A strange place
A man walked into the store; he picked up a pack of noodles from the food shelf, And he shifted to the cashier.
The cashier: "How can I help you, sir?".
The man: "I will take this pack of noodles, and everything in the safe, thank you .".
The cashier: "what ?".
The man pulled a gun from his pocket and pointed it at the cashier.
The man: "Didn't you hear me?! I said to give every fc*king thing in that safe. I won't repeat myself twice".
The cashier: "I'm sorry, please don't shoot me. I will do everything you want.".
The cashier opened the safe and took every penny there. Meanwhile, his other hand clicked on the emergency button.
The cashier: "Here's everything in the safe. please don't hurt me.".
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The radio made some weird noises, And a man's voice came out from the radio.
The agent: "Unit five, there's a robbery in Gerveson street, building number thirty. the area is one minute away from your location.".
Calisto: "Unit five here, we copy that. we are on our way.".
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One minute later, the police car arrived in front of the store. Mark and Calisto unlocked the safety switch of their guns. And at that moment, the robber was getting out of the store and opening the door.
He didn't hear the police car because they didn't turn on the car's siren.
Calisto: "Throw the gun on the ground and put your hands up in the air.". They both aimed their guns at the robber.
The robber threw the gun on the ground and pulled his arms up.
Calisto: "Mark go there and tie his hands, will you!".
Mark sighed, 'Why am I the one who does those stuff always?". Mark walked to the robber before he could grab the robber's hands. the robber twisted the gun in Mark's hands and took it, in less than a second there was a hole in mark's head, it's a shame that this happened to a police officer, but Mark spent only two months in the police department.
Calisto pulled the trigger immediately. A bullet rested between the eyes of the robber.
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[Analyzing the soul's progress.]
[The poll will start.]
[Nether wants the soul with 98%, Heaven 2%.]
[transferring the soul to Nether .]
[Congratulations, you're now a soul of Nether.]
He felt the heat from everywhere around him. the red light stunned his eyes, and after a few seconds, he was able to look around him. He was so scared because he saw so many weird creatures around him.
The creatures were floating in the air with no hands or legs, and he was so scared and confused because after he looked in front of him, his eyes caught a weird creature with a horn coming out of his head, the name above him was 'Umi' the name's color was dark red.
After the scary things he saw, he looked more around him to see a river full of lava, a red sky, and hundreds of cracks on the ground.
He tried to talk, but no voice came out of his mouth. And after that, he tried to move his arms or legs but noticed that he was a floating creature with no arms or legs, he panicked, and his mind went blank. At that moment, a voice woke him up from that state.
Umi: "Welcome to hell, sinful souls. I'm general Umi. all of you will be under my command. We will give you a little welcoming party to our lovely hell. before sending you off, think about the word status.".
Umi: "I expect that you can see the window in front of your bloody face, or I'm gonna burn your soul with my hands.".
He thought intensely about the word 'status ' in his head. And a floating window materialized in front of him from nowhere.
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[Status]
Soul's number: 89-Z231
Name: ????
Titles: None
Class: Corrupted soul
Job: None
Total kills : 0
Demonic power : 0
Health: 1
Mana: 1
Strength: 1
Agility: 1
Stamina: 1
Defense: 1
Intelligent: 1
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Umi: "Okay, I guess you all see it now. to see more information about anything in the window, think about its name, now you will go to your first task.".
Umi snapped his finger, And devilish magic emerged, and in less than a second, the magic pushed all the souls into the lava river.
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Everything stood so shady again, then the sound of the water rushing and the birds twittering entered his ears, the vision of his eyes came back then he discovered that he was no longer in hell, the planet he was in right now was analogous to earth.
It was the human world, and before he got too enthusiastic that he came back, he found himself still hovering in the air, with no arms or legs.
tiriiiing~~
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[Quest: Welcoming party]
[Description: demonic general Umi wants to give all the new souls a welcoming party, and in your opinion, what is the best way to celebrate more than ruining some things in the human world.]
[Quest clear condition: acquire ten demonic power.]
[Quest reward : 3 stats points.]
[Quest failure: your soul. will be moved to the void.]
[Quest time: seven days.]
[Quest difficulty: easy.]
[Quest Rank: F.]
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That window startled him. he just inspected his status window a while ago and discovered that he is a soul right now, and on top of everything, he is a soul in hell.
Now he got encumbered by this quest, and the question he had in his head, was how can he get demonic power?
'I think what I'm in right now is similar to MMORPG games. If there's status. then it must have skills.', he thought.
He thought intensely about the word skills the floating window emerged in his sight.
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[Skills]
1- |Possession-sealed|
Skill level: 0
Rank: starter
Grade: iron
Description: possess a soul in a radius of 5 meters. The soul must be of a small creature. (You can't possess humans, low skill level).
Mana cost: 1
Unlock requirement: 1 demonic power
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'What the hell. The skill it's sealed. And on top of that, I can't possess humans, and I can't possess big creatures, so I gotta fight with a rabbit or what, This sh*ty world.', he thought.
He kept thinking for hours and hours until the night fell, but he couldn't figure out how can he unlock the skill. But something cut out his line of thoughts.
*ROAR* *ROAR*
A gigantic bear came from nowhere and kept growling at him. The bear had black fur, two fangs were coming out of his jaws, a pair of wings on its back, and there were a lot of lines. And those were glowing red on its body. The creature looked like a bat mixed with a bear in a mutation mixer.
That bear dashed with an abnormal speed in his direction. 'YEAH, OF COURSE, THAT WHAT I NEEDED.' he was screaming inside his head.
That big bear chased him for so long. that he kept running while evading the trees. He didn't know how that bear saw him. Since he doesn't own a materialized body right now, he concluded that if this bear came near him, his brief life. Is going to reach its end.
And why was he evading the trees? Because he thought if that bear can see him, maybe if he hit the trees. It will be him hitting the tree with his physical body, not his soul.
A nightmare was waiting for him after that long chase. Giant trees blocked the road in front of him. 'How the f*k those trees grow with such a narrow distance between them, it can't fit a toddler.' these thoughts were running through his mind.
'I have to depend on my luck. I hope the physics don't work on souls.', he thought. Rushing between the trees, to his surprise it worked. He passed between them, but...
[Big life force detected.]
[Extracting the life force of the trees is in processing.]
[..!]
The trees' shape changed in the blink of an eye. They looked like they aged a thousand years in a second, and that wasn't everything that happened to them.
Some cracks appeared on the surface of the trees, those cracks were emitting red light, and all the leaves fell to make it simple their appearance looked like a tree from hell.
'So that's how to accumulate that fre*king demonic power.', he thought.
[You have gained two demonic power.]
[The skill Possession has been unsealed.]
'Now I can use that skill, but what can I do with that useless skill when I fight the people. I'm not fighting them with a rat or a rabbit. Ugh, I will keep getting more demonic power from the trees in the meantime.', he thought.
He passed through more trees...
[Big life force detected.]
[Extracting the life force of the trees is in processing.]
[..!]
The trees looked the same as the last ones. They looked like trees from hell.
[You have gained eight demonic power.]
[The Mission 'Welcoming party' has been cleared]
[3 stats points have been acquired]
Then another window emerged out from nowhere in front of him.
[Congratulation for being the 3rd fastest soul to finish the mission 'Welcoming party'.]
[You got the third place in the hall of fame in the section of 'Welcoming party' quest]
[You are rewarded with the secret mission 'The empire of souls']
He was stunned by the mission details...