I had come into this world burdened with destiny.
That pitch-black soul foretold my fate. As one of Darkness's Kin, the body I had been reincarnated into was so frail and ordinary that I could not make use of the power and knowledge I possessed in my previous life at all.
But now, I had reclaimed my power.
It was my true power, revered as the "Black Beast."
In this virtual world, my power had awakened...
Darkness's Kin were messengers of death and guides for souls. Because of that, I had a duty to guide those lost souls and return them to their place of rest.
This was my destiny...
"Fufufufufu..."
"...Black Cat?"
Looking at Black Cat standing before him in a pitch-black Gothic Lolita dress, letting out an ominous laugh, Fang Zheng quietly wiped away a cold sweat. Hearing his voice, Black Cat finally snapped out of her delusions. She looked at Fang Zheng, lifted her skirt with both hands, and respectfully curtsied to him.
"You have arrived, my king."
"Ah... right..."
Hearing Black Cat's greeting, Fang Zheng nodded with a complicated expression. At some point, Black Cat seemed to have assigned him the role of "Dark Emperor" to match her own setting as one of Darkness's Kin. In her imagination, he was apparently a ruler from the Pitch-Black World, a supreme emperor who commanded all things dark.
While she was merely a weak and inconspicuous Dark Beast curled up in a shadowy corner beneath the throne...
Honestly, Fang Zheng did not know whether Black Cat's chuunibyou delusions counted as arrogance or low self-esteem...
Still, what the hell was this Dark Emperor nonsense? Were there not enough villain Soul Stones in my future? I... Fang. Paladins. Time Dragon. White Tower Mage. Swarm Overlord. King of the Crimson Realm. Magician.