Well this sucks. That is all I could say about the situation I’ve found my self in. It was just another normal day I woke up in the morning, did my business then walked the three blocks to get to the bookstore that I work at. just like usual when I get there my boss Mandy is at the register reading and telling by her impersonation of a tomato and nervous glances around the shop it’s not something she should be reading at work. She still didn’t notice me coming so I decided to break her out of what ever fantasy she was having. I just couldn’t pass up a opportunity like this. She is usually a lot more vigilant to people.

So I snook up behind her and in the most authoritative voice I could muster said.

“ I didn’t realize we sold those type of books here.” The scream that followed was totally worth the revenge that was most certainly coming. Mandy whirled around to look at me while hiding the book in a drawer in the counter.

“Will you stop doing that! And it’s not that type of book it was just one part.”

I gave her a look that said I didn’t believe her . “You’d be less obvious if you control that blush of yours.”

Having said my piece I went to the back of the store to clock in and to get started stocking the new books. For the most part it was a quiet day, there were a few people that needed help finding books but other than that it was uneventful. Finally after a long boring day it was closing time and although we had to tell a few people to leave we quickly got the store closed. Mandy wished me a goodnight and locked the door behind me before heading up stairs to her apartment. It was getting close to sunset, but there was still a lot of people out and about more then likely going to the various restaurants or food trucks around the area.

I quickly decided that I needed something to eat and maybe to explore a bit before heading home my self. After about twenty minutes of looking I ended up in front of a Mexican food truck and got a steak quesadilla. With my mission completed I decided to go home. About a block form my house I heard a scream from behind me and as I turn around I see a guy running toward me with a purse in his hands.

He must of assumed I was going to stop him because before I could move he shoulder checked me and I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. When I look down I see that he stabbed me and as soon as I made that realization the pain got ten times worse. He pulled the knife to the left and out of my stomach before running off again, others giving him a wide berth. I heard another scream while I tried and failed to keep my insides from becoming my outsides. The pain was the worst I’ve ever felt and I fell to the floor but shortly after I felt someone else putting their hands on my stomach to keep pressure on it. I looked up to see a man in his forties trying to slow the bleeding by holding his jacket on it. I could tell he was saying something but I couldn’t tell what.

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My vision was getting blurry and I was getting colder. I already knew I wasn’t going to make it and all I could do was think that this was a bad way to go. I always enjoyed the though I’d live until the ripe old age of one hundred and two and go in my sleep, not by a sidewalk shanking. The worst part was I didn’t even get to eat my quesadilla! After I came to terms with that hard truth I realized that I couldn’t see anything but darkness around me and I couldn’t feel my body.

I’m going to go out on a limb and and say that this Is the afterlife but there is a distinct lack of anything around, no pearly gates, no river of Styx, no Valkyrie to bring me to Valhalla, not even a little fire; just endless darkness. I don’t know how long I Was there, time doesn’t really have much meaning when there’s nothing around.

Just when I thought I’d be left here I started to feel like I was being filled until I felt like I was going to burst and just when I thought I couldn’t take anymore it suddenly stopped and I was in a different place. There were lights everywhere and all different sizes. It suddenly hit me that I was in space and after a very deserved freakout I began to wonder how I got here when I looked done at my self I saw that I was just a glowing ball of light that is shifting through all types of colors mainly different shades of purple with flashes of blue and green appearing for brief moments. As I was lost looking at myself a I suddenly heard a voice.

“Good! I’ve finally found you!” Surprised that someone got so close to me without me noticing I tore myself away from looking at my new body to see what I could only assume was a golden light in the shape of a person in front of me. “ Now I know your confused and have a lot of questions my lord but please let me explain what is happening and I’ll answer any questions that you have after, deal?” Asked a voice that was nether male or female and like multiple people were talking all at once. I couldn’t nod seeing as I didn’t have a body or talk so I don’t know how I’m supposed to talk to it.

“ I can hear what your thinking my lord.” Well that’s disconcerting . “I can only hear what you want me to hear but you are currently broadcasting your thoughts out to me. To fix that you need only to imagine some sort of buffer to cover your mind so unless you intentionally send them out they stay behind it.” Alright, that seem simple enough to do. So it said imagine some type of buffer, the most that I could imagine off the type of my head is a steel dome around my thoughts.

Not the best filter but it should keep what I want to keep a secret a secret and keep others out. “ Well now that that’s out of the way let me explain what has happened. You have become a ultimate god. One of the creators and destroyers of the Omniverse. Ultimate gods persist over one the the fundamental aspects of creation and help to grow the omniverse. When you died your soul was sent into the void and usually that would result in the total annihilation of mortal souls but luckily for you your soul absorbed a aspect most likely from a older ultimate god that chose to scatter or maybe you just did it naturally, there’s no real way to know.” After she said her piece she just sat there and let me come to terms with everything.

“So I’m some sort of all powerful god now?” Granted that wouldn’t be that bad I’ve read enough isakai story’s and played enough games to know that I’ll be pretty badass and untouchable.

“Not all powerful, at least not yet and even when your older there will still be beings that can give ultimate gods a run for there money or be outright deadly but let’s talk about that after we finish with all the questions and form your body.”

“Wait, what?”