4 Dead?
In an unknown place; where no one has ever arrive before.
The pitch-black view covers the entire surroundings – as far as one could never see where he or she is currently at. There is nothing but darkness. Even as far as no sign of any physical matter can be found anywhere. At the same time, absolute silence envelopes this place. The eerie silence could make one feels a spine-chilling sensation from a goosebump.
At the centre of the darkness, lies Prinz – unconscious. He seems to physically float in the dark surroundings.
It is not known how long he has remained unconscious inside this unknown space. His skin is being closely enveloped by a thinning yellow glow and yet to realize that he is being gradually engulfed by the darkness. He is not conscious of everything that is happening around him. His eyes tightly shut. If Prinz is awake now, he would notice that there is a layer of silvery-white and gold light protecting him all over. The layer of the light is too thin beyond the glow in his skin.
All of a sudden, a charming little voice calls him out:
"Prinz Heilig, who originates from Earth; open up your eyes and listen to my words."
"Prinz Heilig who originates from Earth; open up your eyes and…."
"Prinz Heilig who originates from Earth…."
"Prinz Heilig who...."
That same voice calls for Prinz repeatedly in the interval, without stopping; despite he could not hear its call. There seems no end to the calling, unless Prinz response.
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Deep inside Prinz's mind.
He is deep in his thought; probing really hard regarding the tremors he felt during Virtual Dimension upgrading process.
It is unlikely for him to mull over something significantly trivial at any moment. He seems to have forgotten something more important.
"What is that tremors from underground? The impact is small and odd. Why didn't I receive an immediate warning?"
"You are dead!"
"Dead? I'm dead?" Prinz responds in disbelief.
He scratches his head in confusion, but then he begins to remember everything.
The same voice repeated once more:
"You are dead!"
It informs Prinz again about is status. At this moment his surroundings suddenly turn pitch black.
"Huh, I'm really dead?"
Prinz is in a conundrum; unable to comprehend the sentence the voice spoke off. He instead attempts to pacify his thought. But then, he realizes that he has been unconscious from the start.
It has been a few hundreds of year that gone by; from the time Prinz reached maturity until now, he has always been on a journey to learn new knowledge and the details of his experience are keep details in his mind.
And one of the many things that he learned is to get hold of the unconscious part from the mind.
Prinz, whom the only one individual left physically alive on Earth, has acquired a secret to mind accessibility. He can reach the unconscious part of his brain. His brain that functions as an engine; made up from a systematic conscious mind; by acquiring the secret, Prinz is capable to stretch wide his thinking processes further; even while his body was unconscious.
"I should first awaken my body." Prinz casually decides.
But then he stops. He asked himself:
"Am I not conscious?"
As he deliberately tries waking himself up, he pays attention to the voice that calls him.
"Prinz Heilig, who originates from Earth; you're awake after all!"
He discerns a distress sound from the last sentence.
"What are you?" Prinz replies in curious.
He can clearly hearings the same voice. But then, he could not determine from where the voice comes.
A while later, he still fails to determine; he thus assumes that the whole darkness in the surroundings is an existence that called him. The voice later replies:
"I'm not obliged to answer you. Prinz Heilig, listen well."
"You are dead! All that is once alive in the entire universe has also lost their life. In the course of an evolution cycle, countless worlds that exist in the universe are granted with new energies along with miracles."
"What did you say!?" Prinz attentively listens, even so, he unable to remain silent.
He stands straight; opening his palms in indignant and he shouts:
"What do you meant, 'I'm dead'! The last sentence is b******t. You are also saying two different statements that have nothing to with one another."
Prinz is in turmoil. First, the voice told him that every life is dead; and second is about evolution what comes with it.
The voice, however, pays no heed to Prinz's questions and carries on:
"A 'True God' has finally decided to no longer remain as a bystander; therefore shall grant all intelligent life with an opportunity to start over. To celebrate this occasion, all prospective intelligent life will be imparted with an ability to wield Manna according to their essence compatibility."
"A True God?" Prinz renders speechless.
The voice, however, continues:
"Prinz Heilig, you are the last prospective intelligence life in the revival queue. I shall now perform an essence scan. Please wait for a moment."
"Huh, what do you mean a 'True God' giving me 'an opportunity to start over'? What is the essence? And if a reviving process is true, why do I still possessing a body? Hey, what happened to my colleagues? There are 44 of them and are they still alive? Answer me!"
Prinz inquires for a lot of things since he could understand; in details; everything that the voice told him. His current predicament is apparently open-ended – inconclusive since the voice ignores him. Subsequently, his expression changes; from one that once calm and composed to now a vexed look, full with ire.
