Bleeding Brilliance Chapter 9: The Amazing Abilities And The War

Chapter 9: The amazing Abilities and the War

Cyril forced himself to calm down.

Taking a long breath, he managed to control his emotions.

The reason behind Cyril panicked emotion was because he was caught off guard by the attractiveness of that girl.

'View,' He inwardly said.

Rose Berar[Lv.0]

[Demoness]

Cyril saw the words floating above the beautiful nurse's head.

The words were light blue and were almost transparent.

This wasn't the first time for Cyril seeing these words.

Cyril was able to see these words ever since the Screen upgraded.

Whenever Cyril desired, he could see these two rows of words floating above the person's head.

After some research, Cyril understood the meaning provided by those words.

These words would appear when Cyril said "View" in his mind while looking at the person.

The first row would show the level and name of that person while the second row would show the t.i.tle.

The first row provided easy, direct and straightforward information. For instance, the name would imply the name of that person and level would indicate the stage he is in. That information would be easy to get even without looking. For the name, one would get by merely asking and as for level, after a few fights, one could tell.

The second row provided complex and indirect information. Those words represented the true behavior and real conduct of that person in simple words. They were more like the t.i.tles or tags from which one could more or less gauge other people.

When Cyril heard about the upgrade of these abilities, he was surprised because Cyril didn't even ever thought that the Screen could be evolved.

Was it because I almost died? This thought came in Cyril's mind when he reasoned about the cause of the update.

But even after thinking for long, Cyril couldn't determine anything and was unable able to verify his theory.

Sigh! It seems like thinking will only be a waste of time. There's only one way remaining to prove those speculations, and that is to seek near-death moments. However, Cyril shook his head as he quickly rejected that notion.

That would be too foolish. There's no guarantee that it would succeed and also I might end up dead. Cyril thought with a wryly smile.

His ability to see the Screen too came unexpectedly and astounded him. One day, Cyril was able to see the Screen, and that's it. There was no more information about how he was able to see the Screen and Cyril couldn't come up with anything.

But Cyril was sure it wasn't because of near death that he got the ability to see the Screen.

Since Cyril wasn't able to come up with anything, he didn't overthink.

About three months ago, Cyril heard a voice in his head saying Screen got updated.

After the Screen got updated, the first time Cyril used his powers was on a doctor responsible for his check-ups.

This doctor was the leading surgeon who performed operations on him. He heard the operation went on for more than five hours.

Mill Ford[Lv.0]

[Sunny]

As soon as the words appeared, Cyril more focused on the level rather than the name and the t.i.tle; because he didn't want to meet any of "those" person of higher levels. Cyril almost lost his life when he met one last time.

As he focused on the level, Cyril was able to see more information as the [lv.0] expanded with action like how a folded or compressed things unfold.

[Lv.0]: STR 0.6 DEX 0.8 LK: 60

Cyril was lost for words when he saw the information. 'It showed less information than on the Screen. Where are the charm, intelligence, and others? Only three are shown now? Didn't the "Screen" update? Update, your head! It looks more like a downgrade.'

Shaking his head, Cyril then moved his attention to the name. As he focused a little more on the name, the name expanded just like the level with the same motion of unfolding.

Mill Ford: 36, Doctor, Normal

Even though the information that appeared didn't specify anything clearly, Cyril was able to connect those pieces of information. "36" referred to age, "Doctor" referred to the profession and "Normal" pointed the health conditions.

Next, Cyril moved his attention to the t.i.tle. The t.i.tle expanded.

[Sunny]: The person is bright like the sun. He is always relaxed and cheerful.

Cyril looked like he understood something as soon as he read that sentence. 'It looks like 'Intelligence,' 'Charm,' 'Honesty,' and 'Kindness' got mixed up together as one and showed in the t.i.tle with a concise summary.

'Well, It looks more organized than before and easy to understand too. I don't need to stare at the people now. Just thinking in my mind will do.' Thinking this, Cyril erased some dissatisfaction towards this new update.

After checking some files, Doctor Ford came near Cyril and extended his hands to touch Cyril's forehead.

Cyril looked at Doctor Ford, and their eyes met. Cyril saw Doctor Ford lightly smiled at him. Cyril too awkwardly smiled. Cyril felt curious as to what the doctor thought as he had never seen such a cheerful person.

Then Cyril used another ability [Mind reading] while smiling.

Cyril found some voice talking inside his head. [... it was a miracle that this guy survived. While doing the operation on him, my legs were shaking. How did this guy even got a knife? It was so close to the heart. One mistake and this guy would have done for. Hopefully, at last, everything went fine. After that, I slept for ten hours straight. I was too exhausted….]

After that, he stopped hearing the voice. He could listen to those voices for almost 20 seconds. After that, Cyril again tried to use [Mind Reading]; however, it didn't work. 'Seems like there are some limitations.'

'There was no restriction on [View]. Maybe there is, and I haven't just found it. I need to do some more research.'

