《The horseman, death》


 Prologue part 1

    ???: I guess it''s time.

    I was currently on top of a skyscraper looking out at the remains of japan. Half was nothing but craters while the rest was a ghost town. This place houses 4 of the most powerful beings on earth.

    ???: DEATH! COME ON! IT''S TIME TO GO.

    Death: ALRIGHT I''M COMING!

    I responded to my sister plague while taking a last glimpse at the city and remembering my life. Up until I was six I was a normal person like everyone else. I played with friends and had a mother and father. But one day men wearing black uniforms burst into my house while my parents were away and grabbed me. I was unconscious for the most part but when I came to, I saw a building the size of 2 mansions greeting me.

    The insides looked like a mix between a hospital and a torture chamber. Every room I was dragged past had some medical equipment or some machine that looked like it would hurt if you touch it. I was taken to a room where 3 other kids were sleeping. The room had nothing except for white walls and a door. The kids looked the same age as me. 2 were boys while the other was a girl.

    One boy seemed to have a little muscle and seemed to be able to snap me like a twig. He had red hair and a face that looked angry. The other was kind of fat and seemed to have expensive clothes on. He had black hair and his face kind of looked like a pig. The girl had green hair and a face that would make many go ''''Cuuuuute" though she didn''t seem well. When I got closer I realized she had a cold. I kind of panicked not knowing what to do.

    I guess I caused a ruckus while panicking because they all woke up. All their eyes matched their hair and they looked around at their surroundings. The first to react was red.

    Red: Where the hell am I. Who are you people supposed to be.

    Next was black who didn''t really say anything but the growl from his stomach made us all jump since it sounded like a animal. The girl simply looked confused and coughed and wheezed every now and then. For the next hour red kicked and punched the door demanding to be let out. black simply sat in the corner chewing his nails while his stomach continued to go off. I was helping green with her cold and supporting her while she stood.

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    Finally the door opened and in came a handsome man with with brown hair and a expensive looking suit.

    Man: Good they will do just fine.

    He was talking to someone outside who we couldn''t see since he blocked our view.

    Red: YOU! ARE YOU THE ONE WHO BROUGHT ME HERE? I''LL KICK YOUR ASS.

    He charged at the man only to be thrown back by a kick.

    Man: You should be grateful. You brats were chosen to help me bring peace to the world. Each of you should think of this as a honor.

    Red: S..wheez..sc...screw..pant..you.

    Red was on the ground holding his stomach while panting. (It seems that he got the wind knocked out of him.)I thought while looking at him. Then black spoke.

    Black: Y..you know my parents are rich right? They will come and get me and throw you in jail.

    Man: Hahaha Your parents are the ones who sent you here. They thought it was a great honor to have their kids be the saviors of earth. Now take them to their cages.

    After saying that men came into the room and dragged us out. Red was resisting and was punched in the gut to be silenced. Black was so big that two men were needed. One to drag him and the other to keep him from struggling. Green held onto my hand with a death grip when they reached us. I held back completely terrified by what the man meant by cages. They tried to force us apart but gave up when they realized when it was useless.

    Green and I were forced to walk while holding hands. We went through some hallways passing rooms that had machines. Then we entered a hallway with 4 rooms and a dead end. The rooms were like jail cells. When we reached the rooms me and green held on even tighter. One of the men noticed this and took out a knife threatening us to go to a room or have our fingers cut off.

    We let go and went to a room. Each room a had a toilet, sink,  bed, and camera to monitor us. I entered one while green went to a room across from me. Red was put into the cell next to mine while black was across from him. This was the beginning of our new life.

 Prologue part 2

    For the coming years they experimented on us. We all went through different things. Sometimes they inserted things into our body''s and after a while they removed them. They melted, burned, and cut us over and over. Overtime we could start regenerating our injuries and regrew any limbs that were missing. Then they got worse.

    They performed surgeries on us while we were awake. They said we had to force our regenerative abilities to stop. Of course we all refused but they threatened us. I don''t know how they convinced the others but for me they threatened to kill green. We got close to each other since we saw each other from our cells. They picked up on this and used it against me.

    At first they opened my body and attached weird machines onto whatever moved and I would always feel a intense pain throughout my body. Every now and then I would pass out from the pain but they either poured acid on me or cut an arm off to wake me up. Then they opened up my skull while I watched. I didn''t know what they were doing but always felt strange when they did this. This went on for years and the only reason we didn''t go insane is because we talked to each other.

    For some reason we didn''t remember our names and guessed that''s what they were doing with our brains. Red''s father was a karate master and thought that fighting was a natural thing. He passed this of to his son so red always liked to fight. Black was some rich couples son and was always spoiled. He always got his favorite foods or clothes and used anyone to get what his parents couldn''t give him by blackmail or lying. Green''s parents were doctors who helped green with her problem. Green''s immune system was weaker than most so she always got sick and had to stay home most of the time.

    I told them them how my parents simply worked in a office and I simply led a normal life like most kids. Over time the hallway to our cells changed. They inserted a large metal wall that goes into the ceiling when someone enters and when someone does their wearing a big clunky suit like a astronauts. Not only that but our appearances changed as well. Black seemed to have gotten so fat that it''s a wonder how his feet was supporting him. Red was like a powerhouse. Every where you looked their was muscles but he always had that pissed off look on his face. Green was a beauty that would put models to shame. Her hair reached down her back. Her curves were all just right and her bust wasn''t to small or to big.

    I on the other hand was taller than the rest. Though I was extremely pail and thin. When I looked at myself in reflective surfaces I could see I had white hair that went to the back of my neck. Whitish silver eyes that surprised me since they used to be just silver. And finally noticed we had strange abilities. I was able to see a persons heart beat, brain, and veins through their body. Green had a bunch of different diseases in her body and was somehow able to know what each one did. They effected plants, animals and humans. Red was always pissed and when you annoyed him even the slightest he would go berserk and attack the walls and cell bars. It got so bad once that the bars had to be replaced since he nearly knocked them out of the walls. Black was able to sense a persons desires. He could tell if they wanted food, money, sex, etc, etc.

    The people would put rats into our hallway to test our abilities. They all died but it was the way they died that was weird. When the rat''s got close to red''s cage the rat''s started fighting other rats until they died. When rat''s got close to black''s cage they either started screwing their brains out and died from dehydration or got really hungry and attacked and ate anything with meat. The ones in greens cell all died. They either had their hair fall off or coughed up blood until they died or clawed at themselves trying to get something out till they died. The ones that came to me simply died. They didn''t do anything just simply approached me and died. I could see their brains and hearts just stop while their blood stopped flowing.

    Everyone had different opinions on this while I simply didn''t care. I didn''t feel anything like there was a void in me keeping me from feeling. The only thing I seemed to care about were the other 3. Years had passed with experiments and tests and now we looked 21 which is odd because according to the calender''s we saw when we passed by some rooms it''s been 25 years since we were brought here. During that time we all got really close to one another since we were all we had. We even made a secret language that only we understood. Finally the others had enough after hearing some people in the suits say we will soon become mindless soldiers. So we made a plan to escape using our secret language.

    We put our plan into action immediately which started with green mixing some diseases in her body to constantly make and cough up blood. My job was when the people arrive to check what''s going with green I had to piss off red. When they arrived I did my part.

    Me: HEY RED!! YOUR FATHER IS A SPINELESS COWARD WHO MAKES TICKS SEEM LIKE KINGS!

    Red: WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU BASTARD!!!

    I knew red respected his father a lot so it was easy to make him go berserk. He burst through the bars instantly and started tearing the people in suits to shreds. Then he reached my cage and instantly broke the bars and grabbed me by the neck.

    Red: MY FATHER WAS A GREAT WARRIOR YOU BASTARD!!

    Me: I-I know... wheez... remember this was the plan.

    Red seemed to come back after that and immediately knew what to do. The metal wall was coming down so he immediately rushed to it and stopped it''s decent.

    (Amazing that thing must weigh a few ton''s.) I thought while I watched him stop with ease. I went to the remains of the people in the suits and searched them. I found keys in what i''m assuming was a stomach. It was hard to tell what was what since red pretty much shredded these guys. I grabbed the keys and opened the last 2 cages letting out black and green. Then we ran out of the hallway that was our jail for years. What greeted us was soldiers with different guns. They shot at us riddling us with holes and blowing us up.

    But thanks to our regenerative ability we recovered quickly and charged them. Like the rats they died in a way that depended on which one of us they were closest to.

    Me: I guess this is why they always wore those suits.

    Black: Yep but we should hurry since we don''t know how many suits they have.

    Me, Black, and Green each grabbed a gun while red took 2 military melee knives. We charged through the facility trying to find a way out until we entered a room with computers that had our pictures on them. On closer inspection we guessed they were our profiles on what we are. So we printed them somehow considering we had no computer experience in the last 25 years. It was full of numbers and symbols that we didn''t understand but regardless we still took it. We finally found the exit after everyone in the building tried to stop us but because of our abilities we easily disposed of them.

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    We were on a mountain surrounded by a forest in the middle of nowhere.

    Red: Damn! Not only was that guy in the suit not in there but now were in the middle of nowhere?

    Me: Seems that way. Anyway what do we do now?

    Black: Why don''t we find a town and ask for help?

    Green: You saw what happened in there anyone we get close to dies.

    Red: Well I want to show that guy in the suit what terrifying creatures he made us into.

    Then he charged off and we simply followed. We didn''t have a purpose but red gave us one. For 3 years we searched for that man. We went into city''s and killed people regardless of who they were. Man, woman, child, and elderly all died in our presence. At first the others were horrified by this while I didn''t feel anything from it. Green especially took it hard but over time they accepted their fate and burned with a vengeance for the man.

    The army tried to stop us with everything they got. Bombs, missiles, poison, guns, tanks, etc. All of them failed in the end and we continued our path of revenge. We were able to find out what we were thanks to studying the books we found in a city that was deserted thanks to our presence. We were made so that as long one cell remained from our body it can regenerate back to our original self. This also makes us ageless so were the closest thing to immortal in this world. As for why people act strange and die in our presence. Simply it''s our brains.

    Our brains send out electric signals to others that messes with their minds. Red makes people extremely pissed to the point that they are mindless beasts. Green has peoples brains make diseases in their body''s using the body''s different substances. Black makes the brain want what the the person desires to the point the brain thinks it needs this to live. Me I simply stop all brain activity. Everything in the body is controlled by the brain and when the brain stops everything stops. But that''s not all. Me and green can effect our surroundings too. Green can make a disease in her body without dying and push it to the surface of her skin and release it into her surroundings killing humans, animals, and plants. It continues to spread long after she left.

    I on the other hand can sacrifice my cells and make them go into my surroundings and introduce them to other living organisms. When they enter the organism it sends a message to the other cells telling them to just die. But if theirs a brain it sends the message there and the brain dies. But mine can''t spread like greens it only stays in that area waiting for it''s next victim.

    We visited many city''s and constantly we were attacked. We went to different country''s like America, Africa, and Russia. People started calling us the four horseman and gave us individual names. Black was given the name hunger, Red was called war, Green was named plague. I came to be known as Death and was considered more dangerous than the others. We took on these names since we couldn''t remember our real ones and finally discovered who that suit man is. He is the prime minister of japan and we made that our prime destination.

