《The Telling Of The Damned Hero》


 ★Prologue ★

    The start  of the journey


    Waking up in a unfamiliar surroundings he was questioning where he was, all that he could see was light coming from above, shining his area to where he could see his surroundings, he could tell he was underground but how far he didn''t know and thinking that he was in a dream he pinched himself. He realized this was reality, very quickly, so he begun thinking of how he got in this situation.


    "Mmmh.... how did I arrive in such area?"


    Recollecting, his thoughts to how he got to where he was,thinking so deeply in fact that he wasn''t noticing that he was creating the most unpleasant looking face. After thinking for a few moments he quickly began to recall to what happened to him.


    The last thing he was doing before he blacked out and how he woke up in this cave. Was talking to a individual,he began to recall the conversation he was having with the person and how he met him.


    As he was walking back to his apartment after finishing his day at high-school,usually before going to his apartment he would get himself something to eat and stop by the closest convient store to grab a quick snack. After getting a energy bar he began to walk back to his place until he met the said individual. Of how he got to his place quickly was going thru ally ways, the ways we''re pretty deserted, so he didn''t really have to worry about some one robbing him on spot, so as he was walking in his normal routine he noticed there was a difference, he felt he was being followed,then he heard these words behind him.


    "Would you like to be reborn, sir?"


    Freaked out by the said words he tripped over a bottle falling head back hitting his head he felt a little pain but he was more concerned about the person in front him and how out of place he seemed.


    The individual was wearing spectical glasses his coat covering him head to toe and a top hat with a multi-color design


    "Huh?"


    He knew better to not really talk to strangers, especially people who seem very out of place and it didn''t help that it was night time so he quickly responded with


    "Listen man I''m pretty sure it won''t be a good idea to talk to some random dude in a alley,so no thanks okay? You can have someone else accept your offer either way I''m going."


    The man with exuberant clothing still had a simile on his face, kept on showing his confidence thru the conversation.


    "My dear sir, trust me this deal is meant for you and you alone and I do have my job to upkeep so the only way this is going to end is you agreeing to my offer no matter what okay! So how about accepting it already and getting this part over with,and trust me you don''t want to say,NO to my deal so how about it kid?"


    "We''ll sorry sir but I''m saying no to your ''offer'' now excuse me I must be go---"


    Before finishing his statement his body was suddenly stopped and he was unable to move and he felt that he couldn''t control his own body anymore. The odd man began to laugh.


    "Ahahahahaha¡­¡­¡­oh my you just had to say that but I did warn you, now let''s begin with the procedure shall we"


    He began to look thru his coat to end up pulling out a dagger, then proceeded to cut his left hand, the pinky finger was off in one clean motion, it fell to the ground.


    The man was chanting unrecognizable words, while doing this the mc never heard of such words before it sounded like a new language that he never heard of before then he started to hear people whispering in to his ear to the point his mind was filled with them, unable to hear his own thoughts.


    -¡é€¡é¡ê¡é€¡é¡é


    After the chanting, the pinky, that was on the ground turned into red liquid and it was moving, it started to make a symbol on the ground in patterns that seemed like a maze that never ended, then what started to form out of the ground was a piece of paper on the two ends of it was two angles, having there flesh removed and demons laughing on the top as to declare there victory over the heavens. The man finishing his chant, started to look thru his coat to bring out a pen then brought the mc closer to him then started to write on the paper with a very happy smile on his face, he proceeded to talk again.


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    "So what would you like your new name to be? It requires you to change your name to finish the process¡­¡­¡­¡­hmm, silence, oh that''s right I forgot a bit that I''m forcing you to do this so I''ll come up with a name for you¡­¡­¡­hmm so looking at you I will name you¡­aindreas yes good name, good name,I know very good me, now prepare for a little bit of pain!"


    The name that was writing on the paper started to come off the paper and started to wrap around aindreas neck burning the name given to him on his skin.