"Oi, listen! I refuse to accept anything from whoever you are; 'True god' or not; when you are not answering my questions! You selfish 'being' or whatever you are, stop feigning compassion with a casual act of giving goodwill. Even if everything you mentioned previously is true, it does not change the fact that you are forcing these opportunities as goodwill to me. Answer my questions and tell me where I am right now? Oi, you so-called **c* 'True God'….."
Prinz could no longer withhold his annoyance from being cold-shouldered. He starts to throw a bunch of profanities to the voice with criticism and contempt.
"...."
Unfortunately, there is not any response. Not even after Prinz throws multiple more profanities in the air. After a while, Prinz takes a pause and deep breathes. A long silence then covered the whole space afterwards.
All of a sudden, the voice speaks once more:
"Scanning is complete. You currently possessing the lowest amount of essence, therefore you cannot completely revive. The system will auto-generate a new life form for you to compensate for the essence deficiency. You have lost your one privilege to revive as a complete life form. Please bear it in mind."
"Hey, don't just decide to dismiss my existence," Prinz interjects.
Then, the voice asks Prinz to make a single choice.
"Additionally, you are given 8 choices of unique abilities. These abilities are from the recordings of your essence latency."
"YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL!" The voice derisively implies.
"Other intelligent life, has similarly received a unique ability. Please select one:"
1. Perpetual life.
2. Resistance to numerous afflictions.
3. Abundance of Wealth.
4. Nurturing Growth.
5. Multiple Talents.
6. Profound Intelligence.
7. Peerless Attractiveness.
8. Immense Strength.
"You don't have to emphasize on that one particular sentence, you know. You are not answering any one of my questions, yet now you are asking me one. It doesn't make any sense!"
Prinz currently has regained control over his emotion – he, after all, calms down. He no longer throws all sorts of profanities, though his mind now is filled with indecision. In the first place, Prinz is just assessing; whether if the voice has any reaction – the voice certainly has an ego. Nevertheless, the voice does not react, whatsoever. Besides, Prinz hypothesizes that it does not possess a sentient.
"Hmm, I can only select one? Why can't you just let me have all these abilities?" Prinz expresses his opinion.
However, the voice remains in silence.
"Forget it then! You are not even answering any of my questions. It's pointless to start asking anymore."
Prinz goes through the list of abilities that appears before him. He mulls over the abilities pros and cons meticulously. He has to scrutinize over every single factors and element, imbued in the explanations as his choice would lead to his imminent conclusion.
He lays his right hand to scroll over the appeared list, yet his index finger touches nothing.
[Perpetual life]
"A vital life potential, derived from the power of Immortality. This ability grants a living being with a long life expectancy; close to a perpetual lifespan. However, a living being would never be able to avoid the loss of life; as only a divine being can be eternal. Please take into account that, you will still become vulnerable to sickness, fatal injuries or other lethal afflictions."
[Resistance to numerous afflictions]
"A major life potential, derived from the power of Invulnerability. This ability grants a living being with supremacy against every form of lethal afflictions; regardless of the afflictions nature. However, a living being would never be able to escape a death upon its arrival. Please take into account that, you will still have a finite lifespan according to one's genus and potential development."
[Abundance of Wealth]
"A lesser form of material gains, derived from the power of Prosperity and Abundance. This ability grants a living being with a fortune of wealth; whether in a form of riches or resources. However, a living being would never be able to rival the providence of wealth from the Paradise; as it contains myriad of treasures. Please take into account that, you will not be sheltered from insatiable materialistic avarice."
[Nurturing Growth]
"An essential proficiency, all sentient existence is able to offer as long as one is alive. This ability grants a living being with control over their nurturing life purpose, intention, goodness or demise. Depending on it possessor, one can nurture its own development or others. However, a living being would eventually reach their proficiency limit; regardless of their nature as the equilibrium of the universe must be preserved. Please take into account that, a restriction is allocated on this ability according to your potential development "
[Multiple Talents]
"An auxiliary life potential, derived from the power of Omnipotent. This ability grants a living being with a diverse amount of exceptional latent aptitudes at a certain point in their lifetime. However, a living being would never be able to master anything; as one's lifespan is finite according to their genus. Please take into account that, even if you have unlimited talents you would still unable to transcend above everyone that has developed their aptitudes at highest proficiency."
