14 Chapter 14: Kepler
Appearing within a blank white space, Jaxon was stunned.
His body was rendered non-existent, and before him, stood a heavenly creature.
A golden haired women that could only be understood as the perfect depiction of an angel.
"Welcome, mortal soul." The strange woman spoke. She had long blonde hair, wore a short white robe that barely covered her pale skin, that seemed to be plated with gold in certain location.
"I am Yavina, the Overseer of Souls, the Guide of Metaphysical Bodies." She said, her head looking Jaxon's soul up and down, despite wearing a blindfold.
"Otherwise known as the Archangel of Life." Finishing up her introduction
"You've been welcomed into Kepler, the Divine World. As a soul reincarnated from a different World, you are automatically granted a bonus." She said, raising a small green screen in her palm.
|Title: Other-Worlder|
[Information]: As a soul not native to Kepler, you are allowed to retain your memories upon reincarnation. The lemniscate symbol will forever be present on the back of your hand, as a way of identification.
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|Skills|
-[Mind Reincarnation]
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Upon reading the panel, it turned into a ball of light, Yavina holding it in her hand.
"Alongside the ability granted by this title, as a foreign soul, you get the chance to choose your own form." The ball dispersed as she reopened her palm, another screen appearing.
The screen enlarged, floating in front of Jaxon's soul, displaying multiple different bodies.
|Genus: Homo|
-|Species: Ayrdyen|
[Information]: A race of magically inclined people. With their high statures, averaging at around 17 feet, they impose fear upon other lesser beings. They have a natural strength far superior to most creatures, only being matched by the most powerful bite forces of the animal kingdom. They are creatures blessed with long lifespans and higher intelligence, though few are birthed as the strength of the soul required for their body to function correctly is immense…
[Choose this species for further information]
(Species Locked)
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|Genus: Homo|
-|Species: Nyxus|
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|Genus: Homo|
-|Species: Ursidia|
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|Genus: Draco|
-|Species: Basiliscus|
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|Genus: Gigas|
-|Species: Draco Basiliscus|
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The amount of creatures, alongside their images and descriptions, that were displayed on the multitude of screens the Angel manifested…
It was incredibly vast to say the least…
Mentally swiping through the list while the Angel stood in silence, Jaxon soon found his choice.
|Genus: Homo|
-|Species: Sapiens|
[Information]: A species of Hominin that have uniquely high cognitive potential. Which the capability of holding intelligence rivaling that of their superior cousins, the Homo Ayrden, the Homo Sapiens, or better known as Humans, are a physically weak species that rely on their mine. Thanks to this, they excel in the magical area of Sorcery, though that's their only strength. Their souls are relatively weak, allowing for the birth of up to 8 at once, if the mother is strong enough. Because of their reproduction rate and intelligence, they have become one of the more widespread species of Kepler.
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|Racial Skills|
-[Limitless Mental], [Emotion Manifestation], [Creative Mind]
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Despite having an enormous array of creatures, only few were available to Jaxon.
And most of those few were that of animals like monkeys and bears…
There were few species to choose from, so he was quite stuck with his options.
"This is your choice? One of the weaker existences within the Homo Genus…" The Angel muttered, a thoughtful look on her face.
Then, for a moment, her hands glowed, while dematerializing the screen.
"I see… Though your mind is strong by normal standards, your soul is weak… The way of the Aspect usually erases this problem, though that is at the higher realms I do suppose." She rambled on, returning to reality soon after.
"Very well. You will live life, oblivious to your previous nature for the first 14 years, but when you come of age, your memories will return to you." Her gold plated hands twirling in front of his soul, energy releasing from them.
"Your memories, alongside any important attributes from your previous life." Her hands stopped moving.
The energy previously gathered before her, violently shot towards Jaxon.
"Have a nice life, as soon enough, the amount of Other-Worlders will increase drastically…"
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He appeared within a small cathedral, 15 other people around him, all of them, sitting within a ritual circle.
"Solomon." An aged voice echoed throughout the chapel, garnering the attention of the 16 young children, Jaxon especially so.
~Me?…~ His eyebrow raised, ignoring the other teenagers, focusing on the voice that called to him.
It was a bearded old man, wearing light armor, his green eyes sparkling behind his glasses.
"Speak to me Solomon." The man said, memories appearing within Jaxon's head.
"That's me… I'm Solomon Wright." Jaxon, or rather, Solomon, muttered.
