Astra POV
So after I got off that mountain, I made myself a goal to live my new life and adventure across the world—but there's one tiny problem with that plan that I didn't anticipate, well, actually three massive problems!!! The first being that I can't move my body.
Yeah, apparently stars remain dormant for the entirety of their lives, so I'm stuck here unless I find a way to remotely move my body. The second problem is that I'm on some island, so if I do find a way to move my body, how am I supposed to cross an entire ocean!!?
And last but certainly the biggest problem of all is that this stupid island is connected to my fucking soul. What does that have to do with my current situation, you may ask? Well, my young ignorant child, allow me to enlighten thou with divine knowledge—it means that even if I tried everything in my power, I cannot leave this stupid island.
Wait, you're telling me to ask Grand Oracle—my super helpful (never going to admit that to its face), sassy, bit-of-an-asshole skill—for help? Weeeell, I did, and this was their response:
Grand Oracle: Affirmative. Calculating. Preparing.
And after that, they haven't responded to anything I said. It's been an hour since then—well, an hour in my mind. I used my Thought Acceleration skill to practice since I had nothing better to do; in reality, it's only been a few minutes in the outside world.
Thanks to spending such a long time in my mind, I gained a new skill called Mind Space(R). This allows me to enter a separate pocket dimension in my mind where I can do anything I want, so I created a little home for myself there. In my Mind Space, I actually figured something out—in there I could freely move my mental body with a sort of telekinesis, so maybe that could work on my real body.
After a bit of practice using my mind to move my mental body, I was now ready to try it on my body to see how it goes. I first started with feeling my whole body—it's kind of weird having this body, actually; it's like being asleep in a warm body of water just floating. After I had put my focus on every part of my body, I started to try to make it move in one direction.
I tried this process over and over again for about twenty minutes until I finally heard what I wanted to hear.
Skill Telekinesis(X) acquired.
Yes! It worked—now it should be much easier to control my body with this skill. As I activate my skill and focus it on my body, I start to lift off the ground. Okay, now I just need to move in a direction, so let's explore this island and see if it has anything interesting to offer.
As I move through the island, I discover something off about it. For starters, there is no life on this island—no animals, insects, birds—even when I try to look in the water, fish seem to stay away from the island. I'll have to ask Grand Oracle about it later.
Next, the flora and fauna of the island seem artificial—like they are not actual plants, but just made of energy. And lastly, this island has a high energy density; there is so much energy leaking from it, but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.
Well, technically that's a lie—the energy turns into various things here, like the aforementioned plants.
Now that I have explored the whole island, which took me a few hours, I have deduced that this island is about the size of a large city if you don't include the huge mountain in the middle, of course—so it's actually about the size of two cities.
I did find something interesting when exploring: a cave at the base of the island, and guess what—it was filled to the brim with all kinds of gems and metals. Some were attached to the walls, ceiling, and floor, and some were just lying on the ground waiting for someone to come and collect them.
If only I had a spatial storage or something—who knows how valuable all this stuff is. Well, other than that cave, there was nothing of interest on the island, so I decided to do something else, mainly training my skills and such.
After I realized that I did not have any attacking skills whatsoever, I decided to try and learn some by myself. First, I tried just trying to release energy from my body—yeah, that didn't work out how I thought it would. It just increased my aura like crazy, but I was able to withdraw it back inside me, and that granted me the skill Aura Techniques(X). I started experimenting with that a lot and ended up learning a few techniques: Aura Break, which allows me to cancel the auras of others; Aura Control, which allows me full control of my aura's intensity and shape; and finally, Aura Burst, which releases my aura into a huge explosion but leaves me drained (surprisingly, the island was not even damaged by that).
After all that, the sun was starting to set and Grand Oracle still had not answered me—I'm starting to get worried that something happened. As night rolled around, the sky was so beautiful (side note: this world has ten moons—not really important, but cool nonetheless).
I spent the night stargazing and studying the sky, which got me the skill Astrology(H).
I don't know the purpose of the skill, but I'll figure it out another time. As the night went by, I realized that I don't need sleep—most definitely due to me being a star. As the sun rose and the night was driven away, I continued with my training.
1 month later
It's been a month and G.O.D (Grand Oracle(D)) still hasn't responded—is she gone or what? Well, during that time I made a lot of progress with my training.
I gained a few useful skills.
New skills:
Water Manipulation(R),
Earth Manipulation(R),
Energy Manipulation(R),
Wind Manipulation(R),
Plant Manipulation(R),
Fire Manipulation(R),
Light Manipulation(R),
Dark Manipulation(R),
Sound Manipulation(R),
Ice Manipulation(R),
Lightning Manipulation(R).
Aside from raising my combat abilities, I have been absorbing energy from the island since it seems to never run out of it. I was actually doing this while training and controlling my body.
You know, I kind of miss G.O.D.—I mean, I've been alone for so long, even if I only knew her for like two hours, she is a part of me, after all.
G.O.D: Preparations complete.
