Opening the lucky draw tab, Alex was surprised yet again. A slot machine just magically appeared right in front of him.
'Whaaaat, I gotta get used to this shit already, no more surprises for me from this point on,' is what he thought to himself. What Alex didn't know though was that there were going to be a lot more surprises waiting for him in store.
The slot machine was a normal one like any other, except it wasn't connected to any power source. It had a lever and a screen displaying 3 rune-like symbols lined up in squares from top to bottom, that Alex knew nothing about.
There was also a stool right in front of the machine which with Alex's extremely sharp observational skills, he guessed that it was used for sitting. That is what he did, he sat on it.
Right after that, another voice from the system came into his head. "Welcome to your First and Last system powering spin Abyssal Ascender #42069. This is your only chance to get lucky and get Hella OP. Each participant in the Trials of Godhood gets one weapon/ability, to be able to adapt, overcome, and ascend further in their trials."
"Their spins will determine their ways of getting powerful just like you. The quality goes from Common-Rare-Epic-Legendary-Ascended to Lower realm God runes, which can be beginner, intermediate, or high tier. You are guaranteed an Ascended rune with your system powering spin!"
"No participant will get the same rune as you do, so everyone will have a different or possibly similar powering system. May the Order of Luck be with you."
Alex was now getting truly excited over this spin. He felt that once he pulled the lever, his life would undoubtedly change and become one full of excitement and adrenalin.
He didn't delay it any longer and pulled the lever as far down as he could. When he did that the screen started spinning so fast that his eyes could only see a blur. In a second the speed reached was unimaginable.
Alex stared at it for another two seconds. However, when he saw the machine stop on a certain black rune, he suddenly felt that the entire environment was changing drastically and very fast at that. His senses being bombarded by unknown disturbances, he couldn't help but lose his consciousness.
After an unknown amount of time had passed Alex opened his eyes to see nothing. He got ready to see God Nill again because of the familiar experience. But after a minute of waiting persistently, nothing happened. He let out a sigh of relief but nothing could be heard.
He checked on his body but instead of his torso, hands, or legs, there was nothing to see. Alex couldn't think properly after his sudden realization that he didn't have his body and fear struck his heart.
He panicked screaming at the top of his lungs losing his shit, nothing could be heard (all of it was in his head). This went on for a couple of minutes until he managed to calm down and think rationally again. He tried to think of an explanation for his circumstances but nothing came to his mind.
He knew it was related to the lucky draw but he just couldn't explain it. Like many living beings, Alex was scared of the unknown, and he sure didn't know how long he was going to be in this place where he could only think.
After hours of waiting in the nothingness, he started thinking of everything that happened in his life no matter how trivial as if it was a natural thing to do. At this point, Alex got so immersed in his past life that he felt as if he wasn't in the dark.
He forgot about God Nill, the fight with the Blood Eyed Vulture, or anything after he finished his shift. Once he came back to his home the same day that he met Nill. He realized that there was nothing there only endless space, dyed in the darkest shade of black.
Alex could not help it but start laughing as if he heard the funniest joke in the world, laughing as if he was the happiest man alive. Nothing could be heard, but Alex continued to laugh as if he didn't need air at all, which he didn't. He laughed and laughed and time passed.
The imaginary clock went tick-tock in Alexes mind and minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, year by year he laughed. Like a madman in an asylum, a persistent child wanting to get something. He lost his mind, he became totally crazy wishing for some kind of salvation.
Just when he lost his will he heard an unfamiliar voice. It was incredibly deep and hoarse. It gave a feeling that it was old so old in fact that you couldn't count its age.
"HE KILLED EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING LIVING. NOT ONE SOUL BEING SPARED BY THE BLADES OF INSANITY, AND THE CHAINS OF INANIS. FOR THE LOST THE VOID WOULD BE THEIR NEW HOME AND THE SOURCE OF THEIR ENDLESS SUFFERING."
"SPENDING AN ETERNITY RETAINING THEIR MEMORIES. CONSTANTLY RELIVING THEM FOREVER. CONSTANTLY EXPERIENCING WHAT THEY HAD AND REMEMBERING THEIR PLACE IN THE ENDLESS DARK."
"LOSING THEIR SANITY IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. ONCE ONE DID, SALVATION WOULD COME. HOWEVER, SALVATION DOES NOT COME FREE. YOUR SOUL WOULD BECOME HIS, WITH ENDLESS SERVITUDE COMES ENDLESS BLISS."
"Congratulations you have gained the Lower Realm God - High Tier Rune the Set of Karizma. Because this is the system powering spin the item will automatically be soulbound."
Alex was standing in the desert so overwhelmed with a variety of emotions that he couldn't speak or think he was just kneeling on the sand with tears rolling down his face. Time passed yet again, and the scorching sun started to set at the horizon, leaving beautiful scenery for Alexes eyes.