    "While everything is done with now, before we part ways I''ll leave you this letter so you can read the rules and last thing to note, we will be seeing each other again but in a bit different circumstances I''ll be with my superiors and they expect you to repay us in fold and you don''t have to worry we will find you, so have a nice new life ahahahahahah!"


    Then everything went dark and that''s how aindreas came to this cave.


    "Hmm that basterd damn him at less he gave the letter now where is it?"


    Looks thru his clothes he found it in his left pocket, pulling it out and to his surprise he didn''t understand the language that was written in the letter which left him aggravated.


    "Dam it, if your going to give me the letter at least make sure that I could read it¡­¡­¡­now I have to find someone that can read this and translate it to me but first I must get out of this cave."


    Rubbing his neck in a annoyed manner thinking to himself that he can''t wait to leave this place and started to find ways to leave. He was never much of a climber or very athletic to begin with. In his school days he would usually just watch what he was eating so he could at least stay slim but really no muscle at all. For his appearance, he had black hair that he usually grew out to the point it reached the middle of his back and he had pretty decent face structure to work with but nothing to set him out of place of normal high school boys but the best way to describe him was ''average'' to say the least.


    After a few moments of walking around the cave he saw light beaming from a area. Quickly walking over there to find his way out,he saw a cave opening, when walking out of it he was surrounded by trees and vegation, not knowing which direction to go he simply followed the sun.After a few minutes of walking he saw a cross road leading in a two way direction with a sign in the middle of it not knowing to which direction to go, he thought of grabbing a quarter in his pocket and flipping it in the air, heads go to the right, tales to the left.


    "Leaving it up to you fate, please work for me!"


    Flipping it up in the air and catching it seems that fate has decided to take him in the direction to the right. What does fate have instore for him the only thing he was thinking about while walking down this road the words ''repay'' seemed to echo in ones mind.


    Prologue~End


    AN(author notes)~Sorry everyone, for making this long I promise future chapters will be shorter in the future and thank you for reading this

 The Road To The Damned City - Chapter 1

    The  Road To The Damned City


    Chapter 1


    Hours have passed and I''m still walking on this road, hoping to see the natives of these lands. Before parting on his adventure, he checked what he had on him, to make sure he had his things with him, he had his cellphone, his enegry bar and his ego.


    "Hmm¡­¡­no service, that makes since, well, I can at least use my phone as a light source if it gets dark and thankfully I have my bar with me so I won''t starve right away".


    But he also knew that he needed shelter not to mention he knew nothing about the climate conditions, so it could be -30¡ãdegrees in the night for all he knew and his clothing couldn''t really keep him warm, not to mention, the wildlife that could be here. So, time was against him to find shelter.


    He thought about the things he would do if he couldn''t find shelter, in time he started to see smoke coming from the distance. Overjoyed, by the sight he started running torwards the smoke.


    "Yes, finally signs of life, hopefully they have food and hopefully someone could translate this letter!"


    Running as fast he could, hungry motivated him to go even quicker, the thought of having food in his stomach made him speed up. As he was approaching the smoke, he started to see wooden buildings. He headed toward the house knocking on it.


    "Hel-"


    Surprised by the door opening a little, he was startled he couldn''t go any further, a child body was blocking the entrance.


    "Ah-ahhhhhhhh!"


    First time ever seeing a body in his life. He never thought the first body he would see would be a child''s body. It freaked him out,  the sight made him fall backwards and he started to run towards the villagers houses.


    "HEY, SOMEBODY, ANYONE!"


    And rethinking of seeing the sight of the child, he started to look at the smoke again and connecting them together. Looking at it with shock he started to run over the little hill and what he saw was just a mountain of corpses. Children with spears thru them, lead him towards the bloody mountain. He was so stunned by the sight all he could do was look at the sight.


    "ahhhhhhhhh!"


    Hearing a scream off from the distance he immediately jumped and started to try to hide himself,but the only way he could cover himself was with the corpses. He was disgusted by the thought of it. He immediately held his noise and started to move them.