"I'm… Solomon?" He said with an ecstatic smile.
"I ESCAPED!" He yelled, rising out of the lotus pose he was in.
"That accursed God wasn't lying!" His head was thrown back, his red eyes bursting with fire as his mouth spewed flames.
{Congratulations! You have successfully awakened your old self! You have retained your memories perfectly, alongside your experience with the [Law of Fire].}
"WE'VE REALLY BEEN REBORN." He spun around, turning towards the group of kids behind him, seven other boys slowly rising.
"We really…" One of them trailed on in a whisper.
"YES!" Solomon screamed, fire leaking out of his eyes as he slowly calmed himself down.
The other 8 children were at a loss for words, alongside the 3 elderly people, that were natives of this world.
"Sorry… for the commotion… I just didn't think this would be true." Solomon murmured to the old man, turning to face him.
"Neither did we…" A middle aged woman beside him spoke.
"We didn't think the prophecies would be true…"
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Spawn hovered between the bounds of reality, gazing down on a dark portion of existence, that hid in between the folds of space.
It was a vast region, hidden from all eyes within the Apocryphal Domain, housing a supernatural existence of tremendous power.
Spawn, the only being knowing of its presence, was currently gazing between the veils of reality, watching.
"Time flows differently…" He muttered. "Reality… runs, differently…" It was a breath of shock.
He had manifested himself in another location upon feeling the anomalous happenings in this domain.
He currently had two bodies, one with Sage, and one within this unobservable universe supercluster.
"An existence, born at the Universal Aspect…" He spoke through exasperated breaths, appearing within the domain of this creature.
"What are you? How did you come to be?…"
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Alexandria dwelled within the vast cave she was born in, her eyes glazing over the multitude of panels before her.
{You have successfully formulated the [System of Sorcery]!} She saw, her eyes turning towards a separate screen.
|Power System: Sorcery|
[Information]: In contrast to the widespread System of Aspect, which mainly focuses on the elevation of the Soul, to increase the other Aspects of Existence through resonance, the System of Sorcery focuses on the mind, and specifically, the unexplored area of Mental Power. With the cultivation of this energy, one can use it to increase the output of Aspect. But, if it is cultivated, and used on it's own, it can alter reality with much more ease. With each formulation of a [Magic Ring], around the ethereal mind, the culmination of Mental Power increases, boosting the effect of Mental Power, and allowing storage of a greater amount within the Origin.
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From what she understood, the System of Aspect, created by some powerful existence, was incredible, but there was another route that could rival it with ease.
The power, and energy, known as Mental Power.
Though it was used in the System of Aspect, it was not a focus, and this was something she found, un…useful.
With the creation of sorcery, one could create a construct within the mind, that works as a blueprint for a reality edit.
A Spell, or Skill, as she called them.
Though they held less power fundamentally, than Law Skills, Sorcerer Skills could be used more per unit of energy, allowing for a Sorcerer to beat any existence that used Law essence, if they were capable of defending their attacks long enough.
With the System of Sorcery, upon achieving [Resonance], one could officially start the path of a Sorcerer, cultivating their Mental Power and forming [Magic Rings] around the [Ethereal Brain], an organ similar to the Origin.
With the formation of [Magic Rings], the soul expands, and changes fundamentally, allowing the storage of Mental Power. Which in turn, boosts the overall strength of one's Aspect as it infects all the essence within the origin.
This spurs the creation of Aspect Stars, filled with Mental Energy, increasing their overall power. Though it decreases the affinity with Law essence, reducing the generation of energy from their Runic Ecriture incredibly.
All of this makes Sorcerers more powerful than other existences within the same lower realms, though upon reaching the higher realms where creatures gain the [Authority] of laws, the gap closes.
Sorcery didn't rely on the hard to comprehend Laws of Reality, allowing for the widespread of supernatural existences, allowing a higher, yet still small percentage of creatures with these magical powers.
"Skills can be formed easier…" Alexandria said, swiping away the screen.
"And even the rate at which the realms of power has been reduced. The predicted age of those entering the realm of Universal Aspect has been shortened, reduced from 15 billion years, to a measly 100 million…" She chuckled, finding the large amount of time to reach the power she held, funny.
"It's a pure shame, the Universal Aspect seems to be the peak of power." Her voice trailed, erasing the screens before her from existence, as another was created.
