Chapter 29 [Vault]

[Title - Valkyrie Mikaelson: The Mistress of Essences]

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I fucking died. How? I’ve got no idea. One moment I was rewatching TVD, imagining some not-so-appropriate situations involving a combo of Katherine, Rebekah, Hayley, and…just a few others, and the next I was here. Why? Again, I’ve got no clue.

I wasn’t exactly all that special, besides being a lesbian woman who had the desire to fuck a…few fictional women and make them mine. Was that normal? Probably not, but…when is anything? Aaaanyways, besides that, I was born into a religious family, which had the consequences you’d expect.

Now, I’m here, in a neverending void of fuck all and nadda. Not really the type of afterlife I wanted, mind you, but it was worse than neverending torture at the hands of orcs, or something similar.

Congratulations, you have died!

Uh…thanks? Not really sure how to think about this situation, as it sounds like I’m in one of those shitty fanfics.

The almighty one has chosen you to bear the gift known as [Essence Master]

This, in essence (eh, get it?) allows the user to gain various essences from Essence Meta Cyoa. The user gets three per world they travel to, as well as ones from that world, should the user complete certain quests. The user gets 5 for their first world travel as a gift.

The user must also select a gender, and then spin the essence wheel, as well as the wheel to decide their reincarnation destination! Please do so!

“Well that is quite easy. Female and I guess spinning the wheel is the only thing I can do, huh?” I mean, it’s not like I have much of a choice, do I?

Selecting female was really fucking obvious, as I’d rather not be a dude. And while being a futanari sounds nice, I’d rather just get an ability that lets me grow one whenever I wish.

A wheel began to flicker into my vision, glowing a bright golden color.

Wait…how come I can’t choose my appearance? Don’t tell me I’m about to be reincarnated as a random woman somewhere out there…

Well, fuck me then. Ah! Fine, let's spin this stupid wheel!

Spinning Wheel!

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[Essences Chosen!]

Essence of Ultimate Intellect

* Your purely intellectual faculties are now conceptual, incalculable, and immeasurable. This includes but is not limited to things such as adaptability, agility, analysis, calculation, cognition, competence, deduction, focus, hand-eye coordination, instinct, intuition, learning rate, memory, multitasking, pattern recognition, perceptiveness and attention to detail, reasoning, reaction time, and self-awareness.

* You are able to perfectly learn, memorize, recall, comprehend, and utilize any skill or knowledge as quickly as you are exposed to it. Even things that would take great lengths of time for other prodigies to learn could be mastered to perfection and beyond by you in virtually no time at all. Your memory is otherwise truly perfect in all respects, although you may choose to selectively let things fade.

* Abilities that involve an external physical or social component, such as physical skills, mind-over-body control, or charisma and/or interaction skills, may be honed to perfection and beyond as far as the purely internal/mental components go but are still capped by the normal physical limitations of the universe regarding how such perfected-plus execution might be limited by your body or another's ability to perceive and respond to your stimuli.

* Your optimized mind gains a peerless capacity for self-analysis and self-reflection. You can clear-headedly process and resolve your guilt and truly learn from both your successes and your failures, and then use what you've learned to make yourself a wiser, stronger-willed, and generally better person. Your emotions will be adapted for dealing with eternity and you are immune to PTSD and unwanted value drift. Otherwise you will still remain "yourself" as much as possible despite your new level of sentience, without risking the death of personality that can sometimes accompany transcendence.

* At the time you first drink this Essence you will be cured of any and all physical ailments, psychological trauma, and other unwanted mental conditions, ailments, disabilities, etc..

* This Essence immediately becomes part of your most inherent and innate nature upon first consuming it, and from that point on its benefits will permanently and irrevocably be with you at all times unless voluntarily toggled by you as per the above benefit. Nothing else can ever remove or weaken your intellect in any way; curses, magic, Clarketech, even the will of ROB or equivalent beings, nothing.

