"I feel like if we had met under different circumstances, we could have been good friends"

"What makes you think so?"

"Just a hunch, sometimes you don’t really need to know everything about a person and be friends, other times you might know everything about a person and still be strangers, I get the feeling of former from you "

"so?"

Rowayne did not answer immediately, instead he shifted the topic inquiring more about the place he was in.

"tell me about this place, ’the mind realm’ as you call it"

"the mind realm is physical manifestation of king’s power, though this place is a replica of the real one, it is the source of our abilities"

"The awakening ceremony made some changes to this place, and transformed our power to gift; robbing this place of its primary function"

"Now, this place just acts as a barrier protecting your mind and soul during assimilation."

"There are other functions but they are useless since we cannot manifest this place into reality"

" I will still tell you about the functions though"

"First is the use of authority, using authority here does not require ******** of ***** ***, we cannot use authority in the real work because they require ******** of ***** *** which only kings can produce."

"Second would be for protection of our mind, anything you consume, a large part of it will be lost here, in the depths, nourishing this realm"

"..."

" that’s it?"

"that’s it."

"What a useless place", Rowayne mumbled.

"Well, I guess it doesn’t hurt to try, So I accept."

The figure smiled

"Thank you, that would be enough."

The figure turned and started walking towards the distant horizon

"Umm... What’s your name?"

"my name... never really thought about it, I would say Rowayne, but that’s your name now"

The figure kept walking, his steps slowed until he completely stopped, without turning back he said.

"Just remember me as Adrian, if you want to."

’That’s not your name’

Rowayne wanted to say that, but looking at the figure’s eyes, filled with sorrow, the words were caught in his throat. And in the end he only managed to say

"ok"

The figure resumed walking.

"The fate has granted us this rare opportunity, we must do our part"

It then stopped, turned around.

It raised towards Rowayne, and did a pushing motion.

"Farewell, This is the late we meet, my successor."

Splash-!

Rowayne was thrown into the dark waters, the darkness sucked him in, like a dry sponge sucking water

And he then heard the figure’s voice enter his ears.

"Do not doubt yourself, do not fear being shunned for being yourself, and look in the mirrors, they will show you the king’s influence... and take care."

And Rowayne drifted into the lightless depths of the dark sea.

"We must do your part, I will do mine, so you can do yours", Figure said as he gazed at the place the dark water was gathering.

Back in the lab.

The corpse had reached the chamber, it banged his rotting hand on the glass door, trying to open it but to no avail

Elder Norman, noticing this, opens the door remotely.

As the door opened, the black liquid, which was previously green, gushed out.

The corpse was pushed back by the flow, yet it kept moving towards Rowayne’s unguarded body, which was now laying on the floor and undergoing violent transformations.

It slowly crept up to Rowayne and did something no one expected.

It ripped out the flower from its back, the roots which were rooted deep within its body were also pulled out slowly.

The more it pulled onto the flower the more it ripped out the roots that were burrowed deep in its body and slower it became

It brought the flower above Rowayne’s mouth.

Nectar dripped from the flower as it visibly lost colors, and started withering.

The nectar was absorbed into Rowayne’s skin.

His violent transformation halted as his body reverted to its original state.

The thumping heartbeat still echoed loudly, but there were no longer any outward changes.

At the same time.

In the depths of dark water.

A string of information entered Rowayne’s mind, this information was translated into the format Rowayne was most familiar with– the rune reader.

[You have absorbed a fragment of **** ]

[You have gained Mind affinity]

[You have gained Life affinity]

[synchronization with **** have begun ]

[-------------35%—-------------------------------]

[-------------------------51%----------------------]

Meanwhile on the surface of the dark waters where the water was pooling, a figure was manifesting.

A figure made up of the dark water, a hood hid his head, while face was smooth like a mask.

Side by side, the figure (manifested now) and the figure (the one who talked with Rowayne) looked identical, apart from one difference, a minor detail one would most certainly miss, if not looking closely.

One of the hands of the newly manifested figure was missing a pinky.

"You look like him, down to the missing finger, but you are not him, Even as strong as our king is, even he can’t extend his influence beyond one dimensional border, let alone two."

"You are an avatar, like me."

The figure(Adrian) manifested a sword out of dark waters and pointed it at the figure(king’s avatar).

