[??:??] [?/?/?] [The Council, Godly Sanctuary]
[Initiation starting, divinity seed sprouted, energy calculation complete, choices will be shown in 3….2….1….now]
[Appearance<]
[Growth Pattern<]
[Realm<]
[Skills<]
[Divine Energy left: 100%]
Bruno quickly looked through the options after taking his hand off the orb and started wondering, ‘So i can probably change myself with the first one, the second is something i don’t really know what it is, this realm one might be some type of place i’ll have for myself, and skill should be just that, skills.’
Bruno quickly started with the first one, his appearance.
It showed him a menu of sorts where he could stretch and change a model of himself however he wanted, he could basically change every detail of his own body, even his race.
‘I feel like i’m okay with how i am physically, i don’t really need to change anything or take away my scars, they’re my story, my combo wombo attacker is also pretty decent sized anyway, even though 3 centimeters more is the dream of all men.’ Bruno thought about it for a while before dismissing his thoughts, he quickly clicked on ‘Growth Pattern’.
[Let me think how to explain this one to you, hmmm…. Well, let’s say that gods also have ranks in between them, they start as a lesser deity and can reach greater heights like Celestial Monarchs and even higher ranks.]
[This growth pattern is basically what you will do that will make you grow as a god, i think it’s better for you to choose your skills before this one and the realm one, since that will give you some direction first and this choice usually doesn’t cost any divine energy since it’s just your path.]
“i see.” Bruno said while all the gods where looking at him expectantly, waiting for him to voice something about his choices, but since he was so engrossed in it he didn’t even notice their proding looks.
Before Bruno went to skills he wanted to just see what this realm was all about, clicking in it before receiving a quick explanation by the divine.
[Your realm can be anything that you want depending on how much divine energy you want to put in it, being as simple as a home to as big as an universe. You can also link it to a skill or make it reside within yourself or a specific area, some even tie it to their growth pattern so as long as it grows, the stronger they get, it’s form is all up to you in the end.]
[Within your realm, you can create your own set of rules, even i can’t enter it without you accepting me in it. You will be it’s true ruler and only those you allow can enter it, there’s also a lot of gods that make even more protective parts inside the realm and also make themselves invincible inside of it as a precaution, even though that costs a lot.]
Bruno nodded before asking to the other gods around him, “You all have told me about not fighting in the sanctuary and the divine is telling me some make themselves invicible in their realm, does fights like this truly happen, ones that even gods can die?”
The blue skinned woman quickly answered him, “It happens more than you can think, we as gods have set our pattern for growth in the initiation, that means that if something goes against what you need there will definitely be a battle between each other, there is also the war gods that need to battle to be able to grow and some dumb ones that are just ridiculous and you just want to see them dead, i’m not even gonna tell you about the schemers, they’re trash. There is some rules to singular duels between gods and they can also choose to put their universes in a battle of sorts we call the ‘Universal Ender’, it’s pretty brutal.”
[Truth]
Bruno nodded to her answer and quickly went to check the skills menu, it appeared as a keyboard and a mouse with a blank open space in his front, at the same time a second display of the divine appeared above it with some words.
[This is what will define your very own power, your way to glory or demise. Being serious though, it’s where you can create law defying skills of your own, i won’t make them equal to other gods, after all no skills are equal to other ones.]
[Just try to make something you would like to do for eternity, it can truly be anything you wish, within your points of course.]
[Try asking some of the gods for tips, there are some skills that are necessary depending on what you want to do.]
‘What do i want to do? What do i truly wish for?’ Bruno began thinking about what he wanted right now.
He looked at everyone expectantly and said, “Can i revive my family within these choices?”
Silence was his answer.
The patriarch put his hand on Bruno’s shoulder after some minutes and said, “Sadly we can’t truly do that, it’s almost impossible to find their souls in the reincarnation cycle when they enter it since you don’t have any specific mark in their souls and it’s even more harder if they do go to another life since they will not be the same. Even if you make a clone of them with a skill, it will not be them, some of the gods that lost their loved ones also thought of this opportunity when presented the skills, but it doesn’t work like that sadly.”
[Truth.]
Bruno nodded and thought of what he wanted to do then, ‘Well, i’ll surely start a family of my own while i can make some memorial for those i’ve lost, but this comes back to the question of what should i do.’
‘Blacksmith? Cook? I’m thinking too much inside the box though, it needs to be something more, i want to experience life in ways i’ve never thought before.’ He kept cutting more and more things he didn’t want to truly do, closer and closer to his goal.
Bruno then thought of one thing he always wanted to do as a kid and asked them, “Can i enter in those universes of games and animes from my past life, it was kind of a dream for almost every kid from earth.”
The fiery haired woman gave a smile at him, “That’s so cute, there should be some way to do that, i remember there are some gods that transverse between universes in the dreams of their followers, like that strange harem god.”
