Chapter 12: Glimpse of a higher power.
1st person POV.
Mmm… What happened? As my consciousness slowly started to wake up, I spent a couple of seconds just getting my bearings back before remembering what I was doing and how I had fallen unconscious after choosing my class.
‘But what is this place and why can't I feel my body, everywhere I look it's just endless darkness.’
As I was wondering what the hell was happening, a system window popped up in my vision.
Attention!
It has been detected that this is the host’s first class Selection, thus the One-time beginner benefit has been used.
A recording of a powerful individual who has walked the host’s class path will be shown to the host. Please watch extremely attentively as this is a one-time benefit. The host may acquire many different types of benefits if they can reach enlightenment from the recording.
Starting the recording of the Astral Destroyer, Libran Starsworth in 5..4..3..2..1..0..Starting….
Just as I finished reading the window and noticed the timer had reached 0, the endless darkness all around me was consumed by a blinding white light which blinded me for a few seconds. When I could see again what lay before my eyes was a scene so awe-inspiring that words would fail to convey it fully.
I was somewhere in space and facing a magnificent planet that I could see was inhabited by a highly technologically advanced civilization. The entire planet was covered in modern and sleek-looking skyscrapers and looked to be made up of liquid metal, which I saw clearly as my vision just zoomed to them when I focused.
The sci-fi-looking skyscrapers and buildings didn't make the plant look any less natural as every building and skyscraper was covered in greenery and blended with nature so that it didn't look too unnatural at all.
Another thing that caught my attention more than the magnificent planet was the massive fleet of spaceships that were stationed all around the planet. There were so many spaceships that I couldn't even count them and there were also countless blue-skinned humanoid individuals floating in outer space without wearing any spacesuits of any kind.
I couldn't understand how those individuals could just float in space without dying wearing no spacesuit and only wearing some casual clothing. This scene drove home the fact that I was in a fantasy world.
But even all those couldn't compare to the ridiculousness of a single individual who was wearing nothing but a plain black cloak and simple white trousers. The person looked exactly like a teenage human boy except for its pointy ears and eyes that looked like galaxies. Each of them was an orb of pure black filled with countless twinkles of different lights like countless stars. As I looked at the individual, a system window popped up in my vision.
Status Tab
Name: Libran Starsworth
Age: ???? (Cannot analyze)
Race: Planet Devouring Elve
Level: ??? (Cannot analyze)
Rank: A
Titles: Astral Destroyer, Planet Devourer, Traveler of Universes, The One Acknowledged by the Stars, ???, ???,... (Cannot analyze)
Class: Astral Destroyer (Divine)(Blessed)
Divine Domain: ?? (Major), Destruction (Minor).
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Hp: ?/? (Cannot analyze)
Mp: ?/? (Cannot analyze)
Stats:
???? (Cannot analyze)
Skills:
Active:
True Astral Magic lvl.?, True Void Magic lvl.?, True Spatial Magic lvl.?, ??, ??, … (Cannot analyze)
Passive:
Complete Astral Mana Dominion lvl.?, Void Forged Body lvl.?, Astral Mana Absorption lvl.?, ??, ??, …. (Cannot analyze)
Spells:
Homing Stars of Annihilation (Astral)(Destruction)(80%), Reality Jump (Spatial)(Void)(10%), ??, ??, … (Cannot analyze)
Martial Arts:
??, ??, … (Cannot analyze)
Divine Orders:
??, ??, ??, ??
…Wow, just wow I am speechless, this is the first time that the system outright said that it cannot analyze something, does this mean that individuals of high enough rank can even interfere with the system itself? Also, man, if the countless question marks and the crazy titles and overpowered skills didn't convince me that this man was someone who could easily kill me without even thinking, then the rank did. Every instinct of mine is screaming that I will die if I dare even breathe in this man’s presence.
As I watched the scene in front of me, Libran who was floating without moving until now suddenly raised his left arm which appeared frail, unblemished, and weak but one could feel that arm had immense power hidden in it. All the individuals in the Interstellar fleet tensed up when Libran raised his arm and all the spaceships activated some kind of energy shield.
Then as I watched the scene extremely attentively for a couple of seconds, a radiant tsunami of Astral Mana mixed with what I think is Destruction Mana flooded outer space for thousands of kilometers. Then it all came together and formed countless twinkling miniature pure black stars which I assume are the Homing Stars of Annihilation.
All the Homing Stars of Annihilation started to slowly drift towards the army for 2 seconds before they disappeared from my vision. The next second the empty void of space was suddenly filled by the countless explosions of energy blowing up the frontline of the army and even the ships behind the frontlines got hit by a shockwave which rendered them useless.
Thankfully the shockwave passed through me without harming me. Though right now my mind was just trying to process how in the hell those slowly drifting Homing Stars of Annihilation suddenly annihilated the frontline of the army in an instant. As I looked at the battle before me which would have me dropping my jaw right now if I had one as I was just a ghost-like projection or something, the army launched their first attack.
All the individuals in the army started what I presume is a chant as a vast amount of mana flowed them all to form a giant, glorious, and archaic looking true to God Magic circle like the ones I had read about in novels. As the magic circle started humming with more and more power, the Astral Destroyer in response to this attack opened his mouth for the first time until now. Though the voice which spoke out of that mouth was incredibly ancient and incomprehensibly powerful.
“Threads of Timeless Space… Abide the Astral Destroyer’s Will”
“Ought Bend Space and Time… Crush and Erase Life”
“In an Eternal Sea of Nothingness, shall the Astral Destroyer’s Will Reside”
“In a Fruitless Pursuit of Endless Gluttony shall He Growl and Hunger”
“In between The Oblivion and Existence”
“Lurks The Devourer of Worlds, Eating Worlds for Eternity”
“Divine Order: {Maw of the Devourer}”
As the ancient voice finally stopped speaking, I snapped out of my dazed reverie which I had unconsciously fallen into while hearing the mysterious chant that the Astral Destroyer spoke. Then I noticed the Colossal apparition of a massive maw lined with countless gigantic and sharp-looking fangs and the inside which looked like a black hole forming in front of the Astral Destroyer.
Just as the Maw of the Devourer finished forming, the magic circle of the army unleashed its combined power all at once in the shape of a spear with a rainbow of endless colored flames covering it. As the spear shot towards the gaping Maw of the Devourer, the Astral Destroyer spoke once again following which the Maw started to get ready to bite.
“First Divine Order: {Bite of the Devourer}”
As the spear reached within biting range of the Maw of the Devourer, the Maw immediately bit it with such speed and force it created a far-reaching shockwave. However, the bite didn't completely break it as the spear accelerated even more and started spinning while the multi-colored flames burned even brighter. The clash of these two attacks created a mini star as the flames of the spear kept growing brighter and brighter before a ‘snap! ’ resounded throughout space as the spear broke and got slowly devoured by the Maw of the Devourer only being to last three seconds.
Then suddenly the Astral Destroyer snapped his head in my direction in an instant before I was pushed away and sucked into a crack in the recording. Only heard the Astral Destroyer speak to me before being forced out of the recording which was spoken in a surprisingly normal human voice that carried a hint of curiosity.
“Hmm.. Interesting so the system dared to use my recording like this, even though I had clearly denied it before… Well, anyway thanks for helping me discover the fact that the system was using it. ”
As I was forced out of the recording I started to feel my physical body again. I slowly started waking up from my sleep-like state while reflexively yawning.