To the Abandoned Dungeon Lair

The Imp flew light on his invisible state, its work nearly done after almost an entire year grinding in this gods forsaken valley. It was a weird thing, ranking up. Most demons didn't get the chance to wait, their magical cores activating as soon as they hit their caps, and Carnachias and Melanoche had no idea what would happen with his System options when a Rank 1 imp evolved while level 100. It had never happened before, and Damaskinos felt that after months of routine, suffering and pain, something unprecedent was but his just reward for his sacrifices.

He used an air lance to puch a hole through the snow covering the entrance, the evidence of the winter storms ravaging the mountains shown on the way the grey stone pagoda was almost completely buried, and he made haste darting down the corridors of what had become his second lair. the painful memories of summer non-withstanding. He was so happy he could almost explode, he would get to speak with Carnachias again, and he would possibly be free of loitering around this valley.

He arrived at the broken core in high spirits, but paused for a second at the burned out melted stone walls, landing on the scarred floor. His invisibility came undone, and he made a minute of silence, sitting down cross legged on the ground. He was small, and it was time to become a slightly bigger part of the greater whole.

"Wind Infusion"

He didn't even blink anymore, casting regeneration to heal his sandblasted body before repeating the operation. The wind element had immediately reacted to the earth element contamination on his body, but that was of no concern. The pain was temporary and evolution was here.

"Dark Infusion"

Parts of his flash simply ceased to exist in pops of light with shadow, and he had to cast regenerate to stop even more black blood from flowing into the coagulated mess surrounding his sitting frame, leftover from the Wind and Earth merry meeting.

"Regenerate"

He waited, gritting his teeth. He was so close, so close now. Finally the pain ceased, and he said the last words he would ever say as an Imp

"Initiate Evolution"

And the world turned black as his conscience was pulled into his core.