《The Legend of the Dark Chronomancer》


 Prologue: Savior

    In a completely normal high school, there were completely normal students, and in that school there held a certain child.


    Although we call him a child, Nex Vesania had the meniality of an adult. His deathly black eyes held unspeakable horrors and swirls of sadness. As a child, he did not play with other kids and was gradually alienated from society.


    You could also call him bullied, but that was because no one could get close to him without having shivers all over their body, and feeling a nauseating feeling.


    Some say he is an orphan, while others say his parents still live but are afraid of him. Nex would just vanish after class and no one had enough courage to talk to him or follow him.


    With no safe place or camaraderie with any living humans, he found refuge in the world of books.


    Reading most of his day he had the appearance of a scholar with a tendency of being absolutely silent. If no one would tell you he was there he could manage to sit next to you without ever noticing.


    ¡°Alright class-¡± The teacher of the class was suddenly interrupted with the ding of the loudspeaker overhead.


    *Ding* ¡°Code Blue, Code Blue. This is not a drill¡± The usually monotone voice of the loudspeaker had an urgency that was usually never there. (Note: Code Blue is an intruder in a school or hospital.)


    As if on cue a gunshot rang out through the school. The kids in the classroom were still before pandemonium broke out.


    ¡°Kids, quiet down!¡± The teacher spoke in a quiet hiss and the kids quickly silenced. The teacher went to the door, locked it and herded the kids into a corner where they sat in nervous anticipation.


    The door of the classroom suddenly had a shaking noise signaling someone was trying to get in. The person shot the lock of the door and it shattered under the pressure of the bullet.


    He walked into the door and shot into the air with his revolver. *Bang!* The kids flinched and the man turned towards them. He aimed at a young girl who was shaking in fear holding her head. *Bang*


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    The girl jerked but in wonder looked up as the bullet didn¡¯t hurt at all. All she saw was a boy¡¯s uniform with a small pool of blood forming.


    ¡°Hii-hii¡± The girl squealed as she backed up from the boy. Nex looked backwards and with a smile that made more harm than good.


    The man, seeing that Nex didn¡¯t die proceeded to shoot him 4 more times in the stomach.


    ¡°Heeh~¡± Nex looked at the man straight in the eye, causing the man to back up in fear. ¡°You know... You can¡¯t just shoot all over the place, there is no point.¡± Nex slowly walked up the the man who was turning pale and grabbed the gun.


    Nex put the gun to his forehead and with a ghostly whisper said ¡°You have to aim for a vital point and...¡± Nex pulled the trigger and instead of a bang there came a click signalling there were no more bullets left. ¡°Bang¡± Nex gave a terrifying smile.


    Nex dropped the gun and strolled up to the man. ¡°Hey Mister, how does it feel to be on the receiving side?¡±


    The man just squealed and fell on his butt. Nex just looked at him and grabbed his shoulder and pulled out a bullet. The blood splurted out of his shoulder on the man¡¯s face causing even more terror.


    Nex just looked at the man and then the bullet. His mouth made a crescent smile that was so wide the corners of his mouth cracked and lines like a crows foot formed and blood dripped down on his face.


    ¡°Now... How do you like it?¡± Nex accentuated each word causing pure dread to appear on the man¡¯s face.


    ¡°Wait!¡± the man begged ¡°I¡¯ll give you anything! I¡¯ll never do this again! Please stop...¡±


    While the man''s begs Nex gave a wider smile and reached towards the man¡¯s eyes... And put the bullet in it.


    ¡°Ahhh!¡± The man screamed in pain while he grasped his ragged eye and rolled on the hard tiled floor of the school. All this time the class just watched in silence and horror.


    Nex just gave a wry smile before tipping over and falling into a pool of blood.

 Chapter One: Fate

    Darkness


    ¡±Death... Huh.¡± Nex was floating around the black void called death. ¡°Fitting...¡± Nex closed his non-existence eyes and let go of his past thoughts.


    However, when he attempted to let go of his desire of being free of the torment of life, he thought of his previous life.


    Since Nex was born, he was alone. His mother, a rape victim never accepted him. As such he lived a life of silence. His mother would look at him with dead fish eyes, he was reminder of the man who raped her. He had minimal care, with no love to be found.


    At almost 2 years old, after Nex has weaned off his mother¡¯s milk. His mother committed suicide. His name Nex, meant death in latin, something his mother wanted to happen.


    Even when adopted by his aunt and uncle, his life was still painted in sadness. His father a raging alcoholic, and his aunt who abused him.


    By kindergarden, his eyes were painted dark and teachers would talk about the child who would sit and stare into a corner.


    Unlike his enviable classmates, who were showered in love and affection. Nex had to be alone in the darkness.


    By elementary school, no one would attempt to talk to him, regarding him as ¡°that kid¡± he amount of times he had talked could be counted on one hand and people generally stayed away to keep away from his depressing aura.


    Some teachers, however seemed to feel bad for him, and introduced him to books. From that point onwards he couldn¡¯t be seen without a book in his hand.


    His aunt, who continued to torment him suddenly stopped when he said more that one word to his aunt.


    ¡°I don¡¯t need coloring books, clothes, or money. Just tell me why have you taken my book?¡±


    The only emotion he showed was a look of melancholy when sometimes reading a book. He continued this way until high school.


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    Where he was killed.


    *Sob* *Sob*


    ¡°Huh?¡± Nex snapped out of his memories when he heard a sobbing sound in the distance. ¡°Who are you?¡±


    The sobbing stopped.


