ã€ŠHeroics of an Overlordã€‹


 Volume 1 Chapter 1

    Chapter 1

    After a tiring day, I shut my laptop off and laid on bed thinking, what have our world come to? With World war 3 on a verge of breaking out and the entire political scenario being so fired up along with a potential civil war as a combination among several sects of several ethnicity and religion, news sure sucks a lot these days.

    I really miss the days when news actually were forced to cover daily soaps as they had nothing to cover. I know that sucks for journalists but the lesser content they have, the peaceful the entire earth seems to be.

    But who am I to comment, I¡¯m just an ordinary concerned citizen of one of the 200+ nations on our planet where each nation feels they are superior to the rest. I don¡¯t really want to get into all that as a grown up kid who happens to be 28 years old, I truly have childish likings as others say to me.

    Yes I still play video games and watch anime and read manga light novels. Trust me I truly feel better about life when I am into these kinds of stuff as real world truly sucks. I always wondered what if I could be thrown into some parallel worlds based on novels/mangas I¡¯ve read.

    Such worlds are truly badass and I truly would have done something about it there. I could have done something about it in this world too if I had power, well I am seriously only a human and there is no magic in this world.

    The era in which I live is also very modern at least in terms of warfare and this world have guns. Seriously, I am terrible at reaction speeds even in games how the hell can I ever think of a gun fight in real life?

    The people in army truly deserve my respect for this reason that they go for a tough battle with guns where combat is clearly almost instant. No tactics only reaction speed is what I can think of for those soldiers who play the melee role in battlefield.

    But that¡¯s just a part of my worries, with increasing market price of nearly all commodities and to top that increasing taxes and GST, I just have to work hard enough. Not because I get to earn more if I work harder but there is just another monster called automation always ready to eat our jobs. If religion didn¡¯t specify hell as a place you get to after living a sinful life,

    I¡¯d call this timeline a living and breathing hell with all sorts of tensions as punishment for a regular human being trying to survive.

    Clearly, there is no way out of this mess and I truly am not cut out to make any changes to it as only political and popular people can be heard and even they get roasted even if they just sneeze let alone talk about world matters. Everyone is scared of speaking their minds.

    Yet we proudly say we live in 21<sup>st</sup>century, the most modern and advanced form of human civilization ever. I doubt that. AGGRESSIVELY!

    We only have 6000 year old historical evidence of human civilization and scientifically, we have existed a lot longer than that. There have to be ancient civilization that was much better than today¡¯s. I am surely positive. I am sure when the technology was not so developed there were people who lived were living peacefully. I am sure of it. No matter what history books tell, we humans aren¡¯t a scums of all times. We cannot be. Can we?

    Too much pressure, I wish I remained a kid and lived a careless life, I just wish I could get rid of this world and find a world that I day dream about all the time. A world with magic, kingdom, swords, loyalty, princesses, god and angels that actually interact, adventurers. Sighs, what a lovely world would it have been. Living a fiction, should be everyone¡¯s dream.

    I thought all that while laying on bed and never thought when I fell asleep. I really don¡¯t understand what kind of dream I saw as I woke after 8 hours all gloomy. I get up and stretched my body, still thinking about what exactly I saw. It feels like it¡¯s almost there and just when I feel I am close to recalling it, I forget all of it. Well who cares, it was only a dream. Who cares about that stuff? Guess I will head to my work place.

    ¡°Ah, welcome Eli, what¡¯s up?¡±

    Well that¡¯s my manager, he sure seems to be always happy every day. Wish I earned as handsomely as him. Well I¡¯m only a human and jealousy is a common traits. Although I truly don¡¯t feel proud of it.

    ¡°Same old, same old, you tell?¡±If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.

    ¡°Today, is your presentation day, I hope you have prepared the PPT for how we don¡¯t need automation in our track¡±

    To be honest, it¡¯s just not me who is worried about automation, it¡¯s everyone in this industry. No one is safe, software are fully capable of replacing us today and we are still doing our best to convince our clients that replacing us with such tools will be a decision of haste. Software only uses algorithm to make choices in terms of ¡®if¡¯ and ¡®else¡¯ scenarios but they are not capable of making human decisions. But clients seems to care more about saving a monthly amount they have to pay to humans and prefer more on costlier software as they are only one time payment.

    After completing the PPT, we somehow managed to convey our message to client and they surprisingly seem to consider it. Well I am very happy that my efforts are paying. If this was Skyrim, I surely would have gained some ¡°speech¡± skill points. I know getting to a parallel world seems too much of a day dream but I sometimes do imagine things like achievements like RPG element, keeps me motivated.

    ¡°That was a great presentation Eli, I didn¡¯t expect it would be so effective¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it was alright. At least we can work with a bit lesser pressure for a few days¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, raise your technical skills like I am doing, sticking to just one technology is worthless, trust me¡±

    ¡°Yeah but what to learn, everything seems to be getting obsolete and I am not really cut out for management work or stepping in development. It¡¯s been ten years I left programming you see¡±

    ¡°We gotta work hard mate, else we will end up getting replaced by a code, nothing is more terrible than that, trust me, it¡¯s a word of your senior¡±

    ¡°Copy that¡±

    I take my word back when I said my manager is the happiest guy in industry (if I really said that). It¡¯s like the dark souls vibe in our environment, depression is in every corner of my sector. Anywhere I see, from a distance, it looks great but when I interact with them I get to know the complete picture. Such depression. With booming population, no wonder these suicides by employees might be seen as a good thing and what if government actually provides incentives to those who quit world by paying their families. A human being who cannot afford bread and butter by the end of the day is just useless and a liability on government. With war coming up, we might be used as frontline soldiers but week ones like me will probably end up dead there on my first day, or even in training days. What a drag. I should really refrain from thinking like that.

    If only there was a solution to all this. If only I was powerful enough to put a stop to all this. What would I have done if I was powerful enough? Hmm! Things most people are facing in their daily lives isn¡¯t something a hero can fix. Even if I was all powerful, I cannot force employers to give up on automation, or trying to save their expenditure. After all, they are humans too and they have their level of problems too.

    Such depression. Yet again I get reminded of darksouls. There are no humungous monsters to kill but it still gives that essence.

    Home, my very own ¡°bonfire¡±

    Yup, I didn¡¯t die today, not sure if I should be glad about it or not. I end my day with such mixed feelings. I have a subscription to a new mmorpg I like to play but every day these thoughts keep me so tired that I barely get the time to play it. Childhood was really so awesome.

    ¡°What? Of gosh after a tiring day I come home only to see server maintenance?¡±

    I really am angry right now. What am I supposed to do? Sighs, guess I will open news as there is nothing else for me to do.

    After getting tired, I again sleep wondering if this was the only reality we can ever afford to live in? Everything blurs around me and I fell asleep yet again. The place I can see seems familiar. I guess I have been here before. Is this dejavu? I guess I am still dreaming that I am sure of but what is this place.

    My consciousness disappears and I feel like I am drowning into abyss. It kind of feels like how you feel when you have low blood pressure. I can feel it¡¯s cold and my cheeks are having those funny feelings. I guess I should ignore it I must be too tired.

    *Somewhere else*

    A dark castle with lightening sound every 10 seconds. A man covered in hood on a delivery wagon enters the Castle main gate which opened on its own. The lamp on side of the road was blinking and was almost extinguished by the presence of the man but again turned normal once the man went past it. With heavy rain and mud, the horses are facing difficulty pulling the wagon and it seems there is something inside the wagon. Or rather some body

    ¡°Sire, I found the body of the unholy one¡±

    THUMP!

    The coffin was dropped on the floor and the castle echoed to every corner and bats flew up away in the sky towards the huge full moon.

    ¡°Impressive work, to think you would finally find the corpse of my lord back to his home¡±

    He throws a bag of gold towards the man in hood, who picks it up silently and leaves the castle.

    ¡°Wait¡±

    The man stopped.

    ¡°Sikandar was it? I would like to see if you have brought me the real corpse¡±

    ¡°Surely your highness, but as we all know his Excellency, I fear I will be eaten alive should I open the coffin and he seems displeased by the unrest caused while he sleeps¡±

    ¡°You sure know a lot about his lordship¡±

    ¡°I have read in stories about how ruthless and aggressive unholy king was, it should be my second nature to be afraid of him even though I am a warrior¡±

    ¡°Mercenary is the right word for the likes of you¡±

    Silence remains while lightning bolt hits one of the trees near castle.

    ¡°I will be leaving then, hope you find the right sacrifice to trick and open the coffin¡±

    Sikandar politely leaves while Egor clenches his teeth in anger.

    ¡°Now I need to work harder, to find the right sacrifice¡±

    ¡°hmmm, I guess I might have the right Idea¡±

    *Egor starts evil laughter*

    ***

 Chapter 2 : I cant use Magic?

    My blurry eyes open to an unknown bright room. It appears that I am lying on the floor and there are circles drawn around me. Is that a Solomon star? Probably the only design I could comprehend.

    There were tons of others and I had never seen any of them. I could care less of design as I was more involved with what was going on.

    I thought to myself it must be one of those odd dreams I keep watching and forgetting about. I will probably forget all this once I wake up.

    Such a shame, wish it was real. I will just play along and see how it turns out.

    ¡°Whe¡­ where am I?¡±

    ¡°Welcome adventurer, you have been summoned to the world of Eswilles¡±

    ¡°Wha.. Es.. what?¡±

    Oh the weakness, I feel my consciousness is fading. I can see three people standing outside the circle I am in.

    Hmmm, not so fantasy world I guess there is a guy in lab coat? What kind of dream am I really watching?

    I wake up several hours later and find myself lying on a king size wooden bed.

    I open my eyes and can see the roof is way far than the one in my apartment.

