《The rising of the crippled Mage》


 Marvin(1)

    [9/10/2045] This date will mark and after and before in history.


    All newspapers and news in all around the world had one headline.


    [The end of an Era! ¡°The monster¡± has finally been arrested!]


    [Se acabo! Despu¨¦s de 20 a?os, atrapan al hombre mas peligroso de todos los tiempos]


    [L''ex¨¦cution sera effectu¨¦e sous la supervision de 40 experts!][Erstaunlich! Selbst nachdem er ein Bein und einen Arm verloren hatte, t?tete er in einer Nacht mehr als 50 Wachen!].


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    Two weeks before, the intelligent service of the ONU found the whereabouts of ¡°He¡± , nobody knew his real name, some people even thought that he didn¡¯t even have a name. With this info, the Interpol make an operation with 100 policemen armed with the newest weapons. They infiltrated a village somewhere in Ginevra, it was a long battle, the result?


    A message written with the head of 100 people.


    ?Its that all you have?


    Fortunately, the Interpol was prepared for this result. Although ¡°He¡± wasn¡¯t dead, he lost an arm and his sight. The policemen were the ¡°bait¡± the real force was behind, waiting patiently.


    ????- ¡°Dammit, he really is a fucking monster, I mean¡­. Is he even human? Although he learn from us his martial skills¡­.. If I was in his place, I would have a bullet stick on my head long before I could even know how many police officers were there¡± An old man with a large white beard stood in a hill watching the whole scene. He couldn¡¯t help to feel fear with the scene before him.


    ????-¡° It cant be helped, he was the best disciple I had, if he wasn¡¯t a demon maybe I would actually use all my power to protect him, even if it means to fight to dead with all of you¡± A pretty lady in her forties said while looking at the men walking towards them. Although she looked resolute, she had a hint of sadness in her eyes.


    ????- ¡°Sight¡­, he was so gifted, why did it had to end like this, I don¡¯t have a family, nor do I have any disciples left, He is the only one alive¡± said a young man with wore a kataregi.


    This men and women were 12 in total, they came from every corner of the world that practice martial arts: karate, taekwondo, capoeira, monks of the shaolin temple, Kungfu, etc.¡­


    ¡°He¡± walked slowly towards his former masters, although he didn¡¯t have an arm an couldn¡¯t see, nevertheless, he was walking with a happy smile. He wasn¡¯t that robust, unlike some of his masters, he was rather thin, however, his muscles were firm, he was rather tan and bald, before he lost his sight due to who knows dagger, he had blue eyes.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    ¡° Oh~ master Takagi, master Veronica, master Lin Fen¡­. What a happy surprise! Why are all of you here? ¡°


    ¡° Marvin¡­.. you know why we are here¡± said a low voice, a small woman walks from behind the group, she was old and have a cane, however, anyone who see her couldn¡¯t help but feel that this little old woman was a tiger in the form of a human.After the old woman talk, the smile on ¡°Marvin¡± become even wider.


    ¡°Ohh~ so that how is it, it¡¯s a shame, I actually wanted to have a heartful reunion between master and disciple, well whatever~ Shall we began then?¡±


    said Marvin while standing 5 meters in front of his masters.All of them wore a serious expression.The all were prepared to die here, regardless of the result, they had to stop this man¡­. No¡­ this ¡°monster¡± in front of them.


    ¡°Let¡¯s do it!¡± said Marvin while running at full speed.


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    The next morning, everything was quiet.The fight ended moments ago, while the first rays of the morning began to appear, 11 corpses could be seemed in this particular hill in Ginevra.Without both legs, an old woman took a phone of her drees, she was bleeding from every single part of her body.


    ????- ¡°Hello! Master Teresa! Good, good ,good! You are alive, so that means that Marvin finally is dead! , where are you right now!? How many of you are alive!? We will send an helicopter right now! ¡°on the other side of the phone, an euphoric voice of a man could be heard.