    First he started to move the adult males that were on top and then started to pull himself underneath. He started to crawl and the blood of the children went down his back and it smeared his clothes. Making sure to cover his body good, he was now concealed. He could see thru the holes that we''re left.


    Then seeing a man running across the field in view, he noticed that he seemed to be wearing some form of the same clothes that the other villagers we''re wearing.Following right after him we''re soliders wearing leather armor and one shot his bow and hit the running suspect, right in the leg and he collapsed down in front me.


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    "No¡­please I will give you anythi-"


    With out finishing his statement his head was on the ground,the head facing towards me.


    "Please,next time don''t beg for your life,at least have the honor of facing death with acceptance."


    "Well, what else do you expect from these ''novah'' citizens they have no back bone"


    Two of the guards still talking, aldrea was hoping for them to move soon so, he could get out the pile of bodies.


    "Well since this was the last of them shall we be going?"


    "Wait first let''s make sure the entire village is dead,our captain wants to make sure to have no survivors, so give me a moment."


    Closing his eye''s he felt a slight heart beat, sound coming from the mountain of corpses.


    "So did you find anything?"


    "¡­no, nothing let''s go."


    Waiting, until they fully left his sights. It took a couple minutes for them then,he saw them leave. He then started to crawl out of the corpses. After getting out of there gasping for air.


    "I gotta find someone to help me, to let me know the situation happening in this world and to get this lett-"


    Being strucked by pain,he looked down at his legs, two arrows pierced them, both shocked by the pain he fell in agony.


    "Ugghhhhhh!"


    The two soldiers that we''re thought to be gone we''re waiting for him to appear out in the open.


    "Wow you we''re right, I will be sure to not doubt your ability again."


    "Yes, now this person doesn''t seem to be a novah citizen, nor to be looking like any form of another kingdom, hmm¡­interesting let''s search his belongings to see if it could say something about him."


    Asking his comrade to hold aldrea''s arm down, so he couldn''t resist searching thru his things, they throw out is phone,his energy bar then they came into contact with the letter.


    "Hmm¡­what''s this"


    Looking thru the contents of the letter, his hand''s startled to tremble, he was in shock. Then looking down on the struggling aldrea he saw the markings around his neck.


    Aldera, still drooling in pain looked upwards, begging.


    "Come on I don''t know anything just let me go and I''ll be sur-"


    Being kicked by the Bowman in the face leaving him knocked out.


    "We''re am I?"


    Looking at his surroundings, he saw his cell and a light gleaming from the back, lighting his area a bit, he couldn''t feel his hands or legs and he noticed he was off the ground a bit.


    "Ahhhhhh!"


    He was crucified in his cell, strapped naked and disoriented, not knowing where he was, all he could do was yell. So, this was his footstep in the damned city.


    Chapter 1-End


    AN- So, hopefully I made this shorter for you guys to read.I''m trying my best, to hopefully entertain you. Thanks for reading, would appreciate it if you also shared this, thanks again and be sure to comment and express your opinion. Give me critique, so I can better myself as a author.

 Chapter 3

    # Chapter 3 - The Kings Favor


    It was quite in the throne room. All you heard was the kings footsteps. He walked around Aldrea''s crucified body. The kings eyes looked over him. He was examing him like a museum piece.


    The king stopped after inspectiong Aldrea. He spoke in a confident manner, as a king should. Demanding, Aldrea''s attention as he spoke.


    [King:Allow me to introduce myself. I am Reinford the King of these lands. The fourth in my bloodline. It is a pleasure to see you demon!]


    Hearing the king speak, Aldrea ignored him. He didn''t feel like responding back to him. But he needed to get information. He then responded to the king.


    [Aldrea:"Why¡­ why¡­ am I in this situation?" "why are you doing this to me?" "Those are the answers I want. So I''m sure you can answers those questions for me, right king!"]


    The king looked at him with a plain face then answered him. Although,he assumed Aldrea knew everything.


