A Divine Shadow and a Voice

Despair washed over me as the reality of my situation set in. The hopeful thoughts of being in a good world that was calm and nice or any other overall positive world faded.

Instead, I found myself transported into Shadow Slave, one of the most hopeless worlds to exist.

To my understanding, I was within the body of Sunny, one of the most abused characters in fiction. It would have been fine if I were anyone else—even Nephis—but Sunny?

Dying seemed like a blessing now.

Not only was i in his body, but i didn't even have control over it, i seemed to just be there, observing everything he did and feeling everything he did, which just made the gift of dying even sweeter.

'It's fine, I can just make a power to possess another body... hell, maybe I can even make a body just for myself by creating an ability,' I reassured myself.

The thought of using my Absolute Ability Creation power calmed me slightly.As I settled into Sunny's body, he began to talk to Master Jet—the one who had slapped me, or rather, Sunny.

Despite really liking Sunny as a character and all, I preferred to help him from the sidelines. Being inside his body made me prone to some of the worst experiences felt by anyone.

While Sunny conversed with Master Jet, I focused on formulating an ability.If I wanted to survive and maybe even thrive in this brutal world, I had to make the most out of my power.

Closing my eyes, I concentrated on my Absolute Ability Creation and began to craft my first ability:

Ability Name: Soul Transfer

Description: Allows the user to transfer their consciousness into another living or inanimate entity, temporarily or permanently. The host body retains its original abilities, but the user can control it entirely. The original consciousness of the host is suppressed but unharmed during the transfer.

Creating the ability felt almost as natural as moving my limbs or breathing. Although it was still strange to be so accustomed to it, I didn't dislike the feeling.

Suddenly, my consciousness halted for a moment before I found myself in a completely different environment.Instead of looking at Master Jet, I was now beneath a dark sky at the break of dawn. The black skies were tinted with an orange light breaking apart the darkness, and below me were still waters that seemed to be made of glass.

Everything was beautiful and peaceful, but the tranquility was interrupted as a ripple spread through the water.

From it emerged a small, yellowish-gray scroll.On it, I read:

'Hello, it's me, the one who sent you into this world. Now that you know what world you're in, I'll explain what is happening. Since you died and no longer have a body, your being was transplanted into Lost From Light, or Sunless, the main character of Shadow Slave. You know this already, so I'll save you the explanation.

If you create a different body and transport yourself into another one, it could be a problem because of the power of fate. So, it would be in your best interest to remain within the body of Sunless until u ascend to a master. You can control the body of Sunless if he gives you permission to do so.

Also, if you are within the body of Sunless when he gets enslaved, you'll be fine. You can communicate with him through the bond you share, and you can say his true name while controlling his body without enslaving him.I am really sorry that you got dealt such a bad hand with the world you're in. I hope you can prosper. I'll warn you now, if you want to, you can become incomprehensibly powerful. So keep that in mind, and most of all, have fun and do what you want.

Sincerely, ...'

The letter dissipated, and I was left in the empty void once more, contemplating what to do. Just as I began to understand everything, another scroll appeared. It read:

'Oh, and since the power system in this world is based on an RPG-like game, I have prepared an ability I made just for you. It will give you access to the spell and a soul core. I've given you this so you can use and receive memories and echoes. You can tamper with the ability however you wish. Now then, I hope you have fun...'

As the letter dissipated once more, the ocean below me began to quake, and from it emerged a large orb. The orb seemed to be completely devoid of life and empty. Then, text appeared before me:

Ability Name:Artificial Soul Core

Description:Allows the user to use the properties of the nightmare spell without being under it's authority, the user can gain memories and echoes while also having their own runes, the runes can be changed to their liking and the user can also conquer nightmares and evolve his selfmade aspect, if the user wishes so.

The orb pulsed with a faint light, and I felt a surge of energy flow into me. The ability settled within me, and I felt a connection to the soul core.

List of Abilities:

-Artificial Soul Core

-Soul Transfer

Looking at the screen before me, I sighed and thought of examining my runes.

The screen disappeared, replaced by text written in a strange runic language I couldn't understand.

Almost as soon as I failed to comprehend the words, they began to distort, and I was able to finally understand them.The runes described everything about me, but it was all empty.

There was no name, no true name, not even my rank.

'Well, I can't really be mad at him. I did get a second chance, after all' I thought.

Nodding my head, I began to use my new ability to change the runes. While doing so, I realized that the space around me was, in fact, my soul sea.

After a few moments of modifying my runes, I found myself actually having fun.

It was nice creating my own lore.I also decided to give myself a divine aspect and some attributes. After I was done, I was satisfied.

The runes now read:

Name:Pleiades

I decided that i wanted a unique name, so i took one from the pleiades watchtower from Re:Zero, and i also remembered the maids from overlord.

True Name:Celestial Worthy Of Fate

As a fan of Lotm i was bound to make one inspired from it.