    Through waves of nukes, missiles, and soldiers we reached the prime minister. When we confronted him he saw his fate.

    PM: W-wait guys I gave you strength. I-I mean with your strength would make this world bow to you. A-and I can help you achieve that. Everything can be yours.

    Hunger: Can we take his offer? I mean having everything sounds awesome.

    War: NO! He''s just trying to save his own skin.

    Plague: Besides were ranked most dangerous in the world by all governments.

    Me: So they''d probably want us dead over serving us.

    Hunger: Aww man! Now i''m pissed and sad.

    War: Than how about you take it out on this guy. Plague you make a terrible disease for him that will hurt like hell. Hunger you increase his desire as much as you can while I piss him off so much that he starts punching everything he sees. Death your gonna have to leave. We want him to suffer as much as he wants.

    Me: I understand but can you give me 5 minutes to get to the security room and watch.

    War smiled at me and replied

    War: Of course but you better hurry, I don''t think I can hold myself that long.

    PM: Wait WAIT YOU CAN''T DO THIS!!

    He tried to jump at me but war stopped him with a kick that reminded me of that first day. I quickly left the ministers study and ran down the halls the mansion that were littered with corpses of people that were unfortunate enough to stand in our way. I made it to the security room and turned on the monitor in time to see the show. Personally I didn''t care about him but the others found him their reason to continue moving forward after all that''s happened so his only worry is what happens after this.

    Half of Japan is inhospitable thanks to radiation from nukes and power plants. Everyone began to leave the country thanks to our arrival and all the planes and boats are packed full. It got so bad that not even the prime minister couldn''t leave the country freely anymore. Even while the prime minister is going through the hell the others are giving him people are doing anything and everything to get out of the country.

    That was one year ago the prime minister died a week after we got him. Japan is all ours and no cares about us anymore as long as we stay here. Whole army''s used to come after us but quit when they lost to many men. So we took up residence in Tokyo and divided the city to our own territories. Strangely plague decided to stick with me while the others stuck with their own territories. Once a week we get together and blow up something or burn stuff. We can''t do much since there is no electricity and it''s just the 4 of us.

    Me and plague walked for a hour before reaching the meet up point where hunger and war was waiting for us.

    War: Finally your here. we''ve been waiting for a few hours.

    Me: Sorry I was preoccupied.

    Hunger: With what there''s nothing to do.

    ???: Well I have something you can do.

    With a flash of light the horsemen were gone and the world rejoiced. At the same time a classroom in america also vanished the same time as the horsemen.

 Chapter 1

    After the blinding light recedes we opened our eyes to find we were in a room with wooden walls without a door or windows and a couch in the middle.

    ???: Please sit.

    We heard a voice resound all around us. The voice didn''t seem to sound like it had a gender or age. It sounded old and young, like a male and female all at the same time.

    Other 3: HUUUH?

    ???: Sit down please.

    We complied with it''s request. The other''s looked like they haven''t really come back from their shock so I spoke with a voice of indifference.

    Me: Who are you and where are we?

    ???: As expected from the one who doesn''t feel. ...Completely unfazed. If you must know i''m the one you call god or creator along with many others.

    War: BULL!!

    Hunger: Yeah there''s no such thing as god!

    Plague: Guy''s shush! If he''s the real deal then he can kill us.

    Plague was right, even though our lives were harder and more painful than other lives, doesn''t mean we want to die.

    War: Come on plague obviously this guy is like the prime minister. I mean isn''t this exactly like the time we were taken to the facility. He probably wants our power for his own use.

    ???: You aren''t wrong.

    War: SEE!!! HE EVEN ADMITTED IT!!

    War was in battle stance with his arms raised and his legs ready to launch at the unknown person as soon as they appeared.

    ???: But i''m not like that minister and to prove it i''ll show you something.

    Suddenly the room changed into nothing but stars and the earth in front of us. At first we were speechless, including me. While the others were simply stunned and surprised. I was trying to figure out how this was possible. I knew it wasn''t a drug since while we were in the facility they trained us to be immune to all kinds of drug''s and poison''s. Then I thought it was some kind of technology but thanks to having nothing to do for 4 years but read books on technology and mechanics I knew that nothing could create a image this clear and big with great detail.

    Hunger: H-how?

    Then suddenly their was a jerking motion and we were being pulled with great strength and speed. We saw the stars fly by so fast that they looked like lines in the darkness. Then we saw the milky way turning right in front of us and that''s when we stopped. Again the other''s were stunned but I already came to terms with the fact that we were possibly dealing with a divine being.

    Me: Okay so you made your point. But what do you want with us.

    Hearing this the other''s snapped out of it and waited for the answer.

    God: Simple really. I want you to be the new 4 horsemen.

    Us: Huh?

    God: You''ve heard the story of the 4 horsemen right. You know how their the bringers of the apocalypse.

    We all nodded at this to no one in particular.

    God: What you don''t know is that the horsemen did bring the apocalypse to your world but didn''t succeed since the human''s are still around.

    Hunger: Wait, your saying that the beings that can bring the apocalypse to the world failed?

    God: Yep. During the time my supposed son was born was actually the time the apocalypse began. But they could only kill a few million people.

    Plague spoke with disbelief in her voice.

    Plague: But didn''t they have powers that could send mankind to the pits of hell?

    God: Actually the humans have to die first and enter hell. The original horsemen had powers that like yours could twist mankind and nature around their fingers but theirs was stronger than yours. However their power went to their heads and instead enslaved humanity and became kings that tried to take my head. But I simply took their powers and made them mortal.

    Hunger: Interesting story, really but what does this have to do with us?

    Suddenly we were sitting on the couch back in the room with the wooden walls.

    God: Like I said I want you to become the new 4 horsemen.

    Me: ...Seriously?

    God: Yes, unlike the first 4 you were able to kill 1/4 of the world and you made 7 billion people fear you. But theirs a catch, it won''t be your world that you will go to.

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    Suddenly something like a TV screen showed up in front of us. On the screen was a planet that was blue and green like earth but the continents were shaped differently.

    God: This world is Fothel. Home to many species that you can find in the manga and games you have on your planet. Currently their is great tension between the races and a war will break out that will change the world.

    Now I became more interested in this as did the others judging by the looks on their faces.

    God: Each race is doing everything they can to prepare and survive this war. The human''s even went as far as to summon hero''s from your world to help them out.

    Then the screen changed to a scene inside a throne room with a bunch of kids that look 16-17 in front of a king with a girl at his side and a crowd behind them. The kids were wondering where they were until the king spoke.

    King: Greetings hero''s. As i''m sure your wondering what is going on and have many questions but please wait as I need you to hear me out.

    All the kids started paying attention to the king and listened. The king introduced himself as king Fredrick while the girl at his side was princess Monique. Then they started explaining the circumstances of the world. We listened as they talked about the tension between species and the different race''s. The world was occupied by humans, demons, beast-men, elves, dwarves, and monsters. Each species is ready to tear at each others throats especially the demon''s while the monsters, being mindless brutes, already attack every species.

    Then a boy that looked like a model with brown hair and a little muscle came forward and bowed.

    Boy: We will gladly help you in your time of need.

    Some of the kids followed his example while others didn''t seem so sure about it but eventually did the same. Then the screen disappeared.

    God: So that''s the situation.

    Me: Okay so we understand the situation but I still don''t understand how we come into play.

    War: Yeah, I mean can''t those supposed hero''s just deal with it.

    God: Yes but I don''t know the future. Well actually I don''t want to know the future for fear if I did then I might personally bring the apocalypse. Which is like killing my own children.

    Hunger: So in other words your making us do the dirty work.

    God: Actually i''m sending you to Fothel so you can observe the actions that take place. If at some point or in the end the war leads to a unfavorable conclusion that turns the world onto a darker path, then I will give you the power you need to cleanse the world so I can start over in giving life to the planet. But if the outcome is favorable then you can simply travel the world and gain enough power and strength to beat the current gods that watch over Fothel.

    War: SERIOUSLY?! WE CAN BEAT THE GOD''S? THAT SOUNDS FUCKING AMAZING.

    God: Hold on! I didn''t say I will just give you the power. Only if I summon the apocalypse will I give such power. Until then you will have to earn it yourselves.

    Hunger: ahhh didn''t you see what we went through on earth? I think we earned it already.

    Hunger said this and you could feel the laziness in his voice.

    God: Actually on earth you were still given your powers even though you got them in a horrible way. But i''ll tell you what. I''ll let you keep the powers you got and make it so they can become so much more with training.

    Plague: What if we don''t want to do this?

    God: Then I send you to hell for killing around 1.3 billion people both innocent and guilty.

    Me: I don''t think we have much of a choice. Let''s just take his deal.

    Other 3: Agreed.

    God: Hoho wise choice. Now when you get their you will keep your look but I may add some things to your body to help you a little.

    With that another flash of light appeared and we were no longer within the room but on our way to Fathol to see if it should be destroyed or continue to live.

 Chapter 2

    When I opened my eyes after getting sent to Fothel I saw a forest and everything around me was dead. Not only the plants which are now turning into dust but a few wolf carcasses too. I could immediately tell my powers have gotten stronger because the area that is effected grew and my powers weren''t able to dissolve plants into dust so quickly. Then I noticed the others weren''t with me. I looked around but I was the only one their. However I did feel something like string tied to my chest slightly pull me in 3 different directions.

    Guess this tugging feeling leads to the others. War and Hunger should be okay but I wonder how Plague is handling this, I thought. I''ve noticed how Plague is kind of clingy to me and thought she might have some feelings for me. But since it is impossible for me to return those feelings I pushed the thought away.

    That''s when I noticed a a black cloak and a book with a paper on top at my feet. I bent down picked up the paper and noticed letters that were written with the colors of the rainbow.

    To Death,

    I have a secret job for you.

    Unlike the others you are responsible for making sure souls depart to the astral plane or the afterlife. This book at your feet is the book of death and it tells you who is supposed to die when, where, and how. But be warned there is magic in this world that can tie down a soul keeping it from moving on. Not only is the magic powerful but you also have to go to the location of the magic personally and break it to free the soul. The cloak will help you with your powers until you can control them since you would probably cause a big disturbance killing everything near you.

    Sincerely,

    God

    After finishing the letter it burst into flames and turned to ash. Huh I got something amazing. Is what I thought while I picked up the book. It was black and gave off a familiar feeling when I picked it up. It was kinda big and the pages were a little yellow. The front and back covers seemed to be made out of leather. When I opened it to the first page nothing was written. Then letters started to appear in what seemed like black ink. It seemed 75 people are to die today and god was right I knew when, how, and where. But I did not know how to tell if they die. Looking at these peoples locations the names are different while some are in the same place.

    Death: It would be a waste of time if I have to go to each place just to see if someone died.

    I then noticed the time of when the first person dies.

    Death: Well I guess i''ll find out how things work in 5 minutes.

    I then took the cloak and put it on. It had a hood that could cover my face and it went down just below my knees. I soon noticed what god meant by this cloak being helpful. When I put it on the plant''s stopped turning into dust but by now it was to late to save them. When I started walking the area of effect that usually surrounds me was non-existent. Nothing died when I was around them. So I started walking to no place specific waiting for the first person of the day to die.

