Friga Thorn broke into tears as he heard his God's voice, he should never have lost faith in the Warrior of Liberation. 'He' hadn't abandoned his people but had instead sacrificed himself to save them, he was a paragon of virtue yet Friga had blasphemed and lost faith in the God.
While 'He' was sacrificing himself to save the inhabitants of his world. Friga had been a part of the Revolutionary Army, aiming to take down those Evil God's who enslaved his people and played horrific games with them.
Every afternoon, he and other members of his group would sit down together and have a mass, praying for the Sun God to return. But, today Friga had lost faith, he thought that 'He' too didn't care for them and had abandoned the world to play his tricks. But it seemed that wasn't the case.
When Friga opened his eyes, he suddenly found himself in this new world with a fragment of the Sun God inside him, which played a message, allowing him to understand the truth.
He vowed to take revenge on those vile invaders for killing the Sun God, and also decided to kill those Fallen God's, who had enslaved them. But for that, he needed power!
From his body's memories, he found out that this world had a mystical side to it. By consuming potions ranging from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1, they could gain power and eventually become a God. There were 22 Pathways, each providing different capabilities.
His previous body had consumed the Assassin potion, and was considered a prodigy. He reached Sequence 8 in a month and was ready to promote to Sequence 7, but when his mentor, Miss Sharon, a famous socialite who had numerous relationships, told him that consuming the potion would change his gender.
He got scared off and backed away, ready to flee yet he also knew that Sharon had the backing of an evil cult called the Demoness Sect, and would be able to find him and eliminate him. With this in mind, he planned to consume the Witch potion and take Sharon down with him.
But when he drank the potion, he immediately lost control and died. With Friga taking over his body, his death also expunged the potion, and he returned to being a normal human, which was a pleasant thing. The Sun God Nika, had entrusted him with a fragment of 'His' will which contained 'His' powers, numbered from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1.
If Friga was denied this pathway, he might have actually lost control on the spot.
Friga's eyes soon wandered to the blueish-purple gem on the ground, picking it up he could hear slight murmurs in his head.
This was a Beyonder Characteristic!
According to his memories, when an extraordinary being died, the power that resided in their being would condense into a gem that matched their abilities. This gem emerged from their corpse and could be substituted for the main ingredient in the potion.
The gem-like substance was clearly what his body left behind when he died, considering he had consumed the Assassin and Instigator potion but failed to advance to Witch. Friga deduced that this characteristic belonged to the Instigator potion.
Friga soon searched the area and found a cigar case, he quickly put the characteristic in the case, afraid of being corrupted and used his spirituality to seal it.
He then walked towards a specific wooden floorboard, it had ordinary two scratch marks, seemingly from rats. But this was actually a secret vault that the previous body used to store various mystical items.
He quickly pried it open and placed the case underneath it, as he covered the hole once again. Friga then walked back to the desk he was previously sitting at and rested there.
Scott Romano, was a student at Tingen University, he was a quiet boy who did not interact with anyone except a fellow student named Melissa Moretti, both of them shared a love for engineering, and interacted with each quite a lot.
They discussed ideas, future plans and sometimes even relationships with other people. They each had fun in the other's presence, to Scott, Melissa was the only one who understood him. But, Scott had somehow caught the eye of Miss Sharon, a famous socialite, they soon became lovers, a fact he hid from Melissa due to being ashamed.
In the end, Miss Sharon had introduced Scott to the world of Beyonders and made the love struck man her personal pet, and due to attending to Miss Sharon so often, virtually ignored Melissa and started becoming distant towards her.
But the moment he discovered that his gender would change due to the potion, he felt betrayed and planned to take Sharon down with him. But just before going on this suicide mission, he had asked Melissa to meet him near her house, to explain to her all that he had been through and to confess his love to her, that he previously ignored.
What a complicated situation, Friga couldn't help but comment.
But from now onwards, he had to assume the identity of Scott Romano. He had to become a Beyonder, and exact his revenge.
Sorry kid, I'm going to borrow your body from now on. Don't worry, I'll take your revenge, and kill Sharon.
Scott thought in his mind, he soon flipped his pocket watch and saw it was almost time to meet with Melissa, he gave a sigh as placed his top-hat on his head and quickly grabbed the cane before exiting the house.
"...."
Scott stood in front of Unit 2 in Daffodil Street, it was a rented terrace house, it wasn't much and was quite ordinary. He had heard that Melisa's older brother had to work almost 2 jobs back to back to afford the place after their parents passed away, he was a dedicated brother, Scott had to admit.
Melissa came quickly, her expression was cold and icy, she looked at him with an indifferent expression, "What do you want Scott?"
Scott pushed his hat onto his head as his eyes darted around, "I'm sorry for treating you so badly over the past month Melissa, the truth is that I've gotten involved in some bad things and I didn't want to get you involved too.
"So I decided to push you away, but recently I had to face the consequences. So I've realised how much you mean to me as a friend, and I just wanted to explain myself. I have to go now, but take care of yourself."
Scott whispered as he gave a gentle smile.
Melissa's cold expression broke as she expressed a hint of concern, "What have you gotten yourself into Scott?, talk to me, let me help you!"
She whispered, her eye downcast. Scott had been her best friend, when Scott was pushing her away, instead of asking him what was going on and helping him like how a friend does, her first thought was to start ignoring Scott.
Scott shook his head, "No need, I don't want to involve you and get you into trouble. I'll deal with this myself, you know me. It's just like that time when Burgeuss tried to bully me." Scott offered a reassuring smile.
Melissa gave a slight chuckle as she recalled that incident, she held back her tears as she whispered, "Don't die, idiot."
Scott gave a gentle smile as he quietly disappeared.
"....."
Scott entered the Evil Dragon Bar, Tingens underground market, while it didn't sell any mystical items, there were still many rare items present. From his memories, this place contained all the ingredients needed for his Sequence 9 potion, Mischief Maker.
Scott was disgusted, the stuffiness and the smell of alcohol inundated him. In the middle of the bar was a large boxing ring, as two men were in an intense brawl as the surrounding people cheered at them and bet on them.
Scott was slightly interested at the match, but he quickly scolded himself for wasting time and entered the billiards room in the back.
In the billiard room, two people held cue sticks and engaged in casual conversation. When they saw Scott, they fell silent as they quickly checked his identity.
After confirming that he was in the clear, they moved aside and let Scott pass through the door. After passing by a few rooms, the room in front of him opened up.
It was a bit larger than the lecturing halls at Tingen University, some vendors had set up stalls with fishes, alcohol and a few rare materials.
Scott soon spiritually touched the fragment of the Sun God, present in his soul. As 'His' will woke up, instantly the formula appeared in his mind.
"Sequence 9 - Mischief Maker
Main Ingredients: 3 White Dragon Monkeys Hair, 4 tooths of a Black Bear King
Auxiliary Ingredients: 100 millilitres of Bamboo Wine, 3 grams of a Chimpanzees Ear Wax, 7 millilitres of Squid Ink"
The ear wax of a Chimpanzee bothered Scott a bit, but in the end he just sucked it up and made his way to the stalls to purchase everything.
"...."
Scott soon made his way to his house but as he turned the corner, his vision turned blurry. Scotts thoughts slurred, as his hand reached out to try and grab his house which was a few meters away.
But he suddenly exploded in a flash of bright red light as his pocket watch broke, the symbols engraved on the watch, which was three ornate pieces of silverware, a fork, a knife and a spoon overlapping each other broke in half.