Chapter 6: Chapter 1: New World, Same Me

(A/N: Things like 'this' are mc thoughts, and things like (this) are Pyra's thoughts/dialogue)

I don't remember feeling this cold in my past life. Not when I realized everything was fake. Not when I learned I was never meant to be born. Not when I fought in the ring. Not when I killed a man.

But here, and now in this endless abyss for which I've been stuck, all that was left of me was the cold. I couldn't say how long I was there. It could have been thousands of years, it could have been mere moments, but I do know this.

I miss the heat.

When I opened my eyes, I was in an unfamiliar place. Well that's an understatement, because I was laying on the cold ground looking up into the sky, which trees covered only allowing small amounts of sunlight through.

I sat up trying to remove the throbbing pain from my head, and to collect my thoughts. I searched through my memories to try and piece together what had happened.

I remembered dying, and meeting Pyra, as well as our steamy encounter, after that we came up with...

'Shit the plan!' I thought.

Looking around I realized it must have worked, although I couldn't quite remember how. I did however remember the pain.

"Just what the hell happened..." Feeling the weird weight on my chest I finally remembered her existence.

'Pyra? Are you there?'

(...)

I waited for a minute but got no response.

'Pyra answer me! Are you there?' I was starting to get worried. Did something happen? Was she hurt?

My brain went into overclock trying to figure out what went wrong, when a thought appeared in my mind. 

'Can she not hear my thoughts?'

"Pyra are you okay?" I said aloud this time.

(Sigh, You really are an idiot.) Pyra finally spoke (or thought?) Inside my head.

Hearing her voice made it seem like a great burden fell off my shoulders, and I released the air in my lungs.

"Pyra why didn't you answer me before?" 

(I was busy fixing your idiotic mistake! Your soul took way too much damage you idiot!)

'She really likes calling me an idiot huh.' I thought, and to my horror she replied.

(I can hear your thoughts jerk.)

'Oh... Anyways you said my soul took damage? Did I not make it out in time?'

(Haa, you did but father- er I mean, Bahamut stabbed you in the back. To escape you burnt a large part of your soul.)

'Is that why I can't remember some things?'

Pyra confirmed and asked what I could remember, and I gave her a rundown. It seemed I lost some memories before entering the portal, and all of my memories from before I turned seven.

(I'm sorry, I did the best I could do without damaging our compatibility too much.)

'What do you mean damaging our compatibility?' If this was what I thought it was, our plans would be much slower.

(...It was the only way I could save your memories.)

'Shit. Just great. Way to go me, let's get a round of applause. Sigh what did we lose.'

(Almost everything.) 

Pyra gave me the rundown of the situation. Our original plan was to increase my strength in both soul and body, thanks to her being a goddess and me being the perfect vessel. When Pyra bound us together, she did so in every way imaginable, which meant if I were to die, she would too. She estimated it would take only a few months of work before she could ascend from my soul without killing me and her in the process. But now...

(Due to our newfound incompatibility, not only will it take longer to achieve our previous milestone, you will also have to become much stronger. I assume it will take many years at the least.)

She gave me a moment to digest the information. I wasn't to sad to learn any of it, nor angry. Matter of fact I was quite happy about spending more time with her. The only problem was she didn't have a physical form anymore, which meant we couldn't interact with each other in any way other than speaking.

"Alright pull it up, we don't have time to lose." I said aloud.

(Alright set a keyword in 3...2...1... Now.)

"Status." I said, and would say many times from here on.

After I said the keyword a flood of information surged past my eyes. It took me a moment to register exactly what I was seeing but once I did I could only whistle in admiration.

[Welcome Prodigy of Flame I am the Strengthening Interface that will help you progress on your journey]

[Please state your full name]

"Damian Solace" with each new notification a bell would ring out, giving me a headache.

[Registering...]

[...]

[Registration complete! Welcome Damian Solace the Prodigy of Flame]

[Would Damian Solace the Prodigy of Flame like to configure Strengthening Interface settings?]

[Y/N]

Pyra already gave me a rundown on how to control the "Strengthening Interface" so I knew to send a !rental command towards the "Y" that stood for yes. Not that she needed to tell me, it is after all a clichè system from any LitRPG story.

Browsing through the different settings I turned the bell off unless it was important, I also changed how it addressed me, and how it should address itself.

[Confirm form of address to Host]

[Confirm name of Strengthening Interface to System]

"Confirm and confirm"

[Settings saved]

[Would Host like a tutorial of System functions? Please note due to instability in Host soul many functions have been locked]

[Y/N]

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'Aww you included a tutorial for me?' I teased Pyra.

(Sh-shut it I was trying to be thoughtful...)

Heh

I then sent a mental command towards no. 

[Confirmed]

[Showing Host status]

[Name: Damian Solace]

[Soul Strength: Mortal (Damaged)]

[Race: Human, (Sealed)

[Title: Prodigy of Flame]

[Level: 1 (0%)]

[HP: 20/20

[MP: 400/400

[Strength: 13]

[Constitution: 10]

[Magic: 20

[Resistance: 15

[Agility: 11]

[Remaining Skill Points: 0]

[Skills]

-Intuition (A)

-Martial Arts Mastery (D)

-Charm (F)

"Alright Pyra let's delve deeper into things. Starting with my skills."

I could guess the letter next to the name of the skill was the rank, the problem was there was no skill points. Which Pyra informed me was correct and skills would progress the more I used them.

As for what they did...

-Intuition (A)

People with this skill have a keen insight into things. they have the special ability to tell when someone is lying, as well as the ability to read a situation near flawlessly. It is also possible to gain insight on the future with this ability.

-Martial Arts Mastery (D)

Only through years of close quarters combat training can one gain this skill. It is said that only those with a good foundation and pure determination can hope to develope this skill.

35% increase in stats when fighting without a weapon

-Charm (F)

Due to the overwhelming charisma, and unearthly looks of the user there is a slight chance of improving how someone sees you.

45% chance to slightly increase affection of target.

'Hmm so minor clairvoyance, a combat skill, and a charm skill straight out the gate. This is quite useful.' 

But now it was time to inspect my stats. The first thing to do was determine what they did.

With Pyra's help I was able to understand each stat.

Strength was obvious, it was my physical strength.

Constitution was both my defense and HP mixed together.

Magic was both my MP and the potency of my spells

Resistance was my magical defense, as well as my defense against poisins, diseases, and any other non physical condition.

Agility had the most effects, namely being speed, flexibility, body control, and reflexes.

But that begged the question as to why my magic stat was so high, and my MP through the roof. 

The big reason was because of my Title.

[Title: Prodigy of Flame]

-Perfect affinity for fire magic

-Resistance towards fire both physical and magical

-Increased magic growth

-MP = Magic stat x10

That combined with the normal conversion rate of MP = Magic stat x2 led to 400 MP off rip.

Not to mention the perfect fire affinity and near complete fireproofing or the increased magic growth.

As for Soul Strength that is what would be my main priority, and once it became strong enough Pyra could ascend.

Overall I woke up pretty OP.

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