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Chapter 1: The World He Once Knew.

Chapter 1: The World He Once Knew.

Ugh... 

A huge amount of weight pressed against my chest. I opened my eyes and saw the darkness around me. I tried to move my body, but I was only able to budge a little bit before I struck a wall. No- This sensation doesn't feel like a wall. Wood? 

I moved my head towards my chest to try and look towards my lower body. I wasn't able to see anything, pure darkness covered the surroundings. The sheer amount of weight against my chest was still there, the pain I felt was real. I was alive. 

I tried to remember the reason of why I am here. But nothing comes to mind. Instead, a sharp pain stabbed my head. The sharpness of the pain made me wriggle inside the strange confinement. The pain intensifies when I struck a wall above my head. The same wood like sound resounded. 

"Ugh..." The pressure in my chest intensified. I frantically pushed my hands against the wood confinement. I gritted my teeth in pain as sweat streamed down my face like river. ~Click... A clicking sound echoed as I used all my strength against the wooden confinement. 

~Flash... 

All of a sudden. A flash of azure light covered my palms before a surge of strength entered my arms. With the newly found strength. The huge pressure of the wooden confinement disappeared as I pushed through with a loud sound. A pillar of dirt exploded as the first rays of sunlight blinded my eyes. 

My eyes adjusted to the brightness of the sun. I moved my head to the side as a cracking sound resonated. The stiff muscles in my neck issued these sounds as I made my movement. My eyes widened as I glanced around the area. I found out that I was actually in the ground. Was I buried?!

The surrounding dirt around me didn't rush inside my coffin. Instead, they formed a crater around me. In my eyes, that strange phenomenon where the dirt seemed to be unaffected by the laws of the world wasn't so strange to me. To me, that seems to be normal. 

Cracking sound echoed in my body as I struggled to stand up. I could clearly hear the origin of those cracking sounds. Shockingly, they came from my dormant bones! Eh? Why do I think of this? Why Am I even here? In this eerie place? 

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I looked around me and saw numerous cross with a nailed human figure on the center. Words were carved around the area, the words were unintelligible to me.

Eh? 

A strange warmth came out from my eyes. I could feel a stream of liquid rushing from my eyes towards my cheeks. Why am I crying? What is this? Where am I? Who am I? Numerous questions popped inside my mind. I wracked my brain thinking about the answers to those questions. But nothing appears in my mind. I don't remember anything at all.

I turned towards north. I could see endless greens around me. Grasses and staggeringly tall trees. With a pained expression. I started to walk towards north. I don't know the reason why. I just walked.

The gloomy atmosphere of the area dissipated with the air. I walked with slow and steady steps until I could see a strange road. That road wasn't covered in any greens. There were also no irregularly sized stones, it was a flat, shiny road. 

I walked towards that strange road out of curiosity. The sunlight bathed me with their warmth as I approached the paved road. My eyes listless and my consciousness unfocused as I walked without care. Suddenly, I heard a horn like sound. 

~Honk! Honk! Honk! 

I looked beside me and saw a strange creature with lights as eyes approaching me in great speeds. The speed of the strange creature astonished me as I frantically tried to move out of the way. However, it was already late. The strange creature which was at least three meters tall neared me. 

In defense, I raised my arms to block. An azure light flashed in my eyes, unnoticed. 

~Boom!

A huge force struck my body which sent me flying like a kite that lost its strings. The strange creature staggered sideways, as if it was deflected by a strange force. Wait... Strange force? I thought as my memories flashed towards the time when I raised my arms to block. When I did that action. I clearly saw a transparent azure screen blocking the strange creature before me. 

I wasn't able to think any further before I lost consciousness.

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