As Zero struggled to remain conscious after being cut in half by Death he secretly grabbed the last of the blood packs out of his dimension. As he drank he saw a meteor fly past his body before hearing Genya yelling if he was okay.

It looked like Genya had come to believe that Death had killed him. This was making him fight like his life was on the line and he was distracting Death quite a bit. Zero then ordered his system to increase his soul rank D- as he believed that Genya could buy him five minutes and if not he would die regardless.

CONFIRMED

SOUL RANK INCREASE BEGINNING

HOST WILL BE PUT TO SLEEP DURING THE PROCESS

Zero’s consciousness began to fade as he heard the notification.

HOST SOUL RANK INCREASED FROM F+ TO E

WARNING FURTHERING INCREASE COULD DAMAGE SOUL

HOST SOUL RANK INCREASING FROM E TO D-

WARNING LIKELIHOOD OF SOUL DAMAGE OCCURRING IS 97%

CONTACTING ADMINISTRATOR

[Children are so troublesome. I warned him not to do this but I felt he might. I’m glad I built in a few fail safes just in case. System access administrative privileges.]

ACKNOWLEDGED

[Good now use the power I placed in him to stabilize his soul.]

ACKNOWLEDGED

LIKELIHOOD OF SOUL DAMAGE OCCURRING HAS DROPPED FROM 97% TO 0%

[A mother’s job is quite difficult. Good luck my dear boy. Oh, before I forget system pass on a message for me. Tell him we’ll have a little chat about the fact he has a girlfriend and child now when we next meet.]

ACKNOWLEDGED

HOST SOUL RANK INCREASED FROM E TO D-

CHAOS ATTRIBUTE UNLOCKED

SOUL MUTATION OCCURRING

SOUL HAS CHANGED FROM DHAMPIR (CHAOS VARIETY) INTO CHAOS SOUL MONARCH

UNLOCKING RESTRICTION ON SKILLS CONVERSION (RESTRICTED), MENTAL MANIPULATION (PARTIALLY RESTRICTED), LUST AURA(RESTRICTED), INDOMITABLE SEXUALITY(RESTRICTED), TANTRIC MANIPULATION(RESTRICTED), ANIMATED SHADOW (RESTRICTED), LIFE CREATION (RESTRICTED), POWER ASSIMILATION, WORLD TRAVEL

SKILL ‘SOUL MONARCH’ EVOLVING INTO ‘CHAOS SOUL MONARCH’

DUE TO THE EFFECT OF ‘CHAOS SOUL MONARCH’ SOUL ABILITIES OF SKILL ‘LIFE CREATION’ HAVE UPGRADED AND SPLIT INTO SEPARATE SKILL ‘SOUL MANIPULATION’

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CHAOS SOUL MONARCH: A SKILL DERIVED FROM DRACULA’S SOUL ABSORPTION ABILITY EVOLVED WITH THE CHAOS ATTRIBUTE. THE ABILITY OF A MONARCH WHO RULES OVER SOULS AND CONTROLS THEM AS HE PLEASES. THIS ABILITY LETS THE USER CONSUME AND ABSORB THE SOULS OF THE DEFEATED AND USE THEIR POWERS AS THEIR OWN. THE USER IS ALSO CAPABLE OF USING THE SOULS TO CREATE ITEMS.

THE SOULS CAN BE USED IN 2 WAYS.

1. MUTATE SOUL: USERS CAN ACTIVELY MUTATE THEIR SOULS BY COMBINE THE SOUL TYPE OF ANOTHER PERSON/BEING WITH THEIR OWN. WHILE THEY DO NOT CHANGE ON PHYSICALLY THEIR SOULS CHANGES BY INCORPORATING THE SOUL TYPE OF THE SOUL BEING ABSORBED AND CAN INSTANTLY GAIN ALL THE SKILLS AND STATS OF THE SOUL. WHEN ENOUGH SOULS ARE CONSUMED SOUL RANK WILL INCREASE.

2. SOUL READING: THE USER CAN PERCEIVE AND READ THE SOULS, WHETHER FREE OR IN THE BODY. THEY CAN STUDY AND OBSERVE THE NATURE OF ONE'S SOUL AND FIND WEAKNESSES BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE OBSERVED SOULS. BY READING SOULS, THE USER CAN FEEL THE BEING'S CHARACTERISTICS, PERSONALITY, FEELINGS, AND MEMORIES WITHOUT USING UP THE SOUL BUT IN EXCHANGE SOUL RANK DROPS BY 1. YOU CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THE TARGET EVEN HAS A SOUL, DAMAGE OTHERS' SOULS HAVE ENDURED, AND WHETHER OR NOT ANOTHER ENTITY IS POSSESSING OR INFLUENCING THE PERSON ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL.

SOUL MANIPULATION: THE USER HOLDS TOTAL DOMINION OVER ALL SOULS, SPIRITS, AND GHOSTS, AND CAN COMMAND THE DEAD, AND HAVE POWERS RELATED TO LIFE, AND DEATH, AND OF COURSE SOULS IN GENERAL AS WELL AS POWER TO BIND AND RESTRICT SPIRITS. AT SOME LEVEL ALL BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS HAVE SOULS, AND EVEN NON-BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES (SUCH AS RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS) POSSESS SOMETHING ANALOGOUS TO A SOUL. THE USER CAN ALSO COMMAND THE SOULS LOST WANDERING ON EARTH, AS WELL AS THE ONES STILL IN THEIR LIVING BODIES YET TO DIE. RULERS OF THIS GREAT POWER CAN ALSO BE CREATORS OF SOULS. USER CAN MANIPULATE SOUL 9 IN WAYS.