"Speak of the devil and she shall appear! Girl, where the hell have you been? It's been a month since you last talked to me."
G.O.D: Apologies. I have been preparing a way for you to freely travel outside the island, and it took more time than I had initially expected.
"Okay, it's fine—just don't do that again. I was kind of worried for a second. So about those preparations you were talking about, let's see them in action and get off this boring as hell island."
G.O.D: Affirmative. Initiating escape plan.
Acquiring skill Space Manipulation(X).
Learning technique Dimension Creation.
Using technique Dimension Creation and skills Delinquent(D) and Life Force(X) to create a Soul Space.
Soul Space has successfully been created.
Storing land mass into Soul Space.
As she said that, the island started to disappear and within a few minutes, the whole thing was gone as if it never existed. Luckily, I was levitating—or I would have been in the water by now.
G.O.D: Success. Land mass has successfully been stored in Soul Space. You may now move freely in the world.
Okay, can you please explain what just happened, 'cause I'm still confused.
G.O.D: Affirmative. Using the skills Spatial Manipulation(X), Delinquent(D), and Life Force(X), I was able to create a dimension from your soul. Normally, this process would be impossible to achieve; however, due to your skill Delinquent(D), it was successful.
Wait, what exactly can that skill do?
G.O.D: Answer: The skill Delinquent(D) allows you to defy any rule that governs you—whether it be the rules of time, space, logic, and even fate.
So basically it's a reality-warping skill that allows you to defy reality's rules.
G.O.D: Affirmative. However, its success rate is only 10 percent, and it can only defy minor rules at its current state. With time, it could improve.
Why do I get the feeling that this skill is going to be extremely overpowered one day? Well, anyway, since I now have a way to leave the island and all, where exactly should I go from here? Any advice?
G.O.D: Affirmative. There are several continents that you could journey to; however, I would suggest you go to the largest one of all—the Gaia Continent, the continent where all civilizations can come together and coexist with one another.
Gaia, huh? Well, I'll head there right now, but before that, can I please see my status?
G.O.D: Affirmative.
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Basic Information
Name: Astra Eclipsa Helios Selene Thea Celeste Nova
Age: Ageless
Species: Star
Sub-Species: Primordial Star
Tier: Infant
Authority: Admin (Temporary Restrictions)
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Stats
HP: 746
ATK: 397
DEF: 144
M.DEF: 153
NRG: 692
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Affinities
Fire (Lv2)
Water (Lv2)
Ice (Lv2)
Earth (Lv2)
Nature (Lv2)
Lightning (Lv2)
Air (Lv2)
Null (Lv2)
Dark (Lv2)
Light (Lv2)
Energy (Lv2)
Kinesis (Lv1)
Dimension (Lv1)
Vision (Lv2)
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Skills
Grand Oracle(D), Hyper Fixation(X),
Pain Nullification(T), Delinquent(D), Avarice(X), Legarthy(X), Generosity(X),
Life Force(R), Primordial(D), Soul Reaper(X),
Kin Control(T), Cold Resistance(H),
Air Resistance(H), Lightning Resistance(H),
Energy Absorption(R), Trade(H), Vision(H), Sound Waves(H), Astrology(H),
Energy Sense(H), Wish Granter(I),
Mind Space(R), Telekinesis(R),
Water Manipulation(R),
Earth Manipulation(R),
Energy Manipulation(R),
Wind Manipulation(R),
Plant Manipulation(R),
Fire Manipulation(R),
Light Manipulation(R),
Dark Manipulation(R),
Sound Manipulation(R),
Ice Manipulation(R),
Lightning Manipulation(R), Aura Techniques(X).
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Titles
Primordial Vestige, Wish Granter,
Eternal Sleeper,
High Magic Cultivator, Ageless, Progenitor, Primordial Star.
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Wow, I grew quite a lot in the past month, huh.
G.O.D: Affirmative, and I sense that master will begin to evolve to the next tier very soon.
Awesome—evolution means I'm going to get stronger. So which direction is that continent you mentioned earlier?
G.O.D: Answer: If you head towards the west, you should reach it in about two years.
Great—that shoul—wait, did you just say it will take me two years to reach there?
G.O.D: Affirmative. This world is extremely large.
Umm, how large?
G.O.D: Answer: It is larger than the star called Sol.
A/N: Interesting fact—our star's (AKA the Sun) name is Sol. Another interesting fact—our moon's name is Luna.
So you're telling me that this planet is bigger than the Sun.
G.O.D: Affirmative.
Sigh Well, I guess I better start moving—two years is a lot of time.
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??? POV
In the depths of the ocean
"Hello there, darling!" A voice I am way too familiar with rings in my head. "It's been a while since we last spoke, but I'd like to ask a favor of you?"
Huh, can't this woman leave me be? "Yes, my lady, how can I assist you?" I say in an exhausted voice, making sure to express my reluctance to her request.
"Oh, don't be like that to your best friend. Anyway, I'd like for you to investigate something for me..."
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