Is this what the afterlife smells like? It’s like soap and clean linen. Weird, I always thought it would smell like a rotting corpse of some sort. Obviously because of all the freshly dead souls entering, but that’s beside the point. I can hear people whispering around me however I don’t see anyone... I think? I open my eyes and I am immediately met with a harsh bright light and what looks to be an old man standing above me. Is he god?
Wait. Did I just… open my eyes? Aren’t I supposed to be a rotting corpse waiting to be taken to the after life or reincarnated or I don’t know, literally anything but being alive?! Where the hell am I?
“Well, hello there young man, glad to see you managed to pull through”. Is he talking to me? He looks to be around 80 or so years old however his hair is short and a warm green color and he’s wearing a silver monocle over his left eye.
“Give the boy a moment to get adjusted.” says an extremely buff man with extremely long brown hair. He’s about as big as a Class F wolf and he looks to be wearing the uniform of one of this kingdom’s soldiers. A moment later what looks to be the only girl in the in the room comes over to me and hands me a cup. Right, like I’m going to willingly drink from a bunch of strangers who kidnapped me.
“Look if this is how you plan to poison me then you’d better try a lot harder than that!” I shout as I throw the cup to the ground. Rule number 1 of life never trust a stranger.
I jump up and ready my battle stance on what I assume is a bed. I grab the nearest item to me, a hair brush, well this will just have to do for now. The room is quiet, probably due to shock, and no one makes a sound for at least a full minute. That’s good because I’ve got to figure out where the hell I am and how to get out of here.
“Now now boy, no one here is trying to harm you.” Says the old man.
Narrowing my eyes, I say “Why should I trust you? Who’s to say that as soon as I let my guard down that you all wont attack me. You’ve already dragged me here against my will!” Before I know it, I’m laying down again, but this time with a tight grip around my throat. Above me stands the buff man from earlier, emitting a killing aura so heinous I’d only felt anything near it from the beasts I’d fought in the forest.
“Priest Galen was kind enough to warn you before, so since you want to take his kindness for granted, I’ll just have to show you how to submit” His grip tightened on my throat, but I refuse to lose to a petty human. Not when I’ve fought beasts for my entire life. Body Enhancement (Holy body)! I cast my spell and a faint golden light shines from my body. Everyone’s eyes go wide as I slowly pry his hands off.
“You can use body enhancement magic?!” yells Priest Galen in astonishment.
“Conall release the boy at once! It was all a misunderstanding anyhow.” Conall releases his grip and steps back looking just as amazed as the Priest. I stop casting my spell and soon after the shine fades from around me.
“Boy what is your name? How old are you? What level are you? What type of spell was th-“ Priest Galen’s questions are cut short by an interruption from Conall.
“Hold on there Priest, you’re overwhelming the lad even more than I did.” The Priest sighs as his takes off his monocle and wipes the leans with his robe.
“Let’s start with this, we’ll introduce ourselves and then you can tell us about yourself, deal?” The Priest extends his hand to me and I shake it with a nod of my head. If I’m going to try to escape, I’ve got to know who and what I’m dealing with first.
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