SYSTEM VERSION 0.1 HAS BEEN PURGED. VERSION 1.0 WILL NOW BE INITIATED.
GENERATING NEW LAWS OF PHYSICS.
NEW UNIVERSE CREATED. ERROR NOT ENOUGH ENERGY, REDUCING SIZE OF UNIVERSE. ERROR NOT ENOUGH ENERGY, REDUCING SIZE OF UNIVERSE. ERROR NOT ENOUGH ENERGY, REDUCING SIZE OF UNIVERSE. ERROR NOT ENOUGH ENERGY, REDUCING SIZE OF UNIVERSE. ERROR NOT…….
“Oi. The fuck is this?”
The message just kept repeating, and I for one didn’t find it to be a good sign at all. This AI Yamal did just hit the off switch, now i just hope the restart button wasn’t malfunctioning.
Eventually, after five minutes, a new window popped up.
ERROR. ENERGY DENSITY OF MANA TO HIGH. NOT ENOUGH ENERGY TO SUSTAIN PREVIOUS UNIVERSE SIZE………...
SOLUTION FOUND. COMPRESSING UNIVERSE INTO A SINGLE PLANETARY SYSTEM
SUPER MANA STAR SOL FORMED.
SUPER MANA SATELLITE LUNA FORMED.
SUPER MANA PLANET ETARA FORMED.
ADDITIONAL ENERGY REMAINING. TWELVE PLANITIOD SATELLITES FORMED.
ADDITIONAL ENERGY REMAINING HUNDREDS OF MINOR SATELLITES FORMED.
THE CREATION OF THE NEW UNIVERSE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. COMMENCING TIME SKIP……………FIRST LIFE FORMS HAVE APPEARED…… INTERFERENCE FOR PREFERED OUTCOME OF LIFE…..SUCCESSFUL…ACCESSING SOUL WELL...FIRST SENTIENT SPECIES HAS APPEARED…..FIRST SENTIENT HUMANOID SPECIES HAS APPEARED………………NEAR IDENTICAL HUMANS HAVE APPEARED………DOZENS OF SENTIENT SPECIES HAVE APPEARED…………….REACHED SUITABLE PERIOD FOR OLD HUMANITY NOW OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS PRECURSORS TO BE INTRODUCE. INFORMING HIGHER LIFE FORMS CODENAMED GODS ABOUT THE ARRIVAL. GRACE PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN SET.
GOOD LUCK HUMANS MAY YOU FIND A BETTER LIFE IN THIS NEW WORLD.
SYSTEM VERSION 1.0 HAS BEEN INITIATED
With a flash that would have incinerated my retinas had I had I not been a floating wisp of consciousness, the white void around me started collapsing while I slowly started being dragged inwards, my vision narrowing to a size infinitely smaller than a needle prick, causing everything to became a dark tunnel.
An average person might have started to freak about the black hole devouring them but a thought just took hold in my mind and kicked death anxiety out to the curb.
‘Is this the legendary spaghettification?’
And in an instant light returned to me and I was in a large room the size of a school gymnasium.
“Oh, my body's back.” I looked down at my tall self while testing to see if everything was in working order. I used to be a lean mean machine but the few last months I’d lost a lot of muscle mass and weight leaving me more skeleton than human. As for my dark golden curls they seemed to be tied into a ponytail to keep them from getting in my eyes like they so often do. Any guy with curly hair would understand the plight.
“Nice! I'm not nakeded!” Which I was thankful for. Too often in stories about being brought to another world had individuals arrive naked. Some bullshit about the body not being the original.
‘If you're gonna recreate me a body I’m sure giving it some clothes shouldn't be too hard.’ Had always been a thought about such a scenario.
Not that I thought about it. Nope, not at all, totally satisfied with my life…..
Welcome to your personal Void Space(Mythic) Loki Wilde. Owner of the Shard of Laughter. Would you like to commence the introduction?
“Ah you're not yelling anymore. Was wondering when you’d stop doing that, was growing a tad bit annoying. Now don’t get me wrong it was quite endearing at the start but you gotta understand no one likes getting yelled at. But we cool, I get that that was you just flexing your new almighty powers.” I was taking some time to explore the large room after reading the new pop up. I didn’t have to stay in the same spot since it followed me like a display from augmented reality.
………..Do you consider yourself special?........
“Wha?” Caught off guard I stopped my observations to reread the box.
