creation.

Already, unlike his other children, he was the closest to humanity and he was showing the greatest potential.

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[1]: Well in our reality those chakras aren't "Secret". Basically, there are 12 main chakras.

The first 7 are those in our body. Going from the Root Chakra (Muladhara) to the Crown Chakra (Sahasrara.)

The other five are outside the body.

They are the Earth Star Chakra, The Soul Star Chakra, the Universal Chakra, The Galactic Chakra, and the Divine Gateway Chakra.

Not gonna lie. The one who named this really a pro. Those names sound badass.

(AN: Question. When I use the chakra. I generally use the English name because it's easier to remember and you don't need to go look at a glossary every time. But would it be cooler if I used the original name? Like, Rather than saying Crown Chakra I say Sahasrara.

Give me your opinion.)