Before reading:
This '...' is for mental dialogues.
This ".." is for normal dialogues.
This [...] is for the system.
Now let's start, enjoy
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After death:
Sano opened his eyes in a dark room; the space was like a darker version of van Gogh's famous work "the bedroom" stillness and dusk roamed the atmosphere, and the walls leaked the smell of blood.
Looking around, he recalled the stories in all those reincarnations books he got hidden under his bed and chimed, "Can this be my dream since I started reading?"
Like the room heard his thoughts, making itself shake, and in a split second, beastly red eyes in different sizes started to pop in the surface of the walls and even the ground.
A sinister voice reverberated inside Sano's ears, "Can you step two steps to the left?"
Sano looked down and found a giant eye looking at him from the ground; he knew he was stepping on it with his foot, so he quickly followed the voice instructions, promptly hoping to the left.
"Good, now we can talk," the voice said.
Not like any average person, Sano didn't ask about the voice identity or if he was currently hallucinating after seeing such a dreadfully supernatural scene.
The only thought that crossed his mind was that this unexpected event was tremendously exciting as he stood there like a shy boy that met a girl for the first time.
And as anticipated, the voice questioned him in his own accord, sneering, "Won't you inquire about my identity?"
The answer came instantly, " I don't really care about that; the only thing I want to know is, are you bringing me good or harm,"
"Both," the voice replied, not minding his rude behavior.
"Nice," Sano grinned and waited for more pieces of information.
Sighting the voice inaugurated himself, whispering, "I am the mighty demon Mephistopheles, one of the porters of the gate of hell,"
He, as the right hand of the son of Satan "Lucifer," achieved fallen grandeur as a fallen angel, torn between Satanic pride and despair, and known through the underworld as a coldhearted, cynical, and extremely witty devil.
The boy sat down in the bed, making himself at home, as he crossed his legs, "And what a servant wants from me? Perhaps, I reminded you of Faust?"
The eyes started shaking vigorously after hearing faust name, followed by a wicked laugh resounding in the room, "Hehehhe, indeed,"
Faust was a necromancer from earth; he, as the father of diabolism, created nearly all the books and dark arts in the existence of the milky way universe, however, everything had a price, and he surely paid a hefty payment.
A deal was made between him and a devil, his soul in exchange for unlimited knowledge.
Hence, the devil, of course, was "Mephisto."
Hearing his hypothesis was right; it was Sano's turn to laugh, "Hehehehe, you still bitter? didn't he end up in heaven?"
What Sano said was pinpoint right; Faust managed to enter heaven before Mephisto could collect what belonged to him, divine intervention happened, and angels carried faist soul to the gate of the seven Paradise
During the journey, his soul was purified, and after he reached the gate, his mistress "penitent women," begged virgin mary to let his soul enter; she does so, as she deemed him worthy of redemption after he undergoes such a spiritual road, where he experienced guilt, grief, remorse, and altruism, and learns that he had to strive for purpose and salvation.
«Such an inspiring tail,» Sano thought; after all, God showed that his benevolent and would save those who strive, even if they have sinned as egregiously as Faust has.
The eyes closed, and a red shadow slowly formed at the deep corner of the room. First, the core and then the flesh that appeared to be hard as Diamond, longhorns, lion fangs, long pointy tail, and black chest hair, was all it took for a hideous creation to show up in front of the boy's eyes.
He wasn't Mephisto, but just a clone.
As dignified and aloof as an angel but wearing a smirk so terrifying a scalp can tingle, he stood there.
The guilty man wasn't scared at all; he had his own imagination of the mighty demon, and it didn't fell short of what he is seeing.
In a sarcastic tone, he asked, "Ugly as ever, but wait a minute, I still don't understand why I am here? You don't expect me to do such a dumb thing and sell you, my soul?"
Mephisto walked from the shadows of the corner, manifesting air with his giant wings, as his eyes illuminated the room with a ruby-red light.
"Of course not, Am here in the place of my lord "Lucifer" to bestow upon you a mission,"
"Oh! So what mister devil would want from an international criminal like me? Perhaps you want me to kill somebody? Commit a terrible genocide? Oh! Or you're impressed by my deeds and want me to become a full-time devil?" his speculation went on for a long time before a shilling voice cut him off immediately.
"Enough!!" the creature shouted.
Sano stopped his games and crossed his fingers like a well-mannered gentleman.
"Contrary to a hero, your karma merit wasn't too high; in fact, it was in the top ten lowest karma merits in the history of your universe," Mephisto said.
"Thank you," Sano thought he was complimenting him.
Waving his tail in annoyment, he advised, "Boy, your too arrogant for your age,"
"I prefer the word "Confident," but never mind; you can continue."
Mephisto sighted and talked again, "Your judgment time will be held soon; you should know that you will be tortured and prisoned with the most notorious criminals in the history of the universe,"
After finishing, the man frowned, apparently getting bored, as he snorted, " And the deal to save me from my miserable fate is?" He jokingly held his right hand under his ear to hear Mephisto better.
Finally, Spilling the beans, a deep tone hit his ears, "the gods of each realm pick chosen ones every billion years to participate in the circus of sacred souls, to select a champion, in some domains his called the dao child, in some others his called an olympian..."
"And my work is?" Sano acquired.
"The deal is like this; the gods will give out some items to the winners in their universes and make them enter heaven as adoptive Childs; however, Lucifer, after trespassing the library of truth, got an astonishing piece of information, collecting every item, and combining them will lead us to find a place where the most incredible secret in the existence resides, and satan in his attempt to have his revenge from the god of all creations the god of all gods, he spent millions of years to find the space and time eye."
"I assume the space and time eye is a tool that can make me freely cross between realms? And my mission is to become a chosen one and collect these countless tools?" Sano quickly dictated.
"Exactly! we created fake clones sixteen years ago that looks exactly like you in each realm so nobody can find out anything, and as you said, you will need to rise into the position of a chosen one and compete in each realm for the heavenly tools,"
"Hehe! That's quite taxing; it will need at least thousands of years to finish such a fate; nonetheless, the innumerable dangers and secrets I will need to unravel at that time, what's on my side of the bargain?" He turned his head to face the devil.
"You will become a god under the wings of our father, "Satan," he simply whispered.
In normal circumstances, sano will undoubtedly reject the offer, but that secret Mephisto talked about thrilled him to the core.
'Will it be able to close this pit hole I feel in my heart?' He wondered.
And it wasn't long before he nodded his head, "Am in!"
"Good"
Instantly after saying that, a contract and a black eye appeared in the hands of Sano.
"Sign the contract, and after you successfully reincarnate, detach your right eye to gain the power of the black eye."
"And remember that the realm you will travel into is entirely arbitrary,"