    [King:"Well I guess i have to explain a few things." "Do you see the writing on your neck"?]


    Looking downwards to his neck he sees the writing which is unknown to him.


    [King:"You see the tales in our world are of many myths and legends. But one legend stands tall among the others. It''s the legend speaking of the descendants of demons and angels. They are said that one day they will come forth. they will have markings on there body parts. They will decide where this world will go. They will either direct this world into more chaos or into greater virtue".]


    Looking at the king, Aldrea was thinking of how and why he was even there. And the reasons that they held him captive. Why was the king telling him of this legend.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    [Aldrea:"So,what made you guys think this legend was true? And not just word''s passed down by old men trying to achieve the so called alluison of a God.


    A little stun by Aldrea statement. The king did a simple laugh. As if saying Aldrea doesn''t know anything.


    [King:"You see boy the reason why people believe in this legend,is because the person that created this world say''d so himself. It was only a hundred years later he vanished and left this world".]


    Stunned by the answer Aldrea was holding a confused look.


    [Aldrea:"What do you mean by vanished"?]


    [King:It is like I said he vanished. The only thing he left behind was his books. They gave us knowledge about events that were going to happen. Telling us what the future would like. Writing about earthquakes or floods which would happen. And so many more things. It also told us that destruction would happen. By beings of greater powers, coming down. they would judge us.The creatures (people) would have strange writings on there bodies. With this information we have waited. Waited for the day to come. Overtime, though the other kingdoms grew restless. They where more out for themslves. They began betraying each other. Our last King, my father was betrayed by the other kingdoms. And thus we have been waging war with them. We have been on standstill with them. With our alliances its quite even between the kingdoms. So we thought once you, the beings came down to us. We could use your powers to help turn the tide into our favor.]


    Thinking about a few things, aldrea asked the king


    [Aldrea:"How did you know when people like me would be here?"


    [King:"Easy it said when one of you would come down the sky. Turn it red"]


    [Aldrea:"And how many times has it done that"?]


    [King:"About four times. Your the fifth one"]


    [Aldrea:"So you want to use my so called ''powers'' to help you win this. The problem with that is that I have no caplites as a solider or a general. So you will be wasting your time with me. So, why would you still consider me after hearing this?"]


    [King:"Yes I would because there is always a way to even make the weakest man stay on the top. Up Among the strong. The fact your unable to die is handy. It will give you a advantage. So when we win this, I''ll give you full rights as a citizen. And provide for you in anything you ask."]


    [Aldrea:"Oh, really if i start thinking about it I think i will take you up on that offer. But first I want the letter that was on me. I would like that returned to me. I would also ask you to translate it for me. As, you can see I can''t understand your writing here. So, I would ask for help with that. For my living conditions i want one of the better houses here. So I ask that of thy king. So do we have a deal?"]


    [King:"Yes¡­but do know that we will mold you into a soldier. And since it seems to be quite impossible to kill you during your training. You training, will put you thru hell. So demon prepare for that!"]


    With the deal said and done. All that was left was Aldrea smiling. His face looking exactly like a demon. Aldrea was laughing inside his mind.


    Chapter:3 - End


    Next chapter: Chapter 3.5 The workings of these lands/The letter translated

 Chapter 2

    Chapter - 2


    The Great Walk Towards The Capital


    After hours of time passed he was hearing footsteps coming closer to his cell. Hearing the chains of keys and swords rattling on the wist of the men coming to his cell. Listening to the door opening raising his head to look at him the person that got him where he was the bowman with seemed to be guards with him as well total numbers would be 8 men with him.


    Breaking the slince the Bowman began to speak.


    "You will be taken to the king and you will explain what your intents are demon and if so in a single inche you try to move or talk with out permission I will behead you, even tho that will not do anything to you but it will by me time to restrain you."


    Questioning what he meant by ''demon'' and the line "not do anything" he spoke with the dryest voice he could mutter.