    Before time was up I noticed a lake not to far away from me and I started to walk to it. But before I reached it time was up. A person suddenly showed up in front of me. It was a young girl. She looked sad for some reason and was transparent. But she didn''t disappear she just stayed in front of me. I knew she was the first one but I didn''t know what to do. I looked through the book for the answer but all I got were the other names and blank pages. Still trying to figure out what to do I touched her hoping something would happen.

    To my surprise something did happen. As soon as I touched her forehead she was enveloped in a bright light and before it consumed her she looked at me and smiled.

    Death: Well I now know what to do but still this will be tough when multiple people die.

    I then walked to the edge of the lake and looked at my reflection. I was still wearing the clothes from my world which were black jeans, a black shirt with some skulls on it, and boots. I seemed to have gotten so pale that it looks like i''ve seen a ghost, which I might real soon. But besides that everything was normal. So I started walking to find something to do to kill time. I looked at the book while I was walking and noticed that the first persons name was gone.

    Death: Guess she moved on to the next life.

    Then a pack of wolves jumped out of nowhere. There was 13 of them all black. Except one that seemed like the leader since he was bigger than the others. He had black and silver fur which some would think is beautiful. Than 5 wolves lunged at me trying to take my arms and legs. I was able to dodge 3 but the other 2 got me on my leg and shoulder. They immediately died when they broke the skin and that''s when I noticed something.

    While I could still see their heart beat and brains functioning I noticed what seemed to be a wolf the same shape leave the corpse. I looked around at the one''s still alive which are now on alert wondering what I did. They each had a wolf just under their flesh which is hard to notice. Are these their souls? I wondered. Then a few more wolves jumped at me but this time I dodged them all and used my powers. Instead of my cells coming out it seems small gray balls is what appeared soaring towards the wolves. As soon as the ball touched them they died but the ball went right through the wolves and hit whatever was behind them, plants mostly some wolves, before it stopped and disappeared.

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    Death: So this is the power he gave me.

    I then made a gray ball for every wolf and sent them to their targets. The wolves tried to dodge but I was able to change the balls direction so it made sure to hit. When all the wolves fell I took off my cloak to check for damages but only to find none. The cloak had no holes at all in it. I was sure that the wolves bit right through it into my flesh but the cloaks condition say''s otherwise. I don''t know how it''s possible but I put it back on thinking i''ll figure it out sooner or later. So I continued walking in no particular direction for a few hours. A few more people showed up but they weren''t human. One was a muscular man with black wolf ears on his head and a look of anger. The other I guessed was a elf when I saw the long, pointy ears and condescending look. The last reminded me of a dwarf. He was small, hairy, and reeked of alcohol. Like the girl I touched their foreheads and they disappeared along with their names in the book.

    I continued walking well into the night. Most of the names now gone a few still remained. I was trying to find shelter in case a storm showed up out of nowhere. While I was looking around I heard someone scream.

    ???: SOMEONE HELP! PLEASE!

    I began to wonder what was going on so I walked towards the voice which seemed to be heading towards me. It kept getting louder and soon I got to the source. It was a girl 16-17 of age by the looks of it. She was being chased by 5 men in amour that covered their whole body. She was running right towards me but she didn''t seem to notice me. I could see tears running down her face in the dark. I hid behind a tree not wanting to get involved and the girl soon passed by me. I don''t know how she knew I was their but she turned her head and looked right at me.

    Then she immediately ran towards me and and pushed me out in the open. She''s using me as bait I thought. Then one of the guys in armor took out a crossbow from his back and shot me in the head. But they were in for a surprise as was the girl. Instead of falling down I simply reached up and took out the arrow that pierced through my skull. Everyone in the area was stunned to see this. A man that was shot right in the head simply pulled it out as if it was nothing.

    Guy 1: WHAT IS HE?

    Guy 2: WHO CARES WE HAVE TO GET THE GIRL!

    They all took out large swords and charged. They pierced me through the chest and you could see the smiles on their face''s. But those smiles turned into looks of horror when I looked at them. Then I summoned my powers and targeted them. All five died instantly with a look of horror on their faces. I started pulling out the swords one by one and heard a whining sound behind me. I turned and noticed the girl behind me on the ground. Seems like she collapsed and she to had that look of horror on her face like she saw the devil.

    I didn''t care about her and instead checked my book. That''s when I noticed something odd. The names didn''t disappear at all they stayed exactly where they were. I began wondering what is happening until I heard a voice.

    Girl: E-excuse me.

    I turned and looked at her which made her jump a little.

    Me: What is it?

    Girl: I-i was just wondering how you did that?

    Me: I''d rather not tell that to someone who used me as bait.

    She looked at me with a little fear in her eye''s since I figured out what she did.

    Girl: S-s-sorry about th-that.

    Me: I don''t really care.

    I then started walking off but the girl spoke.

    Girl:WAIT.

    I turned and looked at her.

    Me: What?

    Girl: Please take me with you.

    Me: No.

    Girl: Please your strong maybe you can help me.

    Me: Don''t want to.

    And I started walking off.

    Girl: WAIT!!

    She got up and ran at me. But just before she grabbed me I flicked her fore head and she fell to the ground.

    Girl: OWWWWWW That hurt''s.

    I tried to walk away again but she grabbed my legs.

    Girl: Please help i''ll do anything. I''ll even become your slave.

    Hearing this I thought about it. Having someone who can teach me how this world works would be handy but still from the brief time we spent together she seems quite untrustworthy.

    Me: What''s your name?

    Girl: My names Vicki, Vicki Thompson.

    Hearing this I quickly took out my book and flipped it open. In it was the name Vicki Thompson who was supposed to die a minute ago.

    Me: Excuse me but is this the northern wind forest?

    Girl: Yes why do you ask.

    Now i''m really confused. This girl standing in front of me should have died a minute ago.

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 Chapter 3

    Currently I have a girl at my back begging me to help her while I try and figure out how she''s still alive. Maybe I can change a person''s fate was all I could think up. But still will I get in trouble for giving those guy''s premature deaths and Vicki a prolonged life.

    Vicki: I can reward you.

    Hearing this I broke out of thought, turned and looked at her.

    Me: What kind of reward?

    Vicki: How about me?

    She said it seductively but it had zero effect on me. She must have known this tactic failed because before I conjured up a gray ball to fix my wrong she said.

    Vicki: Or a very powerful weapon.

    Hearing this I immediately stopped and began to think of her offer. At the facility they taught us that we should not only focus on one way to kill someone but to expand our arsenal to anything that can be used as a weapon. That way there will be more open roads to victory.

    Me: I''ll take the weapon.

    She seemed happy after I said this and started to lead me to her village. She filled me in on the events that took place before she met me. Her village was filled with nothing but scholars that study magic. They focus on how to use it to it''s full potential and hopefully discover new kinds of magic that is unknown. She explained how everyone can use magic but only a few can use it in combat. Their most recent study is how to get rid of this limiter on people so everyone can use any magic they want instead of the weaker one''s that they are forced to use.

    She said that researching this is also illegal ever since the church of some god said so. So her village researched in quite not letting any outsiders know what they were doing. However she suspects someone ratted them out because those knights were wearing the emblem of the church when they found her this afternoon in the forest while she was getting fruit.

    Me: What about this weapon you said you''d give me?

    Vicki: OH YEAH! The weapon i''m talking about was a prototype that is the fruits of our labor.

    She began to say it helps one learn magic faster no matter what type of magic it is. Everyone has a type of magic that they are most in-tuned to and that makes it easier to learn this type of magic. Like if what you excelled at was light magic than things like fire, earth and water magic would be a little harder to learn. However if you tried to learn the exact opposite of your familiar magic like dark magic than it would be one of the most difficult things to learn. But the prototype makes it so that you could learn each magic type at the same pace.

    I haven''t told Vicki this but a lot of people have been dying lately and showing up in front of me. They were also wearing similar clothes to hers so I suspect them to be from her village. It doesn''t seem like she can see them but in her endless talking I heard how she can''t wait to see everyone. How some of the villagers are real strong in magic combat and are probably kicking some ass. I decided I will have to keep it to myself since when we get there she will see the cold, hard truth for herself.

    We continue heading towards the village with Vicki going on and on how here people must be celebrating their victory. The sun is almost completely down when we came out of the forest. What greeted us was what I suspected. A village stood before us and it was on fire.

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    Vicki: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

    She rushes towards the village at full speed. I follow behind walking towards the village. The area around the village was a field of grass that was on fire. There were a few body''s here and there. They had wounds ranging from stab''s to burn''s. When I entered the village the body count increased greatly. Their body''s all over the dirt path in the village and some were smashed into building walls. Some seemed like they exploded with their organs all over the place. I continued walking through the village until I found Vicki.

    She was sitting over the corpse of a young man crying. She was screaming and asking why. I figured she needed some time so I wondered off to find anything useful. What I found was a lot of broken swords and burnt books. The books were written in combination of english and ancient mayan so at first it was confusing but thanks to my knowledge I gained from the books on earth I could read them. Sadly all the books seemed to be simple stories about how some guy fought a powerful being and lived.

    Not one of them picked my interest since I couldn''t tell which were fake and which were real. So I decided to head back to Vicki. As I was about to make that last corner that would bring her into my view she suddenly appeared in front of me. Well just her soul appeared in front of me. I turned the corner and see a knife in her throat. Maybe this was to much for her and she wanted it to end was all I thought. I simply touched her forehead and allowed her to move on while simply didn''t feel anything about her departure.

    Me: Well that fixes a problem.

    I said as her name disappeared from the book. I then began looking the houses hoping to find something useful or that weapon Vicki mentioned. All of them simply had basic necessities for everyday living. The books were destroyed and all that was useful to me was the food. I continued searching each house until I entered one that was bigger than the other''s. It was like the other''s inside but I found a survivor. It was a woman that was about 22-23. She was alive but she was in a daze. She just sat there in the corner looking at the floor with dead eyes.

    She had purple hair that went to the middle of her back and great curves. She seemed of average height and was wearing a blood stained robe. I read about how some people shut out the outside world as a way to process what happened to them and guessed that''s what she was doing. I thought about ending her life to so she wouldn''t have to suffer but then I realized that she may be the only person who knows where the weapon is and what she knows about magic might be very useful to me.

    So in the end I babysat a hollow husk. I burnt the bodies and put out the fires that were in the area. I took all the food in the village and piled them in the big house where the girl was. I knew that the chances of her coming out of her state with a balanced mind were slim but I still tried. She wouldn''t eat or leave the house and hardly slept. Sometimes those knights showed up but I made quick work of them. After a week I began thinking this was a waste of time and began considering ending her. But before I could take action I got something unexpected from the her. She responded to me.

    Woman: Don''t...go...father.

 Chapter 4

    I don''t quite understand what has happened. The woman called out to her Father. Was she referring to me or was something going on in her head?

    Me: Excuse me?

    Woman: Father...Don''t go...please.

    She was looking at me when she said this. She thinks i''m her father.

    Me: I''m sorry but i''m not your father.