    Teresa- ¡°¡­¡­ Sight¡­.. I cant talk too much¡­.. in fact¡­¡­ this will be my last time talking¡­¡­¡­ he isn¡¯t dead¡­¡± ??? ¨C ¡° Wha¡­.. what did you said¡­.? ¡° on the other side of the phone, the man feel like a huge bucket of cold water had suddenly fell on this headTeresa-¡°don¡¯t worry¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.he¡­.. he isn¡¯t dead¡­¡­¡­. however¡­.. he cant do anything either¡­.. he is crippled¡­.. anyway¡­. I am¡­. I am too tired now¡­¡­. I will send you the coordinates¡­.. so come here an retrieve him¡­..¡±


    ????-¡° Teresa?..... Teresa!??... pick up Teresa! ¡°on the other side of the phone, the man was trying to hear an answer on the other side.However the answer never came.


    A few hours later, a helicopter retrieve Marvin, along with 12 corpses.


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    After this event, the world was shocked.After the capture, the ONU gave a profile of Marvin to the world.


    At the age of 20 he had already killed more than 1000 men.


    At the age of 30 he had already sabotage more than 20 elections and rob more than 30 banks of all the world.


    At the age of 40 he infiltrated the CIA and the KGB and almost provoke a nuclear catastrophe.


    At the age of 50, he became the most wanted man by the governments of the world.


    Today, his execution will be aired in every country, at the present age, it wasn¡¯t common to aired something like this, however, this was an exception.


    Marvin was being dragged to the podium with 15 policemen equipped with reinforced armor.


    Marvin-¡° Pfff¡­ it is really necessary all of this? I am now a crippled man you know?¡± However, nobody answers Marvin, so he only let them drag him.


    What do people usually feel at times like this?Fear? Regret? Pain?


    Marvin didn¡¯t feel any of those.¡°I live a fulfil live I think, well maybe It was a little boring but meh¡­. I can¡¯t complain¡± thought Marvin while been as calm as a person could be.


    He didn¡¯t look like a person who is at minutes of dead.


    Just when Marvin was thinking of sleeping in his last moments¡­¡­..


    [Are you sure that you want to rest already? ]


    A voice appears in his head.

 Marvin and Marvin (Marvin(2))

    ¡°Wha..¡± Marvin thought


    [I am talking to you, big bad buddy]


    ¡°What the fuck! ¡°Marvin suddenly yell.


    The already freighted policemen took out their guns and pointed straight to Marvin¡¯s head.


    ¡°Sorry, sorry, my head suddenly started to hurt~¡± said Marvin with a sly smile.


    The policemen didn¡¯t say anything and resume to drag him to the podium. Frankly speaking, if they could, they would shoot Marvin until he became a cheese already, this man was simply too dangerous.


    While the policemen were thinking how they wanted to end this task , Marvin was trying to calm down. ¡°Maybe is something I eat?¡± Marvin thought,


    maybe he was afraid? Marvin didn¡¯t even think about this possibility, as for why? Well, he didn¡¯t fear dead.


    [Have you calm down already? I am not a hallucination]


    Suddenly the voice appears one again, Marvin was prepared this time, he concentrates, an image appears in his mind, he was sitting in a chair in front of someone.


    It was a young man with black hair that cover his eyes, although he couldn¡¯t see it , he knew that this man had also black eyes, he was rather thin, his skin was rather white some while said that his skin was rather fair , like the skin of an Asian girl.


    ¡°Well, he looks a little like a girl¡± thought Marvin.


    [Well excuse me for not being a muscular-tan dude that stinks of testosterone like you] said the young with a sly smile


    ¡°Wha¡­ you...¡± said Marvin


    [We are inside your mind stupid, of course I can hear you, although I must say that you aren¡¯t that robust, you are rather thin, of course, if you compare yourself with me, is simple not fair] said the young man with a smile on his face.


    ¡°Sight~ well I think there are only two options, or rather I became crazy at some point or you are¡­ mmm¡­ god? Or maybe the devil?. yeah¡­ taking account of my life¡­ most likely the devil¡­. But you know¡­. At least you could put yourself something that makes you look more intimidating¡± said Marvin with a serious face.