    "What¡­do¡­you mean by deamon, what I am is a human being,I still bleed like a human I feel pain like a human so explain to me why I''m not considered a human being at all! Because all I know is that I was brought into this world, but I know for sure my blood, my body, my bones shows me I''m nothing but a human!"If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    Rising his voice has if trying to rally broken men after a lost battle the Bowman looking at him with irrating eyes he unsheathed his sword and slashed alreda''s mouth we''re the bottom of his jaw is just dangling by inches of flesh holding it together.


    "So if you consider yourself human then explain why you are coming back together and your blood is turning into steam!"


    Looking at the bottom of his jaw he see''s that his skin is reatching itself and you can see steam coming from the sides of his mouth where the slashes we''re and the only thing that where left behind was the scares that the sword left behind and looking at the Bowman sword his blood was evaporating off the sword.


    "Now that the hole persumtion that you are a human is now gone, we shall be going men and starp him onto the cart and let''s head over to the king he would like to speak to this thing."


    The men holdening him up and putting him on the wagon where he could be the pesdtal to all those could see. Traveling through the slums of the city looking at the citizens eyeing him and seeing the rundown side of the city where it''s just side of construction to where you could see the bad air in the sky and how people fighting over food is a daily sight to see he was wishing that all this was just a bad dream. After the slums they we''re right in front of the kings castle door to where it lowers down smarter going the carrgege stops then the men started to pick up aldrea and started to bring him in the open couters of the living al and to the kings open room we''re he saw the king setting there looking at him with distinct happeniess in his eyes.


    "Put him down men and you may leave I will be talking to this creature alone and don''t worry I''ll be safe."


    "But sir we shou-"


    "Slince you will leave is that understood!"


    "Yes sir."


    Leaving the room it was only the king and anidera.


    # Chapter - 2 end


    # Chapter 3 - The kings favor.

 Chapter 3.5

    Chapter 3.5 - Knowledge Obtained


    A few days have passed since the declaration of accepting the kings offer. Aldrea is living in the upper more "friendly" neighborhood, if you compared it to what he had seen when he was entering the city, the house was just as big as a manison, which is about 5,000 square feet, with gates going around the place, he was sleeping in his main bedroom. To him this felt strange not because of the perdicment he was in but because he never knew what this type of luxury felt like, it was a strange to him. He never had this type of enjoyment. The interior of the place was immaculate, clean floors, comfortable beds, servents underneath him. One of the request that aldrea asked for was books.


    [King:Books¡­ why do you want such things if i may ask]


    [Aldrea:Well if im going to stay here for a bit i would at least like to gain knowledge and learn the culture of your people. So, i would like some books containg information, whether it be about your relgion or some storiessurrounded tod peek my interest. Is there also, books that could help me read your language? Or could someone tutor me? Because in the long run that would be helpful don''t you think, king?


    Very well i''ll be sure to add you a library in your house so you can learn. I''ll also send one of our smartest tutors to help you learn and hopefully for your self you can see why im letting you walk around


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    Thinking about their conversation, aldrea continued scanning his library, seeing the stacks of bookshelfs, he was a little overwhelmed by the amount, he would have to read. Once he knew how to read the language, of course. He was then waiting for his tutor to show up. Time passed, the butler of the household appeared and told aldrea that his tutor had arrived,and was waiting for him in his library.


    Walking into the library he could see what seemed to be a grown adult, he seemed to be in the middle of his 20''s and 30''s but couldn''t really tell without asking straight out, with the tutor noticing that aldrea has entered the libary bowed to him.


