Andhaka didn't know how much time had passed but he slowly opened his eyes and all that awaited him was terrifying darkness all around him.
For some reason, he felt a very chilling sensation around him and it wasn't the chill due to cold but as if somebody was standing behind him with a knife ready to attack him.
He was a grown-up man and didn't have any type of mental condition in which you get scared of Dark but he was still feeling fear for the first time in the past five years.
He started to remember the bad part of his past life which he had buried deep down in his memories, it was as if they started to come out by themselves and the more he tried to forget about it, the more he started to remember about what a bad loser he was upon his time as a Human.
" No - No - NO, I am not a loser, I -i-i-i I don't want to be a loser anymore. "
' You had the luck to get a second chance but even in that you still failed now that is what I call a loser. In the end, we are the same. " a voice rang in Andhaka's ears and he looked up to see who it was.
He backed up in surprise and ended up falling on the surface.
He didn't mind himself falling as he was too shocked to react after seeing the figure who was standing in front of him.
the person standing in front of him was - him. whatever it was he didn't know but it had the same appearance as Adam Astor his previous self on earth.
" Who are you? " Andhaka asked in a solemn tone.
" Hahahahaaa I am you and you are me. We are Adam astor the loser who couldn't do anything in his life and died like an idiot he was. "
" No - NO, I am not a loser anymore. " Andhaka refute the figure angrily.
" hahaha, do you think that by just changing your name you can pretend to forget who you really are? You are Adam Astor the great loser, the great need with no friend, no family and no pride. " The dark soulless pupils of his old self and his words were enough to bring Andhaka on the brink of break down.
" Yes, it seems I have really forgotten how big of a loser I was. " Andhaka spoke in a low voice while looking at the dark place around him.
The darkness didn't seem to be scary anymore to him as it enveloped him from the momentary ray of light and hope which was all gonna end the same way it always does.
He looked up at his old self and got up from the surface and stepped towards him with a serious and resolute look on his face.
He reached in front of him and looked him straight in his eyes.
" I was a loser and I am still a loser but I will change it and or die trying it, I don't wanna hide or run away from my lowly self and I perfectly know who I am and I challenge you I will one day become a man who can be proud of himself and no matter how much time or how many lives it takes I will keep trying. "
Andhaka spoke with a serious and firm face while his eyes had started to become red as if they were on fire and the darkness enveloped him as if embracing and welcoming its king.
" Hahaha, it looks like I can still have hope for myself. I hope you can do what you said to me, no - no I should call you Andhaka from now on hahaha " his old self spoke with a relieved smile and tears start to pour out of his eyes as he started to disintegrate and disappear into the darkness.
" Just you wait and see. " Andhaka spoke with a smile while thumping his chest with a smile on his face.
After his old self completely disappeared Andhaka looked around at the all-encompassing darkness which surrounded him.
He wasn't feeling cold and getting chills like he did when he just woke up but was now feeling a comfortable sensation albeit a little cold but it was as if Somebody had turned on an Ac.
He can feel that he and the very concept of darkness had some relation as when he thought of trying to move the darkness and make it into a form, It did form into a small humanoid figure immediately without any instruction.
" Looks like I have some control over darkness. " Andhaka thought happily as most of the Asuras didn't have any concept or element over which they had power without practising.
He sat down on the surface and pondered over what to do.
He doesn't know where he was or even if he is still alive or not and nor does he knows the way to get away from whatever this place was.
After brainstorming for some time he wasn't able to find any solution so he did what most of people would do in this situation.
He got up and started to walk straight towards one direction as this place has got to have an endpoint and he hoped to find it.
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He doesn't know how much time has passed, was it days ? was it months or was it years? and he finally collapsed down on the surface with a tired and frustrating look on his face.
he has been walking straight towards a certain direction for an unknown amount of period but couldn't find any signs of some kind of light or anything which had any colour except for darkness.
He tried to control the darkness to see if there was any way out of here but it didn't work as he was only able to control darkness at only a small scale.
" Hush now I can only try the other plausible way left. " He got up and sat straight with his hands on his knees and his legs folded and closed his eyes and started to meditate.