Death, I really do have to know why I'm Death. Wind whips around me almost throwing me off balance. I mean how and why does it all work? My Ascended ability is one of the most unique form of cloning, from what ive seen abilities of this nature don't take the form of real clones but another body controlled by the same mind. I don't use snow storm to stop the wind from hitting me, this is a death zone and I'll need to preserve my essence in this place. If I want to kill the sovereigns then I'll need more power, and I'm hoping this place hasn't been picked clean by previous civilization. That and i think this is where the winter beast came from. Might also be where my first nightmare took place.
This... its a battlefield. I walk across the snow, leaving not a single footprint. I step over the old bodies that aren't allowed to rot. I take a deep breath and I use snow storm to stop the wind around me letting me get a good look around.
"Hm"
I walk around testing the hides of each of the long dead bodies. I find one with a incredibly tough hide so I start taking it apart. After about a hour I stop and I dig my hand in it, finally taking out a soul shard.
"Holy.... holy shit"
Its a... its a... sacred soul shard. Does that mean all of these bodies have soul shards? I mean its been a few months since I started so.... I rush putting it into my satchel, if I'm right then I'll be able to get multiple sacred soul shards. And if I go deep enough, maybe a divine one!
I keep almost falling, even with snow storm i can barely keep the wind at bay. This storm is the worst thing I've dealt with yet. Its only gotten worse but I am not turning back. Thats when it finally stops almost throwing me off balance. I speed up finding a camp that's covered in snow and ice. I walk into the camp looking around. Its clearly long abandoned, I mean everything in the dream realm is, but even for the dream realm it looks real abandoned. Is this a citad- I'm thrown forward as something slashes my back. Theres a massive cut in my back including on the greatful moon. I roll on the ground, then I jump into the air as a massive slash appears on the ground right where I was. I land on the ground, i keep moving around as slashes appear right where I was. A great devil, it controls the wind i think. I can barely sense it using everything but snow storm.
I step through the fire that tries to crawl up my body. With a swipe all flames on me go out leaving no burns. Each step brings loud sizzling as I step on the charcoal that makes up the ground. Black skeleton hands reach at me to grab at me and with one move its broken. I finally make it through the fire looking up I see a massive snake wrapping around a ash covered mansion. It opens its mouth and the inside starts glowing. A corrupted terror, nothing i cant kill. It spits out fire, and it does nothing to me. I bend down and I jump up dodging its tail.
I step into the castle, the call screams in my mind. Not far from this castle is the seed of a third nightmare. I recognize this, how could I not recognize the place the winter beast came from. It was the guardian of this citadel. Each step echos in the halls of the castle. The cold has long since seeped into the very essence of this castle. Something in me resonates with this place, like this is the place I've always meant to go to. I finally make it to the throne room. Its completely massive, runes line the walls, a enchantment to let the inside be bigger then it should be i think. I stare up at a... statue? I slowly walk closer to it. One is a massive dragon, the other is a small human like figure. The human looking one has a expression frozen in sadness as the dragon snaps its mouth around its lower half. My eyes widen as I see... soul shards within the statue.... no... no its the snow king. I use my wings to float up. I stare at the face of the snow king and I make a dagger. I crack open the chest of the snow king. I grab all 7 soul shards, each one of them is of the sacred rank. Their different as well, a pale blue not white. I land on the ground putting them all down. I create and I lift a shield and I break them all at once.
[Your soul core is full, a new soul core is being born]
I fall to my knees as everything goes black.
I walk through my castle. How many years have I been here? Maybe a few hundred years, likely more. Its tragic, that there's a good chance I'll die here.
"My lord please!"
I look down at the servant chasing after me. I slow down, they've been my personal servant for years now, i would rather not see them die.
"I know. I know i should leave, but my friend, what kind of king would I be if I let my people die without doing anything?"
They stare up at me, clearly trying not to cry. I kneel down
"My lord?! Theres no need for that!"
