Chapter 0 – Prologue – Endings and New Beginnings
Chapter 0
Prologue: Endings and New Beginnings
Blue sky, grassy lands, and a cool, soft breeze. A two storied house stood tall in the middle of nowhere.
Sitting on a chair at the balcony, his face, covered by hands, 'The Gamer' Han Jihan, let out a big sigh. He then put his mana-enhanced tab inside the sub space. Closing his eyes and leaning back, Jihan pinched the bridge of his nose.
Three years had passed since the Great War against the Void King, Cthulhu, and Great Magus Udivus.
Han Jihan, with everyone's help, was able to successfully defeat those three, but the price was so high that he wished to go back in time and reverse everything.
"I have prepared everything I can. I just hope that it goes well," Jihan muttered, looking at the thick stack of documents inside the room.
"Are we really doing this, Jihan?" A soft, feminine voice called from the door.
Near the door, holding a tea set was a woman with golden-brown hair, reaching her hips. She was wearing a beautiful one piece white dress with floral patterns.
Inside those deep brown eyes, Jihan could see a silver of worry and sadness.
"Sung-ah, let me hold this for you." Han Jihan took the tea set from the Sang-ah and started filling the cups.
"Everything is ready. We just need their help."
Jihan made Sang-ah sit, then poured tea in a cup with a cube of sugar.
"Is that really alright? I mean… Father always said that life and death magic will bring more tragedy." Sang-ah lowered her head and grabbed the tea cup.
"Yes, it's alright because it all happened due to the interference of the beings from another world. Beings from a different line, so it's alright." Jihan answered, trying his best to keep himself calm. Deep anger and guilt could be seen in his eyes.
This Great War resulted in the deaths of a large number of members of the Abyss, mostly the people around Jihan. His family, friends, teachers, and students died in this war. He remembered about his parents, the strongest magician and warrior duo, his friend Shin Sun-Il, who was just a step to godhood, and Chunbumoon. The Loli teacher, Wolf Man and their friends, his students, and of course, the Abyssal Lords.
The only thing he could do was move on and never look back.
That's what it was supposed to be, but…
Then one month later, a letter and a box came to him with no address, only his name, telling him that everything he lost could be brought back, but the method was not in this world, or, more specifically, the methods of this world cannot be used. Inside the box were hundreds of paper and pen drives about parallel universes.
Soon, with the help of gamer ability and girlfriend Sang-ah, he was dissect the spatial laws and understood about parallel worlds, laws, and forms.
After the Great War, the laws were stricter and more commanding, basically tightening spatial travels, wormhole magic, connection magic and so on.
Seemed like the research and the preparation were for naught.
Even if he was one of the most powerful being in this world right now, he couldn't do much…
But Jihan knew that if there was any chance of reviving them, it was the only way.
And it all came down today.
After finishing their tea and snacks, Jihan prepared a magic circle, and both of them teleported to deep-sea lands.
Surrounded by darkness, there was an orb radiating bright light, covered by faint mist.
[Gaia Construct LV?]
"Ah, Gamer, is it? You know, after the 'Gamer's Mind' changed to 'Transcendental Will', I was never able to connect with you, and now, as I look at you, I feel that your domain is more 'absolute'; stronger, denser, and also… spatial bonds… laws."
Jihan heard a muffled voice from the surroundings. Voice that contained no emotions, just plain.
"Gaia, you said you could help me establish a contract with them; will it be absolute?" asked Han Jihan.
"There are 20 Gaia constructs who have agreed to help the gamer Han Jihan, and it will be 'absolute,' but the method may not be as you imagined it to be, and I am sorry for it. Will it be acceptable, 'Gamer'?"
"YES"