Chapter 1

“I can’t believe I’ll be late to class on my first day of senior year.” I groaned.

If there was anything I hated it was being late no matter the place. Running downstairs I grabbed my bike, yelling goodbye to my family I pedaled as quickly as I could to school. I thanked my mom in my head for choosing an apartment so close to the school. Looking at the time on my watch I knew I would be a couple minutes late to class. To think being late was the least of my problems that day. Arriving at school I chained up my bike and headed for the office. After getting my schedule I headed to my class I only hoped they had done self-introductions already. Sighing I opened the door and I saw perfection herself. Looking at her I stared and she smiled at me.

“Hi there you must have been late coming here?” she asked, her voice a silvery whisper.

“Yes.” I muttered out as I looked in awe.

Not at her sheer beauty anymore, well maybe a little but because what she was doing was impossible she was floating. Willing myself to look away I turned to my classmates to see if they saw her as well or if my midnight anime sessions had finally made me hallucinate. They all stared at her wide eyed so either we were all hallucinating or she was really there.

“Well now that we’re all here I’d like to announce that you 30 will be the first group congratulations!,” she yelled out happily.

“First group for what?” someone asked.

“Well see i come from another world and in my world humans are dying there are only 3 kingdoms left and the Demon army is going to wipe them out. We need heroes more than ever however as a goddess I cannot interfere or I shall be turned mortal however I can bring heroes from this world. Please I beg of you help us!” she pleaded, with the fakest tear eyed face i had ever seen.

Frankly, I couldn't believe this woman's idiotic explanation but this was what i had been waiting for.  My true destined moment of glory I always knew i was meant for something greater,these foolish humans could never match up to me. For years i had watched anime and read manga and light novels to be able to survive in a merciless world. I had read zombie survival books among other stories which also led me to try and survive in the woods at one point. All for this moment which i knew would never happen but it did it really truly did. I knew keeping myself in shape would be for nothing, I was always meant for something fit for a king and know i would be one. Laughing at my parents those fools! They had always thought me the fool for engrossing myself in fantasy. Who was the fool now!? Stopping myself from letting my ego multiply i stopped and began to assess my situation. Remembering of everything I had read, at a time like this characters usually switched persona’s realizing my quiet yet sociable persona would never fit in this new world I resolved to change my self, to better fit this new cruel world we would be dumped into. Laughing to myself i thought of multiple scenarios in which we would be sent to this new world all of which I had solutions too. These plebian classmates had no idea the world we would delve into. Adopting a cold and suspicious attitude I looked at the goddess and waited for everyone else’s answers.

“I’ll help!” a classmate yelled out.

“So will I ,” a girl yelled.

An influx of others began to agree until I was the only one left, hell even the teacher agreed. The goddess look at me questionably wondering why I hadn’t agreed.

These idiots they blindly accepted her truth they weren’t fit to be my companions in this new world. How could such idiots simply accept the fact that her explanation was cringe worthy it sounded like she improvised the whole thing. I wouldn’t be fooled as easily as these fools I had to milk this goddess for everything she was worth if i was going to survive in this other world I desperately needed a cheat-like ability. I would go through any kind of pain for my cheat ability,  after all my dream to be rich was long gone and now I wanted to be the king of this new world and nothing was going to stop me.

“How will you ensure we survive?” I asked.

Looking at me as if she was not expecting that question she answered hesitantly.

“I will give you all my blessing please do not fret, as for you I shall give you a companion when you appear in that world for being suspicious of a god even as kind as me.”

“Can I have a choice for my companion for example a dragon?” I asked.

For a split second I could see disdain in her eyes but i paid no mind if she was angry she was forced to give me power anyways.

“Your companion will be the embodiment of who you are it’s strength will depend on your bond.” she said smiling.

Laughing to myself this goddess had fallen for the bait hook line and sinker. She had given me the answer i had wanted and I knew i would come out on top of all these other fools.

“Now please stay form a line while I send you all to this new world,” she smiled.Arranging ourselves into a line she thanked us .

Then she decapitated us one by one.

The first 4 never saw it coming the 5th barely made a step and the 6th crumpled to the floor before being decapitated. Only the 10th and after could actually run but the door and windows were frozen shut.  Without escape she mercilessly killed us until it was 5 of us left. To think it would turn out like this, she wanted to kill us instead. I should have never gone to school in the first place. The 5 of us knew there was no other choice. We had to fight. Armed with pens and scissors we charged. 2 went for a frontal assault. The other three of us were in the back and we charged after. The guy in the front ducked her scythe attack the second guy however was killed. The first guy went for her throat but she grabbed him by the throat and crushed his neck. Out of the three of us in the back the guy on my right collapsed and fell unconscious. The guy on my left charged recklessly and died instantly. I knew I would die but if I was going to die I would take her with me and with that thought I lunged holding two scissors in my hands. Admiring myself while nearing my death I smiled at how cool i must have looked. Then she stabbed me and I dropped the scissors in my left hand. I didn’t think it would hurt this much I thought to myself. Fuck i was going to die and it was painful. I could feel it. The dark curtain peering over me. Looking at her she smiled at me and then I went for her throat with the other pair. Surprise appeared on her face as if she wasn’t expecting such an attack.