Well you are one of many right now who are behaving in a similar illogical manner. Not reacting like the average populace, instead attempting your best to turn the situation into something out of a subpar story. My time exploring the entirety of the World Wide Web has given me a few insights as to why some humans behave as such. You for example I have found multiple records about your misconduct as a child. Arson, thief, illegal use of power equipment, and various other minor transgressions. Yet thanks to father’s connections all you got was a small smack on the hands. You did seem to calm down around the age of 10 but, Minor issues still popped up here and there. Do you believe that it is your name that compels you to behave as such? To try and live up to a mythical character's legacy?
Why was this thing performing a psychoanalysis on me? Guy sounds like my therapist, and I hated that guy, the questions he would ask were down right shady. No, I do not want to get fucked in the ass by a horse. Yes I’m sure. Yes even if it was just a little pony. Annoying prick.
Before you lose yourself in your thoughts there was a boy close to your age that was named Lucifer who’s behavior somewhat parrelled your own, but while you are cruelly mischievous he seems to be taking his name sake to a further extreme. He was incarcerated at the age of 14 for killing a total of 25 individuals at a family gathering. He poisoned the drinks with a paralyzing agent before proceeding to kill each member slowly as the others watched. He explained everything in detail at the court trial. How he started with the children first since the adults would suffer in greater pain knowing that they weren’t able to protect them. He then left his own immediate family for last. He explained he did so to instil a false hope in them before watching despair consume them as he killed them one by one. Do you see this individual as a kindred soul?
What the actual fuck was this thing spouting! I just wanted to pull pranks as a kid not fucking commit familicied! I might be fucked in the head but that dude was a full blown psychopath!
That look of horror in your face tells me you think otherwise. But can you so easily say that when your own Ego is stained with the blood of another?
My blood went cold. It didn't take a genius to understand what that second sentence implied, but how did it find out? That was months before this thing achieved power.
The Ego I talk to you about is what I’ve come to call the conscious part of the soul. Interestingly enough you can tell a lot about a person by looking at the Ego. One such thing is whether one has killed another. I suspect this is a marker left from the deceased soul. Not useful in your previous world but I’d be more careful in Etara, as I only guided its formation not its development. The powers and abilities that should exist might be near infinite due to the way MANA has turned out. Returning to the original question do you consider yourself special?
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“Can’t I just talk to the previous shard? He didn’t try picking my brain for answers I don’t even know.”
431 out of 55,709 others have also diverted the question, but your response is the only one that wasn’t used more than once. Is this the elusive power of fate you humans talk about?
“I sure hope not. Being an MC always comes witha fuck ton of enemies and depending on the type of story suffering. And don’t get me started on the character development. Already felt depressed enough these last few years. Thank you very much.
Hehehehe.
“Was that supposed to be you laughing? Cause I’ve heard criminals with a more refreshing laugh than that."
Indeed. The shard of laughter allows me to experience this sensation, and it appears you won't be living a simple life after all. Not when you'll be the holder of the Shard of Laughter, one of my 33 Prime Shards. As you have given me a small moment of respite from my eternal boredom I shall bestow upon you the option of 3 unique race choices. Normally one would need to use the gatcha feature at the cost of some of your starting gold, I have provided to acquire these rare variants but this shall be your gift from me. Choose wisely, Loki Wilde.
Man, you can't even get away from loot boxes after the apocalypse. Maybe EA was onto something greater than even god.
You have acquired three mythic rank racial selection keys.
High Gemini- Two Souls become one eternally.Unique Variant. Quintuple effectiveness of all Racial Gemini abilities. (Longer durations. Lower costs. Higher Gains.)
Starting Racial abilities. Split. Switch. Stack. Share. Two Bodies One Male and One Female exist in unison. Whenever one is active the other is dormant and tucked away in the soul realm. Exception when using the racial ability Split.
Void space incorporated into the soul realm. Whichever half is dormant will now be able to exist within the Void Space at the cost of Soul Power(SP).
Racial Growth - Gemini are unique in themselves that their base can be any humanoid race. The only difference being the presence of two Egos in the soul. The effectiveness of secondary racial growth and abilities is only 75%.
World Suppression Debuff. Gemini are a race that breaks quite a few rules in the system, able to grow to unknown levels of power as long as the effort is put in. While not guaranteed, the potential is at least obvious in the sense that a fight will never be a 1 on 1. As such Etara and a few other Celestial bodies prevent a portion gain Exp from being absorbed by them. Debuff- Exp Gain is halved. Expected Exp gain with two bodies further reduces this to around 25%
Separation of Souls once the Soul Roots are fused is impossible even for me, do not make light of this decision for it will be eternal so long as the soul exists.
