Last Day

I waited for the third aftershock to finish and coughed as the dust settled. Picking up my phone, I started playing my game one last time. 'Thank god, the internet still works,' I thought, shakily tapped on the screen of my broken phone and waited as the magic circle started spinning in bright colorful lights. The screen brightened up, illuminating the dark walls around me. I tried to keep my eyes open when it showed me my new summon.

[Congradulations! You have summoned LR Lucyfera]

"F-finally, cough, I got her," I coughed up blood, feeling it pour down from my lips as my body started to feel numb. "It just has, cough, to happen while I'm dying huh?"

I started coughing harder feeling weaker by the second. I fumbled my way to the messaging app and typed my last message containing my password and username to my brother so he can continue where I left off, playing my Valkyrie Crusade game in my place. I already sent my last goodbyes to everyone I cared for so there's not much to do other than wait.

I wanted to die old and surrounded by my wife and grandchildren, not trapped alone in a collapsed parking lot with nothing but darkness to keep me company. I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer, though I think I'm hearing voices from above me...

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[Welcome to the afterlife, John! Rejoice, as your boring life is now over! Don't despair though, because your new life will now be filled with excitement, horror, betrayal, and more importantly, romance!]

{Countdown 00:00:10}

I blinked not comprehending the message before me. I pinched myself thinking that I'm dreaming or in a coma, but I felt the pain.

[Countdown 00:00:00]

It soon disappeared and the next thing I knew, I saw someone sitting on a chair with a desk in front of me. I felt my eyes widen in shock when I saw her. She looked like Aqua but more beautiful and holy.

... ... ...

"A...Aqua?" I asked flabbergasted.

"No, I'm not Aqua," She began to say shaking her head in denial, "I'm using an image from your subconscious to talk to you directly so you don't lose your mind to grief. You may call me Aqua if you would prefer."

"I... I see." I nodded not to think of anything and tried to go with the flow.

"Congratulations, you have been chosen and will be given a new life with a job class that is suited for you." Aqua said, pressing a button and a window appeared that soon started cycling through job classes until it landed on one.

[Gained Job Class: Summoner]

[Pick a type of Summoning]

• Elemental Summoning

• Angelic Summoning

• Demonic Summoning

• Monster Summoning

• Yu Gi Oh Summoning

• Age of Ishtaria Summoning

• Deadman Cross Summoning

• Taimanin Summoning

[Reset]

I didn't know how long I stared at the screen without reading it. I just sat there with Aqua and the endless darkness for company. After what felt like days, I finally started to actually read it, and I felt confused. I tried scrolling up, but the screen didn't move.

"Um, Lady Aqua, why is there only 8 choices? I'm not being ungrateful or anything, I'm just wondering is all. Also it doesn't say which world I'll be going to, only the job class. Do you choose it, or can I pick it? I want to visit a world that doesn't increase my chance at death, or a death world where everyone dies like in the anime, Akane ga Kill."

"It's completely randomized and you could switch the choices again if you want, but you might not get the same one twice. As for the world, it will be selected after you carefully pick your summon type from the list and complete the tutorial. I don't want to send you somewhere without you knowing how it works after all. Before you ask, yes, you'll still have your memories, but your body will be a native of that world."

I nodded and took my time to decompress and eventually decided to look it over before picking one.

I dismissed the first four on top since it's redundant because the other four have similar or more powerful creatures and spells. They were Taimanin, Age of Ishtaria, Deadman Cross, and Yu-Gi-Oh.

I have to choose wisely, and I can't pick one without thinking it through. Even if the first two have really noice artwork and character designs. I shook my head trying to clear the sexy images from my mind, 'I can't think with my dick, no matter how much I want to. This is my life we're talking about here.'

And yet, my eyes were drawn back to the first option. I wanted to pick Taimanin so bad that it hurts because of the many, many pictures of Rinko, her mother figure Mizuki Shiranui, and Shizuru Kousaka from the game Taimanin Yukikaze 2. NTR is a very strong possibility with so many bad ends that I've seen involving them, but I had to know. I hesitated for a moment, afraid of what her answer might be, but in the end, I asked her, "Is there a chance that I could get a bad end if I choose Taimanin Summoning?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "Who can say. The future is always in motion, but don't let your fears stop you from picking what you want."

I didn't say anything to that, but I decided to put Taimanin on the possible pile.

Deadman Cross is instantly out because if what I remember right it has zombies as summons. I'm not sure if I'm immune from getting infected, nor do I have a cure if other people get infected. It would be interesting if I was going to play as a necromancer with all those unique zombie creatures.

I was about to ask her just to make sure, but she spoke before I could, "No, you won't be infected by the zombie virus, but anyone else will be. As for a cure, who knows."

"I see," I said slightly disappointed, and tossed it in the no pile. Maybe in another life, I can command legions of unique zombies to fight my battles for me.

I then focused on Age of Ishtaria and my mind came up blank. I don't remember much about it other than that I played it a long time ago and remembered they have really noice artworks, especially a card containing a scene of a female Arthur bathing with a female Mordred.

Yu-Gi-Oh should be the obvious choice since it has spell and trap cards like Mirror Force and monster reborn. Even so, my eyes kept moving back to the Taimanin Summoning.

I clenched my fists feeling the stinging pain of my nails digging into my skin as I picked one. "I decided to choose Taimanin Summoning."

"Of course," She pressed a button on the table before looking up at me, "Good luck with the tutorial. May you have a pleasant journey... Oh, before you go, there's no chance in hell of a bad end happening if you pay attention to them." Aqua said, looking at me.

I blinked about to shout in joy when everything turned black, and I knew nothing else.