Episode 8- Challenge: Becoming a Being that is Above All

Illayaka started to float her way down the cave. She did not know where she was but staying in one place was not going to help her get out of the cave. There was no way that she was going to stay in a cave and spend the rest of her life rotting away without at least trying to save herself.

She floated across the cave, a cave that felt like it stretched forever. There was no end in sight and all the lights she placed around the cave looked like they continued forever.

…Where exactly am I? She thought looking at the cave that felt like it was stretching forever and ever.

There was nothing in the cave from where she could see. In another world, one would expect monsters to be lurking somewhere in the caves but… there were no monsters in sight ever since she had awoken in the strange cave. So, the question was—

Where am I...!? And if this is a fantasy world where are the monsters in!?

—Where is everything? There were no monsters, no humans, there was not even a single fly. The cave was the emptiest place, and there were no sounds coming from anywhere in the cave. Illayaka was just roaming around a quiet cave.

That was the only question that kept popping into her mind. Nothing could be seen.

She could see everything, but she wanted to know what she looked like. Of course, she could just look at her arms and find out from there but… what would be the fun in finding out like that when she could just see herself as an image of her full body as a whole? That would be the best thing. The only thing she knew was that she was not human.

Moving deeper into the cave, Illayaka could see something ahead, there was a light that was glowing blue. It was probably a way for her to get out of the cave but… either way, she was not going to find out at the speed she was moving at.

Illayaka's body started to glow, and she suddenly started speeding through the cave, heading toward the blue light. The light was shining brightly, and she started to get a clearer vision of the light.

Her vision of the light solidified, and she saw a portal. It was linked to another place, and she could see something on the other side of the portal.

…That is my cue to go over there. Being trapped in this creepy cave, isn't it…

Those were her thoughts as she flew through the portal.

In an instant, Illayaka's body fell to the ground. She had successfully made it to the other side, but her mana was drained a lot from all the mana she was using to boost her speed.

She looked around to get a clear visual of the landscape. There was a waterfall around her, and towering trees surrounding the area. It was clear that she was in some kind of forest, but the question was what kind of forest was she in? The forest was not a normal-looking forest by any means.

The trees were radiating with some energy that was unknown to her, and some of the trees were not even green. Trees of diverse colors existed in the forest. So, the forest was gleaming with colors of the rainbow and lighter shades of every single color that existed in the world.

Illayaka started floating off the ground again via float, and she started to head to the waterfall. She had already gone too long without finding out what she was. There were many things that needed to be found out and one of the things was. Why did she not feel hungry? After all the moving she was doing in the cave, she should have been tired and hungry, but she felt neither. It was as if her natural urge for those types of things disappeared.

Arriving in front of the waterfall, Illayaka had her eyes closed, and she opened them noticing her body. It was a small rabbit doll that was translucent white and had a pink nose. The rabbit had a small diamond in the middle of its chest, which was pearly blue.

…No, no, no, this cannot be! Why the fuck I am a rabbit doollllllllll?!!!

Those were the thoughts of Illayaka the girl that was once a normal human and was now a rabbit doll. Of all the things she could become the thing she was… was a rabbit doll.

That was nothing that she had ever read about in an anime, spiders, and slimes were one thing but becoming a fluffy doll was not something she could have expected since there were infinite possibilities for her to reincarnate as anything so being a rabbit doll was not going to be excluded from the list.

This has to be some kind of silly prank! The gods must be fucking around with me because… there is no way they could do this to me...! A rabbit doll are you fuuckinggg serious?!!

Illayaka was having a temper tantrum, she was upset because she was a rabbit doll, something that was soft and fluffy something that could be easily broken in half. A doll that could be torn apart by anything.

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The rage of the rabbit doll had finally calmed down. After ten minutes of being upset, the girl finally calmed down. After all, there were many benefits to being a rabbit doll and one did not have to take in any food. So, that meant that Illayaka did not have to wander around and find any kind of food… meaning that she did not have to force herself into a dangerous situation.

"What the freak… am I supposed to do now?" Illayaka wondered. "Where are my cheat abilities, I have heard that most characters get one… so where is min—"

Illayaka came to a complete silence as she felt something entering her mind. There were all kinds of information entering her head. Knowledge of the elements and knowledge of how the world works and the world she was in.

After all, the world could hear what she was saying, and the world was giving her a helping hand in knowledge about the word and magic. That itself was the most cheat ability because, with the knowledge of mana, the number of things she would be able to do was endless.

Receiving the information about the world, Illayaka looked around figuring out where she was at, and she looked a little frighten–

Void Realm...Is this place the Void Realm? There is no way that I could possibly be in that place because this place is beautiful.

—because the place she was in was the realm of the void or for short 'Void Realm.'

The Void Realm was the place that one could not leave unless one was summoned by someone from the outside world. The void was a world that was endless in size, a world where infinite parallel worlds and higher worlds existed. There were so many things that could not be discovered by sitting around.

So, she started to float around and noticed that there were monsters floating around the place. There were all kinds of monsters in the world and dragons were the strongest creatures.

Their attacks were not only strong but from the information she received they were also smart and had knowledge. They were strong enough to blow worlds away.

"That's it… I am going to be the strongest thing in existence in this world."

Illayaka lifted her little arm in the air, and started channeling mana in the air, spears of the great four elements started to form.

"Elemental Spear."

She released the spear and started to cause destruction around the forest. Everything started to blow up and monsters started to fall one after the other. There was going to be no survival for anything that stood in her way, after all, she has to kill others if she does not want to be killed.

In any fantasy world, you could consider that a law. 

—The lower-level beasts will not be a problem to deal with but each of the worlds was said to have a dragon governing them by the word of the void king. If I meet one the only thing, I can do is hope to become friends with it.

Those were her thoughts as she continued to cause destruction throughout the entire world. Even if she was a doll that was not going to stop her magical power. Her physical strength might be limited but she could overcome that with Hax… and that was something she had a lot of.

Other than killing monsters, Illayaka did not really do anything in her spare time, she was a doll so there was not much she could do other than rest and kill monsters every day. That was her life on an everyday basis.

She already had a lot of knowledge of the world, so nothing further than that wasn't really needed. After all, she was climbing her way to be the strongest being in the world after the dragon. The dragon is the strongest creature and that was something she did not want to face with her doll body.

Since Illayaka was a stuffed doll physically, she would not age at all, so she was essentially immortal that is if she didn't get ripped to pieces. So, she could keep doing what she was doing for years until she got strong enough to call herself the strongest.

Illayaka floated in the air, and particles floated all around the area. After a year of fighting Ilaya had already reduced the forest that was so bright and colorful to ashes.

I have become stronger, but this strength isn't enough… I have to be one of the strongest in order to survive in this place!

With those thoughts, particles started to surround the area and beams started to fly around killing all the monsters. Every single beam was thirty times faster than the speed of light.

Illayaka's quest to become one of the strongest had just started becoming more serious, she was joking around at first, but she figured out that becoming one of the strongest would guarantee her survival. Furthermore, people would not outright try and fight the strongest being.

Thus, a hundred years have passed since she started her quest to become one of the strongest.