"Even if for a moment, I have fought the king to a standstill. What makes you think that a mere cheap copy can defeat me"

"You will not reach Rowayne, as long as I exist, even after I die, you won’t reach him, I will make sure of that"

[-------------------------51%----------------------]

[---------------------ERROR---------------------]

[-------------------------50%----------------------]

12 wings sprouted from the figure(adrian)’s back, and it shot towards the figure(king’s avatar).

Shockwaves rocked through the realm as the two figures clashed.

Down in the depths of dark waters undisturbed by the chaos.

Rowayne was pulled deeper and deeper until he reached a place.

His head pulled out the waters as he started at the dark room, there were multiple doors in front of him.

Each door had a painting of a creature drawn on it.

He did not look at the doors, instead he looked down, at his own reflection which was more of a painting on black canvas.

He gently touched it and passed out.

He opened his eyes in the void.

In front of his eyes were two stars, one emitting dark purple light, other pure white light.

These stars were souls, of the figure and Roanne

The stars were violently clashing with each other, tearing each other apart.

Rowayne reaches out his hands.

The stars shrunk and fell into his hands.

A beam of light shot out from both stars and merged at the center– in front of Rowayne’s chest.

The collision resulted in the birth of a new stars, as the two stars lost their light and disappeared

The new star, light purple in color, shot towards Rowayne and settled into his chest.

On the surface of the dark waters

There was no change, except for the figures themselves

The figure (King’s avatar) was missing an arm and one side of its face was gone.

Its other arm was raised, its hand clutching on the neck of the figure (Adrian) who had its wings plucked off.

"I have done enough.. Haah", Figure(adrian ) said

As its figure started dissolving with the dark waters.

"Let’s die together!"

As it said, two massive Tsunamis rose from opposite directions, no they were not tsunamis, they were maws.

Before either figure could move, the maws close

[-------------------------50%----------------------]

[-2%------------------------------------------------]

Silence.

The tranquillity returned to the dark waters as the maws dissolved into nothing.

In the lab.

Rowayne opened his eyes.

And first thing he did was ignore his surrounds and look at the rune reader

Many things have changed and new things have been added

Name - Rowayne

Species - Part **** (12%)

Form - human

Racial trait - Serial Hermaphrodite

~~~~~~~~~~~~~GIFT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[GIFT NAME] ~ ****AL’S SOUL

[GIFT TYPE] ~ Unknown

Activation- Innate

[Description] ~ A fragment of soul split from the sea of **** , contains abilities of sea of ****

[Abilities] -

[Assimilate] - consumes anything and everything that has a soul or contains Mystical energy and makes it a part of the user.

[Dominion] - claims soul and mind of the prey, severing them from the sea of souls and oblivion, preventing revival and reincarnation.

[Shapeshift] - transforms into an assimilated form when certain requirements are met.

Requirements

-Complete body assimilation <the target’s body must be consumed as a whole, and should not have any fatal injuries>

-Complete mind assimilation

-Complete soul assimilation

Available forms -

Nightshade Raven

[Partial transformation] - transform limb or grow additional limbs, mimicking those of assimilated target

[ASSIMILATION INDEX]

Element Affinities assimilated-------------------

Slot 1 - Mind affinity

Slot 2 - Life affinity

Slot 3 - none

Assimilated concepts------------------------------

Slot 1 - none

Slot 2 - none

Slot 3 - none

Artifacts assimilated-------------------------------

Slot 1 - none

Slot 2 - none

Slot 3 - none

[Memory assimilation]-----------------------------

Arius (100%) (can be used to nourish mind realm)

Roanne(100%) (cannot be used)

~~~~~[TECHNIQUES AND ARTS ]~~~~~

Weapon mastery

- N/A

Weapon Art mastery

-N/A

Magic mastery

-N/A

Magic techniques mastery

-N/A

~~~~~~~[PATH TO POWER]~~~~~~~~

PRIMARY PATH - mind, soul and body unity.

STAGE ZERO - Awakened

Description- at this stage one can vaguely sense soul,body and mind and their connection to one another

SECONDARY PATH

-N/A

~~~~~~~~~~~~~XXX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(A/N- end of the volume, fixed some obvious plot lines, you see king in the prologue, created a bunch of plot holes, if you find one, comment about them, and they shall be fixed)