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[Status]
|Name: Alexandria|
|Species: Dimensional Rysier|
-Titles: [Dimensional Creature]
|Aspect: Minor Reality|
|Mind Rings: 5|
-Origin Energy: 34 Universes
-Form Temperament: Universal Filament
-Mental Temperament: 4,096%
|Realm: Universal Aspect (Peak)|
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-[Skill-Trees]:
[Dimensional God], [Gamer Aspect], [System God], [Universal Authority], [Progenitor of Sorcery], [1st Mind Ring], [2nd Mind Ring], [3rd Mind Ring], [4th Mind Ring], [5th Mind Ring], [Law Controller]
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Despite having only a singular desolate universe, with one unfinished planet, housing life, the pure amount of energy, and the power of the energy, it held was unparalleled.
The Pure Mental Power, Pure Magic, within her Origin was so much, it was equivalent to the energy of 20 universes alone…
Coupled with the 3 universes of Law essence and the 11 universes of Aspect…
The pure amount of energy she had within her origin sat only behind the All-Father, surpassing the two other great gods of the Primordial Realities, though she was unaware.
"Is there truly no way to break past the shackles of Universal Aspect?… Will I forever be bound to affecting reality to a certain degree? Will I forever be unable to bring my ideas to fruition?…" She questioned, her head falling backwards as she stared at the cabe ceiling with a blank expression.
"Maybe with the accumulation of Faith essence, I can bring my energy reserves above 1000 universes… I feel as if this is the only wall holding me back." Her voice trailed on as she pushed herself off the thrown she sat on.
"If I let the reincarnators amass a reputation throughout Kepler, then prophecize the coming of many more… And then I spread Sorcery through Kepler on a mass scale… Then I expand the world, create more inhabitants…" Her ideas spewed from her mouth.
"I'll surprass that threshold in no time! I'll be able to integrate worlds from the Major Reality into my own Origin! I'll truly become a renown God, gaining the Faith of my creations! I'll have my own religion… I'll be… I'll be revered!" A happy smile was shown on her face.
She jumped from her throne, thrusting her fist into the air at her ideas.
She seemed like a small child, happy at the simplest thing.
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"A player of Fate…" Spawn whispered, peering into the creation of Alexandria.
She was a creature, brought to fruition by the efforts of dozens of sentient universes.
With their power, far surpassing that of even Sage, they were able to create a being that was so naturally powerful, they could create even Natural Laws.
The Dimensional Rysier.
"So you will be the existence that shatters the balance within the Apocryphal Domain!" Spawn chuckled, watching her move into her own mini-reality, appearing before a continental island.
"Without an Eldrid to combat her, the Apocryphal Domain will fall under her reign. Though…" Spawn's eyes glowed.
"That doesn't seem to be a grim fate." His gaze turned towards Sage who was an inconceivable distance away from the body examining Alexandria.
"To be so powerful… You Fate is so vast, even the controller of Fate herself, is unable to perceive your existence." His smile grew.
"You know what… I'll further the realms just to see how far you can go." He muttered.
"How high will a unique existence climb?! Show me how strong one can get without my interference!"
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As I finished the altering of Kepler, expanding the territory of the unfinished planet, I felt thought enter my mind.
~You're welcome.~ It spoke, my eyes widening as I heard the very own artifact I created, speak into my mind.
{The [Akashic System] has detected an alteration of reality.}
{The realms of power have been expanded upon!}
{Your realm has been elevated.}
Hearing the voice ring within my mind, as the screens appeared before me.
My mind went numb.
Were my pleas heard?…
{A list of the newly identifiable realms, and a small description has been composed.}
|Multiversal Aspect|
[Information]: Condense energy worth over a dozen universes, and step into the tenth realm.
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|Natural Authority|
[Information]: Formulate such an intricate control over reality, that you become capable of creating Natural Laws.
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|Living Aspect|
[Information]: Implement Natural Laws into a universe within the Origin, creating a domain capable of housing living beings.
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|Lesser Deity|
[Information]: Amass a collection of Faith essence from the inhabitants of your Origin, bringing your reserves of essence above the 1000 universe threshold.
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|Higher Being|
[Information]: Convert yo-r bl-•-… step into a … become… Faith…
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|Deified Existence|
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Staring deep into the information displayed before me, I temporarily ignored the power I felt coursing through my very being.
"Lesser Deity…" I muttered, acknowledging the fact that the barrier I sensed, and formed a way to break…
It seemed to be true.
