Enso has been conscious this whole time, ever since his soul began to glow and was nourished by chaos in this endless void. Yet, he could not move until his awakening came to completion.
Unlike the other awakened souls, Enso is just an ordinary man from Earth. The only thing that sets him apart is his will to live, fueled by the regret of dying young.
In his previous life, Enso trained in various martial arts on Earth and could be considered an extremely talented martial artist. Too bad he was diagnosed with advanced heart failure.
Enso was unwilling to accept his fate. He had a perfect family, many good friends, and had been in the corner of many talented fighters, assisting them in their careers.
He hated his weak body. He hated that he was unable to become anything more than a corner man in his martial arts career.
Sometimes, he wished he could find something like the 'Dragon Balls' from the anime he had watched, and make a wish for all his problems to disappear once and for all.
If anything, he wanted to live. He wanted to stand at the top of the martial path. His unwillingness to die was likely why Chaos chose him, changing his fate from being just a lightbulb to an awakened soul.
The moment he awakened in this endless void, Enso felt an intense hunger. Strangely, he could sense that he could devour all the other lightbulbs in this void.
It was a strange feeling, but Enso knew that he could do it. Who would have thought, before he could consume any soul, that the Tyrant Dragon would swallow him first?
In his mind, Enso cursed profusely, but he quickly realised that the Tyrant Dragon was being slowly absorbed into his body the moment their contact occurred.
"Everyone, your time has come. Your suffering will end here. Any last words?" Enso asked the three awakened souls.
They exchanged knowing glances, a quiet understanding passing between them. It seemed they had guessed correctly. This newly awakened soul was surely the end of them all.
Nanami and Heracles carried no lingering attachments in their hearts, having already said their final goodbyes to their loved ones before death.
Although Licht didn't get to do the same as the other two, he did find Tetia's soul in this endless void. Unfortunately, she had no consciousness left and had become just another lightbulb in this eternal darkness.
The three of them treated Enso as the Death God. They all closed their eyes and said, "You may begin."
Seeing this, Enso quickly opened his mouth and inhaled toward the souls. All the surrounding souls quickly swam toward him, one after another.
Enso devoured all the souls in this endless void in a mere moment. It seemed that the more souls he consumed, the more powerful his abilities at devouring souls became. His body soon grew as large as planet Earth.
In the process, he realised that another awakened soul was hidden in the vicinity. It didn't seem as powerful as the other awakened souls, and it was only a bit brighter than the unconscious souls.
This soul appeared to be Doctor from Akudama Drive, the one with godly medical skills, but ended up being trampled by the crowd in the series.
Among the awakened souls Enso had devoured, only Nanami, Tyrant, and Doctor's memories played out exactly as they had in their respective anime.
Licht and Heracles had extra memories that were never shown to anyone. Heracles' soul was sent here because he had broken free from the Throne of Heroes during the events of Fate/Strange Fake.
In the series, Bazdilot had forced him into corruption using Holy Grail Mud. During this process, Heracles' soul within the Throne of Heroes gradually regained consciousness.
Using this opportunity, Heracles chose to break free. He despised the idea of Heroic Spirits being used as pawns in humanity's wish-granting games. His absence wouldn't stop the Holy Grail from summoning a replica of him anyway. At most, he'd receive some scattered memories of whatever that clone experienced during the war.
Licht, on the other hand, had encountered spatial turbulence after his soul broke free from the reincarnation spell.
All the other elves had perished because their souls couldn't withstand the spatial turbulence. They ended up making a sacrifice by becoming dark elves and sending all their power to an elf named Ratri, hoping he could open a powerful spatial portal to escape with Licht.
Too bad, although Licht managed to be sent out, Ratri couldn't make it in time. With no other choice, Ratri too became a dark elf and transferred all the leftover elf power, along with his own, to Licht before closing the portal.
Ratri's last words seemed to be, "Fulfil your dream, find your loved ones." The dark elf power greatly increased Licht's mana reserves and gave him access to negative mana, as he too had once fallen and become a dark elf in his lifetime. However, now he could use it without falling, like his comrades.
With the negative mana absorbed from his fallen comrades, Licht had once again awakened the forbidden technique— Casualties Break. Now, that same ability had been completely transferred to Enso. However, there was a clear limitation. The energy could not be replenished through conventional means. Once it ran dry, it would vanish entirely.
Enso stared at the empty void. He had now become the only source of light in this dark plane.
His soul had become extremely powerful after absorbing close to a billion souls. He now knew for certain that there must be more than one such empty void.
Because the Earth's population is at least 7 billion, this void could only house at most a billion souls.
