Harbinger of Calamity
a Neet who has worked hard his entire life, who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, living much of his life in poverty, depression and drug addiction, at the end of his difficult road, dies of cancer at the age of 26. Having suffered his entire life trying to face the cruel reality of the world, always chasing higher pursuits and exploring ideas but his pursuit of truth only leads to his own collapse. In his last days instead of weeping, he laughs, he laughs at the absurdity of it all. It seemed as if fate had played the biggest joke on him, he had taken too seriously what had no value. What is life? a blink of an eye! as unreal as a dream, what a mysterious world, we are just born out of nowhere only to vanish later on. A profound sigh was uttered "If only I wasn't dealt such bad cards! I was made for the heights yet here I am crashed in the abyss of life." Looking at the world he was soon to leave, he sighed "Humanity truly has fallen in this era, it has crashed from the heights of embodying divinity to succumbing to their animalistic selves becoming creatures of decadence, slaves to pleasure, lust and the lowly desires of the body. Truly my heart weeps for the tragedy of humanity, the industrial revolution, a slave society disguised as 'modern society', poisonous foods filled with chemicals, an entire network engineered to enslave minds called the internet, an absolute infestation of decadence and mediocrity in the very Human spirit that used to overpower all. All humanity is enslaved, what can't parents even teach? they are slaves themselves. Atleast in this life, I refused to be a slave, I was a free being, atleast in the later half of my life, I followed my own passions and lived my own life but in the end, sigh I failed! But oh well, who ever lived a perfect life in this world? as the darkness of death engulfs him, he fully accepts it and is gone. A pair of eye opened and an absolutely stunning sight appeared, he was transmigrated. For the first time in so long, he could see clearly without glasses or contacts, he could feel physically powerful instead of a sickly body and a destroyed pleasure system. He resolves that this time, this life, He would pursue his own freedom! He would never give up on himself and he will walk his own path to the very end. "That's right, I was wrong depending on sympathy. Cold, heartless, I won't forgive them, they can't be forgiven! That's right, it wasn't me who was wrong, it was the world that was wrong!" A descent towards Madness. A cruel world where no refuge can be found, countless obstacles obstructing one's path, mountains of corpses, an abyss of blood, a heart of darkness, a cruel fate to all living beings. No heart or soul, only an abyss of despair and a heart to ascend beyond. ... Support me directly : patreon.com/aloneinthisworld (only if you don't pay for chapters) Discord : https://discord.gg/aGumZnuF3u
Cloud Whale
Nameless moved immediately following the will's instructions, hiding behind the branches of his previous spot.
"Reduce your breathing to the minimum and use your mental energy to hide your aura! Hurry up!!"
He immediately followed her directive using his mental energy to hide himself however nothing happened.
Nameless was about to talk back at her before seeing that far away in the sky, a cloud changed form and began descending as a giant figure appeared from it.
It was a Whale!
The whale looked pure and white like snow, it was fifty meters in length and looked sublime with its white blubber skin. Its giant flippers had intricate carvings, it even had what seemed like horns and protrusions all over its body making it all the more majestic,however this majestic existence only inspired profound fear in him.
a Rank 5 Beast!
He had nearly died to the previous peak rank 4 beast, let alone now when he felt this beast's aura was crushing, he didn't even dare to breathe.
The whale came down obscuring his whole field of view, while it floated mid-air, all he could see was a world of whiteness.
The whale opened its mouth and sucked air.
Instantly, beast cores flew from all over the landscape and entered its mouth.
From far away, it could be seen hundreds of balls rose before entering its mouth.
The Whale closed its mouth and a glass like shattering sound echoed before it swallowed the energy flowing down its mouth.
Just by its suction the world lost its vivid clours and looked grey, just breaking the beast cores left a deafening sound.
Just when Nameless thought it was going to go back, the whale sucked again!
"Fuck!"
This time the ground overturned and trees heavily ruffled!
The tree he was on was on the verge of being unrooted from the ground, a gigantic tree with its branches ranging tens of meters wide was about to removed from its roots by a simple suction force!
Nameless's heart sank.
Weird tree roots that had seeds came out of the ground and rose to the sky before they entered its mouth.
The Whale closed its mouth before it moved its flippers rising to the sky.
From afar, the scene looked spectacular, it was as if the whale was flowing upwards as if it swimming through the air in the sky, it rose and rose before it finally disappeared from his vision.
Nameless was sweating heavily.
'How come these type of situations always happen to me!'
"What was that beast just now?!"
"It is a rank 5 cloud whale, they are cloud path beasts that survive in the clouds and explore the endless skies, they can swim through the air as if it were water, they are the venerated in many cultures especially the Uraya kingdom who make it their own symbol."
"If it lives in the clouds, why would it come down here? and why at this very moment?!"
"It is indeed uncommon but nothing too strange regarding this situation. Cloud whales almost never starve, they feed on cloud path dao marks and live peacefully, they only struggled in the eras where clouds were scarce. Perhaps the cloud whale merely wanted to try a different kind of food and seeing the available beast cores, it decided to make a stop."
"So what you're saying is; I nearly died because this beast wanted a snack? Hahahah."
Nameless laughed, this was the funniest joke he heard in a long time.