1 Heart of Souls
Chapter 1
The Heart of Souls can best be described as the basis of all life currently existing in this world, and yet the most mysterious.
'The world right now is in the middle of the greatest catastrophe of change, known to our race, since the creation of our existence. The apocalypse came, and it came hard. Greater than any war, any crime, than anything that was previously thought possible to man. And with it came the discovery of The Gift, or better known as The Judgement. It appeared one day without any warning, and without any remorse on human life, and it is assumed to be the original darkness that had plagued our universe for centuries. It tore almost 99% of all humans from the inside out, transforming them into vile and rapidly adapting monsters, but also made those that persevered this unrecognized disease stronger. What are the chances? Was it luck or fate that we survived...Well, we won't know.'
'The year is 2045, and today is the 40th anniversary of The First Wave. Man... It seems that man still doesn't have many answers, but I have given up all hope. I'm one of the last alive, left on this piece of shit we used to ignorantly call a safe home.'
The sound of soft ticking can be heard from the top of a demolished 10-story apartment building with small, operating generators. The environment around the building was full of mysterious things, debris, ghastly sounds, and shattered man-made steel frames. And if we all just zoom in a little bit, we can see here that the only things here at the top is a just a comfy looking sleeping bag, a muffler, a little torch, and hardly any food. Sitting on the edge is a lonely, pitiful piece of trash, who in the whole world, is the only capable man alive to see this moment come to an end. This man is Gaelic...Who's currently chugging half a bottle of whiskey in one hand, gulping it down in a rush. On the other hand, with the clicks of a watch and a magnum with just 1 bullet left, he taunts a horde of monsters swarming the side of the building. The majority of these monsters are full of different variants and abilities, including protruding horns, bumps, and abnormalities.
"KABDBI!!!! KUUSHASHTRUKK!!!!HHIIIUUEWKG!!!"
'TIC TOK TIC TOK TOC TOK TOC TOC TOC TO-'
"Oh ... look here!" the lost Gaelic exclaimed. What once was an attractive man, full of charm, was now a sad and broken man. He's a white/brown skin toned man, about 5'11 in height, with a face full of black disheveled hair, wearing cracked sunglasses, to cover his round yet tired eyes. Dirt and blood coat much of his body's rags and torn cloths, including his stench of tar, and his voice croaks with ferociousness.
"Looks like my time almost uuup...!", he screams playfully.
'I have lost family, friends, brothers, and sisters, all for this moment. Fucken Gaben!'
"TRINK!"
He opens up a simple black and sleek case, with the POTUS symbol at the front. As it opens, the alarm starts to fire, causing the rowdy bunch to make more noise. He clicks a few buttons with complete certaintly, as he seemed to be prepared and trained for this moment his entire life. His calm yet tired eyes shone for the first time in years, as he sees the lines of code inside, which say the words he needed to here...
~WARNING!!! YOU HAVE ACTIVATED MANUAL NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODES AND A CLASS 10 EMERGENCY DECLARATION!!! BE WARY, AND BE ADVISED CAUTION!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!~
'Fuck all the lies, fuck all the deaths, fuck this world! This is necessary. This bomb will save not me, but hopefully, make mother nature something more appealing! That's for sure.'
~Five~
'I am no one special, I have no reason anymore.'
~Four~
'I have lost my life already.'
"RAARGHH"
~Three~
'The sky is still the most beautiful shade of purple I have ever seen. Well, at least something is still beautiful today '
The sounds of the blaring horns, which marks the end of the times, blares once again, as it pierces my ears. Demons fly all around me, and inside me too.
~Two~
I look up and scream.
"You wanted this! Look at what you have done! Why have you abandoned us! Fuck You!"
My eyes are too dry to cry. No, the gods don't deserve these tears.
<One~
BOOOM!!!
Looking up, I see hundreds of bombs falling from the atmosphere, as fast as the light. I close my eyes, as all I know that I'll see on the horizon are the flames of a million tainted souls about to be devoured by the crimson, and destruction of fire. Beautiful. I have sacrificed everything for myself, so as I go, why not purify all the evil that has come to arise so far! All those giant demons which make my heart shake and even those godly dragons made from man, WILL ALL DIE! I can't seem to smile though. I'm engulfed by the heat of hell…torturing and prickling my skin…little by little… and then…nothing...