The blue skinned woman nodded and said, “Yeah, i remember he said something about the dream worlds once, i don’t really have much information about it though.”
The minotaur immediately looked at her and said, “You had a conversation with that sex maniac?”
She immediately opened her eyes wide and said, “It’s not like that Minos, i just wanted some information about his powers you know, we didn’t have any relationship between us.”
She kept trying to explain while the minotaur just ignored her and focused back on Bruno’s direction, “I’m sure you can make a skill that makes the universes in the dreams of anyone become a true universe, it should work in a similar way to my strength one but with fantasy worlds, you can definitely make it with pretty ease if you can modulate the earning of a title that benefits the creation of those dreams universes.” Said Minos while everyone was looking at him strangely since his skill apparently worked way differently than they thought.
[Truth.]
‘I see, so i can make something that makes universes out of nowhere, that’s kind of crazy.’ Bruno thought.
The patriarch also sent him a message through his mind, ‘If you do go on this path, make it so it takes all dreams of other universes too, not just from your universe, also make some skill to help you with survival in these worlds, one so you can make a skill that you can bring the powers you earned in these worlds and the world itself back would round it all pretty well, your path would truly become an infinite growth cycle if you can link all of this up.’ Said the god while smiling at him.
[Truth]
“Well, can i sit in a chair? i feel like this might take a while.” A chair immediately appeared in his front out of nowhere, he sat in it while the gods kept looking to see if he was going to give any information about his choosing, since he didn’t talk after a few hours, they went to mingle between themselves and check some things in the table.
‘The dreams being created as real universes, this is fun, let me see what i can choose to put in this skill first.’
Bruno kept writing thinking about what he wanted the skill to have, firstly it should have a list of all the universes that were created as fiction and dreams of all kinds of people in all universes like the patriarch said, it should have filters so he can make a proper localization of certain ones he wants to enter.
‘I should also put a danger tag in it so i don’t accidentaly enter any universe that’s way out of my league, let’s go with a danger based in stars, 1 star is an easy one and 5 stars i will mostly surely die if i don’t be careful.’ Bruno then wrote that he will select 3 skills of his own choosing when entering said world, he put some data that he could choose his background and how his body looked like in said world so he can make himself integrate better in certain worlds.
‘Now to the main thing, i’m going to make it so i reincarnate in said world as a mortal, while my body as a god will be fixed in this godly realm, that way when i die in a world, i’ll be able to safely come back through my soul, this will be one of the points in the skill that i will mantain no matter what.’ he said while looking at the finished marking of the skill.
“Divine, can you show me how much divine energy i have left?” he spoke to the mistery golden orb.
[Aye aye captain!]
[Divine Energy left: 51%]
‘This is not good, i probably need more for what i want to do, i guess i should cut some of the requirements i installed for the skill.’ He thought before saying, “Divine, can i upgrade these skills i’ll make in the future?”
[Yes, you can, but it can only be additional parts of the skill, not the main function of it, and it will mostly depend on how much more divine energy you’ll gain when going up the ranks]
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‘I see, so let’s change that i can gain 1 skill by going into said world and it will be by a randomization of 5 choices for me, but the skills have to be useful for me when entering said world, it’s just so i don’t get a horrible skill in the beginning.’ Bruno thought if he could take more stuff out of it.
‘Since i kinda made one randomized, let’s make the background one too, i’ll be able to choose one between 5 choices that also don’t put me in the worst place possible as a requirement to it. And the finishing touch will be to not being able to have as much choice in how i’ll modificate myself when i enter in another world, let’s just make it so it’s more cosmetics than anything at the start and make the skill choose my age based on the background i choose.’ Bruno nodded before looking at his first skill and the divine energy he had left after the changes.
1. Rebirth: The Rebirth ability activates upon your choice in the Godly Sanctuary, on the death of a mortal body created through the ability or when you consciously decide the journey in a particular universe has reached its conclusion. When this happens, you are granted the power to reincarnate into a new universe of your choosing or come back to the Godly Sanctuary, may these universes become reality itself.
- World Selection: You can choose which world to reincarnate into, it has to be a world created by the dreams of the mortals which encompasses all other gods universes, the one world choosen will become a semi-true universe and will stay closed off from external influence while you are inside of it. The worlds appeared will have a star system of one to five stars, demonstrating the dangers you will have in each world along with a filtering system and a brief description of said world.
- Body Customization: You can change and modulate a mortal body for you to use in said world. Currently, the only use for the sub-skill will be mostly minor details and the age will be modulated by the background setter.
- Power Selection: Upon reincarnation, you wil gain one ability of said destination, those are by decided by luck through 5 randomized choices, it has a high chance to give abiities you wanted to have in the world of choice. These powers are tailored to the world’s unique rules.