    ¡°What the heck¡­ is this sleep paralysis?¡±

    I was mumbling in fear but there was no ghost to be seen. Not even a single person was in room.

    The room looks like an old but well maintained one and there were huge portraits of people I have never seen on frame.

    The bed was a wooden bed which was quite big. Three to four people can sleep on it without problem.

    ¡°Ahem harem ahem¡±

    I giggle to the thoughts and immediately pull myself together as I recall why I am not awake yet.

    This has to be a dream; there are no houses this big in my world anymore and a house with a huge bedroom with huge windows and trees visible?

    Only rich businessmen can afford such luxury.

    While I was thinking all that, the door to the room opened and a butler showed up with some food.

    What a royal treatment. I have only seen these in old movies and now I was actually experiencing it.

    This experience feels too real to be a dream. I might just pinch myself and try and see if I can wakeup.

    As soon as I was going to, I said to myself

    ¡°Of course it¡¯s a dream, why spoil the fun?¡±

    I decided to play along a bit more.

    After a few hours, I was called to the dining area, I saw a man in his late 50s with shady eyes, white and long hair was sitting on one of the chairs.

    As soon as he noticed me, he stood up for me and welcomed me again and politely asked me to join him in breakfast.

    ¡°It¡¯s an honor to be at your service Master Eli, please I beg your pardon for having to summon you to an unknown world without seeking your approval. If it was not a matter of an utmost urgency I would have first sent you prior notice and seek proper approval¡±

    ¡°Umm..So I got summoned? Where am I exactly? What is this place? What is your name? Who were the others with you outside the circle?¡±

    ¡°Ho ho ho easy there young master, I can see you are very curious and I am surprised to know that you even remember your time of being summoned¡±

    Just a lot of noises in my head, I only remember it partially, is this not normal to be able to recall what happened during summoning?

    So there are others who got summoned before me? Where are they? Who are they? Why was I summoned?

    The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.Cold sweat was running down the spine of poor old man. Damn, this kid got a lot of questions to ask.

    ¡°Let me start with my introduction, my name is Igor Musk Deadman, you can call me Igor like everyone else. I am care taker of this castle¡±

    ¡°Good to meet you Mr. Deadman, my name is Eli as you seem to already know he he¡±

    ¡°One cannot summon a being from another world unless he can identify his name, but that¡¯s another matter. Yes summoning is a common practice of this Country as we face demonic attacks very frequently and our armies are not strong enough to handle it. I will tell you frankly, we mostly need heroes as moral boosts for our army. Heroes slay demon lords but army cleans up the rest of mess.¡±

    Oye! Oye! Oldman, that¡¯s not how heroes should be seen. Heroes should be considered heroes, this old fart sees too highly of armies

    ¡°So what happened to the others?¡±

    ¡°They died¡±

    Awkward silence

    I gulp my saliva down the throat and ask politely

    ¡°What if I refuse to help?¡±

    ¡°Then you shall be returned to your world and you will forget everything and think of it as if you were dreaming¡±

    BAM! I wonder I have faced a similar situation and every time I chose to refuse, hence those weird un-recallable dreams. I need time to decide but I guess I should agree this time.

    ¡°Please allow me some time to think¡±

    ¡°Take as much time as you would like Master Eli, but please know that with every moment of delay, our situations can get worse¡±

    ¡°Okay I am in¡±

    Too quick.

    It was just a formality; I could no longer hold my weeb self. I just gave in instantly. It kind of feels awkward. Igor seems to be maintaining his poker face very gently.

    ¡°Please follow me young master¡±

    ¡°Aye¡±

    I was taken to another room and I could see two other people in dark shadows noticing us enter the room. I get greeted by a middle aged man who is in lab coat.

    Likewise, I greet him back politely. The other person seems to be grimy in nature and does not interact at all.

    ¡°Honor to meet you Sir Eli, my name is Stein Elric. I am a state Wizard of Slaya.¡±

    ¡°Slaya is this country¡¯s name I presume?¡±

    ¡°Indeed¡±

    ¡°Igor, please explain what are we doing here?¡±

    Igor patiently removes a cloth from a coffin and starts wiping off any dust from it. He is performing this with act with utmost care, as if he is taking care of the coffin of his own son.

    ¡°This is the coffin of my true master. Alucard Dragonkin ¨C a hero forgotten in tales¡±

    Waaaaaait a minute! I know this name. It¡¯s oddly familiar to a notorious villain in fantasy stories.

    Why is he a hero in this world? Hmmm it¡¯s not as if he is the Dracula is it? The name is often used as a disguise by Dracula right? Psshhh not always Eli, not always.

    Remember Castlevania? Alucard was not an evil fella, nor was Dracula if you follow the story.

    While thinking to myself, expression of uneasiness was all over my face.

    My trust in Igor was shaken. I wasn¡¯t sure if I was summoned by good people or evil.

    ¡°So why are we here?¡±

    ¡°There is a legendary sword of Sir Alucard in the coffin, now that a hero has been summoned, I would like his Excellency to make good use of the legendary relic and weapon for the welfare of Eswilles.¡±

    Shady, not convinced at all.

    ¡°So you want me to open the coffin?¡±

    ¡°Yes, your highness¡±

    This old fart is really trying to flatter me with cheesy sentences. Hmmm

    ¡°Why can¡¯t you open the coffin?¡±

    ¡°Only a true hero chosen by the Dragonkin himself can open the seal of the coffin¡±

    Really? I guess I can¡¯t refuse to help since I have already agreed to help. Decisions made in haste are always my downfall. Wish I could learn something from my old corporate world.

    Even after 6 years of experience in surviving such brutal industry, I ended up making blunder in this world. I am truly amateur when it comes to decision making or bargain.

    ¡°I guess I will just open the coffin and get over with¡±

    ¡°I appreciate your decision, young master¡±

    Excitement can be clearly seen on their faces but then I notice them leaving the room one by one.

    ¡°Where are you going?¡±

    ¡°We cannot be present when the seal is broken by the hero as it is a magic seal and only people who are chosen should be allowed in¡±

    ¡°I see¡±

    Suspicion is rising with every answer. The whole castle starts to look very shady now

    I touch the coffin and the coffin cover seems to move without any difficulty, I decide to fake it now

    ¡°Argh, it¡¯s too heavy, I can¡¯t move it further¡±

    Igor gets depressed but maintains poker face after he notices the same from another room through window and steps in.

    ¡°I see, young master should take it easy. Please do not stress yourself¡±

    Young master, even though I am 28 year old, kinda feels awkward. I happily step away from the coffin

    ¡°I believe you need to apply your own magic to open the seal. Have you ever used magic before?¡±

    ¡°Nope¡±

    ¡°Sir Stein, please study young master¡¯s body and provide a detailed diagnostics¡±

    ¡°Certainly¡±

    Stein makes me stand in another circle like the one used when I was summoned, I ask

    ¡°Is this transmutation circle?¡±

    ¡°Do you know Alchemy?¡±

    ¡°No it¡¯s a part of fiction in my world, it was a very great story of two Elric brothers, and your surname kind of reminded me of them¡±

    ¡°I see¡±

    Uninterested scientist huh, even in fantasy world people don¡¯t care about fiction stories, what a shame.

    It appears he is taking a reading somewhere but I can¡¯t really see any of it.

    ¡°Impossible¡±

    There it is my chance of being identified as a superior being.

    The birth of an OP hero fufufufu!

    ¡°What is it doc?¡±

    ¡°Doc? What¡¯s that? Never mind that, how were you even able to answer the summoning call?¡±

    ¡°I beg your pardon Doc, what do you mean?¡±

    ¡°You¡­ your body do not even have Mana points¡±

    ¡°What are they?¡±

    ¡°Well they are the glands that absorb ether from atmosphere and convert it into mana, which ultimately makes a person a magic user¡±

    ¡°So does that mean¡­¡±

    ¡°Sorry to break it down to you kid, but you can¡¯t use magic¡±

    ¡°¡­¡±

    ***

 Volume 1 Chapter 3: Igor was a servant

    Chapter 3

    "I can''t use magic?"

    "That''s what the diagnostic reports tell about you"

    All excitement of being transferred to a new world disappeared the moment I heard the tragedy. All my day dreams were going to remain the same and are going to stay far from reality. I felt a bit numb but then I pulled myself together.

    "I see, I will be taking my leave then"

    "Where will you be going?" asked Igor out of curiosity. At this point, I do not see any form of surprise in Igor''s facial expression. He acts like it was an expected outcome. Just what is he up to?

    "I''m heading towards the town and will be sightseeing"

    "Good luck with that, will you be returning to the castle?"

    "No Idea" I respond in a tired tone.

    "If you want to go back to your own world or want any type of help, you know where to come, do you?" he said that without expression

    "Certainly, thanks for the help"

    "Don''t forget, we still have to try opening the coffin" Igor stressed on this sentence. What''s with him? If I can''t do magic, how can I open the coffin who have a magic seal? But it is also true that I faked the problem altogether. I could definitely open that coffin. Now even I am curious what kind of relic and sword is inside the coffin.

    Will it give me magical abilities? No Eli, control the curiosity, I must not unleash a demon on this new world just so I could disappear coins for a few claps.

    At this point thinking of being hero seems impossible now. I really don''t want to go back though. I''m sure I can find a better place to survive in this world itself.

    With a new resolve, Eli decides to start his life over in the world of Eswilles.

    "Frank" called Igor in a very cold tone

    "Aye" Someone from the shadows responded

    "Keep an eye on this brat will you, we must not let him escape"

    "Understood" and the shadow disappears in darkness

    After Eli leaves, Igor asks the grumpy old man to follow Eli and keep an eye on his actions.

    Ah, the castle truly was more depressing as compared to this big town but not as big as a city or something. People are all so happy here.