    [¡­¡­ I am speechless, seriously for someone who claims himself to be a master, unrivaled in the world, you are rather¡­..dull?..... in fact, I don¡¯t how can you possible said that I am the devil when you don¡¯t believe in god]


    ¡°Well~ That¡¯s true. Well, then would you mid explain were I am then? And who are you by the way?¡± [By the way you said¡­.. Sight~ I think I make a mistake¡­.. well whatever, lets star from the beginning, My name is Marvin, like you, however, I don¡¯t come from earth, I come from Elcantia, I you want to picture it better, let¡¯s just say that it¡¯s a fantasy world with magic, like in¡­¡­ how was it called again¡­¡­. Anime I think?]


    ¡°????? Stop for a moment right there¡±


    [What is it?]


    ¡°Are you serious?¡±


    [Yeah, I am]


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    [¡­..]


    The two of them stared at each other for some time.


    ¡°Alright, let¡¯s just said that I did became cra¡­¡­ I mean I believe you¡±


    [You are saying something rude again, however, I will just let it past. Let me continue then, when people died, they enter the cycle of reincarnation. Well, there a lot of regulations and stuff but put it in simple terms, your soul its judge in balance, them depending where it incline you go to a new body or you are devoured by a big bad dog with three heads, some souls, however, gain the permission to enter a special place, I don¡¯t much about that place but well, let just called in heaven]Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.


    ¡°Oh, I see¡±


    [Now here comes the question of the million dollars, where do you think you will go, my friend?]


    ¡°Of course, to the big bad dog`s mouth!¡± said Marvin with a resolute face.


    [¡­¡­¡­ Well, I have your memories, so I know that you aren¡¯t being sarcastic. But at least show some concern, wouldn¡¯t you? ]


    ¡°?¡±


    [Forget it, lest resume, like I said my name is Marvin, Marvin Miller, I come front the miller family, a well know aristocrat family of the Eshtok Country. Every continent has 4 countries, in total there are 3 continents in my world: Tulip, Asheim and Lepud. I come from the Asheim continent. I was born with a spoon of gold in my mouth, however, I wasn¡¯t like my friends from the aristocrat family. Even if I must said it myself I was a rather nice guy, I didn¡¯t abuse of my powers as a noble and even help people in need. That was why people use to call me ¡°Marvin, the friend of the commoners!¡±] said Marvin with a little bit of pride in his tone


    . ¡°¡­¡­ so basically you were an egotistic person who feel excited when people said, ¡°Oh you are so good!¡±, ¡°Thank you, oh great man! You are definitely different from anyone else?¡± what else? Did you jerked off in front of a mirror in your house?¡± said Marvin with a ridicule tone in his voice.


    [¡­¡­¡­.. Well, let¡¯s continue]


    ¡°Wait, you aren¡¯t going to deni-¡±


    [Like I was saying, I liked to help people, this gave me some fame. My magic was above average so I could help those who bully the weak, I had a great affinity with the light element, oh by the way, in my world there are 8 type of magic, however, I won¡¯t explain them to you because I don¡¯t have that much time. When I was 13 years old I was already a mage of the 4 level, some people, told me that I was a genius never seem before! My whole family elated, My great-great-great grandfather use to be one of the most powerful mage, some said that his innate bloodline was the one that gave him this ability, however nobody could know because he never revealed this information, noob even to his sons or daughter. Nobody until my generation awoke our innate ability, or maybe we did but we weren¡¯t aware of it because nobody knows what exactly does. Well that was actually until sometime ago, now I know what it does].


    ¡°Wow~ this sounds more and more like an anime, keep going¡± said Marvin with an interested face.


    [Anyway, I grow with love from my family, so I didn¡¯t know what was behind the curtains] At this time Marvin`s smiling face became a self-despicable smile.