- Background Setter: User automatically gains five randomized choices for his origin in the world locked, these choices will be benefitial for you overall.
[Divine Energy left: 62%]
‘That’s a little better, now i need to make something to tie this next skill to me gaining my growth pattern, i can make something knowledge based that ties to the retaining of knowledge and skills of the worlds i’ll visit, let’s get to work now!’
Bruno started modelating a skill that was based on retention of experience and skills, also puting it linked to the growth pattern display he opened to the side.
Since this skill is about growing knowledge, he put a mark in it stating he can look thoough the database of a world like he’s surfing in the internet, making his access to higher tiered information based if he’s strong enough to know said knowledge.
He then opened a new tab in the skill and made an interesting rule, that allowed the maintaining of the universe after he got out of it if something specific happened.
‘I think i’m done, let me check it.’ Said Bruno while giving one more look at the skill as a whole and to the divine energy left display.
2. Knowledge Retentor: The ability to retain all memories, skills, and knowledge from each world visited, allowing your continuous growth in mind, strength and divinity through the journeys.
- Creation Rule: If the universe you are in becomes yours, it will then become a true universe by itself and be tied to your growth and divinity, granting your access to it without any barriers while under your rule.
- World Web: This sub-skill includes access to knowledge and secrets that might not be available to others in those worlds in the form of sites in the internet, access to high tier information is based on sufficient power and influence in the chosen world.
[Divine Energy left: 52%]
“That’’s way less than i expected it to be, why is it’s price so low divine?” asked Bruno.
[That’s because you’ve tied the skill to your growth pattern Bruno, since it’s a skill based on giving you more power through your choice of path, it automatically diminishes in cost since it will become a core part of you, and skills that are more alligned to yourself cost less overall]
[If you make a skill that is closer to the military stuff you did before, it also will cost a little less, if you make a skill tied to your own realm, it will also cost less, since these things are innate to your being.]
“I see, i have a nice idea for the realm now that you mentioned it, it’s probably gonna be the biggest skill i’ll have and then i can make some helpfull skills for my travels if there is any energy left.”
Bruno firstly marked his realm to be tied to his third skill and then started working on it, making it also tied to his own soul and divinity.
‘This one will be huge, i’ll make it so it is the space of living for me and my future allies, while also acting as the base we will use in the worlds i go to.’ Thought Bruno while he kept typing more about the skill.
He kept making it tied to him even more making it grow in power as long as he also growed, and then also making a way for those he allied with could keep traveling with him while also tying themselves to him and the realm.
Divine then said this could be problematic and could end up in him having difficulties in the future, since both skills will become tied to him, his growing speed will slow down from divinding his experience gain between himself and two skills. He understood but also thought that would just make him be a little slower in gaining power, this skill would be well worthy it’s price if it worked in the way he wanted.
‘Let me make a system of security for it, divine said it was a choice a lot of gods made and why should i be different about it, now add the expansion set to it, a way to trade with other gods, it also should be good to make a inventory inside of it, let me also put a garden in it in the mix so i don’t have to find a gardener only for him to keep growing stuff for everyone forever, and since i’ll visit a lot of worlds, i’ll encounter a lot of plants that each one will want to have, making it a growable aspect of the realm will also be really helpful.’
Bruno thought while putting the last touches to it and making his biggest skill yet.
3. Godhome: The Godhome is a mystical realm anchored between a realm of the gods marked and the mortal world being traveled. It is intrinsically linked to your soul and divinity. As an extension of your being, the Godhome evolves in response to the growth of both you and your allies gathered in the journey.
- True Follower: With the link you have with Godhome being soulbound, it will follow you no matter which world you go while also maintaing a base in the location choosen as a marker for your coming back to the realm of the gods. The Godhome will appear in the physical world as a common vehicle of transportation or base, it depends on your will. With enough strength gained by you, Godhome will also have a stronger soul and might be able to get a chance to attain sapience in the future.
- Soulbound Security: The Godhome is bound to your soul, making it impossible for anyone else to access or manipulate without your explicit authorization, orders made while being manipulated by someone won’t become true. This ensures that the realm remains a safe haven for you and the allies gathered inside, also making it impervious to external threats through being indestructible by outside forces.
- Dynamic Expansion: As you gains new allies, the Godhome will automatically expand to accommodate their needs and desires. Each ally receives a personalized space that reflects their skills, personality, and role within the group along with a personal bedroom. For example, a healer might receive a functioning clinic as their room while a warrior might gain a training ground tailored to their preferred combat style.
- Order and Supply System: Allies and yourself can order items, resources, or equipment through the Godhome’s connection to the Godly Sanctuary. By allying yourself with merchant gods, you can allow them to mark their wares to be sold to you and your subordinates in the journeys made, they will also be able to buy wares marked by you.