    "Good Afternoon Sir, how is your day going?"

    I just asked a random passerby just to get along with the locals but to my surprise, the person totally ignored me like I wasn''t even there. Wow, people have attitude problems everywhere. Would it kill him to just respond? What a drag. I sighed and moved on.

    While I reached the market area near the village, I can see that the sky is so clearly visible and there are white and bright clouds here and there. I breathe in deep and I can already feel the fresh air in my lungs which I barely felt in my past world.

    I was so happy, I forgot all worries. I notice that there is a food stall I thought I can ignore it but my stomach started to make those funny sounds.

    I gave up and decided to go near the stall. The stall had many edible items, there were mostly but not limited to seafood including crab like squids and regular fishes, octopus, whale meat was available too, other than that rat skews, giant spider skews, roasted seal, pork, cheese bread and other normal items which I ate in my previous world were available too.

    I was having mixed feelings regarding the eating choices of people of this world but I guess I shouldn''t really judge them with that just because I don''t eat it.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.

    I approach the shop owner and ask for the cheese bread and milk, but to my surprise, the shop owner gets frightened, without making an eye contact, he yells "Guards help!"

    "Wow, nice way to treat your customers, isn''t it?¡±

    I silently start walking towards the road then I stumble upon a beautiful girl

    "I apologize, I was in rush, my master seeks my presence and I cannot delay any further, I apologize again"

    The lady apologized and rushed towards a home. Out of curiosity and of course I was heading in that direction, I happened to follow her.

    After some time I noticed her getting thrashed by some bulky looking man. He looks angry and with clothes, I would say he is wealthier than most in the town.

    I get close to listen, only to notice that the poor lady was crying.

    "Hey go easy on her, is that how you treat a lady?" I yelled as I could not just stand there and watch

    The man''s attention changed to me and it didn''t look good.

    "You there, brat, how dare you to talk to a noble with that tone" he barked at me

    "I just said that this is not how a noble should treat a woman" I tried to justify my action

    "Guards" he yelled again

    *the jailer closes the cell door on me*

    The cell is very dirty and I can see fat rats here and there. "Gross"

    "Life is unfair even in a fantasy world."

    I sit down sighing, "What the heck" There was another person already in the cell.

    I was so scared, the man was sitting quietly in a dark corner of the cell, and I could not properly see his face.

    But I know a grim personality when I see one. I try to ignore his existence but all of a sudden he talks

    ¡°You there,¡± said the man with deep suspicious tone

    ¡°Who are you, I have never seen you before¡± he added

    ¡°Do you know everyone here?¡± I asked while being puzzled, I don¡¯t think everyone here knows everyone.

    ¡°I don¡¯t but you have a different aura around you than others¡± He almost sounds like he is going to jump at me with everything he got

    ¡°What do you mean? Aura? Isn¡¯t that something only magic users can have?¡± I asked while being puzzled and also hoping maybe he has any knowledge regarding if I can be a magic user

    ¡°Ah I see, so you are a non-magic user, that¡¯s why I felt you have a strange aura as there was no aura at all. Everyone in Eswilles has their own aura because everyone can use magic¡± He spoke with a calm tone now

    ¡°¡­¡±

    ¡°So who summoned you child?¡± his tone got grim again.

    ¡°How do you know about it?¡± I asked with a surprised expression

    ¡°Listen, kid, my name is Sikandar and what I am about to tell you must remain a secret,¡± he said with an even grimier expression.

    Next morning, the door is opened for me, I go out and see that I have been bailed by the gray haired person who wears a lab coat. "Ah Stein" I rush towards him

    "I apologize that you had to stay overnight kid" Stein replied with unease

    "The noble you pissed off had many strings in police" he added

    "It''s alright, to be still able to get me a bail is not a small deed, I humbly thank you and apologize for the trouble" I bow in respect

    "No need, after all, I am a state wizard, I have my strings of my own" winked Stein with a smiling face

    Seeing this, I cheered up and went out with him.

    On my way back I again saw the shop owner who got paranoid when he first saw me and I asked

    "Why are the locals so paranoid when they see me?"

    "The Kingdom has been attacked by neighboring countries so many times that locals actually are afraid to open up to a stranger" clarified Stein.

    Strangers huh, the town is big but still, they can sense the strangers by their aura. They can easily deduce who is summoned or is it just me that they sense as I have no aura around me at all. I wonder. I think I should ask these questions to Stein, but again the warning that Sikandar guy, should I really trust these people?

    Damn it, I am scared and confused with an almost perfect resolve of not wanting to go back to my world I guess I want to make my life easy here. Perhaps if Igor and others are really evil, I doubt they will even let me return to my previous world.

    ¡°I noticed you look worried.¡± Said the old Stein with a smile on his face.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we will find a way for you to be able to use magic¡± he added

    ¡°Ah, I think I have the right idea, follow me¡± he added with a new resolve

    This old Stein is so expressive, does he even know of Igor¡¯s plan? ¡°Do you know that just like you, I am from another world as well but not from your time though?¡± Said, Stein, while trying to build a repo

    ¡°Seriously? What time did you come? Who summoned you?¡± I was surprised but considering magic I doubt that I should be surprised.

    ¡°That is the real question boy, no body summoned me, and I just crossed over with my invention¡± he boasted.

    "name''s Albert Einstein"

    ¡°What?¡± Woah! Is he Einstein? I thought he died due to Old age. My heart almost skipped a beat, am I actually standing with a legend? ¡°It was World War 2 if I remember correctly and I thought if I could invent a teleporter, our soldiers might be able to perform rescue operations from Nazi concentration camps but as it turns out nobody wanted to become a test subject, so I tested the machine on myself and I got here.¡± He clarified

    ¡°So how did you and Igor meet?¡± I asked with my eyes all wide. At this point, Stein was no more than a suspicious doctor in lab coat anymore, he was the legend and my hero. Even though I never became a scientist myself but I was a science enthusiast and loved all works of this legend.

    Come to think of it why is he not considered aura less? I guess I will ask him this

    ¡°¡­ And that¡¯s how I met him¡± he replied with a smile

    Shit, I was so sucked into my thoughts I didn¡¯t even listen to him. ¡°I¡¯m sorry Sir, but could you please repeat the part on how you met Igor and what kind of person he really is?¡± I asked with a little-embarrassed face

    ¡°Igor was a servant of Demon King¡±

    ***

 Chapter 4: My name is Grail Cromwell

    Chapter 4

    *flashback*

    It is a sunny day, a dry and dead land of the desert with no water and a merciless environment, dedicated to death, a land with all negativity¡­ a living and breathing hell.

    There used to be cactus like plants here, but all of them have been cut. There is no water, no food.

    A feast for crows and ravens, there is a pile of bodies rotting in every few steps away. Some limbs and severed heads are also there, still expressing pain although they seem to have been there for hours.

    Yet, they look like they¡¯ll move and try to cling to life? There is only fear on the ground and not only just among the dead; there are still much alive here. It¡¯s not just ravens and crows, there are other carnivorous animals it seems that have found their way here.

    No, not physically, I¡¯d say it¡¯s mental.

    Yes, it¡¯s the overwhelming hunger, that the omnivores have no other option but to eat one of their own fallen. They have become animals. You can say they are looking forward to their fellow allies to get killed so they can live a little longer.

    It¡¯s been days since any of them have slept. Some of them are already hallucinating and some see a horde of supernatural beasts coming to their way slaughtering. But just when they get attacked, they come to realize that it¡¯s just illusion.

    With a cry, a man can be seen how frustrated he is in this 7thcircle of hell. The never ending horror they have witnessed here, suffered and committed to one another, even if they get out from this alive, they are surely going to commit suicide.

    Yes, we are looking at the battle ground.

    ¡°How many men have we lost?¡± asks the general in a calm tone inside an army camp

    A huge army is seen standing in the middle of the day. The huge battleground is still covered in a crowd. The people are standing with their guards on, holding on to their weapons tightly. Some are seen sweating from their forehead, all tensed, clenching their teeth, some are praying to their Gods to see another day. Some are over confident and smiling at the situation.

    The other side, well there is a man walking towards another. The one standing there is holding a greatsword that is black in color and is emitting red flames out of it. The armor is jet black. He looks like a Dark Knight rather than a demon lord. His fingers are also under armor gauntlet and his hand looks like demonic claws. He is covered in a very strange aura. Black in color, it''s called the miasma.

    This miasma is a dark aura which covers anyone who has a dark heart or is consumed by darkness. His heart seems so dark, it is capable of causing a solar-eclipse just with his hatred.

    Such is the hatred of a demon lord.

    He steps forward, starts running towards the army, the army in return starts a battle cry, and they start their march. He instantly turns into a blur, slicing his way through, he is first crushing the leaders and commanders of troops.

    "No please have mercy, I surrender,kyaaaaaaa" The man who tried to surrender was chopped into so many small pieces, he was a minced meat in no time. His armor shared the same fate.

    ¡°We have lost at least 10000 men in the first raid, Sir, no survivors and no survivors among the rescue team or medic team, Sir,¡± said a young soldier captain

    ¡°This much damage in just a first wave? Just what are we up against?¡± he added

    ¡°Retreat, for now, we have to reorganize every troop and also make sure our cannons and other firepower are ready within an hour¡± The commander gave the orders with complete confidence.

    However, his voice was shaky; it was clear that on the inside how nervous he truly was.

    ¡°Yes Sir, as you say, Sir,¡± said the captain

    To think this will escalate this far, what were the King and Pope thinking? No, it¡¯s not just them. Five nations and more than three major religions have formed an alliance in this war.

    We have no lack of man power at all. With this huge army, it was a matter of days to conquer the entire world of Eswilles. Yet, we suffer losses, yet we were forced to retreat.