    [The fight for the throne was in its peak, my family refused to side with any of the princes or princess. One day, a piece of information came to us, some of my friends were trapped between the crossfire and died. I was furious, my father saw through me, but he told me that I should remain calm, like always. But I couldn¡¯t, after a short while, I obtain a piece of information, the third prince of the royal family, Claude Leistone , was the instigator of the fight. I planned and after a week I infiltrated in the castle of the royal family to find Claude. I was so na?ve, if I analyze the whole situation how could I possible infiltrated the high-guarded castle? how did I obtain the information so quickly? ¡­¡­. Anyway, I found Claude, however, when I had the dagger in my hand¡­. I couldn¡¯t do it¡­¡­ my whole body shake and I was too afraid to do anything¡­.. In that moment, the lights went on and a lot of guardians come in, when I look inside the bed I see ¡°Claude¡± still sleeping, went I touch him, he became liquid. It was a mirage created with water¡­¡­¡­. Now that I think about it¡­. I could just converse with the spirits of light and they would have told me that this was not Claude¡­..Anyway¡­¡­ I was accused of treason , I was going to be executed but I didn¡¯t actually ¡°Kill¡± Claude  and although I did what I did, I was still part of the Miller Family so they should have only punish with prison or something else¡­. However¡­..]


    ¡°However, Claude gain the position of crown prince, right?¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡­. I don¡¯t know the details, but the king suddenly decided to give him the tittle of crow prince out of nowhere¡­. After that, he declared that my punishment was too light , so he stripped my family of nobility and exiled to a infertile land and , for the cherry on the cake, They force me to drink the curse of malvedick, it was a high poison that stripped all of the magic powers from the user, so they cant use magic never again]


    ¡°But this doesn¡¯t make sense, if your family was a neutral faction, why did the crown prince wanted to destroy you or your family?¡± Marvin didn¡¯t respond to this question but keep talking.


    [When my family was exiled, I couldn¡¯t even look at my parent¡¯s face. When we came to our new home, my hopes that were already at the bottom suddenly became nothingness, the land was infertile and there were a lot of magical beast in the perimeter, so we couldn¡¯t hunt them. I went to the forest with my brother, Necai, to hunt some beast¡­¡­. We encounter a wild boar, we just our best of ability to hunt it, all in vain. At the end we run for our lives, but¡­.. suddenly¡­. I feel sometime amiss, I suddenly fell down, there was a rope at my foot, I look up and see my brother, looking at me with cold eyes.


    ¡°why?¡± I asked him¡­.


    He told me ¡°Sorry, you were in the way¡± with a sad face.


    I moved my head aside and see my ¡°dead¡± friends grabbing the rope.]

 Marvin(3)

    After some moment of silence, Marvin from earth make a long sight


    ¡°This is what you get for being a goody two shoes kind of person¡±


    [It seems so¡­] said Marvin with a self-mockery expression.


    ¡°Well, I guess that¡¯s it from your drama-like life, although there are some things I don¡¯t understand. So, the procedure says I should be the one to tell my history now, but I think you already know it, right?¡±


    [One again, my friend, you are correct. You were born in a trash bin, abandoned to your own fortunate, a gang leader found you and raise you as a buglar,at the age of 5 , you kill him by stabbing him in the chest 15 times.]


    ¡°Well I was quite the naughty boy~¡±


    [At the age of 11 you took position as the number one gangster among the gangs in USA, you were known as the ¡°Little Butcher¡±]


    ¡°Man, I loved that tittle¡±


    [At the age of 13 you were recognized by one the 12 heads of the organization known as the zodiacs, the most elite force of the underworld]


    ¡°More that recognized, I will say its was like a kidnap. That old man basically knocks me out and then bring me to the zodiacs¡± said Marvin with a sly smile.


    [At the age of 20 you became the youngest master in the zodiacs after killing your own master ¡°dragon¡± in a death-life battle.]


    [At the age of 25 you travel around the world in search for worthy opponents and learn their techniques to perfect yours. All your ¡°Masters¡± were in fact people who defeat you and you learn their styles like a copycat, quite impressive indeed.]


