Chapter 1: Have a nice... Awakening (1)
"Sigh... I guess they decided to go through with it, in the end." A lone man who was sitting on a hill commented to himself, as he stared at a disk in the sky that had two smaller disks on each side, with each having an image of a sun and a moon.
"Well, there wasn't much we could do at the end. They were pretty determined to go through with that act. We did warn them through our oracles and prophecies, in an attempt to stop them, but to no avail at the end." A woman appeared next to the lone man and added as well.
"In the end, they will have to suffer through the actions of those everyone around, even though they weren't meant for such a thing in the first place." A black wolf with horns appeared after the woman and continued as well.
"Shall we see that fate has in hold for those four individuals? Four individuals who are forced for greatness, into of mediocrity. I wonder what fate may hold for them. Huhuhu... Have a niiiiiice... Awakening!" A white bunny appeared after the wolf and finished and then, a bright light engulfed everything for them.
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Uhhh... What happened... Why does my body hurt so much?
Those were Kai's first conscious thoughts, as he tried to move his body, but he felt like nothing was moving, even after multiple attempts. it wasn't only that, but he felt that all of his senses were blocked and aside from a world of pure white, he couldn't experience anything else.
So, it seems that my body isn't working right now. Let's go back to happened. I remember that I was making my way towards school, after my weird conversation with dad, of which I need to get to the bottom of it as well, once I go back. After that, I...
Just as he was going to continue his train of thought, a bright purple symbol appeared in front of him. The symbol itself depicted a simple shape, that being of a normal circle, with a cross in the middle. Kai looked and examined it for a minute, but he couldn't do much about it and just as he was going to turn his back to it, a sudden purple screen appeared in front of him, that read as such:
[WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
A WEAK SLAVE SEAL IS BEING FORCEFULLY APPLIED. SINCE THE LEVEL OF THE SEAL IS LOW, THE USER CAN STOP THE SEAL FROM BEING APPLIED ON THE USER.
TIME LEFT: 000:00:08:00]
Huh? A slave seal? What the hell? What is going on? And what's up with this weird screen?
Kai complained, as he stared at the screen, and then the symbol behind him.
Hey, screen, or whatever you are... Is this for real or some bizarre dream?
Of course, he got an immediate answer.
[THIS IS NOT A DREAM. SHOULD THIS SEAL BE APPLIED, THE USER WILL BE FORCED TO SERVE THE CASTER. FOR THE USER'S BENEFIT, YOU SHOULD STOP THIS SEAL, BEFORE THE TIME RUNS OUT.
TIME LEFT: 000:00:07:41]
Urghhh... Great. Apparently this isn't a dream and should the time run out, I'm screwed. I can't say I fully believe this or if this is some lucid dream, but I can't say I like the idea of listening to someone's orders, with no way to denying the order. Hey, screen. Can you tell me how to stop this?
Kai asked mentally, as he looked at the purple symbol in front of him.
[TO STOP THE SEAL, THE USER MUST MAKE A MENTAL IMAGE OF THE SEAL IN THE FIRST PLACE. AFTER THAT, THEY MUST DRAW THE SAME IMAGE IN FRONT OF THEM.
TIME LEFT: 000:00:07:06]
Uhhh... What? I get the idea, but what, in the actual, crack is that?
Kai asked with a dumbfounded expression. He didn't get an answer for that. In the end, he was left alone to deal with the situation at hand.
Great. Really great. So I have no answers and I have to deal with a slave seal in less than 7 minutes.
Kai complained as he was staring at the symbol in front of him.
Let's see... It said I need to make a mental image of it, before drawing it. I can do that, but how do I draw it? Well, I'll get there when I get there, so let's focus on the first task at hand.
After he made his decision, he decided to imagine the symbol in his thoughts, but it took him a try or two, since he needed to burn the image into his memory. After he made the mental image, he was suddenly surprised, since an outline of the purple symbol had appeared in front of him.
What the hell? Why is there a second symbol here? I only made a mental... image... Wait... Is this my mind or something?
Kai asked the screen, as he looked at everything around him.
[[CORRECT, THE SPACE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS IS CURRENTLY RESIDING, IS IN YOUR MIND.
TIME LEFT: 000:00:04:37]
Damn... I didn't expect my mind to be so... empty. I was expecting it be filled with my memories and... Wait, why does it matter now? How do I draw this?
[USE YOUR ENERGY TO DRAW ON THE OUTLINE OF THE SYMBOL AND MATCH IT PERFECTLY.
TIME LEFT: 000:00:04:12]
My energy? How do I do that?
Kai asked with a confused expression, as he was staring at the screen in front of him.
[JUST TOUCH THE SYMBOL AND DRAW ON IT ALREADY.]
At that moment, he felt a bit of hostility coming from the panel itself, but he decided that was just his idea and it's probably from the feeling of pressure he's feeling from the timer.
After that, he decided to try and touch the empty outline of the symbol he imagined and in the next moment, he felt like something was being sucked out from his finger and quickly took it away. After he took away the finger of his symbol, he saw a small blue spot on the place he touched the empty symbol and after confirming the way it works, he slowly filled the circle first.
As he was drawing it, he started to feel tired, as if he was playing for hours with videogames, or studying for quite a while. But he persevered and not only completed the circle, but he did the cross immediately after, while pushing himself. After he completed the symbol that he drew of the empty symbol, he saw that it was mostly identical, except for a couple of tiny spots where he drew just slightly out of the line.
I hope this works, otherwise I'm pretty much screwed.
Kai thought to himself, as he waited for anything to happen. But it didn't take more than a few seconds for the screen to appear in front of him.
[COUNTER SEAL DRAWING RATING: 94%
THE SLAVE SEAL SPELL HAS FAILED TO AFFECT THE USER. DUE TO THE HIGH RATING, THE CASTER WILL NOT BE AWARE OF THE SPELL FAILING.
DUE TO THE USER'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL DISPEL WITHOUT THE USE OF MAGIC, THE USER GAINS THE PASSIVE ABILITY {Mind Resist LV.1} AND {+1 Darkness Affinity}
ALL MEMORIES WITHING THE PAST HOUR WILL BE RESTORED]
Phew... I guess it's over now. But what did it mean to restore the memories of the past h-
Just as he was going to finish that sentence though, he was suddenly assaulted with a wave of immense sleepiness, unlike anything he has ever felt before and it didn't take more than a few seconds for him to fall asleep. But he did see one last thing before losing his consciousness.
[Have a niiiiiice... Awakening. Kaiser]