The Rise Of Calamity

In a room that I did not recognize, my eyes flung wide open, and stared at the white ceiling for a few seconds. A few seconds later, I everything that had happened during the day, even at the end where the remnant had tried to take over my soul and body.

I shot out of the bed with speeds that only a warrior or close-ranged mage with the lighting affinity could muster up, making me move at basically only a flash.

I appeared right in front of the mirror in the bathroom, checking my body from top to bottom, before throwing my consciousness into my soul to see if there was anything wrong with it, completely forgetting I could have just asked analysis for a full report instead.

After seeing everything was fine, I sighed in relief, yet, at the back of my mind, I was still worrying.

'How did I survive? Aren't I supposed to be dead? I'm not complaining, but am I really alive? Did that thing just kinda, stop? Why would it stop? Maybe it found my body unsuiting for it, or maybe it just didn't want to stay in my body for any longer than that was needed? But why would it leave me alive if I had witnessed it?'

My brain quickly came up with thousands of questions, a lot of them having the same answer as the others, while at least half of them were just the same question asked in different ways.

'Why am I alive?'

[Ding!]

A sound ringed in my ears causing me to wince a little... Wait... A sound?

[Hello there! :D]

I heard both a mechanical yet strangely feminine voice, while at the same time, text appeared in my retina as with an 'emoji' made out of text since the robotic voice could not imitate human emotion.

"wha- wh- whaaaaa- WHAT... THE ... FUCK!?~#??????" I shouted with a startled tone before falling on my ass out of sheer shock

[Calm down SMH! Why are you screaming!?]

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHY AM I SCREAMING! AND STOP USING ACRONYMS!" I shouted again pointing at the mirror towards the reflection of my eyes

[HAHAHAHAH! Anyway...]

The laugh was robotic and emotionless, yet I could feel the sadist behind the laugh, making my eye twitch. The next second, the corner of my mouth twitched as I heard it change the subject so easily and nonchalantly.

[I have a few things to show you notify you about anyway... so-]

[Ding]

[You have received the title -Gluttonous-]

[You have received the skill -All-consumption-]

[Divine eyes had undergone an upgrade]

[Your soul had been strengthened]

[Your mental fortitude has increased]

[A goal has been created]

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[Goals: ~]

[Receive a title representing every deadly sin (2/7)]

[Difficulty: X]

[Rewards:

-Unique SSS+ title

-Evolutionary trait 1/2]

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[Consume the equivalent of souls of 3000 Advanced ranked entities and above 100/3000]

[Note: The stronger the soul, the more units the host will receive]

[Difficulty: B

[Reward:

-Transformation

-Evolutionary trait (2/2)]

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[Ascend passed the -Divine Ethereal- mana-heart stage]

[Difficulty: C

[Reward:

-Initiate Evolution

-Heaven's tribulation]

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'...'

[...]

'...'

[Say something]

'Fuck you...'

[???]

'WHAT THE HELL DOES ANY OF THIS MEAN!?

[Which part]

'ALL OF IT. How did I get to my room? What happened when I lost conscience. Am I dead? What the hell are goals? Why do I have the gluttony title all of a sudden?'

[First off... To your last question, instead of the crystal remnant destroying your soul, your purple soul ate it]

'...'

[...]

'Eh... Makes sense' I shrugged, knowing full well that the possibility of my soul flame doing that was quite high even though I hadn't thought of it when I was facing the crystal head-on. Adrenaline was simply clouding my judgment and thought process.

Thinking back to the scene, I felt a small jolt go down my spine while goosebumps made my skin crawl. The feeling of almost dying was not a pretty one, and I can say that I probably have a fear of death. The fear honestly was and is not irrational in the least. I did not fear dying to an enemy after being able to fight them head-on but to be completely dominated and destroyed without being able to fight back really scared me.

'Next' I snapped back to my normal thought process and commanded analysis to carry on, which it did without complaint.

[When you were unconscious, the lady you call 'red-head' had come and taken you to your quarters. She seemed pale when she took you and the other one called 'Yuri', and she had been taking care of you for the last 3 days. Yuri had woken up the next day, but due to me being upgraded, you could not awaken until the process finished.]

[Side note, however, when you consumed the world crystal awakened fragment, a lot of it assimilated into me, giving me information, power, and even the laws of this world. Assimilating that with the power of the heavens, I was not only able to create an ego for myself but also got the ability to accurately set goals]

[Goals might be something I set whenever I think the time is right, or whenever I find a suitable goal for you. These goals are created from the knowledge assimilated from both the fragment and the heavens, and technically anyone who had awakened divine mana can undertake any of these goals/ missions. This is also, as long as their physique, age, power level, and mana-heart stages are the same as yours since goals usually have very strict restrictions]

[However, due to me knowing all the rules, I can bend them to make sure that you can gain certain rewards, an example being the evolution traits. I advise you do the first two goals before doing the third one]

I nodded silently.

From the explanation, I could guess that the divine eyes had calculated the best and more efficient route that I would take to becoming stronger without limiting myself. The goals are there to make sure that I bring out the most of my capabilities, and just like the fragment had said, I am not using my body to its fullest.

Yes, I might be training for months on end, but why does that matter when the way I am training might be inefficient, or in the worst-case scenario, wrong?

'What's with your personality by the way? You seem a little... Erratic?' I scratched my chin, yet before he could answer the question, I had realized something.

'Oh fuck... my mask'

[Having three different personalities is not easy. I am still absorbing the remnant's personality]you

'Thre-? Oh, wait, fuck that! Where is my mask?'

[Red girl had taken it off you. She then stared into your face for a good 10 minutes before walking off. What a creep, am I right?]

'DId Yuri see my face?' I started to panic. My plans were being shattered left right and center, and I could not do anything about it.

[No. she covered your face whenever that girl came around. Olivia also came once, but she did not seem too worried compared to the rest]

'Oh yeah...'

Due to the servent-master contract, I had made with her, she had developed the ability to feel my condition, feelings, and even physical trauma. She could tell if I am fine by simply touching me, while my feeling would be as clear a day as long as I didn't suppress the link, which I usually do when I am close to her.

"Ugh..." I let out a grunt while stretching before walking towards the mirror again and looking into my own eyes.

"I've wasted enough time. I need to start with phase one of my plan..." a demonic grin curled up from the sides of my lips, making me grin from ear to ear while a tinge of bloodlust escaped my body. If what I do works, then I would have a nice unbreaking supply of souls to consume. And since I had not tried my new consumption skill, the plan might work even better with the skill

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