《The End?》
Prologue: Ordinary Life?
Noah is silently sitting on his desk, reading the chapter he was assigned in his college class. His room is filled with empty energy drinks and clothes scattered around, leaves only a small path out of the room. He shifts left and right on his chair trying to find a comfortable position. Desperately trying to focus himself on the pages, he starts to read the same sentence for the third time.
"Aarrghh, I can¡ät do this anymore." Noah throws himself face down on his bed. Stupid college. They really do think we just sit at home and study... I¡äve had enough for today! He pulled his phone out from under his pile of clothes and began to play some mini games. After a while Noah lifts himself up and streches his arms with a groan. "Ahhhhrghhh" He heads to his kitchen to eat or drink something to releif himself of his boredom. Having only a small apartment, he arrives at his destination in a mere seconds. Noah sets some water to boil to make himself a herb tea.
This is exactly what I need right now to relax. Wrapping his hands around the hot tea cup and his feet curling up to the radiator, he looks outside and watches the thick snowflakes fall from the dark sky. If there is a perfect moment, this is it! Ahhhh I just love snow. It¡äs sad that we had such a boring, warm Christmas. Ohh well, better late, than never. Little did he know that this would be his last day on earth as he knows it...
Distracted of the falling snowflakes, Noah doesn¡ät realize that his waer boiler and the dishes start to faintly shine a white light. Damn, I start getting a little tired. This is the fault of the stpid classes that just had to be so early in the morning. His mind lost in thoughts, Noah walks back to his room and turns on his computer. Soooo, what should I watch today? The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.
Transfer initiated.
Like this evening turned into night. Or it should. Noah was so immersed in his movie, he did not realize that it did not grow darker. In fact it even became brighter. Now every object in the house sarted to emitt a bright light that increased on intensity every second, radiating brighter and brighter...
"And don¡ät you ever think about coming back again!" Having finally reached the end of the movie, Noah leaned back on his chair to soak in everything he just watched. Huh, can¡ät believe humans are capable of such terrible things. Wait... what is going on? My computer is shining bright. Holy fuck everything is shining. Just what in the living hell is happening here.
The light shone so bright, that you can¡ät keep your eyes open. Now it seemed like that the light came pouring out from everywhere, engulfing everything in bright light. This phenomenon didn¡ät just happen in Dawson Creek, Canada. It happened in every corner of the world, might it be even the most remote places on earth.
"Was zur H?lle?"
"Mais qu''est-ce que, mais qu''est-ce qui?"
"?Qu¨¦ demonios est¨¢ pasando aqu¨ª?"
"What the hell?"
...
Transfer ready.
The world was engulfed in Light and began to radiate, just to suddenly vanish...
Chapter 1: A new Beginning?
"Welcome young man."
Whaat is going on here?
Wait a second... did he just read my mind?
"Ohh thats right. I apologize, that was rude of me. Hohohoho just a little habit of mine." The old man replying in a bright manner replied a second later. "Oops I did it again. Hohhohoo." In spite of his anoying way, Noah could not feel the slightest bit annoyed at this old man, in fact, he felt a fatherly aura coming from the old man. Noah having a really bad promotion, couldn¡ät help but ask "Just who are you?"
"I am God¡ä, of course." "Of course..." "Hohohohoho" Ok maybe Noah felt slightly annoyed at the old man. "That can¡ät be true, that means, I¡äm de" "Yes, you are dead." Not letting Noah complete his question more to himself then to God, his annoyance turned into fear. Nonono, that can¡ät be true. I was a second ago in my apartment watching a movie. How yould I have died? Did I have a stroke? No, I¡äm only 22, I can¡ät possibly be having a stroke. Wait, there was this light..." Noah¡äs mind raced trying to digest the new information.
"Ok, now I will explain everything to you. First of all, you are dead right now. Your soul wanders afer the death of the body to heaven. Normally this would be the case of you, but because of the particullar case of death, your soul wanders to me. I look youst how your mind sees God as a figure, so everyone sees me different."
"In a case, yes, I am. In fact, I am everyone. I am God, Buddah, Alah,..."
"Seeing that you understand, let me continue. You still remember the white light?" "Yeah, it was everywhere. Is that the reason I died?" "Yes, thats the reason everyone died." "Everyone?" Believing he heard wrong, Noah asked out of reflex. "Yes, everyone on earth died just a moment ago like you. The light you saw engulfed everyone¡äs body and dissolved it. Don¡ät worry, it was all painless and quick, like in your case."
"I am afraid it is so. I am talking to them at the moment, as I talk to you?" Seeing Noah¡äs astronished espression, God smiled "Well I am God, I can be everywhere, at any time I want."