- Eternal Companionship: Allies who reside in the Godhome can choose to follow you on the journeys through different worlds and remain in this realm as part of your eternal retinue. This will be done through a contract which will tie the being chosen to your soul and divinity, marking their soul with your stigma forever and attaining immortality themselves that is connected to your own life.
- Living Essence Garden: A mystical garden within the Godhome that cultivates rare and powerful herbs, plants, and other resources found in the worlds you travel. The garden expands depending on your power and the quantity of plants in it, allowing the growth of an unique flora.
- Legacy Vault: A secure vault where you can store valuable items, artifacts, and treasures collected from various worlds. This vault also acts as an inventory which requires only your thought to store anything in it, it’s growth in size is based on your power.
[Divine Energy left: 8%]
‘I’ve tied it to my realm, soul, divinity and my future allies and it still cost me even more than rebirth. It is worth all the energy i put in it anyways.’ He said while feeling good about his choices earning an approval from divine too.
[I’ll have to say this to you Bruno, this skill is really god tier to the top, it will help you a lot in your path too, you tying it together to all these factors was the only way to make it affordable and i’m not even touching the part about it also growing based on your strength, soul and divinity rank.]
[Maybe you’ll get a title for it after everything finishes.]
“Another title? Minos also said something about earning the true dream worlds title.” Bruno said earning a lot of looks from the gods around him.
He saw the patriarch coming closer to him while saying, “It’s better if you don’t think much about it, just know that if the divine is saying that you might gain a title from your own choices, it means that you’re doing an amazing job.”
He saw some of the other gods staring angrily at the man in front of him while he seemed to not care about the looks they were giving him.
‘So i’m making good choices them, let’s just make the final decisions now, i just need to make the last skills now, they can’t be too much and also not too little.’ Bruno started thinking about what else he might need.
‘Well, in games and fictions the biggest problems people face are either different languages or not understanding what they are seeing. I can make some type of google translator in my mind and an identify of sorts, let me try it.’ Bruno said while working on these last two ideas, he kept looking at the energy left display so he didn’t use more than he had.
4. Universal Communication: The ability to rapidly understand and communicate in any new languages discovered, will also start to understand creatures body languages through time spent with them.
- Historical Whisper: Will be able to hear the voices of historical regions, buildings and items. The stronger the meaning and story from said locations and items, the stronger the voice.
5. Heaven's Eyes: The ability to perceive the true nature of things. This allows you to see hidden qualities in people, identify the nature of inspected items, and even foresee certain outcomes either in a battle or through a long timed scheme against you or someone close to you, this ability is based on perception and your knowledge on said themes.
[Divine Energy left: 0%]
‘This is perfect, i was even able to add some more things i wanted in the skills, it appears these ones are fairly common to the gods since they’re quite cheap.’ Bruno thought while confirming if everything was as how he wanted.
“I’m done divine, what do i need to do now?” he said to the orb while still having his hand on the orb, immediately attracting everyone around him, they were saying stuff like ‘it’s time’ or ‘let’s check his changes’, but he didn’t care about it too much.
[You did a really good job Bruno, let me just say some stuff to you before we finish all of this.]
[Firstly, congratulations on becoming a true god, after this ends you will be able to travel through the entirety of the Godly Sanctuary, which is my realm. You’ll be able to call me wherever you want while in here, just think about this little beautiful orb you met and it’ll pop a display for me to talk to you, just don’t tell the others since i prefer to talk to people like you, some of them are kinda crazy with me overall.]
[Secondly, we already talked to you about this but i have to say it again, fights are strictly prohibited over here without an agreement from both sides, all of the gods asked me to make a particular realm for the battles and such so they don’t destroy all the things we’ve built in here, you’ll probably see it later on.]
[Thirdly, since i’ve liked talking to you a lot, i’ll give you a little bonus later on, i’ll also guide you to a good spot where you can set your Godhome in when we finish this whole thing.]
[Fourthly, don’t enter these godly guilds (or whatever they call it) the crazy old farts tell you to, i’ll help you choose a good one later on, or if you want, i can help you set your own.]
[And fifth, have fun and i hope you have an amazing time in here. Do you want to finish your initiation? (Yours will probably hurt a little, ദ്ദി(ᵔᗜᵔ) )]
[Yes / No]
‘What an ominous way to end it, huh.’ Bruno said while noticing an image of a laughing woman in one of the displays in front of him, ‘So you could hear me monologuing in my mind before, well, let’s just finish it.’
Bruno slowly went to closer to the yes button in the floating golden tab.
{Welcome to the Akashic Records}
The moment he pressed the yes button, he saw this new display on top of divine’s golden one, it was purely black with black golden words in it, he could see countless white stars in it’s midst, there was also something that started to appear right after this message, the heat he felt when he was in the void and got warmer in this initiation process was slowly getting hotter and hotter within himself again, and then….. all he could feel was pain.