[Despairing Wail]
A silent scream of despair, those who hear it will be subjected to the most despairing moments of their memories and a bone piercing chill will constantly erode their bodies. The more the target despairs, the stronger the Wailing Ghost becomes. Until extreme despair drives them to death!
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Ah, I see. So the ghost can attack via emotions! A peculiar ability I must say. Unfortunately for the Ghost, I don't feel despair. My other self does. So it's attack is almost useless in front of me.
Neo, now Chained Warden (Heavenly Spirit form) wanders about the pitch black void of Nether Sky. Hoping to encounter some other creatures. Indeed after sometime he found another Ghost.
Not too far from him, a smoldering, half-transculent figure in dark and crimson rags could be seen walking with great difficulty. Then, suddenly, as if sensing Neo's presence, it turned over. Seeing Neo, it's expressionless face immediately contorted into a ferocious snarl and the rags were instantly set aflame. It was as if Neo had murdered the Ghost and his family.
Neo: ...(°_°)...
What the? Why are you so angry at me? Is my face so dislikeable?
The Wrathful Ghost, as Neo named it on the fly, started charging at him. It's figure buffed up and ignited. By the time it was close to Neo, it's ragged body has become a raging flame of a giant!
And then...
Swoosh!
A chain flew over and entangled the Ghost. No matter how desperately the Ghost struggled or raged, it was futile. Neo seemed utterly unaffected as if he held no anger in his heart.
I am a person of magnanimous heart. How can I be controlled by mere emotions, thought Neo pretentiously while shaking his head internally.
The Wrathful Ghost was eventually turned into a tatto on the chains. And new information flooded in his mind.
[Scorching Grudge]
The Wrathful Ghost ignites the target's suppressed or uncontrolled anger, turning it into a spectral flame that erupts within their spirit and soul. This fire is not of flesh—it feeds on rage, resentment, and unresolved fury, growing hotter the more the victim struggles. The more anger they feel, the more they burn.
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So, basically fuelling the rage, anger or bottled emotions in a person Heart until it combusts into a raging display of strength. A momentary burst of strength followed by a hollowed body and mind. Tch!
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Nether Sky offered no solace. Only a perpetual, endless, lightless void. And Neo hadn't encountered a third ghost yet despite roaming for what seemed like an eternity.
Just as Neo was thinking about exiting, he sensed a malicious gaze from nowhere. Immediately afterwards, his thinking sped up with all sorts of brutal, cruel methods flowing in his mindscape.
The thoughts were his own. Targeted not just at Damian but even at his friend Kael and Ayna. Endless malicious thoughts flowed freely giving him Insights on how to perfectly execute them that included proper reasoning as well.
Chained Wardens cloaked figure stopped for a moment and then shot out a chain that entangled a pitch black ghost. The ghost had crimson eyes full of malice. It's pitch black form allowed for it to literally meld in the lightless void.
But eventually it too was turned into another totem in the chains. And what followed was the famialiar surge of information.
[Malicious Insight]
Resentful Ghost enlarges the target's malicious thoughts manyfold. The malicious thoughts flow freely and form ideas unlike any. Executing any malicious act under the gaze of Resentful Ghost makes it stronger and stronger until the target kills everyone, friends and enemies alike and is left soulles!
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Tch, such a subtle but dangerous ability. It requires time to ferment but the effects are definitely widespread.
Neo just drifts further ahead. The recent encounter boldtered his wish to see the end of Nether Sky if possible. But deep in his heart, he knew this was an impossible dream, for evn the tiniest zone in Heavenly plane was endlessly vast.
Before too long, Neo encountered another ghost, much to his gratitude. It seemed the chances of bumping into another ghost just increased. For there drifted not one but two such ghosts.
One of them looked like a normal person albeit with abnormally pale skin, making ut look ill....or posessed. The ghost had wild hair that obscured it's facial features. Only a pair of eyes could be vaguely seen.
As Neo focuses on it's eyes, he sees.....two deep pools of silver as ir it had mirrors for eyes. And the mirror like eyes reflected Neo's figure. A kneeling, trembling Neo. It seemed like he had given up hope and thus given up on life as well.
Just then the kneeling Neo raised his head looking at the Chained Warden through his eyes. The eyes,....they didn't resemble the eyes of a person who had given up hope. Rather they seemed vacant as if ..... trapped in endless hesitation.
With the motion of raising his head, a terrifying phenomena was triggered. The abnormally pale ghost, whom Neo had decided to call envious ghost for no reason but to keep the sequence of ghosts that appeared, had it's two pools of silver mirror like eyes burst.
AHHHHHH!
A soundless scream resonated in the lightless void. Neo looked at the gjpst pitifully.
"How unlucky! Provoking that guy is no good idea. How about you fome and be an obedient ghost?"
Immediately afterwards, a chain shot out and entangled Envious ghost with frightening accuracy followed by a deluge of information.
[Covetous Reflection]
Envious ghost has a pair of mirror like eyes that reflects everything it had ever lacked. So it uses these reflections to bring up the hidden, buried parts of ineself and snatches them for it's own. Leaving the target with endless regret and hollowness!
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Neo looked at the remaining ghost. It looked like a person too. Just an incredibly hungry person. All that remains were skin and bones, its abdominal cavity shrunken to it's spine. Hollowed eyes and a wide open mouth.
Just looking at the ghost made Neo incredibly hungry. Not for any particular food, just..... hungry overall. Hunger isn't simply materialistic. It could be hunger of piwer, love, revenge etc.
"Ay, a merciful person like me can't tolerate your hungry state. Let me liberate you from this tormenting hunger!"
And then a chain swooshed forward. Repeating the same motion for the fifth time of the day. And Neo vaguely sensed a kind of limit , as if the chains can only be used five times a day.
Focusing on the ghost, Neo received another flood of information.
[Obsessed Hunger]
Obessed ghost invokes insatiable hunger. It could be hunger of food, of power, of love, of anything. But the hunger is insatiable. The more one tries to satiate the hinger, the deeper it grows. Until the target dirs of hunger!
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A handy ability indeed! Neo thinks wistfully and decides that it is perhaps time to return.
Just like that, an entirely new sky, with entirely new creatures were arbitrarily named by a madman. And no one was there to stop him. The later generation may lament at the arbitary or even the crude naming sense. But no one can, nor anyone will ever dare to challenge the trailblazer and change what he had imposed on this New Sky!
FOR HE IS THE TRAILBLAZER!!