Telos Karma

I awake with a soul splitting pain in my brain as I grunt while holding up my head.

Eventually the pain begins to subside away as I stumble onto my feet.

I look around to see the day start to begin as I get my new memories in order.

Yes, new memories as I have transmigrated into an already existing person, or maybe not...? Maybe I have just regained my past memories.

I quickly gain my bearings and remember who I am.

I was born Arios Brennus, and am at the age of 13. Thankfully, I was able to evade the church all this time since I escaped the orphanage as a kid without them detecting my Sacred Gears.

Good start, no familial ties, responsibility or anything of the sort.

Now to test my wishes, I do have almost perfect memory recall, I guess it's not truly possible on a physical level maybe with magic I can later on but, I can pretty much remember everything except vague things like what a persons wore on a certain time and date.

Now you may ask what I look like, so I'll tell you. I have uncut brown hair that is messy but not long just enough to see my face covered by bangs, striking blue eyes and a particularly handsome face with western features. I'm wearing a brown tunic with long blue trousers underneath, a brown leather belt, brown leather shoes secured by straps and to top it off a warm black cloak covering over me that also extends to cover my neck.

The cloak was stolen from the orphanage after I escaped and is still a few sizes too large, but has allowed me to stay warm during the nights I had to sleep outside.

I try to feel any difference between this body and my original and it is massively obvious. My small malnourished muscles exude packed power, my eyesight is on another level, my brain feels faster—no better, advanced calculations are now simple maths in my head, I hastily check downstairs and notice I'm well endowed as well, whew, everything went well.

I remember my situation and scan my surroundings, according to my memories I am currently in early 6th Century Britain, during the rule of seven.

I might not know much about British history but I know what period I am in. The seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to the east and the Britons in the west, Yep.

I'm a bit before the start of the Legend of King Arthur.

Fuck.

Wait, no.

This is an opportunity.

What is after the reign of King Arthur, you may ask? The hunt for the Holy Grail.

What is the holy grail in this universe? The Sephiroth Graal, one of the three holy relics and a member of the 13 Longinus or 11 actually, Ddraig and Albion haven't been sealed yet.

Why would I want the Holy Grail? Immortality. Yes, cliche I know but would you want to live in the 6th century your whole life, no? I thought so.

It can also remove and change racial traits as well, maybe I can even overcome human limitations of casting magic that must also be used by calculation.

It also allows me to escape having to join a Peerage to increase my lifespan, instantly making it worthwhile to pursuit.

You may ask yourself why didn't you pick this sacred gear instead then?

It was a hard choice between the Telos Karma and Sephiroth Graal, the reason the Telos Karma won out is because of sheer potential and use.

Yes, with the Sephiroth Graal I can see souls and revive the dead, things like that, but it's mainly used for support, which admittedly isn't bad but....

What is the Telos Karma? Probability Manipulation.

That's OP as fuck.

Why? Remember why the Longinus are called the Longinus? Because they have the ability to kill a god.

Yes, killing a GOD with sheer PROBABILITY MANIPULATION.

Holy shit.

In my opinion it has the most versatile use of any sacred gear. Trying to escape someone? Change the probability of them finding you. Need money? Change probability of you winning.

Now this can kill a GOD. So obviously it can be taken to the extremes.

Hehe, just imagine it.

Now another reason I picked it up is that it will increase not only my ways to survive but my chances of thriving.

Now I only have to unlock them.

Except I don't know how or which one will unlock first.

I may even get devils and such on my back from detecting the magic released.

I should head to a secluded place.

I slowly exit the alleyway I slept in with my dirty unwashed clothes and walk into the town at the break of dawn and wander the streets til I enter into a forest.

The year is around 512AD and I am thirteen years old. King Arthur should appear by the time he is fifteen and pulls out Caliburn from the stone.

I decide to expel my thoughts and continue my trek through the forest and sit down in a small clearing near a lake.

I decide to try and unlock both sacred gears this time and begin my attempt.

I know both of my sacred gears don't have any spirits to regulate their power so it's up to me.

I remember what Issei did in the anime and think of the most powerful move of any character and end up raising my hand up to my head, giving off a faint smile then snapping my fingers.

'Snap'

Then I feel it, a warm but nauseating feeling wash over me.

I instinctively know what it is, my Telos Karma has been unlocked.