Today was just supposed to be simple collect some berries and then go home but instead, that stupid wise-ass noble took it instead and walked away with all my berries causing me to end up having to collect more. Screw him and his family line and guards and handsome face and sister, father, brother, mother. I hope they all die! Why does my life have to suck all of a sudden?
It seems life got even worser or is it worse? I don't know but it got worse and I ended up coming across human knights passing by. Mother always told me not to trust these people as they enslaved us and treated us poorly so I had to take a detour... Too the wolfs den. I might be crazy but it was worth a try. Better to die mangled by a wolf and return to mother nature than be a slave to these monsters I thought.
Making my way through the forest I saw what seemed to be a band of bandits. A group of nasty men that would steal from anyone unfortunate to pass by a certain area. Though the person they seemed to rob was quite strange. He looked at them with indifference. The feeling was quite unnerving, to say the least. Testing his powers I found out his power was... Non-Existent. People with his attitude were either suicidal and wanted to die or were insanely powerful. This person felt more of the later as his body spoke of defined proportions his muscles being quite heavenly and the moustache my goodness the moustache was quite stunning. Though things got scary real quick.
The being pulled a mace brimming with nothingness as if the mace was made of the void itself and he pulled it out of nowhere and began to devour the very souls of the humans around him. The bandits were nothing more than husks on the ground their very existence decaying to the ground. Their souls turning physical allowing em to the pain as they were slowly devoured by the mace. I started to freak out and use my magic only for it to not work just what was going on? Slowly backing away a bit I ran away. Only for me to trip and alert a pack of wolves who seemed to chase me.
Blitzing my way through I eventually made across to a tall tree and screamed for help. A stupid idea. yes, but I was hoping for someone to at least come to save me. I wasn't really thinking straight. though I quickly stopped as the dark mist slowly crept towards me. Looking through the deathly aura and whispers of death lingered near me. Feeling a sythe near my throat. I panicked just what was that thing. Slowly, its eyes stared deeply into mine. Its hollow stare piercing through my soul. My hands started to shake vividly with cold sweat running down my back. I felt my heartache in total fear. The world felt slow at that moment. It was only a few seconds before I collapsed. My mind, soul and body just gave up on me. Man, my life sucks.
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Walking towards the north allowed me to think over my goals in this new life of mine. Its been everyone's weebs and gamers dream that when they die to be reincarnated into a world of their choosing with powers their goal? Some wanted harems, money and power, but I only had Power. Ruling over the world? Boring. A Harem? Ha! Now was funny. I might as well be the hero everyone needed. A hero that would kill in the modern age. A time where heroes where only figures that pulled the plant but not the roots. (AN: My brethren of The AntiHarem Sect Arise)
Looking around the trees I passed were truly beautiful the world before mass industrialization was truly amazing. Flora was brimming with life. Wild animals were roaming mindlessly and natural predators were living the life. Looking towards the twilight night I smiled you could see the many stars twinkling. Seeing the sunset my body toned downed a bit my muscles were less intense but still there. I now stood at 7ft tall with my muscles being toned to that similar Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime body. Yes, it was still that intense because darkness also started to surround my body.
The dark mist started to fog around me as I kept my pace towards the town it seems it was quite far. It seems Merlin had indeed lied to me. Keeping my pace I felt a presence lurking around me several life signatures stomping through the shadow of the trees. It had already turned night. So my powers of Nox was ever-increasing the darkness of the world was fueling me with power.
Though I kept my pace of walking which slowly seemed to grow ever so faster with each minute passing until a snapping of a twig was heard. They had gotten to desperate in catching up they failed to watch where they were going. Turning around I was greeted to bandits of a sort. all of them surrounding me. To estimate it would be around seventy.
"Give us all your belongings and no one gets hurt" A man spoke up as he slowly walked towards us he wore green overalls and held a bow aiming towards my head.
"Come on! Stop fooling around and give us your belongings," Another Fatman spoke holding what seemed to be a crossbow.
"Before anything happens may I know your name?" I replied unfazed by the arrows aimed towards me.
"Since you've asked so kindly my name is Robin Hood. I steal from the rich and give to the poor. The poor being my gang and I so hurry up and give us your damn coin else thing is going to get nasty real quick," He replied sternly.
I only smirked to towards the groups as I picked my nose, "You guys got a tissue?"
"Screw it! Just shoot the damn weasel!" The Fatman spoke and shot an arrow directly towards Escanour head only for the hit to be knocked his skin.
"Quite the weaponry you've got there fellas. You seem like a sad bunch all of you. Don't worry I'll gladly cure you of your troubles," I replied developing myself in ebony armour as I grabbed my ebony mace from my storage and grasped it. The Mace stood freakishly as the weapon caused all of the targets to immediately faint at the sight of it. Immediately I felt something enter in it. Slowly from each of their bodies, grey whips of each body slowly got sucked into the mace Powering it.
Looting all of their bodies I found 10'000 gold coins through all the pockets. Quite the loot these suckers pocketed. Oh, well just like they said "Steal from the rich and give to the poor. The poor being me that is," I snickered.
I then continued to walk the eerie forest as the forest now turned deathly quiet until screams of helping screeched. Hearing the cry for help I decided to check it out after all what type of hero would let an innocent bystander die in the middle of the dark? Me, of course, I decided to continue walking. I was just joking I actually did check it out and came across an elf. To be more precise an elf that was being ambushed by wolves and was now on top of a tree shivering to like of spacing onto the floor he seemed scared shitless looking at me as the colour in his face drained immediately along with the solve who legit shit themselves when they saw me which shocked me. Just what did I look like? Smiling I walked towards the poor elf only for him to fall down onto the ground.
Oddly the Mace didn't devour his soul but instead took the wolves instead how interesting I thought. Looking at him unconscious I decided to wait until morning maybe having a companion to talk to was a good idea. After all, being an edge lord like batman would serve me no good. Having someone to talk to would also be good talking to myself would get tiring though he could hold me back. I'll decide when he wakes up tomorrow, after all, I don't need to sleep, eat or drink. The perks of being immortal, how nice.
Feeling a strange light emerge I turned to see a man clad in a rope emitting what I could only describe as pure cosmic power. Staring intently at the man he seemed unfazed by my appearance. Silver coins in a necklace wrapped around his neck. We stood there for a couple of seconds examining each other.
"You're existence is not of this plane. What brings you to this universe? You are a being clouded in mystery your mere presence had distributed the world cosmic order. " The man spoke his demanding an answer. Leaning on the tree next to me I looked on unfazed by his demands.
"It is quite rude for a person to demand something without introducing themselves but I can guess who you are. Don't worry Judas your name is safe with me," I stated unbothered.
"I do not go by the Judas no more I go by the Phantom stranger. How do you know of my original name? Just who are?" The Phantom stranger replied shocked of me. So I decided to have scare the shit out of him.
"Before there was time, before there was anything, there was nothing, and before there was nothing... there was only me," I replied sinisterly my red eyes now flaring causing the phantom stranger to step back.
"But don't worry I don't plan to cause chaos to troublesome if you ask me. What's the point of causing chaos if you'll be stuck in it forever? Even now you're cursed to roam the world to help people to prevent chaos and for that, you have my pity. Tell the man above to leave me alone after all I only came here to live a life of my own." I replied my grin still etched on my face. Feeling a poke in my body I smirked. He was looking for my soul.
"You won't find it," I whispered causing him to be shocked.
"How... How are you alive? Everyone has a soul even the gods have one." He muttered before disappearing with the gust of wind leaving me alone next to the elf.