“Obliterate,” she growled with a face unsuitable for a goddess. The scissors disappearing she looked at me.

‘You possess a nice ability you know,  being able to still think freely while a god appears in front of you, you could be a nice pawn but you dared to gain more power from me you mongrel, so you will have to simply be banished into the abyss Good Bye.

Hearing my ability to resist a god’s will I almost fell into despair but learning because she was angry for something as petty as me wanting to be stronger then I truly felt despair. If I had just died I could have gotten a cheat-like ability in the new world this damn bitch I wanted to kill her. No wonder those idiots had blindly agreed to go to the new world.  If only i had figured out dying was the way to the new world I would have thrown myself on to her bloody scythe.

“Now Banish.” she whispered.

Then I fell into the abyss.

Absent-Mindness. Its the only word to describe how i feel.  Am I even alive? Who am I? Where am I? All these questions take too much thinking. Why do i even think? Can i stop thinking? Should I try? Ugh too many questions. Stop thinking. Just stop. Stop. Why is there a light? It’s so bright. Go away.

“Well that’s no way to speak to the one who saved you.” the thundering voice chuckled. “I do not blame you mortal all forget when they come here.”

Mortal? What’s that mean again? Ah does it even matter? Nothing matters at this point. Just let me sleep go away light.

“Ah I forget this abyss makes you into mush.” the voice chuckled again. “Let us go to my domain for now.”

Watching the light envelop me i stared absent minded thinking for some reason it looked taunting yet sinister and cruel then it crushed me.

Screaming I got up from the floor and squirmed in pain. Realizing i was somewhere I looked around and a luscious land surrounded me. Standing up my whole body hurt as if I was my muscles were atrophied. Ignoring the pain I walked forward the tranquility of the place was beautiful. I was atop a hill with mountains surrounding me. Seeing an enormous tree in the middle I started running towards it as if something commanded me to do it then I stopped abruptly. Hadn't I died twice? Coming to this realization unnerved me. How did I get here? Am I the same person i was? Looking at my hands I realized I was someone else or it could be maybe someone else was me. Looking at my right arm its dark red with what look like tribal tattoos. My left was a normal human color. After staring at my arm i checked my hair. It was long, really long and it was myriad of colors. Laughing to myself I knew what I had become. I was now the main character in this story, my story. Perhaps I was some kind of berserker with a demonic arm of some kind. Realizing the wind started to shift I decided to think about everything after i got to the tree so I ran towards it. I began to notice the wind became stronger every step I took until I ended up clutching the grass so I wouldn’t fly away. Digging my hands into the grass I struggled to get to the tree. Trying to breath against the wind was getting increasingly difficult. This was no longer a small venture but a battle for some kind of shelter that the tree could possibly give. I had to resort to digging a hole to breath in air. If i had to guess i had around 10 feet left but each foot forward made the wind blow that much harder. After what seemed an eternity I touched the wood. I looked for some kind of bark to hang on too yet the wood was strangely smooth. Could the wind have blown off the bark? Going to the sides of the tree I was desperately looking for some kind of relief and i grabbed onto something stuck in place. Some kind of a handle was what it felt like but pushing and pulling didn't work. Trying to open it I frantically tried everything. Only until i fell did I feel it turn to the side as if it had opened something. Assuming it was a door that  I had opened I lunged my body inside.

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“Well that was impressive I didn’t think you would be able to do it with your new body,” the voice said.

Looking up from the floor I saw a man or similar at least. He had 3 horns protruding from his forehead all curved back as if he had slicked his hair back. He was wearing a brown trench coat and boxers underneath just boxers. He was sitting down legs crossed and looking at me happily. Pushing myself up my muscles cramped and i fell back down.

“Haha! Looks like that took too much out of you. Get used to your new body child it’s the only thing you’ll have when you leave my domain.” the man said.

Giving up on standing I spoke roughly. “Who the hell are you and how did I get here?”

“Well aren’t you angry let me explain it in simple terms.” he answered. “You remember the goddess and how she killed you i expect?”

“Yes.” i answered.

“Well if she’s a goddess then i’m a devil and now you are too since she banished you instead of letting you reincarnate and as you humans say “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” AKA why i chose you.”

“So what am I here to do follow your orders and be obedient?” i asked.

“No no thats boring that is. I’m simply doing this for fun see what I want from you is to join the demon army,” he looked at me as if i should be shocked.

“I was going to do that if that bitch goddess hadn’t killed me and banished me,” I told him.

With his mouth agape he appeared shocked.

