Wiping away the greyish black foam multiple different symbols were revealed to me

They were all unique and eye catching and completely different from anything that was supposed to be readable

They resembled the constellation like symbols from the charms but they were also completely different as if they were of a completely different language

Using the flannel I cleaned out the filled lines revealing the full symbols for me to view

I twirled the crystal in my hands revealing all of them to me

They looked like chaotic lines and curves that couldn't form anything sensible all while forming a beautifully ordered symbol that seemed as if it came from ancient times while also looking futuristic beyond comprehension

It was confusing all whilst making perfect sense

Even though I stared at it I couldn't understand it or even think of its purpose

'Is it a message? Morse code?'

As I stared at it the symbols seemed to contain a depth beyond normal writing

Even though they were engraved into the crystal it seemed like they had a depth far beyond the crystals size

Placing it down next to the yellow viscous liquid that was rapidly evaporating I grabbed the satchel and opened it to find the cracked orb of the plant mutant that I had cut

Reaching in I pulled out my new dagger to carefully examine it

It was untouched and in perfect condition even as the viscous liquid dripped from its leather handle

'Tier 1 materials are really different'

Even though it had been bathed in the acid it hadn't received a scratch let alone had it been eaten away like my arms or the floor

Putting the dagger to the side I pulled out the broken orb that once held the liquid inside

The plant stem had been ripped off dragging a part of the thin membrane with it causing the liquid to pour out

Holding the small orb that still contained half of its liquid I also grabbed the crystal and held it in my other hand

As I held both of the strange items I noticed a dark glint inside the core of the crystal

Confused I moved them together but there was no change

Lifting the orb above the crystal I dripped a drop of the yellow acid onto the crystal and cleaned it thoroughly making sure I didn't miss any hidden marks

After a few minutes I finally found a two deep circular divots near the bottom left of one of the symbols causing the dim glow to explode into a blinding light that engulfed the crystal in a radiant grey light

In only a few seconds the plant shriveled up and the liquid started to evaporate as an unknown feeling caused my being to shiver

In only a few seconds the light swallowed itself and a small vortex appeared inside the crystal

As I held the crystal the energy started to extend and reach out towards my fingertips that held the crystal

As soon as the energy made contact with my fingers a euphoric feeling rushed into me

'W-what is this?'

The energy filling my entire being was warm and pleasant much like a warm bath

I didn't know how long I had been standing there or how long I had been lost in the comfort of the energy that seemed to be strengthening me

Suddenly realizing what was happening I looked down at my arm to see the wounds and flesh connecting to each other and scabs forming over my flowing blood

My body was repairing itself at an impossible rate and instead of feeling the pain of the wounds reversing I felt even more relaxed around those certain areas

Clenching my right empty fist my grip felt stronger

'Maybe, if I tried?'

Sliding my foot backwards I put strength into my waist and threw a punch with all the strength I could possibly gather

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"Toof"

Throwing a rough punch I felt a small clicking sound as soon as my arm fully extended

My fist had hit the air with such power that it had cracked

"D-did I m-mutate!?"

It was something I had wanted for so long that I had dreamed of it every single day of my life

I was so happy I wanted to kneel down and sincerely thank the asshole that had beaten me up so badly that they had given me the chance to mutate

Just as I was reveling in this new found power I heard a crackling like sound

Everything in the room suddenly lost any restrictions and began to float in the air completely defying gravity

Looking around confused a low groaning caught my ear

Turning to my side I saw something that scared me to my very soul

The brick and concrete wall opened up like an eye revealing the vast infinite expanse of the universe

Just as the 'eye' seemed to be slowing down it swallowed me whole and brought me in allowing me to float through everything. Seeing planets and nebulas float around me

Just as I was getting used to the beautiful dimensions and exploding black holes a deep buzzing burnt my ear drums

