In a seemingly infinite void, a lonely soul wandered; he didn't remember how long he had been doing this, he actually didn't remember anything about his past life but he had been wandering for a long time.
"Who knows how long it has been since I last saw stars and galaxies, but my favorites are still nebulae."
thought the soul; it was one of the rare moments when he thought, most of the time he spent in hibernation floating in the void as if on automatic mode.
And so more time passed.
“Eh! What is that?"
In front of the soul, there was an immense, completely black castle that blended in with the void, with two doors thirty meters high. The soul, which had not seen anything for a long time, was pleased to see something new so it decided to enter.
All euphoric, he headed at full speed toward the doors and crashed into them, after recovering could feel pain and wondered "What's going on? I'm pretty sure I could pass through the rocks that were wandering around space. why can't I now? Could it be the material this castle is made of?
After wandering around for a while I found an opening to get through and, with difficulty, managed to get in; the interiors were bare and large, as I wandered I passed many rooms of various sizes all empty, while the throne room was also bare with a lone throne at the far end.
Eventually, he found some stairs that had to go down to the ground floor and as soon as he went down he found himself in the prisons all open and unused.
At the end of the corridor, he glimpsed a glow and as soon as he arrived he found himself in a huge room with an infinite number of chains that converged in a bubble in the center with strange symbols drawn on it. The floor was all covered with other symbols which however seemed different from those on the bubble...
In the center of the bubble was a black fog with stakes stuck in it, as the soul approached from the fog two beautiful blood-red eyes that looked feminine appeared, followed by the voice of a woman whose every word seemed to carry the weight of a world.
[I haven't had any visitors in a long time! And to think it would be from a lonely little soul wandering the void]
[I doubt you can free me as weak as you are?]
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[Can you talk?]
The soul, struggling a little to resist the pressure behind his words, replied.
"And?"
[Why don't you seem sure you can speak?]
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“I have been wondering for a long time in space and even longer in the void and you are the first existence I have spoken to, I didn't even know I could speak in this form; Plus I'm rusty at creating concrete thoughts and it takes me time to formulate sentences."
[I understand your problem, too have been trapped here since time immemorial and I was starting to find it hard to think]
[What brings you here?]
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“I had been wandering in the void for so long that as soon as I saw something new I wanted to explore it"
[How long have you been wandering]
“I don't know but three-fifths of the time it is elapsed in the void, the rest among the stars, and I was able to see millions of them being born and dying"
[From what you say your soul must be very old perhaps even older than me?
Could you be a primordial soul?]
“What is a primordial soul?”
[Is a primordial soul a soul that has existed almost since the beginning of time?]
“So I'm not a primordial soul because when I was alive the universe was 13.787 billion years old”
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"Why don't you talk?"
[You are a primordial soul! You just don't realize how much time you've spent wandering and it's not for me to tell you.]
“ok?”
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“What are you doing here?”
[Can't you see I'm imprisoned?]
"Why?"
[The people who imprisoned me feared my power]
[Now let me ask you a question. Will you help me free?]
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“ok! What should I do?"
[hahaha. As you are now nothing]
[First I will let you reincarnate and then you will have to become strong enough to free me]
“Can you do this while imprisoned?”
[Who do you think you're talking to is a very simple thing for me]
“Since it's so simple, why don't you give me some help too?”
[mmh… something should be possible but don't expect too much, I'm imprisoned and have many restrictions, what were you thinking how do you help?]
“Ok, but first tell me about how things work, even the most banal ones. It's been a long time since I was alive and things will have changed."
[Let's see... everything is regulated by the system that gives levels based on the magical beasts you kill, what you create, or the skills you level up; the skills normally belong to some once obtained you can have ten levels, five of knowledge and five of mastery and in turn divided into two basic mastery levels, two intermediate and one advanced. After that are skill twists that will allow you to increase the skill level cap by ten every twist.]
[With each level you get stat points, the amount varies based on the rarity of your class, you can assign them to various statistics]
[Then there are the classes, the first is unlocked at ten years old which is the average age at which a person decides what he wants to become, but you can remain without a class and postpone the choice until you unlock a suitable class, the various choices depend on what you have done in life up to that point and the goals you have achieved; finally you can get other classes once you reach specific levels in the main class or bond]
[Lastly, there are the energies for which you have an affinity and the bonds, there are many energies but a planet can have a maximum of 4 and a person can be born with an affinity for only one of them; there are many links and they can be for an element or an essence will be more easy to control it compared to others; with this, I should have explained to you the essential thing to know]
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"mmm..."
