Ryuk's POV
'System, heal my body.'
It has been ten hours inside this place since the moment I woke up, leading me to reach the conclusion that the outside world's year was two hours inside.
[ INITIATING HEALING - -⟩ DONE! ]
[ New Ranking: 〖EPIC〗 IMPERFECT ---» 〖EPIC〗 PERFECT ]
[Host, Should I wake you up?]
'Not yet.'
Unlike the beginning where I felt my consciousness dissolving inside this world, now everything seemed like a part of me, a world within my body.
SWISH
The moment I concentrated on *Shunya*, the darkness that was trying to devour me a moment ago started to fade away, replaced by a white glow.
Slowly lifting my hand, my palm stopped at the hollow space yet the sensation was warm and oscillating, but it was not soothing at all; it was burning like a magma.
The heat was enough to destroy any physical body; it was my Energy core.
In that empty space, living for a few hours was enough to understand that this place was my Ethereal Consciousness.
My body was a shell; my brain was the key to move it, but this place is what kept everything in balance.
To not overexert your body to the point of breaking, one's brain has a lock until which the force can be exerted to avoid any additional stress on muscles.
This space too has something similar.
Right now, from here, I can access my Energy core and Ether core both, which were limited to not cross their limits and collapse.
'System, use Overdrive.' While analyzing my newly found ability, a big error in my body was detected, which needed to be solved.
[ OVERDRIVE --» INITIATED! ]
SWOOSH
Suddenly, a huge aura started to surround my energy core. Even though it was invincible, the sensation around my palm was increasing at a rapid rate.
CRACKLE
The tremendous energy from the Conduit was transferred directly inside my energy core.
Its size, which was more than ten meters, was increasing at a rapid rate.
My rank was rising with the increasing value of energy stats.
[ ENERGY LEVELS -1,000,000,000,000 ---» » 1,000,000,000,000,000 ]
[ Ranks Rising - 〖EPIC〗 - ⟩ 〖LEGENDARY〗]
I couldn't see the end of my energy core. Its size was now enormous, too vast for me to observe its beginning and end.
'Shrink '
WHOOSH!
A small drop formed in that now white space, falling on the floor, which seemed solid a moment ago before turning into fluid, creating a small wave.
Gazing down at the now watery surface, my own reflection gazed back at me.
But it was not my present or previous life's; it was me in the old world.
An image of me, fallen on asphalt in a bloodied state surrounded by a crowd with the crying girl I saved that day, looked back at me.
It was now a faded memory, lost inside my mind's forgotten corner.
SWISH
Everything seemed to get rewound suddenly. The drop that had fallen a moment ago started to emerge out of the same ground, lifting slowly and halting in the air before starting to enlarge.
From the surface, it looked like all my previous lives, which were unknown to me, traveled by this drop, passing through each memory and collecting karma. Now it was time for judgment.
I don't know how that Sword came inside my body, but it was telling me to awaken my spiritual body, but not by ordinary means.
CRACKLE
[ Some Unknown Energy is Infusing itself with Host's Soul ]
[ Scanning....]
[ Kundalini Awakening Is Detected]
DING!
[ Host Soul has reached the first layer of Astral Realm - Soul Projection is Unlocked ]
'It feels different.'
When strength stats increased, my muscles and tendons felt like they were reconstructed and replaced with something far stronger, like metal strings.
When energy level increased, the electrocuting sensation born from my heart and abdomen around my body, warmth feeling like burning my insides were common.
But right now, the feeling I was getting seemed very nostalgic. 'So, this was what Amayara talked about.'
Every time I asked the reason for her proclamation of being stronger than Diana or Edward, I heard one answer: Their soul are not sharp enough.
Now, after awakening my Kundalini, the aura around me was clearly visible. It seemed my soul energy was influencing the very tiny air around my body.
I was even able to feel it in my astral form, then what if it would be my physical body.
[ Host, should I repair foundation and fill energy core again?]
'Just repair foundation. I need Ether for my energy core, not mana.'
Normally, the energy which the system transferred in overdrive was compressed mana, which was denser than normal one but it was not Ether.
Both have the same properties, but I could feel a huge difference between both of them. The properties I needed it to have were absent.
'How much Ether could those crystals above the spire provide me?'
Living here for some time, while getting information from the system, I came to know about Ether Reactors here.
Naturally, my own Ether core produced the same Ether, but the amount it would produce would cause my ranks to rise in several days, which was not an option right now.
[ Host, It will be enough to reach Early Stage of 〖LEGENDARY〗 ]