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!
ALERT!!
[ Energy Levels are decreasing at a rapid rate, the values are falling swiftly]
[ 1,000,000,000,000,000 – -» 1,000,000,000,000 – -» 1,000,000,000 ]
EMERGENCY!
[ Host, Your ranks are falling at a rapid pace. It may damage your foundation.]
‘Not enough yet.’ I could feel my ranks depleting at a rapid rate, but it was necessary for establishing a stronger foundation.
The force and concentration needed to compress the whole energy core was overwhelming.
Slowly Clenching my claws while suppressing the entire energy sphere was already putting a load on my body.
‘System, absorb healing solution outside my body and heal my physical body.’
It was inevitable that my foundation would be destroyed one day, and after experiencing that feeling of being torn from within, it was clear that only my Ether core would not be enough to deal with outside world.
[ Host, can I know what you are trying to achieve?]
‘Keep healing my body until my energy core is completely depleted.’
[….]
I didn’t care much about my foundation being destroyed now, since unlike others, the system would be able to repair it, and energy from the Conduit would once again fulfill it.
But the problem was my physical body.
Experiencing death so close, where I remained conscious inside a small space, and that even after a year realised it, meant if my physical body got destroyed, my spirit was not strong enough to sustain its consciousness without *Shunya*.
I don’t have much time now.
I am already two years late.
Outside training is impossible. I need to secure safety measures for something like that to occur again.
[ ALERT! PHASE II – -⟩ PHASE I ]
…
DING!
[ Energy Core is completely depleted, Host’s Foundation is destroyed ]
[ Sustaining life through Emergency measures, Immediate Healing is needed ]
It should be enough.
I needed to first inflate my energy core before suppressing the whole thing.
Since there were two ways to fill up my energy core, the first was through the permanent way that was my Ether Core, and the second was the System.
The fastest way to fill my energy core was through the system.
‘Awaken.’
drip
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〗 ]
Let me Explain what is happening here~ Ryuk is filling his energy core like balloon and blowing it, not making sense?
Exactly, First his priority was to heal his body, then repair his energy core- System did it with ease.
second, after he awakened Shunya ( which true strength will be revealed in next chapters fight, Yes there will be fight scene in next chap ), he realised that without help of this Immunity which pushed back death to take over him, he would have goner.
meaning his soul was weak.
Now, He get information about the way to awaken his Kundalini ( Spirit Awakening) from an unknown source, it is not big secret, will reveal soon, but important thing is, to awaken his spirit, he needed to reach foundation of his existence which is normal human, but he can’t do it while carrying an energy core. So, Using his Null ability which can ~ Nullify, Repel and Immune, any type of energy, he nullified his own energy and let the Spirit to awaken.
— About Unknown Source, It’s not some secret, it was refrenced from Volume 1’s last chaps fourth paragraph or exactly when Sword Maiden and Yui do conversation after battleships arrive.
