Ascending the tower with my SSS class

Uriel, somehow, could feel his entire body—as if he could see through every pore—though in truth, he didn’t even know if he still had such things. However, this perception was limited to his own body; he couldn’t see anything beyond it. Because of this, he came to understand his new form.

He had two arms and two legs, as well as a head; however, that was where the similarities with human bodies ended. His face had no eyes. Instead, there was an opening in the middle of his forehead, whose purpose he did not know. Finally, two horns emerged from his head, long and sturdy.

That was his situation: he could feel again, but in a body that was not his own, in a world he did not know. Was this where he was supposed to find the light Soliel had mentioned? In this place, there was nothing but darkness.

Uriel sat on the ground and let time pass. He wanted to think about what he should do.

At times, he would touch his face or try to feel his horns, which seemed to respond to his thoughts by emitting vibrations; however, he had no idea what they were for.

He even tried to use the system to check his current status, but it was impossible—the system did not appear. In the end, Soliel had taken him and placed him into a different body. Not only that, but he was also in a different world... or perhaps he was still dreaming.

Still, it was astonishing what gods were capable of.

Part of him urged him to simply remain there and let time pass, doing whatever—but deep down, he knew that if he did that, Soliel might end up carrying out her threats.

Suddenly, vibrations were picked up by his horns, and somehow, he understood exactly what they were trying to convey.

"Who are you? Why have you been calling me all this time? That’s what Uriel felt the vibrations were saying."

Uriel immediately stopped what he was doing. His horns ceased vibrating, and silence returned; he could no longer hear them.

Some time passed like that, until he felt his horns again and the vibrations returned.

"How rude—why do you suddenly fall silent when someone asks you a question? You, who have been repeating my name nonstop for days."

Days? Uriel was genuinely shocked. That was impossible, wasn’t it? He had only been sitting there for a few minutes. How could days have passed? And more importantly... how did she even know what a day was?

The vibrations came again.

"Why do you speak in such a strange way? Are you crazy? Come on, try it—ask me something."

Ask her something? Uriel was already struggling to understand his situation, but he figured he could at least try to communicate and ask for an explanation.

"Who are you? Where are we?"

For a moment, the vibrations stopped, being sent only by Uriel—but soon they returned.

"So, you don’t know me? Wow. As for your question... well, we’re in the caverns, of course—where we’ve always been. And I am Soliel. Do you really not even know where you are? Did you lose your memory?"

Uriel could say that he had indeed lost his memory and lie to her—but why would he do that? He preferred to tell the truth: that he was, in fact, from another world, and that somehow he had ended up here without knowing anything about what was happening.

"You see, the truth is, I don’t know anything. I come from another—"

Soliel’s vibrations interrupted him before he could finish.

"Stop. Before you go on, you’re saying exactly the same thing twice. When you hold your horns like that, you send your thoughts."

Oh... so all this time, she had been hearing everything Uriel was thinking?

"A little, yes. That’s exactly what was happening. That’s why it caught my attention. At first, I thought you were crazy—but it seems that’s not the case."

Uriel was impressed.

"You believe me? Well... how do I make it stop?"

The answer came quickly.

"It’s not very difficult, really. All you have to do is try to vibrate a bit more slowly, and that’s it."

Alright. Uriel tried it, so now he needed to test it. He thought that Soliel was an idiot.

"How did it go?"

"Honestly? Not really. Try a little more." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Oh... she didn’t even laugh. She didn’t care at all. Well, Uriel tried once more.

His thoughts filled with random insults.

"Did it work?"

"Well, if you thought of something just now, then yes—it worked, because I didn’t hear anything."

That was a small step forward.

"So, are you not going to get up? I don’t know how you can stand staying still for so long, but it’s dangerous to remain in plain sight in the caverns for too long. You’re lucky the tribe cleared this area."

Uriel didn’t really understand, but if he wanted to avoid something happening to him, he had to start moving and search for that light Soliel had mentioned. His new body felt very different; through his senses, he could vaguely perceive that he was much larger than normal—by several meters.

He tried to walk, but crashed into a wall, then stumbled over a rock in his path.

"Let me guess—you don’t know how to move either, do you?"

Uriel really needed help right now.

"No, ma’am."

"Alright, why don’t you try to see with your orb?"

What did she mean by orb? An orb? Uriel wondered, but quickly realized she must be referring to whatever that thing was hidden in his forehead.

"But how do I do it? I have no idea how to use this thing."

However, the answer he received disappointed him a little.

"Honestly, I don’t know how to explain it. I mean... how do you teach someone to breathe? You just breathe, right? Try it."

It was the worst explanation in the universe—because it wasn’t even an explanation. Well, at least Uriel understood that, in theory, it should be easy.

So he focused on this orb and tried to open it. Somehow, he felt his skin give way, and suddenly, the darkness turned into clarity. Through this orb, he understood his surroundings.

It wasn’t like seeing as he was used to. Instead, it was as if images were sent directly to his mind, and suddenly he knew exactly where everything was and what shape it had.

That was how he saw Soliel. She had the same physical characteristics, but somehow—he didn’t know if it was because of this new body—he felt that she was beautiful. Her body was white like marble; like him, she had a single golden eye that shone brightly, unlike his own, which glowed with a faint white hue. Her body was slender, but not delicate in the slightest—rather, like that of someone accustomed to battle.

Her hair fell over her shoulders. Somehow, despite being in caves, it looked clean, abundant, and thick. Uriel had assumed this species was hairless, but apparently, that was not the case.

Then, his perception expanded to the rest of the cavern. There, he saw the immensity of the place: in the distance, more people like him appeared, digging tunnels, striking with their hands or heads to expand the space—which already measured several hundred meters in height.

Some of them looked at him with curiosity, while others simply ignored him.

Uriel understood that he was in the middle of what seemed to be an underground city.

"Oh, by the way, you should get out of there."

Uriel didn’t understand why, but he obeyed, slowly moving toward where Soliel was.

Finally, they met. Uriel was a bit larger than her, but from what he could tell, both of them were above the average height of the people there.

"Well, it’s time for us to leave. Soon, everyone here will die—if we stay, then so will we."

Uriel didn’t understand why she said something like that so casually—especially so suddenly.

But then, thousands of vibrations began to reach his horns, and he felt the desperate screams of the people.

Uriel turned to see what was happening—and when he did, broken, shattered bodies of the people who had been digging tunnels fell, crashing against the ground. He looked up and saw how a shapeless monster, like a mass of blackness, rapidly devoured every creature it encountered.