Essence of Talent

* Your natural aptitude for any activity or field of endeavor is beyond ridiculous. You are by far the most talented individual that has ever lived, to the point that the people formerly upheld as supreme geniuses before your arrival would look positively dull and inadequate next to you. This unprecedented degree of talent applies to any and every activity that you have even the slightest potential for at all.

* Your talents are not only unprecedented but exponential. The more you learn and develop the faster and easier you can continue learning and developing, endlessly. Your skills are only limited by the ability of your body, mind, and/or soul to execute them. You could soon enough advance your mastery to the point where inventing or discovering incredible new skills and techniques could easily be done in mid-fight, if you cared to.

* Your instincts for avoiding self-harm or dead-ends to your development will be flawless. Nothing you learn will have any costs, setbacks, backlashes, or handicaps that you are not aware of and voluntarily and of your own free will choose to risk. If you ever fall to something like Dark Side corruption or the madness of the Warp or suchlike, it will only be because you went in with your eyes wide open and willing to pay the price of using such knowledge. You will never suffer any harmful effects, corruption, or loss of sanity merely from knowing about such things in theory, or from your talents in general. You will never have to worry about suffering boredom or loss of empathy from being 'too good' at things.

* Your only limits will be those absolute ones imposed upon you by the nature of whatever universe/multiverse/reality/etc. you are in. Sheer talent alone might not make a purely human body capable of living forever or punching through a planet or suchlike, but if there were any possible way at all that a sufficiently talented and motivated individual in your position could work past a growth cap or a limitation, or tap into a given source of power, then you would be able to find a way to do so with sufficient effort.

* To give you a fair start at developing your talents, at the time you first drink this Essence you will be cured of any and all physical ailments and disabilities. You are also made aware of any mental illness, disorders, disabilities or other conditions you may be suffering from and may have any or all of them cured at your discretion. You will also also receive a one-time appearance upgrade based on your wishes and idealized self-image, with the exact details of your build and "endowments" being up to you.

* As a special bonus, you receive full control over your fertility and other related buffs.

* Finally, your skills and abilities will never degrade regardless of disuse, lack of practice, etc.

Essence of Mythical Human

* Human Spirit: Your soul cannot be destroyed. Each and every harm to it will eventually heal by itself, and result in a stronger soul. The more stress you are under the brighter shall your soul shine when given enough time to rest and recover. Boredom might dull the shine of your soul, but a spark of excitement is usually enough to re-brighten it again. The shine of your soul has the effect of attracting the supernatural and other similarly ‘unique’ souled people towards you, this might mean someone that has been bored for a very long time, or someone who is passionate about their work, or even someone who is genuine and pure. The attraction will be focused more on those with a singular focus in their uniqueness, the bored person might be a tad dull besides their age and wisdom, the one who is passionate about their work might be blinded by their focus, and the genuine and pure person might be exasperatingly naïve. Also, your memories, emotions, sensations, and feelings are all stored in your soul, there is no limit to the storage space, however your flesh brain might be limited by the amount it can access at once.

* Free Will: The greatest gift of God. You cannot be contained for long, all forms of control and influence upon your being, whether physical or conceptual, unravel at a growing speed. Each exposure to an influence grows your resistance. Besides this resistance, you are just plain impossible to predict in any reliable fashion, one can intuit a lot through the mundane ways however anything beyond a certain level is impossible to achieve and simply proves a convincingly false information that is convenient for you. The only exception to this is when you are the one mapping yourself, however even then you will always have the option to change the course of your future. The core part of your very being, below the parts that can be destroyed and rebuilt better and better forever without changing you, is simply indestructible. This core keeps you from committing any actions you would consider taboo even if someone manages to control you.