Snaping out of his coma-like state Alex screamed at the top of his lungs, to his relief, he could hear it. He could hear his vocal cords making sounds. Just like that, pure joy swept his heart.
In the void, he could not hear anything he could only think. This experience left a scar a trauma in Alexes heart that will never heal. After a couple of minutes, Alex calmed himself down and started thinking about the most important thing right now, survival.
He was parched from the scorching sun that was now setting and he needed water. However, there was no water around only a desert with no life just sand. The only thing he could think of right now was the bird.
Our bodies are made 60% of water, so the blood of the bird however much not desirable, unhygienic, and just plain dangerous should contain water as a fellow living being.
Alex had a choice of risk getting infected by drinking some blood or just die from dehydration. He chose the first one. Walking towards the huge fucking bird he could already smell the rot forming on the lightly roasted creature.
That didn't stop Alex from taking out the slightly bent switchblade from the bird's neck and butchering it as best as he could. After some thinking, Alex decided to eat the raw heart of the bird which he found after some digging around. It was not rotten and it was very bloody so it seemed like a decent choice.
"Ugghh, Bleuuurghhh, cough, cough, fuck this is the most disgusting shit I have ever done." Yeah, he tried to bite and swallow the massive heart of the bird. You don't have to try it to know that, that shit is unedible to our refined taste buds.
After drinking as much blood and swallowing as much of the heart as he could, before throwing up. Alex thought of his system again and wished for it to appear. He saw a somewhat familiar screen.
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There was nothing new there except for the lucky draw tab which just said lucky coins needed. "So it seems that I can play that slot machine again. Nah, Fuck that shit I ain't doing that ever again in my life. What the fuck did I get anyway from my last lucky draw?"
When Alex said the last sentence he felt something crawling under the skin of both of his hands. He immediately jerked them so that his palms were pointing to the sky. What he saw was a strange tattoo appearing on both of his wrists.
It looked kinda like two Black Holes, actually more like galaxies just totally black. They were also constantly spinning but staying slightly below his wrists very symmetrically. Alex thought those were some nice tatts, but because they were constantly spinning he changed his opinion a little.
Those were definitely not tattoos, and he definitely did not know what the fuck they actually were. So he just waited for a little while and to his surprise, they stopped spinning. Then he heard the voice of the system again.
"Congratulations you have gained the Lower Realm God - High Tier Rune the Set of Karizma. Because this is the system powering spin the item will automatically be soulbound."
Alex couldn't help but say, "Why do I feel like I had heard this before." (Yeah he did hear this before, but he was a Lil winy bitch and couldn't think properly) 'Hmm why do I feel like someone is dissing me? Well, it doesn't matter, what matters is how the fuck do I use this Karizma's Set' is what Alex thought to himself.
He suddenly got an idea, maybe the universal encyclopedia could have some information on these tattoos. He immediately opened the tab and there was a new thing in it, Relics.
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~Lower realm God
* High Tier Relic Rune: Karizma's Set
Biography: A pair of blades that were crafted from the teeth of a 7 billion-year-old Galaxy Eater. With handles made from the hands of a Soul Catching Whimperer, these are the Blades of Insanity. Always connected to the Chains of Inanis, which were made from the Beast of the Void. This set was wielded by The Lower Realm, High Tier God Karizma... {Rest of Biography Locked}
Description: Dual blades each connected to chains. The blade length is 1.3 meters, the blade is curved upwards (so it has spinal depression), and is double-edged. The Blades of Insanity share similar looks with the Blades of Athena wilded by Kratos a dead God. However, they are much longer and have 4 tips 2 of them being on the top and 2 being on the bottom of the blade. The bottom two-blade tips could be considered as gut hooks however much longer. The top two blades tips are diagonally parallel with the bottom two. The first tip from the top and the first tip from the bottom are half a meter apart from each other and they make a very devastating axe like shape perfect for decapitating and causing absolute destruction on an enemy. The same goes for the other two tips except they are further down the blade and are just a gut hook and a spear point for piercing and ripping which the first two tips can do as well. The blade itself is in the darkest shade of black with blood-red runes etched on the body of the blade. The handle is made of two human-like hands but with long sharp nails embedded deeply into the body of the blade, they are 30 cm long. The hands are also wrapped in worn-out red cloths just like ancient mummies. at the end of the handle where the hands were cut off a mini skull of a demon with long horns bitting on a chain with its razor-sharp teeth is attached. The chain is the chain of Inanis always connected to the void and just as dark as one, neverending. {Rest of Description Locked}
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Alex was pretty dumbfounded by all of this information. It was a bit more than what his brain could process.