2 Chapter 2

A dark robed man with hauntingly beautiful eyes summoned a thin book that was like the size of a golden ice cube. Suspended in the air, Alerik twirled a finger to flip the pages of the book open to the name of the human that he was tasked with. The book of the dead contained the names of all the humans that were born and those that were long gone from the face of the world.

"Lu Mann, prepare to meet your fate."

The Death God had performed  1,000,000 million soul ascension rites.  Tonight was his 1,000,001 millionth soul that was to be harvested. 

Driving a red sedan, Lu Henry was listening to a podcast by his mentor the highly acclaimed Psychiatrist Xi Chunhua, 'The silent mind' with rapt attention while behind the wheel of his car.

"The brain never sleeps, it only works at a slower pace while you are sleeping. Have you wondered why some people wake up terrified from their sleep? Night terrors can be debilitating to a person's state of mind."

Half asleep behind the wheels, Lu Mann's brain sluggishly processed the information that his sleepy eyes was signaling to it.

"OI---KA---NO---Mi---Z---D---LIT"

Lu Mann slurred his words, he literally meant to say, "I can not miss the light."

Since his thinking faculty was impaired by alcohol, his speech became slurred from the impairment. At the center of Lu Mann's chest was a glowing red orb that signified his limited life span.

The traffic light ahead of him was orange and was about to turn red.

Pressing hard on the accelerator of his gas pedals, Lu Mann cut off the cars ahead of him and in so doing blind sided the car belonging to Lu Henry.

"This is getting interesting. My work here would be a piece of cake."

Arms folded across his chest Alerik watched the scene below, his bright eyes took on a perverse joy at the recklessness of the driver in the blue van.

In his state of enjoyment, Alerik's divine power flowed unwittingly from his fingertips and began finding their way to where the book of the dead was floating.

"Someone is in a rush to get home."

Lu Henry the 30 year old psychiatrist was in a white shirt, coal colored suit and tie. He was dubbed the most approachable and good looking doctor for 4 years in a row. His current job as generalist of LC Psychiatric Hospital allowed him to work as a behavioral consultant for children, teenage and adult populations.

"It is 12 am Lu Mann, your time is up!"

Alerik was about to take one flash step that would have covered the distance to where the racing car was, when something out of the ordinary caught his attention. Alerik's sizzling blue divine light had began to erase the name of another.

"What?! NO! NOT THAT NAME!"

The haunting dark eyes that once glowed with sadist glee had now become alarmed at the error from his inattentiveness.

One second Lu Henry's yellow orb was turning black unbelievably fast.

"M-y che--st! I c--an't br--eathe!"

Lu Henry's hands began to shake as his heart was palpitating at a fast rate. The doctor's eyes began to lose focus and in the process he unintentionally ran the red light thus causing another car from the merging lane on the opposite side to run into him.

"CRASH!"

Alerik watched in horror as his 1,000,001 millionth task had come to a disastrous end. Inside the car, Lu Henry's air bag had deflated, he was sandwiched between the airbag and his car seat, while the door on the driver's side of Lu Henry was smashed right in by the bonnet of the other car.