    We were forced to retreat and that too against¡­ Just against one man? Man? Hah, I highly doubt that. Well practically, it¡¯s he and his servant but the servant doesn¡¯t fight. It¡¯s all the work of just one man who united five countries and three major religions that have a contradictory establishment to one another.

    All united just to defeat him?

    Just when did the world change so much? ¡°Commander, the wizard and sorcerer regiment have been placed right behind the vanguards riding beasts, we have made archers to ride on Wyverns. All the arrows are made of silver. All the Swords of Vanguards are also made of silver. We have also mobilized Lancers. We are currently building movable walls and placing cannons in between them.¡±Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.

    ¡°Good, what about the east clan we asked help from? Have any of those showed up?¡± asked the commander

    ¡°When they heard who we were up against, they politely said that we are welcome as refugees, but they won¡¯t be a part of this¡± answered one of the reporters

    ¡°Such cowards and of course what would you expect those shinobis who attack people in their sleep. They have no honor¡±

    ¡°Guess it¡¯s my time to report the leaders union¡± Sighed Arkon the commander.

    *Igor¡¯s POV*

    For more than one thousand years, I have served my master with all my heart. Master has never disappointed me once. I am glad he chose me and turned me into the undead like he is. What an honor to be with him. Unfortunately, I am not strong enough to be a soldier; my duty is to ensure he gets what he needs after he is done with the battle.

    I have seen much evil before I met him, I have seen him do evil before, but every time he goes on a rampage, I see more evil than I have seen before from him. Nothing is more satisfying than seeing this evil being in flesh and blood, doing the violence one would expect only in depths of hell.

    The only person capable of bringing living and breathing hell on earth is my master, what a privilege to be on his side and witness this as someone who will not share the same fate as the victims to this violence.

    If I were a human, I would have puked my intestines out just seeing all of this and the miasma that he emits. He sure is pissed. He! He! He!

    *Igor laughs like a maniac, POV ends*

    ¡°We need to do something about this¡± Yells a figure at someone sitting on a throne. The sky is bright and a cloud is around. It appears to be a castle in the sky. There is just too much white, every object is made of gold.

    The one on the throne is wearing an armor that shines like gold as well. But it¡¯s not just the armor, he himself is luminous. He calmly hears the complaints of the one who was yelling a while back.

    He himself looks odd, a being who have bright white wings behind him, holding a wooden staff in his grip, armor is combination of white cloth wrists and belts, boots and chest armor are made of golden Orichalcum and he wears a wooden headband on his forehead that has leaves growing on them, he also wears jewellary that looks like made of gold and silver only that these metals are not actually gold and silver but something else entirely.

    ¡°I empathize with you child, Onas, but divinity cannot meddle with deeds of mortals,¡± said the one in chair

    ¡°Child? huh, A lot of mortals will be ended if this goes on¡± reasoned Onas in a desperate tone.

    ¡°We don¡¯t want his wrath on us either¡± Said Lacreus on the chair while summoning a scythe from nothingness.

    ¡°What do you mean? We are the divine beings, who are we afraid of? Don¡¯t tell me you are scared of that demon lord scum?¡± asked the puzzled Onas

    ¡°You won¡¯t understand, it¡¯s not that I am scared of him, I am scared of his wrath which will destroy more if I am involved and also his curse is a problem. A pained soul¡¯s curse can even bring divinity to its knees, you won¡¯t understand, you are too green. He was wronged by the fate, I would have done the same if I were him¡± answered Lacreus in a calm tone.

    ¡°I am too green? Hahaha, are you forgetting that it was first life that came to be and then came the death?¡± asked Onus in a smiling expression

    ¡°Actually we are practically same being, it''s just that life only creates a living thing and gets over it, while death waits, it observes the being, it knows all about the dead by the time its end comes, and it¡¯s only after death the being is judged for his or her actions. How do Karma, curses work? I¡¯d say you are worse than green in this area¡± answered Lacreus while smiling

    ¡°Tch¡± Onus was clearly pissed on the inside, he was clearly not cut out to mess with death himself through a battle between life and death is as old as all of the creation after all.

    ¡°However, if you would like to interfere, you may have the scythe that shall be powerful enough to kill this undead but know this, I have got nothing to do with this¡± he added

    ¡°Understood and thank you for the weapon¡± Onas was grateful for the approval itself, the scythe was more than what he had expected.

    ¡°Prepare the army of heavens¡± Onas commanded to one of his retainers

    He is seen standing in front of countless angels all holding spear and shield with golden color Orichalcum and Adamantine armor and wings of different colors mostly white and some being black and gray.

    They all fly towards a worm hole that was created by the scythe of Lacreus.

    ¡°We are on half the man power we had earlier this morning¡± Reported Arkon to the Alliance.

    The five kings seem and three religious leaders looked shocked to the death after this report. ¡°This is the end of the world, my friends, I say it¡¯s about time we accept our fate,¡± said one of the religious leader of Flusans, Halmar.

    ¡°We must not give up to that scum till the last breath, you spineless coward. As expected from a Flusan¡± panicked another religious leader of Aralesm, Hydale.

    ¡°Indeed, I say we must continue to pray to our Gods and hope they show mercy on us,¡± said another religious leader, he looks calm and in control.

    Juktar of Cult of the Paragon is said to be the most powerful leader across the world of Eswilles. He is even rumored to have been in touch with the divine beings after countless sacrifices.

    ¡°You are the last person I would like to talk, you ¡­, if it was not for your actions, we wouldn¡¯t be in this situation¡± barked Hydale. ¡°If it was not the issue of human extinction, I would have never agreed to see your face either¡± smiled Juktar while his eyes were closed.

    The other Kings were quietly observing the conversation, they knew it wasn¡¯t just Juktar but the kingdom of Slaya was equally responsible.

    While the rest four Kings were gazing the remaining one, Ethen was calm as always. His eyes connected with Juktar¡¯s and they both smiled and remained quiet while the yelling still continued.

    ¡°My name is Grail Cromwell, and this is your death¡± The demon lord in a Black Knight''s armor materializes from the mist. His eyes are blood red glowing sharp while his body is surrounded by black miasma. It¡¯s so much that it turns the sunny day look like a night.

    ©° Unsheathe Eternal Blade of Blue Star ©¼

    A countless blue light emitting swords on fire are summoned and they just hide the sky behind them. The Human Soldiers look towards the sky, it still blue, but there are only bright blue swords and the temperature is just rising around them.

    A sword falls from the hand of a soldier, the other just laughs like a maniac, some are seen on their knees already, with eyes closed many look like they have accepted their fate, they are ready to die now.

    After their morals crushed, they are ready for heaven now.

    As soon as Cromwell about to drop those swords on those poor soldiers, the wormhole opened, Onus swung the scythe of Lacreus and all swords disappear into nothingness. Cromwell is seen looking towards the sky. The sky is brighter than ever, and countless angels can be seen descending towards the ground. The soldiers look and pass out. With a click of a finger, they are removed from the battleground to a safe haven.

    In the camp, Juktar is seen smiling ¡°So they came after all¡± The rest of them are sweating while observing what is happening.

    ¡°Will Onus interfere with my wrath upon those who wronged me?¡± Asked Cromwell

    ¡°Then so be it¡± he added with a new resolve.

    ***

 Chapter 5: Was it all a dream?

    Chapter 5

    ¡°Oh, so that¡¯s how he ended up in the coffin¡± Eli concluded with eyes wide open.

    ¡°Ah well, that is something we can chat at another time, his fight with the angels was something that redefined his battle prowess in eyes of us mortals¡± boasted Stein while explaining about, who the demon lord was.

    ¡°So I wonder what exactly pissed Cromwell to such extent that he would do such a thing?¡± asked Eli

    ¡°That is something we can talk later as well, I am taking you to some very special place, so pay attention boy,¡± said Stein with a tired look. ¡°We are not going to castle?¡± asked Eli

    ¡°Nope¡± replied Stein

    ¡°And since you already know Igor is an evil guy, why do you work for him?¡± Eli asked

    ¡°He is helping me with research,¡± said Stein.

    ¡°But knowing he is evil?¡± Eli cross questioned

    At first, he was quiet but then he said

    ¡°First we will go somewhere, your question can wait,¡± he said in a serious tone.

    *Eli¡¯s POV*

    I followed him silently until I reached the place we decided to go. Okay, I thought we were going to meet some noble whom I had to thank for helping Stein bailing me out as I had pissed one of the nobles while trying to save that girl, little did I knew that I would end up at the gate of a school.

    ¡°You do realize that I am a grown up man, do you?¡± asked Eli with a look of worry on his face.

    ¡°Yeah, about that¡­ not any more¡± Stein went quit again but was looking at me with a mischievous look on his face.

    I could feel some weird feeling inside me, and there was some bright light surrounding me. All of a sudden all the buildings and even Stein started looking taller.

    ¡°What the hell? What did you do to me?¡± Asked Eli with a very annoyed look

    ¡°I turned you into a kid so you won¡¯t feel awkward fitting in the school,¡± said Stein.

    ¡°Hey turn me back, I was kidding¡­ ha-ha¡­ thanks for this though but I will rather have you do this when I grow old¡± Said Eli in a lighter tone.

    ¡°Umm¡­ well, this change was permanent¡± Stein told me while he wasn¡¯t looking straight in my eyes. Acting like nothing happened. He was even whistling while stealing his eyes from me. All sweat on his forehead, he knew he f**ked up.

    ¡°You see, I look younger than how I was on earth for the same reason¡± he was boasting

    I was mad. I had those expressions where eyes are shadowed and the character have an all serious look on their face. I didn¡¯t even care if he looked younger or not, probably this is the reason I never noticed he was my idol when I first saw him.

