"This wasn't supposed to happen"?!!! Dravos exclaimed in pure rage. "MY ENTIRE REALITY WAS DESTROYED, EVERYTHING WAS CONSUMED!, AND YOU HAVE THE GALL TO SAY THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN"?!!! Dravos then took a deep breath to calm himself. "I apologize, you obviously didn't do anything wrong here, otherwise i wouldn't be here right now. You clearly have saved me from that abomination so i'll let you explain how the destruction of my reality wasn't supposed to happen". Dravos said calmly still seething with rage.
"Like i said, this wasn't supposed to happen. Somehow your reality had come into contact with the void, and a cosmic devourer by the name of Albatoth, took full advantage to establish a cult on a distant planet within your universe. He gave them knowledge of the mystic arts that would allow them to breach a hole into the void and allow him to pass through into your reality. Obviously they succeeded in doing so, as your entire reality was devoured and you are the only soul i was able to save, due to you having a more robust soul than the rest of the denizens of your reality. Your robust soul was also the reason you were able to stay sane as Albatoth descended on your world".
As the entity finished talking, Dravos took a few minutes to digest the information, before he had a few more questions for the entity. "So i'm assuming by mystic arts, you mean magic and if so, why hasn't there been anyone else using magic in my reality? Also, you said that i have a robust soul, what does that mean and why was i able to be saved because of it? And lastly, what happens now"? as Dravos finished with his questions, the entity smiled and began to laugh
"Ha ha ha ha, I'm glad you asked, fortune favors the curious. For your first question, the reality you were from had very little magical energy of any kind and knowledge of how to wield such energies didn't exist there. For your second question, when a person has a robust soul, they are much more likely to resist soul attacks, and if their soul is strong enough, it can exist outside of their body for a long time without dissipating. To be honest, the strength of your soul surprises me. Normally when someone has their soul devoured by a cosmic devourer, their soul gets absorbed almost immediately to strengthen itself. But your soul is so strong that it had survived 5 whole years inside the stomach of Albatoth without deteriorating at all, which is almost impossible for a mortal to achieve. You are one of only three people i have ever seen in the infinite realities to have such a strong soul, yet none of them would have been able to do what you have done. Which is why i will now answer your third question. I am going to give you another chance at life in a new body, in a reality that will be vastly different from your own. Magic will be commonplace and there will be many different races that inhabit the reality you will be reborn in. There will also be many horrifying monsters you will have to face and many treasures that are hidden around different worlds for you find. I will also give you a chance to choose some starter abilities that will help you to survive. But i should warn you, your soul will only be able to handle four currently so choose wisely.
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A screen then appeared before Dravos with hundreds of abilities listed. He took his time scrolling through the pages upon pages of skills until he found the first ability he wanted. The skill was called [ Prodigious Esoteric Mind ] and it would greatly enhance his already high intelligence in new ways, like being able to remember anything he saw once perfectly, learn new spells with less effort, and greatly enhance his language comprehension to new levels. This skill would be a key element to his survival in an unfamiliar environment where there would be people speaking languages he wouldn't be able to understand. He then continued looking through the different pages of skills for skills that would help him in combat.