"Who are you?" I asked the white mass of light.
"Me? My name can't be said in the mortal language, and if I said it in its true form, this entire space would shatter, thus I can't answer your question" The mass of light replied
This answer made me get a better answer to what I am dealing with, it was a higher being whose name has the power to shatter space, good to know.
"How do I refer to you?" was the second question that I asked the ball of light.
The mass of light ponders a bit before answering "Hmmm, there is nothing that I can come up with within your mortal language, how about you come up with a name for me?"
This question caught me a bit off guard and made me confused, aren't higher beings supposed to be arrogant and conceited? Why is this one so carefree?
"Alright, if that is what you wish, I shall refer to you as Nova, so Nova, where are we?
"Nova? Hahaha, a good name indeed, now for your question... This is a space in a pocket dimension that is I made when I took you off the 'line' "
So this being has the power to make a pocket in dimension for itself... But what 'line' is it talking about? I was curious so I asked.
"What 'line' are you talking about?"
"Line, you don't really need to know this but it is the line that all souls follow after death, what happens after that, I can't say as you don't have enough authority to know that yet."
The authority mentioned sounds very important, also what is this foreshadowing when it said yet? Does this have anything to do with the deal mentioned before? Wait.. deal?
"What is the deal you mentioned earlier?"
Nova didn't laugh this time as I can feel it's getting serious "Deal, or more of a pact, it is a trade of mutual benefit between us." After saying this he went silent for a while before continuing, "Before I explain the details you need to know the backstory." it said before it continued telling me its backstory.
It turns out that this higher being was part of some sort of council that is made of higher beings, it had the most 'authority' out of the members of the council and was about to get even more, the other members of the so-called council didn't want to see this, but they couldn't do anything about since it was so strong, so in the end, the other members made joint action and attacked it in an attempt to kill it but they severely underestimated Nova.
Nova ended up killing most of the members that attacked it, but in the end, it couldn't beat them all, but they couldn't kill it either, but the others were not willing to give up so easy for fear of Nova's revenge, so they decided to use some use a very high-level seal to seal Nova here for eternity, using it's life force to empower the seal.
"So now that you know how I ended up here, let me start with the deal, it is simple, I help you reincarnate with my blessing, and you will gain power and then come back to this forsaken place once you have enough power and authority, and break these damned seals."
"As an added benefit, I will let you build your own mortal body, this is a very generous offer for you, also I can feel the raging fire of hatred run deep in you so once you are strong enough, you will be able to go back and kill the person you hate so much."
"What happens if I refuse?" I asked
"I'll kick you out of my pocket dimension, which will damage your soul, then you will go back on the 'line' and will continue the natural process, but a damaged soul will probably not make it to the end of the line."
Although I don't really understand souls and what the 'line' is, I definitely know a damaged soul isn't good, so I basically have no choice but to accept but before that, I have the most important question left to ask.
"Why me?"
Nova does not answer for a while which gives me a bad premonition, it took a while before it replied.
"Because you don't have those annoying chains"
This answer was very vague and did not really answer my question but it was an answer nonetheless, and also with the bonus of getting revenge, I don't really care.
"Very well, I accept your offer," I answered without much consideration.
"Great, let us do the pact then, with this we won't be able to betray and go back on our words." Nova replied and then started stating a bunch of conditions before finally asking "Zonah Ashland, with the before-mentioned conditions, do you agree with the pact?"
"Yes I, Zonah Ashland, agree with the set conditions, for a chance at rebirth with your full blessing, I shall in turn gain power and come to unseal you."
After I've said this sentence, it was when I felt something very deep in me come loose, and then a light came out of my chest and merged with a light that came from Nova's chest, afterward, 2 light balls flew to us respectively and went into our chests, it was then when I felt something very deep click in me. It was at this time that black chains which looked like it had galaxies inside came from the ground and wrapped themselves around me and Nova, this really made me panic and thought it was some sort of attack.
"Calm down, the chains are just the manifestation of the conditions that were mentioned, once we are tied with these chains, we won't be able to break the pact." Nova patiently explained to me.
Once the chains were firmly wrapped around us, a lock slowly started to fade into existence and locked the chains, then the chains along with the lock started to melt into our bodies, I had to grit my teeth and push through because the pain was really bad, it felt like molten metal being poured onto my skin but way worse, it only took a while but felt like forever.
"Good endurance mortal, the pain on the soul is a lot worse than the pain on a body," Nova commented from the side, it seemed like it was unfazed by the pain. "Now that the pact has been sealed, we can finally continue on, my energy is running out so hurry."
Nova's energy is running out?? Now that I look closer, the mass of light is a lot dimmer than it was earlier, also the details on the surroundings are also a lot more blurry.
"How do I build my body?" I asked, genuinely confused.
Nova sighed "Mortals are so weak, let me help you." The mass of light got even dimmer and a part of the room turned into light particles that slowly floated to the front of me and turned into a humanoid.
"Touch it with your hand and start thinking of how you want the body to look," Nova explained seeing the confused look on my face.
I did as explained and put my hand on the chest of the mass of light and closed my eyes and started thinking while picturing the body...