    I said this with a voice of indifference since I really feel nothing about her. I don''t pity her or find her attractive.

    Woman: What are you talking about father?

    Me: I''m sorry to say this but your father is dead.

    Woman: No NO NONONONO AHHHHHHH

    Suddenly she starts screaming and she''s enveloped by light. I can immediately sense danger coming from her. I think I seriously messed up. But I felt that she posed no serious threat but that still doesn''t mean something bad won''t happen. The light slowly turned into a dark purple and gave off a ominous feeling. Then she raised her hand to me and fired off a beam of light. I tried dodging but the beam was to fast for me and hit my left side. I''m used to pain after all I have been stabbed, burned, cut up, had acid poured on me, shot, squashed, buried, drowned, and blown up by explosions ranging from firecrackers to nukes.

    So when i''m harmed it feels like a simple scratch but when that beam hit me I felt like I was back when I just got my regenerative abilities and forced to stay awake during surgeries. If people either normal or abnormal got hit by this the pain alone would kill them and if they somehow survived they would go insane. The force knocked me back a little but I soon got up and checked the damage. When I looked where I was hit there was no damage to my body. I knew it had to be magic but I didn''t know what the heck kin of magic she used. I don''t even know if what she did was supposed to do what it did.

    Me: My ignorance of this world is a serious problem. I really need to learn how things work here.

    After saying this and confirming that nothing was wrong with my body and clothes I looked back towards the girl only to find her in her empty state again. I need to quickly solve this problem or else I may need to babysit her for a long time. Many guy''s would probably use this situation to their advantage to score but I only see problems with this.

    Me: I need to prepare for when she wakes up again.

    So I left the house and began thinking about how to solve this problem. The Woman probably imprinted on me like how animals do that to the first creature they see when their born. So I wondered why she imprinted on me and began to think about the week I spent with her. All I did was simply take the food that was still edible from the other houses. I had to drag her just so she could go some where in the house. I also helped with the souls that died and even sent some knights to the afterlife. That''s when it hit me.

    Yesterday while I was dragging the woman to what I assumed to be her bedroom 5 knights suddenly busted in. I had to kill them right in front of the woman. My best guess is that since I took care of her and protected her like a father would do her mind decided to use me as her replacement father.

    Me: The mind is a mysterious thing.

    When I stepped outside I went to a pile of armor I put on the side of the house. Of course it was the armor the knights wore but I couldn''t get rid of them so easily so I just piled them together. I began to put the armor on. It covered my chest, legs, arms, and a helmet for my head. I grabbed a sword and headed back for the door. What I had in mind was a serious gamble that could result with her either snapping out of it or cause her to go completely insane. But I found no weapon that seemed powerful and I can''t stay here much longer so I had to risk it. I stood before the closed door and looked through the window on the door.

    I was looking at the Woman that was on the floor and was wondering if she would snap out of it soon. What I had planned needed me to take action as soon as she comes back to reality. So an hour passed with me standing outside in armor watching a woman through a window. I must look like some freaky stalker. Then she came to and sat up. After seeing this I got ready and got to work. I smashed open the door ripping it off it''s hinges. She turned and looked at me. The helmet covered my face so she didn''t recognize me. Fear was immediately seen on her face as she looked at me.

    Woman: No... stop... please.

    I approached her releasing killing intent. It seemed to have further caused her to back down. Then I took out the sword and approached. She kept trembling and saying stop. When I got close to her I grabbed her hair. Then she summoned the purple light. I raised the sword ready to strike her down but the beam shot out. Like before it hit me but it got me right in my chest. The pain re-appeared like before and again I was sent back a little. The first part of my plan was to help her deal with the trauma that those guys gave her. So I basically had her conquer her fear''s. Of course I didn''t think she would do it at first but once I came close to killing her the part of the brain that demanded to survive would kick in.

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    Since I knew she had some serious power I knew she would use it to survive. Now was 1 of 2 crucial moments. Seeing if she can handle killing someone. As I was lying there on the ground I saw my helmet a few feet away.

    Woman: Huff...Huff

    She seemed exhausted but otherwise okay. Then she stood up and looked towards me.

    Woman: Gasp!

    The next part was to get her to come to terms with the fact her father''s dead. Since her mind thinks i''m her father I needed to die. This was the only way I could think of at the time. So I hoped it worked.

    Woman: FATHERRRRR!

    This was the second crucial moment. The chances she goes crazy are higher than last time so I hoped it worked. She began to cry and fell to her knees. She continued to cry until she fell asleep which was half a hour later. I got up and used my ability to see her brains activity. Thanks to seeing countless brain activity I can tell when something is not right. I looked at her brain and found it was normal again. Their was a slight problem with the part of her brain that houses ones feelings but considering what happened that was normal. I took off the armor to reveal the robe underneath and picked her up to bring her to her room.

    For the next 6 hours she slept in her bed and I sat next to her in a chair to make sure her brain activity remained normal. If it changed then I failed and I would probably have to kill her. I just sat there waiting until finally her eye''s shot open and she sat up really quick. She looked around with a confused look and spotted me.

    Woman: Who are you?

    I immediately thought SUCCESS. If I could feel I would probably be happy.

    Me: I am simply a traveler who was simply passing by and then found you.

    I then said that I found her 9 hours ago passed out. It looked like she remembered what happened and began to cry. I left letting her grieve and went to the kitchen to make something to eat. She didn''t eat much for a week so she will be starving. I cooked some meat on a skillet over a fire and added some spices. Soon the smell went throughout the house and not long after the woman came out. I knew the hunger would win and when the meat was done I gave it all to her since I wasn''t hungry. She ate like a wild beast and used her hands while seemingly swallowing without chewing.

    Woman: So who are you?

    She asked after finishing off the last of the meat.

    Me: You can just call me Kinslayer.

    She seemed frightened at first but soon looked annoyed.

    Woman: Fine... if you won''t tell me then I won''t tell you my name.

    Me: Okay.

    Was all I said since I don''t see a reason to know her name.

    Me: anyway you wouldn''t happen to know where a weapon in this town would be would you?

    She froze.

    Woman: W-what kind of weapon.

    Me: Something that makes learning magic easier.

    She soon became hostile.

    Woman: How do you know about it?

    Me: It doesn''t matter how I know about it as long as I get it.

    She then stands up real quick and raps her hand in the light and launched it at me. Unlike before it was considerably slower. So I easily dodged it and appeared in front of her and grabbed her neck.

    Me: I wouldn''t advise that or else you will join the other people of your village in the afterlife.

    She began shaking after I said this and then I let her go. She fell to the ground coughing. Then I made her take me to the weapon. She led me to a secret door in the floor that led to a basement under the house. Weird how I never thought of that and kind of sad. The basement wasn''t that big only a single room with a pedestal in the middle. On the pedestal was a smell box. The woman went over and picked it up.

    Woman: Here is your weapon.

    She said with a little anger in her voice. I took the box and opened it. Inside I found a silver ring with a black crystal on it.

    Me: What is this?

 Chapter 5

    When people say a weapon I think of something that can kill people. Not a accessory.

    Woman: This is your weapon.

    Me: No. This is jewelry.

    Woman: Well yes. But because of what it does for the one who wears it it can be considered something that leads to great weapons.

    I was still skeptical but I waited a week for this so I had to try. I put on the ring wondering if something would happen. ...Nothing. Not a thing happened. No light, no surge of power, and no pain.

    Me: Is something supposed to happen?

    Woman: W-well the diamond should change to the color that represents the exact opposite of the magic your most in-sync with.

    Then the ring turned gray.

    Woman: What? What is this?

    Me: Is something wrong?

    Woman: It turned gray. IT SHOULDN''T TURN GRAY!

    Me: Why can''t it be gray?

    Woman: GRAY DOESN''T REPRESENT A MAGIC TYPE.

    Me: Seriously, calm down. Your making my ears ring.

    Woman: Okay, okay. (Sigh)

    Me: Now tell me what''s going on.

    Woman: Their can only be 2 reasons as to why it turned gray that come to mind. 1 is that the ring that everyone had a hand in to make is worthless besides changing color. Or your magic is abnormal.

    Most likely that it''s my power that''s abnormal instead of a village full scholars missing something. Though it is a prototype.

    Me: Well is it still useful to me?

    Woman: I don''t know. If it''s the ring than no. But if it''s your magic than either you already have the power this ring would offer or you can''t use any magic besides the one you have.

    I took off the ring and gave it back.

    Woman: What are you doing?

    Me: What you just said put simply is that the ring is useless to me. So i''m leaving.

    I headed up to the first floor and started to leave. But as soon as I got outside I was greeted by the knights again only this time there was 40 of them. Guess they knew something was up since all those other guy''s never returned. Of course I knew this would happen sooner or later but I wanted it to happen later. Oh well it happened so let''s deal with it.

    They all looked at me with killing intent radiating off them. I was about to conjure up my magic but a voice rang out from in front of the crowd.

    ???: I knew something was wrong when our patrols went missing! One of the demons from Braxen is still alive!

    A man in bright white armor appeared before me. He looked more dignified than the others and the eyes in his helmet showed battle experience. This guy must be really strong to project eyes like that. They thought I was a survivor of their little raid a week ago.

    ???: We will show you what happens when you mess with the holy church! ATTACK!!

    All 40 of them rushed me. I conjured up my limit which was 10 gray orbs. I then launched at the crowd fully ready for the fight ahead. As they were about to hit their targets some people dodged while others blocked. Needless to say the ones who blocked died instantly. The ones who dodged simply made the person behind them the next target. As each ball can take 2 lives before running out I easily took half of them out.

    Before I could make another 10 they were upon me. I dodged their attacks and countered sometimes with a punch or kick that could easily smash metal. Some of them were mages as I could soon see ice shards that looked really sharp and a few fireballs headed my way. One lance struck my left lung and a fireball blew off my right foot. After this the knights all stopped. They must think it''s their victory since any normal person would fall from such wounds. But I wasn''t normal.

    They only stopped for a second but that''s all I need. I quickly conjured up some more orbs and made quick work of them. The only one I left alive was the knight in white armor. He was standing 10 feet away from me shaking. I took out the ice shard and the hole could visibly be seen closing. He tried to turn and run but as soon as he turned around I threw the shard at his kneecap. The shard pierced right through his kneecap and sent his leg flying. He fell down and hit the ground with a loud (THUNK). He turned on the ground to look at his now missing leg and back at me. Those eye''s that showed confidence and experience only showed fear and despair.

    White Knight: Wait please stop! What your doing is a crime against the church that serves directly under his majesty. They will have your head for this.

    I continued to walk towards him as he tries to crawl away hardly making any progress. When I reached him I bent down, grabbed his neck and lifted him up with ease.

    Me: I don''t give a damn about any of that. Though I will tell you I do not feel any ill will to you or your men. You just simply came at a bad time.

    I was about to kill him when he took out 2 knives from his back. 1 went through my heart while the other  slit my neck. I simply looked at the dagger that was piercing my heart then looked back up at the knight. I spoke and my words came out sounding like a deep gurgling sound but still understandable.

    Me: Sorry but not gonna work.

