the light and the dark.

The people are full of greed. These words constantly echo in my mind.

"Damn it, if I had known they would betray me for a higher reward, I wouldn't have trusted them." I muttered, my whole body covered in wounds, my face smeared with blood, a dried bloodstain marring my left eye.

Before me lay a mountain of corpses, the bodies of those I had slain. I could say there were millions of them. But I felt no remorse for what I had done. They deserved to die. They had hunted me for their own selfish desires, unaware of all the sacrifices I had made in this world.

Sighing, I slumped to the ground, my legs numb. My blood had dried, I was hungry and thirsty, and I hadn't slept properly in a whole year. "Is this my end? After everything?" I sighed, reaching for my eye and closing it to sleep.

But before I could drift off, I heard something approaching. "Monster? Or a foolish hero?" I didn't know what creature was approaching, all I wanted was to sleep and end it all.

After a few steps, it stopped. It was a human! Clad in a black robe, hooded and masked. "This scent...? So my guess was wrong. It's just trash."

I didn't respond to the creature standing before me, its position not far from my head. "You have the audacity to show your face, my dear traitorous friend, Jaden?"

Though struggling to open my eyes, I tried to look up and see Jaden fully.

To my question, his only response was, "Samuel... you're truly strong, but you're no different from the trash you've killed."

The nerve of this guy. He acts like he's so powerful, but he just relies on others' help. He bites when he has the chance, wants all the glory for himself, always arriving last. HAHA, just like now, he's truly trash. I can't believe I was friends with a moron like him.

"You're a moron too," I retorted, looking up at the crimson sky. I continued, "And even if I die here..."

As I spoke, I saw him reaching into one of his pockets. "I'll take you with me..."

Chup!

Before I could finish, he stabbed me in my right eye. "Ughh," I screamed in pain. I couldn't see, only darkness. I couldn't see the face of that moron Jaden. I wanted to see him and kill him. "Jaden, I'll kill you..."

Chup!

As I screamed, threatening to kill him, Jaden stabbed me again, this time in the forehead. I knew this was the end.

'But I want to kill him, I want to kill him... Jaden! I'll kill you no matter what. I'll kill you.' My heart raged, unable to control its emotions. It's true, I wanted to kill Jaden, but what could I do now? I was dead.

Sigh... only darkness remained, I couldn't feel anything. My hands and feet, I didn't know if they were still there. My eye, I couldn't feel the pain. I felt like nothing, only darkness.

After a few minutes, I saw something below and above me.

Below was a red color, I didn't know what it was.

And above was a purple color, like the red, I didn't know what it was either.

I tried to move towards one of them, but I couldn't feel my whole body, which is why I couldn't move even a little.

I could only feel my neck and head, the rest felt like it had never existed from the start. "Damn! Where am I?" I asked myself, clueless about everything.

I tried to calm down and think back to some of my memories, hoping something similar to this had happened to the heroes I had encountered.

As I thought, something I desperately wanted to achieve, but couldn't, came to mind. It was the "Spirit World."

Behind my strength, the Spirit World was the only thing I couldn't open. No matter how many times I tried and understood, I couldn't open it. I didn't know why.

Many people say that the Spirit World is your talent. Depending on the color of your Spirit World, your future will be determined.

The Spirit World is divided into seven colors: Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, and Brown.

Brown symbolizes being tough, sturdy, and strong, but slow. Most people whose Spirit World is Brown become the tank of a group or party. They also have the ability to control the element of earth.

Red, on the other hand, has a fast, sturdy, and strong body. People with a red Spirit World are often called fighters. Fighters are the tank's companions on the front lines. They also have the chance to learn one of the four elements.

Orange is for those who are connected to the element of fire. They are fire mages, slow and physically weak, but highly intelligent. No one can beat them when it comes to controlling the element of fire.

Yellow is pure intellect and healing. People with yellow are the ones who plan their victories and survival. They have no physical strength and their mana is weak. But when it comes to using sacred power, no one can beat them.

Green is for those connected to the element of wind. They are wind mages, slow and physically weak like those with a red Spirit World. Their intelligence is like that of the red, but unlike others, they are unmatched when it comes to using wind.

Blue is the ability to control the element of water. Like fire and wind, it's the same detail. When it comes to controlling water, no one can beat them.

