《Rise to Greatness (Dropped)》 How a soul came to be It¡¯s dark. The first thing I noticed since I wake up that it¡¯s dark. Where am I? I don¡¯t even know. I don¡¯t even know who I am. I tried to remember but nothing came up. I tried to move but I can¡¯t move. What can I do? I wait. I wait and continue to wait. One day I noticed, there¡¯s a floating ball of light all around me. Since when did I manage to see? I don¡¯t know, I don¡¯t care and I do nothing about it. I still can¡¯t move so I wait. I wait and continue to wait. One day I managed to move around but not so much before I exhausted myself. So I wait. I wait and continue to wait. One day I felt hungry. I want to eat. I felt thirsty. I want to drink. But what can I do? I can¡¯t even move, so I wait. I wait and continue to wait. One day I discovered that I can move, finally. I approach one of the ball of light that hover continuously around me. I touch them and they disappear. I felt warm for some reason and I don¡¯t feel hunger or thirst anymore. But after that I can¡¯t move again, so I wait. I wait and continue to wait. One day I noticed that I can move again. I want to feel that sensation again. Not feeling hunger or thirst. Waiting can bring back hunger and thirst it seemed. So I move again, looking for another ball of light. For some reason, whenever I approached the ball of light they disperse and get away from me. I¡¯m not giving up, that sensation, I must feel it again. I tried to move faster and finally caught one of them. I touch it and I feel it again, the sensation of not hungry or thirsty. But like last time, I cannot move again, so I wait. Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation. I wait and continue to wait. One day, I discovered something that I have never seen before, a big ball of light. I don¡¯t know why, but I had the urge to approach it so I did. For some reason, it didn¡¯t scatter like the smaller one before. I think that it intentionally waited for me. I tried to touch it but I felt suction force. Something I never felt before. Naturally I resist and the suction force becoming fiercer and fiercer until I felt helpless. But for some reason, I continued to persist and fight. It lasted a long time but I finally managed to beat it and absorbed it. Then I felt something I never felt before. It hurts. I felt as if my whole self would cease to exist. But I persist and I prevail. The pain is gone and I felt stronger. Now I know what I am. I am a Soul Devourer. I eat souls to become strong. What I battled before was another Soul Devourer. Apparently, I still yet to mature so I don¡¯t know what I am, until I eat another Soul Devourer. For some reason, when Soul Devourer ate another one of its kin, they get stronger and mature faster than when eating just regular souls. After that battle, I exhausted myself and rest. And so I continued to wait. A soul battle I wait and continue to wait. One day, I discovered that I can see better now. It is still dark, but there are many ball of light that float around in the darkness. No, not ball of light but souls. Thinking about it made me go hungry. So I decided to move and eat some more souls. Once I think that I¡¯m sated, I stopped and wait. So I wait again. I wait and continue to wait. One day, when I move around eating souls, I discovered something amazing. A huge soul, just like last time but bigger. I want to eat it but I had to wait. I¡¯m not big enough to take it on. I never want to feel helpless like before ever again. I just went pass it and eat more of the smaller soul. And so, I wait again. I wait and continue to wait. One day, I noticed that several big souls are coming my way. I wonder what they want with me, I wondered. When they are close to me, I don¡¯t know why, they began attacking me. It appears that they want to eat me. Of course I fight back. A battle between Soul Devourer is determined by whose size is bigger and whose willpower is stronger. My size is bigger than any of them and of course my willpower is also stronger. But they have strength in numbers. It was tough, but in the end I still won. I exhausted myself after that battle, so I can only wait and rest. So I wait again. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. I wait and continue to wait. One day, I noticed that my size is several times bigger than last time. I also gained some kind of memories in me. I remember several things about myself. It turns out I¡¯m originally a creature called human. They lived with their kin in harmony and love. But for some reason, I don¡¯t feel a slight amount of attachment to my past life. I do miss having a body and being able to see colors other than black and white. But what can I do? All I can do for now is to live and eat souls. I have this odd feeling if I manage to reach certain point in size and strength, I¡¯ll be able to live again as a human. So for now, I wait. I wait and continue to wait. One day, I realized that my soul is getting bigger again. I think I¡¯m ready now to take on that huge soul back then. I traced