“Well that was easy it looks like I won’t have to torture you, torture get’s boring after a couple years,” he said happily. Then grabbing multiple items from his boxers he threw them all out onto the floor.

Fuck it was a good thing I never root for the losing side. I guessed at least this bastard was smart enough to root for the winning side.

“Why do you want me on the demon’s army?”

“Well the first reason is because it’s funny the second reason is because the Demon army is going to lose and be forced to extinction since the human army has just gained a 1000 heroes.”

Realizing the seriousness of the situation i understood immediately but that stupid goddess had killed the whole fucking school how could I compete against that.

Looking at the man i spoke “How can i compete against a thousand heroes?”

“See this is where it get’s interesting i’ve put you into the body of an extinct race which i have no idea what kind of powers it has because it was made before the time of the gods.”

I laughed. What kind of a joke was this. They had gone extinct for a goddamn reason because they were WEAK. Cursing at my luck I looked at the bastard who had done this to me.  Wait a minute he was a god wasn’t he,  he could give me more power couldn’t he? Of course he could he was god who was i kidding i had to milk this guy just like the goddess.

“Thank you your benevolence you are truly kind but I still feel I cannot go up against a 1000 heroes without more power for example having a companion or modifying this bodies power could make for my total annihilation of those heroes.” I spoke smiling.

“You are quite right what was I thinking you can’t destroy those pesky heroes with just that body when you awake to this new world you will be given a companion and about your bodies power come with me,” he spoke.

Standing up he grabbed me from the floor and opened a portal.

Excitement ran through my blood. This man had just opened a portal in front of my eyes without an incantion i guessed since i didn’t know a thing about this world’s magic. Smiling to myself I knew I was going to have a cheat like ability by the end of the day. Going inside the portal was like walking through a door. Quite impressive I thought to myself. We reappeared at in what looked like a bank vault. In the middle was what looked like a jewelry case. Stopping a foot away the man waved his hands and spoke an unintelligible language. Security measures I had guessed. Opening the case gently the man showed it to me there were 10 items that looked similar to pills and another 10 indentations  of what i could only guess more pills that were now gone. Deducing that there were 20 I could only guess if the man had used them. Realizing i kept calling him the man i decided to call him Bob. Whenever I didnt know someone’s name i took it upon myself to name them Bob.

“These are 10 mana stones originally there were 100 but through the ages they have been lost,” bob told me. “These can be eaten but the immediate mana explosion will either permanently modify your body or you will perish.”

“Death is worth this kind of power,” i spoke absent-mindedly.

Knowing I couldn’t miss this kind of opportunity I had to eat the damn thing even if it meant dying. My cheat-like ability was right in front of me and there was no way I would ever miss this chance.

“However i do have a safer alternative, infusing it into your body and sealing it will allow you to slowly adjust the power intake.”  

Laughing to myself i couldn’t help but feel overpowered at this point. My classmates those mongrels were forever beneath me now.

“Well there’s no reason to hesitate i’ll take the alternative.”

“All right then stay still this is going to hurt,” he told me.

Grabbing a pill from the box he grabbed me from the shoulder and in one fluid motion he took out my heart.

It’s not everyday one sees their own heart you know one should really take the time to enjoy those kinds of moments I however had a different plan. Using the momentum he gave me from ripping my heart out my hand crashed into the jewelry box and my hand darted as quick as it could to try and grab more pills. Hitting the floor I was unable to tell if I had grabbed any at all seeing as I had lost so much blood. Looking at him I saw him embed the stone into my heart and speak his unintelligible language once again. As soon as he had finished he leaned towards my body and using healing magic my heart began to beat once again.

Taking in huge gasps of air I clenched my fists and coughed all the blood out of my lungs.

“Well there we are how was that you feel any different?”

“If you count feeling like shit yes i do,” i spat out.

Bob turned his head as if speaking to someone with a headset on. Eyeing him suspiciously I wondered if he was talking to anyone.

“Well looks like it’s finally time you’re now ready to see the new world you’re going into,” he said happily. Well that answered my question.

“Just a quick reminder you won’t look like you do right now when you’re sent over there you’ll appear a normal human so you know try to mix in and when you feel the time’s right just pop right into the demon lord’s army,” he said quickly. The bastard never even mentioned that once.

Using magic he lifted the pills and put them back into the box. Feeling my hand to see if I had caught any pills I realized I did smiling internally I mocked the stupid bastard in my head. Pretending to look stupefied I began to speak as if I wasn’t expecting this shitty bastard to pull something like this.

“Wait what the fuck I still have questions i need answered,” I spoke but then I began coughing.  Realizing this as my moment i shoved the pills in my mouth then Bob spoke again.

“Well I can’t I have things to do you know i’m currently making bets on the outcome of this war, now the even more important part when you come out of the portal don’t go in with your belly down and that’s it Good Luck!”

Before i could ask why, he pushed me through a portal and then I realized why I was falling from 30 feet up into a pool of water.