Now let's see what the build idea is this time!

It waited quietly in the darkness. It may not have believed in their God, but It had believed something would happen. It was currently very disappointed with the nothingness It was faced with. Eventually, It didn't seem to be alone anymore, and was instead surrounded by a large array of little lights, almost like being within the night sky.

It began to appreciate the view before It saw something. There were two larger lights, one a deep purple, the other a bronzish shade. They moved about among the false starts, almost looking for something. It wondered what they were looking for as they grew closer.

The two large lights spread out, continuing their search around. As they neared, It began to hear them speaking.

"-What are we hoping to find here anyway? They're souls made of light, and you think they could be corruptible?" The bronze one asked. It sounded comparable to the one teenage girl who had worn very little clothing. It never understood those ones, who wore so little. The forest got quite cold, or at least it should have in those tents, so why wear so little?

Regardless, the purple one responded, "We have tainted people in our world, haven't we? Plus, these ones come from a world without direct darkness, so they must have just evil people with light." This one reminded It of the smart teen, she had glasses and wore much more forest appropriate gear. Though the other teens had not listened to her for some reason, even though It overheard her have some very good ideas.

The bronze one was mumbling complaints as she searched, before she looked at It. The light started to move past It before jerking back and settling on It. "Holy shit... Mel? You're gunna wanna look at this."

The purple one seemed upset, "I have told you countless times, don't call me-" She went silent upon seeing It. After a long moment, she finally spoke, "Dear me."

The bronze one started moving around, seemingly exited. "I know right! I doubted you, but you weren't kidding when you said they would make their own evils." It took offense to that, though the two didn't seem to notice. "I mean look at this thing! It's damn near a monster already!"

The purple one made a noise like clearing its throat, "Well then, we have made our pick, let us be out of here."

There was a snapping sound, and then the false night sky was gone. It was in a place of pure darkness again, but the two lights were still there. Except, they had women at the middle of them now. It didn't care, It was just curious as to what was going on.

The two women looked at each other and then seemed to read something. The purple one then spoke, "I am Melanoche, this is my sister Carnachias." She spoke in the same voice as the light, so they must have been the same being. Melanoche cleared her throat again, "We have come to offer you a great... offer." She seemed unhappy with herself. It could understand though, she completely failed to find a good way to fraise that that was still interesting. She suddenly seemed angry when she spoke again, "For your information, I can hear what you are thinking." That made some sense to It, It had no way of communicating otherwise. She looked at It expectantly, speaking when she seemed impatient of waiting for something, "Well? Are you going to apologize?" It refused, there was really nothing for It to apologize for.

Melonoche seemed content to continue this dead end, when Carnachias spoke up. "We are here to offer you to be reborn as a monster in our world. All we ask in exchange, is that you deal with the forces of light for us." They would bring It back? And they just wanted It to hunt something? She looked at it quizzically, "That is an oversimplification, but yes, I suppose."

It frantically agreed. As much as It worked to not be wasteful, It most certainly loved the hunt. The hunt was one of the main things that made the human prey worth much comparatively, they were much better prey in terms of an eventful hunt. The two light-women looked at each other. It could not tell what they were thinking, but they seemed pleasantly surprised.

The purple one spoke again, "Well then, we need only to work on building your new form then." New form? It didn't understand what she meant. "You will be a monster, you shall have a more powerful body to go with your new time as a greater hunter." That made sense to It. It could finally get over the barriers It had encountered in strength.

They showed It a series of choices, the first being a "core". Of course It chose Powerful, as that would make It stronger.

It was then showed options of sizes. This one was more difficult, as Scar had been strong due to his size, but being human size had been quite useful for mobility. On the other hand, being small would help It with speed and get into spaces, however It was going to be a hunter, so being small was a bad choice. In the end, It decided that staying human sized was for the best. At this point, a choice from much more than four options as was before showed up in Its vision.

There were so many families to choose from. Iit could be a beast to gain their abilities, but It felt better than the beasts, and didn't like that idea. It could be an inhuman creature, such as the slimes, but that would give It difficulty with learning how to move, which would cut into Its hunting efficiency. It looked to Undead, a promising option. Undead didn't tire, they didn't rest or need to sleep, meaning It could hunt as long as It needed, being the perfect endurance predator. It decided this was the best option, as being a machine would mean It didn't get anything from hunting, and It would therefore be wasting every time it hunted.

