*BANG*
*BANG*
*TIP*
*TIP*
*LASH*
*SLASH*
*SLOSH*
*SLOSH*
"Sounds of a thing entering something wet."
*SLOOSH-SLOOSH*
[WILL YOU STOP THAT. IT HAS BEEN TWENTY HOURS, TWENTY WHOLE HOURS THAT YOU ARE MAKING THOSE INDECENT NOISES.]
"So you can talk."
"Humph! I thought you were mute."
*Chuckles*
[DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?]
"I don't."
[I CAN READ YOUR MIND.]
"I do."
[YOU DO CHANGE YOUR WORDS FAST.]
"I don't care. So, why am I here?"
[YOU ARE DEAD.]
"I know."
"I was alive at that moment and enjoying it."
[YOU ARE SICK, REMEMBER.]
"I know... Get to the point."
"Give me my gifts and let me choose my world and all."
"And also don't forget to give me the right to customize my powers."
[I THINK YOU ARE GETTING SOMETHING WRONG HERE]
"Why?"
"I am dead, right?"
"In front of something 'GOD', right?"
"Then according to the afterlife code of conduct [ ] 6, should I not get the prize or whatever it is for me being here?"
[GOD? WELL, LET ME FIRST CANCEL THIS VOICE EFFECT. So, how is this kid?]
"Amazing. So that's why your voice was like ever-present, like it was coming from everywhere."
[Yeah, it was. Now, returning to our previous topic, this here, is where I would decide your punishment. Those that committed great crimes are punished here.]
"So WHY am I here."
[You do know the reason.]
"But.... "
[No buts.]
[Henceforth, you are punished to banishment to another world. One that you find as a nightmare.]
"But how can you..."
*Whoosh*
[Cuz I can.]
[And I don't want to see you for a while.]
...
Douluo continent
Glorybound city
"Huh? where am I?"
[ Glorybound City was a small town sitting on the border between the ocean and the eastern coast of the Sun Moon Federation.
Today was an exceptionally bustling day in the city, it was the annual Awakening Day.
All of the people residing upon the Douluo Continent possessed something called a "martial soul." The martial soul was a part of the body which could be awakened when they became six years old, regardless of whether they were animals or plants. Through the means of an awakening ceremony, they were able to awaken their own martial soul. This was precisely the purpose of the annual Awakening Day, to awaken their martial souls...]
"My memories... What in the world?", murmured a heavily tanned six year old boy. Picture in the comments.
"Picture wha-? Why are these texts coming into my eyes? These sentences, I have seen them before."
Why can't I properly remember things?
Huh?
Hmmm.
Haaammmmmmmm?
"No, no, no no no, why this world? Why?"
This is the world of Douluo Dalu, also called Soul Land. One of the novels I hated to the bone.
I hated so many things but why this in particular?
Those lines that seemed to float in front of my vision were the opening intro from the first chapter of the third series. The one that I hated the most.
There was a reason for that. I am someone who doesn't tolerate anything cruel to the animals... right? Right.
"Get going child, there are other people behind you," someone said to me(?).
From the situation of my surroundings, looks like I am attending "my" Martial Soul awakening ceremony.
'Not looks like. "I" am attending my martial soul awakening ceremony.'
With a double assurance and a nudge from the back, I followed behind the person who had asked me impatiently.
'Don't be something good , please don't be something good,' I thought to myself. Even muttered it slowly, unknowingly. I don't have much control over me.
I seriously don't care about the martial soul power or whatever. I like to avoid conflict as much as I can. That is why, I don't want to have any Soul Power.
To add more to my backstory and hatred for violence. I was a forest keeper. Also animals right protection and conservation member[self-proclaimed].
I love the freedom, love animals and loved the nature. I even became a Pure vegetarian because of this... partially because of this.
...
After completing the awakening of yet another child , the Spirit Master looked towards the next child.
The kid desperate, murmuring,' don't be, please don't be,' under his breath. With a face that was pretty much a childish horror of malnutrition and poverty, the Spirit Master couldn't help but sigh. He hadn't seen this sight of freight in a long time.
To say the least, the child looked traumatized!
He gently called the kid. The kid looked visibly stunned but he came forward with slow steps, his shoulders hung low and his eyes going everywhere on the room. He must be under great pressure for what was going to happen.
...
"It's your turn little boy, go ahead and stand in the middle." Said the awakener, disrupting my calm thoughts. Back was I into the world again, unable to form thoughts again.
