NOVEL WEB Chapter 1: "How did i.."
It hurts!
It hurts a lot!
In a distant land, faraway from any civilizations, under a tree emerged countless transparent maggots, with three-dimensional patterns. These maggots slowly made their way towards each other, curling together, twisting-tangling, merging and shaping into a humanoid body.
They formed a skeleton, then came the flesh and associated vessels and finally, the skin. In a few moments, a man laid there on the ground, on the very place where these countless maggots began merging. He was naked and curled into a fetal position . He was panting heavily and his eyes were tightly shut.
Slowly the man loosened up a bit. His breath softened and his eyes, which were once closed, fluttered open. He had black hair, black eyes, and ordinary features. This was the King of King of Angels of the Seer Pathway, Klein Moretti.
Klein clenched his chest for a moment and then eased with a sigh. He felt a piercing sensation curling through his entire body, as if every worm of spirit was being stabbed by a thousand needles. He slowly got up from his position and observed his surroundings. Well there was nothing to observe really. He was sitting under a tree in the middle of a forest surrounded by even more trees.
Where am I? No the bigger questions should be, how did I even get here and what happened to me? Countless thoughts plagued Klein's mind. It was then he noticed he was standing naked. He closed his eyes and transparent maggots emerged from his body, forming a well suited attire. It made him look like a well distinguished gentleman.
Sighing, Klein diverted his thoughts back to his current predicament. He dived into his memories in search of finding some answers, and sure enough, his memories were shattered into bits and crumbles.
His latest memory that he could recall was his conversation with the Evernight Goddess Amanises, when he had given her the river water of the sefirot, River of Eternal Darkness from one of its tributaries situated inside Calderon City in the spirit world, and she had told him to make preparations to ascend to Sequence 0: Fool.
Then I returned to Sefirah Castle and then… That was all he could recall. Klein couldn't help but sigh again. This situation reminded him of the time he first awakened in his current body, the body of the Original Klein Moretti. Back then his memories where jumbled, and he could not recall the series of events that led to the original Klein's suicide.
Pushing that aside, Klein habitually began to consider all possibilities that could have led him to his predicament with the most obvious one being that he might have gotten into a fight with now Sequence 0: Error Amon and Sequence 0: Visionary Adam.
This would explain his extremely bad condition and his unknown situation. Just as this thought popped into Klein's mind, he discarded it. His reasoning being that he wouldn't have been alive if he had really gotten into a fight with the father-son duo. However, Klein, ever the cautious person, kept the possibility lingering in his mind.
Speaking of which, Klein closed his eyes once more, and felt his connection with Sefirah Castle, he realized that it was only very slight, and not on the level of complete ownership which he previously had.
Still, just the fact that I have any level of connection with Sefirah Castle proves it wasn't Amon. But then who… Klein pondered. It was only then that he realized a very peculiar thing. There is divinity in the air. Klein immediately assumed a narrowed demeanor. At his level, he could sense the presence of Sequence 0 Deities, and this godhood that he could feel in air was originating from a Sequence 0 Deity.
But there was one peculiarity about it, the godhood he felt was much more chaotic and madness stricken then the one he felt around Amanises, it almost gave him a headache.
For the Deities to make a divine descent with their real body would mean... Klein's head pierced up, he looked at the sky, looked at the world barrier. His expression became even more grave than before. The world barrier is way too stable! Forget about it breaking in the next 10 years, it probably won't break for another thousands of years!
But… this would mean… Klein stopped himself from thinking any further. Yet the thought kept ringing in his mind. The extreme amounts of divinity in the air, the strength of the world barrier and my unknown situation… It can't be right?!
Klein stopped thinking, and extended his hand. He pulled out four portions of staple food from the historical void, and placed them in four corners forming a rectangle. Klein himself stood at the center, he closed his eyes and took a step forward counter-clockwise in the shape of a square and chanted softly.
"The Immortal Lord of Heaven and Earth for Blessings.
"The Sky Lord of Heaven and Earth for Blessings.
"The Exalted Therach of Heaven and Earth for Blessings.
"The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings."