"C̶͈̯̼̯͚̓́̓ͅh̶̨̢̦͖̩̥̤̞̙̝̳̎̾͌̓̀̈́̋̀͑͌̚͜͠i̸̢͕̩̰̮͚͍̮͓̜͖̯̻̿̀̇͆̐̀̄̀̚͝l̷̛̛̛̛̖̼͖̼͈̬̦̪͚̜̓̀̆̔̂̃̄̇̾̇͜͝d̴̡̛̞͎͖̗͔͉̃́̈̒̈́̆͝͝.̷̧̞͖̹͚̱͎̖̩͍͉̻̏̀́͋̚͝ͅ ̵͕̝͇̖̅̈́̿̀W̴̡̧̺͈̤͓͓̻̘͔̭̤̞̩̣͑̔̀̆̈̆̅̊̕h̷̨̢̢̡͖͔̭̤̜͓͓̦̝̮͆̌͐̎̃̄͌͊̅͊̊̃̽͋͝a̶̱͉̻̯͉̦͔͛̈́͋̈́͗͗̐͑̄̐͛̾̕̚͝ͅẗ̴̨̧̲̰̰́͛̀̾̈̋̋̈̿͝͠ ̷̨̧͙̺̰͚͕̙͓̟̱͚̺͐̿̔͂̑̄͒̏ͅd̵̢̦͓̘̣͘͜͝ͅǫ̴̛͍̬̻̹͒̉̀̈́̈́̓̉̓̆̈́̈́̐͘ ̷̧̭̣̣̝̖͇̩̲͔̖̤͖̞̉̓̈́̎̊͐̇̇͑̾͛͗̀̚͜ỷ̵̡̨̡͕̹͙͈̙̪̩̍̐̿͗̓̑͗͊̓̈̎ͅo̵̢̞͍͖̼͕̲̺̍ư̶̢̢̢͔̼̦̙̦̠̘̳̼̪͓͋͒̿́̔̓͠ ̶̡̡͎̰̱̱͇̱̥̺̂͐͜͜ͅs̵͎̟̱̹̘̫̏̋ę̴̨̢̖̥̥̭̠̮̱̻̟̖̓͗̈́̓͗̓͗͜͜e̷̘̟̣͍̗̽̇ķ̸̦̟̹̤͔̜͓̞̞̹͇̝̬͇́͐̏̾̉̍̇͐͒͆̉͝͝?̴̢̨̭̲͎̩͙̜̦͓̔́"

The screaming tranquil voice cut through my brain like a knife revealing all of my thoughts and emotions to him as if to dissect me

No matter how ripped open and dissected I became I couldn't feel any pain

'Who are you!?'

"P̴̡̺̺͔̘̦̖͌̋́̀͆̈́͗̇̉̂̕̕l̴̘͈͛e̴͉̝̳̩̜̤̖̩͓͙͚͌a̷̡̗̖̥̞͙̤̻̣̱̗̫̿̊̈́͂̉̇̿̈́͑͑̿̊̎͒̕s̶̡̺͖̼͈̣͈̤͖̓̐̊̽̎̀̓̒̊̔͌̉͝͝ȩ̵̨̢̹͔̗͍͚̭̗͙̓̈́̃̄͝ ̸̧̨͓̙̮̏̂c̴̢̡̢̛̠̬̪͈̫̹͚̰̙͗͊͌͂̈̃͂̈́͐̚͜͝ą̵̡̳͖͙̈́̎̌͌̽l̵̡̙͕̰̠͇̬̯̓̌̒̈́̒̉̂͂̆͑̀͗͘͜͝ḷ̵̨̡͓̟̖̝̬͍̹̜̤̟̦͋̉̀̎̂͑̎̌͐͂̕̚ͅ ̸̧͚̥͎͚͓̻͂̊͊͜͝m̸̢̙̣̺̻͎̈́̋̿̍͗̎̏̐̇̚͜ę̸̡̗̲̺̹͎̻̝̪̉̏͊̀͆̚ ̷̡̛̗̃̏̇͐̃́́͝t̸͈̣̄́̓̈́͒̉̓ḣ̸̬̮̩̻̻̤̪͗̒͋̀̈̆̄̓͘͘ͅe̶̡̤̗͇̹̹̰̥͚̹̳̺͖͇͆͜ ̷̬̈̇̾̐͐̑c̸̢̡͖̤̹̼̫͙̯̘͖̥̰͛͂̈́̓̈̋͜͠͠͝͝ͅą̷̢̺̗̫̣̱͐͊͆̅̓ŗ̴̛͔̱̘̱̟͈̲́̉̾́͊̾̃̊́̚̕͜ě̷̢̢̩͎̪͊͑̇̅ţ̴̰̱̥͉̼̺̥̤͉͍̘̔̀͋͊̈́͗̿̕͘̕͜͝ą̸͚͎̈́̀̍̽̒̋̾̓̈́̏ķ̸̛̝͇̰̼̗̎̋͒̓̐͌̏͌̉̿̐ē̵̙͉̣̃ŗ̸̩̯̱͎̖̳̦̝̈"