I did as I was told and went to the circle where he started the ceremony. What can I do, jump out of the building?
He started something and the next moment I felt a weird sensation like "my" body was thoroughly full, the same feeling a person feels just before ejaculation. Even better actually.
And then the feeling was over in just a few seconds. Disappointing.
'that's it, I haven't even enjoyed it enough. It's not even ten seconds'
This should have been a pretty clear sign that my memories weren't the only thing I was missing. I was, as well.
Those novels were a lie, what a load on nonsense. What bone chilling pain? What sudden sense of power? I feel nothing new, just refreshed for a few seconds, that's all. I have been more refreshed while drinking orange juice!!!
...
The Spirit Awakener looked at the data, not feeling the child's raging emotions. All his sight was fixed to the innate soul power rating of the child as it flickered a bit before settling down.
He was pleasantly surprised, this was a martial soul with soul power! Most of the time, he could conduct the ceremony for days without encountering a child with innate soul power. It would seem that today's luck was pretty good for him. The only question was: what was the martial soul that produced this innate soul power?
...
My vocabulary seems to be hit.
A blue looking beautiful grass was on my right hand. It was beautiful. I have seen many different grassy plants but this easily ranks no. 15 on the list. It was really beautiful and if not for the fact that my poetic vocabulary was pretty deranged, I would have thought a better description for this beautiful plant that had practically sealed my fate and I kind of like it.
That stupid God that thought that giving me this was my punishment? It might be so so someone that wants to be something in thus world. I wasn't that someone.
The blue grass swirled above my palm, as if sensing my joy. I knew what it was the moment I saw it. It was the Blue silver grass. The proclaimed trash martial soul.
Don't look at people like Protagonist and his son , the thrid protagonist, they were protagonists with their protagonist boosts.
If you want, take the example of Tang Ya who awakened with innate soul power level 7 and became worthless because of it.
[Read Douluo Dalu 2 for more information]
So good. So happy. I am so happy I am shivering cuz of it. So is my blue grass.
That however might not be how I was looking though.
The Spirit Master visibly sighed. Once again a child's dream got crushed. He has seen this seen many times but this scene still made him sad.
'Why is the heaven being cruel to a such a poor and destitute child!'
'He is even whimpering in silence. Such a pity,' the spirit master thought while thinking filling out the forms
Nowadays even people with trash martial soul has a chance to get enlisted in the mecha corps. But a Blue silver grass. What a waste!
Even though he hadn't properly studied spirit beasts before, he still had some common knowledge. Naturally, he knew that Bluesilver Grass was a type of trash martial soul. Furthermore, it was the worst trash of them all.
"Child, don't be sad. You possess soul power. Innate soul power!" The Spirit Master hastily said.
"..."
"I, I have soul power?"
I met his words with a look of astonishment. A look of horror flashed by my eyes as a piece of information was suddenly remembered. Gone was the happiness that I felt, as if someone drained in out of me. Purposely. Intentionally.
The Spirit Master didn't seem to understand the despair in my eyes overflowing through my pitiful eyes. He just nodded in response and turned around, not facing me.
"After I tested it, you actually possess ank 2 innate soul power. Although it can't be considered amazing, it still means that you possess soul power and, as long as you put in great effort, then you will be able to become a Soul Master too! That's a destiny confirmed."
As his finished his dialogue, as if on cue, a new message appeared in me.
[ A message from God.
Kid, you have committed grave sins and banishment to this world is your punishment but as you also helped in doing some good deeds when you committed your sins. So we have prepared a gift for you. You have been given Petrosapien's power on some demand. It will be unlocked and merged with your current martial soul during the moment of "awakening" and each continuous spirit ring will further unlock the abilities. Your two innate Soul power, you can praise it on me.
Goodbye and I wish you a happy life. From God, once again, to remind you...
that I put you here. Till we meet again.]
I...
I... want to swear, even though I promised not too.
When did I even do that?
I went out.
I need to find a quiet location to vent my anger.
*In an abandoned place*
A boy was spouting various vulgarities to God. If someone saw him, he might be branded as a heretic for the words he was flowering.
An hour later.
"Why, why are you doing this to me?"
"I just killed a few people, 735 to be precise."
"But they all did things that were worth their death."
"I have never killed any innocent, all those who were killed by me were Poachers and hunters and criminals, so why."
*Continues to swear again*
"Why bring me to this world where the only way to become stronger was to kill those innocent beasts. My poor life."
Whæeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
I need answers. Give it to me!
