2 First Soul(Edited)
In Musutafu, Japan there is currently a boy having his dreams broken, another boy being held hostage by a villain, and heroes failing to do their jobs. But, elsewhere there is another boy, black hair and purple eyes, with a height of 6´0 unconscious in an alleyway. His name, Erebus Night.
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´Ugh,´ I groaned inwardly as I began to open my eyes, only to be blinded by the light. After the sunlight stopped bothering me I began to look around and I couldn´t help but think.
´An alleyway how original.´
After that thought, my mind was filled with numerous amounts of information about my abilities and my authorities as a primordial, mainly my authorities. In the information of my abilities, I found something minorly interesting about my <Soul Manipulation>. Every soul is catorigized into different sections of strength.
From weakest to strongest.
F-ranked being the weakest soul and EX-ranked being the strongest soul.
In between are the ranks E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS-ranked in ascending order.
Along with that, I found out that when I infuse a shadow with a soul, after cleansing the soul, the shadow will begin to develop its own personality and abilities. However, those abilities will be limited to whatever the shadow is based on and the strength of the soul used to make it. Also, if I were to use a soul and not cleanse it I could still choose what the shadow would look like, however, the shadow will gain the personality of the person the soul came from and no abilities besides what its base form allows. They would be unable to hurt me, however, it´d probably just be an unnecessary hassle.
´So I can´t just create gods out of nowhere? Good, it´d get boring otherwise.´
As I began to get up I noticed I was wearing a black shirt and hoodie along with black pants and black tennis shoes.
´Good, just my style.´
After that thought, I heard an explosion in the distance along with many screams.
´So it begins.´
So, I began running toward the place where the protagonist would show his heroic heart.
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When I arrived I saw the scene of the Sludge Villain holding one Katsuki Bakugo hostage and a bunch of civilians watching and recording, with the daily punching bag of Katsuki Bakugo, Izuku Midoriya, A.K.A Deku, in the midst of the crowd with a look of pure terror on his face. In the back corner of the crowd stood Small Might with the same look of terror on his face. While all this was happening the ´heroes´ were trying to save the hostage. As I was watching from the back of the crowd I heard the hero's conversation.
(Kamui Woods)I got all the civilians, is there any way for someone to get the hostage!
(Backdraft)Negative! I´m trying to get rid of these fires but they keep coming back. That kid´s quirk keeps spreading them!
(Kamui Woods)Mt. Lady! Death Arms!
(Death Arms)I can´t do anything I don´t have the right quirk! I can´t even get close enough without getting burned!
(Mt. Lady)I can't fit down the street.
´Pathetic.´ I thought inwardly.
Then it happened.
(Death Arms)Hey! Kid what do you think you´re doing!
Izuku ran in to save his own bully.
´As stupid and naive as he may be, you have to admit, he does have the heart.´ I thought with a small smirk.
After the entire incident was over, All Might was getting swarmed and Bakugou was being praised and Midoriya was being reprimanded. ´Yep, I´m definitely stopping this.´
(Erebus)You´re all pathetic!
When I said this I got EVERYONE's attention.
(Death Arms)Listen here kid you don´t kn-
(Erebus)Imma cut you off there. I know exactly what I´m talking about. You´re reprimanding the kid who did your job because you were too scared to get a little burned, and praising the kid who was making the job of Backdraft, one of the only 2 heroes who did anything, harder by blasting off those explosions. Which not only were destroying buildings but could have also killed someone. Now I´m not saying he shouldn´t have struggled, no, he definitely should have or he would´ve died, but those explosions were unneeded.
As I said that I saw Bakugo´s face pale, whether that was about his own death or the possibility of killing someone remains to be seen, while everyone else, including the heroes, were staring at me slackjawed.
(Mt. Lady)Now listen here bra-
(Erebus)No no no no, listen here you attention whore.
Everyone gasped when I said that and she looked furious. ´Good´ I thought.
