The Ballad of Crystl

CHAPTER 1: A lot of Secrets Revealed

"Prince of a fallen empire, the one they used to call the BETRAYER, he is Prince Etherio, a demigod. His long grayish hair and deathly skin, pale almost purplish in color, was the result of delving into Death Magic. Long story cut short... he is the god of injustice, imbalance, and disorder. His main weapon is a sword with two different edges, one burning with rage and the other frozen with grief. His sword is called the Frost Burnt. If his opponent is stronger than him, his power doubles."

"In the past, they made human sacrifices in his name so that catastrophes won't occur. He was known to control the weather, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes. He is the serpent god of pressure, Tydon. Covered in bright red scales and three pair of bright yellow wings, a pair in his head, another in his body and the last pair on his tail, this god is known to be the TYRANT. In his human form, he is this guy with bright long yellow hair wearing a bright red cloak."

"Known as the BLOODBATH, he is the red god of war. Afel is a defiant god who constantly hides his aggression underneath that handsome smile of his. Although he is gentle to look at, all that is in his mind is total chaos. A belief of his worshippers in Sleep World is that he needs to be offered any blue-colored material to prevent unwanted chaos and wars from happening. He has a twin brother named Mago, the blue god of peace, his total opposite. His weapon of choice... is himself. He is just like you, Cyrrus... a weapon god. I wonder... who would win if both of you were to battle?"

"He is the cartographer, the biographer, the historian, the encoder, the library, and the god of wisdom and knowledge. In the past, I called him the GOLDEN MAP of Sleep World. He was sought out by a lot of adventurers as a map. They never knew that he is the sleep god Index Atlas. He looks like a ghost, or an apparition, or a hologram. He was never created to fight, but he can fight. However, he is only here to observe and study the geography of this universe... so that when I become its god, I can easily navigate this place from the top-most outer layer to the deepest inner layer."

"Then, we have Noiricca the goddess of nightmares. As you can see, she is a nurse in a pink uniform. The red panda stuff toy she is carrying is called Night Terror. Of course, that bloody bear is alive as well. Apparently, she created the thing to serve as her weapon aside from her main one which is a gigantic syringe with a sharp edge blade needle is called the Injection Blade. When I was still a mortal adventurer, I unconscious or subconsciously created her from my extreme anxiety and phobia. She is beautiful, dangerous, calm, innocent, naïve, unfeeling (maybe), and the best thing about her is that she only listens to me. FYI, she is the youngest of the Sleep Gods and the strongest."

"Finally, born from the Fallasleep family, and the nth reincarnation of Xeel, I am Gabriel Crimson Fallasleep. All of my feats right now is the result of various trainings, adventures and misadventures, and the experiences and insights I got when I was still and until now... a human. I am not part man and part god. I am fully a human and fully a god. As a magician, I am a slayer swords magician. As a curse-user, I am partially cursed by the Moonlight Berserker Curse. My animal weapon is a school of piranhas. I also have a gift called Gravity Shift. I have three elementals: the first one is a room-maker, the second one is a driver, and the last one is a gunner. My spirit partner is a flare spirit. Finally, my power of sin is called Vengeance."

"Gaining powers and etcetera is really part of being the kind of god that you are right now?" The Reaper of the End of the Worlds, Nymbus Livanne, interviews us and directs this question to G.

"Actually, gaining powers or power sources as it is called in Sleep World is part of daily living." I explained, "Aside from power sources, we have racial diversity."

"That means, there are people as powerful as you in that world," she concludes.

"That's not the case," Etherio explains his point. "There are powerful races out there but having god soul in you makes you way higher. Sometimes, that can't be the case for... master."