    But I really didn¡¯t care about all that. All I cared about was I probably lost 10 years to this old fart. I could picture Stein being murdered in cold blood with 20 different ways.

    ¡°Why did you do this to me you old fart?¡± I asked him with a furious tone.

    ¡°Okay, I have a reason for this transformation, keep calm and follow me,¡± he told me.

    I followed him to the school, I can see many children and some young adults on the campus, and it¡¯s like a school and college mixture. Hmm, the education system is something I should check out; maybe it will be easier here.

    While I was walking, a young boy on a broomstick went past me, or rather I should say I barely dodged it, he was failing to control it properly. Right behind him was a familiar face chasing him on another broomstick.

    We both shout out of fear.

    Thump!

    I opened my eyes just to see her lying all over me and I was even having difficulty with breathing. I look at her face again trying to recognize her and I noticed she is the same girl who was getting thrashed by that fat ugly noble back then.

    I stood up immediately after she gets off me. The girl is young and appears to be around 18 or 20 years old. She is a cutie if you ask me, but as a 28-year-old man, she is too young for me. ¡°Are you an idiot you blind kid, what class are you from?¡±

    She thrashed me, but more importantly why did she call me a kid? Crap, this is Stein¡¯s doing.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry but I think it¡¯s you who should be apologizing for crashing on me with a broomstick. If you don¡¯t know how to ride, you should refrain from riding in a crowded area¡± I reasoned with herA case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

    I clearly made her madder. ¡°Are you telling me, I don¡¯t know how to ride the broomstick? Do you know you are talking to? I am Sarah, the current broomstick race champion of Slaya Central Academy?¡± She yelled at me.

    A cold sweat dripped down my spine; I was clearly making funny faces while trying to avoid attracting a huge crowd to me. What an embarrassment, I spent a night in the cell for her.

    Oh right, it''s Stein¡¯s doing again, she cannot even recognize me.

    ¡°I am... I am very sorry, I was not aware¡± I bowed down while apologizing.

    ¡°It seems you are new here, be courteous to your seniors going forward, you don¡¯t want to be in my black book,¡± she said in a rough tone.

    ¡°Understood¡±

    In my mind, I shrugged but I could not express or I would attract her aggro even more. I will never ever stick my nose in her business going forward. Yes, lesson learned.

    As she was about to take her leave she noticed Stein and said ¡°Professor Stein, what an honor to meet you sir¡± she bowed like a peasant should in front of a noble.

    Stein paid her least attention and walked to me and said, let¡¯s go to my office. Seeing this, I saw Sarah¡¯s heart skip a beat after noticing I was with him. I saw the expression she had on her face. I was smiling but internally I was screaming like yeah bitch who¡¯s your daddy now.

    She paid no attention to how pleased I was and went back to chasing the boy who was on a broomstick.

    I enter a dark room with Stein. He quickly turned the lights on. Yes, he turned the lights on like he would on earth. There were electric bulbs; I don¡¯t really know if they are powered by electricity or not. This is something I did not see in the cell I was placed, they only used candles.

    In the castle there were stylish lamps everywhere, bright enough to replace electric bulbs I¡¯d say. But this makes the room too bright. Almost reminds me of my workplace.

    Although it¡¯s day time this part of the school does not get enough sunlight it seems.

    ¡°Okay, please stand in the box over there,¡± Stein said

    The box made of glasses there were several wires visible but they looked like wires were meant to be hidden as I saw Stein, trying to push the wires behind an opaque board that was placed across the room.

    ¡°What is this?¡± I asked while being puzzled.

    ¡°This is a scanner, works almost the same as an ultrasound machine,¡± he said.

    ¡°How do you know about ultrasound, you died in 1955 or rather crossed over and this technology came to be in 1968,¡± I asked. ¡°Well I don¡¯t just summon random humans from earth, I keep an eye on other affairs as well, now get inside the box,¡± he said.

    ¡°Okay,¡± I said and went inside the box. ¡°Hmm! You really don¡¯t have those glands I had told you back then¡± he said.

    ¡°Even I developed them as I crossed over though no summoning ritual was used on me¡± he added.

    ¡°So there is no way for me to use magic right?¡± I was disappointed but I guess I was already planning to move on. Why bring it up now?

    ¡°Listen, kid, I know you did not open the coffin intentionally, it¡¯s really okay to do so, trust me. As someone who crossed over the same world as yours, I would say you can trust me.¡± He said

    ¡°Kid to answer your question back then regarding helping Igor even though I know he is evil, I am a scientist, I don¡¯t care who is evil or not. People here don¡¯t understand science but he does, he is the only one who does. Besides, it was me who tossed the idea of nuclear weapons, so I am the last person to be expected to care¡± he added.

    I see he feels guilty for tossing the idea of nuclear weapons. He probably is in depression due to this.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I understand now, I trust you?¡± I said. After all, he is my hero and my instincts tell me to trust him for some reason.

    ¡°Well, good to hear, but honestly I don¡¯t know what kind of relic Igor talks about. My guess is that he talks about the great sword, but who knows¡± he sighed.

    ¡°Okay, I will tell you why I did not open the coffin. I have questions.¡± I told Stein while sighing out my breathe

    ¡°Sure, ask me, I will tell you everything I know about the coffin,¡± he said.

    ¡°Okay, why me?¡±

    ¡°You just got summoned randomly as I was tasked with summoning; I just randomly called a name which happened to be yours.¡± I was devastated after hearing that. So I¡¯m not special.

    ¡°Why was summon required to open the coffin? Anyone could open it since magic is not even required¡±

    I asked

    ¡°Very good question, I do not know the answer but know this, Igor paid a lot of gold to the person who recovered the coffin, he then asked that person to open it for him, he refused¡± he answered.

    ¡°But that doesn¡¯t explain why summoning was required,¡± I asked

    ¡°Yes, but no one steps in the castle, knowing that this is demon lord¡¯s castle, no one will open the coffin out of superstition that the demon might get unleashed¡± he ridiculed the locals.

    I see now, so that could be a reason. But still after so many fantasies to be real in this world, people still have superstitions? Crazy!

    ¡°So why don¡¯t you or Igor open the coffin,¡± I asked a very good question this time, let¡¯s see what you have in your response.

    Stein¡¯s facial expression tensed a little, but then he went calm and casually smiled at me ¡°didn¡¯t cross my mind¡± I fell on my head with disappointment. This old fart kidnapped me from another world after making such blunder?

    ¡°I cannot be a hero because I am a scientist, I want to invent, I don¡¯t care about adventure; the one who recovers the relic becomes the owner. Ownership can only be transferred after death so I cannot even pass it on¡± he replied suddenly with an all serious look on his face.

    ¡°What about Igor?¡± I asked

    ¡°For that you need to check with him.¡± He replied again with a casual smile.

    ¡°Here, drink this¡± Stein gave me a potion, I start drinking it. It tastes like a cough syrup but as soon as I drink it, my body starts giving a burning sensation, I start feeling very heavy and all of a sudden I pass out. What the hell, was I poisoned? Why?

    While everything was blur, I hear footsteps coming from the hallway, the blur is now gone and I can see clearly now. I am standing in the top floor of the castle where I stay.

    I see a man in long black hair, good built, in black armor walking towards me. Igor is walking besides him. I looked down; oh I am standing on the summoning ritual circle again. Was I summoned back in time? If so, why is everything still gloomy? I try to listen to the conversation but I can¡¯t really understand them.

    The man in black must be Cromwell as he fits the description as told in Stein¡¯s story. He is seen walking towards the coffin behind me. He looks healthy without even a scratch on him. He is telling something to Igor.

    I struggle more and more and try to concentrate on hearing what they are talking and suddenly I hear

    ¡°Wake me up when you are prepared,¡± Says Cromwell to Igor.

    ¡°Yes master,¡± Igor in a very polite tone said to Cromwell. Cromwell then drinks a potion and lies in the coffin, he closes his eyes and the cover closes.

    A white light then covers me, I get a falling sensation and I suddenly wake up in my room in the castle.

    ¡°What was that all about?¡± I said to myself knowing that there was no one in the room.

    ¡°Was that really a dream?¡± I questioned myself.

    ***

 Chapter 6: Too Hungry

    Chapter6

    If only I could remember his face from the dream. I guess now it¡¯s all coming to me, I have seen this dream countless times, even before I was summoned to this world. I guess I was destined to come across with this demon lord? How can Stein call it a chance? That¡¯s right, scientists are always like that. But Stein is also a wizard in this world, yet he remains to be so rational.

    While I am thinking all this, I feel my stomach making those hungry sounds. With a poker face, I stand up and start moving a like a zombie and go downstairs near the dining area. I see Igor¡¯s servants are preparing for breakfast; Igor is nowhere to be seen yet. I go to the kitchen and pick an apple. The servants totally ignore me while I do that.

    The people here are too weird in this world. I thought to myself and was preparing to head out when I heard ¡°Please Sir, the breakfast will be ready within ten minutes. Please leave after you have done your breakfast¡±. One of the servants suddenly told me and went back on his way. Knowing how Igor is evil person, I now keep getting those spooky feelings.

    Sometimes I feel like why serve me to this extent if his plans are to restore the demon lord, why not force me to do this. Why would he treat me like a guest if he really was so evil? While thinking all that, I head to the dining area, there are few maids decorating the dining table with food, the smell in air is so good, I can feel my stomach make those funny noise again.

    I quietly pull a chair at my usual area and sit. Since there is no smartphone with me, I realize how boring and never ending waiting for something feels. After counting my fingers, counting all the candles and noticing all the maids around each of them are beauties by the way. Definitely look like some noble¡¯s daughters.

