Foreword [Edited]

Foreword

Estelle's house, Nova's room.

"Damn, I missed it, those worms spent hundreds of dollars to buy that teleportation stamp, tsk tsk."

If anything could describe the current room, the words messy and disgusting would be the most accurate, food everywhere, pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, and in general, all junk food was on the floor, several were green and rotten, with flies stuck to them, some were stepped on being now unrecognizable which thing it was before.

The bed was sagging, with food stuck to it and a large black and brown stain on its mattress; it was so disgusting that few who came to see it couldn't help but feel nauseous.

Even so, a person who inhabited this disgusting... *cough* peculiar room, that person was sitting on what looked like one of those so-called Gamer Chairs, black and red, but even so, the chair could break at any time by the weight of the one who used it. Yes, the guy sitting in it was fat, no, he was immensely fat.

Eye bags can only come from not sleeping for weeks. His acne meant poor hygiene and an extremely oily face, possibly from the food he ate daily pure junk food.

His belly was sticking out of his shirt, it is not known how much he weighs exactly, but for sure it exceeds 120 KG or even 150 KG, being an achievement that the chair can support his weight, a person like that can be considered, under the perception of many, a relatively ugly or very unattractive person, but still that guy had his charm and mystery because of his unique transparent eyes like mirrors, you could reflect everything from them.

His bluish silver hair was more silver than blue, but it looked just as unique, but it still couldn't overcome the uniqueness and strangeness of his transparent eyes.

But there was not much to be done, even if one had such unique features, with this current physical form, even the most handsome man could be considered ugly.

"Should I destroy these organizations or...?" The young man muttered to himself with a thoughtful expression, all the while holding the mouse, surprisingly, very masterfully and quickly despite his unfavorable physical appearance.

In front of him was a big PC, so big that it looked like a TV, with about 40 inches, a fantasy scenario could be seen on the screen, similar to an MMORPG.

And that was it, Legends Genesis was the best game in the world at the time, known worldwide, famous for its very realistic graphics, extreme difficulty, and unique missions, with a very interesting system of gaining power, it was a game destined for greatness.

Nova, also known in the gaming community as Lord Noah, The Scarlet Assassin, was one of the first players of Legend Genesis, he doesn't know why, but when he saw it, he had a tremendous need to play the game, so he bought its beta version and started playing it day and night, he doesn't even know how much time passed, but he kept playing non-stop, without leaving his room.

He didn't want to go out either, he was afraid to see people.

Thanks to this, he became one of the best and most feared players of Legends Genesis, although he only plays this game, he is also known and feared worldwide in the gamer community because it is the best game in the world, more famous, without equal and that everyone loves, or at least the vast majority.

So famous that Nova earned thousands of dollars a week from pure donations and the odd commercial deal, plus streaming, but he didn't even see the money because he gave it all to his mother.

He is as feared as he is loved and hated, especially for his ruthless way of killing, without mercy and with extreme cruelty, he did not even let his opponent ask for forgiveness when his head was already separated from his body, split in half or even worse, his body no longer exists.

But we all have bad days, and today is one of them for Nova, who was cursing himself for missing one of the best players in the world, who was handed to him on a silver platter, but suddenly disappeared with a teleportation talisman that cost hundreds of dollars, because it saved your life in dangerous situations.

Today would certainly be a bad day, not only in the game but...

"If you buy a seal to seal that talisman, no one will be able to escape, even if I have to spend a few thousand..."

Talking aloud to himself, Nova was already planning his next moves to kill the top players, everyone knew he was the strongest, but no one admitted it, yet today he already proved what he wanted to prove in the full stream by humiliating one of the top 5 players in the world by letting him die.

The streaming chat exploded with various comments, but this didn't affect Nova, no one could see his face anyway, only hear his hoarse and deep voice, besides seeing his good playing skills.

Nova paid almost no attention to the chat, but some constant and faithful followers did read it from time to time, especially because they gave very useful information and good ideas to make new topics for his streamings, but strangely those constant and faithful followers were not there today, which made the streaming more boring for him.

"Well guys, see you, tomorrow I might activate a stream again, goodbye."

With these curt words, Nova said goodbye to the crowd of people in the chat, who could only send messages like: "So early? Didn't you just turn on the stream an hour ago? When is Lord Noah coming on in a cat-maid outfit?

Ignoring all the comments, Nova turned off the stream and leaned back, his chair creaking steadily. The young man was deep in thought.

I think I need a break from this game, my head hurts too much.

*BOOM

A fleeting thought crossed his mind but was interrupted by a loud noise coming from the door.

Maybe it's a coincidence, fate, or that they had everything planned, but five male figures entered Nova's room and completely smashed the door right after he turned off the streaming.