I sreamed at the top of my lungs. I don't need this world, I don't want it. I would rather just stay in the verse void.
Aaaaaarghhhhh-hhhhhhh. Hm?
I turned my head, I heard a meaow. There was a little kitten, baring its fang one me. Must have wandered around in its area. Mother is missing as well. Okay, I just trespassed. Probably. I should leave.
No matter which world, some things calm me down, just like her....
"I am leaving ~ okay~"
I said as I trotted out of the area with slow steps. I turned to look back and gave a small wave
"Bye."
...
Now what should I do.
Let's try to erase my emotions for a few minutes. I hope I can.
Well...
Finding out where I am would be the first priority and then at which period. I think I can it should. Should be the first priority.
That, that was the beginning from the third series: The Legend of the Dragon king.
Then I am either on the same time period or a few years ago or a few years ahead of that incident.
I need to know where I am staying. This is Glorybound City, a small port town in the south. That's definitely not enough.
I need to know about this body's past and his relatives. If I have a lone mother or abusive or poor parents, let's deal with them to avoid the possibilities of any future problems.
Also what is a Petrosapien?
I might have known but now I don't or maybe I didn't as well.
So, first things first. I will not kill any soul beast. That's what he wants. Nah?
Sending me here, thinking I shall succumb. I will not.
I will never kill them.
I can't live a normal life, at least for the next few years. Education time then.
Is that my punishment for avoiding it previously?
...
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I don't know how to phrase it correctly so if I made a ride statement or may seem cynical, I apologise in advance. I am tired.
I am at $17600+ in my journey to get the $20k to leave this goddamn place and I am at my wits end now.
Not to brag but in the past five months since I started this, I have had 5 jobs, three of which I still do, and I have a constant backpain, my vision has totally dulled and I am currently using glasses, and I, my eyes now have mascara, and I want to kill, I mean I am always angry. I am basically the fire that fuels this country.
I have three books that are officially published and are also the source for most of my income for my goal. Heck, it was even the main reason why I had decided to even think about moving out of this place thinking that even I am something worthy of respect. Something that I seem to had forgotten in my rough year.
On the other hand, My YouTube is practically crawling, might be because I haven't been able to pay any attention or because I had neglected it for too long. Karma, I think. Weird to say, this was the one that I thought would become my second source of income.
My job, five at peak and three now, paid me $900 at peak and around 530 dollars now, at the end of the month.
I have around 17690 dollars. I had actually. I paid the broker to get on with the process since getting approval isn't the end of it all.
Obviously, I will pay the rest. And here comes the part where I am getting despair from.
My monthly earnings from my books is 1300 dollars on today and would likely be between 1900 to 2100 dollars by the end of the month.
I have received my salary from the jobs that I am doing and they are already in the 17690 dollars that was paid.
I will get 105 dollars from my YouTube channel on 26. It will actually get to me on either 1st or later. Same with the books earning. PayPal takes time.
I calculated. I calculated a lot and I am lacking around a hundred or 200 dollars. Sometimes even three.
In all honesty, and rationally speaking, I can wait a month more.
I don't want to. I don't want to stay even a single second here. My desire to leave before April was the reason why I even did all those jobs or decided to get my works officiated and all. I want to leave. I want to leave right now. I planned to leave on March, I am a month late already and I can't add any more.
I am not going to stay a month here. I may seriously go mad.
Trust me, I have spent the whole day trying to find a way to get the money before the months end and I failed. I tried to find a job. I couldn't. I have become scrawny, my hair has whiten around 30% and my eyes and face are pale and tired. Even my current job doesn't want to hire me, worried that I might die or worse, make a mistake and lose them money. It was after a lot of requests and the assurance that this would be my last month that they are even keeping me.
The rest though, I was rejected by construction workers, delivery drivers, newspaper sellers and even even as cashier or clerk or something. They all are avoiding me due to how mistreated I look or how less of a work that I may be able to do or I may gave their place a negative impression.
I got off topic. So I paid whatever I had, I need money, can't find job, my body is at limit and I truly want to leave here asap. I might go mad at this rate.
And this is where you all come from. Not just you but all those that come from other sources as well.
Please understand that I have no choice and you guys are the last hope. If I had even a single other choice, I would have taken that instead of going this unreliable way.
I have re-edited and rewrite this whole book, returned the original ending and add all the things that I previously couldn't and I did this in my free time and not just this one but along with the others in the Blue Silver series and I am monetizing the future chapters and volumes.
In simpler terms,
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