Arthur had barely started to sleep and soon he started having nightmares.
Arthur was in a room, a square room, not too big but not too small either, everything in the room looked like something out of a horror movie, on a table there were various instruments of torture, knives, whips, human weapons, the most painful of all was a kind of machine with a huge tube with an orange liquid, this was pure lava, used to punish the dead until they became demons, or until they fell into oblivion, into the void.
This machine was on top of Arthur's head, who was standing in the center of the room, his hands and feet were bound by chains, and as much as he tried to free himself, he couldn't. Around him was a circle drawn around him. Around him was a circle drawn on the floor, this circle was what would prevent the lava from accumulating on the floor.
Standing in front of a table was a woman, her name was Kril.
I always thought you were the weakest of all species, I can't believe that a few centuries ago you still imagined that you were the center of the universe, now let's see, what should I wear today? kukukuku" Kril said with a macabre smile.
***
Jhon was lying in his bed thinking about the strange events of the days, from the moment he saw the boy until the moment they went to sleep, the truth is that Jhon welcomed the boy because he remembered his son, who had died a few years ago. on an expedition to one of the planets.
And today when he saw Arthur and heard his story and started to like him, he knew Arthur couldn't replace his son, but for a moment he thought maybe it was possible.
He won't replace Carlos, but maybe I can help him find the thought of his parents Jhon almost falling asleep. But suddenly he heard a very loud scream coming from one of the rooms.
'Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarghh'
John quickly jumped out of bed and headed towards the bedroom to see if Arthur was ok and find out what was going on.
Arriving in the room his chest hurt at the sight, Arthur was lying squirming in a bizarre position while crying, 'what happened to him that caused this reaction' thought Jhon. Quickly running to Arthur's side, Jhon kneels down and tries to call his name and wake him up.
"Arthur, Arthur, it's okay, it's just a dream wake up"
Jhon kept calling a few more times until Arthur woke up still in shock, and the first thing he did was put his hands behind his back, seeing that they were still intact he started to calm down...
"What happened?" Jhon asked a few minutes after Arthur calmed down.
"I had a nightmare" replied Arthur looking to a corner of the room
"It's ok, it was just a nightmare" Jhon comforted him giving him a hug.
'He's just a kid after all' thought Jhon
"Thank you" Arthur replied.
Some time passed and John left Arthur in his room. "Try to sleep, it was just a nightmare, no need to worry" Jhon said giving her a smile and leaving
"I'm not so sure it was," said Arthur looking at the screen in front of him.
[ New open stat {Willpower} ]
>[Willpower: 5 {The greater the willpower, the greater the chance to stand up in a critical situation}]
Not being able to sleep Arthur started thinking about things, about him being buried, about the system, about the strange place he was in his dream. And in the end he came to the conclusion that everything he had seen so far was real, maybe he really had died, and what led him to believe that this was the strange sentence that was written on the tomb he came out of, it was written :
>In memory of Arthur Scheuer. 4253-4268<
At the time, he was so focused on breathing that he thought maybe it was a joke. But now he didn't believe it, he died and someone brought him back and gave him the system, but who did these things for him? After that, another question arose, if he were dead, how would he get back to his family.
He'd better start thinking up a good story.
***
>>The next day<<
The next day Arthur was ready to go see his family, he stayed up all night afraid to sleep and have the same nightmare, eventually he got nervous to meet them and what to tell them, he came up with a story that didn't t partner madness.
Arthur got up, took a shower and went to have breakfast with Jhon, took him to his house and then left, he believed that everything would be fine since they were family, during breakfast they talked about a lot of things, most of them about life about Jhon he had many stories, whether they were true or not Arthur couldn't say, but he was enjoying it, he always wanted to have a grandfather and Jhon helped him when he needed it, and both avoided talking about the event of the previous night.
After all this they finally left and headed to Arthur's house and coincidentally it was just a few kilometers from Jhon's house, they took a taxi and drove there, and finally said goodbye. I live longer hahaha" said Jhon with a smile "Of course thanks for everything, when things get back to normal I will visit you and bring my family too." replied Arthur
"I'll wait." And so Jhon went to his work and it was finally time for Arthur to see his family again, he took a deep breath and rang the doorbell.
*Ding Dong*
"I'm coming," answered a female voice.
"Hello...? "
"Aaaaaaaaa-Arthur? Is-is-is it you?"
"Hello little sister, I'm back" Arthur said with a smile holding back tears.
"Emily who's at the door?" another voice was heard inside the house.
***
>>In one of the Provinces of Hell<<
"Viscount, we have located where the boy is, he is in a human city on planet Earth," said a man kneeling in front of a small throne.
"kukukukukuku, great send two scouts to bring him back" said the viscount.
"My lord, are you sure? After all, he was chosen by..." replied the man, afraid of the words that came out of his own mouth.
"He may have been chosen, but in the end he is just a child, I will raise him the right way, the way of a true king," said the viscount angrily.
"We have nothing to fear, the royal guard is busy while the dukes are still fighting for power, and we will go after the boy, when the royal guard finds it will be too late and I will be in control of the king. " said the viscount, already imagining his bright future. No demon could become the ruler of hell, but that didn't mean he couldn't rule behind the scenes.