Next came a confusing choice. Carnachias seemed quite happy about this one, but It didn't quite understand. In the end, It saw no reason not to go with the "Complete Package" with all add-ons.

Monster power was a tough choice. It didn't like the idea of a dungeon or Broodsire, neither of those sounded useful for hunting. Final form wasn't too exciting either, and Elemental infusion didn't speak to it as a worthwhile choice. Between the last two, It decided to take the fruit, as the task the two said It needed to perform for Status Effects seemed much easier in comparison, as well as it practically doubled Its reaction time and speed in a way. This should prove invaluable for hunting.

Classes were interesting. It was told It got to choose two, since it was human sized, which It guessed was nice. Of course It chose ranger, the class practically begged for it. It was a hunter of the Forest after all, and Humans made for quite a prey. Other than that, It decided what It wanted was strength, power. So It chose Barbarian as Its second class, seeing a rage as just another form of Its desire to hunt.

As for a "Cheat", It had trouble deciding. The heart and soul didn't sound too appealing. The "Pro Gamer HUD" made no sense to It, no matter how much the two tried to explain. They were very surprised that It had no concept of video games. Obliterate was useless, a slow and tiring attack was a **** sentence in the wild. Hybridization didn't appeal, as there was no other family It considered a choice. That left Resurrection, a choice It was satisfied with. Being brought back from **** was useful, and It didn't plan on dying too much, as It would be a bad hunter if It did.

After the two gave It a last speech on the beings they wanted It to hunt, they disappeared, leaving It in the darkness again. After awhile, a great light took over the darkness, and It thought It was being brought back to the land of the living. But then, some young girl showed up.

The young girl was quite angry with It for thinking of them as such, and told It that they were a boy. It did not believe them, but the two were at an impasse and the girl was in a hurry. The girl offered It more choices from Its picks before, at no cost. It was not a fool, so It looked.

The new cores didn't appeal. It did not wish to Inspire or lead, It was a hunter, commonly alone. Doom sounded the type to be wasteful in hunting, so It didn't like it. And last of all, Beautiful was useless for a hunter, what hunter needed to look pretty?

It was not confident when the girl who called themselves Ariel showed the new family choices. There were only four this time, It didn't know to be happy or disappointed at that. One of the choices stood out, a "Sin Eater". A creature that could consume the souls of their prey. This creature was perfect, as this being It could use a part of Its prey It never was able to before. Ariel seemed quite concerned at Its thoughts, but gave it the new form anyway, seemingly hopeful that It would "repent".

Ariel offered It some choices of "Oaths", but It didn't like them. It most certainly didn't "Love Humanity", they had been the ones to kill It. It would not give Its prey a place to hide by "Respecting Sacred Ground", however the last one wasn't horrible. It was a request to hunt, like the other two had made, so It decided to accept. Due to this It was allowed to choose two "Blessings", and as the only two that could apply to hunting on Its own, It chose God's Eye and Angelic Protection. Lastly, It got to chose one "Miracle". After looking them all over, It decided. It wanted to hunt something great. If It hunted the beings in Apollyon, It would consume their soul and become excessively powerful, as well as choosing a trophy from a beast that no others could fell.

With these choices, Ariel hesitantly left it after explaining Its hunting targets, and It began Its journey for real.

(Recap of choices:

Core: Powerful, 20% boost to Physical attack and defense, induces submission

Size: Human, one additional class, 100% boost in class experience

Race: Sin Eater, 20% boost to all stats, consumes soul of things they kill, adding an additional 100% to experience and preventing resurrection.

Package: all

Monster power: Time Fruit Juice, Takes two actions instead of one.

Class(es): Ranger; Barbarian

Cheat: Resurrection

Oaths: Eradicate The Dark, 10% boost to physical attack when fighting dark creatures, knows general location of dark leaders

Blessings: God's Eye, Angelic Protection

Miracle: Key to Apollyon, access to a pocket dimension full of great dark beasts

That is all for the (second) chapter (heh, sorry for the other one just being a lore intro), thanks for reading!)