    I wonder if Igor holds a special place in this Kingdom or not, as per Stein, Slaya was one of the main enemies of Demon Lord, it really doesn¡¯t fit well that Igor is living such a lavish life despite being a servant to Cromwell. I wonder if there was any kind of peace treaty signed.

    ¡°Ah, so you have awoken, your highness¡± Igor said in an emotionless tone as always

    Cut the crap, I know you served the demon lord, what you want from me? I could have asked him the question but there were two reasons I had to hold back. I was scared that if things unfold like this, I can endanger my life. Secondly, I was too hungry. I will confront him once I am full.

    I simply nodded response

    Not long after, maids showed up with lots of food, my inner self was jumping around like a bunny. The smell was so intense; my watered mouth was easily noticeable. I paid it no attention, I couldn¡¯t care. For some reason I just love the food here.

    In my previous life, we were too busy with our lives that we barely paid much attention on the quality of food or how tasty they were. We would just grab some unhealthy easy to cook meal and get back to work.

    That was the lifestyle I was used to and coming here and eating a food that was specially made by an actual chef and there was Turkey, beef, pork all on same table. I knew if heaven was real, this is its menu.

    As soon as the food was placed, I knew the stage is set. One at a time, the serving maid would remove the cover from each pot and I will experience my mind blown away, just by the smell and looks, I can say I can keep doing this for a long time.

    The meat was dark brown in color, accurately cooked, doesn¡¯t look burnt or raw; the temperature is almost warm, not too hot. When you touch it, it feels so soft like I am touching a jelly. There was salad, soup, brown breads, nicely roasted and you can feel the warmth of it and the softness.

    In my world, the breads were usually stored in refrigerators so naturally they were a little hard and when we used to put in microwave, they would just get crispier, which was still a good condition in my opinion but this¡­ I was beyond words on explaining.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.

    Bread was so soft; it felts like squeezing a balloon. I picked the meal and as soon as I was going to take my first bite, I looked at Igor who was looking at me dumbfounded.

    ¡°Umm, you were saying something?¡± I asked him while being a little embarrassed, scratching my head and maintaining an awkward smile

    ¡°Oh my, you really didn¡¯t listen to anything I say¡± Igor responded in a very casual yet surprised tone.

    ¡°Ah ha-ha¡± what else could I say

    ¡°Never mind that, quiet an appetite you have their young master, it gives me immense pleasure to see you happy¡± Igor said that looking straight into my eyes, for some reason, I could say he was truly pleased from the depth of his heart. Just what is his deal?

    ¡°Yes, ever since I woke up, I was feeling extreme hunger and the food here is so tasty, I couldn¡¯t help myself. I apologize for my rudeness though¡±

    ¡°Please by all means, do not apologize, this is Hero-sama¡¯s castle and you are one, it¡¯s all naturally only for you¡± Igor said while maintaining a smile. Although I could see his eyes squint a little while mentioning Hero-sama

    Come to think of it, sama? Really? Well I am not Japanese but since I have read too many novels, I know what that means.

    ¡°You added Sama after hero, are you related to Japanese culture by any chance?¡± I just had to ask

    ¡°Oh my, you are not Japanese? My previous lord was Japanese transfer and he taught me a lot of his culture¡± he said and laughed.

    Previous lord? I don¡¯t know about any of this, I guess I should ask.

    ¡°I thought you only served de¡­. Hero in the Coffin¡± Shit that was close, I wipe the sweat that had formed on my forehead

    ¡°Ha-ha, do not worries, all will be revealed to you once you accept your destiny once you open the coffin¡± Igor was talking business again while maintaining his composure. I must quickly see if I can change the point of this conversation.

    ¡°You no, I talked to Stein about this, he told me everything. About you, about the one in coffin, not sure why I should trust you¡± I finally said it with a serious face.

    ¡°If what he says is true, then I am no hero, if opening the coffin is more than a relic as you say, it could be dangerous. What guarantee is there that I am not some mere sacrifice?¡± I added

    Upon hearing the word sacrifice, I could notice Igor¡¯s reaction change for a fraction of millisecond. So it was true. Damn it. I wanted to change the topic but I guess I unknowingly asked what was on my mind the whole time.

    Igor was silent; he started eating his food quietly. As a shameless person I am, I didn¡¯t stand up from table and continued to eat. Now that it was clear I was a sacrifice, there is no guarantee that I will survive, might as well eat what I can.

    ¡°You were supposed to be a sacrifice, but you are not anymore¡± Igor declared. The room was so silent I could still hear echoes of the sentence he just uttered. What is going on? Does he like me or anything?

    ¡°What do you mean? Does this mean I can go home too?¡± I asked with doubtful expression

    ¡°By all means, I fight for free will after all. So did my master¡± Igor said with a sigh

    What does he mean by fight for free will, what is he talking about? As soon as I was going to say something, Igor stood up. It looks like his meal is already over after this heavy conversation.

    ¡°It is of course your own choice whether you want to stay here or not, but know this; we have not lied to you. It is true that you were originally a sacrifice which is also a heroic act, so you were our hero.

    However after learning more about you, our circumstances have changed slightly. But before we tell you anything further, I advise that you learn about what happened and a few things¡± Igor was serious, his eyes were even open.

    It was the first time I noticed his pupils; they were blood red in color.

    ¡°I can see that you look younger than you did yesterday, I suppose it was Stein¡¯s doing? Well so be it. I ask you to enroll in the city academy, young master. That way you will first learn their point of view, after you have enough knowledge, I will then tell you my point of view. Whatever decision you take, will then be respected.¡± Igor added

    ¡°So what will happen if I refuse¡± I asked with a serious tone.

    ¡°Choice will be yours, you can return or stay, you will no longer have any ties with us¡± He replied.

    ¡°What about your master in coffin?¡± this was important to ask

    ¡°That entirely depends on your decision. After all, learning about you has made it impossible for me to believe there could be any other way around¡± he replied with a faint smile, he had closed his eyes again and never opened.

    After he left the room, I was dumbfounded at the way he opened up, is he really an evil guy I wonder. While eating, I looked outside the window and noticed it was bright day.

    ¡°Shoot, I forgot about the meeting with Stein¡± I rushed my meal and went to the academy where Stein had told me to meet up.

    ***

 Chapter 7: Bully and Bullied

    Chapter 7: Bully and Bullied

    I reach the academy and went straight to Stein¡¯s office. Just what does he plan for me. I guess I will just play along for now, it¡¯s just that the situation is a little out of my hands. Igor is even more suspicious after our little chat.

    I just wonder what he meant by when he said,

    *flashback* ¡°However after learning more about you, our circumstances have changed slightly.¡± Says Igor with a cold look on his face *flashback ends*

    ¡°Ah! You¡¯re late¡±

    I didn¡¯t even realize that I already reached Stein¡¯s office while thinking deep about my conversation. I guess my body is as always, still very functional even if I¡¯m in deep thinking. So it functions without even me thinking.

    I won¡¯t say this is magic because I could do this in my previous world as well. I guess, I have a big muscle memory. I have been a day dreamer my whole life. So even if I¡¯m riding my bike from work to home or vice versa, I would usually start deep thinking, but my body would always drive me home safely.

    Even in cases of emergency, where I have to apply breaks, my body would apply the break first and then switch me to manual mode. It was pretty convenient for me. Now that I am in this world, I wonder if I can utilize this skill.

    This is probably the only skill that can be taken as magical skill in my previous world. Of course I was taking big risks on relying on this ability since I don¡¯t control it.

    ¡°Ah yeah, I was caught up in a talk with Igor¡± I justified my delay to Stein

    ¡°Listen Kid, you are important to us, but more importantly, you are important to yourself, don¡¯t let this opportunity slip away, only lucky ones get into academy. You need to learn magic to survive in this cruel world¡± Stein tried to reason with me

    ¡°Sure thing Stein, I¡¯m ready for the classes¡± I said with sweat all over my forehead

    ¡°You should now go to the induction hall, I will welcome you there¡± Stein re-positioned his glasses all acting as if he is some is big shot.

    I left the room and was walking down the hallway. Come to think of it, where was the induction room again?

    ¡°Oh, so you think you don¡¯t want us to bully you anymore? How about you pay some copper coins as a security money?¡± A big fat guy at the age of 17, along with few sidekicks seem to be bullying a comparatively weaker looking slim boy with specs.

    I try to ignore because well, it is none of my business, I am new to the school, I don¡¯t know who they are and I don¡¯t even know magic, I will be beaten to a pulp, if I interfere.

    ¡°Hey you!¡± Crap, looks like I have his attention too. He seems to be a guy who likes to crush those who are weaker than him I guess. My look fits the description, thanks to Stein.

    ¡°I have never seen you before, are you a fresh student here?¡± one of the sidekicks seems to ask me with all that stupid ugly expression. What a spoiled brat.

    ¡°Umm, I was on my way to induction hehe, could you please help me out, I seem to have lost the way¡± I said in a very nervous tone, well because I was effin nervous.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.

    ¡°Hey boss, this one seems to be lost hahahahahahahahahha¡± the sidekick student burst in laughter along with everyone but that bullied kid.

    I look closely, the poor kid isn¡¯t even moving, ah, and at least he is breathing. Looks like he passed out. Hmm so that¡¯s what brought his attention to me. I should have at least interfered since I am still dragged into all this.

    ¡°You are pretty smart to judge that you shouldn¡¯t involve yourself with us while we were giving that piece of shit a beating he deserved.¡± The fat guy walk over while spitting some saliva on the unconscious body of the boy.

    I feel the tension, I did not come here for this. ¡°I don¡¯t want any problem here that is all¡± I said in a firm voice. Even I am surprised, how am I suddenly calmer than a while back.

    ¡°hawwwww? You think we are problem? Is that what you just say?¡± the other sidekick started taunting.