Rank:Sleeper

Soul Core:Dormant

Soul Cores:[1/7]

Soul Fragments:0/1000

Attributes:[Star of Divinity],[Lucky],[Revival],[Weaving],[Soul Weave],[Anti-Divination],[Stalwart],[Coordinated],[-Unknown- Slayer],[Godkiller],[Worm of Time],[Spellcraft Invocation]

Attribute:[Star of Divinity]

Attribute Description:[Your soul shines brighter than stars and overflows with the Flames of Divinity.]

Attribute:[Lucky]

Attribute Description:[You will encounter good things that normally have very low probability of happening,it will happen occasionally in your everyday Life.]

Attribute:[Revival]

Attribute Description:[If you are to ever die you will be revived with everything you had before your death.]

Attribute:[Weaving]

Attribute Description:[You have a great affinity toward weaving.]

Attribute:[Soul Weave]

Attribute Description:[Your control over soul essence will be Greater than most,your soul will also take unique properties compared to other souls making it stronger.]

Attribute:[Anti-Divination]

Attribute Description:[You are unlikely to appear in Prophecies, Revelations and Divinations.]

Attribute:[Stalwart]

Attribute Description:[You are extremely resistant to physical attacks and completely immune to all forms of mind and soul attacks.]

Attribute:[Coordinated]

Attribute Description:[You have impressive control over your movements.]

Attribute:[-Unknown- Slayer]

Attribute Description:[You have done an impossible feat and killed an unholy titan while still dormant.The gods are amazed, Heart smirks and congratulates you from his eternal slumber, the -UNKNOWN- glares at you from their Nightmare.Nightmare creatures are terrified when in your presence,and you are more prone to miracles.]

Attribute:[Godkiller]

Attribute Description:[Long ago you caused the death of a deity,because of this any Nightmare Creature you face will be greatly weakened once it is to face you in battle.]

Attribute:[Worm of Time]

Attribute Description:[You come from multiple time periods,as such your attacks are impossible to predict,making you impossible to battle by normal means.]

Attribute:[Spellcraft Invocation]

Attribute Description:[You can activate the enchantment of any memory for as long as you put your blood on it.]

Most of the attributes are just diffrent versions of other attributes and some are self made, the ones i made myself are derived form other serieses.

'Hell, some are already aspects worthy by themselves.'

Aspect:[Beyonder]

Aspect Rank:Divine

Aspect Description:[You are a Entity unbound by fate. As a Divine Entity, you possess plenty of strange and wondrous powers.]

Innate Ability:[Plunderer]

Ability Description:[You can directly absorb all of the soul essence of any human you kill, you are also able to take all the memories and echoes of any human slain.]

Aspect Abilities:[Envisioning]

Aspect Ability Description:[You possess the ability to manipulate reality through your imagiantion, even conjuring objects and living beings from nothing.]

'So i should probably have the strongest aspect ever right?'

Memories:--

Echoes:--

(Confirm?)Yes/No

Rereading the runes i smiled before saying yes, after doing so the runes dissapeared and suddenly the 'soul sea' quacked and an umberable pain hit me, there was a burning pain right where my liver was and as it burned the pain only grew worse.

'i should have made a pain nullification ability'Noting to do that later i endured it for a little over a minute before it subsided.

Letting out a hoarse laugh, I thought of creating multiple abilities.

Sitting on the now still waters, I was able to see my soul core, floating a few feet above the glassy surface.

Nodding at it, I began to make a couple of abilities that could help me greatly.

Ability Name:Pain Nullification

Description:Makes the user unable to feel pain, although the user will know when they are wounded.

Now let's go for something unique, i already took inspiration from Lotm so a little more wouldn't hurt.

Ability Name:Paper Figurine

Description:The user can transform a paper figurine they create from paper into themselves and swap places with the figurine. It can block a fatal blow and transfer any poison or ailment the user has to it.

Ability Name:Damage Transfer

Description:The user can transfer ailments, diseases, damage, or even curses from themselves or others to a paper figurine, healing the target completely and destroying the figurine.

Ability Name:DecryptionDescription:The user can see through illusions and possesses a great intuition, being able to sense attacks and any malicious intent aimed at them.

Ability Name:Door Opening

Description:Allows the user to unlock any locked door. The user can pass through obstacles and other solid objects by opening a door on that object. They can also open a door to anywhere they want.

Ability Name:Position

Description:The user can precisely locate the position of anything they desire, anywhere.

After getting engrossed in making the abilities, I finally decided not to go too far with it. I had plenty of time to make more powerful abilities later.

These would do me wonders for now.

"I first have to talk to Sunny, though... and considering how paranoid he is, it's gonna be hard,"

I thought.Sighing within my soul sea, I promptly left it and was once more inside Sunny's body. He was still talking with Master Jet.

However, I soon realized that time doesn't pass the same here as it does in the real world, so it had probably been only a couple of seconds for them while for me it had been ten minutes.

Deciding to talk to Sunny later—when he was alone—I chose to just observe what was happening and savor the beauty of Master Jet.

She mentioned something about being average, but she was many times more beautiful than anyone in my old world.

Minutes passed and soon sunny was provided with a little room, he looked at himself in the mirror and i decided to take my chance to talk to him.

Steeling my resolve i put some intent into my thoughts and said-or thought to him.

[Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you.]