I am guessing that many of you reader's don't check the auxiliary chapters. I had a question on the harem list chapter in which I asked whether their should be genderbent Radahn as part of the Harem. I didn't give a deadline in the chapter but I let it sit for a few days after I posted it. There were three comments, 1 vote against and 2 votes for. So it has been decided, Muscle Mommy Radahn shall be included.
"..." Speak Aloud. '...' Speak in thoughts.
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I open my eyes, not in my room, not anywhere really. I'm in a completely dark void with nothing around.
Moving isn't really an option either since I can't feel or see my body, which should have made me panic but since I don't have a body, apparently I can't.
I look around, or at least attempt to since everything is just a void of darkness.
It doesn't take me sitting here long before something happens. Dozens upon dozens of golden panels appear one after the other.
Each screen starts to show different scenes. Some from the perspective of a child, some from a teenagers, some from a babies even. And yet they all appear to be from the same person. Most likely memories of somebody.
The people in some of the memories appear in most of, if not all of them.
There is a large, extremely bulky man, reminiscent of Godfrey, that appears over and over in most of the memories, except for the most recent.
Then there is a beautiful, golden blonde haired woman, with glowing golden eyes, reminiscent of Marika, that is in mostly every single memory.
Then there are a multitude of different armored figures. Ones in armor like the Crucible Knights and those in the armor of the Leyndell Knights.
As I was looking through these memories, another panel showed up but this one didn't show any scenes, it instead held text.
TᚺᛖGᚱᛖᚨᛏᛖᚱWᛁᛚᛚ: "These screens are displaying the the memories of Godwyn from the point of his creation to the age of 17."
"And why are you showing me this, and what the hell is this place." I ask with confusion and interest.
TᚺᛖGᚱᛖᚨᛏᛖᚱWᛁᛚᛚ: "These displays are meant to inform thou of what the life of Godwyn was like ere thou take over his corporal agent. And as for where we are, this is the inside of the Erdtree."
"And who are you, I couldn't understand what your name was before you brought me here." I ask, still confused as to who they were.
I don't get an answer, instead one of the screens showing scenes is shot straight at me as it dissolves into golden motes and goes right into whatever form I'm in. The information on language in the Lands Between is uploaded right into my mind as I finally understand what it's name is or at least who it is.
"The Greater Will, the cosmic deity of the Elden Ring universe." I say in unsuppressed surprise, and even greater confusion.
"What do you need me for, your the deity responsible for the creation of the universe, along with the creation of The Lands Between. If you need something to change, you can just do it yourself." I say to the cosmic being as I try to understand what it wants.
TᚺᛖGᚱᛖᚨᛏᛖᚱWᛁᛚᛚ: "I am not hands on in the happenings of the world. I sent my agents, the Two Fingers, not long after the Elden Beast I created formed the Lands Between. The Two Fingers were given directives to find a being worthy of leading those lands and keeping them safe. Yet, the Fingers' judgment became clouded by the influence of other Outer Deities such as the Flame of Frenzy, the Scarlet Rot, the God of Blood, and other such beings. As a result, the world was led astray from my original vision. My hope rested with Godwyn, who had the power and no Two Fingers to influence him, but this was discovered by the Lunar Entity, who influenced Ranni into assassinating him to further her plans."
"That doesn't explain why you brought me here to take over Godwyn's body." I say to the entity, trying to figure out my exact purpose.
TᚺᛖGᚱᛖᚨᛏᛖᚱWᛁᛚᛚ: "Godwyn was the correct choice for the role yet his personality was much to gentle and kind for what was needed of him. Thou were brought hither due to thy knowledge towards the Lands Between, thy knowledge of things from thy own world, and thy personality"
"And why is my personality important to this role you have for me?" I ask with some apprehension and surprise.
TᚺᛖGᚱᛖᚨᛏᛖᚱWᛁᛚᛚ: "Thou are a greedy person, yet also a protective and ruthless one. Despite this, thou hast a natural ability to earn the loyalty and attention of many people through thy words. Because of thy upbringing, thou are naturally cautious as well and shall not trust others till they hath proven themselves worthy of that trust. This makes thou extremely fitting for what is needed and will fit well into this world."
"And what exactly is needed of me in this world?" I ask with something akin to acceptance, though still slightly reluctant.
TᚺᛖGᚱᛖᚨᛏᛖᚱWᛁᛚᛚ: "A variable is needed, and you are just that. The world needs something that the other Outer Deities can't predict and can't manipulate. You are to make sure the world doesn't enter into such a state that it falls into such unstable chaos and disorder."
"And how is this going to work, am I just going to be shoved into Godwyn's body or what?" I ask now that I have a certain objective to work toward.