    Well this is getting out of hands, I guess, I will allow them to beat me, if I just pass out quick they might just leave me alone. I might walk off with minimal injuries.

    I was all prepared for the punch, I closed my eyes but nothing hit me. I was so tensed up that I closed my eyes. I was waiting and waiting but nothing touched me.

    I opened one eye and still could see a punch is coming my way. But why is it so slow?

    I can literally move and see everywhere, everything is so slow. I just notice a fly that was flying in the corner of the passage, even its wings are slowly moving. Just what is going on?

    Well I guess I have enough time to think, let me just see if I can fight back.

    Hmm, the person who is attacking me is the first sidekick whose attention I caught. He is throwing a simple non magical punch at me, he is probably not good at magic or a freshman like myself. I counter the attack with my hand and change its course of direction.

    ¡°tsh, you know martial arts huh¡± he said while getting angrier.

    He followed by his another hand and now he is targeting my neck huh, I lightly change my position and let his hands miss the target, then I grab his arm and twist it, dodging his first hand again. I then kick back of his knee forcing it to bend, I grab his hair and pull him to the ground making him lye on floor, and then I punch him in the nose, causing him to pass out instantly.

    ¡°Bastard¡± The fat boy was shouting with rage ¡°Everyone attack him¡± He added

    One, two, three, four. The forth one is the fat boy, it appears he can use fire magic as when he raged his pupils turned red a bit. The one on the left can mildly use ice magic, the other one can use lightening. That¡¯s three elements already.

    ¡°Earth Shatter¡± the last one whom I failed to notice was the one who actually cast a spell, I was caught off guard.

    I fell to the ground, the ice mage cast a spell ¡°Ice cage¡±

    A wall of ice appeared around me, holding me tightly. ¡°You fucker, now witness my wrath. [Breath of the forest fire]¡± He yelled

    Man, I am doomed I guess.

    ¡°Hold it¡± A girl standing in a distance shout at us. She¡¯s all blur, can¡¯t see her face.

    ¡°This is the fifth time I am seeing you bully fresh students, don¡¯t you have any shame. If this incident goes out, our school will have a bad name¡± she scolded all of them

    ¡°Stay out of this Erisa, this kid wanted a fight and now he is getting it¡± The fat guy said.

    ¡°That¡¯s not true¡± the boy who was passed out seems to have come to senses. He was demanding money from me¡± he complained

    ¡°Huh, money is it? Then why don¡¯t you just give it to him? We don¡¯t like noise in this school hahaha¡± Erisa suddenly showed her evil face.

    I thought she was our savior but she came here with a complaint that we were too noisy. Just what is the deal here?

    ¡°Let go off me¡± I said with a normal voice. ¡°Catching Erisa¡¯s attention towards me from that poor boy.

    She looks at me like she is looking at some pest. "You noobs should know how to respect your elders. He was just demanding money, you should just give to them. We gave it too when we were fresher¡¯s you know." She titled her head with a psychotic laugh.

    Just what kind of academy is this? Taking ragging to a whole new level it seems. Okay, I don¡¯t know how to use magic but since I can somehow see things in slow motion, let me see what else I can do.

    If I just move enough, I can generate enough heat to weaken the ice, as soon as I thought of this, I moved my body with rather ease. I lift my arm and the ice cage was crushed just like that.

    ¡°What?¡± The ice mage yelled in surprise.

    ¡°It must have got weakened over time, you should have continued to cast¡± the fat boy said

    He cast another skill [wall of snow]. A wall surrounded me. [Earth shatter] but this tie I was prepared, I jumped in the air. High enough to reach the roof. Hmm I can jump high it seems.

    I twisted my body upside down to land my feet on the roof, let¡¯s see how fast I really am, can I beat gravity?

    ***

 Chapter 8: The Childrens Quarrel

    Chapter 8: The Children¡¯s Quarrel

    As soon as I landed on the ceiling, I accelerated forward, since my awareness is superhuman at the moment, I can calculate precisely my next few course of actions.

    I pat on the fat guy¡¯s head and do a double flip on the wall opposite to me. As soon as I rested my foot on the wall, I jumped again and rotated midair, sending my kick flying with a centrifugal force. Smashed the ice mage¡¯s cheeks.

    If only I could also use some sort of elemental magic, it would be great. Why not try it. I concentrate by closing my eyes, trying to find any anomalies or changes I experienced in my body as the magic should be there only.

    Nothing.

    All I see is a static TV type things that appear in my view and disappears. It¡¯s a complete chaos, I can concentrate. I don¡¯t know what to try.

    As I was falling, I decided to go for a bonus hit, I started moving my elbow towards that fat guy¡¯s nose. In a blink of an eye, ice mage and fat boy were flat. All that is left are 2 sidekick mages and this girl.

    ¡°Tch! How dare you newbie¡± Erisa barked

    I immediately took a back step and rolled to the left and jumped again, the earth mage is more troublesome as compared to others. It¡¯s interesting how a sidekick is better than the main villain here.

    I guess the world despite being so unbelievable is still realistic in this particular aspect.

    She suddenly revealed her magic, it was wind element. While midair, I was blown away. Crap, I take my word back, she was just holding back. She unleashed a small tornado again.

    The earth mage and the other sidekick with lightening element also joined in. I guess that¡¯s it for me then. I smiled.

    The earth mage broke the floor, Erisa threw a tornado on it and last but not least, the lightening mage charged those particles and now lightening is being generated on its own.

    Why are they using such advanced techniques on a simple guy like me?

    ¡°[Nullify]¡±

    As soon as we heard the voice, the fat guy, the sidekicks and even Erisa were shocked. Everyone seems to have regained consciousness it seems. I look behind and notice, another girl walking.

    She have a special badge which reads ¡°Head Girl¡± on it.

    Wow, such power, as soon as her spell took affect all the elements disappeared, my heavy feet is also alright and the guys I had knocked off are also awake. If this was a game, I¡¯d say she can remove status ailments.

    This world really is very similar to a fantasy game world after all.

    ¡°How many times do I have to report your ill deeds¡± she yelled at all of us. The boy in specs who was originally bullied explained everything again. She politely apologized and asked us to leave for induction process.

    ¡°As for the rest of you, I will file a detailed report this time, I have caught all of you red handed.¡±

    She says so while re-positioning her specs. The head girl looks like a hot girl, she have an athletic build, long black hair and wears red framed specs. The glass doesn¡¯t look like it have any focal power, this could probably be a magic item.

    Now that I am in a magic world, I cannot ignore this possibility. As soon as she was done with the bullies, I politely asked the way for the induction and the boy in specs and I left for the same the very moment.

    ¡°My name is Erin¡± The boy in Specs said as we were walking towards the induction hall. ¡°I¡¯m Eli¡± I responded in a friendly tone.Stolen story; please report.

    ¡°Are you new student or a repeater?¡± He asked

    ¡°Repeater?¡± do people fail in exams here too? I wondered

    ¡°I see so you are a new student¡± He concluded.

    ¡°You can use reality marble so well, so I thought you probably failed last year¡± he added.

    ¡°What¡¯s reality marble?¡± I asked in curiosity.

    ¡°You don¡¯t know that? Yet you can use it like it was a second nature? Are you kidding me?¡± he started asking too many questions.

    I guess I will ask Stein regarding this. Fuck, I¡¯m too curious, let¡¯s see just how much does he know about it.

    ¡°So tell me what exactly this is?¡± I asked with curiosity.

    ¡°Well no shit people can mistake you for a repeater if you are even ignorant of your own magic¡± he said while acting all high and mighty know it all.

    This just pisses me, but I put my pride away and try to probe again.

    ¡°Well to put it simply, casters of reality marble, override the reality, alter rules at their wills, like for you time would be slower and for us it will still run normally¡± he added

    ¡°Hey how do you know so much about complex magic such as this, are you a repeater?¡± I asked

    ¡°Well yes, I am, and don¡¯t think this is some legendary skill, although it is rare to have and even rare for an elementary mage to be using, this is usually used with combination of other magic to make it a mid-tier level fights¡± he said.

    ¡°Oh so, I can perform this magic with other magic and make a deadly combination¡± this conversation clearly had escalated to a nerd level. I was still happy to have a chat with him.

    ¡°So Erin, mind if I ask you how did you fail last year?¡± I asked, because I wanted to ask.

    I could see Erin¡¯s expression change a little, he was looking depressed.

    ¡°I did not appear for my tests since my parents¡­ my parents were murdered last year around this time¡± He had some difficulties speaking, he was stammering, he had closed his fist tightly.

    ¡°I see, I am sorry to hear Erin, I hope you got justice¡± I consoled Erin on our way. ¡°It¡¯s alright, I am over this, and the culprit was also killed by my parents in cross fire. They died taking care of the burden of justice with them¡± he added.

    ¡°Oh¡± I nodded.

    While we were having our little talk, we reached the induction hall, we opened the door and noticed that everyone in the hall noticed us. All eyes were a little disappointed and angry at us. Stein was on stage and was looking at me with a poker face.

    I in response, too, maintained a poker face.

    We got to our seats and focused on what Stein had to say.

    ¡°Now that we have all students gathered, finally. Thanks to our school head girl Karin, to take care of the problem and resolve it so quickly¡±

    The head girl from before was standing right in the corner of stage and was acting as if she was some body guard.

    Well she sure does look strong. And sexy J

    The long black hair till her waist, short skirt, athletic body, curvy breasts, confident eyes. Perfect Tsundere character to be honest.

    As expected of school head girl.

    ¡°Ahem¡± Stein burst my day dream like a balloon with a cough. It appears I was asked something.

    I left my eyebrows while seeing Stein, suggesting to repeat the question. Instead, Erin told me that my name was being called for attendance.

