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 felt 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.
During the process of devouring the Tyrant, Enso was able to witness the dragon's full memories. Surprisingly, it turned out that this Tyrant Dragon was only fully dead after Akame cut its soul with Muramasa. The next thing it knew was that it was sent to this accursed place.
From then on, it had always remained in an invisible state, hiding its existence from other awakened souls. Normally, it would have been detected by others if it still had its physical body, but in this soul form, it was practically invisible.
After swallowing the dragon, Enso felt as though he had gained all the dragon's core abilities, from skills to innate talents. This effectively transformed him into a new Tyrant, now in human form.
"Everyone, your time has come. Your suffering will end here. Any last words?" Enso asked the three onlookers.
The three onlookers smiled, looking at one another. It seemed they had guessed correctly. This newly awakened soul was surely the end of them all.
These three were already dead. Nanami and Heracles had already said their final words to their loved ones before departing.
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 god of death. 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.
In a mere moment, Enso had devoured all the souls in this endless void. It seemed the more souls he consumed, the more powerful his abilities became at devouring souls. His body soon grew as large as planet Earth.
In the process, he realized that there was another awakened soul hidden in the vicinity. It didn't seem as powerful as the other awakened souls, and it was only a bit brighter than the unawakened souls.
This soul appeared to be Doctor from Akudama Drive, the one with godly medical skills but who 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 in the Throne of Heroes regained its consciousness. Using this opportunity, he broke free from the Throne of Heroes completely, and his soul was sent to this endless void.
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.
From Licht's memories, Enso uncovered another secret. It turned out that the sword Asta used was a manifestation of his power. The Demon-Dweller Sword was the original manifestation of his sword magic before he became a dark elf: 'Mana Connection,' which could store and connect all mana for his own use. Licht had sealed this ability into his sword, effectively making it a physical artifact spell unique to sword magic.
Demon-Destroyer, too, was a manifestation of his dark elf power, 'Casualties Break.' Before transforming into a demon, he had transferred this power into a physical sword, hoping that his friends and comrades could use it to combat the high-ranking devils.
With the negative mana from his comrades, Licht regained 'Casualties Break' once again.
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 alone 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. Withstanding spatial turbulence was one thing, but when one tried to step out, 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 of this when Heracles attempted to cross the spatial portal.
From Tyrant's memories, Enso learned that Tyrant had secretly tried to swallow unconscious souls to strengthen his own, in an attempt to challenge the spatial portal.
Unfortunately, he picked the wrong target. Enso was meditating silently, counting his spoils from devouring the awakened souls.
In summary, Enso had gained powerful life force from Heracles, Migeiko from Nanami, Sword Origin and Negative Mana 'Casualties Break' from Licht, Adaptation and Evolution from Tyrant, and powerful Endurance from Doctor.
Most importantly, Enso now understood more about his unique abilities. In addition to being an absolute nemesis against all soul power, he also gained 'Life Reading', a powerful ability that granted him Total Recall.
With this, he could recall both his memories and the memories of the awakened souls he had absorbed. However, it only worked on souls with intact consciousness, like the awakened souls, while the lightbulbs only provided him with soul energy.
With all this power, Enso might be able to withstand the backlash from breaking out of this endless void. His wish for another life no longer seemed so impossible.
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. Not to mention, all the unconscious souls had already been absorbed.
Among all the souls here, the one with the most valuable memories was probably Heracles. It turned out that he was one of the souls that retained memories from the Holy Grail Wars. It was so exciting—it felt like Enso was witnessing the Fate series as a participant.
The reason Heracles decided to break free from the Throne of Heroes is that He hated the idea of Heroic Spirits being used as pawns in human wish-granting games. Without him, the Holy Grail would still have been able to summon a clone of him—his existence was unnecessary. If anything, he would just gain some memories of the clone after the Holy Grail War.
That being said, Heracles did have some of the most valuable memories. In his original lifetime, he had 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.' This made Achilles the fastest being in human history.
In the Fourth Holy Grail War, Heracles and Illya had also witnessed Kojiro Sasaki utilizing 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.
For Enso, who now possessed 'Migeiko' and 'Life Reading,' the memories from Heracles were invaluable—not to mention Heracles' ultimate skill, Nine Lives.
With modern combat knowledge and Heracles' ancient techniques, Enso's path as a martial artist looked incredibly bright.