In a instant, Akron saw himself standing before a mass of infinite darkness. He couldn't move his body that seemed to stand still like a monolith.
Then the light came and soon the a endless sea and earth extended from the depths of chaos, as time passed Thomas saw whole civilizations rise and fall repeatedly.
The world in which they were born different, but their paths were all the same.
Birth, War, Expansion and Death. No matter where and when, every being followed the same destiny. Many years ago, there was once a man who said humans were beings created for war and war has been created for them.
Only where there is life there is war, and if there is war, expansion and death always follows. Maybe this wasn't applied only to humans after all. As long there is an enemy to beat, they will always strive for power no matter how many skulls would be trampled on the way.
Akron, as only a young boy didn't understand all the images that appeared before his eyes. He didn't even know if he was still alive after he was hit by the bright sphere.
Soon, a thin purple star revealed itself among the darkness, this one was different from the other. It shone like a single jewel in the middle of a pile of worthless rocks.
Down in the planet, he could see thousands, of purple-skinned man and women just like him.
Together, they marched towards the ends of the world. Their souls igniting a huge fire that burned in their eyes.
A man with a bald head and depressed expression held onto his sword as he stared at the horizon.
Far away in the distance, one, two... five, six, seven... Eight hundred breaches in the fabric of space opened from where bloodthirsty creatures would pour out.
Two pure jet black eyes which reflected all the terror within their gaze. Roars, which explodes from its hollow mouths as if announcing your death. Skeletal bulges adorns its rounded head, Chains are stuck within its flesh.
Wherever they went, death followed and despair took over the land. Yet, hope wasn't lost. Some of the purple-skinned people seemed to have discover an unknown power that dwelled in their body and souls since the start of this apocalypse.
Together those experts mastered this unknown, yet powerful energy, the Soul Force. With it, they forced back the back the creatures which invaded their homeland. Those proud people which wielded the Soul Force then were known as Specters.
"What!" Despite not being able to speak, Thomas screamed in shock when the heavens shook. Countless cracks appeared in the sky like a spider web, in seconds the whole planet was covered in such cracks.
Those ruptures didn't appeared in the earth, but in mid air. Those cracks joined into a colossal, Jet black breach expanded uncontrollably.
He knew this was just a vision with the memories of another person, but he couldn't do anything to stop it. Seeing through Akron's eyes, he saw it a dimensional breach unlike any other. One big enough to devour a whole planet.It felt like staring into a deep, endless abyss, and finally, the abyss stares back at him.
...
"AhhhhHhh!" Thomas woke up in his bad screaming, an intense pain seemed to rip his brain from the inside. He felt like he was kicked out from the memories.
In that same instant, there was a notification which popped up in the air.
[A Superior Being has forcefully ended the connection.]
"A Superior Being has forcefully ended the connection?" Thomas felt a shiver down the spine as he read the words. A superior being? Who in the hell could the system be referring to? A being superior to gods?
Now he finally felt afraid in his heart. It must be said that before receiving the system he didn't have much faith in the existence of Gods at all. Well, there is the existence of the invaders known as demons but in a way it was just how humanity referred to them due to the similarities between them and the demons in old stories.
Then came the discovery that they did existed, and he even got to experience some of their lives. But what made him terrified was that maybe things were even worse than he thought.
he visions were confusing, and there was a lot he wasn't even able to understand. The few things that were clear to him, was that when the Arkroid star was invaded by the dimensional rifts just like how it happened on Earth.
This made him feel as if all of this was connected in some way.
Thomas, in the middle in his existential crisis he went down to drink a cold glass of water which calmed him down a little. Then remembered there was still some unread notifications left by the system and went to check.
[Due to the interference of an unknown Entity, the user shall receive 500.000 store credits, free entry into the Hall Of Gods for the entire week one of the skills down on the list.]
Skill List:
(1) Hair Manipulation
(2) Lesser Spatial Storage
(3) Spirit Reading
In the end this was the most useful skill among the ones the system offered. Spirit Reading aside, he would not even dare consider the Hair Manipulation skill as a viable choice.
Between the two choices, Lesser Spatial Storage and Spirit Reading. One was simply a inventory-like skill and the latter was similar to mind-reading.
In the end Thomas chose the [Lesser Spatial Storage.]. Just its name was self explanatory. He could freely use an spatial storage of a hundred square meters to store anything he wants unless living beings(Frozen people could).
[Beep Beep]
Down in the kitchen, he heard a sound coming out of his wrist computer he left in right next to his bed.
Heading upstairs to check, he saw a text from the mysterious flame empress.
[There has been an crime in your neighborhood, the suspect is an adept. Go there check. Ps: I already sent the address.]
He checked the older messages and saw there was indeed one he received from the Flame Empress third minutes ago when he was inside Akron's memories.
Thomas then went to píck his equipment but put them in the spatial storage instead of wearing it immediately and left while sending a text to his mom saying he was heading out.