There are many worlds , some mundane , some mystical and some a little bit of both.
some worlds have a will or a consiousness of thier own , but that is mostly possible for mystical type worlds. A world have be catagorised as mystical or mundane based on the laws that governs it and forms its core
Most mystical worlds have mystical energies (such as ki, mana , aura) and laws revolving them , these additional laws make them stand out from mundane worlds tho mundane worlds allow space travel , not the teleportation type (or maybe one can teleport but the energy cost outwiegths the usage ) But the intersetallar kind . One would ask why that is? , the answer is complicated and knowing it might drive one mad , after all too much knowledge can be corrupting , which is true for every world , if you think otherwise then you haven't seen enough . hmm, where were we , ah yes the laws , well they aren't the only thing that matter but we will get to that later or maybe we won't who knows? I am not a seer afterall
Just like people , worlds can die too , what kills the worlds you may be curious Because i was , let me ask you this , is it still a world if there is no existence left to acknowledge it?
a world dies when all its inhabitants does , when its history gets forgotten and when its light fades away , dead worlds go to abyss, sharing its forbidden knowledge to forgotten beings that lay there, waiting for a brave or a foolish ones to make a deal for such knowledge . price for such knowledge is always souls....
Death is not bad for a world afterall there are worst fates than death
Such as a phenomenon known as world break
What breaks a world? How does a world break?
Well, a world can be broken when someone or something takes away its origin or introduces one , and what else but greed can break a world
When one desires too much power , power of unkown origins , power which the world was never ment to hold....
These broken worlds ,after losing a origin or gaining one gets imbalanced
This imbalance causes fabic of reality to come undone , time ,space and other laws loses their meaning , and the world's residents become monsters who only live to destroy other , for the lack of better term 'healthy' or 'complete' world
A broken world crashes into a complete one
There are serveral reasons and factors affecting such phenomenon
Anyway i rambled enough , you will know how it all works one way or another anyway, lets get to the main point , shall we?
Among these worlds there are worlds with unique laws
One such world is Arterra , named after the one who conquered and united all continents after a broken world crashed into thiers . He who stablised and killed a broken world sending it to abyss , He who decovered the unique law of his world and recieved the true name - 'one who shaped the world's will' after his demise
Arterra 'oathbreaker' Emberheart , the founder of Emberheart Empire , the ruler of 9 continents
To know more about this world one must also know more about the one who left such a deep impact on its history
Arterra was a ordinary human born 340 years after the broken world decended , a orphan from some forgotten kingdom ,he united and led armies of the 9 continents
And managed to kill every single broken world inhabitants causing the death of the broken world and its fall to the abyss
tho it came at a dire cost , only 124 humans were alive by the end , all flora and fauna destroyed , 3 continent sunk
At the end of it all he pondered if there was better choice , if such were the case he would have gave his existence on it
after all , without any flora or fauna the last remaining survivors would starve leading to world's death
As if to answering his thoughts
unique law of the world , the law of equivalent exchange spoke
[Arterra 'oathbreaker' Emberheart's whole existence for revival of all life lost to broken world , do you accept such terms?]
'huh?', arterra was suprised hearing such a inhuman voice ,lacking warmth and depth as if merely reciting a written note but what suprised him even more were what the voice spoke of.... Thinking of it as some divine intervention he said
"yes, i accept the terms"
[calculating the worth of human , "Arterra 'oathbreaker' Emberheart" ]
[calculating the worth of all life to be revived]
[Your worth is judged to be high than the required cost , do you still wish to proceed?]
"yes", he said
[Accessing the records , twisting causuality and tempering timeline , please wait]
As it spoke , arterra began to disappear
and all around the world people ,animals , plants , etc began to appear on the place where they died according to records
What arterra didn't know tho, was that
People of the 3 sunken continent appear where there continent used to be and drowned to death
and arterra had outdone himself ,
He was 73 when broken world felled to abyss and he made the deal
and broken world have been around for 340 years before he was born taking lives of many
So all people who died by the hands of broken world inhabitants during the last 413 years were revived in an instant.