Purple is the rarest of them all. Purple is the fastest of all, possessing intelligence second only to yellow, with a strong body and stamina. In a party or group, those with a purple Spirit World become the assassins, waiting for the right opportunity and finishing off the enemy.

Those are the seven Spirit Worlds, but my Spirit World is pure black. What does it mean?

Even though I'm not sure if this is truly my Spirit World, I can't shake the belief in it.

Because I knew someone who could open their Spirit World, but their Spirit World wasn't one of the seven mentioned.

It was our secret, and no one knew about it until now, when we're both dead. So, no one knows about the eighth or ninth Spirit World, except for us two.

My female friend was very different. If she hadn't died so young, I think she's the only one who could have killed me, even in the best condition of my body.

Among all the heroes, she was the strongest and most talented. The opposite of me, but with similarities. If she was the strongest and most talented of all those who had opened their Spirit World, I was the strongest of those who hadn't opened their Spirit World.

My friend, the reason she possessed such powerful abilities, was because her Spirit World was pure white.

She also told me that she had to leave this world sooner. I don't know why she died without a trace, I think it had something to do with her Spirit World. But if I had the chance to bring her back or see her, I wouldn't waste this opportunity.

As I recalled, my female friend's words came to mind. "Samuel! You should listen to me. Because one day, you might open your Spirit World." She asked with concern.

While I was a little annoyed while listening. In my mind, there was no way to open my Spirit World.

So, my face was frowning at the time. I didn't stay silent and answered with an angry tone. "And why should I listen to that?" As I thought about my response, I felt a little regret, because our only memories were my arrogance. I didn't even try to listen to all her advice, I didn't even take better care of her. If I had done all that, sigh... I really regret it.

Even though I didn't pay much attention to what she said, I still remember what she said.

'When you find your Spirit World, calm your mind and soul. Feel the power, feel the pain and comfort.' As I imitated the woman's words in my memory, I gradually felt the two lights above and below me approaching.

'Let it embrace you, and let your heart and mind accept it. Accept it fully, accept it without regret. In your acceptance, don't let it defeat you, but don't devour it either. Maintain balance between the two sides.' As I uttered the words 'balance the two sides,' the two lights stopped approaching.

I didn't understand at first, but I tried something, just in case it worked.

'Maintain balance between the three sides.' Nice, it worked, but why three? Is it because these purple and red energies are different? I'll figure it out later.

I continued to say the woman's words in my memory, but not all of them. I changed some of my words, for example, the words 'maintain balance between the three sides,' instead of two, it became three. 'Think of the two powers in your Spirit World that are your body. One is your heart, the two powers. Imprint the two powers in your mind, connect your soul with your power. In this way, the two powers will become mine.'

As I finished, the two lights finally reached me, and my body in my Spirit World was formed. The reason I can see it is because of the connection I made between my Spirit World and my soul.

I tilted my head and tried to reach for the two colors.

As my hand reached the two powers, I immediately closed my hand, the two colors were trapped inside my hands.

Purple and red light surrounded my hand, spreading to my whole body.

On my right was purple, on my left was red. "Ughh," I screamed in pain, because accepting power is no joke, especially when you're accepting two.

As I screamed, the light surrounding my body weakened, but my tendons and veins glowed with purple and red.

"Uawggghhhh!" As the power entered my veins, my response was a loud scream.

'I-it hurts, it hurts... I... I don't know... why I have to endure this, what's the point of all this... if I'm already dead? Even if I open my Spirit World and come back to life, what will I do next?

Revenge on Jaden? What will happen if I manage to kill that moron? I don't know anymore.

But why, why?... Why does all this pain have to be on me, I'm tired, so is my mind, I just want it all to end, why even in my death do I have to feel pain? Why?'

As the power entered my body, I don't know why I suddenly became emotional, all the pain in my heart, which I had long discarded, came back.

I want this pain to go away, I want to know the reason for all this.

As I wished to know everything that was happening to me, something appeared before me. I can't tell what it is, but if you look at it, it's like a device from the future.

It's black, and around it is purple and red. Inside it, the reason I can say it's like a device from the future is because in the middle of it there's writing.

[DARK SYSTEM: The awakening of the power of the two gods is successful.]