(Disclaimer): While this story is an original, it does draw inspiration from a large number of sources. Plagiarism will be avoided as much as possible, but if someone spots any PLEASE point it out so credit can be given where it is due. There will be references made to multiple Books, Light Novels, Fan Fics, Mangas, and Animes; there will also be terms and facts drawn from history, religions, and several languages. There WILL be mature content including sex, violence, and crude language/behavior. There may also be a few polls for readers to decide a little impute, BUT for the most part this story is going to follow the outline I have pre-established.
Chapter 0: Prologue-The Fall. (And a Short History)
Now to bore the living daylights out of whatever sorry fool is reading this. I shall give a slight history lesson that I wouldn’t learn about till later. At least this way the Illusion of omnipotence can be given. First off the theory of multiple universes and dimensions is a crucial factor to this story. Secondly the butterfly effect is added onto this. Finally the laws of physics shall always apply even with the first and second points in play. This world that I shall be introducing and sharing my story of is Earth, BUT it is an Earth of another reality. The two are identical in all but one single factor at the origin of it all. This one factor is the existence of Mana on the other Earth (the one that the story revolves around) while this Earth is void of Mana. Now being so close to one another dimensionally there are rifts connecting the two, but only objects capable of surviving the extreme pressure and immense radiation of the crossing are able to pass through these rifts. There are millions upon billions of these rifts, but in the current age 90% of them are no larger than a grain of sand. Only where the two Earths are perfectly matched can the rifts form, but with the slight changes caused by Mana over the flow of time large rifts are nearly impossible. Only places untouched are capable of large rifts opening.
Mana had a myriad of effects on Other Earth. Most notable though was the creation of what humans have termed ‘Monster’s. The origins of ‘Monster’s for the most part had been lost long before my story starts, but from the few clues that survived I would be able to piece together some incredible history. 99.9% of ‘Monster’s are females, and to reproduce human males are needed. The true origin of ‘Monster’s was humans themselves. First thing that must be known to understand this is that Mana is both an internal and external energy. Secondly gender plays a major role in internal Mana capacity, and also on how much external Mana can be absorbed. Thirdly there are two types of Mana that is distinctive to both genders, but this is nearly the same as Yin and Yang so the difference in Mana none had realized. Finally once internal Mana reaches a certain threshold it will start to alter the body. This threshold differs between individuals, and is impossible to know how close one has come to it. It is also impossible to stop the absorption of external Mana because the absorption is involuntary, but can also be accelerated through meditation. Now as most will be able to extrapolate from the above, ‘Monster’s where women that had surpassed the threshold by a significant amount. The alterations becoming so extreme that it would be past down to their descendants who become ‘Monster’s. As for why ‘Monster’s are almost exclusively female is that Yin type Mana creates a larger internal Mana core as well as a greater base absorption of external Mana. Yin type Mana also leeches off of Yang type Mana and this explains why a ‘Monster’ would have a immense lust caused by their need to absorb larger and larger amounts of Mana. Any other facts about ‘Monster’s and Mana will have to wait to come out in the story~.
My name is Diabolus, course I had only gone by that name after killing my Master and gaining my freedom. Before I was only a tool, a tool stripped of a soul and lived only to complete the missions the Master would send me on. Missions to reap the lives of so many repeated over and over again. My own true origins are unknown, as the only one that would possibly know was the Master. My earliest memories are already of my training to kill, and of the single rule the Master had…I MUST NOT EXIST. Between the body breaking training, sever human experimentation, and inhuman genetic modifications I stopped being ‘human’ before I was even ten years of age. Mentally I had also stopped being ‘human’, after all what ‘human’ could so easily take a life as if it was breathing. At least that was how it seemed until my last mission. I had long ago seen the darkest side of humanity and even used it to my benefit, but this one mission was different. Every target till then had been corrupt to some degree in a variety of ways. However the young woman that was my last target defied everything I had come to know and made me ‘human’ once more. Unfortunately my eyes would not be opened until this woman lay dying in my arms. For the first time my target did not curse me…no instead for the first time I was forgiven. Understanding that a great light had been snuffed out by my hands simply because the Master had ordered it, I vowed to confront the Master. I come to stand horrified before the Master as the truth was revealed, and barely reacted in time to save myself from the Master’s attack. Being deemed unneeded and a hindrance the Master had decided to keep me silent by killing me, but the training had been more successful then the Master realized. Not only was I capable of surviving the Masters attack, but also of retaliating. The disbelief and terror in the Master’s eyes as the Master slowly died at my feet, the monster that had been created finally turning and becoming ‘human’. So at what would be approximately the age of seventeen I was ‘born’ choosing a name to serve as a reminder of what I had done, and who I had been, I became Diabolus. For the next seven years I strived to save as many lives as I could. Course other Masters took notice of my actions and forced me to flee or reap the lives of my ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’. It was this that led to the present…
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
I find myself in pitch darkness, something I was far to use to. Unfortunately this time was not of my choosing. Not but ten minutes ago I was fleeing from five of my ‘brothers’ who once again had been sent for my life. The chase ended though with the ground collapsing beneath us. My ‘brothers’ had been luckily standing closer to the edge while I had been at the very center. Falling what I could only guess as close to 100 meters, only surviving because the last 30 meters was a gentle slope. Forcing my shoulder back into socket I feel my way forward using every second I can to get further away from my pursuers. A few hours later, keeping to the wall I am slowly making my way around a chasm. The sound of my ‘brothers’ slowly catching up forcing me to proceed faster and with less and less caution, but caution wouldn’t matter. Once again I find myself falling as the ledge I’m on crumbles sending me out into the abyss. This time any thoughts of survival have been abandoned. Falling further and longer then I can keep track, my mind only wonders since the fear of death was trained out of me. My thoughts lingered on the young woman who had given me this new life. I had run from my ‘brothers’ simple because I had not wished to kill them, but no regret that it led to my death for even a moment. My thoughts came to halt as I noticed the air around me getting warmer and moister. The way it began to wrap around my body was too unnatural, making my skin crawl. I had experienced many things in my twenty-four years, but this mist set off warning bells that I didn’t even relies I still possessed. There was nothing I could do though as it pressed against me stronger almost like a set of giant hands trying to crush me. After what seemed like ages the pressure changed; almost as if it had reached a breaking point. The mist no longer crushed my body but instead started to permeate it, heating up my body making my blood boil. As the advancing heat reached my core it felt like my body started to tear itself apart the pain spiking through my nerves pushing a silent howl of anguish from my lips. The pain intensified further as the pressure from earlier returned adding onto the internal destruction I felt. I could only curse in my mind the alterations the Master had done to my body. The changes that prevented me from losing consciousness as the pain built ever increasingly higher, and the nanites repairing any damage prolonging my suffering. With a tightening in my chest that I could only think of as my heart bursting from the pressure and heat my mind finally began to fade to black. My last thought I had was of how thankfully it had come to an end, and I would now be truly free.
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This will be the first fan fic I've ever wrote, so will gladly take any and all comments.
As for the wall of text...yeah didn't have much choice, and there will be a little bit in the first real chapter as well, BUT after that going to do all I can to steer clear of those.
Releases will be SLOW (like once a week at best, but most likely only one or two chapters a month), I don't get much time to write between work and taking care of family. Plus I got to have a little time to catch up on all the other wonderful fan fics available~
Also plan on putting a poll up before the next chapter...if I ever figure out how to create one. ^^:
I will always try to read through any comments and respond...as long as I won't have to reveal any spoilers :P