Abyss Riser

Chapter 1: Awakening and Defeat

'How come my body isn't going numb!? And how come I am not getting any frostbites from this degree of coldness!?'

I asked telepathically. The cold keeps seeping in my body and robbing me of warmth. At this point, my mind is in total disarray and all I can do to ease myself is to yell at the female voice for answers.

'You don't feel numb nor getting any frostbites despite it being ridiculously cold is because you do not possess a body that can. What you are feeling is akin to a spiritual cold or a certain phantom cold. You can turn those senses off by thinking it since you can change your spirit form by thinking it in your head.'

'That is utterly ridiculous! Do you have something to prove to me that I do not have a body?!'

'I know you aren't thinking well due to the cold. So I will ignore that you are yelling at me despite me helping you for some time now. And yes, I do have something that can prove to you that what I say is true. I want you to think of these words [OPEN STATUS] while imagining a character menu appearing out of thin air like those you see in a video game.'

'You better not be lying otherwise this is the last time I will listen to you!'

I yelled back angrily. It was so cold, I instinctively thought to crawl back to the crater where it was warm regardless if there was a supposed demon coming towards me. Tiredly, I gave it shot and did what the voice to me to do.

[ENTITY STATUS MENU VERSION 0.1.1 - BETA]

NAME: NAMELESS

SPECIES: LIVING DISEMBODIED SOUL

TITLE: OTHER-WORLDER, BACK-DOOR USER, UNKNOWN TO THE GODS, LIVING UNDEAD

LEVEL: 0

OTHERWORLD ENERGY: 150

SOUL CAPACITY: 100/100

SOUL PARTICLES: 10/100

CORRUPTED SOUL FRAGMENT: 1

PARAMETERS:

Agility: 0

Strength: 0

Endurance: 0

Intelligence: 0

Dexterity: 0

Magic: 0

SKILLS:

Composure (Lv. 10/0), Running (Lv. 3/0), Stealth (Lv. 1/0), Magic Control (Lv. 1/1), Soul Control (Lv. 1/1), Memory Control (Lv. 1/1), Mathematics (Lv. 20/0), Speach (Lv. 20/0)

UNIQUE SKILLS:

Godly Sacrifice, Soul and Memory Magic (Lv. 1/1)

TRAITS:

Hero System Beta, Back Door User, Bodiless, Not-Quite Undead, Soul Chimera Abomination, Memory Error

A menu window appeared in my head just like how I imagined it. The window was strange, it was like I had just gained a third eye and that eye was looking at the menu window while my real eyes were looking at what's ahead of me. But that was just the start of it. There were a lot of questionable things that came out of it rather than answers. Like 'Not-Quite Undead' and all the other strange traits and titles. Just looking at this is hurting my brain. I mean take a look at 'Living Undead' how on God's green Earth is there any undead let alone an undead that's is alive?

'... Just what am I looking at?'

I asked the voice. Hoping she could explain just what am I looking at.