'Caretaker?'

"W̷̨̨̡̺͙̲͖͇̫̯̱̗̘̱̜̆̔̌̌̍̓̓̊͋̑͛̾̓͝͝h̵̛̠̙͖͇̹̲̗̣̆̿͌́̈́͗̑͌̂̕͝a̵͔͕̼̜͓̞̺̠̠̰͚̪̝̒̓ͅt̶̛̬̮̫̊͐̃̃ ̷̢̡̛̲̹̻͙̪̖̩̬̹̳̜͎̎̏͋ì̸̢̛̭̼̗̱̤͍̜̠͚͛̔̑́͛́̿̋s̵̤̝̮̹̟̯͕͎̣̤͕͎̈̍̀̊͋̉̌̅̈́́̇ ̷̡̣͖̠͙̙̙̩͇̼̪̺̈į̷͓̩̞̜̮̞̠͚̝̦̪̳͎͚̍̋͛͘̚t̵̞̳̝͈̣̘͉̳̑̍͜ͅ ̸̝̮̺͕̫̲̤͍͖̭̓̕͝ͅy̵̢͓͓̝̩͖̤̪̲̣̜̝͊̈́̒͐̋̊̚̕͠͝͝ở̴̬͉̘͇̩͇͔̮̠̑͋̂͋̍̈́̕̚͘͝͝u̷̻̬͓̰͇̲̜̦͒̅̅̏͘͠ͅ ̵̌̇̚͝ͅẅ̴̡̢̮̫̠̭̪͉̱̥̭̼͚́ą̷̠̘͍̣̬̽̌̑̆͛͠͝͠ṋ̸͈̗̜͎͚̜͓̰̫̰͕̩̎̂̂̍͌̂̎͊̒̃̀͜͜ṱ̷́̀̾̂́̽͒̋ ̶̪͓͛͌͆̔̈́̓͊̾͌̋̚̚͠m̶̡̨̧̡̻̹̦̝̪͙͌͜o̶̡͇̭͇͖̝̘̘̯͓̦̪̾̎̈̎͒̒̌́̅̋̅̚͝͠s̵͕̽̈́̄̈́̑̀͗͋͑̈̕ẗ̷̛̻̯̪́̈́̂̊̊̌̌̍͂̂̿͑͜?̸̨̱̮̮͇̯̠̳̲̈́̍̚"

'What I want?'

'I want... T-to be on top of everyone!'

"Ą̵̳͇̝̣͖͓̩̽̓̑̈́̑͌̒͒̅̈́̇͘͘̚ ̷͖͕̲͇̂̆̽̃̀̀̔͌̾̒̾̔͝R̴̨̳̳̙̼͉̄̆̔ų̵̢̢̛̖͖̰͚̲̜͕͖͚̉́́̈́͂͊̇͋̈̚͝͠ḷ̶̩̻̑̔̊̈̓͐̅̄̾̉̃̽̓̚͘e̵̯͖̲̲͉̼͆̈́̽͗̒̓̀̔̀̋̃̒͠͝ͅr̷̢̦̝̩̋͌̂̈͒̄̚?̷͓͖̭̳̖̝̭̽̏͊͋̒͒"

