Reincarnated as Duke’s Heir
Copyright© 2025 by TheSmartOne
Chapter 3: Lucas Ignis
Before the Birth of the Heir
Darkness.
Not the kind where you just turn off the lights and struggle to find your phone. No. This was something deeper—something ancient, something ... wrong.
I didn’t remember closing my eyes, but now they were open—if I even had eyes. I wasn’t sure. Because the only thing I saw around me was an abyss of swirling blackness stretching infinitely in every direction.
“Ugh...” I groaned. My voice sounded weird, almost like it was fading into the void. “Where the hell am I?”
No answer. Figures.
The last thing I remembered was—BOOM! Right. The explosion. The lab. The fire. And a whole lot of screaming, mostly mine. I died.
“Shit ... so this is the afterlife?” I muttered, looking down—or at least I tried to. I didn’t have a body. Instead, I was ... glowing? My whole existence flickered like a flame, a ghostly, ember-like wisp floating in this endless darkness.
Oh, great. I finally become fireproof, and it happens after I die.
I tried moving, and surprisingly, I could drift around like a floating ember. Then I noticed something else—other glowing wisps, scattered around me like tiny stars in this void.
But unlike me, they were different. These ones looked like simple spheres—smooth, contained, and stable. Meanwhile, I looked like a bonfire barely holding itself together.
“Okay ... that’s not ominous at all,” I muttered, narrowing my fiery form toward one of them.
Curiosity took over. I reached out—well, more like floated into it.
The moment I touched the glowing orb, it melted into me.
WHOOOSH.
A strange warmth rushed through me, a feeling like someone just turned on the lights inside my mind. My thoughts became clearer. I felt ... stronger.
“What the hell was that?” I muttered, looking around at the remaining orbs.
Then an idea hit me. If one made me feel like this...
A slow grin spread across my non-existent face.
I lunged at another one. Then another. And another.
Each time I absorbed one, a rush of clarity and strength surged through me, like leveling up in some game. It became addicting. My mind, once groggy, now felt like a supercomputer. My presence in this void, once unstable, now grew firmer—more real.
I didn’t know what these orbs were, but I knew one thing—I wanted more.
And so, I devoured them.
I lost track of time. Maybe minutes passed. Maybe years. I didn’t care. By the time I was done, I felt ... different. More.
Then, before I could fully enjoy my newfound power—
WHOOOSH!
A sudden force yanked me, dragging me faster than light itself.
“What the f—”
Before I could even finish, everything flashed—and the next thing I knew...
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