Another 4 months have passed since I have entered the forest and in a couple of days it will be the promised half a year when I will develop my powers, I still spend a time meditation after I do my daily workouts and I can feel the energy becoming bigger and easier to control.

Over these 4 months, I have increased the potency of my poison and venom making them more deadly than before. I can now control up to 30 tentacles at once thanks to the morning workouts.

The control over my blood has increased allowing it to take up to 7 full power roundhouse kicks in quick succession. My accuracy and technique is now 100% with throwing knives and crossbows with up to 10 moving targets while running in under 5 seconds.

I have killed many animals, beasts and monsters, because of this my mass has grown to an incredible amount my tracks now sink into the forest floor so much that I have to shed weight each time I go out to hunt, the only reason I hold onto it is in the hope that my power can help me keep the physical prowess without the mass. Speaking of the monsters I have found a use for the beast cores and monster crystals. They explode when I try and control them. So I use them as grenades while fighting, I usually put them in wounds I have created and then explode them. I am now strong and fast enough to kill a tube spider in under 5 seconds without becoming injured along with several other monsters.

I have managed to increase my senses up to 100 times that of a normal human allowing me to track and avoid enemies. Sometimes Shade comes hunting with me since she has grown from the size of my palm to the size of my whole hand. She flies so fast I can barely see her as she scratches the prey's eyes or uses a type of dark-colored magic energy to attack from range.

It was after one of these hunts that I went to the hut to go to sleep for the week, But when I close my eyes I am in a vast space of nothing and yet everything simultaneously [Well that makes no fucking sense I must be back in the void.]

“That is right little one, It is time for us to converse again.”

[I assume that it has something to do with me getting my powers in a few days?]

“That is correct little one although I will not be telling you what your power is or how to control your aura.”

[good it is more interesting this way but… you will tell me about magic?]

“You will have a power and an aura but you will not have magic, but you will be able to harness the void power coursing through your veins similar to how others would use magic.”

[What? So I won't have magic but I can harness the void inside of me? What does that mean?]

“By eliminating the laws inside of you, you rid yourself of any magic although you would have not been one of the 5% of the population to use magic, aura and a power anyway. So It is to your benefit anyway”

[what do you mean 5% and are you saying it would be better to learn magic or void?]

“Consider power, aura, and magic as a single type of energy each. Of the whole sentient population, only 25% can use only one type of energy, 15% can use two types of energy while 5% can use all three. Although the percentage of these people are small the population is vast and anyone can strengthen their bodies without the use of energy, in fact, it is easier to strengthen the body through physical and mental training then to use one of the energies.

As for the more powerful between magic and void, the answer is void but is incredibly difficult to learn and even more difficult to control. Magic harnesses the natural laws of the universe such as the elements, while the void uses the unseen powers of existence such as space, time, gravity and the raw untamed energy of existence.”

[And I will be able to use these powers? With practice and training of course. Do I have to chant random crap to do it? Wait how does the space rings work then? ]

“Yes with practice and training you shall be able to use the powers of the void. Space rings work by powerful magicians folding the laws of nature over a hollow object such as a crate, this allows them to have a bigger space inside of a smaller area. And no you will not have to chant random crap, instead, you will have to connect the dots.”

[connect the dots?]

“Yes, but you can only connect certain dots for them… shall we call it a spell for simplicity?...out of millions of moving dots to create a pattern which will allow the void power to accomplish the spell.”

[I see. And How will I know which dots to connect?]

“You won't, you will just have to ‘feel’ individual dots to find out what they do. But I am benevolent and I know about your weight problem so I shall color the dots needed to cast a ‘spell’ so gravity does not affect you as much yellow. Oh and a word of advice little one, remove all of your body mass apart for the bare minimum for the day after tomorrow when you gain your powers or you will explode as your aura will try to empower all of your cells at once. I recommended you slowly connect it back after you are comfortable with the aura and the current body mass, also try the lessening of gravity effect as you slowly add back your mass, it will be easier. Oh and I almost forgot, The energy build-up has increased your soul's age as it where so you can join the adventures in two years. Goodbye, now little one.”

[Wait please… and its gone] I wake up in the hut with Shade, perched on a horizontal pole I have made for her, looking at me curiously. “Don't worry Shade I am fine.” After reassuring the uncaring bird I start the day with a hunt. I kill many large monsters and beasts but instead of eating or absorbing them I smoke them to preserve them for what is to come. I then spent the rest of the day removing parts of my body mass and storing it as bone so it does not decompose. I was excited and full of energy, after all, tomorrow I get my powers.