Hero of Darkness

Chapter 8: True Identity

God of Darkness & Kravel kept staring at Elric as if they were looking at a madman.

They were out of wits on why would Elric choose these Divine Abilities which were most complicated, very time-consuming to develop & very difficult to gain mastery over.

There was a reason why these Divine Abilities were untouched & not even considered by all the previous 8 Chosen Heroes who came before Elric. But not only did he want to choose these oddities, he also wanted all 3 of them. Which was against the rules set by the Gods.

"What's there to be surprised about? I have my reasons to choose these 3. You chose me out of those millions of souls because you needed someone different to complete the mission, right? Well, these 3 are the ones I want. There aren't going to be alternatives & I won't change my mind." Elric said with a firm & resolved tone.

"Mortal, why must you choose these 3 abilities out of them all? There are many Divine Abilities that can make you very strong in a short amount of time. Not only will they save you a lot of time, they'll also help you create an influence in our world to the point where no Empire or Church will dare to declare an open war with you when you reveal your identity to the world. So why must you waste this chance on the most ignored Divine Abilities in the past 3 thousand years?" Kravel decided to ask out of his utmost curiosity towards Elric's decision.

"As I said before, if it was anyone else who came before me, they'd definitely choose the other Divine abilities. But I'm not them & my circumstances are different from them. Because none of them were going to hunted down by the entire world. Unlike them, I can't walk around people openly & declare that I'm the chosen Hero of God of Darkness. There's no one coming to my aid and no one is going to provide for me or look after me. Unlike the other abilities, these 3 can help me hide, survive & become stronger behind the shadows and no one will notice or try to uncover my identity." Elric explained.

His reasoning was right as none of his predecessors were in the same situation as him. And this made him consider his options based on practicality than just becoming stronger in a short time.

"Besides, you still don't know the potential of these 3 Divine Abilities at all. Let me put it in simple words. Though they're all complicated & hard to complete mastery over, the number of outcomes I can achieve are simply unimaginable. Not only they can help me get stronger bit by bit without raising the suspicion of the others, but they will also ensure my survival to the most degree. Something I need the most after I enter your world. Trust me, I know what I'm doing." Elric replied, refusing to go into too many details. Only he knew exactly what potential did these 3 Divine Abilities had.

Ability Absorption was one of the most Meta abilities he had seen in hundreds of Novels, Mangas & Animes. Of course, who didn't know about a 35 year old guy getting reincarnated as a Slime in another world with a similar ability just like Ability Absorption which helped him get stronger by devouring his enemies & monsters and reach to a level where even the Strongest beings in that new world had to acknowledge him & even slightly be wary of him. Of course, he was thinking about Rimuru Tempest from That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

So when he saw Ability Absorption, the first thing Elric thought was how lucky he was and he had already hit the Jackpot. But to put an icing on the cake, he saw the 2nd Divine Ability, Dimensional Law.

Any Anime fan who watched Naruto & had enough information about it knew of one guy who put the entire world at a war just by himself. And he possessed the same ability similar to Dimensional Law which would allow him to have one part of his body exist in a separate Dimension so when his enemies attacked him, he'd simply face them head-on and take hits even straight at his heart just to have enemy's weapon pass right through him while he used that opportunity to kill his enemies by catching them off guard. Elric thought of none other than Obito Uchiha from Naruto Shippuden.

But the awesomeness of Dimensional Law didn't end here. This Divine Ability allowed him to open a crack in the void and hide in it for the time being. And with time as his mastery progressed, he could also travel inside the Void and exit out of it somewhere else.

So in simple words, there was no actual place that could completely trap him or a place he couldn't enter with this Divine Ability.

For example, he could get out of prison whenever he wanted or get inside a highly protected Castle to kill someone and no one will ever find him.

Elric won't be able to achieve such results with his non-existent mastery over Space & Time Law, but with time he could envision

to fill your stomach with delicious food, there was

of nowhere and things that shouldn't belong in that world based on its setting such as Culture, Technology & Scientific advancement, he needed a way to ensure his safety and find a

that's all there ever will be. He will naturally have to look for way too stronger enemies to learn badass abilities & skills. And they will

the abilities he

be any weaker than the Former, rather even more powerful. And Elric felt that these creations of his would naturally be loyal to him. Otherwise, Synthesis would not be called a Divine Ability if his own creations tried to kill

him, he could also create new beings which he may

with time which could become comparable to the army of shadow soldiers of a certain Korean

was just time to get stronger and experiment with these Abilities. He naturally believed that this wasn't the only use of these 3 Divine Abilities. This was more likely just the

the potential was simply unimaginable. And if he were to fight someone like Demon God on even terms, he needed not only just one form of power but everything he could find and make use of in the world

is. Because all the predecessor Chosen Heroes of the 12 Gods

death with the Demon God without preparing beforehand about every single aspect of the battle & how they were going to emerge

finally decided to speak

decision, I still need to remind you that you can only choose 2 Divine Abilities. Not more than

Elric gave him an expression of pity

"Are you stupid ?"

and then the next second, he

you think I won't torture you for the end of time just

the other Gods are going to keep their word and give only 2 divine abilities to their heroes? For all I know, they'd be giving them at least 4 to 5 divine abilities

And even the God of Darkness was left speechless suddenly realized that

hold back no matter how much they wanted to honor their pact. And like Elric said, the winner would be literally worshipped by the entire world and the God who

Gods because of the actions of his previous Chosen Hero. He could not kill them just as they could not kill him. So he wanted to say "Suck it!" to them as

great opportunity for having one up on all the other Gods. But he wasn't a fool. He looked at Elric and said, "3 should be the maximum amount of Divine Abilities you should choose. Because these abilities will be embedded into your soul and need a fraction of your Soul Essence to keep functioning. With time, your soul will get stronger in our world. But so will the consumption of Soul Essence. Any more than 3 Divine abilities and it'll adversely affect your soul & your future strength. Since the other