* Made Of Clay: Your form is malleable like clay, making it much easier for you to adapt and eventually thrive in any and all situations you find yourself. There is also little limit to how much, and for what, you can 'mold' yourself, from staring into the sun for hours to adapt your eyes into a different color to becoming so fat that you have your own orbit around you, or even to becoming fast enough to outrun lightning. You just need to set a goal and do the 'training' for a time, the amount of time you need to train depends on how correct your training is and how large the change is from your pre-training form. Even just staying in complete darkness for a very long time can give you a dark skin tone if that is your goal, however it would take much longer than just tanning under the sun. Also, like a statue made of clay, you will forever stay at the peak of your condition, whether that be in your 20s, right after you left the gym and your muscles are bulging due to the strain, or in your 70s and wielding a mighty fine beard showing your age and wisdom. Finally, you always heal correctly from any and all damage, regardless of the extent. If you survived it, then you will heal from it. There is only one hard limit you have to contain yourself by, you still have to visibly be ‘of the man’, but beyond that you can train your ‘shape’ into whatever you wish.

* Just A Man: Beings of power tend to underestimate your threat level. This doesn’t mean they won’t respect you, respect your power and your past deeds, just that they will leave preparing against you as the last thing on their agenda, even when they really probably shouldn’t… The stronger the being is compared to you, the greater effect this aura of unimportance has on them. Also helps you blend in with a crowd, making any attempt at tailing you a fool’s goal, unless you deliberately allow them to follow you.

* Cain’s Kin: You have a deadly aura around you that pushes things to go in such a way that any deaths around you happen with maximum gore, and any and all offense you launch with the intent to kill is adjusted by this aura to make it more likely to hit a critical point. All your attacks(with the intent to kill) have a much longer and harder time healing, and most of the time they heal wrongly. This aura also allows you to kill the unkillable, or the deathless. The more murderous intent you feel the stronger this aura will be.

* Rightful King: By fate itself you will find yourself surrounded by people you can trust and rely upon. They will flock under your banner, and even if you live the life of a lonely hermit your on a mountain, your name and presence will be noted down and become a symbol of the people at the foot of the mountain. Maybe giving the mountain your name, the travelling merchants reminiscing about the town with your presence as the distinction from all the other towns they saw, or the population getting inspired by you or your deeds to live like you do. Either way, you are a rightful king, and that means the burdens of leadership is easier, the responsibilities of a leader is easier to shoulder, and the skills needed of a leader is far easier to achieve for you. Similarly your people find their lives and fortunes easier. Their crops flourishing, their minor talents and skills rising to masteries at a rapid peace. And in the back of their mind they will attribute these boons with your rule. The more loyal they are to you the greater the prosperity your rule shall impart upon them.

* Noble Lineage: Your mythical nature is hereditary. As your offsprings grow, they will quickly find that they have your gifts too, though at differing levels. Some will be more heroic, some will be more deadly, and some will be more prone to being underestimated, but eventually as they grow they will mature into a myth of their own. This could be being a great teacher without peer, becoming the master of wild life taming, or even being the cutest little princess ever. Your lineage will continue on strong, excelling in the areas they consider their life's work, and bringing diversity and unique perspectives to the family with each generation. Of course, the further down the line they are from you, the weaker their connection to your myths will be and the more of an effort they must display to achieve a stature matching their great ancestors in their own life's work. Rest assured, for your family shall never lose its spark of passion, interest, and nobility. Your shared values will keep on enduring the passing of time and generations, and your house will ever prosper in ways you would be proud of.

* Protection From A Leader’s Bane: You can summon all the paperwork you might need to your hand instantly or finish all paperwork in your hand instantly. You will have faint memories of doing them. This cannot give you diplomas unless you qualify for them, though summoning a diploma you earned previously and forgot all about shall refresh all the required knowledge to earn the diploma. This also won’t allow you to commit fraud, though you may use it to do all paperwork requiring things retroactively.

* Designated Hero: You feel a pull towards places, people and objects of importance and interest, and not only that all the interesting events that would happen there seem to just wait for you to arrive. You never know what they are and you can simply ignore the call, however if you follow along with the pull then you will find yourself at the exact spot to either witness the event from a safe distance away, or prevent it from happening should you be quick enough. This pull is increased in strength when it deals with those you care about, good or bad. Also you seem to find loot in all sorts of places, even if it doesn’t make sense to find them there.

