What the hell happened to me?

Void, that was the first thing Gabriel saw when he woke up. A space so devoid of anything, that it surprised even him. After all, it's not that common to wake up as a soul in the middle of an area devoid of everything.

Despite being considered the Ancestor of Knowledge in his universe, he had never seen or heard of a Void that was actually Void, because the Void always has Void energy within that deconstructs any being that is not capable of withstanding its force. and it also has beings that live inside it, such as the Eldritch, the beasts of the void or the gods of the void.

"What the hell happened to me?" It was the first thing Gabriel asked himself, trying to remember why he is now a soul.

"I only remember a blinding flash of light coming from the universe I was heading towards. Hmm, and seeing space shattered and devoid of nothing had to have been caused by an exposure." Gabriel told himself.

After reflecting on that for a while, Gabriel went on to check the condition of his body.

"It seems that my physical body was destroyed by the explosion and I suffered serious injuries to my soul, besides, I can't move if I don't want to aggravate them more. But looking at the positive side, my soul still remains, although I have nothing to heal it, I can only wait for my wounds to heal naturally and get out of here later." Gabriel thought to himself in a relaxed way. While examining his condition, he also reflected on that flash of light and the explosion.

'That flash of light was strong enough to almost kill me from so far away and it seemed to come from the universe I was going to, but now it's nothing more than space dust. So... what caused the explosion?' Gabriel thought with a bit of curiosity.

Gabriel would never expect that this flash of light that destroyed his physical body and inflicted injuries on his soul, was actually the explosion of a universal nucleus, which failed in its attempt to evolve to a higher level, causing its energy to become unstable and immolates itself, eliminating all the beings that inhabited its interior in mere moments and the beings that were closest to the universe in a matter of microseconds.

Luckily, for Gabriel, he was far enough away to react and use all his lifesaving cards.

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"There's no point in thinking so much, for now the best course of action is to use put all my energy into healing myself and then get out of here." Gabriel told himself.

As he meditated, Gabriel felt a change around him. An absorption force, stronger than a hundred black holes began to try to absorb it.

Despite being injured, his soul strength allowed him to temporarily resist the absorption to think.

"Shit, even though I can still hold on, spending 50% of my soul power to prevent this force from absorbing me will slow down my recovery. Also, the power that is trying to absorb me seems to be getting stronger by the minute. , and if this continues like this I will definitely be spending more energy and getting absorbed." Gabriel thought with annoyance.

'I only have two options left, wait for a miracle that I was saved or risk being drawn into whatever is trying to absorb me and try to absorb it myself. And I'm not someone who believes in miracles.' Gabriel thought through narrowed eyes and stopped resisting, letting the absorbing force take him away.

After a few hours of starting his journey, he noticed that in front of the road there was an immense amount of dark golden energy that he could not recognize. When attempting to absorb this energy, he realized that he could only absorb one drop, but this drop healed 30% of his soul wounds, something only heaven-defying treasures could achieve.

Realizing the value of this energy, Gabriel tried to absorb more, but something told him that if he tried to absorb more than three drops, he could die.

"Wh-What the hell is this energy? A single drop healed 30% of my injuries in a matter of seconds, a single drop is better than many divine treasures that help heal the soul, and here are billions of drops. " Gabriel thought with his eyes lit up.

As Gabriel thought this, 30 minutes passed quickly and he was able to absorb 2 more drops and heal 90% of his injuries.

When Gabriel checked his condition and saw how he was almost cured, he knew that if he took one more drop he could leave here and try to reincarnate or possess a body, and although it was risky, he decided to take the risk.

Although his soul was able to use this energy to heal itself, 99% of all the energy was wasted, but if he tries to absorb one more drop, his body will suffer the consequences for not being resilient enough, causing a chain reaction with the energy within. He assaulted her core. For that reason Gabriel felt that his instincts were warning him about taking the fourth drop.

Unfortunately for Gabriel, he ignored his instincts.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Gabriel yelled after feeling his core burst and his soul fragment under the backlash of the fourth drop.

"Shit, my new injuries are worse than before and the pain is going to make me faint. It also seems like I'm reaching my destination, because the force that carries me now is stronger." Gabriel analyzed with bloodshot eyes. while thinking of some idea that would help him survive.