When my vision got restored, I was greeted by a truly wondrous scene. Millions upon millions of bright stars of different colors colored the dark tapestry before my eyes. If one looks closely, many of the stars were arranged in many different and unique constellations like a piece of art made by a artist.
"I remember reading about this place, but words don't really do it justice," I said in wonder as I observed my surroundings, "so this is the insides of the Nightmare Spell? Quite an ironic beauty for something so horrible."
Just then, the voice of the nightmare spell resounded. However, it was not in the unassuming and familiar tone as before but rather felt like the whole space around him was talking.
[Aspirant! Your trial is over.]
[A wretched lost soul stripped from his previous world climbed to the top of a frozen mountain filled with deadly threats. Against all odds, he was able to reach the castle of the Lich King only to find the glorious monarch a shell of his former self. By taking hold of the runic sword Frostmourne, the old generation makes way for the new so that the Scourge may reign eternal.]
[You have slain a dormant monster, Undead Scout.]
[You have slain a fallen devil, Bone Centipede.]
[You have slain a corrupted titan, Fragment of the Lich King.]
[Number of cycles repeated: 2,569.]
[Sanity Evaluation: Adequate.]
[Final Appraisal: Unprecedented. Your persistence is awe-inspiring; your state of mind, not so much.]
As far as I was concerned, the spell could shit on me as much as it wants, I am only glad to finally exit that thrice damned nightmare.
[Dreamer William, receive your boon!]
"Please be something good. Please be something good," I pleaded over and over to whatever higher entity is in this place.
[You have been bestowed a True Name: Malevolent Star.]
"That's not ominous. Nope, not at all," I muttered sarcastically.
[Your aspect is ready to evolve. Evolve aspect?]
With a stunned, shaky voice, I replied, "Yes."
[Dormant Aspect Lost Soul is evolving....]
[New aspect is conflicting with attribure Fateless.]
My heart sank to the ground, "This never happened in the novel, did it?"
[Resolving the conflict.]
[Aspect nature changed.]
[Aspect rank demoted.]
"Come on, man! Really?" I yelled in anger at the new runes.
[New aspect acquired.]
[Aspect Rank: Semi-Divine.]
So, before the conflict, I was going to get a Divine ranked aspect if not for the Fateless interjection. Dude, they said Fated was a bitch but this one takes it to a whole other level.
[Aspect Name: Living Lich King.]
I kept staring at the contradicting words for ten whole minutes before I got my mental faculties back. "Okay, I know what a Lich King is, I just met one a few minutes ago but what does living do here?"
In order to shed light onto my mysterious aspect name, I summoned the runes associated with it.
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Aspect Name: [Living Lich King]
Aspect Rank: Semi-Divine
Aspect Description: [You are an abomination that breaks all laws of nature and fate. No god will have ever allowed you to come into existence if they could help it. You are an undead who had not only retained his humanity but also his soul.]
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Shadow Slave: Diaries of a Stranger in even Stranger Lands
FanfictionI mainly post on Webnovel, but I hoped to branch out a bit. William finds himself inside one of his favorite novels. Unfortunately, that novel is Shadow Slave in which not even the gods were able to stave off their doom. Given continuous impossible...
