Chapter 7 - What Devilry Is This?

Gore did not lose consciousness, instead his consciousness traveled from his mind to the space of his soul where the Mana had gone. 

The Mana in his soul space was in the form of little violet orbs that flitted about angrily. There were hundreds of them. 

His soul was crystal clear in color, but as the Violet Mana attacked it, it started to blink purple. The Mana attacked him with emotions.

In Gore's soul, he dreamt. There was a woman in front of him. The woman was the Giant who had been betrothed to him from his birth.

She walked towards Gore confidently. She was taller than him by two feet with a full and curvy figure that would make any giant jealous.

She sniffed at him. "My father has broken our betrothal. You never awakened Aura. No one wants such a pollution in their bloodline. You understand, don't you? You're worse than useless. You are a stain on your father's reputation."

Gore gritted his teeth. Those were the worst moments of his life. The replay of Gore's life paused. 

There was a voice in the darkness. The alluring voice of a woman. "I can make anyone love you. I am the one who rules over Love. That woman, you loved her, but she did not love you."

In the darkness the light slowly drifted towards Gore's sight from his soul. It was a purple Orb. 

Gore's thoughts echoed in the space of his soul with supreme conviction. "YOU DON'T KNOW ME BITCH. I AM THE BEST. I DON'T NEED AURA. I HAVE ANOTHER FEELING IN MY HEART FAR BETTER THAN LOVE… THAT'S ANGER."

The light of the purple orb slowly flickered and then it flew towards Gore in a flash. The orb was consumed. It became him. 

All of the other hundred orbs hurtled towards him and were consumed in a flash. Every orb eventually drifted calmly away from his soul, but they had turned a bright green color.

Gore felt a strength flow him that he had never felt before. It was the strength of Magic. A strength in his soul.

Suddenly, a woman in white clothes appeared in Gore's Soul space. Her eyes seemed focused on Gore's soul. 

"This is an automated message. My name is the One True Creator. I existed at the beginning of this universe and everything within is mine because I am the strongest… 

I will explain the process that you- ERROR! The being has already achieved the Transformation stage and has skipped past the Formation stage… Calling Main body over."

In a flash of white light, the figure which had been frozen still in Gore's Soul space suddenly blinked and looked around. She turned to Gore's soul, and she smiled. 

"What an odd situation. You are in Eris' world. You awakened on a Mana stone that's hundreds of years old."

She sighed. "Eris may hunt you down when she senses your Magic power. She is fickle like that. This planet is her playground after all… I think that you are worth helping though.

Even as we speak, your body is being destroyed because the Mana which you just awakened is running rampant in your body. You successfully consumed it, but your stats are not high enough.

I am going to give you the experience for twenty levels and that will stabilize your condition. As for Eris, if she comes for you, I will intervene. You have really strong willpower and I like that!"

Gore's thoughts spilled out from his soul. "The One True Creator… Eris? What the fuck is this shit? What the hell are levels…"

The Creator chuckled beautifully. "You will find out - Gore… What a funny name! We will meet again. Until then."

With that, she disappeared in a flash and Gore's consciousness returned to his brain.

As Gore opened his eyes, there was a green window in front of him.

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*You have consumed one Mana stone and have gained 250 Mana!*

*You have killed _ERROR_ and have leveled up 20 times!*

*You have moved to the Transformation tier and have opened all your Mana veins and have established a conscious link between your soul and brain. You can move between either space.*

Gore Furyson: Level 21. Transformation tier Awakener.

SYSTEM → [Input Command/Open Store]

Vitality → 200 // Strength → 200 // Agility → 200 // Stamina → 200 // Mana → 250

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Gore stared at the window. "What sort of devilry is this?!"

He brought his huge fingers up to the window and he flicked it to the side. The window disappeared.

Gore shrugged. "Whatever."

Gore bent down to the chest, and he grabbed the other Mana stone. The Mana stone disappeared in his hand in a flash of purple light. It traveled to his Soul space where he could feel it trying to fight inside his soul.

Gore closed his eyes and sent his consciousness to his Soul instinctually. The second stone held more Mana. There were far more violet motes of Mana bouncing around in his soul than were green ones.

But the pressure on Gore's soul was not nearly as bad as it had been. Gore imagined his anger and beams of green light shot out from his soul, lancing through each of the violet ones. Every single violet mote of Mana blinked and turned green. Gore flicked his consciousness back towards his brain.

As Gore opened his eyes, the same window as before opened up in front of him. 

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*You have consumed one Mana stone and have gained 400 Mana!*

Gore Furyson: Level 21. Transformation tier Awakener.

SYSTEM → [Input Command/Open Store]

Vitality → 200 // Strength → 200 // Agility → 200 // Stamina → 200 // Mana → 650

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Gore rubbed his eyes before flicking the window to the side. "I must be turning crazy."

As Gore stood up, he felt a strength well up from within him. He unsheathed his massive sword, but suddenly another pesky window appeared in front of him. 

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Ascendant item equipped!! All stats including Mana will be increased by 50% whenever the item is in contact with your skin.

Do you want to know more info about your blade? [YES][NO]

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Gore gritted his teeth as he glanced at the words and skimmed over them. He frowned. "Stats?? Does it mean strategy, stratagems, stratas, or status maybe… I don't know."

He stuck his huge ass meaty finger into his ear before slamming it against the system window. He meant to press 'NO', but pressed 'YES'

A new window opened up in front of him.

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Ascendant items are extremely rare, can change between three forms, and have two Rare tier Magic spells embedded into them for instant casting.

This Ascendant item can change between a sword, shield, or ring. The item will never break. Once you inject Mana into it, there is a 4,000 lb spatula space. The Sword can cut through and disrupt spells.

The two Rare spells are: Triple gravity & Fireball. 

Triple gravity: makes anything that you choose triple in weight for two seconds. 

Fireball: Shoot a large and flashy fireball (Can be concentrated).

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Gore tried to read through it all, but a lot of the words he didn't understand at all, so he ended up flicking the screen to the side with a frustrated growl.