    ¡°Man~ you are making my blush¡±


    [At the age of 38 you lost reach the apex of the world by defeating ¡°The great master¡± and acquiring the life and death sutra in the shaolin temple.] If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    [At the age of 45]


    ¡°stop¡±


    Suddenly Marvin said with a serious face, as Marvin feel his eyes, he feels that he was in a river of blood and felt a huge pressure on his body, this lasted a second thought, at the next moment he was smiling like a kid who got away with his prank.


    [What¡¯s up big boy? Did I touch nerve? ]


    ¡°You already know¡± said Marvin while returning to his usual smile.


    [Anyway, let¡¯s get back to the topic, In other circumstances I will already be dead 10 times by touching your taboo, so the question is, why didn¡¯t you attack?]


    The question makes Marvin pondered for a while.


    ¡°You are right, If you were even my father I would at least slice that tongue of yours so why?.........¡±


    [Well, when I read your memories I feel so disgusted that I almost slap you to death however I couldn¡¯t do so for the same reason as you do anything to me.]


    ¡°Why is it?¡±


    [Because¡­.]


    ¡°because ?¡±


    [Because we are soulmates that bond by the red string of destiny!]said Marvin with passionate eyes.


    ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. you know¡­ men that¡¯s so gay¡­¡­¡±


    [ ? ]


    ¡°¡­Forget it, so what do you mean by that? ¡±


    [Oh¡­ Oh I see in your word that phrase is a lovers phrase¡­. ¡¤cough¡¤ ¡¤cough¡¤ , let me rephrase myself, we are literally soulmates, all souls have the same origin, they come¡­ from here]


    Marvin look at the ceiling above him.


    Marvin, from earth, also look up, he was stunned!


    He hadn`t notice that the ¡°ceiling¡± it was a mantle of stars! The stars come and go. 100¡­¡­10000¡­¡­100000 it was too many to count.


    [I don¡¯t know what this called, however, what I do know it¡¯s that we were born here¡­ and we will return eventually one day]


    ¡°In earth, people like to call this place with many names, however, if I had to select one name I will use the Buddhist name, NIRVANA¡± said Marvin without his usual smile.


    [Nirvana¡­. I like it¡­¡­¡­¡­..let¡¯s call it nirvana then¡­.. as I was saying, all of us , when we left our physical body come here, after we are judged they go onto his next ¡°host¡±, however, there are special cases, people should have only 2 options , lest call them good and bad, when one its ¡°good¡± then they can reincarnated, when they are ¡°bad¡± they are consumed by the Cerberus, that how it should be. However, There is a third option.]


    ¡°What is the third option?¡±


    [Remember when I talk about my bloodline? Well, my bloodline gives us, the Millers, the option to ¡°split¡± our souls, so If we are judged as ¡°bad¡± we can have another chance]


    ¡°Wow! That¡¯s an insane cheat!¡±


    [I awoke the memories inside my soul when I died.  My ancestor divided his soul in three parts.  One was devoured by the Cerberus. One was reincarnated in the Miller family.]


    ¡°And the other one¡­.¡±


    [That¡¯s right.  It¡¯s you, My friend]

 Friends

    ¡°So thats what you mean¡­. ¡± Marvin thougth.


    ¡°That explains why we can we be here, talking, basically, your bloodline power is mm¡­. lets call it soul splitter, its an ability that can make the soul split in a maximum of three parts and, by that, have the chance to reincarnated, that¡¯s clear, the problem, however, its I still don¡¯t understand why I am here?¡±


    [Thanks for asking!, actually, I was going to get to that part, I think you already have an idea , but I will stay said it] Suddenly Marvin tone became heavy, he stood up and look at Marvin right into his eyes.


    [Marvin, I don¡¯t have the power to protect my family anymore, I am already a souk that will enter the cycle of reincarnation, I don¡¯t have a lot of time before the power of this space collapse and will be forced to go, so I will have said it now, Marvin, I want you to take my place and protect the Miller family!]