1. SOUL CREATION: USER CAN CREATE SOULS: PERSON'S ESSENCE, THEIR HOPES, THEIR DREAMS, THEIR EMOTIONS, THEIR WILL, AND THEIR SENSE OF HUMANITY. THEY CAN CONSTRUCT ANOTHER'S SENSE OF SELF WITH NOTHING BUT THEIR IMAGINATION AND MANA. THIS INEVITABLY WILL ALLOW THEIR CREATION TO DEVELOP TO THEIR SENSE OF SELF. THE SOULS CANNOT BE DESTROYED BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS, BUT MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO BE DAMAGED OR ABSORBED BY OTHER BEINGS.

2. SOUL FORGING: THE USER CAN FORGE A SOUL INTO A CORPOREAL FORM; SHAPED INTO AN OBJECT THAT BEST PERSONIFIES THE PERSON OR IS CHOSEN BY THE USER EITHER BY IMAGINATION OR ENFORCED POWER OF WILL. THE OBJECT OF POWER COULD BE ANYTHING IN EXISTENCE OR ANYTHING THE USER IS AWARE OF OR CAN IMAGINE IN PROPORTION TO THE POWER AND PROPERTIES OF THE USERS SOUL SOMETIMES EVEN HAVING THEIR SENTIENCE.

3. SOUL MERGING: THE USER CAN MERGE SOULS INTO EITHER ONE SINGLE SOUL OR VESSEL. WHEN MERGED INTO A SINGLE SOUL A BASE SOUL IS NEEDED AND ABSORBS KNOWLEDGE AND SOUL POWER FOR THE OTHER SOUL TO MUTATE AND EVOLVE INTO A DIFFERENT TYPE. THE PERSONALITY OF THE BASE SOUL WILL BE THE PERSONALITY OF THE NEW SOUL.

4. SOUL SPLITTING: THE USER CAN SPLIT OR DIVIDE THEIR SOUL OR THE SOULS OF OTHERS TO CREATE NEW BEINGS, INCLUDING BASING THE DIVISION ON PERSONALITIES AND EMOTIONS TO BECOME SEPARATE BEINGS, AS WELL AS HAVING THE DIVIDED PORTIONS POSSESS OTHER PEOPLE. THEY CAN EVEN ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY BY SEALING A FRACTION OF THEIR SOUL IN CERTAIN OBJECTS AND HAVING THEM ANCHOR THE "MAIN" SOUL ONTO THE EARTH SHOULD THE BODY BE DESTROYED.

5. SOUL RESTORATION: USER CAN RECREATE SOULS THAT HAVE BEEN IRREPARABLY DAMAGED, CONVERTED, CONSUMED, SHATTERED, SCATTERED, SPLIT, AND/OR EVEN DESTROYED. A PIECE OF THE ORIGINAL SOUL IS NEED FOR RESTORATION. CAN BE RESTORED THRU THE USE OF AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MANA OR THROUGH THE USE OF EARTH-BOUND SOULS THAT HAVE FORGOTTEN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM.

6. SOUL LINK: WHEN THE SOUL IS INSERTED INTO A BODY USER DEVELOPS A LINK TO THE CREATION THROUGH THEIR SOUL, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO KNOW EACH OTHER'S LOCATIONS, SHARE IN OTHER POWER OR OTHER CAPABILITIES.

7. SOUL SHARING: THE USER CAN SHARE A PIECE OF THEIR SOUL WITH ANOTHER PERSON. BY FILLING PART OF THE RECIPIENT'S SOUL WITH THEIR PIECE OF SOUL THE USER CAN EVEN HEAL THE RECIPIENT'S PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WOUNDS THAT WOULDN'T NORMALLY HEAL ON THEIR OWN. THE RECIPIENT MAY EVEN BE CAPABLE OF AWAKENING POWERS AND UPON DEATH THE SOUL AND ALL ACQUIRED POWER WILL INSTANTLY RETURN TO THE USER.

8. SOUL CONVERSION: THE USER CAN TURN SOULS INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOULS THAT THEY’VE CONSUMED, FOR EXAMPLE TURNING A NORMAL HUMAN SOUL INTO A MONSTER SOUL OR DEMON SOUL AND VICE VERSA.

9. SOUL DESTRUCTION: THE USER CAN PERMANENTLY ANNIHILATE SOULS AND SPIRITUAL BEINGS THAT DO NOT HAVE A BODY, WITHOUT AFFECTING THE BODY, WHICH CAUSES THE TARGETS TO TRANSFORM INTO A SOULLESS BEING INSTEAD.

NAME: ZERO

RACE: TRUE VAMPIRE (CHAOS VARITY)

SOUL: CHAOS SOUL MONARCH

SOUL RANK: D-

ATTRIBUTES: CHAOS

STRENGTH: 3125

SPEED: 2320

MAGIC ENERGY: 354,000

VITALITY: 39,500

SKILLS: POWER ASSIMILATION, WORLD TRAVEL, SWORDSMANSHIP MASTERY, INTERMEDIATE MARKSMANSHIP, CHAOS SOUL MONARCH, CHAOS SOUL DIMENSION, TELEPORTATION, DARK MAGIC MASTERY, DAYTIME WALKING, CONVERSION, MENTAL MANIPULATION, DESIRE FORM, LUST AURA, INDOMITABLE SEXUALITY, TANTRIC MANIPULATION, ENERGY METABOLIZATION, UNDEAD PULSE, ANIMATED SHADOW, LIFE CREATION, SOUL MANIPULATION, MAGIC CANCELATION, MANA NULLIFICATION, SUMMONING,

NULL SWORD STYLE: COUNTER FORM, VOID FORM, OBLIVION FORM