The King Of Abyss

In the great abyss, there was only silence, an infinite void with red lightning crackling around it. It seemed to swirl a bit like a raging tornado devouring within, and reducing all that exists into nothingness. There was not a single being alive that would enter the abyss, for it would destroy all that lives down to even their existence.

Even the supreme kings would not dare to enter the abyss out of fear. However, for some strange reason, an entity suddenly appeared in the middle of the abyss.

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After I died I thought there would be nothing after death, apart from potentially meeting a ROB and receiving some wishes. However, I felt it an insult that I, Jayde Maverick, the world's most feared assassin would ever need something as ridiculous as special powers to aid me in a journey to fight great evil.

Though it may come across as arrogant, it truly isn't. I never wanted to be an assassin in the first place, I had always dreamt of a life where I was free from anything and everything. To exist beyond a mere tool to be dispatched to take care of dangerous people that could harm the world. It was all bullshit in the first place. I knew it, they knew it, everybody knew but I kept playing along.

I was selected along with many others to undergo a program at a young age, it was meant to enhance our physical capabilities. It didn't work. They managed to kill everybody but me, I had survived luckily enough. Or is it unlucky? No matter, I continued to train under them and before long I was sent out on missions at the ripe age of twenty.

I killed. And killed, and killed, and killed. A vicious cycle with the winner being the person born with more money. I slowly grew dull to it all, until eventually, they decided to terminate project x, aka me. It was a quick death, more than what I deserved.

I then found myself in some sort of all-destroying void. I didn't even know what it was. I just knew I refused to die before gaining that second chance that I so clearly deserved. The chance to be free from those damn controllers, the chance to find happiness…

However there was a problem, I wasn't even able to move. I was only able to sit there and do nothing infinitely. Time went by, and it felt as though I was going to go insanely sitting there.

Time just kept passing, no matter what I tried. All I was able to do was watch the void swirl around infinitely. At first, it was kind of relaxing, but it slowly started to drive me insane.

Humans are naturally social creatures, we need to have others around us to survive, now, now only was I stripped of that but there was also nothing here to do. All i could do was stare at the abyss again and wait for more time to pass.

Eventually, after I endured all that torture, I was subjected to more. Once all that time went by I realized that I could feel whatever soul consciousness I had was slipping away. Just as it seemed that I was about to pass out, I felt something in my mind release, it was sort of a euphoric experience.

It seemed that I had gained some sort of energy related to the abyss that I was in. It also felt natural, kind of like I could do whatever I wanted with it without having to go through the normal complications to control said energy.

Before I knew it I was able to start feeling normal again. The energy circulated automatically restoring me to a peak state. Even the mental trauma of being in whatever space it was that I now call the abyss, was gone.

I had thought that my body had adapted to the abyss. So that was possibly the reason that I was able to gain my energy back. It was urgent at the time to gain strength so that I may be able to protect myself outside of this abyss.

I decided that to ensure my new life's safety I had decided that I wasn't going to leave the abyss until I was able to manipulate it to my bidding. Once I was able to manipulate the abyss as easy as squeezing puddy I should be strong enough to protect myself outside.

To start things off, I knew that I needed some sort of form, I didn't want to be a ball anymore. It was quite inconvenient. I knew that it would be a lot easier since the energy was naturally controlled and I didn't have to practice it at all.

So I just imagined a new form to take and spread out the new energy I gained around me. After that, I solidified the energy into a shape and imagined a humanoid-looking form but also scary if need be.

(A/N: His true form, which is what this will be called. Is already on the cover, yes the character on the cover is actually the mc for once.)

I want the appearance to be the most intimidating as possible, so I imagined my aura to be black and static looking with red lightning, inspired by this abyss of course.

Since I had gained a new chance, a chance to gain a life carefree, without anyone commanding me. I knew that I must take this opportunity to stay in the abyss and gain strength. There are no coincidences in life. If I wanted to have my carefree life, I must have absolute strength. The kind which all plans and schemes are useless against.

With my newfound resolve, I had decided that to gain the dream life I wanted, I would stay in the abyss to gain strength unparalleled. Only after that, I would leave the abyss and enjoy whatever the verses have in store for me.

I reached out my hand to see how much strength I had. Then imagined bending the abyssal void. Much to my displeasure, absolutely nothing happened.

Once I saw that, I knew that I has a lot of work to do…

--- Timeskip, a literal eternity later.

Once I was able to bitch around the abyss enough that I could sense that I was strong. It felt easy for me to escape the void, so in my mind that meant I'm already the strongest.

The first thing I did was rip open a door in the abyss and step out of it.

Finally, I was on my way to rip through the verses…