'No. I want to be stronger than them. Better'

"Ḣ̶̛͖̥̺̝̦͓̹̘͖̰͙̳̆͛͋̏́̇́͛͆̚m̶̡̨͓̲̼̗̮͐̿̔̅̚͜͠m̴̡̧̖̺̦̗̥̖͔͚͇̯͋̓̐̿̐̃̒̐̎͐̈́̂̽̽m̵̨̟̻̘̰̟̪̳̻͚͋̑̈́̆̒̎̚̚ͅ.̸̨̨̤̟̬̜͚̩̼͖̱̇̍̾̏̇̏̋̇͛ ̴̤̭͔͖̄̈́̉͋̋̅̈́͐̒̏̓̈́̾͘À̶̤̖͌͆́͑͛͑́̐̂̑͋͊̾ ̸̡̭̘̥̪̬͚̄p̵̪̭̼̺̤̣̬̬̅͐̃̆͒̎̑͑r̷̡̡͇̫͙̻͕̳͇̜̖͛̈́̊͐̄̏͗̇̊͋̎̏͜ͅͅe̷̗̭̠̰̳͖̰̻̦̭̫̫͛͆̿d̵̳͌̀̍͛͝ą̸̮͓͙̭̘̠̱͇̱̲̓̓̀̉̕ť̴̝͖̲̜̯̖̜͍ờ̸͎̠̥̼̦̣͙͖̘̭̹̼̑͠r̴̡̢̼̥͇͍̭̣̱̰͍̝͖̣͙̀̄́ ̷̺̼͗̄p̸̝̥͕̰͔͍̫̤͉̥̣̎́͜ė̵̢̛̠̬͖̜̥̤͕̳̠͊͌͝r̴̹̭̘͐̑̃̾̌̆̑͂̚͘h̴̢̠̠͍̟͙͍̻̳̯͖̜̦͓͈̽̾̈̃̈́̈́̉͠ȧ̷̹͉̟͍͉̟͎̝̖̯̻̥̻̼̜́̽̒̈́̊̀̕p̶̧̡̢͎̤̙̭͚̯̣̼̙̆̀̑s̸̨̛̪̝̺̥̗̪̘̲̙̭̏̏̎̔̒͠?̵̨̢͚̯̦͉̹̮̲͓̓́̃"

'Yes! I want to be the top of the food chain, a hunter!'

"T̵̻͈̮̣̗̝̞͕̥̲͙̖͈͍̀̇̓͂̍̎̀͂͝͠h̵̡̰̻̖̘̹̣̹̥̲͎͓̳͊̌̊̋̔́̈́̅͆̎̅̀e̵̖̱̺͑͊͋̑̈́͂̈́͌̊̅̀͝n̶̼̲̪̫̝̪̜͕̅̊̽̆̈́̊̆̌̽̊̐̈̚͠ ̵̢̜̲̖̤̼͚̬̇͒̀̂̆̉́̏͌͘͝ş̴̙̻͍̞͚͉̞̼̼̞̩̱̋̄̏͜ǒ̶̭́̈́̎̀̌̄̾ ̵̩̒̓̉̒̍͆̆̇͘͘͝͝ḭ̶̗͂t̶̢̼̪̱̲̣͚̙̀͌̏̔ ̵͈͕́͒͝ͅs̷̜͉͒͑͌̈́̽̏̑̾͜͜ḧ̵̢̡͈͙͈̺́a̴͍̟̳̹͚͎̞̜̦̺̓̆̈̈̃̓l̵̜͉͆̈́̓̔͠l̵̛̛̹͖̪͕̣̠̟̩͚̞̪̉̄͛͐̉̃̆̈̽̍̕͘͜ͅ ̸̞̓̅̓̊̀̈́͂̄͜b̸̜̖̰̟̖̭̤́̂̌̍̓̐́̎̋͠͝ȩ̶̢̺͈͓͓́̿̒͊̓̓̌̐̌̉̓͌͘͘"

