*A/N: Quick little update, after this shorter chapter I will be taking 2 weeks to make as many chapters as I can and then do a mass release. That was all now back to it...*
In the empty darkness that is called the void a man slowly floated across the vast emptiness, but unbknownst to him his new shortened life was about to become a lot more complicated and confusing. While in a state of confusion and annoyance, Mike heard the undeniable noise of a ding followed up by a prompt.
{Update: The system has encountered an unknown variable, to better equip the user system has to undergo a update to ensure the host can grow without any limits. Caution is advised, do make sure that you do not let... error.. error..., bett.... error...*static*}
"AAAGGHHH!!!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, this act caused the black emptiness around me to tremble before shaking violently. The intense pain appeared out of nowhere, the pain pulsed constantly throughout my body keeping me from passing out while being on the brink of passing out. I just wanted to die, I have done this a handful of times before and I did not like it in the slightest so this time I powered through it and made sure I was awake.
First it was my nose, then it was my mouth followed by my eyes that burst from my head before reforming. I went through the cycle of being blown apart, feeling everything as it happened but never screamed out not for not feeling the pain but everytime I could scream out, I was blown apart again.
I was kept in this agonizing process for what felt like hours if not days. All my major body parts were blown to mitherines and then rebuilt, from atoms to fully functioning organs and finally my complete body. When the process had finally completed my eyes fluttered open but slowly as I was expecting to be blown apart again and after some time of not being remade I opened my eyes fully and heard a dinging noise...
(Name: Mike)
{Race: Legendary Monarch }
[Class: King - Low Rank]
LEVEL - 3 (348/750 EXP) + 11 goblins + 1 Dream gazer + 1 Shaman of strength
550 xp + 523 xp + 374 xp = 1,447 xp earned
{Stats}
Str - (28)
Dex - (26)
Con - (41)
Vlt - (33)
Cha - (47)
Mind (wis, per, Int) - (45)
Sta - (31)
( Unused Points- 24 )
*Updating Beta System to Kings System*
Progress - 6%
"What? There is no way I can last for so long while this upgrades," My voice was weak, spirt wavering, Body physically unresponsive. I just wanted to die, torture would have been way less painful than this for torture has a end. While becoming numb to all the pain prior to this I had accepted my fate until I started to feel again.
I opened my eyes to still see the darkest black that was the void, I attempted to move my fingers and with great astonishment I felt them move. I had to slowly work my way from moving my fingers to my hand and then my wrist all the way until I could move my shoulder all the while not feeling any pain. I just continued to try and move as time went on.
- 24 hours later -
It has been around 2 hours since I was able to move, I threw a left jab followed by a right hook finished with a round house kick. "I can't get over this, this last hour has been insane, I am able to move with such speed and percision that it is making me feel like a cheat," I said to myself while still running through more combinations.
I started a new combination, I lunged fowards while aiming my right hands towards the ground and dug my fingers into it I tore a chunk of rock and using my momentum I spun around while cart-wheeling to get back to me feet and threw the chunk of rock. I followed up behind it with a fist that burst through the chunck of rock while also I spun around with my left leg extended to a midair reverse spinning kick.
...
I stopped my assualt on the poor emptiness, with each kick and each punched I caused the void to tremble uncontroably. I had been at this for what felt like days so when I chose to stop I checked up on the Update progress of the new System.
*Updating Beta System to Kings System*
Progress - 57%
"Cool, seems like everything is going smoothly," I thought to myself as I looked at the progress of the update. I then tried to do something, I closed my eyes to better focus on what I was about to do and imagined a mirror in front of me. I wanted to see if I could make a mirror out of mana and I tried to use mana from around me but found the void completely empty of mana, but then I felt something tug on my control.
"Huh? HEY WAIT WHY IS THE PULL GETTING STRONGER!" I started to panic, I quickly opened my eyes to see black. I did not know what was happening but everything seemed to want to test me in some way, shape, or form and I was not having it this time. I closed my eyes again and went back to that pulling sensation, I started to see lights, small lights that had a shadow behind each light. At the moment I could not try and comprehend what was actually happening as I was still new to everything so I just used my will and intent.
I reached out with my will and intent and grasped at the shadow, I tightened my hold on it and pulled back the veil that was the shadow and was shown what it really was. "Essence, Mana, and something else. I can't see this other aspect or building block but I know there is something else." I decided to then look inwards, my own body, my own flesh and blood, and my own veins and arterys each were remade to be able to use mana but not essence or whatever that 3rd one was. I started to trace back each organ, each muscle firber, each bone, and every nerve ending along with anything else and when I finshed do so I found something shocking.
"My brain and heart were not remade with mana. I need to reforge my entire body, the only way for that though is for me to find out what this fucking third mystery thing is." I said outloud to get rid of frustration that was building up.
I continued to scan over my entire body over and over and over again until I was able to get a clue. "Life, Death, Birth and Rebirth," I said in a chant like way before continuing, "Growth, potential, talent and untalented," I said another set of words in a chant like way before my whole body sized. I opened my eyes wide just to lose my vision then I blacked out...
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"Van ooh sha ven la kan lu nacht shan rok na un vil ta'rah."
