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Chapter 2 - System

[The host has figured out his destination]

[Abyssal Guardian System has been activated]

"Abyssal system... did the voice give this to me?" Damian asked as he moved back to the living room and sat on the couch.

[Yes, I was given to you by my creator, the Abyssal Lord]

"The Abyssal Lord... so he wants me to be a guardian for this world's humans, but why? There is already the Church, yes slightly corrupt, but there are still people that defend against the supernatural and other pantheons that keep balance," Damian replied as he thought back to his memories of the series.

[But this world is different from the original. There are still the forces that try to claim power, with God being missing, but there are also other factions that are causing much more problems for the humans, devils, angels, and fallen angels]

"I see, what factions?" Damian asked.

[A new faction that is using the blood and essence of the supernatural to turn humans into mutated creatures in an attempt to make a new race of supernaturals]

"What?... who is this new faction?"

[That is all I can tell you. The rest you must figure out on your own.]

"Well, I wasn't expecting it to be that easy. Alright then, system, tell me what can you do, why was I given you?"

[I have a few main functions]

-[Status: Basic character information and shows stats/level/EXP/health/mana/abyssal essence/authority %]

-[Summons: Using Abyssal Summons, people, animals, spirits, weapons, and much more to aid you in your ultimate task]

-[Inventory: A sub-space only accessible by the host to store any items in a frozen state, preserving them]

-[Missions: Tasks given by the Abyss. Each task has a different difficulty and reward gained after]

"Well, this seems simple enough to understand. Can you show me my status?" Damian replied.

[Status]

Name: Damian Hargraves

Race: Abyssal Fledgling

Level: 1

Health: 100 / 100

Mana: 150 / 150

Abyssal Essence: 50 / 50

Strength: 10

Agility: 10

Endurance: 10

Intelligence: 12

Spirit: 15

Authority: 0.01%

[Skills]

-Magic Nullification [Lv.1: The purpose of the Abyss is to consume everything, including magic]

-Abyssal Control [Lv.1: The essence of absolute darkness]

-Chaos Control [Lv.1: Chaos, the emissary of the Abyss, the amalgamation of terror; to control it is to control the uncontrollable]

-Abyssal Enchantment [Lv. 1: Using your Abyssal Essence to enchant your summons]

"These skills seem very good, but dangerous, especially that Chaos Control. It's a little too vague for my liking," Damian said as he looked over his stats.

"Also... my race says I'm an Abyssal Fledgling, why am I no longer a human?" Damian asked.

[Humans can't handle even one one-hundredth of Abyssal Essence, so you needed to become something that could]

"I see... did that change what I look like?" Damian said as he stood up and looked for a mirror.

Finding one in the bathroom, he saw that he looked younger, with long, curly black hair streaked with white, pale silver eyes, and slightly pale skin, but with a toned build and standing around six feet even.

"Okay, I look mostly the same, the silver eyes are cool though," Damian replied.

[That is your human look. I can show you your true face if you want.]

"My true face... alright, show me," Damian said after a moment.

With the confirmation, Damian's face began to change as his already shoulder-length hair grew down to his waist, the white in his eyes turned pitch black as the silver in his eyes grew into a patterned circular design, but what surprised him most was the lines that began growing from his face, making star patterns. At the same time, two small white wings grew from his head, each having two eyes on them that he could now see out of.

But the thing that caused his breath to hitch was that from the neck down, his body turned into space, like that space when he was speaking with the Abyss. Pitch black with stars that seemed to go on infinitely, and patterns of constantly moving white streaks that looked like shooting stars.

"This is insane, I should have expected it with me no longer being human, but still..." Damian said, examining his body and its new changes.

"Uhm... could you change me back?" Damian asked as he had had enough of seeing with six eyes.

With the command, Damian's body returned to how it looked before.

Moving back to the living room, Damian closed the Status tab and moved on to his Summons function.

[Summons]

[Summoning Cost: 50 Abyssal Essence minimum]

[Summoning Slots: 0/5]

[Current Summons]

 -None

"So I can use the Abyssal Essence I have now for a summon... System, how difficult is it to build Abyssal Essence?"

[To build Abyssal Essence, you either must kill those of the supernatural realm, absorbing the small amounts of essence within them, or complete a mission that rewards essence]

"I see, well, let's wait for now, I don't know how rare it will be," Damian said as he moved on from that function and opened his Inventory.

From what he could see, his Inventory was a ten-by-ten grid with ten pages available. Closing the simple function, he moved on to the one that he was most drawn to, the Mission function.

[Mission]

Available Missions:

[Main Mission: Become Humanity's Guardian]

 -Reward: 1 Wish from the Abyssal Lord

[Sub-Mission: Save Issei Hyoudou from being turned into a devil]

 -Reward: New Servant: Issei Hyoudou [Grade: S]

 -Time Remaining: 14 Hours

"Save Issei... am I guessing you have a way to awaken his dragon counterpart without him being reborn?" Damian asked.

[Correct]

"I mean, having him as an ally will be extremely helpful, that little perv becomes strong. Also, if I can get Rias to stand by my side using Issei as bait, that would also be good," Damian said as he began to think.

"But before I can even think of saving Issei, I need to get a handle on at least my Magic Nullification and Abyssal Magic," Damian said as he stood on his balcony and caught a glimpse of Kuoh Academy in the distance.

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