After chanting, Klein returned back to his original spot and stood there. Just as he expected, he heard familiar murmurs, the ravings of Celestial Worthy, the previous Lord of Mysteries. But this time, they were more grounded to the point Klein felt a slight shiver. He opened his eyes and saw the familiar grey fog.
The greyish white fog vibrated, as a symbol consisting of 4 dots in a rectangular manner, surfaced in Klein's right arm, prompting him to lift his hand in the air. Sefirah Castle itself began to shake as the greyish white fog churned violently and penetrated Klein's raised arm, a sensationless feeling as the symbol on his hand brightly lit up, illuminating the entire Sefirah. Klein regained his connection with Sefirah Castle, becoming its owner once more. The fog settled down once again, while the symbol on his hand dissolved in his skin.
Sighing again, he observed the mysterious space above the spirit world and found that it had gone through a reset. There was no Majestic ancient palace nor were there any high end molted table. The 22 High Back chairs were also not present. Sefirah Castle was exactly like how it was when Klein had entered it the first time. Only the grey fog and a deafening silence.
His Junk pile was also gone.
This further confirmed his suspicion, he took a step forward and appeared before a set of stairs that led upwards towards a Bluish black door. The Door of Light, the true body of Sefirah Castle. Klein climbed up the stairs, now standing before the Door of Light, he slowly lifted his gaze and saw the almost completely transparent cocoon of light. Inside the cocoon was a man, in his early thirties. He was wearing a T-Shirt and Jeans and held a smartphone in his right hand. His expression appeared normal and relaxing but his eyes were tightly shut.
Countless others like him were inside these cocoons of light, hung up above Sefirah Castle by thin black threads, all wore different attires, had varying expressions and all belonged to various parts of the planet. However, one thing they all shared was their tightly shut eyes and their loneliness. That all of them have lost everything they lived for or cared about, without them even knowing about it.
Klein slowly shifted his gaze and settled it on to a particular spot. His breathing grew heavy as his eyes widened. What Klein saw was the familiar cocoon of light that belonged to him. It was broken and empty. Besides this cocoon was another cocoon of light that belonged to his fellow countrymen, his friend and transmigrator senior Roselle Gustav. Also known as Huang Tao.
This cocoon which should have been in the same condition as Klein's was instead intact. It was still housing the spirit body of Huang Tao, who appeared relaxed while bearing a slight smile…
Across Klein's and Roselle's cocoons was another, which should belong to the Evernight Goddess Amanises. As he expected, it was left broken and empty.
Klein's breathing worsened, his heart beating palpable, as he immediately pulled out a gold coin from the historical void and flipped it, the coin gained some height before gently landing in the palms of Klein's hand and disappeared. Klein stared at his now empty hand and brought them to his face, he rubbed his forehead and loudly sighed.
He divined the time period he was currently in, and sure enough it wasn't the Fifth Epoch.
He was currently in the Second Epoch. More specifically in the early era of fire. The darkest era of Humanity and the period of ancient gods.
How did I… Klein had no words to speak, his head was mostly empty, or more accurately numbed from shock. This wasn't the first time this has happened to him, and this made him more terrified because this time around he had no hope to cling on to.
Ha haha haahah….I have already lost everything once, and now i have lost everything twice…. Klein couldn't help but laugh, laugh like he had just heard the funniest joke in his life. No, at this point he felt like his very life was a joke.
When Klein transmigrated from the modern age to the fifth epoch, he had a hope in his heart that he could return back to his world. This was brutally crushed when he came across Chernobyl, realizing everyone he once knew, and everything he once cared for was gone.
So, he opted to focus on his other priorities, which included the tarot club, his family, his friends like Mr. Azik, WIll Auceptin, his church and his countless believers that were his anchors. And now all of it is gone.
He had once again lost everything in his life.
And this dealt a massive blow to his psyche. He couldn't help but laugh.
And this time, I can't consult my psychiatrist. After all, her ancestors haven't even been born yet... Klein laughed even louder than before and dropped to his knees, held his mouth and knelt down continuing to laugh like a madman.
His laugh echoed through the empty Sefirah Castle.