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The Power of Zero

Imagine a place where anything and everything is possible. Where all dreams, legends, stories, and fictional characters were born. This is a place with wonder and excitement, but also where nightmares, demons, and the things that haunt your thoughts and dreams lurk. This is the story of a boy reincarnated into a land of wonderous joys and hellish nightmares, learning to live and create his own path. Read along as he meets iconic characters, magical creatures and fights nightmares, demons, rogue gods, and more. Story begins: "Hello I am sure you are more than a little confused, wondering where you're at and who I am, all that and more will be answered in due time. Before the voice could continue the boy yelled out into the void, "Am I dead!?" Giving a pause before providing a response the voice stated "I will answer that question in a moment, now I would like to ask you to hold all questions till I have explained more".

Xirus_rulez · แฟนตาซี
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Extradict

Cipher hadn't realized it before, but he now had both his arms again. Standing up, Cipher held his hands out to the side and spoke the words that the Goddess of the Void had told him to, "Return Now!"

Feeling that his vocal cords were back to normal he looked at Tank, "Thank you for trying to help, I am fine now." Then looking back up towards the building Cipher realized he couldn't see the Nightmare anymore, which meant that it had moved and may have already killed others that were hiding in the building. Cipher knew what needed to be done and it angered Cipher a little to know that it took his death to realize that he was more than capable of getting the job done. Cipher wasn't what he considered human anymore, he was that and so much more, he was a Counter of the Knights of Light. Looking back at Tank who had just risen to his feet, Cipher said three letters that Tank didn't understand before disappearing into a blur, "B.R.B."

Cipher bolted through the first floor double checking each room, then worked his way up to the second floor. This time Cipher would destroy the Nightmare he didn't care if it was in its nature to kill or whatever, all Cipher knew was that it had killed too many people to be left alive any longer. Finally making his way to the third-floor cipher checked every room finding in one room two recently killed researchers. Cipher took it to heart seeing their mangled bodies if he had understood what he was truly capable of this wouldn't have happened. Cipher understood that going forward he needed to do a better job of training his mind, body, while also working to understand his own capabilities. Cipher swore that next time he would do a better job, he did want the people of the Land of Dream to needlessly die if he was able to prevent it. This time when he found the Nightmare Cipher would use the powers he had learned.

Making his way to the fourth-floor Cipher's wish for a second chance came true, there a door away was the Nightmare working its way down the hallway. The Nightmare was not facing Cipher, but that didn't stop it from being able to sense him. Cipher, looking at Nightmare realized that it had ranked up and was now an A-Class Nightmare. Holding his Blades out to the side Cipher decided it was time to use Blades of Flame. It only took Cipher thinking of igniting his blades before he began to see flames rolling down the edge of the Twin Star Blades. The flames finally stopped once they came to the tip of each blade, with the blades fully ignited Cipher could feel the heat radiating off of them. It was then that the Nightmare turned around facing Cipher with the same disgusting smile it had before when it tossed him out the window.

Looking at the Nightmare Cipher thought to himself {I'm pretty sure that smile is going to be burned into my memory....dam it's ugly!} This think Cipher wasn't going to leave any openings, running towards the Nightmare. This time the Nightmare seemed to have developed needle-like protrusion on different parts of its body, Cipher expected there to be some changes to how the Nightmare fought since it had "Classed-up" so he wasn't surprised. As Cipher got closer to the Nightmare the protrusions that he had noticed before began methodically shooting out, this wouldn't have been an issue if the Nightmare wasn't also using its arms as projectile Yoyos. The arms of the Nightmare looked to have also undergone an upgrade as well, they now looked more metallic and metal in texture than what Cipher previously remembered.

Doge the projectile needles Cipher began his assault taking his left blade and cut clear through the Nightmares right arm. A shrill scream soon followed as the Nightmares body created another set of arms with a silver shine. The Nightmare now looked more like a humanoid hexapod, using its arms like whips with blades on the end. Cipher had a moment of pause, {Cipher ~ this situation reminds me of an anime I saw on Earth, what was it called....forget it I cant remember. What I do remember is in that anime if the main character cut the head off the monster it would die}. Cipher decided to give it a shot, he just needed to get close enough, which at the moment was easier said than done.

Cipher could only see one option and it involved him running full force directly at the Nightmare, which any sane person would do the opposite. Cipher [Ok, I just got to run in a deflect the arms...I got this], intending to end the fight quickly so instead of overthinking it he started running. The Nightmare seemed to be amused by Cipher's actions, this shown as Cipher got closer and hear what seemed to be a shrill laugh of sorts. What the Nightmare didn't expect was for Cipher to put away one of his blades and materialize a blade of light. Cipher taking the blade of light threw it towards the Nightmares head, as the Nightmare attempted to block the attack it realized it had lost sight of the person that was attacking it. It was at that exact moment the Cipher jumped off the ground from underneath it using both twin stars to decapitate the creature. Cipher was happy DEM had reminded him to active extradict, because now the fight was over Cipher had won.

[System Display]

Name: Cipher Starlight

Age: 17

Role: Knight of Light - Counter (Immortal)

Strength: B-Class (20->40%)

Magic: B-Class (4->35%)

Endurance: B-Class (15->30%)

Intelligence: A-Class (32->55%)

Agility: B-Class (15->45%)

Weapons: Twin Stars {Mastery Level 30->50%}

Blade Skills

(Extradict Blades) - Uses Twin Stars as a medium for the Extradict spell allowing the user to attack and Extradict Nightmares simultaneously. Requirements: Nightmare must be killed for Extradict to be effective

(Return Blades) - allows users to recall weapons no matter the distance. Requirements: Weapons must be owned by the user. The user must be able to verbally say "Return Now" for this to work.

(Blade of Flames) allows users to engulf their weapons in flames not only cutting enemies but damaging them with fire as well.

Warning: Fire does not immediately extinguish once the spell is completed, as flames are a natural element they may persist past the duration of the spell that initiated them.

(Blade of Light) allows users to channel light energy into their weapon, damaging enemies with light energy and their physical weapon. (Photokinesis Ability) will allow the user to create a blade of Light, a physical manifestation of light energy that can be used to attack.

Learned magic: Amplification {Mastery Level 100%} | Sound Manipulation {Mastery Level 60%} | Reinforcement Magic {Mastery Level 75%} | Sound Magic {Mastery Level 100%} | Dimensional Magic {Mastery Level 7%} | Void Magic ?????????

Abilities

| Extradict {Mastery Level 100%}|

*| Regenerate {Mastery Level 20%}| - Allows the user to regenerate limbs and body parts

| Photokinesis {Mastery Level 15%}|

| Poison Immunity {Mastery Level 20%}| - Immune to poison and toxins D-Class or Lower

Dream Credits: 25525

As a writer I am constantly trying to improve, and try new things...on that note...I think the next Chapter I will try writing the story from a more first person point of view. We will see what happens.

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