No feelings, just the slight touch of nothingness, as he floats in the void, devoid of anybody and any sensations other than his consciousness and feeling. A feeling not physical, but more spiritual. All he can do right now is just 'see'. He can't even close is eyes if he wanted too. As fast as his death and pain came, it was as fast his spiritualization, without the need to open or shut his vision, as he feels now not feels pain, but only an emotion of confusion withstanding fear.
'What?! Am i still alive?! No...It seems as if I'm floating in a pitch-black room. This blackened space is definitely no surprise to me. I had already known there was no god helping us, and usually guessed that after death, we just were nothing, but the fact that I'm thinking that right now...is pretty weird. I was never a believer, but i regret never telling mom that. And yet…'
"Hooh...," I exclaim. "Hello, anybody listening!". My booming voice is the only thing reaching out into this vast space. As I looked down, I was surprised to see a puddle like surface on the ground. I gently tried to control myself as I floated downward, letting me surprisingly stand on the ground, but quite unusually. I started walking. I lost count of how far I went, till I saw it. An entity I saw. A beautiful woman. Her face was as pure as day. A light, engulfed her body, 10 times brighter than the sun, no...even more.
"Zyleph"
'What are you saying yo weirdo? Who is she? Is she a fucken devil?'
'I fuckin knew it...I knew that if the devil was real, it had to be a woman! Plus points as she looks like pretty nice too, hmm...'
So many questions have appeared again in the afterlife and ones that only are probably harder to answer for him than before.
"Time has become the uncertain, the destiny is faltered and pulsing, the host is awakening, and the lost are the saviors..."
she mumbled in the most painfully small voice.
What the hell? What is this crazy girl saying?
"Listen, I don't know who you are, but my name is Gaelis, can you help…"
She zoomed up right next to my face. Her eye suddenly has a black, vengeful aura coming out of them, and she gave a dying look to me while looking strangely with pity. My whole soul felt like it was burning, and damn right it hurts harder than that fire.
AHHHHHHHH!!!
STOPPP!!!
She looked as she needed me. Her knees fell to the ground, and the burning stopped. She looked up with her eyes closed, with a smile.
"Gaelis...Why Must You Be So Full Of Anger... Where Has Happiness Gone...My Sweet Child..."
"cough cough"
If I could see my own face, it would definitely look pissed off right now, with a hint of surprise.
'Child? Yeah right you evil fuck, you were watching us all die. ANGER? That is on you, and the Gods.
You left us. So yeah, I guess I am pretty full of anger, bitch!'
Of course, i didn't say this out loud. That would be a literal personification of death. From stupidity.
'How does she know my name...Where were you when we needed you...My happiness left long ago...Ince-nope.....maybe?'
"Back… Save…Everyone…Knowledge…Power…God"
That word. God. It like my emotions and soul were being tortured even harder, and continuously by a thousand knives, more furious and persevering than ever before. It hurt to hear that word before, but from her voice, it came booming like the boomers of the bombs. (That was a fun line) Then, I was struck with an epiphany.
'Save...Everyone...Time...Back...Can she make me go back in time? '
She looked powerful yet also weak, due to her state. Is she… Actually a god?...No not possible, how can God die?
'Well, I guess I will eventually make him though...hmm'
But those words can only mean one thing to me. I have the chance to live again!
'Think Joshei think, what do I say, what do I do? I can't trust her. She literally popped out of nowhere, and this is literally like those light novels I used to read, when the characters get summoned or revived by those that say they are good but have evil intentions'
'This might be bad as this is super suspicious, but what do I have left to give. I'm dead. I'll keep my head together though once I come back. And it seems she can't read my mind as I've been calling her a future milf for me continuously in my head'
I laugh in my head, as its pretty obvious it's not possible to physically right now. I've tried. Nope. Nothin. I'm somehow speaking to her telepathically, but only relaying thoughts I want t.
"I'm guessing your name is Zyleph, right?"
She nods her head slightly.
"Zylyph, send me back. I promise to save everyone. Everyone. No one will die before me!", I say as tiny drops are heard, coming down unto the puddles.
'Yeah right... after that disaster, all I remember was betrayal, murder, and the worst of sins flowing out of us survivors. And now you tell me I have to go save those bastards. Nahhhh, we'll see who becomes the predator and who becomes the prey.' I grin slightly at the thought of that.
