Awakening

I suddenly wake up and sit up. I then look around trying to place things from what I remember last. But my vision is all blurry and I can only hear what I think is wind blowing gently. I try feeling around me with my hands, but I can't feel anything even below me. The only thing I feel is some kind of force is holding me up. Like I am levitating in the sky somewhere. I open my mouth to speak but nothing comes out. 'That's weird why can't I speak.'

Then a voice that comes from behind me speaks with a mix of majesty and annoyance. "I do hope you are better than the last few thousand souls that got sent my way. I'm getting tired of getting sent duds. All I asked is to send someone competent to handle a situation on a planet of mine." He sighs with frustration. "Ok, contestant of trial 9395, do you know where you are?"

I sit there looking around trying to find where the voice is coming from. I try to speak again to ask whatever is speaking where I was, but my voice still didn't come out. 'I wish I could speak at least if I can't see anything.' I thought frustratedly

"I can hear your thoughts boy, so there is no need for you to speak out loud #9395," said the entity rather bland.

After I heard that my body subconsciously sent shivers up my spine.

"You are currently a soul if you haven't figured that out already," said the entity with all majesty gone and only an amused tone remained after seeing my panicked expression.

I look down at my body and notice a lack thereof said body and was dumbfounded. 'Why don't I have a body? Did I die and this is the afterlife?'

"Close, yes you have died but this isn't the afterlife haha," said the entity laughing.

'Then how did I die?' I thought rather confused

"I don't know, I get thousands of contestants from the soul ferries every couple days, so I can't be asked to look through every single one's past." said the entity with tiredness in his voice.

He then states "Oh, my trial is a rather difficult one out of all the others. I mean just this millennium I only had one complete it with a barely passible score. The rest failed it within the first year," he says with an exasperated tone.

"But I digress, to answer my earlier question this is what you earthlings would call a higher realm, but it is more comparative with an office cubicle in all honestly they have me working nonstop since I got here," he breathes out in a sighed.

'Um, why am I here?' I ask slightly confused with all that is happening

"Oh yes, as I said." He coughs to what I assume to clear his throat "You are here to take part in a trial to see if you are worthy to become my champion with the mission I have." The majesty that was lost came back in full force.

"The trial is simple really," he said with some amused tone leaking in. "You just have to survive." He said with a sly smile on his face or at least I think he had a smile I can't see anything with my vision like this.

'What exactly do I need to survive from?' I ask slightly worried tone.

"Oh, just the integration of the system of course nothing major, it is not like it will destroy your soul if you succeed only if you fail." He said with another bland tone.

'Oh, alri- wait what?!?' I thought panicking a little. The next moment everything I saw turned red and every part of my being felt like it was getting stuck with thousands of needles, and my consciousness starts fading as I hear him laughing like a mad man at my suffering.

When I wake up next, I see a transparent blue box in front of my eyes, even though my eyelids are closed. And I can read it just fine even though everything else is still blurry. 'Hmm, what is this.'

"That is the system I told you about." The entity said rather plainly

"And would you look at that you survived, I am shocked but not surprised because you ARE one of the ones chosen by the soul fairies to do this trial, to begin with." He said in a plain voice again.

"Now familiarize yourself to the system for a few minutes and speak to me when you are ready to hear about the mission."

'Alright, I guess.' I said rather excited about the new thing I got.

I look at the blue transparent screen that popped up when I woke back up

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[Earth Name - Ebson Frost / Vinillian Name – Please Insert Name Here]

[Race - Royal Demon/High Ogre Hybrid]

[Titles]

[Stats]

[Abilities & Spells]

[Summoning]

[Shop]

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Hmm, this is rather simplified, I quite like it. And it says I need a name and what is with that race, hmm. I ponder for a second.

'Hey, um can you give me any ideas for a name?' I asked because I am terrible at naming things.

"Hmm, how about Sephiroth. It comes from a prophecy from that planet. It means Winged One in what your world calls Latin. But in this realm, it's the common tongue."

'What is the prophecy?' I asked

"Well, the short version, the end of the world for all sentient things on the planet." He shrugged.

'?!?' is this guy serious right now? That would be a terrible name to have down there. Wait.... 'What exactly is the mission you want me to do down there?' I ask curiously.

"Oh, nothing much just what the prophecy says pretty much." He said haphazardly while shrugging again.

'I knew it, do you want me to get killed…again?!?' I exclaimed loudly in my mind.

"Haha of course not, why would I want that? I want someone I can rely on to do my bidding. And if you are that person then I will do everything in my power to let you do everything in your power to do what I want." He said while laughing.

"Anyway, are you ready?"

[Your Vinillian name is now set as Sephiroth.]

'Ok, now I am.'

"Alright, let us begin with the mission." It sounds like he is typing some stuff on several different keyboards. "I will be sending you to a planet called Vinillian as you probably have guessed if you are asking about a name. When you get there, I want you to start a country as a type of prologue. If you can do that without dying, then the system will notify you of your next set of general objectives. Notice I say general, I do not care how you go about getting them done, you just need to get them done. And if you can conquer or kill everything on the world then you will get the chance to talk with me again about something grandeur. Alright, that is all there is to the briefing. Now go and do my bidding."

'Alright.' I say with resolute resolve.

After I say that vision turns black, and I find myself on the ground. And now I can see things thankfully, I was getting tired of everything being blurry, I let out a sigh.