my way back to it. On the way, I managed to eat several lesser soul to sate my hunger. Once I see that huge soul, I rush to it like a wild animal who found its prey. The battle between me and it, last longer than I thought. I want to eat it and it also want to eat me. After it seemed to be a millennium, I managed to eat it, but not without consequences. I cannot move. It¡¯s been awhile since I cannot move after eating another soul. So I wait, like I always do. The start of a rampage I wait and continue to wait. This time, after I ate that big soul, I felt that my whole self is changing. I know now what my name is. Logan, just Logan. But that¡¯s all I remember. I feel that if I continue to dive deeper into my memories, my whole self could be erased. I can only wait until my strength is sufficient enough and then my memories will come back on its own. But for now, I can do nothing so I wait. I wait and continue to wait. One day, I discovered something new. Now, I am able to see far and wide into the dark space. It seemed that I had evolved. I am more aware of myself now, I also can move a lot faster and it seemed if I wanted to eat, those lesser souls will willingly become my food unlike last time where they all ran away. After I ate enough soul, I went to go explore the dark space. As I move around the dark space, I found something different. A gate, a huge freakin'' gate. I tried to approach it but was stopped by another huge soul. The huge soul stared at me as if it had eyes. It gaze petrified me. I tried to get away but I couldn¡¯t. Is this where my end? ¡°Don¡¯t fear young one¡± It spoke? It actually spoke? Now I¡¯m terrified. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.¡°Haha¡­. Don¡¯t you ever seen a soul talked?¡± said the old soul Now I want to speak even more. Passing time while not being able to talk felt wrong somehow. ¡°You will be able to talk one day young one¡± added the old soul How did he know I want to talk? Is he a mind reader? But I wonder what lies behind that gate. For some reason, I had this urge to pass that gate. Something tells me that if I managed to pass that gate, all my desire will be fulfilled. ¡°You want to pass this gate young man? This gate led to the world of the living. I¡¯m the guardian here. I only allowed you to pass if you managed to eat me. But it will be impossible for the current you. So go back and eat some more soul¡± said the old soul ¡°For now, disappear¡± with the will of the old soul, I disappear and when I noticed, I seemed to get back to where I was before I ventured to the black space. The old soul told me to eat more soul to pass right? Then that is what I¡¯m going to do. Thus, my rampage began. Good bye all Haaaah¡­ It¡¯s been awhile since I started my rampage. When I first started my rampage, I felt tired because I had to eat many souls at one. Not to mention the big one, other souls devourer. But I don¡¯t care. When my soul body refused to move, I forced it to move. When I am sated, I forced myself to eat, all because I want to pass through the gate. There¡¯s not many souls left here. The one that survived my rampage are mostly the other Soul Devourer. While I want to move and eat them, my soul body wouldn¡¯t let me anymore. It seems I had to rest, so I rest and wait again. I wait and continue to wait. One day, I discovered something changed inside of me. There¡¯s memories, memories not of myself but the memories of the souls that I ate. Adult, children, animal, beast, magical beast, criminal, saints, all of their memories are now residing within me. Strangely enough, I don¡¯t lose myself. I¡¯m still me, Logan, who was once human. From what I know from all these memories, is that if someone has too many stuff on their memories, they all went insane. Not me, no. Is it because I¡¯m a soul? Whatever¡­ I want to go straight to the gate but there¡¯s still few souls left to devour. Let the hunt begin! Haaah¡­ Finally, there are no more souls left. Just like last time, whenever I ate large amount of souls, I can¡¯t move. Maybe my soul body is tired. I just have to wait until I can move again to challenge that old soul. But for now, I wait. I wait and continue to wait. Finally, I can move again. Now is the time to go to the gate and eat the old soul. For some reason I felt excited to pass the gate and to eat the old soul. ¡°You¡¯re back again young one¡± said the old soul Yeah you¡¯re right, I¡¯m back and I¡¯m here to claim you¡¯re soul. ¡°Well then, shall we proceed?¡± Proceed? Proceed what? ¡°You eating me of course. What else?¡± said the old soul Just like that? I went through a rampage and you letting me eat you just like that? ¡°Well you see, I may be powerful, but my task is to guard this gate against souls who want to pass here. But since you ate all of them, my job just become dull isn¡¯t it? SO why not let you eat me while I rest in peace?