(Erebus)You and Death Arms over here were complaining about not having the right quirk and whatnot when a QUIRKLESS kid decided to jump in and save someone. You too are FAKES, nothing more nothing less.
Everyone looked surprised when I said Midoriya was quirkless. Some threw him looks of awe and praise. But, sadly most were looks of disgust.
(Mt. Lady)You dar-
(Erebus)What are you gonna do about it? Threaten me, no I don´t think so. Now, you could have shrunk down and then rushed in to do something but NO! You stayed big because all you know how to do is use your quirk, you don´t know any techniques or how to fight. All you do is spend your time stealing the spotlight of others. Like earlier this morning with Kamui Woods. And you, my dear death arms, your strength would have been really useful.
(Death Arms)That villain was immune to physical damage brat!
He said angrily. He and Mt. Lady were the only ones who were. Everyone else was just gobsmacked I would talk to a hero like that.
(Erebus)Yes and no. If you were paying attention to the kid you were reprimanding hurt the villain with a BOOK by throwing it at his EYE.
When I said that he froze.
(Erebus)But no, you were too scared to get a little burned, so, ´oh well, might as well let the kid die, simply because I´m a coward.´ NEWSFLASH! Your heroes. You know what a hero is, an IDIOT!
Everyone looked confused when I said that.
(Erebus)A hero is someone willing to risk their own life for someone they don´t even know, no matter the pain they have to experience. Therefore, making them an idiot. That kid over there was the only one dumb enough and heroic enough to do that. Other than him the only ones here who did anything were Kamui and Backdraft. Kamui saved the civilians and Backdraft was putting out the fires. Which once again were caused by the kid you´re praising.
The two heroes gave me a nod of thanks, which I returned, Midoriya looked flustered for many reasons, and Bakugo was looking down. While Death Arms and Mt. Lady were looking down in shame.
(Erebus)At least you´re able to see what you did was shameful. Having said that, you can improve.
At this, they look up surprised.
(Erebus)Don´t look at me like that, what you did, or what you didn´t do, may have been sad and disgraceful, however, you are simply doing what most do. Everyone sees heroics as a job, but in reality, it´s a duty. Screw the popularity and rankings, and be actual heroes, and to do that, you learn and study new ways to fight and save. You´re not monsters, you´re not irredeemable.
They give me looks of thanks and the crowd begins to clap.
´Shit, I got caught up in the moment.´
(Erebus)Anyways, I got places to be, see ya.
After saying that I dashed off.
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When I made it to an abandoned alleyway I pulled out the soul of the sludge villain, which I took while they were cleaning up the kids. The soul itself is nothing special. It´s simply a wisp of white and black. The white is the soul and the black is the sin. It´s mostly black.
(Erebus)<Akashic Record: Sludge Villain>.
[Akashic Record -
Name: Shinya Fukumatsu/Alias: Sludge Villain
Appearance: Dark green mud-like substance, sharp teeth, big eyes
Sex: Male
Skills: Fleeing
Quirk: Mutant type - Sludge Body
Personality: Selfish, cruel, sadistic, bold, stupid, lack empathy]
´Welp no one´s going to miss you. Here we go.´
(Erebus)<Cleanse>.
After I began to cleanse the soul, the soul began to burn and screech, mainly the black bits, and when it was done all that was left was a pure white untainted soul.
¨Beautiful.¨ I couldn´t help but say out loud. After I finished admiring the untainted soul I began to continue.
(Erebus)<Mold>.
When I said that the shadows around me began to converge and shape themselves until the final model was that of a Basilisk. Although, after it was finished molding the only thing it did was sit there. ´The final touch.´ I inserted the soul into the shadow.
The shadow began to move slightly and purple wisps began to flow off/around and inside the shadow. Then, its eyes opened, which were filled with a purple ominous light.
(???)Hisss~.
It hissed as it began to crawl up my leg and wrap around my neck while rubbing up against my cheek. I, of course, begin to scratch its head. Hey, I may be a slight Nihilist but, I´m not heartless.
(Erebus)Your name will be Asmodeus.
