《The Bad Guy Always Wins》Prologue #1
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Dark…..why is it so dark? Where am I? Who am I? Why am I here? I look around me, whoever I am. I look down. It doesn’t seem I have a body. It seems like I’m just floating. There’s a bright light further down. All around me there’s darkness except that one light. What is it? I float towards the light. Maybe there’s someone there. I can get some answers.
It’s a door. The door emits a blinding light now that I’m so close. The door doesn’t seem to be connected to anything. I look behind the door. More darkness. I grab the knob and open the door. The light becomes stronger. I can’t see anything inside but an even brighter light. I hear a soft soothing voice coming from inside the door.
“Come in young one.”
It’s so soothing. It feels like there's no reason for me to deny that beautiful voice. I forget all the questions I had. I wanted to be with the voice. I take a step into the door, but then stop. The lights so strong. I want to join that voice so bad but that light. The lights’ not bad but I just don't want to go in. Why? The darkness is so silent. It’s so peaceful. So comforting. I take a step back into the darkness.
“Hm what’s wrong young one?” The soothing voice sounds confused. I want to meet the voice. I want to please it...but I don’t want to leave the darkness. As if the voice could read my thoughts it speaks up again.
“Oh, I see….” The voice sounds disappointed. Another voice speaks up. A deeper rougher voice.
“Oh I see, a natural child of darkness.” The darkness around me shakes.
“Get away from him!
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“He’s decided Tayuya!”
“NO! He just doesn’t understand what’s happening! Please Krono!”
“It’s been 3 thousand years since our agreement. We agreed that if a new soul decided to stay in the darkness he would become the God of Death. I will not wait another thousand years!"
“PLEASE!!!”
“NO!” The void of which I’m in shakes. The darkness expands and consumes the door. The lights gone.
“Who are you? Who am I? Who was that other voice?” I finally speak up having a million questions.
“I am the God of Chaos, Krono. You have yet been given a name but you are the future God of Death.”
“What’s a god? What’s death?” I ask the disembodied voice. The voice laughs. “You have not been born yet so you have no knowledge. I will give you basic knowledge of the world that normally you would have to learn yourself. This will help us converse better.” A loud snap happens and the darkness shakes.
Gained Basic Knowledge
All of a sudden multiple things rush to my head. Wait…I don’t have an head. I at least know what a head is. I know what a god is too now….oh my gods I’m talking to a god! WHAT THE FUCK!?! WHY IS THERE A GOD HERE!?! WHERE IS HERE!?! AM I BEING PUNISHED BY FUCKING GODS!?! WHAT THE HELL DID I DO???
“Calm yourself Death. You are not being punished. You are being granted the gift of godhood. We need you to become the God of Death.”
“Huh? Me become a God of Death? Why do you need me? From the knowledge you have given me, there is already death in the world.”
“That is technically not true. The mortals bodies die and decay but the souls stay and gets reborn. So far, no mortal has really died. Sure they forget their memories upon rebirth, but they never die.”
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“I still do not understand why you need me. If everything is alright with the rebirthing process, why do you need a God of Death?”
“That’s the thing, everything is not ok. A mortal's’ soul is like soil. As the same plant continues to be planted in that same soil, the soils quality disintegrates.”
“So you’re saying that the souls are deteriorating? What happens when the souls are completely worn out?”
“They turn into Doomed Souls. They get reborn into the world without bodies. The souls become black with corruption. These souls, once they're in the world, want to do nothing but kill. They devour the souls of the ones that they kill to become stronger. Once you're in the world you will have to conquer these beings and use them as your soldiers of death.”
Quest Given: Conquer Doomed Souls
Kill the Doomed Souls’ king and take the Doomed Souls as your Death Army! (Most likely won’t complete quest until 10 years of age)
Exp: 100,000
Accept Y/N
I accept the quest. From my knowledge 100,000 exp is nothing to laugh at. It even gave me a time of when I will meet them. This most likely means that if I do not meet any Doomed Souls before 10 years of age the gods will intervene. I will have to train my ass off as soon as I start walking. God or not, how am I supposed to become a king at 10.
“It’s finally time for you to be born. You will get a special skill as you are born as it is your birthright. Good luck Death. May we meet again.”
“Thank you for everything Chaos. I will do my best. By the way, before I go, who was that woman. She seemed to not want me to become the God of Death. Why?”
“That was the God of Life, Tayuya. If you are created, she will have a polar opposite. This will make her have less control of her domain.”
“What does me being born have to do with her domain over life?”
“You becoming Death will let you have some influence on Life. This will put you two in a power struggle for which controls the domain of who gets to live or die more. For example, my polar opposite is Order. We fight over dominance all the time.”
“Does that mean me and Life will become enemies?” I ask and he laughs.
“From the moment you decided to stay in the darkness you were enemies. Good luck Death, for real this time.”
You Are Born
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