God of Time System: Harem in the Zombie Apocalypse

Chapter 152 Ethereal

'Hmmmm…. ' I questioned really, really deeply as I looked at those options and obviously [Ethereal] was the most tempting of all. But…

'50,000 years is no joke,' I thought as I looked at that status.

"Hey Rhea… what is an Ethereal?" I asked and at first her eyes widened before she answered,"I… do not know."

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"Forget it. It sounds cool… it takes so much time so it's must be really good," I thought before speaking,

"I would have chosen the TimeKeeper, but now let's take this one. See you, Rhea. I might surprise you later on."

She nodded at me and then I moved out of the [Second Space]

While I could have used [Advanced Time Manipulation], using [Temporal Deceleration!] within the Second Space is not possible for some reason. I guess it must be because the space itself is detached from time?

Anyway, getting out of the [Second Space]

I first looked at the 3 people in front of me and questioned

'If I use all my abilities, then how long will it take for me to evolve into [Ethereal]?'

[1 hour: 4 minutes: 14 seconds]

[Author's Note: 50,000 years/ (200x200x100x100) = ~1 hour]

'Good,' I thought as I activated my abilities before choosing the [Ethereal] Evolution Pathway.

And then…

-Blank!

I heard a sound… or felt one? Is that even possible? My eyes were closed but I could still see… And all I was looking at was pitch darkness… I mean, it wasn't the darkness that you usually see with your eyes closed but more like… I was present within a dark floating space or something.

Then a glowing dot formed and… huh?

'It hurts'

That was the last thing my thinking ability allowed me to process.

I was in pain… I don't know for how long… in the beginning, it was just one dot. Then another came, and another and another, until there were 12 dots. Each burned inside me like a never ending sun. Each felt like a different kind of pain.

While one was burning, the other was freezing. One was suffocating, and another was deafening. One was blinding, so the other was eroding.

Were my bones crushed? I don't know. It just hurt that way too.

Was my skin pierced a billion times? I don't know. It just felt that way.

It felt like my body was being pulled apart atom by atom while keeping me alive and then joined again before separating them again.

Sometimes I could see something, but then everything I saw hurt me. Did I close my eyes? No, I didn't have the ability to.

Sometimes I could hear something, but then everything I heard was deafening. Did I close my ears? No, I didn't have the ability to.

After all these events that felt like going on for millennials, I slowly got my ability to think back. I wondered… how come I haven't lost my ability to think yet? Time passed and I could slowly feel some air on my skin. It was a cooling sensation.

My heart was beating… finally I could hear it too. My eyes started moving after so long, and I slowly moved them left and right. I tried opening it but my eyelids were still closed. Though after a few moments I gained enough ability to think.

'How much time has passed in the outside world?'

[1 second]

'Huh?' I thought as I just looked at that time. I questioned it again… and again… and again…

[1 second]

But it didn't change…

Then…

When I gained enough energy to control my body… I opened my eyes. I was in a dark space. And I saw… a small glowing dot formed… again… And another millennia passed within a second… and it repeated…

And after 1000s of repetition, when I still haven't lost my mental ability for some reason. I just looked at the time.

[45 minutes : 15 seconds]

Yup, that was the time that had passed in the outside world.

It had been a really odd repetition. Even when I had felt the pain so many times, every time I felt it, it was fresher than before. And even though I break every time, I still don't lose my mental stability at all.

Every time it repeats, I cry but I don't. I shout but I don't. I bleed but I don't.

[54 minutes: 15 seconds]

…

[1 hour: 4 minutes: 14 seconds]

And after an infinite repetition of the same things over and over, I finally open my eyes, this time for real. As I looked at the light, after so long, it wasn't blinding. I observed Irene still standing there, talking with Walter and George as they laughed and joked about.

My eyes were still adjusting to the change that I didn't even know had occurred. I slowly stood up as I almost fell but still managed to get my balance back. While it was hard in the beginning, I adapted within a second to normal body movement.

While it was really odd, I could feel whatever had happened before I chose to evolve as if it happened a few seconds ago, while also feeling that it was millennia ago that it occurred.

Felt like I was having two memories at once…

Though since my original personality didn't take any major shift, I just smiled before looking at something that I was looking forward to a very long time ago and also an hour ago.

[System!]

[Name: Michael Aroa

Race: Ethereal

[An Ancient Race that watched over the Gods during their formation. It is said that there was a war between the Gods and the Ethereals for millennials before the Ethereal lost all their powers out of dejection and deterrence. It wasn't that the Gods were strong enough to defeat the Ethereals. Just that the Ethereals were too tired to deal with them. And their existential meaning was lost from the world a long time ago.]

Title: God Hunter ; Gaia's Savior ; The Slumbered One ; WorldWalker

[The Title has the Following effects:

(1) When the user is fighting against an enemy: All Stats +100%

(2) When the user fights an enemy more than 2 times the strength of user's base strength: All Stats 200%

(3) When the user fights an enemy more than 5 times the strength of user's base strength: All Stats +400%

(4) When the user fights an enemy more than 10 times the strength of user's base strength: All Stats +900%

(5) Regeneration ability of user increased by +200% under idle conditions

(6) Regeneration ability of user increased by +500% under battle conditions

(7) Anyone working under the user will have their Stats doubled as long as they are within 5000m of the user

(8) All of user's Stat will increase by +1 for every member who follows him with at least 70% trust]

[Gaia's Saviour: Allows the user to interact with Plants and understand their basic functions]

[The Slumbered One: The one who has slept for 10,000 years. He does not find any necessity for food, water or energy. He can survive without anything at all and even breathing that should be most necessary to one's life, he can live without it.]

[WorldWalker: You can travel between the worlds without any restriction.]

Class: Child of the Universe

[All Stats permanently increased by 1,000%]

[Whenever the user fights against an enemy, the world shall fight with him, and fight against the enemy. All Stats will be doubled and the enemies Stats will be halved]

Level: 16 (2,774,632/5,000,000 Exp)

Status: Healthy

Blessings:

(1) Blessing of the World: After the death of the last Ethereals, you are the first being that has taken its step to become an Ethereal. Energy will never be a problem for you.

(2) Blessing of the Gaia's Spirit: When around a plant or vegetation, the energy restoration increases by 50%

Health Points: 80000/80000

Time Points: Infinite

Strength: 15(+150)

Constitution: 15(+150)

Dexterity: 15(+150)

Intelligence: 15(+150)

Wisdom: 15(+150)

Charisma: 15(+150)

Stat points: 28

Total Cronas: 3301

Total Dungeons Under Control: 1

Total Portals Under Control: 0

Skills*

Quests*

God Powers

Ethereal Powers

??????: Locked]

Quantitatively, the changes were low. But Qualitatively, they were much better… a bit confusing as well but still much better than before.

And the most important changes of all were these three

[God Powers Unlocked (4)]

[Ethereal Powers Unlocked (1)]

[Main Quest: Get your genes evolved! (Completed!)]

[You have received a new skill!]

[Unique Skill: The Defier!]