"I chose! There are two things I want, first a weapon that is weak at the start but that can grow with me and that I can improve to give it abilities, such as the ability to repair itself with energy"
[it's possible]
“Second I want two guides, one guide on what I have to do to obtain the various abilities, another for the various information, which I will have to unlock by doing certain actions or recovering materials”
[this will be much harder but I should do it]
"Perfect! So when you let me reincarnate I can't wait to be alive again."
after speaking the soul began to feel tired and to see more and more black, feeling a sensation of being dragged away.
only the imprisoned woman remained in the now-empty castle.
[who knows if he will succeed?]
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upon returning to consciousness I found myself in a dark space without being able to move my body, wait... BODY I HAVE A BODY!!! After getting over the excitement of finally being alive he realized that the situation was strange, he couldn't move and everything was black, so he tried to bring up the status window.
Name:
sex:
Age: -8 months 2 weeks
Race: Human (Expert) (Heirloom)
Energy alignment: Aura
Link: War
Titles: ?????
Racial Trait 1:
Racial Trait 2:
Racial Trait 3:
Racial Trait 4:
Racial Trait 5:
Racial Trait 6:
Racial Trait 7:
Racial Trait 8:
Racial Trait 9:
Racial Trait 10:
Class:
General Skills:
Passive Skills:
Active Skills:
Aura: 10
Aura Regeneration (/hour): 10
Vitality: 100
Strength: 0
Agility: 0
Resistance: 0
Intelligence: 38
Wisdom: 52
Charisma: 0
“so I'm not born yet, this explains my situation and the lack of information on the status page, let's see if I can get an explanation of things”
Ting! you have acquired general analysis skills!
Aura: one of the 4 energies of this planet, it allows you to strengthen your body and coat your weapons.
“Short but concise, I see much more potential than what is written there, since I just got analyzed I must have left out a lot, who knows if I can analyze analyze”
Analyze: (level: beginner) allows you to analyze the simplest things or obtain basic information from higher objects. next level: 2/500
“He told me there were some skills that didn't follow normal leveling this must be one of them, I have to use it 498 more times to level it up, I bet I can't analyze the same thing twice and get progress; let's go back to the statistics, strength, agility, and endurance are self-explanatory"
Vitality: How much vitality your body can hold. Your body will not be able to contain a soul without it.
"So if it drops to 0 my soul will no longer be able to stay in my body and I will die.
Intelligence: learning ability and magical potential.
“I don't have any other stats to compare it to so I don't know if it's a lot”
Wisdom: ability to memorize and magical control.
“So high wisdom corresponds to better memory and better magical control; It's a great stat to have.
Charisma: ability to attract and maintain the attention of others. Increases the flow of aura.
I assume flow refers to the speed at which the aura travels within my body; each stat had an additional effect it's better if I check the physical stats too.
Strength: Your strength capacity and maximum amount of boost increase.
If I understand correctly, strength determines not only how strong I am but also how much I can strengthen myself. If one's strength is 10 they can have upgrades up to 10 for a total of 20 but if their strength is 11 they can have a total of 22; The system says that the aura serves to strengthen the body in this case it is better if I get used to this system since I will have to use it often.
Agility: Reaction time, running speed, dexterity, and spell enhancement flow.
“Strength is as much as I can empower me and agility is how quickly I do it; it seems that everything that comes from the 4 energies is called spells or magic.
Resistance: Ability to resist poisons, diseases, and physical and magical damage.
This is self-explanatory. Now the only remaining doubt is the racial traits, either I haven't developed them yet or I haven't inherited them.
Let's move on to what I was given, I'm sure I can't make the weapon appear here, so let's move on to the guides. Looking up at the status screen I saw 3 icons, one was stats, and the second was a book with an A on it, these must be the skills. By opening the icon I found myself in front of a search panel with lots of specifications to enter and an infinite list of skills"
“It doesn't seem like a very quick way to look for skills"
[You can always ask me]
“Huh! Who are you because you have his voice?”
[I am a small part of his mind that has been filled with essential information and given to you so that you can find it when you are strong enough]
“Okay, so you're not her but just a part of her. Now that I think about it, I didn't ask your name, what's your name?”
[This Information is not in my memory]
“Okay, it means I'll ask you when I free you”
The third icon had a book with a pen containing general information about plants, minerals, the 4 energies, and the history of this world.
After that, I look at the fourth icon seeing the symbol of a sword.
“Why do I have a fourth icon with a weapon on it?”
[It is used to customize the shape of your soul weapon and add various abilities to it]
“What is a weapon of the soul?”
[A weapon tied to your soul, which you can recall at any time]
"Sounds very useful"
Looks like I'll be able to spend my time customizing my weapon.