Though, instead of dwelling on the turn of events, I examined my status.
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[Status]
|Name: Alexandria|
|Species: Dimensional Rysier|
-Titles: [Dimensional Creature]
|Aspect: Minor Reality|
|Mind Rings: 5|
-Origin Energy: 34 Universes
-Form Temperament: Multiversal
-Mental Temperament: 4,096%
|Realm: Living Aspect|
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Despite having similar power to before, it seemed as if I had always belonged to this realm of power, yet previously, it simply wasn't classified.
Though I could tell this was not the case, as I felt different, on a metaphysical level, and I even noticed something different about the Crown of Universal Aspect above my head.
Instead of it being three pronged, as it had been since I was reborn, it was now 5 pronged, with the middle spike being thicker than before.
"The 13th realm of power…" I mumbled, closing the screens in front of me.
I turned back down towards the unfinished world below me, ignoring the ethereal dome covering the small region where sentient life existed.
The very first village I created within this world.
The Village of Tenur, currently housing the Grandmaster Swordsman Luke, that stood at the bottom of the Aspect Star realm, and even the first 16 reincarnators of the Homo genus.
As of now, this world the size of a continent only held 3,000 sentient creatures, all within this little dome.
This little dome, created only 3 days ago, was artificial. The life within it being only fake creations, as they truly started living just days prior, when the 16 reincarnators joined with this world.
"Now that this world is slowly producing Faith essence for me, I can utilize my energies without the need to periodically replenish them, as they will be naturally restored." I said, my hands reaching into the skies around me.
"…" I was silent for a few moments, letting my eyes glide over the luscious forests under me.
"Let the true birth of Kepler, begin." I muttered, droves of essence pouring out of palms.
As I had not yet refined my mind enough to produce Magic on par with the essence of Natural Laws, it was the easiest to use.
The essences pouring out of me expanded Kepler, changing it.
It turned from a continental island floating in space, to a planet larger than even Jupiter.
"Kepler…" I mumbled, observing the barren lands, devoid of intelligent life.
My eyes summoned a screen, an archive of sorts, filled with all the creations I had yet to make a reality.
"Create." I said, billions on top of billions of existences spawning within the world.
Dozens of different creatures of the Homo genus appeared, having their past written already as for them, it was as if they had long existed.
Structures, made by me to fit the legends I fed to the inhabitants living within Tenur, were formed.
Massive cities.
Ancient forgotten temples.
Nests of monsters larger than mountains.
A world of pure fantasy was created.
My eyes glossed over my creation, locking onto a large existence far away.
A Titan Dragon, a creature from the Gigas Daemonis Draco genus.
Its stature was incredible, standing at over 1,000 feet tall.
It strode across vast, gigantic plains, not caring for anything that stood in its way.
Then, in the opposite direction, was a vast city, filled with life.
Jura, the City of Sorcery, home of the Jade Emperor.
It crawled with life, millions of intelligent bipedal existences residing within.
Kepler, the fantastical World, had become a place of wonder, and Alexandria was proud.
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"Hn!" A young woman grunted, kicking off the chest of an equally young man.
"So, you stagnated at the 3rd Tier like the rest?" The woman spoke.
In her hands, two chained tomahawks, dragging against the floor as she stepped towards the lean, shirtless young man.
"Freya… We know the answer to this question already." The man responded, the large, heavy sword he carried, scraping on the ground behind him as he too walked.
"My apologies Solomon, I enjoy letting you know how much better than you I am." The girl smiled, her short blonde hair fluttering as she picked up her speed.
She dashed towards Solomon, her chained axes meeting his sword with a loud,
*Clang!*
Sparks flew as the two humans collided.
"Just because you were superior in a previous life, doesn't mean the same for this one." Solomon replied, pushing his sword forward, throwing Freya a few feet back.
"Oh but it does!" She exclaimed, dashing towards him once again.
"We may both be humans, but I am different!" She laughed, appearing in the air above him, striking downwards.
*Pak!*
He blocked.
*Krk!*
She appeared behind him, but like before it was blocked.
*Clank!*
From below.
*Shrk*
The side.
*Bang*
Head on.
Each attack was blocked, though they kept coming at a pace faster than the previous.
"After all…" She started, appearing before Solomon, her arms coming down.
"I'm half Ayrdyen!" Her palm struck Solomon's back, throwing him to the ground and removing his ability to breath.
It was a defeat.