Essence of the Hercules Method

By following this method and bringing your mind, body and spirit into alignment with your will, you will begin to walk the path of Cain and become a supernatural force to be reckoned with.

* There are multiple stages to the Method that will be outlined below:

* Pre-Initiate: This is the level that most people will reach, lacking a true affinity for the Method. Flexibility on par with gymnasts, speed, strength and toughness befitting an accomplished athlete, honed senses and a resistance to sickness, poison and disease. Nothing worth mentioning.

* Initiate: This is the first stage of the Method, when one can be considered to have started walking the Path of Cain. The practitioner can perceive the world as a canvas of blood and flesh, seeing straight through the skin of their fellow man to accurately discern the placement of organs, muscles, nerves and veins. Their physical power increases markedly, enough to outdo Olympian athletes in all areas and easily tear both flesh and muscle apart with hands or teeth.

* Adept: The second stage of the Method enhances the practitioner’s senses massively, allowing them to perceive the world with far greater clarity than before. At this point, they can see the world in clear shades of blue that highlight the movements of the people around them. By focusing on someone, you may perceive a multitude of blue shadows that indicate possible actions a person might take. The more advanced a practitioner is, the less shadows there are to perceive, thus projecting greater certainty, and the more easily they can obscure their own shadows from the Blue Vision of another practitioner. At this point, a practitioner’s physical power has increased even further, conferring far greater resilience and speed, as well as the strength to bring down wood and steel buildings with some effort.

* Competent: This stage is when a practitioner becomes truly formidable. They can tighten their muscles to catch bullets or blades in their fibers, as well as force external and internal injuries to close and heal through force of will. They can rip apart steel like paper and shatter stone with ease, accurately navigate their surroundings via hearing or feel the heartbeat of nearby people. Their physical resilience, speed and flexibility continues to rise.

* Expert: This stage is when a practitioner becomes capable of living forever. Their ability to heal themselves has advanced so far that they require no exercise or maintenance to stay in prime condition, nor do they suffer from age or infirmity, though a small amount of sustenance is still required from time to time. Physical potency continues to increase, with the speed and reflexes to dodge bullets in mid-air and outrun cars on the freeway.

* Mastery: Only one has reached this stage of the Method, the creator of the Path himself, Cain. At this stage the practitioner’s regeneration is so powerful that the only thing guaranteed to kill them is the destruction of their brain or truly terrible trauma to their entire body. More than no longer aging, the practitioner is now so beyond the needs of the body that being restrained in complete darkness for millennia with no sustenance will cause no harm or detriment. The master’s body is now of a level that can’t be compared to the lower stages, easily capable of killing scores of expert practitioners without blinking. At this level of mastery, even stranger methods of murder can be discovered, such as causing brain hemorrhaging through eye-contact and similarly strange things.

* Beyond Mastery: There are no known examples of stages beyond Mastery, but if you follow the Path dutifully, meditating and training for long enough, who knows what new fields of blood and bone you might find?

* You can instruct others in the Method, though only one in a million people will have the competence necessary to make true progress along the path.

* You possess talent equal to Luther Strode.

Essence of Musashi Miyamoto

* You have attained a transcendent state of emptiness and tranquility known as the "Void." In this state, your mind becomes one with the flow of the universe, allowing you to perceive and anticipate the subtlest movements and intentions of your opponents. You move with perfect timing and execute your techniques flawlessly, transcending the limitations of the physical realm.

* You gain a potential for growth who knows no bounds. With each battle, you learn and adapt at an exponential rate, honing your skills to perfection. Every encounter becomes an opportunity for self-improvement, and your thirst for knowledge and mastery of the sword is insatiable. Your growth is limitless, and you continuously evolve, surpassing your previous limits with every step.

* Your spirit now is unbreakable, forged through countless trials and hardships. You possess an unwavering resolve and determination that fuels your every action. Even in the face of overwhelming odds, you remain resolute, drawing strength from your unyielding spirit. Adversity only serves to fuel your inner fire, making you even more formidable in the face of challenges.