Thinking this, Cyril then used next ability [Prediction]. Cyril was looking forward to this ability. The two [View] and [Mind Reading] were terrific and surprised him. Thus, Cyril held much expectation for this ability.

Time seemed to stop for a moment. Cyril saw in his mind that the doctor said to him that it would take a long time to be discharged since there were many complications. Then Cyril saw himself smiling and saying thank you for the care to the doctor. Next, the doctor rubbed his head and opened his mouth to say something, but then the scene ended.

At that very moment, Cyril came back to reality and saw time returned to normal.

Cyril started gasping for breath anxiously and quickly. After some time, Cyril found his entire body from neck to legs was covered with sweat. Cyril had never felt so exhausted before. He felt something had sucked all of his energy.

'Oh my G.o.d! I almost suffocated. If that scene had ended anytime less that, I could have died. This ability turned out to be so dangerous. I need to be careful when I use this ability in the future.'

Cyril wanted to lie down and release a huge sigh, however, as to not let doctor beside him worry, Cyril, controlled himself.

After that, everything happened as Cyril had seen in the scene before. After that, Cyril calculated the time of the scene.

'This ability is so amazing. It is almost like I am watching the scene from the future. While it's only for a few seconds, it's amazing. Only ten seconds! It seems like that is my limit. On eleventh, it would be my dead body watching the scene. The price to see the future is nevertheless cheap.'

Autumn, Captial of Lanrobi

In the central region of Autumn, one could see a vast, majestic castle. The castle was where the royal family lived and ruled the whole nation.

Though Lanrobi was the smallest nation in the Ucor continent, it's military power was first in the whole continent. The rapid development of military force was all initiated by the current king of Lanrobi, Clark Robi.

King Clark was known as the peace-loving king, but many were puzzled by his actions. His mouth shouted peace all the time while his actions showed war. Thus, many people doubted him saying he was just a liar and a hypocrite.

King Clark remained quiet, ignoring those words. Later, even after many years, he didn't partic.i.p.ate in any war showing he loves peace.

His actions clearly told other countries that he wanted peace not because he was afraid of them, but because he truly desired it.

King Clark believed in this world, only when strong spoke, others would listen quietly; otherwise, when weak spoke, others would just laugh.

Thus, King Clark first made himself and the country strong, then declared his intentions.

Other countries also welcomed his decision saying he was great and wisest while heaving a sigh of relief secretly and making plans for wars.

In the central part of the castle, King Clark was sitting in his study room, and in front of him, there was an old man who was also sitting.

King Clark had a peaceful expression on his face while the old man looked tired and showed a helpless expression.

"Your majesty, please think carefully again. We have everything- plans, money, food, and weapons. Just say the word, and we can conquer the whole continent. You can be the sole ruler, a great Monarch…"

The old man said while showing a great excitement in his face. His eyes looked very bright, and his face betrayed his delight which he was hiding. He spoke until his mouth hurt.

However, King Clark only listened and didn't say anything. There was no expression on his face.

Seeing this, the old man thought King was interested and continued while squeezing every ounce of his remaining energy.

"..Billions will revere you. You will be the most powerful person…"

The old man spoke for about three minutes and stopped as he was out of words. He looked at King with great antic.i.p.ation and waited for him to speak.

There was silence in the room for about a minute. Then King Clark spoke with a peaceful, relax and pleasant expression.

"Uncle, Why do you desire war? Look at other countries; War has only given them death, destruction, sufferings, grief, and sorrows. Their lands are full of corpses, which have only delivered them tears, diseases, and sufferings, instead of crops, which could grant them a warm meal. The war only produced more the widows and the orphans."

King Clark spoke smoothly like a flowing river. There were no ups and downs in this speech. The old wanted to say something but ultimately chose to keep his silence.

"Listen to the chirping of birds which you couldn't listen in war. Watch the children playing and laughing which you couldn't watch in war. Look at roads full of people which you could see full of corpses in the war. Smell the fresh air which you could smell the air filled with blood in war."

King Clark looked at the old man in silence before he continued.

"Uncle, what right do you or I or anybody has to wipe those smiles from faces of people? While I may become the supreme ruler, the hate and the violence it would cause and bring will only beget more hate and violence."

"The war and violence are the never-ending and descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminis.h.i.+ng, it multiplies it grows. At last, there would be only chaos. The lies and hate will only continue to grow. You may murder the people, but you cannot murder the pains and suffering, nor establish the order. Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you can not murder hate."

At this moment, King Clark showed a sad expression while there was no expression in the old man's face.

"War will only add deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love, and peace can do that."

Author's Note: There are two timelines in this chapter.

14th May: Present time. A beautiful girl comes to visit Cyril. King Clark and the old man are having a conversation.

Another is when Cyril starts using his abilities for the first time(Three months ago).

I will try to avoid using timelines without any indication in the future.