"My child…I hope to see you again…" Zyleph looks sadly at me. Gods are not supposed to feel sad. If they can, she would've saved me a long time ago.
"Responsibility…Mission…Knowledge…" she says as she starts dissipating, and coughing. She abruptly connects her head into mine. "ARGGGHH!".
This pain...AGAIN?!
She weakly says three words.
"Run…Awake…Invincible…".
And then, once again, I disappear as does she, like small flakes of divine light. A suction force pulls me, as I face and surprisingly fell another type of darkness now. I can somehow feel my body. Wait... why are my hands so small...? My feet too?Wait....NOOOOO!!!!My sacred treasure!!!....
'Hmm, If what I'm guessing is correct, then I was sent back to the time I was born, but it seems I can't open my eye yet to confirm. What's outstanding for me is that I have retained all my knowledge and experience over those years.
Even the painful ones. A baby with the experience of a sixty year old.
If I'm correct. Then I have been sent back approximately 60 years back in time. 40 since The First Wave, and 20 since my birth!
-Thriiingg!-
…Wait, what's this?
{System Activated}
What…the actual…fuck.
{Welcome, Gaelis}
{Please, wlgsbmcojem…Pkms 2}
No, wait, hold up, is this thing glitching?
{Yujjsjk, updta, goosndessn lihdt 223. Error 223.}
Just my luck!
{Congratulations.
Unique Job:<Zyleph's Precious Hero> [Lvl 1.]
...has been ranked up into one -Unique Jobs- and one -Divine Jobs-:
< -------'s King>[Lvl 1.]>, < Zyleph's Chaotic Tool>[Lvl.1]>}
{Congratulations.
Your race, <High Blessed Human> has been naturally and forcefully changed to <High Blessed Demi-God>}
{Congratulations.
You have acquired titles:
•The Glitch•
You have solved a bug in the last minute artificially made System from, Zylelph. Benefits: ???
•Reincarnated•
You have literally come back from what you're not supposed to... Benefits: ???
•Unnatural Grower•
You grew way too fast, and way too much for your own good. The result of this title, is the result of your actions to reach this growth. May the odds be in your favour... Benefits: ???
•The Selfish, The Balanced, and The Protector•
Evil, Neutral, and Good. 3 forms when used properly may choose your fate, or your demise. When your heart can't handle all your priorities, why not split them, and handle with care hmm...
Benefits : ???}
{You have gained the ability to hide your new status from your Overseer, Zyleph. Permission granted by -------- -- --- -----}
...No the fuck you didn't.
...I'm scared, likes really scared right now...help...
And then Gaelis blacks out...
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Deep within the abyss like area where Gaelis was...
Complete silence filled the area.
Not a single sound, sight, or any of the five senses could be seen.
It was so utterly dull, to the point one would go to insanity comprehending it's infinitness, and it's devotion to the laws of nothing.
No time passes, no space cumbles, it was only there, and in this realm, only one ruled.
The dissipation of Zyleph comes back the moment Gaelis left, and the minute the head is formed, the only thing seen in her eyes is joy and craziness, while her smile reached all the way up to her ears.
' You fool. I brought you too this realm to continue our game, and continue it shall. Play again before us, and die again as our shameless plot unravels. We are the most powerful. The deities!!! I'm coming back brothers and sisters...let's continue this play'. As her face turns completely black, her hair turns purple and flying up in too the sky. Her eyes, now brimming with light, are ones full of joy, but most of the pure craziness. Her dress turns black, and her body expands. What are Gods and Devils? For them, there is only power, and manipulation of life, like a pawn in a game of chess in a game. And just as fast as she transformed, is just as fast as she left this cold, and devoid plane.
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"Hmm, I wake up after countless eons, and this is the first thing I see. My creations using my beloved creations. Hearts full of malice and corruption. Mixture and colliding of worlds. Giving false hope to the ones who still hold on to emotion. True evil, against pure depravity with chaos. Hmm, this... CANNOT BE ALLOWED!!! LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS...AWAKEN AND OVERSEE THIS BOY AT ONCE!!!
Choas, Life, Creation, Fate, Love, Infiniteness, Galaxy, Cosmos, Time, Light, Darkness, Evil, Good, Spirit, Elements, Death, and System all open their eyes and pray and invoke their voices, shouting
"Yes, our Father, Our One, Our Creator, The Void"
