D. Chapter 02
At the same time all the four assailants were attacked by the curse,
[ Healing initiated.]
[ The Wood source will be used.]
[ The Water source will be used.]
[ The Time source will be used.]
Energy was borrowed from the "Wood, Water and Time sprouts". The three sprouts started to shrink with the drain of their energy.
As the time flew backwards on Hala, Hala's face and neck returned to normal. His fingers were reattached to his hands. The time sprout turned into a seed again.
With the energy from wood sprout his legs started to reform. The energy from the water sprout cleansed Hala's body. The poison was removed. The tiny broken bone particles are removed from the injury. His knees and legs were healed and reformed again. Both energies from the wood sprout and water sprout washed Hala's body once more. Hala's body was healed completely and perfectly. The wood sprout and the water sprout turned into seeds again.
The assailants died. Hala was completely healed.
[ Teleporting to a safe location.]
[ Searching.. Calculating..]
[ Energy available.]
[ Home selected.]
[ The Space source will be used.]
Energy was borrowed from the "Space sprout". Hala was instantly teleported from that place to his home. With the complete drain of its energy the space sprout turned into a seed again.
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As I woke up, I felt a throbbing pain in my head. I clenched my head and tried to calm down. After a few seconds my head didn't ache much. Breathe in and breathe out. I balanced the rhythm of my breathing. Everything is silent and peaceful.
I looked around. It seems I am teleported to my room.
Remembering everything that I suffered before I lost consciousness, I lost my cool.
I clenched my fists and punched the wall. *Dhad*.
Fucking bastards… I was nearly killed again. They dared to call me coward and torture me. All those abuses and pain...
*Dhad* *dhad* *dhad* *dhad* *punching the wall*
Their gang.
I will find them.
I will slaughter their gang. Fuck.. I am going to hunt them down. Every one of them..
Aaargh.. I was hopeless. I was unable to do anything. I fucking had to bear all that abuse and torture. I couldn't even fight back.
I closed my eyes.
I guess those four must have died.
I sat down and tried to meditate. I concentrated and looked at my foundation plane.
Wood,water,thunder,air,dark,light,space and time. As I guessed, eight energy sprouts this time. They all returned to their seed forms. *Sigh*...
It's the second time in this month itself.. Two near death experiences and all the energy stored in these eight sprouts are used up.Tch..
But this time it was worse. Those four are stronger than me by a far stretch. But still they attacked me by surprise and tortured me.
It seems I am losing my touch.
I need to be careful. Eight out of thirteen energy sources returned to their seed forms. I shouldn't lose any more energy and essence.
I checked my notifications.
[ Essence from the twelfth step acquired.]
[ Essence from the twelfth step acquired.]
[ Essence from the twelfth step acquired.]
[ Essence from the twelfth step acquired.]
At least I got something from that assault.
"Status" I called in my mind.
[ Status:
Name: Hala
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Form: Beyond Godhood
Source: Seventh Step
Essence: 37%
‹Blessing of the Fate Star› ]
*Sigh* Essence dropped from 83 to 37 percent in one month. Losing all that energy is a huge hit to my hard work. It's too much of depression if another person is faced with this situation.
If another person lost the same amount of essence in these few days like I did, their sources would have demoted.
Now I need to work more to increase my source and promote to the next step.
I got up and washed myself. Later I cleaned the room and the floor.
I was tired and laid on my bed to fall asleep.
I couldn't…
These days the direction of my fate is terrible.
The girl I am loving left the town.
I was removed from my former team.
I experienced two near death situations.
I fought a huge group of tenth step beasts.
I was tortured by four people at twelfth step.
I managed to survive.
Others would have definitely died if they were in my place suffering those terrible fates.
*Shaking head* People might die forever when they are killed. But I can't even die.
Blessing of the Fate Star.. Haagh.. I don't know if my fate is going to continue to be this terrible.
This blessing is one of the least favourites anyone would want to get. Only one person can have this blessing at a time.
No one can tell how a person with this blessing will lead his life. His fate the next moment can't be calculated.
To describe, in the ocean of fate while others have to swim, only I have a boat.
Others' fate is decided, they have to swim accordingly. Or they can try hard, swim against the waves and try to change their fates.
And me, I am not swimming. I am not within the control of fate. I can relax a little.
But it doesn't mean I am not affected by the ocean. Rowing the boat I have my own terrible encounters and my own exciting moments.
Now it's my turn to have this blessing.
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…. And I am going to have it forever!! Fuck!!
And I can't do anything about it. I might have to continue facing these unpleasant experiences.
I just hope the next time it's going to be a pleasant surprise.
Even if I can't die, it doesn't mean I want to be tortured every now and then.
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Looking outside the window, the moon is hiding behind the clouds. I have no appetite to eat and I couldn't sleep.
I decided to go out for a walk. I might as well enquire about today's murder attempt on me. There should be some people in shadows who might have heard about it by now.
I entered the night streets. There are many people entering and exiting the street. Walking along the road, I could hear the prostitutes calling me and trying to seduce me. I have no interest today. Actually it's been a couple of years since I entered one of those houses. I smiled and shook my head at them. They are disappointed but showed no disgust towards me.
I walked down the road. Suddenly I felt something falling on my hair. It continued. I could hear sounds of raindrops falling. But it's somewhat different now. There's the smell of iron in the air.
I looked at the raindrops around me. I held my hand into a cup.
*Drop*
Blood.
I raised my head and looked at the sky. A rain of blood is falling.