    I then crushed his neck killing him instantly. I dropped him to the ground and I proceeded to sit down surrounded by the many corpses that were lying around. I looked at my blown off foot and saw that it was 1/4 restored. I felt a stare at my back so I turned and saw the woman at the doorway with a look of fear on her face.

    Me: How long have you been there?

    Woman: A-after you took care of half of them.

    Me: I see.

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    I got up and started to walk away. But with a foot that was currently regrowing that was kind of difficult.

    Woman: E-excuse me?

    I turned and saw the woman approaching though she seemed a little reluctant to do so.

    Me: What is it?

    Woman: Well i''m not as dumb as you think. I know that a group this size takes time to organize. What happened.

    She was now in front of me blocking my way. I could see she was wearing the ring on her finger and the crystal had a sort of bright yellowish color to it. She could currently out run me since my foot wasn''t 100 yet.

    Me: Fine i''ll tell you.

    I told her how I found her on the night of the raid and how she didn''t do anything. I also told her what I did to the body''s of those in the area. After I gave her a rundown of the past week she looked down a little.

    Woman: Sorry for trying to kill you.

    Me: Don''t worry i''m not mad about it.

    Woman: But I need to repay you. If not for you I would be dead right now.

    Me: No need. I simply stayed around for the ring but since it''s useless for me I need to leave.

    I was about to leave. I could feel my foot was close to finishing but she still stopped me.

    Woman: There must be something I can do for you.

    Me: Why are you so desperate to repay me? Especially since I was about to kill you a few minutes ago.

    Woman: Because I was raised to always repay a favor.

    Me: That can''t be the only reason.

    Woman: Well...i''m...kinda interested in...in you.

    Me: Why is that?

    Woman: It''s your magic. I saw it from inside the house. To kill instantly and to heal so fast and even regrow lost limbs. I never heard of any magic like this.

    Me: (sigh)

    I knew this moment would come so I simply decided to answer her.

    Me: My power is something a normal person could never use. Much less hope to understand.

    She looked like she was annoyed by what I said.

    Woman: Am I to take that as a challenge?

    This took a sudden turn and possibly down a road that would lead to trouble.

    Me: No i''m just saying that those who mess with powers like mine would never last long.

    Woman: HA! I''ll have you know I was one of the smartest people in this village. But I never heard of magic like yours. To be able to kill without leaving behind any wound or reaction. The only thing that comes close is my <Violet strike> magic.

    So that''s what that beam was. But still, Why was she so interested in my magic? I would think there were other kinds of magic like mine. So I told her what I thought.

    Woman: Well your power is different from everything else. The proof is this ring. The magic I was weak in is a light magic that helps a persons moral. I of course knew the spell but I could not manifest it well. Though when I put the ring on after you left I could do it. So that means your magic is in a category all on it''s own. That just makes the scholar inside me want to learn all I can from it.

    Oh crap! I need to get rid of her.

    Me: You should know that my magic once completely released destroy''s everything it touches.

    Woman: I don''t care I want to learn all I can from your power so i''m going with you.

    Well this wasn''t supposed to happen. Though while were travelling I may accidentally kill her and she is quite knowledgeable about magic and hopefully this world. So I can use her until she slips and get''s herself killed. I put my hand''s up showing a sign of surrender and spoke.

    Me: Fine but I won''t be responsible for what happens to you.

    She smiled at me with a smile many men would kill to see.

    Woman: HOORAY! My name is Cristal Shaliette.

    She held up her hand. I grabbed it.

    Me: Many simply call me death.

    She froze a little for possibly 2 reasons. My heart beat has slowed down considerably so my body is much colder thanks to the decrease in blood flow. Or she actually knows that she''s actually dealing with death.

    Cristal: I-I can believe people call you that but can you please tell me your real name?

    Me: I don''t know. It''s lost to me.

    She looked a little saddened by hearing this.

    Cristal: I see. Well wait here while I get some things so don''t leave me.

    As she left I began thinking of if I should really leave her. She would only be a hindrance to me even if it''s simple traveling. But I need to be more knowledgeable about this world if the trigger for the apocalypse isn''t pulled. So I waited. When she came back she was wearing a clean robe and had a bag on her back. Since she was ready we left. As we were leaving the village she saw the corpses that I didn''t touch and a sad look was on her face. She looked at the ground till we were a little bit away from the village. So we continued down a dirt road with cristal asking me questions about my powers.

    I answered the best I could without revealing anything about god, the apocalypse, or that i''m from another world. We continued like this until it was getting dark. We made a little camp on the side of the road next to a forest. We hunted a few rabbits and cooked them over a fire. After eating cristal took out a sleeping bag and got in it to go to sleep. When she fell asleep I was suddenly very fatigued and I could not help but fall asleep.

    ???: Hello Death.

    I opened my eye''s and saw I was on the coach in the wooden room.

    Me: Hello god.

    God: Death we need to talk about your powers.

 Chapter 6

    After hearing this I of course thought I might have done something wrong.

    Me: Did I do something I shouldn''t have?

    God: No no. You have been doing a great job.

    Me: Really? (Said with doubt)

    God: Yes. Do you know what you have been doing?

    Me: Well I have been killing people when they shouldn''t die i''m guessing. And I also I would touch people who suddenly pop up in front of me on the forehead.

    God: Yes well regarding the premature death''s. I sent you and the others knowing full well that you guy''s would disrupt the natural flow of life and death. But regarding the people that suddenly show up. I''m sure you already guessed but those are people who have died but can''t move on to the next life without the touch of death.

    Me: Well that''s good news I guess but what about this touch of death thing? Shouldn''t it happen right when the person dies?

    God: You see when the body dies it''s actually to prepare the soul for death''s touch.

    Me: Really?

    God: Death is a being that erases the experience''s a soul has had in life. So his touch is like a gateway to the next world whether it be to paradise, reincarnation, or eternal suffering.

    Me: Huh. Well thanks for telling me a little more about what I am. But what were you going to say about my powers?

    God: Ah yes.

    Then the book of death appeared floating right in front of me.

    God: As I said you 4 will disrupt the flow of life and death so those people popping up might not last much longer.

    Me: Why is that?

    God: Well as time goes on and if you guys don''t do anything stupid that will end in your own death''s then everyone that''s in this book will not die the way their supposed to.

    Me: Okaay soo?

    God: So i''m going to modify it a bit and only have the people who need to die in a greater detail appear in it.

    Me: Is not being able to die a option?

    God: Actually they do have that option. All they have to do is look for the tools needed to make them immortal. Right now their names might not be in the book but thanks to the presence of you 4 that means that the fact that those who would not die might and those who would die might not.

    Me: So I just have to stop them from becoming deathless.

    God: Yes. Now besides the list of people who have to die I will also give you 2 new powers in your book. First is that you can kill someone by simply writing down their name in the book.

    Me: You know that you just gave me something that alone could destroy a whole world.

    God: Yes but you can''t feel emotions. You do things that only makes it so everything works in your and the other horsemen''s favor. So I doubt you will just write names willy-nilly.

    Me: Yeah I guess your right. So what''s the other thing?

    God: Well you see. The people that will be on the list also have other options. Some might not seek immortality but things that can prolong their death even just a little. Which cannot be allowed, their death''s have to be like it say''s in the book. But this will only last until the end of the war. So to help you achieve this I will allow you to have 5 reaper''s.

    Me: Reaper''s?

    God: Being''s that serve death. They will have your power''s but they cannot kill you and you are the only one who can kill them.

    Me: That''s quiet helpful. So how do I get these reaper''s?

    God: Simple. You just write down a person''s name in the book and put reaper next to their name.

    Me: Sound''s a little too simple.

    God: Yes but I will put a restriction on it. The book won''t kill a god it will only kill mortals. Also those names on the list. You can also use the book on them. Though because that''s not the way they needed to die I will have you take responsibility for not following the rules I placed.

    Me: Okay. Is their anything else I should know?

    God: No but I should return you now. The cloak is about to be taken off.

    Me: Huh?

    Then like it was all a dream I opened my eye''s to see a man''s face full of scar''s and boil''s looking back at me. I was unprepared for having a man''s face suddenly so close to mine.

    Man: HAHAHA! The sleeping beauty finally woke up.

    I looked around. There was 8 men surrounding us. 2 of them were holding cristal and had a knife on her throat. They were wearing leather and fur that looked all bloody and torn up. They also had scars all over their body''s and only a few had some hair on their heads. Their weapons had scratches and burn mark''s all over them and looked like they would break under a single blow.

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    However the man in front of me had a weapon that looked far better than the others and it gave off this gray pulsing light.

    Man: Don''t worry we won''t kill ya. We will just take everything ya have and play with yer woman over there.

    Me: Really? And why would I allow that?

    Man: Why? WHY?! I''LL TELL YOU WHY! I AM YAGGER, FAMOUS ACROSS THE WHOLE KINGDOM FOR MY CRIMES. FROM RAIDING VILLAGE''S TO...

    After that he just kept shouting his crimes to my face. My ears started to hurt so I tried to forcefully shut him up. Though I found my hands were tied by some rope. The rope looked like it was made from tiny metal strings. I met some resistance from the rope but with a (SNAP) the rope broke. I looked around to see if anyone heard that. The guy was still yelling his crimes with pride while the others were looking at cristal, who was tied and had a rope in her mouth, with lust in their eye''s.

    The guy''s yelling really started to hurt my ears so I did a quick karate chop type thing to his neck. I only meant to break it but my hand sliced right through his flesh. My hand stopped after it severed his spine and only a little bit of meat was what kept his over turned head from falling off. Blood started squirting everywhere and the other guy''s were soon ready for battle. I knelt down and picked up the sword with the pulsing light.

    I never cared for swords or knives. They just didn''t seem right for me. Gun''s didn''t fair any better. I never held onto a weapon for long. But when I picked up the sword I felt energy radiating from the sword. A guy with a large ax came charging at me. He swung for my right side but I simply held up the sword and with the sound of clashing metal a ax head could be seen in a tree. Before the guy could react to losing his weapon I quickly stabbed him in the chest.

    Though when the weapon touched him a gray liquid suddenly came from the sword. The man screamed for a few second''s before dropping dead. A second person tried to sneak up behind me, hoping to strike me in the back, but I simply turned around swinging the sword and cut off his arm''s. He to began screaming while the rest all attacked me at once. Two came charging at me ready to swing. One seemed to be aiming for my leg''s while the other wanted my head.

    I knelt down when they got close. Then I put my strength into my legs and jumped like a dart through the space in the middle of their weapons. As I was in the air I turned using my weight so I would be spinning and when I got between them I gave them both a really nasty cut. When I touched the ground again a giant hammer a little above a sledge hammer came down on my chest. I knocked on the ground with a man that could pass for a giant over me. He was preparing to strike me again only it seemed he was aiming for my head.

    I of course wouldn''t let that happen and lifted my leg striking the only area that allows a person to be labeled as a man. He fell almost instantly with hands on his junk and a face ravaged by pain. I quickly stabbed him in the heart and ended his life. I looked around for the next attack but there wasn''t one. The last two I didn''t yet attack were gone and the rest were either dead or rolling around in agony. I noticed cristal was on the ground not to far away and looked fine.

