“And you know them? How?” The queries he asked, I admit I had no clue about them, but still forming a deal with the unknown would not be a wise plan, and there was likewise no guarantee about whether he was bluffing or about was stating the truth. Also, the fact I can get those answers along the way.

-Because I notice things that you do not. Getting trapped in here was unexpected, but while you were moving forward with scant knowledge, I was analyzing.

“Hey, I was also thinking about things.” If all the knowledge he possesses about this dungeon comes from looking at my actions, doesn’t that mean the information we retain is the same?

-Sigh, forget it, let’s not make a deal, From now on, I will help you, and in the end, after you clear this dungeon and feel a sense of gratitude, then you could help me.

He had an alluring voice. But isn’t that a foolish thing to do? Isn’t that being too trusting? If he helps me clear this dungeon. Then after I escape, I could ignore him.

-You must assume you could just ignore me after receiving my help

“No…”

-You could, but I am not even least worried about that. I asked you this before, Do you realize where we are?

“No” From what I could think of, it was somewhere inside my mind? Or something like that?

-This place is inside the Sphere, in your chest

The Orb? I just presumed it was something that stored mana.

-You don’t even realize what your innate ability is, do you?

[Resurrection] maybe? It was the first ability I had.

-The innate ability you possess is to absorb the soul. Once you consume their soul, you take away everything that once belonged to them, their abilities, memories, experiences, skills. You don’t just absorb them; you become them. However, on that battlefield, you made a grave blunder. Maybe it was because you did not know about your power, but absorbing over 15000 souls was a severe mistake.

From the way his brows tightened, and eyes expressed an Icy stare, it seems he was serious and that I made a mistake, but yet I could not understand how

-I have no proof, and I stated the facts based on collective observations, but after you took in those souls, their consciousness was discarded, memories merged. All their skills and mana taken away by you. Still, as their sanity was taken away, the desires within them would have emerged. Notably, those desires they suffered during the war, resentment, malice, remorse. You would have experienced all and turned into a senseless monster with all their powers that sought the only Annihilation, and I would have been trapped inside it forever.

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Hearing his remarks, his theory seemed like something that could happen. Still, it had many defects, “You claim I would have gained all their abilities, but most of the abilities I have are the skills I learned myself, and I saw their memories, but they could not succumb me, my will is not that weak.”

-HA! You are really naïve.

His face had a broad grin.

-When my soul got absorbed, I observed what transpired. You did not gain any abilities or memories, but they all gathered and formed a golden orb in the center of your chest. I do not know how you got it, maybe you were ordained by the gods or were a very, very lucky fellow, but within you, there was another consciousness, not like a person, not something from this world. All it could do was carry out a specific task. Like the Undead I create, I plant some instructions within them, like an attack when they see a human. The consciousness within you was likewise something akin but way more advanced than anything I had ever witnessed. Its comprehension, cognition, Perception were off the charts. The Human’s mind could not even come close to it. But I do not yet know what it was instructed to do or what it wishes. You could hear its voice, could not you?

Does he mean the voice from the sky?

-It spoke out to you, but most of the time, you did not take its voice seriously. Still, I Took notice, For Example, The three phrases, System has Evolved, The System’s helpfulness will depend on the user's affinity with the System, System will evolve along with the user.

Oh yeah, I heard something like that way back, but… thought little about it.

-You ignored it and thought little about it. In the beginning, it suppressed all those memories so you would not go mad, then it took their abilities and formulated it, so you could not gain all of them at once, but proceed step-wise. Suppose you look at the first option for evolution, [Giant skeleton] [Zombie] [Undead]. That was the primary form of species present on that battlefield. As a curious man, I studied and experimented on many beings. From what I know, all of them have different evolution routes. The route you follow will lead you towards one of the three strongest Races present on that battlefield. Next, the class, [Warrior] [Mage] [Assassin], The System showed the most primary classes. Still, in our realm, the most basic classifications are Warrior, Mage, And Priest, So why is there the preference of Assassin instead?

“Oh, I know, cause the system is not from this world, so it does not work the same way as this world,” I asserted with excitement.

-No, it is because there were little to no Priests on the battlefield

Wha…..

-All the priests were dispatched to hold off the demon king’s army. Hence they were not present there. Excluding warriors and Mage, the soldiers present the most on that battlefield were assassins, who formed a distinct group to strike me. So, that concludes the options given to you were taken from the ones present on the battlefield. Your next choice in class was [Enchanter] [Summoner] [Dark Magus]. All three of them were one level above Mage; they were the classes from the strongest mages present on that battlefield. I reckon, if you had chosen the warrior route, your choices would be around Paladin or Dark Knight.

He thought of all that. Oh wow,

“I get what you are saying, But why not just give me the skills and suppress the memories? Would not that be more efficient?”

-Every time you evolved, or the time you changed classes, what was the first thing that happened?

The first thing that happened, recalling about it, a glint appeared in my eyes. Yes, it sent me down memory lane. But why?