Causing , overpopulation , confusion and conflict
No one knew how they were alive but they somehow knew who was the cause of this
After all law of equivalent exchange have informed the affected people of the deal
So arterra was hailed as a hero and the world was named after him
Meanwhile arterra stood in a white world , well he was not arterra anymore , he have completely given up his existence and became the world , although the world was named arterra after the chaos era , so lets refer to him as arterra for simplicity sake ,just call him arterra
Arterra after becoming the world understood everything , he also gained the ability to oversee everything , so overseeing he did.
He made small changes here and there in the core of the world for the eventual arrival of the next broken world , once a broken world is crashed into a 'healthy world' , the 'healthy world' is marked , attracting other adjucant broken worlds and then there also was the reason the first broken saught his world
, he made minor tweaks here and there to help the world become more accepting of change ,
He contacted other unique worlds like
Abyss , realm of the dead , the world of voices , the world where athorities gather , the astrial world and made a deal with them
getting knowledge and materials for his plans in exchange for using law of equivalent exchange to specialize these worlds for their unique inhabitants
And getting promise from each one .
For abyss it was that. they will let arterra(the world) absorb all that was found or believed to be useful for the development herself from the broken world
For realm of the dead ,the world where authorities gather and astral world , it was that. Its inhabitants under no circumstances would ever enter arterra(the world) and any broken world connected to it
World of Voices , World where Authorities gather and Astral world , also had an additional agreement of if a Voice, Authority or a deity were to be born in arterra they would be allowed to enter the respective worlds
Astral world also asked if it was okay for its inhabitant gods to be worshipped by inhabitants of arterra ,to which arterra simply said ,"as long as they know what they are signing in for" .
Once the deals were made
Arterra began his work
He created a artifical lifeform which would act as a center of this world using law of equivalent exchange to Enchance the world and itself, so the world can keep up with its inhabitants
after all ,its counterproductive if you accidentally destroy the world while fighting a broken world inhabitants
So first phase of arterra's plan began
He created an a.i to act as a core of the world , an a.i capable of growth
Sitting on the white ground of white world
Arterra mused
'so , its almost finished . Hmm what else do i need....'
'perhaps a voice carrying a hint of parental warmth , a sense odd familiarity should also make people more accepting ,
Should i keep it personalised for everyone or general , hmm general shoul reduce the cost of exchange a bit , so lets... go with that
but'
Then a sudden thought crossed his mind
He grinned saying ," yes , that should be it "
'generalise the voice for everyone except those who realize their true name in 1st three trials
They need seductive voice wishpering in thier mind , for their outstanding performance
Oh and it should get sexier and more seductive as they grow stronger '
What else , what else , what else
Yeah
'it doesn't use its inhabitants as a pawn ,
Don't need the fate control bullshit
They only get their strings pull if they want it '
After many hours or perphaps months of fine tuning , he was finally ready
Taking deep breath , he said ," law of equvalent exchange i came with a deal
Read my mind for it"
[do you have the price required for the said changes?]
"i think i do... Probably , well we can haggle "
[very well]
"My whole bloodline and their future descendants will be for the world to decide "
(one must remember in the eyes of a world there is no such thing as bastards , so there is no escape but for arterra who have overseen tyranny his descendants caused it was a small price to pay for the betterment of the world)
[you cannot give what you do not owe]
"i do , technically owe their lifes , they
Wage wars in my name , they commit various deeds in my name even their house motto is ,' for the great ancestor' so tell me
Does that not make them my responsibility
[ price is still lacking compared to changes]
"consumption of my soul"
[invalid , in the eyes of the world a bare soul of a mortal is worthessless]
"i have seen many worlds , seen their truths and gained their forbidden knowledges, all those things left impact on my soul
I mere mortal may have died or went insane for any of those things
But due to the deal i had not
Doesnt that make me and by extension my soul unique?"
[analysis accepted , recalculating worth....
price deemed acceptable
Do you wish to proceed?]
"yes"
[implimenting changes]
So a thousand years after the first broken world invasion
Emberheart empire ceased to exist
Humans experience a changes in themselves
And the artificial lifeform which would later be known as will and voice of arterra was born....