¡± This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. Well, that is reasonable¡­. Wait, how do I know that it isn¡¯t some kind of trap? ¡°Well it is not a trap young one. I¡¯m just tired that¡¯s all. When you guard a gate for gods know how long you become bored. Especially since no one has challenge you. Besides, the rule for passing this gate is something that even I cannot achieve. Only Soul Devourer can pass and I¡¯m not a Soul Devourer¡± said the old soul Not a Soul Devourer? But how come you¡¯re so strong? ¡°I¡¯m not strong young one, you are just weak. In fact, all of the souls here are weak, even the Soul Devourer here are weak. You¡¯re the odd one. I feel potential, that¡¯s why I told you to eat every single soul here to become strong, and me included¡± said the old soul ¡°Are you ready young one? After you ate me, move closer to the gate and it should open up for you. Who knows, maybe you may become someone great out there¡± added the old man Someone great out there? Does it mean that when I get out I¡¯m no longer be in soul form? ¡°That I do not know¡± said the old man Fair enough. Are you ready old soul? Because I¡¯m going to eat your ass up ¡°Hahaha, language young one, language¡­. But to be young, you need to be brash¡± As the old soul said that, I ate it and move closer towards the gate. Then out of nowhere it spoke. ¡°Soul Devourer number 1771 has passed the trials, opening the Netherworld gate. Destination, Mortal Realm¡± All of a sudden, light started to envelope me and I disappeared from the dark space. So long¡­ Hope I never visit this place again. ==================================================================== Thank you so much for viewing this fiction of mine. Hope you enjoy it so far. This mark the end of the prologue and the beginning of an adventure. The story is a bit slower so I hope you are still enjoy it. If you would kindly leave a comment and rating for my fiction then that would be awesome.. Chapter 1, Young Master The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the wind breeze and the world seems peaceful. But not in Vyndi village. A group of kids can be seen crowding over a boy over some thing. "Young Master, stop it. You cannot do it. Just give up" said one of the kids "Yes Young Master, give up. Save yourself from the pain" added another kid "Yeah Young Master, give up. Even adults cannot do it" said another kids "Shut up, shut up, shut up. If I said I can do it, I can do it. Today I will do something that only the chosen one can do. I will do something that will change the history of mankind, something that only be done 10 years ago. Today I''m going to mount Fergus and be a great general of Star-Hart kingdom" said the black haired kid. "Uaaah Young Master" "So inspiring" Many kids look up to this black haired kid in front of them. This black haired kid they called the "young master" is the boss of the kids in the village. The kids tried to called him master but he deemed that "master" is to old, so he asked to be called young master. "Fergus, prepare yourself" said the black haired kid while jumping onto Fergus''es back If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it.Who is Fergus you ask? Fergus is the former mount of the former great general in Star-Hart kingdom. How he ended up here is unknown but apparently there is rumor that one who can mount Fergus for at least one minute can become a general in Star-Hart kingdom. How did this rumor start you ask? Simple. 10 years ago, the village elder son manages to mount Fergus for about one minute and after that he left to enlist. Who would''ve thought that now he already become a general in the empire, becoming the youngest general there is. Why did the kids believe this you ask? simple, because they are just kids. "Hahaha Fergus, today shall be the day that I, the great..." Before the back haired kid can finish his sentence, Fergus already knock him down "He failed after all. Hahahahaha" the kids around him began to laugh. "Huuu... Waaaaahhhhh....... Mommy...Daddy... huhuhu..." the black haired kid run straight to his home while crying "Haaah, he never learn" said one of the kids "Un..." followed by another one "The show''s over guys, what do you all want to play?" Just like that the day resume normally. Chapter 2, Family "Huhuhu..... Mommy... Daddy....." Sitting beside the black haired boy are a middle age man with beautifully trimmed goatee and a woman so beautiful even the gods would be jealous of her. Their house was located near the entrance of the village. His father is a farmer while his mother work on the village local clinic. "You''re trying to mount Fergus again did you?" said the woman "Uh...uh...uh... Yes...." said the black haired boy "How many times should I tell you that mounting Fergus is dangerous !!" said the woman "Uh....uh... Sorry mommy" "Sorry my ass" yelled the woman back "Uh... Honey, language" said the man "Uh right, sorry. So Sylphester, why do you keep insisting on mounting Fergus anyway?" this time the woman calm down and ask nicely "I want to make mommy and daddy proud. If I can mount Fergus, I can at least become someone great" said the black haired