Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

It didn't take long for Nero to arrive at home, the atmosphere now still as if the small house had lost all means of livelihood. He stared at it from the rusted gate for a moment as if in a daze before he slowly reached his hand forward, pushed open the gate.

His steps made coarse noises as he trod the path, crushing the somewhat moist grasses beneath his feet as he slowly made his way towards the door.

As Nero walked, his mind would flash with memories from his childhood; he recalled the scenes of his mother playing with him in the yard, she would chase after him as he hid in the bushes, or even play an old sport called cricket.

Unknowingly to himself, the corners of his dried up and raged filled eyes were still leaking bits of tears, he spoke to himself, 'What am I to do without you mother? How can I persist? Must it truly be through vengeance...?'

As Nero thought to here, he had already arrived at the door, he saw his reflection in the mirror as his handsome face now had a different look, as if he was a broken down youth with no goals.

Nero clenched his fists tightly as he stared at his reflection with his thoughts made up, a dense killing intent rising as he decided to take vengeance even if it costs him his life.

The door opened with a creak and close with a loud slam, as Nero entered the house, the first thing he did was hurried to his room, he didn't have the will to enter his mother's room, not after what had previously transpired.

One inside of his room, Nero's eyes wept towards the desk where he saw the Blood Steel Society; his eyes were still emanating a cold light as he thought, 'Maybe once I join them, I can get information on those who are my enemies... I must kill all of them, none of them can survive!'

When Nero's thoughts reached here, he said nothing to Adult Nero; after what happened, he didn't want to say anything to the one who told him nothing of his mother's status.

However, even with his current state of rage and boiling killing intent, he understood just why his older self said nothing to him, as such, Nero only wanted to try to get his mind out of rage before he spoke to him again.

After taking up the card and looking at the contact information, Nero narrowed his eyes before he placed it down and sat in meditation.

Time quickly passed as the hour for the Universe Ring's activation period had arrived, Nero's body then turned into a series of multi-colored blocks that sped towards the heavens as he faded from the world.

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Inside the World of Promise, inside the Greater Plains, a ray of multiple colored lights bolted down from the sky into a patch of grass.

In moments these lights formed into blocks that reformed into the image of Nero, who coldly gazed around his environment.

His manner now one of iciness as if he was itching to taste blood, Nero licked his lips as he saw the strange goblin lurking in the field.

These goblins were much different from the Inferior Sword Goblins that Nero had encountered in the wilds of Winfrey Village. They each had a stealthy and cruel air as they wore torn up cloaks with patched-up leather armor and a single dagger in one arm.

Nero's eyes flashed as he murmured with a cold glint in his eyes, "I must kill every one of these Bandit Goblins, only then can I soothe this wretched pain..."

As Nero spoke those words, his silver Magic Power emanated from his body had transitioned to a black hue.

In this instance, a rick killing aura filled the air as the colorful World Spirits that flew around in the surroundings seemed to have noticed something as they looked at him in fear.

Usually, these joyful little sprites would fight to cling close to him, but due to his current change in nature, they had each began to grow distant.

"Kreeh?" One of the Bandit Goblin's uttered as it lifted its head in confusion, its large ears twitched as its nose sniffed the air before it turned its sights to Nero's direction.

The instant it saw Nero, the Bandit Goblin's eyes showed excitement as it dashed towards him with alarming speeds, showing the strength of a Level 6 Digital Monster.

In only a few seconds, the Bandit Goblin had arrived before Nero, it ducked its body and chopped its dagger towards his feet as if it wanted to break apart the tendons in his legs before torturing him.

Nero was indifferent, the actions of the Bandit Goblin to him were no different from slow-motion due to his heightened senses. He raised a hand to the side as his scythe appeared with its edge shimmering as coldly as his eyes, not even wasting a second Nero struck the scythe downward and plunged its blade into the ground as the dagger's edge was blocked sending sparks into the air.

While the Bandit Goblin was surprised by the scythe's edge that had blocked its dagger, Nero promptly reacted by jumping over the goblin as he gracefully landed behind it.

The Bandit Goblin rapidly turned and prepared to stab Nero's unguarded back, but Nero merely smirked in a blood thirty manner as arms were still holding the handle of the scythe. His wrist then spun the scythe, causing its gleaming edge to face the back of the goblin, he then twisted his body and made a harsh pull.

Instantly, a gruesome cutting sound resounded as a bloody arc had formed, Nero now stood with his body twisted at an angle as his scythe was held at his side, the blood of the Bandit Goblin now sliding down its blade as it dripped onto the grassy ground.

By this time, the Bandit Goblin was severed into two halves, his torso separated from his lower body as it lifelessly stared at Nero in fear.

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[You've killed a Bandit Goblin, 36 EXP gained!]

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Nero felt strange when looking at this; his smile grew wider as he licked his lips, ignoring EXP and the coins he had gained.

"Haha! I will kill even more!" Nero shouted in a crazed style as he stared at the different Bandit Goblins that were a distance away, dashing towards them within a wild manner, no different from a madman.

In an instant, he began to slaughter the Bandit Goblins, cruelly cutting through them, his body spun like he was dancing as the edge of scythe left behind twirling arcs that cut apart anything in the area.

Blood splashed about as not only himself, but even the surroundings became stained by it, giving the environment a savage hue as only Nero's sinister laugh was heard.

The Bandit Goblin's lucky enough to begin far away to scatter and run away as even in a fairly distant area, a few humans and non-humans couldn't help but notice Nero's wild and cruel actions.

"I-I-Isn't that the Silver Boy? WHAT THE HELL?" One beast-like man said as he looked at Nero with shock.

"I know right, this guy... I think the persons who gave him that name didn't even know of his manner, he looks no different from a beast..." Another individual said with fearful eyes.

The two individuals stared at each other before they hurried and leave the area, the rumors and clips of this event bound to make the start of an interesting legend.

Adult Nero sighed at this while in thought, "Tsk! What's taking him so long? It took me a long time to get out of this phase, that brat better hurry up and..."

Adult Nero was about to say something, but suddenly, Nero, who was slaughtering a brutal manner halted as he stared at the screen before him.

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Ding!

[Avollo has sent you a message, would you like to read it?]

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As if he had suddenly come back to his senses, Nero looked at the message with a complicated gaze as he gritted his teeth and sighed.

Moments later, he calmed down to a certain extent; he then went to a more peaceful location to read the message, but the previous massacre would ultimately make the start of an interesting legend.