Inside the church like building

"As I said I've done this before, I will guide you, "

A man continued speaking after the system became quite.

"it was hard for me as a new Comer so I want to make it simple for you so that you don't go through what I went through, "

They are obviously lies but the people are still in shock, unable to process what they are being told.

"We can start by introducing ourselves I am Liam Crane, this is my second world,"

"I'm…

All the people including me introduced themselves.

"What do you mean second world?" a man asked I think his name was Roman or something.

"The Anti-life is made up of a cluster of broken world's,"

"Broken?"

"By broken I mean either invaded by an entity that shouldn't be there or it's energy is expended and it's dying, we go to different worlds to fix these problems and we earn points for that, the points allow us to live well in the lobby, the place where we will go after each mission,"

At least he told them the bare minimum, he should have at least told them that as we advance, the setting of the world changes as technology either advances or regresses.

"We need to first find weapons, this place has beasts that make lions look like kittens, at our level its best to avoid them but incase they come for us we need to be ready, "

At least he didn't lie this time.

"Let's move, "he said and people started moving still looking unsure.

"You smell different, "a voice said from beside me, I had sensed him approaching slowly when the system announced that we should start. It was the twin with the shorter hair, Kieran.

"How so?" I asked interested.

"They smell like fear and ignorance while you smell like wisdom and power, a lot of power,"

"You have a sharp nose,"

"It wasn't me," the boy said and I looked beside to see the boy hidden behind his brother while holding his hand, "He believes you are trustworthy."

"Did he smell that too?"

"Yes, he is never wrong,"

"So what-

Dang

A loud bell rang startling everyone, it rang once more in a familiar rhythm, it was a church bell and judging by the sound, it wasn't far, great that would mean that it's a church in the middle of the forest and service was on at night. The world has begun.

The only reason I never got bored during my stay in the Anti-life was the fact that each time I regressed to my younger self I enter a different world, never repeating the world I cleared, which I theories before I gave up escaping in my first 1000 world's that although time was being reversed, only the Anti-life and its beings went back in time but the broken world's and it's beings would remain broken and the fixed world's would disappear from the Anti-life.

The more the bell rang, the more the air became tense.

"We should go see what is happening?"

One of the people said, unsure.

"Are you crazy, for all we know it could be another trap," A woman in the group said, she looked hysterical. Her name was Seine.

"So what should we do? We can't just stand here and expect to finish the mission,"

"You are right, staying here would mean death after seven days, we might have a chance of survival and even find some clues if we go forward, in my first world one of the veterans told me that anything that happens in a world is a clue, we may run away from the bell but it could be a sound used to chase beast's from the area so we may end up dead," Liam who had decided to be their leader said.

"Yeah we should go, I mean our mission was to find a way out of the forest after all," Roman said backing the man up, great another shrewd person wanting to pretend he supports the leader.

A tug on my sleeve brings my attention back from the crowd to the twins, it was the silent one, Cassius. Seeing my attention was on him he tapped his brother.

"He wants to form a team with you, he says you are safe," so they communicate with telepathy

"Isn't it unwise to form a team with someone you just met?"

"No, you can't hurt us," oh so they think I am powerful but not as powerful as them. Maybe I should join them then betray them so that they learn.

"You smell angry, is it because we insinuated that you are weak?" Kieran stated.

"No, that's not true,"

"So we can form the team,"

"Sure why not,"

I said walking a head and they followed behind. We reached the building where the bell rang from in a few minutes.

It was an old building made of mahogany wood, it looked eerie at night being the only thing that emitted light in the forest apart from the moon, the lights in the building were on but, it seemed nobody was in.

Roman walked ahead and pushed the door open allowing us to see the inside.

"Wow."

Wow indeed.

Beautiful carvings filled with ancient writings adorned every wooden frame in the small room. The chairs were neatly arranged and there was barely any dust laying on them. It was obvious someone cleaned it regularly. Nothing obvious was good in broken worlds. It was either a trap or a distraction.

"Dr. Enstantine is it?" a voice coming from behind me asked.

"Yes, how can I help you," it seems I was given an active role by the system. When players, actors or beings from outside, whatever you call them enter a game, they are given roles. The roles are divided into either active or passive.

Active roles like the name refers to the roles where the actors act the role of a person important to the world, like a person who saves the life of an energy holder of a world. People who have these roles are the most likely to be noticed by the characters of the world so they have to act well to avoid suspicion or they will risk expulsion from the world which just means direct death.

Passive roles are the roles given to the actors who act like background characters. Unless they do something to garner it, they cannot get the attention of the characters which was good because actors need to gather information and it is nearly impossible if the people around are conscious of what you do.

Actually having been in the Anti-life for as long as I have I have no qualms being given either roles, I had mastered a way to deal with both.

"My name is Eliot. You operated on me some years back, you should remember"

This is where the system intervenes.

[Enstantine Lockwood - retired neurosurgeon. A pioneer in the field of neurosurgery, his first surgery was ten years ago on Eliot white a man who had been suffering from advanced Spinal Osteoarthritis. The success of the operation caused a big leap in his career]

[He is to help even if it would inconvenience him, which was why the people liked him]

"Oh, yes. Nine years back, wasn't it?"

"No, the ten."

"Oh really time sure flies fast,"

"Indeed, May I present my grandchildren, this is Cecilia and David, and this is their mother, my daughter Celestine,"

"Dr. Enstantine?"

Another voice. I turn this and this time I am faced with a woman in an attire that sisters in churches wear. Judging by the ring on her finger and the pectoral cross outside of her habit she must be an abbess.

"Mother."

"I am Mother Elizabeth, Welcome to our place of worship, you must be tired after all you have travelled from far, have a sit the mass is almost starting," I looked a head and the room was noticeably bigger and all the chairs were filled with people. She leads me to one of the front chairs and I seat down.