    Marvin,, who had, his usual smile on his face stood up.


    ¡°Why should I?  you know about me, about my past, so you must know that I am quite satisfied with my life, I don¡¯t have regrets, I became the strongest person on my planet, I did what I had to do and did what I wanted to do, I don¡¯t have any reasons to help. So what if I am going to be devoured? ¡°Marvin¡± will died anyway in just a few minutes in a guillotine, however, my name will exist forever, In an essence, I am immortal!¡± declared Marvin.


    [No regrets? Are you sure about that?] said Marvin with an unusual sly smile, who would have thought that this kid, which people thought he was as good as an angel, could make this kind of smile!?


    ¡°¡­.¡± Marvin couldn¡¯t maintain his usual relaxed smile and became serious.


    [Is useless to lie to me, because we are the same, I can feel it, deep in you, there is the same feeling I have. REGRET!


    Don¡¯t deny it, you are me and me is you]


    ¡°I am you!? Don¡¯t make me laugh. Someone who can¡¯t still believe in people while they are stabbing his back!  We couldn¡¯t be more different! Do you believe that you are a fucking saint? Trying to see the bright side of people like an idiot, the world isn¡¯t a fairy tale! People are selfish, heartless, that¡¯s the kind of world that we live in! you are just a idiot living in a bubble!¡±Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    [What about you huh!? Someone who will always think that people are just stones that paved your way? You cant think of anyone as your comrade because you don¡¯t know what love is! No, in fact, you deny that emotions like love, friendship , exist in the first place! ]


    ¡°YOU ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE¡­¡±


    [YOU ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE¡­]


    ¡°[THAT I HATE THE MOST!]¡±


    Both of them we different.


    Their ways of lives were different.


    Their believes were different.


    Their origins were different.


    Their Hearts were different.


    However, destiny works in surprising ways, this two people, who only share one thing in common.


    ¡°HAHAHAHAHAHAH!¡±


    [HAHAHAHAHAHA!]


    Were united by something else. Not, it wasn¡¯t because they were from the same original soul.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe it, who would have thought that in this life, I will meet someone like you¡±


    [Tell me about it, although, I have a lot of them back in my world, maybe you are the only that I didn¡¯t believe I will make this kind of relationship with, I don¡¯t hate it thought.]


    ¡°Well, I suppose I don¡¯t have a choice then, I, Marvin, will accept this job, I SECURE YOU, I WILL PROTECT THE MILLER FAMILY!¡±


    Without them noticing it, the space between became unstable, there were cracks everywhere.


    Marvin look at the big bad guy from the other world having a face that maybe nobody has ever seemed, he couldn¡¯t help by smile from his heart, like he never in his life did before.


    [I trust you, because you are my, Marvin Miller, last friend]


    ¡°I only accepted this unpaid job, because you are my, Marvin, first friend¡±


    Both of them look at each other while the space was in its last breath.


    They both extended their palms.


    [Goodbye, I leave them in your hands, big bad buddy]


    ¡°I will, take care, foolish idiot¡± said Marvin while smiling from the bottom of his heart.


    Why did they suddenly become friends?


    Maybe because they both feel that something was missing in their lives?


    Or Maybe because they both feel affinity with each other because they came from the same soul?


    Nobody will ever know the answer, Only this two friends will.


    After this conversation, there will no more Marvin Miller, just Marvin.


    Marvin feel like everything when black, the last thing he saw was the smiling face of his friend.


    ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­..


    ¡°? Shit My head hurts like hell¡± Marvin thought while feeling his eyes adapted,


    He felt strange, his body was heavy, like he just had a mountain pressing against him.


    Moreover, there was something else.


    The world was upside down!


    ¡°No, that isn¡¯t it, I am the one who is upside down¡± Suddenly he thought of something and look up, Indeed, there was a rope tied to his right food.


    ¡°I see¡­¡­¡­. So, it was a succeed¡±


    Marvin was now in another world.