It was odd. Usually I would have a guard but something about his voice caused only the truth to flow from me

And before I knew it I found myself staring at what could only be described as destruction

L̶̨̢̛̖̦̥̩̙̱̹̠̰͓͊͑̐̋́̀͜ͅö̶̧̡̧̨̯̟̫̮̞̦̻͎̜̙́̉͜o̴̦̬̻̫̞̘̟̹̞̥͎̖̰͙̽͜ḱ̸̢͍̭͓̺̟̱̯̤͙̫̣̻̝̏̆̉̃̐͛͂̌͂̐͛͘̚͝ ̵̘̹̺̖̘͌̌̃̾̌͂̋͗̋ṳ̴̹̝̘̞͈͕͔̯͔̼̒͗̋̉̋̿͑ ̵̛̥̤̼̻͔̻̙̭͓̲̕p̶̲̘̞̻͍͎̥̱̎̌̇̈́͌̿͂̎͐́o̸̡͓͔̤͖͇̺̰̣̪̭̝̪̲̿͜ņ̶̢̨̮͔͓̫̮̘̬̳̠̻̂ ̸͚̮͎͚̞̳̙͙̬̣̋͜y̵̝̽̃͘̕o̵̧͈̲̞̮͖̟̫̤͉̟̐̏͊̊͛̉̇̌̊͛͊͛̈̌͠u̶̢̜̞̗̲̫̱̝̱̰͔͓̖̭͌̒͜ ̸͓̙͖̟͍̥͙͍͈̣̯͑̅́̈́́̉͋̋̂̔́̚͝r̶̛̗̫̖̞͍̹̞͕̰̈́̀̏͋̒̀̅͒̓̄͘͜͠ͅ ̸̛̜̗̹͖̮̤̻̙͐͗͒̒̃̈͐̂͠c̷͈̘͓̏h̷̨̟̥̻̲̯͕̤͔́͌͜͠ȍ̸̮́̈́̽́͒́̚i̶̢͓͔͔͕̻͉̼̝̲̹͕̭̺͛̓͠c̴͖̓̈́̐̊̌́̂ȩ̴̲̮͕̺̀̕

A demonic monster stood upon a world covered in bodies

The demonic monster had large bird like wings, a thick tail ending with mandibles and fingers, thick scales peeking out from beneath its dark grey fur

It looked like a monster made up of every creature to ever exist in the world making its entire existence both beautiful and revoltingly incorrect

The ground was made of corpses and rivers were painted red

The trees were forged from bones and multi coloured thin vines

The sun had multiplied, covering the sky in burning orbs, threatening to fall upon the demon at a moments notice

The air seemed to freeze around the monster trying to deprive 'it' of any breathable air

The bodies reached up and grabbed a hold of the demons six legs as well as imbedding their limbs into the creatures body trying to stop it from running away

The demon opened its maw wide enough to fit a whole torso within before a clicking resounded from its stomach

Then without warning flames of red and blue exploded from its mouth burning the world and turning everything into ash before being blown away disintegrating into nothingness

The ash and burnt world stopped midair and reformed into different structures and masses holding the creature down even after they had disintegrated

With every second the fire grew more powerful trying to destroy its bindings

When it was about to be strong enough to instantly erase everything it swirled out of his mouth and formed a spear that rose up into the air

The demonic beast quickly stopped but it was too late

The fire converged into a spear high in the air and became golden by absorbing one of the fire orbs power before diving back down onto the demon burning it completely and burning the land of bodies and ash instantly

Anything within a few kilometers immediately turned into ashen figures, frozen forever in time

The corpses who were lucky to survive were melted and mixed together forming an ocean of burnt flesh and welded bone causing my throat to fill with vomit that I could barely suppress

I stood there waiting to see what had happened to the demon that was swallowed up by the pillar of golden flames as the welded flesh continued to merge together on its own