Basically, the god in charge of our sector of space and time, which could possibly mean the universe or part of the Multiverse, was so high up that the gods were below them, and apparently the world was about to go through some sort of change.
The only problem here was that the administrator refused to tell him what sort of change was to be expected. Would it mean an invasion from higher-world forces or just a simple introduction of a new element to the world? He had no idea what was to happen.
"With a mind as active as yours, a lot of gods would want you on their side. If the future event will be like the one in Sector 1647," The administrator said as a soft chuckle was heard.
"Were they made to gain patron gods or what?"
"Something like that? Now focus on your gift." the administrator said as a massive wheel appeared before him.
As the wheel appeared, the bed beside him vanished, leaving him alone in complete darkness with the wheel, which somehow produced enough light to make the dark space not feel dark. David walked up to the wheel to scrutinise it a bit, only to find it just like the ones one would find at any game show.
However, unlike the ones in the game shows, this one was so massive that he couldn't see the top, and the administrator seemed to have taken that into consideration as the needle pointing out the selected option was placed at the bottom of the wheel where he could see it.
As for the options written on the wheel, David read through all that he could see, and the more he read, the wider his eyes got as he saw some absurd abilities, items, and other things that he doubted he would need to survive any event.
Some of the options here would make him so overpowered that this wouldn't even be a trial at all.
"Author Authority? Armour of invincibility? Heavenly RV, Guns of Chaos? Omnipotence! What sort of event will we have to go through?" David asked in shock.
He may not know what some of the options on the wheel did, like the guns of chaos and the heavenly RV, but he did know what author authority and omnipotence were. Those were abilities that would basically make him a god on Earth; they would render the event useless... He could just erase its source and be done with it.
"I never said the gift given would be equal to the event faced. It could be more powerful than you need or way less powerful, or it could be just what you need to lead a happy life without suffering in the event." "That does make sense." David said as he walked towards the large wheel.
"With how much I've been winning in ranked matches lately, I don't think I have much luck left, but God Abeg!" David prayed in pidgin as he spun the wheel with all his might.
The wheel was too big for him to spin fast enough, but as soon as he spun it, it began speeding up on its own as though compensating for his lack of strength, and after a few seconds of spinning, the wheel began to slow down as David's heart began to beat even faster.
Nervousness gripped his heart as he watched. He predicted the endpoint of the wheel, and it wasn't looking too good. David watched as the wheel slowly moved to the predicted endpoint, which had the words 'Dispatch Sensei' written on it.
He didn't know what it meant or how powerful the thing or ability was; he just didn't want it.
"No, No!, No!" David screamed as the wheel slowly began to stop.
"Oh!... Thank God! ... yes!" David screamed in joy when the wheel skipped over the ability and ended on another one that sounded a bit powerful, and he could guess what it did.
"Reality Editor? A powerful but incredibly tricky one," the administrator said as the wheel disappeared, but a small orb of light remained behind.
"What's that?" David asked skeptically, especially when he noticed the orb was moving towards him. David tried to dodge it, but the orb just zoomed its way into his body at speeds his eyes couldn't follow.
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Reality Editor
Tier 1
A being known to have the final say in the making of things. They possess the capability to change any aspect of reality, space, and time as they wish. All edits made by the editor become law and shall be deemed natural by the laws of the cosmos.
Limitations:
Can only be used once a month. The power to change reality isn't one to be played with
The Lifespan tax: Depending on scale or size of edit, a certain amount of user's lifespan shall be taken
The user is unable to direct edit anything about themselves
The user can not create or make an edit that brings forth anything that is related to the concept of infinity.
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"Damn!" David shouted in shock.
The ability he had gotten was even more than he had expected; he didn't even know this was any different from omnipotence. It had a fancier name, but in simple terms, this was still the change of anything without any repercussions because the universe deems it natural.
As for most of the limitations, he could understand that getting too powerful in one go would never help him because he would surely misuse said power, and he doubted that his current body could handle infinite power, so he understood the last limitation clearly, the same with the second one but the first.
"Hey? What's with the once-a-month rule? I'm the editor; I make the rules," David complained.
"You get the ability to change anything you don't like about the universe? Anything you want, and your first thought is why it's only once a month." "What about the Tier nonsense?"
"That speaks for itself; it's an ability that grows, as for how, that is for you to find out."
"Well, isn't that convenient?"
"That's why I said it was tricky; you will have to find a way to protect yourself during each wait period, and with your powers, that should be fairly easy."
"Well, then I'm guessing it would soon be time for you to go, right?"
"Naturally, you will hear from me again after the event. I hope you survive it."
"With this ability, I will definitely survive," David said confidently.
"Then I wish you luck," the administrator said as the darkness began to recede.
In the next instant, the entire place returned to normal. The bed returned, the windows that showed the sky returned, and some light could finally enter the room. However, that wasn't all. David, who had been standing, was now lying on his bed with his blanket covering him.
The bed returned, and the windows all came back. He could now see the television and all the other parts of the bedroom. David sat on his bed, looking around while feeling crazy about what had just transpired.
"Was that all a dream?" David asked himself as he sat up on the bed. He was so sure that he had stood up from this same bed, but here he was, on it again.
"Administrator? Editor?!" David called out skeptically since he wanted to confirm his theory.
The ability he got was the only thing that could prove that what had happened was real, but unfortunately, he had no idea how it worked. He hadn't even bothered to ask how said ability worked, so now he was stuck; if everything was actually real, then he would die because he didn't ask the administrator how he would use his abilities.
David took a deep breath in order to calm down long enough to think. He picked up his phone to check the time since he still had things planned out for the next day. It was still midnight. Well, forty-five (45) minutes past midnight, but that also meant that he could sleep now and still wake up on time.
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Editable Object: Vivo Y15s
Durability: Description:
A device produced by the Vivo company. It possesses a 2.3 Hz Octa-core processor and 3 GB of RAM...
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"What's this?" David asked when he noticed the blue screen that was floating behind his phone.
"It's real!!" David shouted in excitement.
He still didn't know how to actually use the ability, but this was a start; it allowed him to edit things, so it made sense that it would give him some information concerning most things. David tested the theory by looking at some other objects around the house.
All of which showed up with a small blue screen, meaning that he could truly edit anything he wanted. The bed, the TV, his computer, his clothes, etc. Everything had one.
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Editable Object: The Earth
Durability: S Description:
A planet formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago orbits the fairly young star of System 287693. Its surface houses many races, some sentient, while others live by instinct alone. Well, known among all these are the bipedal beings who call themselves humans...
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"Holy sh*t, I can edit the earth itself? Does that mean I could give it a red sky if I wanted to? How do I even do that?" David asked curiously as he touched the screen, only for a cursor to appear.