Meeting Zazel

DERRICK'S POV

"Yo kid wake up, you are not gonna sleep forever, are you?" I heard that annoying voice, and a tap on my face, can't he just allow me to sleep in peace for a few more minutes?.

"Kid wake up right now, this is important" he continued, why couldn't Zazel just let me be, all my body hurts, I groaned and struggled to open my eyes, my eyelids felt heavy, but after some seconds I finally opened it, only to see an unfamiliar face staring at me.

I wanted to scream but there was no strength in me to scream, so the shock I felt was swallowed back in and I could only stare at the handsome face staring at me, only to hear a familiar voice from that unfamiliar face.

"Yo kid you are finally awake, that's nice I have something to tell you". I looked at the face for some seconds before I finally opened my mouth to say "Zazel is that you?".

He looked at me confused, as if I have gone mad, before he finally said "Ahhh" before smiling "This is your first time seeing me, we have only spoke to each other, but you haven't really seen my face, anyways how do I look? I am very handsome right?".

He spoke as if he was glad that I saw his face, but that wasn't my concern right now, why am I seeing him, I thought he was a spirit that could only live within me "Am I dead?".

Those words came out from my mouth, because I couldn't explain what was going on right now, after hearing my words and seeing the worry on my face, Zazel burst out laughing and rolling on the floor, I couldn't believe this is the revered demon king, I thought I would be seeing an ugly looking disgusting demon with an old face, and testicles as he likes women.

After rolling on the floor that looked like a soft grass he finally stood up and looked at me in the eyes before saying "if you died because of those trash, I would hunt you for all eternity in the spirit realm" his face was serious like he meant it and the laugh he was just laughing was an illusion.

I swallowed hard but I couldn't understand what was happening, so I asked "If I am not dead then where am I?".

"Look around you, before you ask again" he spoke to me indifferently, my strength came back after he said so, I looked around and was confused, the whole place seems bizarre, I saw we were standing on a soft field of grass, the wind was blowing softly, there was a lake field with crystal clear water, but the funny thing is there were floating mountains all around, the day was bright but the sky was dark with stars shining brightly.

This has to be the afterlife right "where the f**k am I?", I couldn't help it but speak that out loud.

"Shut up kid, we are in your sea of consciousness, you are in your bed in the golden turtle inn right now" Zazel spoke as if he was reprimanding me, did I do anything to irk him, he seemed irritated, and what the f**k does he mean my sea of consciousness?.

"You are wondering what your sea of consciousness is right?" Zazel looked at me and asked, I looked away feeling a bit guilty, that I didn't know what it was, hell I don't think I know anything concerning this world right now, first it's a formation now it's sea of consciousness.

"Ahh I really need to smack Baron Stan a bit before I could be happy, they didn't teach you anything and sent you out of your little sanctuary" Zazel said holding his forehead, I don't think father did anything wrong, I was the one who didn't want to learn anything, thinking I was strong enough to handle everything.

"Alright, the world out there is dangerous, you have been in the Dark territory your whole life and the only danger you met there were the orcs, now you have come to the real world, there are things much more dangerous than orcs and monsters, the intelligent species known as humans, beastmen, elfs, etc"

"Alright we are getting off topic, your sea of consciousness is within your soul, it is the platform that houses your strength, your cultivation and where I reside, if your sea of consciousness is destroyed, you would lose all your cultivation, all your strength including me, worst case scenario you will die".

Zazel spoke in a serious manner, but that doesn't really answer my question, why am I here?.