I shake my head, I curl my hand over their holding the crown i had taken so much time and effort to make
"Please. Go put it in its place. I would prefer if at least someone survives what has been done to my kingdom"
Tears well up in their eyes as I stand
"I... I understand my lord."
They finally leave, as they do my face finally drops. Not into serous determination, although i wish it could have been that, no into sadness. I've lost almost everything, now I have to fight my oldest friend? How is that fair. It doesn't matter life is not fair, most of all to the soft hearted. I start walking yet again, my steps echoing throughout my castle, it feels colder then normal.
I sit on my throne as the door opens. Years ago a smile would cross my face at the sight of my oldest friend.
"Jötunn"
I nod to him
"Zhulong"
I lean back on my throne staring at the dragon I had come to know so well. I had even ridden on his back a few times.
"I don't think there's anything to say"
I lift my hand
"No i must disagree, why?"
He lowers his head
"Our kingdoms can not coexist. As long as yours does the volcanos i base mine around will grow colder and colder."
I nod
"You've always been loyal, I understand"
I finally stand up. I... I don't want to fight him. I grew up around him, our kingdoms grew together. Now it must end it would seem. I guess the children of shadows can never be friends with those of the sun.
[Your attribute has evolved]
My eyes fly open as I clutch at my chest. There's the slowly dying down of a soul core having just been born. What... what was that? Was that the memories of the snow king? I'm a titan now it seems. I look down at my hands, they feel stronger. No matter what happens I can never really get used to it. A attribute evolved? I quickly check my runes.
[Heir to snow]
Crown of snow is the thing that evolved it would seem. I slowly stand up walking over to the throne, the gateway. And for the first time in... probably ever, the gateway of the snow castle is finally bound. I turn back to the two kings. I float back up to get the soul shards from the ash king when I make the first cut flame comes bursting out with the sound of something breaking. The flames flow to one of the ice shards floating behind me
[Your ice shard is evolving]
A month, or so, hard to tell, I finally find it. I jump down, once upon a time I had to slowly climb down nearly slipping the whole way. Now I land on my feet with very little effort. I look at the spot that the prince of ash had landed. There's no blood so the original hadn't pushed him. I start walking tracing my hand on the wall. Now I can see as I walk into the cave, as the walls are slowly covered in ice. The flames had long since gone out, there's deep scratches in the walls as I get to where the crown of snow once was. Its platform is broken, all of it is and the crown is gone, and I know what happened to it.
I walk to a large hill. I've been able to make all but war, and quite frankly I need the help exploring. So today I'll be trying to figure out war, I've tried before but never that hard. I take out one of the many puppets I rehomed and I lay it out.
Time]
"Hmmm in the third nightmare"
[Quantity of essence?]
"One core like the others."
[God set: war]
"Finally"
I throw my hands up, this has taken too damn long to finally get to
[Left out]
"What I've been doing since I went into this death zone"
[Complete]
I watch as the puppet starts to move. Its eyes suddenly focus on me. I step back. No no no not possible. This shouldn't be possible. It tilts its head with a apathetic expression.
About a month after I made war i walk on the ashen ground. My steps are slow as I look over where the camp that I started my first nightmare in once was. Its long since gone. Yet still it feels odd to be back here. Ash whips the helm of screams as I look at the place it all started. Nostalgic, that seems like the right word for that feeling. How long has it been since i was last here? Oh well its not like I was ever actually her- my head snaps up. Something, something is rising from the volcano. Its... its a great titan, its too big to be anything less. Countless smaller figures rise from the ashes, its minions. No no no, i recognize that face. How could I not, I haven't forgotten what I did. Its... the ash prince, he's a great titan. He survived until now. I can't fight a great titan, so i summon my whole army and I run. Even then, countless corrupted beats and higher, a great titan. I can't let the queen of worms get those as a puppet. I can most likely hold it off until the sovereigns are gone, then... then I'll ask for help. Yeah I can deal with this myself. I can't let the sovereigns be any stronger if I'm able to stop it.