    I simply thought the last 2 ran so I decided to end the lives of the one''s in pain. When I approached I noticed that the wounds they received were bigger and deeper than they should have been. It was like something was eating the flesh. Before I could give the finale blow some died and the others I quickly stabbed in the chest. I turned and walked towards cristal. I knelt down and broke the rope that was binding her hands and mouth.

    Cristal: Geez! That was a awful way to wake up.

    Me: Tell me about it.

    Then I noticed tracks in the ground leading away from us. My training kicked in.

    Me: We should follow them.

    Cristal: Why?

    Me: Because they might seek revenge or are going to get reinforcements. Either way they will surprise us but if we follow them the element of surprise will be with us.

    Cristal: Okay I guess your right. It would be bad if this situation repeated itself. Only then they would be prepared.

    I grabbed a weapon holster and strapped it to my back. I put the sword in it thinking i''ll hold onto it until I find the weapon that''s right for me.

 Chapter 7

    Following the tracks was really simple. Those 2 weren''t even trying to hide their trail. We followed the broken sticks, the crushed leaves, and the kicked up dirt through the forest. The only problem was that they were surprisingly fast. If I was by myself I might have been able to catch up to them. But cristal is tagging along and she isn''t really the athletic type. After an hour of chasing them she reached her limit.

    Cristal: I (pant) c..can''t go... on.

    I knew that the longer we wait the more the trail will be lost. So I picked her up and carried her princess style.

    Cristal: W-what are you doing?!

    I looked at her, she was a bit red in the face. Then answered her.

    Me: We can''t lose them by wasting time and this way is faster.

    I immediately took off. Our speed can''t even compare to before. Cristal was holding onto me for dear life with her nails starting to go through my skin.

    (Author: Funny how she holds onto death for her life.)

    As I was following the trail my mind began to wonder. I began to wonder about the book. Besides the whole death note mimicry stuff, is there other things the book is capable of? Then I began to remember yesterday. During cristal''s never ending babbling I was able to learn some more about magic. While everyone can use magic there are those that are born with a legendary magical power. Only those born with it can use it. Though their is another way to get legendary magic. A long time ago when the world was consumed in a never ending war. The humans summoned heroes from another world to aid them.

    Each hero had power''s that a normal person would take half a lifetime to learn. Though the leader''s of the hero group had legendary magic that they used to bring the war to a end and allow the world peace. Legendary magic is something extremely rare so no one can teach you it. You can only discover how to use your powers by yourself. I know my magic is legendary thanks to what cristal told me but I wonder if my powers only limited to gray orbs or if I can do more with it. I should probably start experimenting with it. Then there are the souls that are really odd.

    Each soul is different while some are similar to other''s. Those knights each had a soul that was mostly white while a little gray. Of course some were brighter than others. The bandit''s had souls that looked like a dark murky green. Of course I chucked it up to a souls experience in life and wondered what other types of souls their are. Lastly we have the reaper subject. What kind of people should I turn into reaper''s? I think they should each be different soul wise. And I have to make sure they are loyal to me so they don''t wonder off. I know they will have my power''s but I wonder if I should make sure they are physically strong.

    As I continued thinking we hit our destination before I knew it. The 2 bandits ran right back to a camp full of them. There was a small army of them camped out in a clearing with a wooden wall surrounding them. I watching them from atop a hill.

    Cristal: What should we do know?

    Me: We wait and watch.

    For 4 hours we watched them. At first a small group went out probably trying to find us. But I didn''t give them any concern as I made little to no trail and if they did find my trail they would probably think it was some animal. We continued to observe them after the group left. They simply fought, got drunk, or boasting about something that we couldn''t make out from our distance. We took turns observing the camp. When cristal was observing I asked her how to train legendary magic.

    Cristal: Well first I would say that you need to find your mana core. It''s somewhere inside your very being. To find it you just need to block out the world around you and focus on the one point in your being that radiates power. After that try and use your magic in anyway you can imagine to find the limit of your powers. That should help you out with discovering your power''s capabilities.

    Me: You sure know a lot about how to learn legendary magic. Is Your <Violet strike> a legendary magic?

    Cristal: No my magic is a power a assassin came up with to leave no trace behind. Anyone can use it but it takes 10 years and a great amount of mana to produce it without unleashing it upon yourself. The only reason I learned it is because I was a natural at it. The only reason I know how to train a legendary power is because our village''s founder had a legendary power and wrote down his experiments with it in a book.

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    Me: Thanks for the information, this will help me greatly.

    Cristal: No prob. I to want to know more about your power.

    After our little discussion I stepped a few feet away, sat down and began to find my mana core. I did as cristal said and blocked out the outside world. The scenery around me went black as I closed my eyes. When I concentrated a little more the noises the were everywhere were lost to the void. I concentrated a little more and I felt a strong force coming from my body. I searched for it''s origin and it led me to the area in the middle of my chest.

    Cristal: HEY!

    I broke out from my faze when I was shaken violently with a loud voice shouting at me.

    Me: What?

    Cristal: It''s your turn to watch.

    Me: Alright. I just hope you didn''t give away our location with your yelling.

    Cristal: I couldn''t help it. You wouldn''t wake up after the first few tries.

    Me: Oh. Well then I apologize.

    Cristal: Uhh huh. Well anyway have fun watching those idiots.

    I then began my watch. We continued like that with me searching for my mana core when i''m off and cristal getting ready when i''m on watch. When that group that left came back that''s when I decided to strike.

    Me: Alright it''s time to strike. Do you think you can back me up down there.

    Cristal: Are you crazy?! I would die down there. I''ll stay up here and launch my magic from this safe distance thank you.

    Me: Fine but you better be ready because some might see you and come for you.

    Cristal: I can pick them off before they even get here.

    Me: Well then let''s get to work.

    I then rushed off down the hill towards the bandit camp. When I reached the wall I simply kicked a big hole in it. The bandits all looked my way and just stared trying to asses the situation. I looked around and realized that the things I thought were small houses were actually tents bigger than your camping tent. Then they attacked. They all rushed at me with their weapons raised. I took out my sword and charged them. I was fast enough to close the gap between us and already slit the throats of 5 men. After I slit their throats though I realized that the sword was a little dull. It really isn''t that good a weapon and the only thing going for it is the thing where flesh around the cut seems to be eaten by something. This weapon sucks is what I thought then I had a flashback moment.

    It was back on earth in Greece. We were following a lead that might tell us who did this to us. We had to rely on computers and documents since people mostly die in our presence. We had just finished taking care of a group of soldiers that were sent to kill us.

    War: Hey Death! How come you never stick with a weapon?

    Me: What do you mean? I always have a weapon.

    War: No I mean your main weapon. You always have a secondary weapon but you never keep a main weapon.

    Me: I don''t know. I just don''t can''t seem to get used to them.

    War: IS THAT IT! HAHAHA. Listen Death you will one day find a weapon and it will feel right when you use it. That is your weapon so you must search for it.

    Me: Alright already. I''ll try to look for the weapon that''s just right for me.

    After having my memory end I looked around and realized more than half the bandit''s are already died. Some I didn''t even touch. That''s when I remembered cristal and thought that she could rival a sniper since the distance from her location to the camp was a good distance from each other. The bandit''s seem to have fear on their faces like they saw a monster that would devour them in a second. They then start running away trying to do anything to get away from me.

    I then turn to look up the hill cristal was on. I could see her descending down the hill. I then noticed the 3 bodies at the bottom of the hill.

    Me: Guess those poor bastards thought she was a easy target.

    She soon reached the camp and walked towards me.

    Cristal: So what now?

    Me: Obviously we loot the place. These guys might have something that is really important.

    Then we began our search of the bandit camp.

 Chapter 8

    Me: Well this sucks.

    I am currently sitting in the middle of a bunch bandit corpses looking through the book of the dead. Cristal is searching through the tents for anything useful besides ragged clothes and crappy weapons. Of course she refused at first saying something about how unfair it is and that a woman shouldn''t look through barbarians belongings. Of course when I pointed out how I was in the most danger and against a small army of bandits she shut up. Anyway I was experimenting with the book of the dead to see if it could do anything besides kill and give my power to others. I first thought I could do something with souls. Like use their souls to assist me or have them give me some power up. So I wrote down the name of that girl I first met when coming here. What was here name again?

    Oh yeah Vicki Thompson. I had to write her name with a quill and instead of ink I was writing using the blood that was all around. To a normal person this would be a disturbing scene. A guy writing the name of a dead girl in blood. However when I wrote her name nothing happened and the name simply disappeared from the book. I figured the book wouldn''t let me use a dead soul so I tried another thing. Getting information on the living. I thought that if I put a name down and put info next to it I will get their info since putting reaver gives them my powers.

    However I didn''t have anyone to test it on. Which leads to now.

    Me: I should have kept at least one alive. Maybe someone survived.

    I looked around and knew that''s not the case. Their is not a single soul in these carcasses. So I just sigh and wonder if I should help cristal. I decided to instead look through the list god gave me. The earliest name was scheduled to die 3 months from now.

    Name: General Lance Bearshriek

    Place: ajund plains

    cause of death: Multiple stabbing

    Time: 88 days remaining

    Me: I guess I should learn about this person and these plains.

    I then figured I should try to find my mana. So I once again concentrated on the power coming from my chest. I found the trail of power and once again tried to follow it to the source and like always it proved difficult. 10 minutes later I had a thought and followed the trail away from the source which was a lot easier. However I came to a sudden stop. The trail simply stopped all to suddenly. I began to wonder why since the trail seemed to be quite powerful and could keep on going. Then I remembered the cloak that god gave me. Maybe it was making it difficult for me to find my mana since it was made to stop my power of death.

    I took off the cloak and almost instantly all the flies that began to fly around the bodies died. The farthest away fly to fall was about 10ft. So I made this my known area of effect and once again began to search for the source of my mana. It was much easier this time and I found the source in almost 2 min. When I reached it I felt power suddenly spread from my chest to throughout my body.

    Me: Wow that was simple. Guess I should be more wary about what this thing can do to my powers.

    I said as I held up the cloak. I then began to experiment with my powers. I wanted to try to summon all the orbs I can then cut them in half to make more smaller ones. My aim was to make them the size or if at all possible smaller than a bug. So I summoned one orb since it''s not wise to go all out in the beginning and tried to split it in half. It was mentally exhausting and I couldn''t get it to split but I was close since I could visually see a orb trying to separate from the original. However before I could completely separate them I heard running and quickly put on the cloak.

    It was cristal and she seemed happy about something.

    Cristal: Death your not gonna believe what I found.

    Me: Oh? And what might it be?

    Cristal: I think I found some cursed weapons.

    Me: Cursed weapons?

    Cristal: Weapons that chose their masters. If someone forcefully uses one with out being acknowledged by the weapon they will die in some mysterious way.

    Me: Wait so how do these weapons help us?

    Cristal: If your acknowledged by them than you can gain some serious power. I already tried and i''m not fit for the them. But I know that they are of the darker element.

