Astral: Lord of Sorrow

When he woke up in the dark and the cold wind, he reached for his face. Night beyond darkness and the darkness was consuming his mind. With each day passed, his mind was getting closer to the other side.

The side of the murder.

His hand rose and fell silently as he breathed. He pushed away the blanket and walked out from the bed.

Time to prepare, he thought.

In the dream, he saw beautiful scenery filled with giant trees and a house made out of shells. It was a blizzard dream, one he thought he could never have. Because it was normal in his eyes.

He turned on the light. The light entered so brightly that he had to adjust his eyes for the new light.

He stretched his body and did a set of push-ups. Sweat fell from the forehead to the floor. He walked over to the bathroom.

The mirror hung on the wall and it was broken. He saw faint blood from the sharp glass.

Inside the broken mirror was a fairly young man with black hair covering his forehead. The young man was pale compared to the rest of his kind.

His eyes were dark. As if something was bothering him for his whole life. The young man turned on the water and washed his face.

" Ah. " He exclaimed when the cold water touched his face.

He prepared a set of clothes and immediately entered his room.

There was no breakfast for him as he didn't think he needed it. He turned on the computer and started to work. It was the set of numbers for him to prepare.

Looking at the screen for a long time, he was absorbed into the work.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

He searched for the phone. It stopped ringing. Then it came.

Finally, he found the phone lying on the floor.

[ Keng.]

He swiped the phone to answer.

" Hey, Roomaster. Are you free? " A loud voice echoed the room.

" I am free. " The young man said calmly. He tapped his fingers on the table in rhythm.

" Then, want to visit my sports day. I am about to destroy the Doen Academy with my flying kicks. Don't you want to see your strategy? "

" Sure. " The young man said.

The phone hung up. He stood up from the chair and grabbed his wallet. He wanted to buy food. His supply was getting short.

Walking out of the apartment, he ran into his neighbour. The man was dressed in a black suit with a golden ring attached to his fingers.

" Good morning, Ram. " The man greeted him.

So he greeted back. " Good morning, Uncle Alex. "

They both walked toward the elevator. Alex touched the bottom and waited for the elevator to arrive.

" Are you alone again? "

Ram nodded. " Bussiness is struggling lately. I have not seen my mother for two weeks. "

" I see. It is tough, right? "

" I suppose so. Are you going somewhere nice? "

Alex laughed in embarrassment and nodded. " I am going on a date. I hope it works out cuz I am slowly passing my age. "

" I am sure it will work out. " Ram gave his words. In his eyes, Alex was handsome, more importantly, he was intelligent and kind.

He knew Alex was in love with his mother but for some reason, the man decided to swallow that love. It was strange in Ram's eyes.

The elevator opened and they both walked inside. Ram smelled sweet perfume inside the box.

***

Ram arrived at the sports festival. People were roaming around him like insects. He saw familiar faces as well as the strangers. It was not surprising since the festival was the finale of the college war.

The traditional festival in his boring town. He smelled food in the air. It made his stomach groan. But he walked past all the food stands.

Soon, he reached his team restroom. He was the brain of his team's planning strategy. Others could say he was doing manager jobs for the team. As for the real manager, he was busy searching for the young girl. The manager was a freak.

Normally, he would be forced to come on this day. But some incident happened regarding his mind and nobody dared to drag him.

The only expectation was, Keng, the football star of his college. Keng was sweaty and kind. He cared about the team.

Ram knocked on the door three times. It opened.

" Who is this? " A short redhead entered into his view.

" Oh, Ram. " The redhead trembled.

Ram saw fear in him.

Why is he scared of me? It's not like I can punch him without reason.

He walked inside, ignoring the redhead.

He scanned the room and saw Keng talking with the teams.

Look like they are discussing my plan. Good.

Keng saw Ram and walked over to him. " Good to see you. I have matched a date for you. You should be happy about that. "

Ram nodded. He didn't care about the date. Keng had been doing this for a long time. Setting up Ram with a beauty, never ended as beautifully as Keng envisioned.

" Go prepare. " Ram said and left the room.

He looked at his phone and saw the place he was sitting on.

As he was heading to the stadium, a sharp voice echoed inside his ear. Before he could even process what was happening, pain spread through his body.

What is happening? Am I having a heart attack? It's burning.

He grabbed his heart and threw up. He looked at the ground. It was spinning madly. He closed his eyes tightly. The pain got worse and right now he was rolling on the ground.

He felt like something was crushing his body and mind. His entire being was suppressed by something.

The pain haunted Ram for his life, and he tried his best to stay conscious. He slowly opened his eyes in fear.

He saw his hands broken down of the finest dust. He saw a glimpse of the world from the corner of his eyes. It was madness.

He saw everyone turned into dust just like him. Even the ground was going through the same process as him.

The entire earth was changing.

Dust? Particles. Aliens attacks? Possible. We are too stupid trying to shoot wavelength into the universe.

He tried to laugh for the stupid mankind. In his mind, he accepted this end for his life. It was not a grand death like he expected. Not a quiet one either.

It was just strange.

His heart turned into some granitic beast. And it was collected by someone

[ Earth completed the process.]

[ Following the finale stage.]

[ Done.]

The dust formed again. This time there were other particles in the process.

[ Release Souls to the World.]

[ one billion souls managed to escape from the Old beings.]

[ Placing them randomly on the Plane.]

[ 50 million died due to unstable environment.]

[ 70 million died from the shock.]

[ 700 million died from the old being aura.]

[ The rest managed to land on the plane.]

[ Register Human on the Record list.]