“So, you are telling me that an Apocalypse happened on Earth and people awakened superpowers. Hey kid, stop narrating a story from a fantasy novel. Even I am not that dumb to believe your words.” This is what I was thinking of saying to him until I realised what had happened to me until now. To be honest, everything that has happened to me so far is absurd, if anything, so I guess the kid might just be telling the truth.

Woah! Woah! Woah! Now that I think about it, I died from a spear. Who in their right mind will throw a spear at a bus? I guess I died to a monster as soon as the Apocalypse happened. I can’t believe I didn’t even get the chance to awaken. Life is so unfair. Not only did I die unfairly, I even got scammed by The Devil Himself and ended up in hell. But it’s not like I have the right to complain; after all, I was literally asking for my death. Still, my life could have been better if I had been awakened as well instead of dying instantly.

I was not feeling good after hearing all this. I mean, I don’t know what happened to my family and her in that Apocalypse. I hope all of them have awakened and are doing well. Anyways, now I have to survive 10 days here, so I thought I might as well tell him all about my f#cked up situation. A sudden thought arose in my head that since I might have to spend a lot of years clearing all the levels, there is a chance that I might forget everything. So, I thought it’d be better to share my grief with someone before I forget it all. We had all the time in the world, so I told him everything about my situation.

At first, he was having a hard time believing all this, but he eventually believed me. He said, “After seeing everything on Earth, it’s hard for me to not believe anything. But still, it’s amazing that you don’t have karma. I mean, think about it, even if you committed all the crimes in the world, you would not be punished since you don’t stack negative karma.”

“Oye! Were you even paying attention to my story? If I don’t have karma, that means I will be thrown into space all alone, and even God doesn’t know what will happen to me. Although I don’t want to admit it, the deal with Satan was the right thing to do. Even though I am in hell, at the very least my existence is not in danger. I have a goal and I even have someone to share my story with. It’s not the worst… yet.”

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“Yeah! Sure, you can think that way since you don’t have karma. I myself have negative karma, so it sure feels unfair to hear that someone doesn’t have to care about his karma. But why do you think you don’t have any? Can you guess anything from your life so far that can explain it? From how Satan and Gaya reacted; I am pretty sure you are the only one who doesn’t have any karma in this whole universe” the kid asked me.

“Well, I have already tried to think about it several times, but I don’t think I have an explanation for it. I mean, if Gaya and Satan didn’t know, then what makes you think I have a chance? Although I did think of a reason that is, it might be that I had been wishing for my death for a long time, maybe that made me an anomaly, but I am pretty sure there are a lot of humans who thought the same as me, and since they have karma, this reason is useless. Though, apart from this reason, I don’t think I have any other explanation.”

“Hmm, I guess if Satan doesn’t know, than it’s probably impossible to know the cause. Anyway, why did you wish for your own death?” the kid asked me a rather sensitive question.

We still had a lot of time, so I thought I might as well answer him. And just like that, 10 days passed by before we knew it.

[Congratulations! You have completed the trial of level 3.]

[You will now be sent to level 4 - Nightmare]

[There will no longer be any welcome messages from now on when you enter a new level.]

[The level will start immediately when you leave the previous level.]

[Countdown starts - 10]

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“Oi! Kid, my time has come. Now I will be going to the next level. From now on, don’t invite someone to this hideout, even if it looks like they are hiding. God knows what kind of psychopaths are there in the world. Even if it gets hard, endure your remaining days and complete your sentence. Bye now.”

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The kid went silent for some time and replied, “Bro, make sure to get that second chance at your life and don’t make the same mistakes. Good bye.” He started tearing up. That was kind of unexpected, but it still felt good after meeting someone and sharing my story. I don’t think I would be meeting someone sane in the levels ahead.

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