Rebirth and the Abyss

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Amin awoke suddenly, curled up in a ball. His eyes couldn't open, nor could he get out of his uncomfortable position. Starting to panic, he tried to slam the wall of whatever cage he was in. In reality, it ended up being a weak tap, as he was unable to move much. After tapping the same point consecutively, the egg broke.

Egg? Wait, shouldn't I be... in bed? Is this a dream? No, that's right. I died.

Amin volunteered as a junior coach at a golf program. He liked working with the young kids, and let his guard down when around them. One boy, who seemed a little energetic, turned out to be straight insane and began to injure the other children with a club. Amin tried to protect the children, but was killed by having his neck crushed. He would never know if his death prevented any other of his students from dying, but he decided it wasn't the worst way to go. 

In his odd new body, Amin crawled out of his egg. He was stunned by the world around him.

What the hell is this? Am I a newborn of some sort? Everything looks massive.

Turning around, Amin could see a sea of eggs, all of various size and shape, some broken and some intact, covering the shore of what seemed to be an island. At first he thought it like a sea turtle breeding site, then he came to a grand realization.

This sulfurous air, the red ocean, the black sand. I've read about this somewhere. This feels too real. I can move my entire body, is this really a dream? Or has my soul been implanted into a newborn demon's body, like Roy from Custom Made Demon King? This setting is way too much his birth as a demon. If that is the case, I need to eat my egg, a few other demon infants if I can, and run into the volcano waaaay over there.

As he formulated his plan, Amin munched on his egg, which tasted awful due to the sticky fluid that coated it. He was about to puke it out when a load of information entered his mind. Images of demons fighting angels, eating what seemed to be souls, and two demons flooded his mind. After he regained control over himself, Amin tried to figure out what he just saw.

What was that? That wasn't the stuff Roy saw when he ate his egg, was it? He didn't see his parents, but I did. Or so I think. A succubus and a black fishlike demon. I mean...

He looked at his body, taking note of his now gray skin, sharp nails, and a tail that sprouted from his lower back. It was thin and seemingly more frail than his other limbs. It had an arrow at the end, like most demons he saw in fiction. He had two bulges on his forehead, and surprisingly some short onyx black hair on his scalp. 

I don't know if I really resemble either of them. Yay for hair, though. And I have a demon name now, it was... ah, something. I only remember the last two names, Noval Akros? So I can pass asa Akros. Maybe Noval can be used as an alias around non demons. 

As he swallowed the last piece of eggshell, there was no memories, but voice is his mind. The same voice that told him his name. 

'Custom Made Demon King system has activated!'

Wait a sec- holy shit.

A illusionary panel appeared in front of Akros' face, stunning him. He had seen this before in fiction, but it now it was really happening. A eye emerged from the screen, blinked at him, and promptly disappeared. Then an image of a gray skinned humanoid creature was shown on the screen. It was rotating slowly, and beside it there were options such as Inventory, Create, Modify, Save, and Status. After gawking at the screen for a moment, Akros tapped the Status button, to no effect.

Ah, it's one of those. I gotta use it mentally, like... Status!

As he predicted, the screen got larger to show a list of information beside Akros' seflie. 

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