《The Undead Dungeon》Chapter 1 - A Second Chance
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When I open my eyes, the first thing I saw was a white wall with a sign that read "you are dead we will be with you in a moment".
I can't be dead I was walking to college and then... blank I don't remember.
When I look around the room, I saw a woman with black hair and blue eyes wearing a suit with a bored expression looking at her computer.
I walked up to her and ask her. "Excuse me Ms can you tell where I am ?"
She looked at me with a disinterested expression before she put on her business smile and answer my question "Welcome to the afterlife my name is Alice I'm an assistant to the boss that work in this building".
"The afterlife but I'm not dead how come I'm here?" said Adam.
"It's very common for people to forget how they died, it's a defense mechanism to suppress trauma. Which is why we record your death so that you can accept and cope with being dead" said Alice.
She showed me a film of how I died and with that the memory of how I died came back to me how I tried to save a kid from an oncoming truck before I was hit by the truck and the feeling of cold asphalt and the face of the smiling lunatic that hit me.
Alice continued "Mr. Connor usually when people died they are either send to heaven or hell but since my boss has taken an interest in you he would like to give you a second chance, are you interested?".
I said yes.
"Boss your 8 o'clock meeting is here," said Alice through the intercom.
"Let him in," said the boss.
"Just go through that door and you'll meet my boss," Alice said to me.
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When I go through the door and see the boss for the first time I immediately yell "You're the asshole that hit me with your truck". There he is the asshole that killed, he still has that stupid smile on his face.
"Mr. Connor, don't you think it's rude to call a god an asshole?" said God.
"Rude is when you hit someone with a truck and I don't remember God being an office worker," said Adam.
"I am a God Mr. Connor, not THE GOD I am Dominus God of Dungeons pleased to meet you," said Dominus.
"Wish I can say the same, what do you want with me and why did you kill me?" question Adam.
"I am looking for interesting people from around the earth to create dungeons never before seen in a world called Mondo. You are one of the people that I have chosen to become a dungeon and you will die in construction accident a few months from now I just fast forward the process, isn't it nice dying to save a kid" Dominus explained.
"So you're telling me I was going to die? Why should I believe you?" asked Adam.
"You shouldn't believe me, rather than trust let's have a beneficial agreement. I will give you a second chance at life if you are willing to become a dungeon. Also, remember if you don't take this opportunity it is not a certainty that you will go to heaven at least this way you will get to live. So would you like to make a soul contract with me?" Dominus asked with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
I accept I said as I shake his hand.
"Good an assistant will tell you everything you need to know about being a dungeon" and with that, everything turns black again.
*Door Open*
"You know he is going to pick the undead dungeon right?" said Alice.
"I know," said Dominus.
"He will either die 5 minutes after being found or he will destroy the world," said Alice.
"Well at least it will be an interesting thing to watch," said Dominus with a huge smile on his face.
"He was right you are an asshole," said Alice before quickly closing the door.
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