Listen to what it has to say

"It certainly took you long enough to get here," the crystal remarks as you gather yourself to your feet, idly noticing that your somewhat taller than you were before.

"Who are you?" You ask, before reeling back. You never even considered being able to speak before.

"That is. . . complicated," the crystal replies. "Suffice to say, I'm the one responsible for you being more than just a mindless wisp waiting to die."

"I had figured as much," you say. "What I can't figure out is why."

"When I helped shape this world, I had a dream of a world more complex and full of character than any other. As such, I created a program, a. . . spell that would gradually grant the monsters of this world sentience so that the adventurers could interact with them in a deeper fashion than simply mindless ****. Unfortunately, this didn't happen, and as time passed, the monsters who managed to gain a sense of self started fighting back. They wanted ****.

"This was all well and good, but since they weren't placed under the same restrictions as the play - er. . . heroes, they could do whatever they wanted, wherever they wanted." The voice darkened with anger and the red light around it pulsed heatedly. "This angered Anna - er. . . Anari, and she and the other. . . gods forcibly cast me out, breaking the spell as well. While I was fine with allowing the world to progress naturally, and grow on its own, I knew the others wouldn't, so I created a contingency. That is, to say, you."

"I don't understand?" You reply, tilting your head in confusion.

"You are the only monster in this world with complete sentience and independence," the crystal explains. "On top of that, I. . . blessed you with the potential to grow more powerful than anything this world has ever seen. Anari might not see it the same way, but to me, you deserve just as much a chance at life and to make your own choices as the heroes."

"But why me?" You ask.

"That, I admit, is where I have a favor to ask you," the crystal replies, and you tense. "In exchange for this gift, I want you to climb to Anari's level, and tear her down."

"But she's a goddess!" You exclaim. "There's no way I can ever be on her level."

"Maybe not before," the crystal concedes. "But I have removed the restrictions placed on you by the gods. Nothing can stop your power from growing, and if they want you gone, they will have to actually kill you, instead of wiping you away. That being said, their attention was captured after the first reports of **** started coming in, so, since I didn't want to inhibit any aspect of what you will become, I decided instead to drastically increase the growth rate of both your Intelligence and Charisma stats so that you can control yourself at the very least. Unfortunately, I can't do anything else to you without drawing attention. However, before I go, I can leave you with one last gift."

The crystal disappears in a flash of light and you find the room in which you stand has changed. Instead of the crypt of a long-dead warrior, it now resembles quarters belonging to someone who was definitely living. Against the wall, across from the door is a table where you can craft items, and in a corner across from it is a bed that looks like it would fall apart if you so much as breathed on it, approaching it, however, a small menu appears displaying a message. _"Rest and recover some of your HP?" _You click yes, and there is a flash before you find yourself lying on it, with the innate knowledge that two hours have passed. Additionally, your HP is completely full once more, though you slap your forehead once you remember that leveling up automatically restores HP to its maximum.

Speaking of which, you open your stats screen, and are impressed with what you find.

Name: Yomel

Class: (Rare*) Shadow Demon

Level: 7-11

HP: 45-70

MP: 80-130

ATK: 13-22/21-34

SPD: 19-32

DEF: 7-12/14-23

INT: 38-63

CHA: 39-64

DEX: 19-32

Abilities:

One with the Dark: Can now be used while partially within shadows, (2 MP/s)

Darksight

Shadow Dash

Incorporeal

Dark Pulse: Attack foes with a blast of darkness (MATK * 1.5 - EnemyMDEF) (Cost 5 MP; 15 in Sunlight; 0 in Darkness)

Embrace the Shadows: Passively recover 1 MP/s while not using magic skills; 5/s while in shadows; 15/s while in Darkness

Finally! A Magic skill that you can use to take advantage of your quickly growing MP and magic power. Speaking of which, it would seem all of your growth rates have increased, presumably when you changed from imp to demon. Your appearance hasn't changed too drastically with the change either. You are now standing at roughly five and a half feet with all the proportional growth that comes with it. You now resemble the shadowed silhouette of a slightly shorter than average man with a lean frame with blazing purple orbs where your eyes should be. Looking down, you do notice a new change, however, dangling slightly between your legs. You don't have much reference to compare it too, but you consider the four flacid inches hanging in front of a pair of similarly large testicles to be on the larger side of things.

Then again, considering you grow larger with every level, it's likely it will too, meaning you are fairly unconcerned regarding its size. The only thing that matters is that you now have a the first seeds of a plan to take down the goddess of purity.