    "Its nice to meet you aldrea allow me to introduce myself my name is gordentraph reckoning, the VI of my family blood line at your service"


    Speaking with the most elegant charm, aldrea knew that this guy seemed to have been the favorite for the ladies, not to mention his style is quite exzubarent, his clothes seems to be the most noticeing factor about him, he was wearing what seem to be a tux, with the design being read with blue strips coming on the sides and with lines acrossbhis back of tux, and the pants being two different colors, left leg white and right leg being the color black, all in all, aldrea didn''t seem to like the style choice but it''s not that this isn''t the first thing he saw that was weird, continuing his conversation


    "Thank you for coming out here to tutor me, let''s say its going to be helpful to know how to read your language"


    The best way to explain what the writing of the language, I would say its a mix of greek and arabic writing style, so unkowning how to read such a language, will take you some time to get use to it.


    "Then shall we get studying"


    "Yes¡­frist I would like to know how to read this, so you could work on this first"


    Taking out the letter and giving it to gorden but before the exchange commenced time had stopped


    "Huh¡­"


    Finding himself to be surrounded by darkness only a figure was coming out of it and it was the man that brought him there in the first place


    "You!!!!!"


    Chapter 3.5 End


    Next chapter : The explanation

 Chapter 4

    Chapter 4 The letter


    "You~!"


    With aldrea running torwards the man, he clenched his fist and swung, missing him by a few inches, he then got ready to swing again but then the man began to speak again


    "Haha, oh how I love the energy you have, but I decided that I should stop you before you handed that letter to him other wise the plans for our game would go out and that''s a big no no that we don''t want so I''ll just give you a small hand"


    Giving a big smile across his face


    "Then why did you let the bowman read that letter then"


    "Easy he couldn''t tell I was using my powers to hide the true meaning of the message and the purpose of it,I kinda wanted to play this game with you to see if you can figure it out but all in all it''s bad on my part for just toying around,but either way if you would of handed it over to your tutor I had a feeling he would be able to see thru my trick so I just decided to explain it myself."


    The man snaped his fingers and the letter that was in aldrea hand started to come out and opening in front of him and then a strange senseation of burning started to feel in the back of aldrea eyes closing them due to the pain, he could feel his eyes moving all around his eyescokets and the inner pupil starting to expand and after snapping his finger''s the pain went away and aldrea vision started to come back


    "What¡­did you do?"


    "Let''s say that I gave you, advantage, I''m really not supposed do this in the first place but hey I think I could handle a scolding from my other colleges but anyway now look at the letter"The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.


    Looking straight at the letter he can see the words changing to where its understandable for him to read the following contents it bestowed before him.


    ?Hello there sir or madama you have been selected by a chooser to compete in the ''reborn'' game in this game you and 6 other individuals are elected to compete, in this game and what the point is here that all of you have been invited here to make yourself have a better life or depending you could make it worse for yourself, but one thing we have in store for you is that we will grant you anywish once either one of you has shown progress or you can of your own choosing eliminate the other contestants by any means, now for the following rules


    1. You may team up with the other participants.


    2. You will not disobey your chooser if you do the chooser has full right to kill you by any means, ending your run, for your wish


    3. If some of you haven''t figure it out yet it''s very hard for you to die the only thing that can actually cause damage to you is either your ''chooser'' or other participants


    4. Last thing every month we will give each of you a evaluation to see your progress, to see if you deserve to earn your wish, and your chooser can give you tasks to make it easier for you to gain favor for us


    That is all and if you want more indepth answers you can talk to us when we do the evaluation and thanks for competing.


    From Overseers


    "So this is what you guys want us to do and since you want us to do this, why is this all i can ask?"


    "Why because we are bored that''s why and since we didn''t have anything better to do we might as well mess with humans, so we decided to come up with a little game and thinking we can at least repay the mortal for what he did to amuse us, after all. So what we did is we will look thru thousands of perral worlds to find people to participate in this,and overall it''s been fun to do and the reason i picked you is that you always trick yourself to be this avarage ego kid,but still has a good heart for people, but when i looked over you,i sensed something more sinister then that and you have been performing really well you might have tricked your reader''s with your acting so how about you show your true self right now¡­"


    "Hahahah¡­oh my god this is pretty interesting you know i never thought someone would like to see my trueself, you are funny,and you know i think I realized what i want my wish to be."


