In the void... darkness alone reigned supreme, There was no time and space. The Darkness had consciousness due to it being the reincarnated Mara.
Mara pov
I... where am I? Did I finally die? Did the world end? Can I rest in peace? I couldn't see anything. I couldn't hear anything. I couldn't feel anything. I couldn't move my body... so am I in the afterlife?
What a waste of life that was, never getting to see anything interesting, always fighting for my property, and getting scolded for being myself. I don't care about what others think; they just can't mind their business.
Saying this would be hypocritical of me because I can't mind my own business either. I always felt alone, so I tried talking to others, but it seemed I couldn't stop yapping, So I talked extremely less, and my voice was inaudible to many due to me speaking in a low voice.
I tried to move, but there was nothing to move, I didn't have a body, and I couldn't feel anything near me as if there was nothing near me. If this is the afterlife or void after death, I am happy because I don't need to live another shitty life by getting reincarnated or being sent to hell.
I didn't believe in any gods of my old world; to me, their faith or religion depicted their lore... the Christians show how, according to them, the world was made and try to explain everything.
Despite liking some teachings about love, I hated the fact they stated if I didn't believe in them, I would go to hell. Christianity wasn't even that old. Yet what makes me think of it as stupid is their faith in it.
One guy came up to me and said that we were children of Adam and Eve. No, I don't believe that; the only thing I believe in them is about Jesus because he was a cool dude.
So basically, I hate every Abrahamic religion; then comes the mythologies. Tho I don't believe many of them are real, they at least have interesting stories, and some may even show actual connections to history like Christianity, though they may be exaggerated. I believed in only one god, and that, too, was a god made by my imagination.
Many hours later
So I ranted for hours, and I did not feel tired. But I don't think I will rant anymore; what time is it anyway? It is turning boring... so I will probably try remembering something and enjoy myself.
Countless years later
Why is everything so boring... I have been stuck in this state for an eternity. I don't even know... why I am here. Waiting in the void for this long without doing anything is boring. I wanted to rest. Then I couldn't sleep; I wanted to end my existence.
Am I actually in hell? If someone receives something bad like torture, They will scream in pain until the body is broken. If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger or breaks you; this is a quote I believe in because creatures adapt to things that harm them.
Likewise, the god must have thought putting people in eternal torture would be boring because, after some time, they wouldn't care or would break... if you put them to torture only for some time, then they will suffer, sure, but it won't leave a lasting impact if it was physical torture.
What you need is mental torture, torture that people will remember... something which makes them forget their own identity. Something which made them beg for an end.
Now I realise the importance of the end. But I seriously just want to sleep for eternity... will that not be possible? I want to enjoy the unpredictability of life because it is thrilling. After thinking over it for this many years... what I did in my past seems foolish to me now.
I hate the loneliness that plagues me even now... in the past, I wanted to have friends, but nobody liked me anyway. They either wanted a tool or an entertainer from me. I did not want to be anything like that to them.
I just wanted to be nice, have a chat and help them, that is it, but it seems nobody likes interacting in such a way; they probably will find it boring. Without all the mind games and all.
But boredom plagues me again, I am slowly turning insane, rambling to myself to remember that no one will remember me once the world ends. That was insane, a shadow creature burning and all.
But the seven suns and the sky burning were so beautiful I was mesmerised. Now that I think about it, everyone must have died, right?
I want a friend
After I said this, I saw a light that came from the very centre of me... wait, I am the darkness? So I was looking at myself the whole time. This light I could see even when I did not have eyes.
It's probably the brightest light I have seen. I could see what was happening. There was a formless entity emitting this light, formless because it was like water or slime as if it could take every shape and form
This entity was the first company in my lone existence, so let's talk about it.
"Hello? Can you hear me". The entity was surprised by my voice. Even I was surprised by my voice because it carried immense power.
"Who am I?" The entity asked.
In a basic case, I would have said something like, 'I don't know', but something unexpected happened. When this entity awoke. Something in me snapped suddenly gaining huge amounts of information
This entity was formed by me subconsciously by asking for a friend; from what I learned, now this being doesn't have a soul.
It is just something I can control... it asks the question 'Who am I?' Because that was what I expected it to speak from its sudden appearance. Even its reaction was due to me.
But this being will be useful for me because it is Omniscient and can answer all questions I want answers about because I do not want to hold Omniscient abilities due to it ruining the fun.
I asked, "What happened to me?" Then the blob yeah blob... answered "When the world was ending, the previous source transferred its powers to you by merging with you"
Intrigued, I asked, "What is the source, and why did it merge with me?"
"The source is the supreme reality and absolute being. Everything is a part of the source. The source is the highest principle, unchanging, limitless, indescribable, something with all the power. The source creates and destroys; the source can not have a beginning or end. You have merged with the previous source. It wanted you to be the source because you were its friend"
So the god was the source? "So why did the information suddenly load into my brain again, instead of directly coming back when I was in this void?" I asked
It answered, "After the world-ending flame burned you, you didn't want to remember how you died. You forgot about the merging which happened while you were burning and were stuck in the void after the world turned to ashes."
Now that I think about it... isn't it interesting? Building a world and seeing humans interact with each other? With this power, I could create magic, aliens, and much more fun stuff. The only limit is I should be able to imagine the things I want to do.
Then the blob disappeared because I wanted it to go away. So, let's create a body for me to inhabit. I took my energy in the void to form a human body.
I made it handsome. Due to me being stuck in the void, My imaginative powers have reached peak condition, so everything about it was perfect... every minute detail.
I am a male in mind, but I wanted to try a different body, too; being genderless was appealing because it would not affect my judgment of any gender. I could become anything at any time I wanted, so there was no problem.
I decided to make a male body, The body I made had black hair because I had it in my previous world. I gave it beautiful red and black eyes.
The eyelashes were long; the skin was smooth and perfect to the touch, giving it a well-toned body; my height was undetermined because I could change it. I was as tall as Vegeta in my previous life.
This will be my original appearance as the source, so I have to make it good.
I made my hands so long that they could be extended up to my knees. I Have broad shoulders. My eyes are wide (comparable to lotus), and I have a reddy tinge to them. My neck is like a conch, my voice like a swash of ocean springs.
My skin is as dark as rain clouds due to being born in the void. I am well-built and muscular, and my walk is similar to a lion. My chest, fists and wrists are diamond-strong.
My chest is convex, my navel region is rich, and I have 8 packs. My hair, penis and lines on my foot soles are smooth. My height is 12 feet currently. I have shining eyes, a firm chin, an even shape of teeth and lovely lips. My canine teeth are strong and sharp.
The darkness was being injected slightly by me into the body and when it was complete I now could feel my body
Wow, it is so easy to move in this because this body has fake muscles. It was made entirely out of energy, and hence, there was no creaking and breaking of bones.
I then stretched my hand, opened my palm and it ignited, producing a bright light. I put the burning flame near my eyes, Now I can't wait to create a world.
End of Chapter 2
This is the art of how the protagonist looked in his previous life