    Now I am interested in these cursed weapons. I mean on earth a weapon with a mind could only be a A.I. controlled weapon and there weren''t many of those. But apparently there are weapons here that also have something like an A.I. I wonder how they are made. I was then led by cristal to the weapons. She took me to a little shack that seemed to act as a storage space for weapons and armor. On the wall opposite the door was a small table that had a whip with a arrowhead like tip and a odd looking pole with many unknown carvings all over it. I figured it was simply a staff since it would make a lot more sense with those markings.

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    Me: So how does this work?

    Cristal: You simply have to touch them and it will tell if you are it''s master.

    I did as she said and touched the handle for the whip.

    I suddenly felt like something small and sharp pierced me and heard a voice.

    ???: You are not worthy!

    The voice sounded emotionless while the sudden increase in pain caused me to let go of the whip.

    Me: What was that?

    Cristal: WELL! WELL! What did it say?

    Me: You are not worthy.

    Cristal: Ahhh. It does not acknowledge you.

    Me: That sharp pain I felt, is that what kills people.

    Cristal: No that is more like a warning. It means if you forcibly use it you will feel the pain until you die from something.

    Me: You said die in some mysterious way. Were you referring to suicide to end the pain?

    Cristal: Well in some cases yes. But since it''s usually some strong people that are brave enough to try and forcefully use a cursed weapon. They are killed by very simple mistakes that should not have happened with their level of skill.

    Me: I see. But what''s with the voice?

    Cristal: That actually has many theories around it but only 2 theories were what me and my village thought to be the real answer.

    She then looked sad at bringing up her home. Since I could not understand what she was feeling all I could do was copy stuff from books I read that had similar scenarios.

    Me: It''s okay if you don''t want to talk about it.

    My emotionless voice makes it really hard to sell since I also feel like how my voice sounds.

    Cristal: No it''s okay. We pride ourselves on learning and spreading knowledge that helps others.

    She looked at me and tried to hide her emotions behind a fake smile.

    Cristal: Anyway, the voice you heard could have been an extreme amount of mana that has entered the weapon through some kind of powerful magic giving it a mind. Or it is the soul of a creature that was previously killed by the weapon and bound to it.

    Hearing this I immediately look at the weapons. I think the theory about the souls is correct. I can see a rat that appears to be floating just above the whip. I thought on how I could have possibly missed it. Then I realized that I would never look for a soul in a weapon. I then looked at the staff and saw a man in a dark robe that was open in the front revealing what may be armor with books strapped to the armor. I then went to the staff and touched it.

    ???: You are not worthy!

    I was again greeted by the pain.

    Me: Damn! This one to.

    Cristal: Man that''s a bummer. Do you know anyone who might be able to use them?

    Me: I seriously doubt the people I know cou-

    Then I remembered something. Plague always loved using a whip. But since it couldn''t attack multiple enemies she was sort of on and off with it. So it is possible for her to wield the whip. Hunger I think likes magic stuff though i''m not really sure. Oh well worth shot.

    Me: Actually I know 2 people who might be able to use these weapons.

    Cristal: REALLY?! Do you know where they are?

    Me: I have a good estimation on there current location. Though it may take some time.

    Cristal: Well we have all the time in the world so it''s not a problem.

    Me: Actually we have 2 months.

    Cristal: Huh? Why do you say that?

    I can''t really say I need to research some guy and a place to make sure he dies in just the way he''s supposed to.

    Me: Let''s just say I have to meet someone in a few months.

    Cristal: Oh, um, okay.

    She looks like she knows i''m hiding something but I don''t think she knows if it''s important or not. But I was too busy with what she said. "We have all the time in the world". Just how long is she going to be with me? If she is serious I may need to kill her or turn her into a reaper.

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    Authors note

    Sorry if I haven''t been around. Got really bummed out and couldn''t motivate myself. Hopefully I won''t repeat this. Once again sorry for being a complete douche and leaving you guys.

 Chapter 9

    It''s been a week since we left the bandit camp. Or perhaps grave would be better name for it. Anyway we are in a forest that cristal calls Jade Forest. Apparently all year round the forest keeps its beautiful leaves which never fall off unless plucked. Thus always having a bright green color and in the height of spring the leaves appear to glow a soft green color making it look like jade hence the name. Cristal say''s that somewhere in the forest there''s a dungeon. She say''s dungeons take in mana from everywhere and that mana goes through the forest keeping it alive and gives it it''s glow in spring.

    I am currently running with cristal on my back. It''s simply to save time. Since I have my limiter ,which is the thing in your head that tells you when to rest and let your muscles relax, gone thanks to those scientists at the lab I can run for a month and still not even break a sweet. However since cristal still has hers she tires much more easily thus ending in our current situation.

    Cristal: So what''s this person were meeting like?

    Me: Well to put it simply she''s kind and quiet but if you make her mad she can become quiet sadistic.

    Cristal: What do you mean by sadistic?

    Me: Wellll... I once saw her whip a man to death but she did it in a way that the whip marks were only going in a few mm with each slash.

    Cristal: Re..really?!

    I could tell she was freaked out but for her own good I kept going.

    Me: Yeah and she once used her powers to make a person constantly reproduce blood at a very fast rate.

    Cristal: How is that bad?

    Me: Well since the body can''t hold much blood she made it so that the extra blood had to leave the body anyway it can.

    Cristal: H...how did the blood leave that persons body?

    Me: It escaped through their eye''s, noes, ears, under their nails, and through their genitals non stop. Eventually the extra amount of blood was to much for their heart that it kept expanding slowly until it blew up.

    Cristal: EEEEEEEEEK! PLEASE CAN WE JUST GO TO THE OTHER PERSON YOU KNOW!

    Me: We could but he may use his powers for you to want to have sex with him.

    Cristal: Is he at least cute?

    Me: Last time I saw him he weighed 300 pds.

    Cristal: I''ll take the sadistic girl thank you very mu... hey... what''s that?

    I looked ahead of me to see what cristal was looking at. What I saw looked like a bear that was right ahead of us. It seemed like it noticed us and was preparing to strike. Since I wouldn''t be able to slow down soon enough before reaching it I instead sped up. I could hear cristal yelling something but I was to focused to listen. The bear was shocked to see my speed suddenly go to the point of almost becoming a blur ( Could have been a blur but would put to much stress on cristals body) that I was able to kick it''s head and hear the loud snapping noise of it''s neck breaking before it could take a swing at us. While we just kept going.

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    Cristal: ARE YOU CRAZY?

    Me: What?

    Cristal: DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THAT WAS?

    Me: A bear?

    Cristal: NOT JUST A BEAR! IT WAS A WAR BEAR!!

    Me: What''s the difference?

    Cristal: A war bear is strong enough to take on 50 trained soldiers and knights. If you capture it as a cub you can train it to fight.

    She answered with a little anger still in her voice then she sighed.

    Cristal: You know what i''m gonna make a vow that anything you do will no longer surprise me.

    Me: Why would you do that?

    Cristal: Because if I don''t I might get a heart attack before i''m 30 from all the stress.

    Okay really how long is she going to stay with me? Then we are suddenly in a clearing and about 20 meters away from us was a completely white horse no more than a few years old limping with a arrow in it''s leg.

    Cristal: Is that... an anomaly?!

    Me: A what?

    Cristal: Oh sorry. Anomaly''s are beings that are both animal and magic beast. Thanks to them having both blood lines they have great power however they can''t access that power without the help of a master. Without a master to release their power they will always be a child. They however are the one''s who choose their own master and their very picky on who they choose. The master has to meet certain requirements. You can tell which is a anomaly with their traits that is different from both animal and magical beast. In this case this guy is completely white.

    After hearing cristals little lesson I put her down, took out a bottle with liquid we found at the camp that cristal calls a healing potion, and approached the horse. Personally I was thinking that if it chooses me as it''s master then that ads to my arsenal and if not then judging by cristals words this thing had intelligence to make requirements for a master and it might repay me for what i''m about to do in the future. However I was rooting for me being it''s master.

    I Approached the horse grabbed it so it couldn''t run and yanked the arrow out. It neighed then passed out. I quickly took the potion and poured it on the wound and it could visibly be seen healing. We waited for 4 hours for it to wake up. However time was of the essence and I couldn''t wait much longer and risk pissing off a god for not following orders. Nor could I carry it and cristal so I put a apple I found in front of it and we left.

 Chapter 10

    Okaaay so where should I start? I know let''s say I fucked up. Currently i''m sitting in front of a pile of dust that was once cristal. Next to me was a large white horse with glowing silver eyes and bone-like armor on it''s flesh. But the bones were in places that wouldn''t inconvenience it. Now how should I start?

    Let''s go back to after leaving the horse. We ran for a while until sometime in the middle of the night cristal spoke up.

    Cristal: Hey death, can we stop?

    Me: Huh? Why? Were making such great time.

    Cristal: Well i''m getting sleepy and I can''t sleep hopping up and down on your back.

    I thought about it a little weighing the pros and cons and came to a conclusion.

    Me: Fine but were leaving early in the morning.

    Cristal: That''s good enough.

    I found a spot in the forest that allows one to make a fire without the trees nearby to catch fire. I set cristal down and went out to hunt for food. Thanks to my ability to see souls I quickly found what looked like a deer and killed it with a orb. I thought about using the sword but the edible parts might dissolve before I get back to camp. I then harvested the edible parts with a knife, courtesy of dead bandits, and placed them in a bag and returned. When I got back cristal was already asleep. I figured I shouldn''t wake her so I quickly cooked the meat and ate it leaving none for her. I then got up and went a few kilometers away to practice my magic. I took off the cloak and immediately the trees died around me. Though I almost immediately pulled in the area of effect.

    After all I did more than just run this past week. I''ve been practicing my magic when cristal goes to sleep. The tiny orb project was kind of fighting me so I switched to the area effect around me. It took me a couple of days but I was able to reel in the magic that was leaving my body and keep it inside. The problem though now with this is I still need to be conscious of doing it. Which means I can''t run, look at possible dangers ahead, focus on the tugging feeling on my chest while also listening to cristals lecture''s to learn more about this world and keep my magic from leaking out.

    Anyway I am currently working on the tiny orb project and something miraculous happened. I split a orb in 2. Now you may wonder how this is so great or why don''t I just take a orb and shrink it. Well first off i don''t know how to shrink one and I don''t know what would happen if I fail. For all I know a explosion the size of a hydrogen bomb could go off. I really don''t want that. So I figured split a orb in half then just keep splitting it until it''s the size of a fly would be much safer.

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    However splitting one orb was very difficult and only now did I successfully do it. Anyway after this accomplishment I headed back to camp. But a little surprise was waiting for me. It was the little white horse we helped. I spaced out a little at seeing the little guy then I immediately began to wonder how he found us so easily and quickly. Only a slight grumbling sound brought me back to attention and I found the sound originated from the horse''s stomach. Thinking it was hungry I grabbed the last apple we had and held it out in front of him.

    But instead of eating the apple he took a small bite out of the side of my hand. I immediately jumped back and prepared to kill this thing when something unexpected happened. A dirty gray like light shot out of the horse immediately surrounding it. I had to shield my eyes from the sudden brightness. Then after a few seconds the light died down and standing where the little horse which was no older than a few years was a fully matured adult horse that had some serious muscle and bone armor on. However the most significant change was the air surrounding it.