    "Oh, really what is it?"


    Nope not telling, why whould i spoil my wish but hmm, this is intersting, so one thing i can ask, can we expect the others to come?"


    "Oh, very soon"


    "Well thanks for clearing this up for me now im going to think about a few things and reevaluate my plans, but one thing i can ask are,any of the other contestents by me?"


    "Yes."


    "Im assuming you won''t tell exactly where they are to me, so how far are they away from me"


    "They just enterd the slums of the town thats all i will say"


    "Hmm thanks for once you''ve proved usefull, but i think i want to leave, we can cotinue this discussion later"


    "But is there anything else you want to tell me"


    "Get used to your new eyes"


    "Huh~!"


    chapter - 4.5 What has happend to the eyes?!

 Chapter 4.5

    With a sound of a snap, Aldrea appeared back in the library. It was onlymoments before asking Gordon to check the letter.He wasoblivious to whatthe man had done to his eyes. All he could do nowwas try to ease offhis anxiety.Hisanxiety wasnoticeable.It gave enough attention forGordon to notice.


    "Is everything alright Aldrea?"


    Noticing that, Gordoncan see somethings wrong, Aldrea plays it off.Hestartsrubbing the top of his head and says in a nervous tone, "just worrying, I won''t be able to understand your language.I hopethat it''s notgoing to take a long time, that''s all." Hearing this, Gordona bit confused starts scratching the side of his face. Then replied, "well you don''t have to worry about it. I''ll make sure I teach youto the best of my ability. Now we need tobegin our studies, come sit."


    Aldrea Pulled a chair besides Gordon.He hadstarted to pull out a bunch of books to show him.Gordon thentold Aldrea that the booksmostly contained short fairytales and history.He then handedAldrea theeasiest one, from the pile ofbooks in front of him.As heopenedup the book something began to happen to the writingin thebook. Aldrea thenstarted too see the writing starting to change into English words. He was alittle bit shocked but wantedto keep this to himself.Aldrea didn''t want to make it noticeable that this was happening.So he started to saythings like ,"what does this word mean?" Or "could you explain this to me again." But he did learn something from Gordon. That the writing system of the world, is built like the Japanese writing system.Meaning thata word could mean many things. Aldrea was happy that the approvement to his eyes quicken the learning process. If not learning all he needed, could of possibly taken years to learn. So after hours, thetutoring sessions came to an end.It was nownight.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.


    "Well it''s time to make my leave. Thank you for having me. Same time tomorrow?"


    "Yes, it would be a delight."


    Exchanging goodbyes, Gordon thenstarted to leave the mansion. While he began towalk towards the gate he looked back with his eyes. He thenfocused toward the bedroom.He glanced at the bedroom window of Aldrea room, saying to himself , "I noticed." With thatGordon walked off into the the night of the town.Aldrea was now alone in hisroom. He wasexaming his eyes, "They don''t look any different from your normal eyes. May'' be it''s more of a voice command?"


    Aldrea always loved comic books like Wolverine or any form of a comic hero of that type.


    "Lasers, x-Ray,"


    Shouting andthen quickly realizing that it wasn''t by voice command. He startedrubbing his head in confusion. He thenwith a sigh of disappointmentwalked back towards his bed. He was about tofall asleep whena strange sense came over him. He was about to close his eyes when a uneasy feeling came over him.Hethen saw ared aura arounda person and a scroll of text, coming from the side.


    Target - 1 mile away


    Status - calm and waiting


    Seeing this, Aldrea wanted to know more aboutthe person.He presumed that it was one of the other contestants. He would do a surveillance over the person. He then climbed down the side of the window.He landed on the grass, lookedto make sure the coast was clear. No guards werein sight so Aldrea ran towards the gate and headed towards the city.


    "Now ,lets see what your up to.''''


    Chapter - 4.5 End


    Chapter 5 - Confrontation Arises!