    ¡°I m sorry... I-It¡¯s just that your backstory... It¡¯s so sad.¡± the unknown voice said with a voice of sorrow.


    ¡°Well, it¡¯s my life... So I have to accept it.¡± Nex whispered.


    ¡°I am Fate, since your past life was so... Unfortunate... I will give you another chance.¡± A ghostly image of a girl appeared in the endless darkness. She unfurled her fist and inside was a golden clock, softly ticking periodically.


    ¡°This to make sure that you don¡¯t have the same experience that you had before.¡± The young girl who called herself Fate explained. ¡°I will send you to the place you always dreamed of, the world of your book. Magicians, with powerful spells and chivalrous knights, a world of dreams and magic.¡±


    ¡°I hope you life is 10 times better than it was this time.¡±  Fate waved a goodbye and pushed the golden clock into Nex¡¯s ethereal body.


    ¡°10 times 0 is still zero.¡± Nex wryly retorted. The darkness faded, and a warm light enveloped him.


    ¡°That poor child, such a horrible life.¡± Fate started to go back to where she was needed in the immortal realm.


    Fate stopped.


    Fate grabbed her head and wailed in sadness. ¡°I SENT HIM TO THE CORRUPT FANTASY WORLD.¡± She held her head and bawled. ¡°I hope he¡¯s alright.¡±


    It was just the beginning.


    Fin


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 Chapter Two: Birth

    Nex was thinking quietly, trying to organize his disarrayed mind. He pondered upon his recent experiences, and his untimely death.


    The swirling darkness around him started to crumble as Nex was expectant on what will happen next.


    Suddenly, a rush of color and noises disrupted his thoughts and his eyes were swirling as they tried to adjust to the sudden light. Nex tried to force his arm up to his eyes to discover a small arm helplessly waving around in front of him.


    He tried to raise his head only to experience a large pain in his back, which only caused him to unconsciously wail. Nex, now snapped back to reality decided to investigate his surroundings.


    With cautious eyes, Nex scanned the area around him. It seemed to be some sort of cave, with groans of pain around him. He looked back and trailed the hands holding him up to a woman who he assumed to be his a doctor.


    ¡®Where am I?¡± Nex thought, he looked at his supposed mother, who was profusely sweating with a pale face. She seemed to be human, except for the soft red light coming out of her eyes, as well as the slightly pointed ears she had.


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    ¡°Tch, a half-breed.¡± A large and powerful voice boomed to his right. Startled, Nex turned around as fast as him undeveloped body allowed him to.


    The man had a strong body, almost meant for protecting someone, however the cruel glint in his eyes and the disappointment evident in his face gave Nex a sense of crisis.


    ¡°Throw him out with his mother.¡± The man barked to the guard-like people standing nearby. His mother widened her eyes in terror and screamed as the men pulled her into a dark corridor, before a sickening crack echoed around the room and an abrupt silence rang in everyone''s ears.


    Nex could not do anything and his body was shutting down, as he was just a newborn child. The last thing he saw was a hand slowly nearing his head.


    Fin


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 Chapter Three: Crystal Cave

    If you were to ask Nex what his thought were about an infant, it would be: ¡°Babies are pathetically weak without help. ¡±


    Never in his life would Nex would believe that he would be in the situation he would be right now. Sitting in a dark alley that stank of trash, was a baby with strangely sharp eyes.


    Trying to organize his thoughts he recapped them in his head. ¡°So first... I saw a man? And he said I¡¯m a half-breed. Then blank huh.¡±


    Confusion swirled in his eyes, trying to find a viable option for the situation that he was in. ¡°Fate said, this place has magic.... Let me try that out.¡± He tried to do any type of chuuni chant had ever heard before or yell out magic names. However, he was an infant, and everything that was coming out was just useless mumbing.


    A flash of cold frustration flickered in Nex¡¯s eyes before he gave up. He decided to actually observe the area around him. All around him was rotten wooden walls, that obviously have been there for tens of year, and were in desperate need of repair. A shining moving object caught his eye.


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    It was a knight. The knight was wearing shiny silver armor and was lazily swaggered down the corridor. He caught sight of the bundle of blankets and a savage smile creeped on his face. He walked up to the blankets and vulgarly punted it across the corridor.


    Nex, who had a sliver of hope in humanity¡¯s good nature had it suddenly shattered. ¡°You goddamned bastard.¡± He thought as he few a good distance away.


    Nex rolled and rolled, until suddenly he fell into one of the city aqueducts. Luckily he did not land on his face, as he struggled to breath.


    After a long time of struggling to stay aloft, the wet, cold and miserable infant finally started to maintain balance on the stream. Nex helplessly watched as he was swept across the city and was soon carried into the woods.


    Nex¡¯s infant was screaming for rest, and as his vision began to vanish he swore ¡°I¡¯ll get my revenge.¡±


    *Drip* *Drip* *Drip*


    Ned awoke to the sound of dripping water. He seemed to be in some sort of cave. As Nex looked around, he saw numerous ancient stalactite, and their equivalent stalagmites.


    The cave was made of some sort of waxy crystal rock. It was light purple in color. The scene was actually quite pleasant to look at, despite the sharp spikes everywhere threatening to impale you./


    While Nex was looking around in wonder someone had creeped up on him, without noticing. The person picked him up, with surprising roughness not expected of someone carrying a baby.


    Nex surprised the sudden rising velocity, turned his lethargic head towards the person. The person was a young girl with intelligence in her eyes that didn¡¯t suit her childish disposition.


    She took a glance at Nex, opened her mouth, and said. ¡°Who the hell are you?¡±