Welcome to hell

A lone soul fell through the inky black abyss of non-existence almost still in the nothingness that surrounded it if not for the downward movement pulling it towards the only speck of dim red light in the distance. The soul stirred in its slumber coming to consciousness, and looking out into the black void that surrounded it. "What is this?" the soul called out into the abyss but no response came leaving it alone in it's thoughts then countless questions without answers spewed out from the soul." Where am I?, What am I?, Am I dead?,What's that speck In the distance, why is it getting closer?!" The soul dug and clawed through the remenants of thoughts left after it's death and one word surfaced in the chaos of their mind. it clung to that lone word like a liferaft in a raging storm threatening to pull him into madness and he screamed it as loudly as he could into the dark empty void." PROPERTIES!" the soul screamed out, and then nothing happened,as the soul fell into despair a faint click sounded out in its mind and a low buzzing resounded around it. a faint grey screen whirled to life in the center of it's vision with white lettering coming to life on the screen.

[Properties]

[Existence Rank] 0

[Deaths] 1

[Judgement Destination] The Nine Hells

[Name] Dante

[Race] soul

[EXP] 0

[HP] 1/1

[energy density] 1/1

[Toughness] 1

[Strength] 1

[Dexterity] 1

[Agility] 1

[Intelligence] 1

[Willpower] 10

[Titles] N/A

[Skills] N/A

[Racial Traits] absorption

All the information hit Dante all at once a flood of numbers and letters filling his vision that hurt his head to look at. He prevailed through the initial strain to process the information and looked over the statistics provided by the strange pannel. Dante scrolled down to his racial traits and pondered hard over what the strange aspect did till he felt a faint sucking force pull at the void around him, but Other than that It did little to assist him. After looking over the strange letters he found that his values were rock bottom and despaired at his luck." Dam it all how am I supposed to do anything with stats like this and what's up with my race I Died why do I have to end up as a pipsqueke wisp of energy. Wait a second does that say... Oh Fuck Fuck Fuck I Don't WANT TO GO TO HELL!" Dante's words resounded through the void as he looked down in terror of the quickly approaching red dot that was growing by the second. he looked around in fear for anything he could find to stave off his impending doom till he saw another faint wisp of a soul in the distance. He tried to get close to it but his struggling did little to allow him to move through the empty void till he came up with an idea. Dante activated the absorption trait in the direction of the soul and watched in reverence as the void in front of him was pulled in and he was slowly dragged toward the other soul falling with him. As he closed in on the soul it was picked up in the vacuum like suction and dragged into the cluches of Dante's wisp like body and slowly melded with his soul till they were one. A light ping sound shook his mind as the grey screen popped up into his field of vision.

[soul absorbed gained 100EXP] [1,000EXP required to Increase Existence Rank]

Dante looked at the pop up screen and a wide grin split across his non exsistant face. He now had hope and a way to survive this Plumit to the pits of hell and he began hunting down the Rouge falling souls that became more abundant the closer to hell he became. Soon he had devoured a total of 10 souls and Hell had become large enough to make out the shape of rough mountains and a winding river of fire flowing across the south of the plane. while looking at his now sizable chunk of 1,000EXP a faint ping rung out and a second pop up screen appeared in Dante's field of vision.

[10 human Souls have been devoured and the title Soul eater has been acquired and the host has been acquitted with the skill ethereal jaws level 1]

As Dante read over the pop up his weightless soul shook and quivered in excitement with the realization that mearly preforming an action long enough could grand him Titles and in turn more abilities. Though he was never the smartest person he understood the importance of being able to grow in strength in order to survive this new world. As he summoned the ethereal jaws he felt as though energy was drained out of him that formed into a whispy set of pointed teeth that hovered in front of him. as he used the skill it felt as though his body became thin like a piece of string compared to the tight ball of rope his body was just moments ago

[Warning Energy Density reaching critical stage .2/1 cease skill use to prevent permanent Energy Density loss]

as the bright red pop up appeared Dante scrambled to deactivate the ethereal jaws and once they were deactivated the warning ceased to flicker and disappeared from his sight.