At that moment, past thoughts and traumas made Nova scream out of desperation and fear, an extreme fear of reliving the same as in the past, but his screams were completely silenced by two strong blows, one in the stomach and one in the face.

These two blows came from an extremely muscular man, causing Nova to fall to the floor, he didn't even fall from the blow, but was so moved by the attacks that his very obese body broke the chair and fell to the floor, his form with excess mass slumped on the floor, creating a humiliating, embarrassing and ridiculous scene.

But surprisingly, these men did not laugh, although it could be seen that they were holding back the urge to laugh, they pretended to be extremely angry and even forced a vein in their forehead to throb.

Without saying a word, the five men began to throw kicks, punches, elbows, everything, even headbutts.

Nova could only receive this, helplessly, as he listened to the words they said, which hurt even more than the blows he received.

"YOU KILLED HER!

"YOU BASTARD, YOU BRAT, YOU IDIOT, YOU BASTARD!"

"YOU INCOMPARABLE FOOL, NOT ONLY DID YOU DO NOTHING WHEN YOUR FATHER AND BROTHER WERE MURDERED, YOU EVEN KILLED YOUR MOTHER!"

Cries and screams came from all sides, even Nova didn't know if they were real or just his imagination.

'My mother... Did she die?', such statements surprised Nova, suddenly the brutal blows he received no longer caused him any pain.

Because now... his whole brain was broken, his very heart.

'Why are you blaming me, I... I didn't know anything,' Nova was at a loss, his eyes staring into space as the blows continued.

Minutes passed, about a dozen minutes when they finally stopped beating the boy. The five figures carried Nova out of his room, carried him to the front door, opened it, and threw him out without hesitation.

The badly injured Nova could only watch as they threw him away like garbage. Now, with broken arms, legs, ribs, and other bones, he could only look to the sky as he burst into tears.

As he remembered his mother's death, the tears slowly trickled down his swollen cheek.

For many years now, ever since his brother was murdered in front of his eyes, killed by those guys he hated so much, Nova had never cried, never, except today.

The tears were falling like waterfalls now.

All along he had blamed others for his misfortune, for his suffering and bad luck, but now he realized, was it truly the fault of others?

After all, it was his life, if you couldn't protect your happiness, it is purely your fault and it is now that Nova learned this.

'Did my mother die or was she murdered? Was it those bastards who killed her?', question after question invaded Nova's mind, at the same time he cried out of sadness, but he gritted his stitches and teeth out of pure anger and frustration.

Those people who beat him to within an inch of his life were his relatives, cousins, uncles, aunts, and nephews of his mother, but none of them had money, his mother let them stay in that big house because there was plenty of room.

But they always chased money, no matter how, they wanted to have money no matter what, Nova theorized that they consumed some illegal substance or another.

'Could it be that they killed my mother and then they want me dead like this to take all the money?', such a thought made Nova clench his fists tighter, he didn't care about the pain he felt doing this, because the rage, fury, impotence and frustration were being unloaded.

*cough* *cough*

Coughing up blood, Nova felt himself begin to see blurred and his breathing slowed.

'I don't want to die at the hands of those bastards.'

Pulling out a small dagger he hid in his back pocket, Nova barely managed to pull it out with his broken arm, but ignored the pain, he was going to die anyway, better with a little pain and end the suffering, rather than die from before and a slow painful death.

"Sorry, brother, for not being strong..."

"Sorry, father, for being so weak..."

"Sorry, mother, for having such a pathetic son like me, for having to take care of this idiot..."

"But, this useful son of yours, swears revenge for your death, mother, and my revenge also for my death, even if I have to spend a thousand lifetimes, millions of years, and three thousand worlds, I will take revenge for all the murders of all my family, brother, father and even mother," Nova declared with his transparent eyes filling with determination.

As he looked at the moon, his hoarse voice, low and full of pain was barely audible, but he wished with all his strength, at least that those he named would manage to hear him, it was his only wish, his only ambition now, before...

*Nail*

As he plunged the dagger into his heart, piercing it, Nova gradually lost the glow in his eyes. No, there had been no glow in them for many years, but now the glow of a dead man was evident. His skin, once white and pale, had grown paler, and his vital signs had stopped.

Nova Estrelle, Lord Noah, The Scarlet Assassin, and also... The Failed One, had died.

The subjects inside the house laughed at finally seeing Nova dead, several giggles and laughs rang out, along with exclamations of "It was a great plan" or "We managed to keep the money!

Knowing this, the wheels of karma were turning while the future itself, and thus destiny was being distorted.

An anomaly was awakened, and with it came a latent desire for revenge.

I don't know how to go back in time to travel again, it was too late to set things right... But it's never too late to start over, is it?

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