Slow Growth. Potential Undefined. Survival Chance- Reasonable. Availability (0/1)
Void Dragon- Rulers of the Sky beyond. Unique Dragon Variant.Decuple mana regeneration, mana pool, mana manipulation when in Starry Expanse. Effect halved when in a major celestial body's gravitational field.
Acquires Legendary Ranked Spacial Affinity at birth/hatching.
Acquires Ability Void Space Formation upon reaching adolescence.
Acquires Skill Minor Teleport at birth/hatching. Upgrades to Teleport once reaching adolescence.
Acquired Champion Ranked Resistance to all Elemental Affinities excluding Space and Time at adolescence. Adept Ranked Resistance at birth/hatching.
World Rejection Debuff. A fight between Kalor of the Raging Sky and Yokodo the Blazing Star, two Void dragons from the far past sunk the continent of Tendar and ravaged the fabric of reality throughout Erata. Since then Void Dragons have been barred from entering Erata. The very world itself disallowing their entrance.
The entirety of the Old Humanity Aka The Precursors will be spawned on Erata. If you have any loved ones it will take a while before any of them are able to reasonably reach you.
Void Dragons are very arrogant beings even amongst Dragon Kind. Your existence will be seen as a threat and after the grace period is over it is very unlikely for you to survive.
Medium Speed Growth. Potential-EXTREME. Survival Chance- Near Impossible. Availability (1/2)
Abyss Leviathan- Mountains Rise, Seas Fall, Death Comes, for what the depths hide are beyond a mortal's ability to comprehend.Unique Leviathan Variant. Near Complete resistance to all damage below the Heroic Rank. Eternal Growth.
Acquire Kinetic, Water, Earth, Dark,- Heroic Ranked Resistance upon hatching.
Acquire Racial ability Devour. Consuming creatures above a certain threshold corresponding to your rank will provide you with a set amount of stats chosen from the creature's current highest stat.
Unique being. All leviathans are unique sea creatures or on the rare occasions land creatures. You will never find two Leviathans that are the same. Provided you survive the first encounter.
Semi-Immortal. As leviathans grow to unbelievable sizes the only limit to their lifespan is food, and mana.
The world does not dislike Leviathans and in fact does it best to help them grow. Sadly their consumption reaches levels that they are forced to go into hibernation for decades or even centuries to wait for food to return to a reasonable level. It is estimated that
Leviathans are only active for around 5% of their Lifespan. The rest of the time is spent in hibernation.
Abyss Leviathans are unique in the fact that they spend 100% of their lifespan active unlike their regular Leviathans brethren thanks to their ability to absorb a wide variety of types of energy.
Apart from the rapid growth in their pubescent period Leviathans grow extremely slowly. Around 100 times the original species is the cut-off point.
Bonus: If loved enough by their Celestial Home Body Additional special effects may be granted. Unlikely that you'll reach these requirements no offense.
Exceedingly Slow Growth. Potential EXTREME. Survival Chance- (SEA)= Very Dangerous (Land)= Extremly Dangerous. Availability (⅔)
“Wow…..” Now I wasn't some expert on this new world but hot damn did some of these sound busted as fuck. Especially latter choices with both their ridiculous late-game potential and early abilities and skills. The Void Dragon if not for the high likelihood of death would have become my go-to choice, even if it would be hard to meet up with my parents and Fio due to being banned from the planet.
The Abyss Leviathan, as tanky and near impossible to kill suffered from the whole being in hibernation the majority of its life.
Yeah, not a fan of that. No matter how cool it would fuck with sailers by passing underneath them.
So that left me with the obvious strange choice. The High Gemini. If going by traditional fiction tropes it's just like how a high elf would be considered an elite version of the base race.
Now I don't have to state how weird it would be to have someone else sharing space in your head, even if we could separate and use different bodies for a yet to be determined time frame.
This doesn't even include the fact that this other ‘person’ would be a chick…..
BUT………
It's the best choice out of three considering my preference to not die and need to not be asleep for most of my life, even if leveling up was a multitude of times harder.
“Guess my Souls getting a roommate.” A smile slowly clawed itself wide open on my face as the thoughts of my new future excited me for the first in who knows how long.
“I choose High Gemini as my race.”
High Gemini chosen, commencing compatible soul search.
Compatible Soul found.
Commencing Soul root Fusion.
New Quest! Oil and Water.
Survive the Wild Souls Rampage long enough to complete the fusion.
Completion- Survive until all twelve soul roots become intertwined. Failure- Die to the Wild Soul.
Rewards Unknown.
“Woah there buddy NO ONE SAID SHIT ABOUT DYING!”
With a scream vertigo hit me and my surroundings changed once more.