A strange tingling overcame my body. It started as a faint caress, like a soft breeze grazing my skin. But the sensation rapidly intensified, soon becoming an overwhelming vortex swirling around and through me.
My pores drank in the invisible energy eagerly, every fiber of my being thrumming with newfound vitality and focus. I watched in awe as vivid glow began emanating from my whole body, dancing light reflecting from dew on grass around me. I had never felt so awake and alive, exhausted from overworking melt like butter in oven. I had to chuckle at the familiar fantasy playing out, this mystical energy could only be magic!
Any lingering doubts were banished when a translucent glowing message panel appeared directly before my eyes: "Extraordinary Ability Awakened: POSSESSION"
"Transported to a magical realm and immediately granted incredible powers? So I am in isekai adventure, huh?" I murmured with a grin with eagerness and optimism flooding through me. I had always loved RPGs and magic mysteries. And what could this POSSESSION mean? Something related to the belongings transported with me or I will wielding magic sword and some kind of big fucking gun?
I tried to interact with the transparent window with my finger, nothing happened. I clicked my tongue, seemed it was controlled mentally. So I focused my thoughts, and more details emerged. As I read the explanation, my eyebrows shot up.
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Extraordinary Ability: POSSESSION Lv. 1
Casting Time: 30 Seconds
Range: Touch
Target: Living Creature
Duration: 1 Day/ Level
You harness the power of POSSESSION, concentrate and manifest it uninterrupted. Once concentrated, you must successfully make a touch attack against your target. Upon touching the target, you initiate a process that weakens the life force connection between their soul and body. If the target fails to resist the effects, your own life force overtakes the position as your body is absorbed and you become the occupant of the target's body.
If the possession attempt is failed, you cannot attempt to possess the same target again for 24 hours. Regardless of the outcome, the target becomes aware of a hostile force invading their being, but no further information is gained.
Once you successfully possess the target's body, you gain full control over its physical actions and abilities, though you have no knowledge but basic instinct to it. Your own physique is replaced by that of the target, while you lose access to your own physical abilities you retain your mental powers and other capabilities.
Simultaneously, the target's soul becomes imprisoned within the body, but it can still utilize the body's senses. However, it is unable to exert any influence or employ mental powers and magical capabilities. You possess the ability to communicate telepathically with the target as if you shared a common language, but only with your consent.
You are forbidden from taking obviously self-destructive actions. If you intentionally harm the possessed body or engage in actions that clearly contradict the target's nature will provide the target with an opportunity to resist the possession once again, potentially ending it prematurely. You may cast POSSESSION again within the target's body; this resets the duration but also grants the target another chance to resist the possession, potentially breaking free from your control.
You have the ability to voluntarily end the possession at any time, causing yourself to appear in the nearest available area of your choice. This allows you to swiftly abandon the target's body and return to your original form.
While the expiration of POSSESSION or death of the target, you are forcefully ejected and appear in random of the nearest available area, momentarily dazed as the transition back to your own form occurs.
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My amused smile faded as further implications sank in, it is that meaning of "Possession", as in ghost story. This power could let me seize takeover of anyone, unwilling innocents too. I shook my head, sobering. Back home, I never consider myself saint, but neither would I ever dream of violating strangers for my own gain. Even in this new world, was it right to use abilities against anyone, regardless of what others did?
I sighed, closing the info panel. Great cosmic power, moral quandaries to match. I supposed some things stayed constant, fantasy realm or not. Well, no use fretting yet. I still had a whole new world to explore. Hands on hips, I surveyed the shimmering landscape with a grin. One step at a time.
I pack up all my belongings and following the dirt road in front of me. After walking for a while, I surprising discover...