Johnny sat in prison and let out a sigh. Alas, what should I do. Just rot here? He thinks, before a thought comes to mind.
There was something he has avoided doing, ever since he arrived on Earth. Maybe it was caution, or worse, a deep fear hiding within him; ever since he first experienced that, he never wanted to experience it again, and forcefully sealed the memory and forgot about it.
When one reaches the Ancient stage, it opens a special connection to the world and the universe. As you begin to dream, and your mind enters that connection, you’re no longer a man, you’re simply… energy. Just energy and dreams, flowing through people, between them, to everything that extends from them.
You lose yourself, your identity, and you become a part of the world around you.
When Johnny woke up from that dream, he had reevaluated his whole life, and he understood everything there was to understand about it. He understood why his character and the soul inherent within him decided to do the things they did; he also understood the people around him, why they did the things they did, and the chains that bound their characters.
When Johnny woke up, he realized, it was all natural. Things were the way they were, simply because that was the truth that flowed out of what we were.
It was too much, too much for Johnny to bear. He didn’t want to understand the world in that way. So he sealed it all away; everything he learned from that dream, and he didn’t care to think about those things ever again.
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Johnny lets out a sigh. Maybe it’s time. He thinks.
Slowly his mind and body relaxes, and his soul… it flows out of him and enters the world.
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Johnny looks around him. Where he was in space and time.
There was a demon army, and war was being waged across the land.
Why? Johnny wonders.
His soul follows his will and seeks it out.
He follows the energy backwards.
There was a boy. He was young. He became a paladin. He dreamt of it, becoming a hero. He wished to protect the world around him.
He grew and grew. Tribulation after tribulation. Till he reached the max level.
That was when his eyes began to open.
He no longer had an aim. His soul; it grew hungry.
Desperate, like a man who has went weeks without water, he sought it out, a path, to escape his prison.
As his body moved forward lifelessly like a zombie, he slowly began to connect the pieces, his mind opened; it was something above him… It had its hands wrapped around his throat. It wanted to suffocate him.
He gazed fiercely into the horizon. He yelled “No!!”
He would not stand it. The limitation… The heavens placed around him…
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This is getting boring. Johnny thinks. Slowly, his mind drifts away.
What is Mary Rose doing? He wonders…
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Mary Rose gathers a large fireball in her hands. It grows, and it grows. Then it compresses, and is shot forward.
The ugly troll could not do anything.
The fireball hit its face and exploded.
The troll’s head was destroyed and it died.
Hahaha! Johnny laughs. More, more! He exclaims.
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Slowly, Johnny’s mind continues to drift. He watched as weeks go by, then months.
He watched as Johnny’s friends continued to hunt and level up.
Then…
They had saved a blonde boy from danger.
The boy had become enamored with Mary Rose.
They became closer and closer.
The boy… He reminded Mary Rose… of a different life…
Mary Rose’s will weakened… They kissed…
Johnny’s heart broke…
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Johnny woke up, his face covered in tears.
The devil laughs.