    I immediately shouted, present sir with red cheeks. Shit, impression ruined, right in front of the head girl.

    She was looking at me but as soon as I looked back at her, she turned her face like an hmph!

    I was instantly depressed further.

    ¡°And now I bring forth the magic awakening orb in front of you all, as some of you might be aware, this is a treasured magic item of kingdom of Slaya¡±

    I have already tried a similar orb back in castle, how different would this one be? Well I can see everyone is cheering and excited. One after one, students would go to the orb and place both their hands on it and concentrate.

    ¡°Lightening, I got lightening element, yay!¡± A boy shouted in excitement.

    ¡°Ice mage¡± I guy of cold nature just said so and shrugged. I guess elements depend on their nature probably.

    ¡°Light magic, I am a healer, I am fire mage¡± many got different results.

    ¡°I got gate magic, yay¡± one guy was so happy, everyone was like woah. I guess this one is a rare magic. Huh

    Looks like the orb changes color based on the element awakened. Like for healing, it changes to green, fire is red, ice is blue, earth is brown, lightning is purple, light magic is white and dark is black.

    The class have now almost all sorts of mage classes now. It was my turn now, I walked up the stage, Stein was looking at me with all tensed look on his face.

    I too was very curious, the orb at castle didn¡¯t detect anything but Stein did give me a potion, to grow mana glands in my body. Come to think of it, it¡¯s after that I noticed I can accelerate faster than others.

    I placed the hand on the orb, and close my eyes. I try to concentrate. Yet again, there is so much static in my mind, I just don¡¯t know what is wrong with my mind. On surface I might look calm but inside, I have chaotic storm going on.

    The orb started to vibrate, no colors visible, yet. I start leaking some black aura around me the whole induction room temperature dropped severely.

    I can already hear people guessing my element, some say its ice due to the cold, others counter question why the orb is colored yet.

    I can feel the orb is getting hotter now, okay it¡¯s too hot now. I suddenly open my eyes, only to see the orb is on fire.

    Everyone was shocked in the room, why is the orb burning. Stein was observing carefully. Suddenly the orb lit.

    ***

 Chapter 9: Help!

    Chapter 9: Help!

    Finally, after much patience, the orb was lit. I was so happy just to see light come out of it, I didn¡¯t even care what color it was. I could already hear other students make fun of me while I was concentrating. They thought I was some muggle.

    Just as I was about to see the orb, I noticed, everything went slow again. As I observed, everything is actually much slower than before.

    It¡¯s getting so quiet. The magic lamps are lit, but literally I can see sparks coming out of them in slow motion. Everyone is standing still, as I move around, I feel like I am losing my sight.

    Things are getting darker as I move my head and whatever I take my eyes from, starts looking a little distorted when I look back at it. It¡¯s like a digital image where each pixel is moving with my head, just unable to keep up with me so things get torn apart.

    This looks very strange to me. How do I turn it off again? I lift my hand from the orb and I get shocked instantly. Infinite after images of my hand is forming as I move it.

    I get it, it¡¯s like frozen windows XP. What kind of silly ability is this? I just don¡¯t even know what to do with this. How do I turn it off?

    Naturally, I am getting nervous as more I move, the more dark it gets. I walked two steps and when I looked back, I could still see myself standing at my original place, I look forward and notice, I am standing even at the place I intended to move after looking back.

    I eventually still move.

    This is fucking crazy, am I on acid?

    *Third person perspective*

    Meanwhile, far away, where everything is white, possibly a void, where even darkness doesn¡¯t exist. Lacreus is seen sitting and meditating. He appears to be having a usual routine. He is just there peacefully floating in the void and suddenly, his eyes opens.

    A rift in the void appears, tearing the void and a pocket like dimensional cut appears. Lacreus raises his arm and from the cut, his Scythe gets summoned.

    He stands up and goes in the dimensional cut. As soon as he crosses over, the cut disappears leaving absolutely nothing but blank white page.

    ¡°I sense a dimensional rift and universal imbalance. Report immediately¡± Said Lacreus to all his subordinates.

    ¡°Well, I think he is finally back, wouldn¡¯t you agree Lacreus?¡± Teased Onus

    ¡°Even with all knowledge, this crafty bastard is unpredictable, even for me¡± he added

    ¡°Don¡¯t belittle the creations of divinity Onus, for us are the same¡± Lacreus replied in a very cold and calm tone.

    ¡°Our battle had ended after it was settled, his departure was his own choice, it should not concern me, however¡± Lacreus squints his eyes with a worried look.

    ¡°However?¡± Onus questioned.

    ¡°There is something different about this. Why is he doing it now? I understand he returned but why is he testing his limit inside the creation?¡± Lacreus questioned himself.

    ¡°He could have just asked me, I could have sent him to the void, rather he is powerful enough to reach void on his own¡± he added.

    Now even Onus was worried, just what is this bastard plotting, does he plan to destroy one thing father loves?The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.

    ¡°I¡¯m going to the mortal realm¡± declared Lacreus.

    ¡°Onas, ensure to keep things from falling apart from here, you are life after all¡± he added

    ¡°Yes, Lacreus, I will try my best¡± Onas responded in a serious tone.

    Lacreus started swinging his scythe and suddenly a cut in the dimension appeared, lacreus went inside and the cut closed.

    *Lacreus¡¯s POV*

    As soon as I reached the mortal realm I could already see the epicenter of all distortions. Everything is shaky from 4<sup>th</sup> dimensional point of view, beings of third dimension won¡¯t even know they got destroyed if this goes on.

    I descended towards the epicenter only to notice there is a building. I went pass the walls and reach a huge hall. There are children and few adults in the room.

    Tshch! Just what the hell?

    There is a young boy, confused, afraid, and walking all over the place. Looks like he is blinded. Well this is what happens when time stops for someone. This is new one, when did Onas bring such a being into existence. So powerful.

    This boy can move at light speed and that makes him as fast as him. Onas is life but I don¡¯t think he can create such a being. Is this father¡¯s doing? I wonder.

    But why would he place him within his own creation, unless he himself wants to destroy it? This could be a grave incident. However, I am death, it¡¯s my job to destroy the creation and there still 15 hours left for that as per our time flow.

    First him and now this boy, this is just ridiculous. Are they created because I must exist? I wonder, no one can predict my father as well. *sighs*

    Well just so you know father, I am not the one destroying your little card house here. Consider this my service to you.

    I start accelerating faster and faster, until everything gets very slow, even the electrons are still in each atom. Slowly, the electrons start revolving in opposite direction.

    Ah, I just went overboard, I won¡¯t be able to help this kid if I am even faster than him. I bit my tongue in embarrassment.

    *Eli¡¯s POV*

    I guess, this is how death looks like, pure darkness. No one to communicate, no feelings, no senses. I can¡¯t hear, see, talk, breath. I have no idea how I am still alive, without air.

    I guess this is my grave, it feels like I have spent eternity. I wonder how many years have passed, I did not expect this type of ending for myself.

    I cry, yet no tears fall, I guess, even my body is destroyed, for I can¡¯t sense anything anymore.

    ¡°Boy¡± a voice. I finally heard a voice. Where is it coming from? Right I don¡¯t have ears to point towards the source of voice. I still keep rotating so I can at least see someone.

    ¡°Can you hear me boy?¡± I heard it again. I tried to yell ¡°YES¡± but nothing came out of my mouth.

    ¡°I see, you unlocked light speed without protection barrier that would exclude you from all effects. This ensured your existence, everywhere. Even in black holes, stars, cluster clouds. You have probably experienced everything since big bang till final collapse¡°

    *Lacreus¡¯s POV*

    This is exactly what even I experienced when I was first made. You truly are another version of me, in the making. If I kill you, will I die too? Isn¡¯t it strange to have experienced infinite versions of outcomes of all reality, I am still unaware of his fate and mine too. Father, you gave me endless knowledge, yet you did not tell me my own fate.

    This probably is also what intrigues me, keeps me interested in your creation. My work as death is to bring an end to what you created. If I were to end him, end myself, what will become of your creation? Will it continue to expand? Will Onas die too?

    What will you do?

    I guess, for now, I will help the boy.

    ¡°Listen boy, you don¡¯t know how to use magic, so concentrate on a line. Think of a line that starts from where your brain was supposed to be, and take it to all parts of your body¡±

    ¡°Good, now start imagining every nervous system you originally, had¡± I smiled though. It¡¯s tough for mortals.

    ¡°Well you have an eternity to figure it out¡± There is no rush. However, Onus is recreating everything you are destroying. It¡¯s better if you appreciate his efforts.

    ¡°Good, now imagine your skeleton, muscles, skin, eyes, tongue, ears.¡±

    ¡°Once you do that, imagine a wall that will cancel everything¡±

    Huh!

    What is that? It looks so familiar.

    ¡°Fascinating isn¡¯t it?¡± a mysterious voice came

    Ah if it isn¡¯t the observer.

    ¡°Pleased to meet you Lacreus¡± The observer said in an emotionless tone

    ¡°Same Here¡±

    ¡°Of all things I have witnessed since my creation till my doom, this is the most hypocritical event ever. Isn¡¯t this what you call an oxymoron?¡±

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s the birth of the death after all¡± I responded

    ¡°This is how that demon came to be, this is how I came to be¡±

    ¡°Look even the infinity and universe are witnessing this¡±

    Ah so that¡¯s what it is. As expected of the observer.

    Looks like he finally created his body again but is trying hard to create a wall that cancels everything.

    ¡°I am glad to have met you Observer, Infinity, Universe, I will be taking my leave outside father¡¯s creation with the boy now¡± I politely bowed and everyone else dispersed.

    I cast a [globe of end all affects] on the boy, swing my scythe, creating a cut between the creation and void and drag the boy with me.

    ***