TᚺᛖGᚱᛖᚨᛏᛖᚱWᛁᛚᛚ: "Thou shall look over and absorb the memories all around thou and once that is completed, thou shall wake up within the corporeal agent of Godwyn."
Once that is stated, the screen disappears and I am left there with the memory panels.
I sigh as I look around at all of them.
'Now I have to go through these damn things one by one. I'd like to start at the start and go in order of his life.'
Once i finish my thoughts, the panels seem to understand and immediately order themselves in a certain manner.
I look over the first memory and it shows Godwyn opening his eyes to see Marika holding him in her arms and smiling a small but gentle smile as she gazes down at him. Godfrey looking down over her shoulder with a proud smile directed toward Godwyn.
The next few years of memory were quite normal. Godwyn learning from his mother and father, learning about the Golden Order, about the capital, about magic sorceries and incantations, and his own power that came from his mother, the power to meld with other's harmoniously.
This was pretty much his life until he was around 8, where his father finally start to train him physically. He was firstly trained in his control over his body, and strengthening his body in all ways. He was trained in strength, speed, stamina, durability, and combat. As the son of both Godfrey and Marika, his talent was extraordinary is the only way to say it.
He was also trained by his mother in ways to increase his mana capacity, how to cast the spells of the Golden Order, and how to strengthen himself with the mana.
This was his usual life until he was 14, when he was introduced into warfare by his father. He went with his father and his army to take down a contingent of fire giants that came down from the mountains and were causing damage to the area.
The small war was brutal, the giants were powerful and skilled with their flame, but the soldiers under Godfrey were also well trained and skilled. Godwyn witnessed soldiers get swatted into red mists, stomped upon, and burned to a crisp. He also saw Giants, that were 15 to 16 times taller than the soldiers be swarmed and slowly but surely cut down. He saw his father dominate a 3 v 1 encounter with fire giants. He himself also took out a number of them. Apparently Godwyn preferred to use his hands in combat, he would jump on a giant and run all the way up to its face, punch their jaw straight off, grab their windpipe and rip it out, and break their bones with pure might before killing them. The blood of Godfrey was strong with how much Godwyn appeared to enjoy the fights.
Not long after that, Godfrey went on to fight a full war with the Giant's in the Mountaintops as Godwyn stayed in the capital to protect it.
The war took around a few months to a year before it ended with Godfrey and his forces reigning supreme. He returned to the capital not long later, and left not much later. He told Godwyn that he was leaving to look for challenges outside the Lands Between and asked him to protect his Marika and the capital.
The following year or two was mostly just Godwyn training, speaking with his mother, doing some other tasks that his mother asked of him, and interacting with the people of the capital. He already has some popularity among the citizens and soldiers.
I stop right on the last memory panel. I take some time to compile all of the pertinent information from his memories.
'The way mana works is quite odd since it doesn't conform to either the mana core method or the mana pathway method, it just sits within the body until it is utilized. Something that I can change within Godwyn's body once I take over, I have seen enough anime and manga to understand a bit about how to make pathways for mana, and a core is even easier. Though a combination of the two would be my best bet.' I think to myself as I try to plan the best way to improve my magic capacity, efficiency, and power.
'Training my body is even easier, using the science from my world that says that progressive overload is the best way to build strength. That with the faster recovery of his demigod physique is going to be insane.' I think while planning the physical body training.
'Now the issue comes to what my actual plan in the world is. My instinct is saying to get stronger than everybody and anything and take whatever I want, which is plausible in this world. Another problem is the Two-Fingers that are spread everywhere, I know where a large number of them are that I can just go and eliminate.' The thoughts on the plans for this world trailed in multiple different directions.
I go over the memories a decent bit more, making sure that I have a good grasp of what Godwyn could do, what his strength currently sat at, how his mana capacity currently was, and what his personality was like.
'And moving on to the biggest issue, the time frame. The timeline in the game is not specific in any manner of speaking. I have no clue how long until the Ancient Dragon War, no clue when the Carian War happens, and no clue when any other demigod is born. This makes it kind of stressful, but all I really need to do is just get as strong as I can as fast as I can.' I think to myself.
I finally turn back to the last memory panel left. I reach forward and grab it as it dissolves into the golden motes and shoots into my head.
The memory shows Godwyn training, doing his usual workout, followed by some spell training as he casts some incantations and sorceries, then he went off to his living quarters and went to sleep. His day to day life is quite simple.
Once the memory ends and I come to in the dark void again, the area starts to crack around the sides as golden light seeps in. The cracks keep spreading and the light keeps getting brighter. After a few moments the cracks spread far enough and it shatters as my vision is filled with nothing but golden light.
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And that is chapter 2 completed.
I will have edited the Harem chapter by the time most of you read this and included the genderbent Radahn. Any opinions on this are too late to make any difference.
Hope you enjoyed and see you in chapter 3.