boy Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. "Ohhh... Sylphester...." said the woman with loving eyes "Hahahaha..... Son, in order to mount Fergus you need to train hard and even if you manage to mount Fergus you still need to train. Does this mean that you''re ready to train to become a warrior?" said the goatee man "Uh.... Uh.... Hehe.... Gotta go dad" said Sylphester while running away "Haaaah.... That kid... He always ran away when we mention training. Men of Gwynt family must be strong" said the goatee man "Let him do as he wish Edder, he''s still young" said the woman "I know Emily, but...." "No but, we agree to train him when he is 10 years old" said Emily back "Fine.... i just want him to train early you know, to surpass his peer" said Edder "He will Edder, he will" "Haah.. I hope so" Chapter 3, Sylphester go to the forest "Haaaah... Dad is always bringing that training thing up. Why can anyone be strong without training?" Sylphester mumbled "Enough about that, let''s see what the others are doing" said Sylphester happily Sylphester then walked to the center of the village. The center of the village is where kids around Sylphester''s age played together. "Huh, how come nobody''s here?" Sylphester wonder. "Am I too early or too late?" Sylphester then saw Helga. Helga is the daughter of the local blacksmith. She is also part of the Sylphester gang in this village. "Oiii, Helga, where are the other kids?" shouted Sylphester "They all went home. We already finished playing. I''m just here to run an errand for my father" said Helga nonchalantly "Oh..." said Sylphester dejected "Bye......" said Helga "Bye....." said Sylphester while watching Helga walk away. "Now what should I do? I''m bored and there''s nothing to do....." pondered Sylphester. "Oh I know, it''s been awhile since I played in the forest, I''ll go there" mumbled Sylphester The forest Sylphester talked about is Aeolus forest. The forest has existed longer then Vyndi village. The villagers forbid anyone going there because the forest contains many dangerous things, ranging from demonic beast and dangerous plants. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. "Better not let anyone knows about this" said Sylphester Sylphester then quickly went to the forest "Now, where should I explore this time? Oh I know, last time I came here, there was a river not far from here. Let''s go there" Sylphester walked through this dense Aeolus forest. Anywhere Sylphester, all he sees are just trees or large trees. But strangely enough, Sylphester seems to know where he was going. How did he know you asked? I don''t know, asked Sylphester. Uhh.. Let''s continue. Sylphester walk and walk and walk. Eventually, he see the river that he was talking about. "Haah finally, I arrived. Is it just me or is it farther then I remembered?" pondered Sylphester. "It doesn''t matter, let''s play" said Sylphester happily. He take off his clothes and his shoes leaving behind only his pants and head straight to the river. He played in the water for at least 1 hours when he suddenly felt bored. "It''s no fun playing by yourself huh..... Stupid kids, why you must abandoned your young master like this" shouted Sylphester *ROOOOOAAAAAR* "Huh, what was....." before Sylphester managed to finish his sentence, a 3 meters tall python suddenly emerged from the forest. "Oh my god.... Daddy, mommy saved meeeeeeeee" shouted Sylphester in fear Chapter 4, Sylphester in Danger *HISSSSSSS... ROAAAAR* The 3 meter''s tall python is mad. He''s mad because there is a human playing around at his territories without his consent "Bad snake, bad snake" Sylphester swim away hurriedly to the shore and run inside the forest *HISSSS* the python, while still being mad, chase Sylphester inside the forest "Dammit, for all the bad luck in this world, how come I have the worst of them all!?" Sylphester cursed. Sylphester run and run and run. He tried to hide behind a tree but was soon discovered by the python. Sylphester tried all sort of thing but the python still found him. Unknowingly, Sylphester had been running from the python for half a day. Sylphester, being chased by the python, eventually become exhausted. Since he was still a child, he doesn''t had much stamina. In the end, the python easily caught Sylphester. A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. "Dammit. If I knew it was going to be like this, I would''ve listened to Dad about training" regretted Sylphester while he was being tossed around by the python. "I''m not going down without a fight" Sylphester''s eyes glowed with determination. He grabbed a branch while he is still being tossed around by the python and stabbed it right through the python eyes. *ROAAAAR* the python roared in pain. While the python roared in pain, it unconsciously throws Sylphester somewhere. When it came to be, it looked for Sylphester without much success. Seeing it could not find Sylphester, the python returned to his territories. What about Sylphester you asked? Well, he get thrown somewhere. Miraculously, he survived but he is unconscious.