("..." for dialogue, '...' for thoughts)
Prologue
Protag's POV
"... Where am I? WHO am I?"
"You are in the void. As for the second question, that is something you need to find out yourself."(???)
"...!! Who are you, and where are you!?"
"I am Soloman, the God of Wisdom, and truthfully, I am right in front of you, you just cannot see me because you are a soul in the void.”(Soloman)
"The void?"
"It is the place where souls with negative karmic debt go. Once you come here, your memories are wiped and you are to wander for eternity."(Soloman)
"...Then why are you here?"
"To pick up a soul, of course! And guess what, the soul I'm going to pick up is you! Aren't you happy?"(Soloman)
"... Why are you going to pick me up?"
"I will have you reborn in the world of Eternia! Now, come alo-"(Soloman)
"Why me?"
"Umm, for now, let us just say that your soul is unique."(Soloman)
"Okay."
"Now come along, I have to show you what Eternia is."(Soloman)
All of a sudden, I had a lurching feeling, and thought that I was going to be sick.
"Ah, here we are. Go ahead and try to look around."(Soloman)
I did as he said and was astounded by what I saw. A lush, green plain, clear blue skies, and a small village. It was extremely beautiful.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?"(Soloman)
I replied "yes" in amazement.
"Unfortunately, in 18 years, this world will become a battleground."(Soloman)
"...!!! What do you mean!?"
"The real reason I picked you up is so once you are reborn, you will participate in a battle against 3 other individuals. You see, I am one of the 4 Highgods. We are having a contest to decide who the next Ultimate God will be, as the previous Ultimate God was overthrown in a coup. Don't worry though, you also get a benefit if you win. You will become a Highgod as well, taking my previous position."(Soloman)
"So if I win, I become a Highgod and you become the Ultimate God?"
"Ahhh, I'm so glad I picked you, you catch on quick."(Soloman)
"One question."
"...Yes?"(Soloman)
"Why don't you 4 Highgods battle against each other, instead?"
"Weell, ehehehe, if we were to do battle, we would destroy the entire universe in the process. Why, when the coup was taking place, we destroyed 17 galaxies that were caught in the crossfire."(Soloman)
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I just floated there staring, dumbfounded with what he just said.
'Did he just say 17 GALAXIES!?!?!'
"So yeah, you get the gist of it right? We don't really want to wipe out trillions of sentient lifeforms. So that is why we are not going to fight amongst ourselves."(Soloman)
"............"
"Okay, so now I am going to explain what will happen before the battle- once you all turn 18, we will send down a messenger, which will be, I guess, what the people of this world call an angel, and it will tell you where to go to begin the battle."(Soloman)
"That's pretty straightforward."
"Oh, but it's not. Every god is allowed to grant their chosen 3 gifts. It is these gifts that will give the participants an edge in battle."(Soloman)
"Oh, and what gifts are you going to give me?"
"The first gift I am going to give you is to be able to instantly remember anything. Basically it’s highest order photographic memory. This first gift is to help you learn and adapt to this world. The second gift I will give you is a magic sword. It’s called Excaliber. It will manifest once you turn 10 years old. My final gift to you will be the ability to access any magic spells on the planet, even forbidden or forgotten ones.”(Soloman)
“That’s actually really convenient. Excaliber sounds like it will be a big help.”
“I have one more thing I am going to give you.”(Soloman)
“I thought you could only give me 3 gifts.”
“It doesn’t count as a gift if it was originally yours.”(Soloman)
After saying that, a beam of light hit me and several images flashed in my mind. Images of a man with a sword and he was standing in a circle of flames.
“In time you will understand what I gave to you, but for now, adieu.”(Soloman)
I saw a flash of light and this is what I heard-
“Come on Nyleene, push!!! There are still 2 more to go!(???)
-and in the background I heard crying, a lot of crying.
“wahhhhhh” “wahhhhhhh”
And that was the day Drake Helius Aresia was born.