 Chapter 5

    Aldrea was on the hunt for his target.He headedtowards an alley. The alley was pitch black. In the darkness, it washard tosee anything.Aldreabecame uneasy,uncomfortable and startedfeeling on edge.He continued in his pursuit. Hewas careful in his approach. He didn''t want togo further. Something made him look down anda vexing feeling came over him. Telling him to hide. He decided to trust his instincts and hidein one ofcorners of the alley and waited for the person to come out.


    He then closed his eyes andwaited for the nexttext to appear. The textstarted toappearand the words, put him in shock.This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there.


    Status: Alive


    Distance: Behind you


    The words ''behind you'' were unsettling words to see. With anxiety building up, a swarm of different emotionscame overhim.He thenfelt hands on his shoulder''s.The shock of it sprunghis legs forward. He wasglad it put some distancebetween them.Aldrea before engaging into anything wanted to compose himself. Turning around he faced the person. With nerves popping out of him. Hepreparedfor his first encounter. Wondering how it would go.


    Chapter 5 - End

 Chapter 6

    Turning around Aldrea saw the person he was facing. The moonlight lit the person. Revealing every form of detail on her. It was a woman. Her hair was blonde and long, just passed her shoulders. She seemed to be in her 20''s. Her eyes captivating. They could make a man shiver in an instance. If anything it made the moment intense because Aldrea wasn''t sure how to approach her. He was always scared of woman. He knew they were hard to figure out and complicated creatures. Aldrea usually never had the courage to talk to any form of woman. She then began to break her silence.


    "Are you also caring the mark as well?"Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    Her voice was elegant and powerful. Aldrea answered her.


    "Yes..."


    Hearing the answer she began to walk torwards Aldrea with confidence. Aldrea started to slowly backup and kept an eye on her as he did it. He wanted to make she wasn''t pulling out anything from her pockets. She was now almost arm distance from him. Aldrea then began to speak.


    "That''s close enough!


    You can talk to me right there."


    She then stopped and put her hand out towards Aldrea. Then she spoke.


    "Let''s work together."


    With hearing those words, a big confused expression appeared on his face. What a way to begin the conversation. With that he was dumbfounded.


    "huh!"


    Chapter 7 - Agreements

 Chapter 6.5

    Agreements!


    "huh."


    Hearing the words ''let''s work together'' brought shock into his eyes. While speaking you can hear the disbelief and hesitation in Aldrea voice.


    "Why do you want to work together? What reason do you have for teaming up with me?"


    The thought of ''betrayal'' was the center point of his mind knowing that she could have partnered up with the other contestants and could have possibly set a trap so they can have a 100% chance for the kill. This unwanted doubt couldn''t leave his head at all. She putt her finger on her lips while tilting her head back to convey that she was thinking of her reason of ''why'' after a second she moved her fingers and said.


    "While, I think the main reason we should join up is that it will help both of our chances to win this. Also if your still worried about me betraying you, then you can kill me right here."The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    After talking she got on her knees and pulled a knife from her clothesthen presented it to me as a servant would do for a king. Looking at her thinking of why she would do this could it possibly be that she thinks that Aldrea doesn''t have the nerve to kill? To him he had to make sure he doesn''t feel weak in front of her and to know that she will not betray him so a idea popped into his head.


    "So... can I ask you something did you talk to the person that brought you to this world?"


    Hearing him a slight pause she had before answering him.


    "Yes... my chooser did talk to me."


    With hearing that he had only a few things left to say to her.


    "Did your chooser do anything to you? like gave you any special abilities?"


    Looking at him a tiny bit of hesitation appeared on her and then said "yes" hearing that Aldrealooking at her and said "show me it." hearing himshe looked up at him and nodded. Her hands started to form into clear steel the ground underneath her started to crack looking at her a smile appeared on his face. Holding the knife in his hand his idea re-surfaced he squatted and looked at with a big grin that only a demon can make and said.


    "Let me cut off one your hands."


    The thing she could see was his demonic smile.


    Chapter 7- Taking opportunities