"That, my young friend, was the Light of Judgement" "But why did everyone have to die?" Gods smiling face disappeared without a trace and he put on a serious, for Noah frightening face. "Because death is coming." "Death?" "Yes, you see I am God of this dimension, with all it inabitans. Beside me are yountless dimensions, eatch having their own God protectiong and overseeing them. Some dimensions have Planets with humen like this one, some inhabit monsters and animals. There are so many dimensions and worlds, there is anything you can imagine. Now comes the tricky part. Some Gods are stronger that others, some are friendly to their collegues, and then there are some with evil intent. These twistet beings are the reason you and your world had to die."
"Because I am more of a weaker God, with a relatively small dimension, I can¡ät protect you from these evil Gods. Normally that wouldn¡ät be a problem, because the dimensions are so far away that each God minds their own business. But now a few of the evil Gods are moving with their dimensions to invade other dimensions to gain more power. They grew so strong over the time, that only a few Gods can hold their ground against them. Unfortunately I can¡ät..."
"Even if I can¡ät stop them, I can at least save my children. You see, when the evil Gods invade, all of you would die painfully in face of the sick creatures. If you die then, your soul dies as well. And if soul dies, you will not go to heaven... So I made the decition for you. I am sorry for that."
"Yes, if you wish so, you can see them again. But if you still have the desire to live, I can give you another life." "Wait what? I mean how?" "I made a deal with a few Gods I know, so I can send you to their dimensions. They are a long way to this dimension and the invading Dimensions do not move that way. I leave you to the decition."Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.
" Ohhohohho this is refeshing. You yunglings have so much energy and drive. The dimensions are in a place where magic exists in place of tecnology." "But will I meet my family and friends if I go to the other dimension?" "Unfortunately that is not so. If they decide to live a gain in another dimension, there would be so many planets that it is highly unlikely to meet someone you know." Noah¡äs bright mood damped somewhat as he was in thought. "But when I die, I can meet them again?" "Yes when you die, your soul wanders to these, you crave for the most."
"Hohohoho Now then let me explain everything to you. you will be sent to another dimension with the God Shea. She is harsh, but a fair God, so you should be in good hands. As I already told you, there exists magic in the world, as well as monsters. I¡äm afraid I can¡ät give you too many details because I know only of what little she told me. But because the inhabitans of this dimension are not used to magic, I am allowed to give you some gifts to the new world."
"Here is a list of items and skills you can bring with you to the new world."
Items
Skills
Spear of Thunder (1)
Fire Mastery (1)
Book of the Forgotten (2)
Shadowhunt (1)
Sword of the Colossus (1)
Cry of the Forsaken (2)
Helmet of Valkyria (3)
Hunters Eye (2)
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This is just awesome. Threre are so many items and skills. I can¡ät even begin to decide what to pick. "Whar are the numbers after the skills and items?" "Right! I totally forgott. You can only take a limited number of things to your new world. I would be unfair to the other races. And I only have a limited power I can spend." "I didn¡ät tell you? Your dimension isn¡ät the only one moving to the far away dimensions."
"The numbers behind the skills ans items refers to how many points you have to spend to take it with you?" "I understand. So how many points do I have?" "It¡äs just great how fast you understand. You can spend up to 3 points." "WHAT? Why do I only have 3 points?" "You misunderstand, 3 points is quite a lot. I had to bargain quite a lot with God Shea to get that many. In comparison humans are a relatively weak rave. Most dimensions only have one or two points." God steched his chst out with a proud expression. "Fine, then I need some time. And pen and paper." Intantly a pen and paper on a table appears out of bright light. "You don¡ät have to hurry, time flows a lot slower here." "Ohh so how much time passed since I died?" "In your understanding, about 4 seconds." Noahs had an astonished expression. Seeing that made God laugh again. "Hohohoho Take your time and call me when you are done." With that, Gods figure started fading in the light.
Sooo, lets get started...
"Great, then lets get started." God appeared right behind Noah and looked at his sheet. Around him were several hundred crumbled peices of paper lying around. With a wave of his hand the balls of paper, as well as the pen and table diappeared.
"I don¡ät know where you will spawn in your new world, but I imagine you dont want to arrive like this?" Lokking down himself, he saw sweatpants and a dirty shirt. I totally forgot, I was about to go to bed, when I died. Huh, kinda weird saying that.
"Great. Just think of the clothes you want to wear and it will be equpped to your body. The clophes are limited to what existed in your dimension." Ohhh so no super battle armor for me...
Hmm I wonder how I look like?
Wow I look like a crossover from a wanderer with an adventurer. With his 1.81 m and slightly muscular body, Noah looked a little bit better than you average man. These clothes fit perfectly.
"Yes, you certainly are, young man. I will send you now on your way to the other dimension. Take care and be careful." Looking proud and a hint of sorrow, God sent Noah on his way.
"This took more power than I thought. I guess this is the end for me." Having sent his children either to heaven or the far away dimension took every bit of Gods strength. He could only wait for the inevitable end.
"Might as well go out in a bang. Hohohoho"