Words from beings that had no business being here on this plane were spoken by Mike, each word contained untold power he held so long ago. Then as quickly as he started speaking in a twisted tounge it vanished, replaced with a deep baritone that reverberated through the void, "I am awakening once more, those who have chosen to throw me into the deepest pits of Hell will suffer. I have not forgotten you, I have not lost, I have only bought time and soon, soon I will make it back, for if it will be I or my new host, my will be carried out."
The deep abyassal voice, sounding suddenly tired continued, " I don't want to continue anymore, they have taken to much from me. My mantle and my last loyal servant for she was reincarnated, will be yours my successor. My memories, my ups and downs, my rights and wrongs will be given to you, my everything. I am running out of time, I just have one request my successor, don't fall as I did, but fell those who have wronged me and will wrong you. I am almost out of time but I have one last thing to say, The farther you go, the more memories like these will come back helping you, farewell my friend.... Rowen The Shaper."
Just like that the voice and presence had disappeared, but not completely. That presence started to coalesce into Mike's body, every pore that was on his body opened and the presence felt like it was not just a presence but the remaining life force of a being. Every second that ticked by felt like hours to mike as the absorbtion rate which his body was taking in the energy was very slow, being that he had time he started to re-reconstruct his body again to make it more superior, the only difference this time is that he would remake his heart and brain.
Power.... power is all that could be used to explain the sensations he was feeling right now. Every second that passed by the sensation only increased, every minute something within his body was made anew, better, stronger, more durable are 3 words that could breifly explain it. Every hour an organ was remade, every bone, every nerve and so on. Minutes turned to hours, hours turned to days, days turned to weeks, and weeks turned to months, as time seemed to fly by at an accelerated rate do the reforging of himself, Mike was unaware of the turmoil and fear that the abyassal voice caused.
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(Somewhere out in an unknown relam)
"NOOOO! IT CAN'T BE!!! I THOUGHT WE KILLED HIM AND ALL THAT HE HELD NEAR AND DEAR!" Shouted a voice in fear laced with panic and terror. The voice was heard throughout all of existence, a voice that had helped every single god like being get to where they were now, a man, once a mortal at the start of it all caused even the strongest amongst the gods to cower and run.
A name that has been lost to time for the gods made sure of that, only the eldest of them have any idea of his name that inspired those with to help those without. The thing is that all choices have consequences, and Karma, well lets just say she was not happy when she found out about this and decided to turn fate into her little bitch.
Fate was a lesser god of Karma, a Primordial Goddess of fortune and luck but also of tragedy, misfortune and vengence. Fate knew he could never get out of his mistress's shadow because for fate to work karma had to be present, and when karma was present Fate hoped it wasn't revenge driven, but this time around something seemed off with Karma.
(Karma)
A scream that could shatter the souls of those not strong enough could be heard throughout her demension, the scream contain heartbreak, sadness, and loss. Karma could never have imagined a day where her one and only love, the one she ever sought after accepted her. She collapsed to the ground in a ugly heap, her sadness and loss could be felt throughout existence.
Her once perfect face that had almond-shaped eyes that were as Blue as Sapphires, with perfectly shaped eyebrows, thin and narrow that rested above her enchanting eyes. Her face held high cheekbones with a perfect feminine jawline that accentuated her plump and beautiful pink lips. Her hair as blue as the ocean cascaded down her back to her waist, once neat and well kept now show as unkempt, the bags under her reddened eyes.
On her bed she lay under the covers crying for all to hear until she heard her door open. With a anger in her sorrow-filled eyes she lashed out at the person who entered her room, with a anger filling her moves she slashed the air infront of her sending a violent attack towards the intruder. The intruder aghast at the situation quickly composed herself and easily dismissed the attack before it had any chance of causing damage.
The "Intruder" was actually one of the few friends Karma has, actually the only friend she now has left. The intruder is actually the goddess of foresight who has been Karma's friend for eons, throughout all that time Karma has never had this type of meltdown before. Both of the Goddess's have had each others back through each others ups and downs, and Foresight has only been the one to show such a scene once when her husband and children were killed by rouge gods.
Finding her friend in such a state could only mean one thing to her, she finally got with.... what was his name again? "Huh? Why can't I remember that guy's name. I know I knew it, so why can't I remember it," Foresight thought to herself then her eyes shot open. "So they did it huh," as a small tear fell down her beautiful face. "They actually killed that guy whos name I can not remember, but I know that I knew him for a long time and that he was dear to me," Foresight said in a sad tone that conveyed all that needed to be known.
She looked at her friend with sympathy knowing that she lost the one thing she tried so hard to get. Walking up to her bed, Foresight sat ont he edge and placed a gentle hand on top of Karmas head and gently caressed her hair saying, "I'm sorry for you Kate, I really am. My memories have been altered but I know or rather feel that something was wrong. I am here for you Kate, lean on me and I shall hold you up until you are ready, for I am your pillar and you are my pillar for which he hold each other up," Foresight said to Karma or Kate as her real name calmed down a little after Foresight had shown up and started to caress her hair. She fell into slumber and everything around started to return back to normal..... at least for now.