[Profound Intelligence]
"An auxiliary life potential, derived from the power of Omniscience. This ability grants a living being with a mighty intellectual prowess that surpasses everyone from a single world that you stay. However, a living being would never be able to be knowledgeable of everything; as the universe is infinite of all things. Please take into account that, you will be constricted with a certain degree of wisdom according to your genus and potential development."
[Peerless Attractiveness]
"A primary gift that rarely emerges from any sentient existence which derived from the power of Charm and Charisma. This ability grants a living being with a powerful enchanting finesse that can enthral all creatures. However, a living being would not be able to obtain both inner and outer enchanting allures at the same time. Please take into account that, you would be unable to retain this ability throughout your entire lifespan as the ability will over time."
[Immense Might]
"A primary talent, derived from the power of Sovereignty. This ability grants a living being with two massive proficiencies; which are agile speed and robust strength. If one focuses on a single proficiency, they can become a peerless close-combatant or a supreme guardian respectively. However, a living being would not be able to master both proficiencies with ease. Please take into account that, you would be placed under immense tribulations in order to attain the ultimate proficiency."
With all the unique abilities present right in front of him, Prinz analyses everything before taking any one of them into consideration:
"I have to think wisely. If I can overcome my current circumstance, then maybe I could find all everyone who has revived before me. Yes, I would search all 44 of my colleagues and together we will continue to uncover the truth about the universe. That is what we desire to accomplish."
'To uncover all mysteries in the universe.'
It is a vision that Prinz and his colleagues share. However, his current predicament puts him in a situation where he could not decide but to hesitate. Prinz sets forth an assumption that he might lose his current consciousness and memories upon his revival. Although he is not sure, the word 'revive' is enough to bring about an assumption that it is not equivalent to 'transmigration' or 'resurrection'. By his current logic, he needs to start his life anew; as a different being with a different consciousness; after the revival process concluded.
"I must stall time and feign indecisiveness at selecting any one of these abilities." Prinz convinces himself.
At presents, Prinz has in fact decided on his selection. He believes in the choice that he will make; based on the ability descriptions that he understood. At the same time, his brain is rigorously in processing. Everything that has occurred from the time he awakens until in the moment now, Prinz scrutinizing every bit of information in the timeline.
Prinz notices something:
"There is a protective layer of silvery-white and gold light that covered all over my body. Is this what the voice acclaimed as 'new energies and miracles'? If yes, can I do something with them right now? I really dislike the fact that everything went smoothly according to its way. It's just unseemly reasonable to me when the 'True God' intention is appallingly and ambiguous. What would the 'True God' gains from taking my life and all the other life that it has taken then revive it?"
Prinz wants to liberate himself and then escape from the dark unknown space. Prinz still believes that he is alive. He thinks that it is ludicrous to simply accept a revival process and live a new life.
"Aren't all life should appreciate the life that he or she has been given and be thankful for all the blessings that come with our existence?" Prinz murmurs softly.
"How about I select a unique ability and promptly use it and escape? No, it might be too late to do anything. Besides, what if the ability only activates after the reviving process concluded? Should I take the risk?"
Left with no other option, he determines to do something.
In the darkness where his eyes could not see anything, Prinz raises his head above and stands straight; as is he is confronting another person.
"Hey whoever you are, I have made my decision. I select number 4 as my unique ability."
Immediately after he selects, Prinz attempts to converge the silvery-white and gold light energy.
"It's working! Eh, how do I know to instigate the process?" Prinz feels elated yet in confusion.
The voice at the same time responds:
"An anomaly is discovered around Prinz Heilig. Attempting to suppress the anomaly before it starts. Anomaly process has started. Commencing a process to discard the anomaly."
"Not good, it has discovered whatever I am doing right now. I must hurry!"
Prinz reminds himself:
'In order to nurture something, one must ready to sacrifice something as well; no matter what'.
It is a fundamental sentence that he believes; which the ideology has brought him numerous accomplishments. It goes hand in hand with another ideology that creation must hail from destruction.
At presents, Prinz is nurturing all the Manna that he could muster from all over his body in order to create powerful protection. During the process, he accidentally nurturing a whole bunch of different energy from his dark surroundings while consecutively he goes and converging a protective layer into his consciousness.
"I have to protect my consciousness instead!" Prinz convinces himself.
He knows that he does not have enough time and lack of proficiency at wielding Manna to protect his entire self.
Prinz eventually succeeded. Not long after, the dark space slowly starts to dissipate. A blinding white radiance appears and covers Prinz before gradually losing his vision. His body is no longer covered with silvery-white and gold light. Just like that, Prinz's life is about to change completely.