"Ahhh that was close I better be more careful in the future I almost died for no reason. well now that that Is out of the way let's see what that Exsistance rankup is about, I have a feeling if I don't figure out how to get stronger I'll be killed as soon as I land On that plane" Dante looked down at the approaching ground below swelling with hordes of demons and shuttered at the thought of landing. His will shuttered with his determination to thrive in this new world. Dante's memories of his life were hazy but one thing in them remained clear he was a man with an ironclad will to survive forged through countless horrors, but it all mattered little now and as his thoughts drew to the Exsistance rankup option he was met with a prompt from the interface.

[Rankup preparing to Initiate please select evolution path]

[Devouring Soul--/ A evolution of the basic soul structure to that of a predator that feeds on the souls of other creatures to gain energy. This evolution transforms the absorption trait to the Devouring trait which increases the EXP gain from soul consumption and a chance to absorb their lingering stats upon their death. Evolution Limits possible energy sources to souls and requires regular soul intake to maintain Energy Density. Future Evolution possibilities Low]

[lesser whisp--/evolution to the lesser form of the non-corporal wisp a creature with weak magic capabilities and no physical body. Absorption trait transforms into the Energy Condensation trait which draws in energy from the environment to increase Energy Density as well as a weak EXP gain from the condensed energy from places steeped in bloodshed. Future Evolution possibilities Low]

[lesser ghast--/ A evolution to the ghast race that refine Energy from corpses and develop a infectious aura of decay that erodes everything around it.Absorption trait transforms into aura refinement, the decay aura eats matter and refines it into Energy and EXP to develop the ghast. Future Evolution possibilities Low]

As Dante read through the options he became exited at the prospect of evolution but his future possibilities saddened him."What's the point of taking these shitty options when they cripple my future growth, this is fucking rigged! I should Have the ability to grow more than just some crappy lesser being. how the hell do you expect me to beat this shitty game when I am trapped forever in the first Stage!" he cried out into the abyss that surrounded him and no one was there to listen besides the quiet souls plummeting down to hell along with him. As he screamed out curses at the world that dealt these awful options He used the Absorption ability to vent his anger by ripping at the void and pulling in the wisps of energy available before smashing them into submission where they melded with his body.

[-/ERROR/--/ERROR/- Absorption ability forcefully condensing energy over maximum limit minimum potential threshold reached<>_[[WORLDS_INPUT//[[ WILLPOWER development has exceeded Exsistance rank unit.exe [[WORLD[[ Has been reached and evolution has been forcefully chosen to fix anomaly... Brace for evolution soul limit protection has been shattered and the evolution potential has been forcefully exceeded_<state.Energy_Density too Low to Exceed lesser being Potential<(Absorption trait forcefully disassembled to fuel evolution... success Exsistance Energy Still lacking to Procede with evolution...searching... secondary energy source detected<[[/WORLD[[ Has forcefully confirmed energy use/_ skill_>ethereal_jaws_>/disassembled... Energy threshold reached beginning evolution... soul protection not possible due to lesser Exsistance potential limit bypass...brace for pain probability of evolution success N/A likelihood of soul destruction 99.9% Good Luck]

"WHAT THE F***! AHHHHHHHHH!!" Confused by the sudden prompt Dante could not process what was happening except that he was about to be destroyed. He writhed in agony as the feeling of thousands of knives stabbing into his mind threatened to rip his soul apart. Dante knew that If he gave into the pain it would be his end and his mind became clouded with agony. The seconds passed to minutes and then to hours as Dante began rapidly approaching the plane of limbo that spread out before him. His soul Had been ripped to shreads and fit back together Like a jigsaw puzzle before being pulled apart once again. No wails or cries for help lessened Dantes pain as his soul pulled taught like a firm steel cable wound around Itself, and the pain of evolution gradually began to subside. Dante opened his nonexistent eyes to see the sprawling plains that stretched out almost infinitely before him crawling with demons that preyed on the week souls of the newly deceased. Devouring them to satisfy their Neverending hunger and thirst for power present in all those that survived long enough to reach that point. Dante was only about half a mile above the first circle of Hell at this point and a weak sheen of dread lingered over him as he approached the waiting demons who looked at him with hungry eyes. Before he could get a close look at his new home a pure white pop up pulled away his attention and as he looked at it, If he had a face, his lips would be stretched into a mad grin from ear to ear in pure delight at its wonderful message.