    It was heavy and menacing. It screamed DON''T FUCK WITH THIS ANIMAL. Cristal awoke because of this pressure and when she saw the horse she screamed and shot a beam out of probably reflex. However when the beam connected with the horse it looked pissed beyond reason and looked at her. It''s eye''s glowed and next thing I know cristal is aging rapidly. First a young adult, than 50 year old lady, than a elderly, then a corpse, then a skeleton, and finally dust.

    I was analyzing the situation. There was the possible apocalypse, the hit marks in the book, plague, and finally this horse and the future. I began thinking I could continue towards plague but then what? My guide is dead and I doubt plague knows where places are in this world. At least not yet. It could take month''s to get to General Lance Bearshriek and it would be to late. There was the chance plague found a town. But the chance she destroyed it was higher. The other 2 were an option but war is probably fighting and hunger is probably indulging his desires.

    The horse seemed to calm down and was looking at me. It showed none of the hostility it had earlier so I had some breathing room.

    Me: Guess this is the only option.

    I took out the book of death and wrote

    CRISTAL SHALIETTE - REAPER

 Chapter 11

    The effects were instant. The pile of dust started going straight up in the air ,not like wind was blowing it but like it was doing it on it''s own, and started to take form. First it was a ball of dirt then slowly it formed a human body until it started to look like cristal. First she looked like gray clay then slowly she started to gain color until she looked like her old self. Except there was one difference from her old self. Her skin was clearly paler. Like she was dead pale or for a better example me pale.

    But there was a problem. She was naked. That attack from the horse did destroy her clothes and I guess my book didn''t help bring them back.

    Cristal: Wha-what happened?

    She spoke but she looked completely out of it.

    Me: You died.

    Cristal: How?

    Me: Don''t you remember? You attacked that horse and it killed you.

    Cristal: I-I remember attacking it. Then a light and pain. My skin felt like it was wasting away. Then nothing.

    Me: Yes, you were dead for a min-

    Cristal: WAIT WHERE''S MY CLOTHES!

    Oh, so she finally noticed.

    Me: Well when I brought you back I couldn''t bring back your clothes.

    She was now trying to cover herself with her arms.

    Cristal: DON''T WE HAVE ANY CLOTHES?!

    Me: I have a few scraps of clothes from the bandit ca-

    Cristal: NO WAY WILL I WEAR THOSE!

    I don''t blame her. All of the clothes have some kind of stains on them and personally I don''t want to figure out what they are.

    Me: Well I guess I can give you this.

    As I said this I took off my cloak and held it out for her. She immediately took it and quickly put it on. She closed the front so no one could look.

    Cristal: T-thanks.

    Me: No problem.

    I then turned around to see if she needed something like food or water when all of a sudden I heard something behind me.

    "Sniff"

    I turned to look at cristal and her whole face was cherry red.

    Me: Is something the matter?

    Cristal: No no everything is fine.

    She answered immediately.

    Me: Are you sure? You seem unwell.

    Cristal: I SAID I''M FINE!

    She angrily said as she turned away.

    Cristal: So can you tell me what''s going on?

    So we sat down and I told her what happened after she fell asleep.

    Cristal: Wait, so you became the horse''s master?

    Me: Seems that way.

    Cristal: Then when I woke up and thought it was a monster and attacked it then it aged me.

    Me: Yep.

    Cristal: And you used a book to bring me back.

    Me: You got it.

    Cristal: I personally think that''s all bull. I must have passed out or something.

    Me: If you want I can give you proof.

    Cristal: Sure show me.

    Me: Okay stick out your hand.

    She held up her hand and before she could even comprehend what is happening I stab it with the knife I had.

    Cristal: AAAAAAHHH!

    She jumped up and screamed. She quickly took out the knife and looked at the hole in her hand. She then turned to me with hate filled eyes and I could tell she was going to use her powers on me.

    Me: WAIT! Look.

    I said while pointing to her hand. She looked down at it and gasped. The hole was visibly closing. When it was fully healed not even a scar was left.

    Cristal: What is this?

    She sounded baffled.

    Me: The book did more than bring you back. It gave you power''s.

    Cristal: What kind of power''s?

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    Me: Well one is instant recovery of injuries. Even lost limbs can be recovered within a few minutes. This ability also stops your aging so you will forever remain in that form.

    Cristal: WHAT? REALLY?

    She suddenly got up real close with what looks like a real happy expression.

    Me: Yeah. Look at me. How old do I look?

    Cristal: 18 or 19.

    Me: Well actually i''m around 26 years old.

    Cristal: NO WAY!

    She suddenly started dancing and shouting.

    Cristal: IMMORTALITY IS REAL!

    I gave her a little time to get rid of her excitement before continuing.

    Me: Actually were not immortal.

    Cristal: WHAT?

    Me: We are close yes but we can still die.

    Cristal: HOW?

    She looked a little sad with this info but I now have a problem. See I don''t know how to explain the cells thing to her. If i''m being honest I don''t even know if the cells fact is still the thing that keeps us from dying. After all I can use mana to make magic when before I needed to use my mind to use said powers. I then decided to assume that mana is the reason for the healing thing. After all the chances of it being mana is much higher than it being cells in our bodies.

    Me: Well as you know mana is everywhere in your body, right?

    Cristal: Yes.

    Me: Okay, now lets say someone cuts you in half. The half of you with the most mana will recover you while the other half will just fade. Now the reason this is is because in a way your still alive even if you don''t know it. However if say a attack that destroys all your flesh, you know skin, blood, organs, if all those are completely destroyed to the point of being dust or non-existent you will die.

    Cristal: Really?

    Me: Really. So it''s a good idea to stay away from people who can do this kind of stuff to you. For now.

    Cristal: What do you mean for now?

    Me: Well, if you train in this power you can reach the point of being able to take these attacks and still recover... maybe.

    Cristal: What do you mean "maybe"?

    Me: Well I know I can do it but your the first I''ve given this power too so I don''t know what will happen.

    Cristal: Oh.

    She looks a little down. But she suddenly looks at me.

    Cristal: One more question. Is there a way to get overcome the pain?

    Me: Yeah. You get used to it.

    She stared at me blankly.

    Cristal: Seriously?

    Me: Seriously.

    She then sighs and looks a little dejected.

    Me: You also have some other power''s however this all came with a price.

    Cristal: What price? I mean your telling me I can keep my youth and I won''t gain any scars. On top of that your saying I have other powers. What price could there possibly be to gain such things?

    Me: Simple, you must serve me forever or until I die. Also remember I can also kill you but you can''t kill me.

    She stare''s at me for a few seconds then smiles.

    Cristal: That doesn''t sound so bad.

    She then comes over and clings to my arm.

    Cristal: If it means I get to stay with you.

    Then almost as if she snapped out of a trance she turned red and pushed me away.

    Me: Umm cristal, what was that?

    I tried reaching out to her but.

    Cristal: DON''T LOOK!

    She quickly turned around and fired one of her beams at me. However this time there was more force and pain in it that I slowly lost consciousness until finally I blacked out

 Chapter 12

    Well right now I am sitting on a couch staring very seriously at nothing in particular.

    God: What''s up?

    Yep, i''m with god right now. Though this time I want some answers.

    Me: What''s wrong with Cristal.

    God: Wha-what do you mean?

    I can practically see a person looking away while saying this.

    Me: You know what I mean. What the hell was that?

    God: PHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Oh man I can''t take it anymore. (sigh) Okay so I may have added something else to the book.

    Me: What did you do?

    God: I may have made it so that your reapers fall deeply in love with you no matter who they are.

    Me: ...Uhhh.

    My mind is overdrive right now. This is is beyond bad. Now I know that every male ever would be like "FUC&*!$ AWESOME". But I only see tons of problems.

    God: You know this is going to be so funny. Especially when you reach plague.

    Crap!

    Me: What''s the point of doing this?

    God: It''s funny.

    Me: ... Your sense of humor is really messed up.

    God: Yeah pretty much. You know people from your old world say god has a strange sense of humor. Well it''s true.

    Me: Umm could you get rid of this apparent love spell.

    God: Nope.

    Just this one word made me realize that he will never remove it.

    Me: (Sigh) Fine but what the hell was up with cristal?

    God: I''m not surprised you don''t understand. Before, she didn''t see you as anything as a friend/companion and a holder of unique magic. So these sudden feelings of love she has for you is confusing her mind resulting in her acting this way.

    Me: I guess that makes sense.

    Now for a question i''ve had for a while now.

    Me: What are you?

    God: What do you mean?

    Me: Well ever since we first met you said something that raised a question. How can a god give 4 people the power to kill other gods? I mean a god''s power can''t be no small thing. So who or what are you?

    God: Wow i''m surprised you noticed though it did take you a while.

    Me: There were more pressing concerns.

    God: True. Anyway the answer to your question is simple. I''m a original. You see original''s can be considered the first gods. All we did was create a few things and our creations went to town with the rest.

    Me: So you are the first thing to ever come into existence?

    God: Maybe.

    Me: What does that mean?

    God: Well actually we don''t know if we are the first ever existence. There might be a being that stands above us originals. But we may never know.

    Me: Well that''s good to know. One last question though. How are the others?

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    God: Their doing just fine. War is killing masters of slaves in a human capitol and having the slaves start a rebellion.

    Me: That does sound like war. Always wanting to use his strength to aid the weak.

    God: Yes, while hunger is enjoying himself on some elven cuisine in a elf village.

    Me: Why do I think your not talking about food.

    I knew this would happen. I mean the man is desire it''s self. Also after everyone left us in Japan he couldn''t really satisfy himself with anything besides whatever he found. He also gave up going after plague after she gave him a solid right hook a few hundred times.

    God: Lastly Plague is closing in on your location.

    Me: ...What?

    Seriously?! I have even less time then I thought.

    Me: Do I have some time?

    God: You have about 3 hours.

    Me: Damn! Can I wake up now?

    God: Sure. See ya.

    With that I was consumed by darkness.

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    When I woke up Cristal was crying right over me. When she saw my eyes open she began apologizing while hugging me.

    Me: It''s okay. But right now I need you to focus.

    When she saw my very serious face she wiped her face with her sleeve and gave me a i''m ready look.

    Me: Okay now a person will soon show up. She is someone I know. However she is a little clingy and when she sees you she might freak.

    Cristal: Oh really?

    She seems both angry and happy.

    Me: Yes, but first I need you to do something.

    I grabbed my knife from off the ground and held it out to her.

    Me: Try and break this>

    Cristal: ...Seriously?

    Me: Yes. If you can break it then you may suffer a lot less when she shows up.

    She know looks a little scared.

    Cristal: O-okay.

    She took the knife, grabbed it at both ends and easily snapped it in half.

    Cristal: What?!

    Good. Her limiter is gone. This will make things easier.

    Me: I''ll explain later. But first how do I command the horse?

    Cristal: I think you just give it a command.

    I walked up to the horse.

    Me: Do not attack anyone until I say otherwise.

    As if understanding the horse bowed it''s head and just lay down and fell asleep.

    Me: Now then shall we begin.

    I began teaching cristal defensive stances for the next couple of hours. Then finally out from behind a few bushes plague appeared.