From the memories of all the awakened souls, Enso knew that a spatial portal would open periodically, dropping in more lightbulbs.
Heracles had tried to break through once but soon realised that his soul couldn't withstand the crossover. When he tried to step out of the portal, a powerful black-and-white lightning strike hit his soul, pushing him back into the void.
Heracles had withstood the white lightning due to his powerful life force, but when hit by the black lightning, he felt like he was on the verge of disappearing.
It seemed that entering this endless void was easy, but trying to leave was nearly impossible.
Tyrant had seen all this when Heracles attempted to cross the spatial portal.
After witnessing Heracles' failure, the dragon attempted to devour unconscious souls to strengthen its own. Unfortunately, the attempt was doomed from the start—Tyrant Dragon could not assimilate other souls into a singular entity. The spirits it consumed merely became unusable clusters of stagnant energy.
Worse still, it had picked the wrong target.
Enso had been meditating in silence, calmly sorting through the spoils he'd reaped from devouring awakened souls.
From Nanami Yasuri, he inherited Migeiko, a technique that allowed her to copy any movement, skill, or power she witnessed. See it once, and she could replicate it. See it twice, and it was as if she had mastered it from birth.
From Heracles, Enso gained a raw, overflowing vitality. Even in soul form, every fibre of his being pulsed with power. His very presence radiated strength. He also inherited Heracles' battle instincts and the memory of Nine Lives, a legendary combat technique born from relentless war.
The Doctor from Akudama Drive was perhaps the most unsettling. Her combat ability was nearly nonexistent, but her modern medical knowledge was so advanced, she could save someone even if they were split in two. Enso was disturbed to discover how deeply insane she truly was—performing surgery on herself without anaesthetic, relishing the pain. Pain gave her a sense of euphoria, pushing her pain tolerance far beyond that of Nanami Yasuri, and even Heracles' berserk state paled in comparison to her euphoric endurance.
Then there was Licht, from Black Clover, who gave Enso an innate sword ability rivalling even Migeiko. Though never explicitly stated in the anime, Enso sensed the truth—Sword Origin. It was the foundation of Licht's sword magic: an unparalleled talent in swordsmanship so powerful it mutated his magic, turning it into something greater than any traditional element.
But the greatest surprise came from the Tyrant Dragon of Akame Ga Kill. While its body was unsuitable for human combat, its soul held precious gifts. From it, Enso acquired Superior Adaptation and Invisibility, along with the memories from when it was sealed within Incursio.
Yet more important than any of these powers was the growing understanding of his true nature as a Soul Devourer.
He was not just someone who consumed. He was a nemesis to all soul-based powers.
There is also an additional ability—Life Reading, granting him Total Recall. Every memory, every soul fragment—perfectly preserved.
With this, he could recall his memories and those of the awakened souls he had absorbed. However, it only worked on souls with intact consciousness, like the awakened ones, whereas the lightbulbs merely supplied him with raw soul energy.
Time passed, and Enso didn't bother exploring the space, as he had looked through the memories of the awakened souls and discovered that this place was nothing but darkness.
Each awakened soul carried a certain weakness—something they were born with. But those flaws didn't survive the transfer. Enso believed it was due to Tyrant's innate ability: Superior Adaptation. Rather than simply absorbing their power, his soul refined it, upgrading every trait, filtering out the weaknesses, and strengthening what remained.
Flaws were stripped away. Contradictions were harmonised. What remained was the essence—abilities distilled to their highest potential, instincts honed to something beyond their original form.
He was their perfected culmination.
Feeling bored while waiting for the spatial portal, Enso decided to browse through Heracles' memories.
When Heracles was still alive, he met a 10-year-old Achilles, who had just finished his studies under Chiron. During their encounter, Achilles challenged him to a race, and Heracles was defeated by Achilles' 'Comet Form.' Chiron refereed the match, proudly naming Achilles the fastest being in human history.
In the Fourth Holy Grail War, Heracles and Illya had also witnessed Kojiro Sasaki utilising Tsubame Gaeshi against Saber. An absolute sword technique that transcended space and time. As Berserker, Heracles had clashed against Kojiro once and was pushed back due to the terrain advantage.
With his newfound ability, Enso might have a chance to master all those incredible techniques. But first, he needed to escape this void and be reborn, to reclaim a physical body that could truly harness those powers.
It wouldn't be easy, but the possibilities were endless, and for once, Enso could feel the thrill of anticipation tickling his soul. With modern combat knowledge and Heracles' ancient techniques, his path as a martial artist looked incredibly bright.