* Your swordsmanship is a whirlwind of unpredictable and unorthodox techniques. You seamlessly blend traditional sword styles with your own innovative and improvised moves, catching opponents off guard and leaving them at a loss for how to counter your attacks. Each strike is a testament to your creativity, adaptability, and the depth of your swordsmanship.

* Your movements are a mesmerizing dance of grace and precision. You flow effortlessly from one stance to another, combining agility, speed, and flawless footwork. Your sword seems to move with a will of its own, guided by your instinct and mastery. Your opponents find it nearly impossible to predict or keep up with your swift and elegant maneuvers.

* Your connection to the essence of the sword is unparalleled. It is as if you possess a direct line to the divine, transcending the physical limitations of the blade. You can sense the energy and vibrations of the sword, channeling it with perfect precision. Your strikes carry the weight of centuries of swordsmanship wisdom and the power of legends.

* Your focus is unwavering, even in the most chaotic and intense battles. You can block out all distractions and noise, honing in on the present moment with laser-like precision. Your mind remains calm, sharp, and clear, allowing you to make split-second decisions and react with incredible speed and accuracy.

* You have absorbed and integrated the techniques of countless swordsmen, becoming a living embodiment of their wisdom and skill. The styles and techniques you possess are second nature to you, seamlessly flowing from one to another. Your mastery over the sword is instinctive and effortless, allowing you to adapt to any opponent and overcome any challenge.

* Your mere presence commands respect and awe from those around you. You radiate an aura of undeniable authority and power. Warriors and swordsmen feel a sense of reverence in your presence, recognizing your unparalleled skill and the weight of your legacy. Your aura inspires allies and instills fear and hesitation in your enemies.

* You are now the epitome of the legendary sword saint, Musashi Miyamoto. Your name will reverberates through the ages, forever etched in the annals of swordsmanship history. Your feats will be stuff of legends, inspiring generations of warriors to pursue the path of the sword. Your legacy will be one of unmatched skill, wisdom, and the unyielding pursuit of perfection.

Well…that is a lot, like…way more than I was expecting. Like, honestly maybe too much. The ultimate intellect alone is kind of ridiculous, add in all the other shit, and it gets seriously insane.

World already selected. Background Selected. Beginning Reincarnation!

Wait wha-

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[3rd POV] [Location - ????????]

Not even a moment after that thought left the woman, everything went black, as she felt a pulling sensation. Everything was dark for what felt like forever, but slowly, she could feel it, a sort of freeing sensation, as she felt her mind begin to rapidly improve, evolve, grow, and rapidly began to mentally grow. Her mind began to rapidly and instantly filter in new knowledge, new techniques.

Slowly, the new knowledge stopped filtering in, as she began to “stir”. Her eyes began to flutter open softly, as she heard a womans voice, alongside two others, seemingly another woman and a man.

‘My parents? And perhaps a nurse?’ She thought, as she began to open her eyes. Her mind already adapting to the new body. Her vision began to clear, as she could hear the voice of what she felt was her mother, as she began to speak while holding her.

“They’re perfect” she softly said. Causing our protagonist to blink in surprise, as she turned slightly, noticing a small baby next to her. ‘M-my brother?’ She blinked in surprise, as her eyes softened if that’s even possible.

“Have you thought of a name for her, my love?” The woman asked, looking to her husband. The two seemingly having made a deal, she was to name her son, while her husban was to name their daughter.

“Valkyrie” He said simply, as he gazed at his new daughter, a small smile forming onto his face. Valkyrie blinked at her name, as she remembered that voice, it was…familiar.

“Valkyrie…it’s perfect” The woman said with a smile, as she moved her daughter, allowing Valkryie to get a good look at her mother.

‘...fucking christ, I’m-’

“Little Valkyrie Mikaelson, and her little twin brother, Niklaus Mikaelson”

‘...Fuck’

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That’s the end of the chapter!

Both my main fics will be getting updated later tonight. I ended up having some pretty serious family stuff that has happened, so I had to take a bit of a break . But I’m back now!

Anyways, have a good day!