"Why do you call me tiny"
"Well you are small for a ten years old female, these days you can almost think a ten years old is a pre teen or something, what you don't like it??"
"Umhmhm" she nods
"It's fine"
"Then you'll be kolo" she speaks with a little bit of fear.
(A/N kolo is a Nigerian way of saying stupid or dummy.)
("Of course there's still a little bit of friction between us") Afo thought to himself after hearing her response.
"It's perfect but why kolo"
"Because you're so simple minded and don't hold back"
she responds with a little smile. Afo looking at Ome realized that with the smile on her face it felt like he was just meeting her for the first time.
he noticed her slender stature that really didn't make her look her age but was a perfect fit for her current body, dark skin and beautiful short dark hair with nice brown eyes that seems like she just saw hope.
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Afo immediately comes back to his senses he had finally realized why he can't be stuck in this world he was transported to.
("that's right I have to go back to Ome--, I can't die here but what can I really do I can't break out of this place or anything") Afo ones again realises his weakness.
"I'm sorry sis I guess big bro is dying here..., I wish I had spent enough time with you" he shuts his eyes after murmuring those words to himself accepting the cold embrace of death.
("so is that it")
Afo hears a stern cold voice of a woman and quickly opened his eyes to see who spoke but found no one.
"whose there??" he immediately asked since he found no one.
("and we were finally thinking you were a worthy container")
he hears another voice but this time around he hears a much more angelic voice of another woman he immediately remembered that he had read that before some people died they had hallucinations so he wondered if the same thing was happening to him.
("is this the voice of death??")
he thought to himself since he couldn't see anyone around.
("it's not the voice of death you idiot")
("wait you can hear my thoughts who are you then??") he continues speaking in his mind to confirm.
("we are the eternals, the power of equity") this time around a male voice answered him this being the third voice he had heard.
("we?? how did you get to my head???") he asked curiously.
("what do you think they've been doing the whole experiment for the whole time")
Afo was now confused he knew well that this experiment was indeed a failed experiment and he was the last test subject but he couldn't stop himself from asking.
("how many of you are there")
("we are six our final brethren is the one being injected inside of you") another male voice answered.
("who are you how are you--")
("we find no reason in explaining anything to one who has lost all hope and grip to staying alive despite having so much to do")
The first female voice responded but this time had a much more ominous tone.
Afo thought about this voice it wasn't just one person speaking he could actually hear more than one voice speaking to him.
He once again thought wether he was beginning to hallucinate or hear things, he asked himself if this was one of the things people who are near death experience but the more Afo thought about what this ominous voices were saying.
He couldn't restrain his anger as they had said he had given up on living as if he had another choice .
"what do you expect me to do then"
he yells out drawing the attention of the guard.
"hey would you shut up, have you finally lost your mind" the guard sits down after yelling out to him.
("I really want to live to make life better for those I cared for and those who stood by me and helped me, and someday help others just like the way I was helped")
Afo responded but this time in his head.
("and??") the first voice asked again in a flat tone.
("in this state there's nothing I can really do, I'm weak, I can't do anything and I really hate myself for being weak!!")
he began to sob he really was weak at the moment and too injured to move although he had regained his lost limbs being the only thing he gained from the experiment.
("we hate those who oppress the weak but those we hate most are those weak ones who wouldn't fight to the end").
("but--")
("boy we'll offer you a deal")
("what deal??") Afo pondered to himself, on what kind of deal anyone could offer him at this moment.
("we give you unimaginable power to break out of here and never be weak again….")
"what do I do in return??"
Afo might have asked this question in a certain tone that sounded uncertain but Afo had already told himself that even if he had to sell his soul to the devil to get out of this cell and find his way home, he was willing to.
"I said shut up you god damned hero" the guard shouted again.
("two condition's the first voice answered")
Afo didn't really care but he still wanted to know because despite his resolve he still wanted to spend at least ten years of his life with his loved once.
("what are the conditions??") he replied immediately.
("first, show us a good time it doesn't matter to us what you use your power for")
Afo was now certain that this was definitely not some angelic voice but rather the devil's themselves have come to make him a deal but he didn't say a thing and waited for the second condition.
("second, once in a while we are allowed to make a collective wish")
Afo then thought for a few seconds and asked.
("is that all??")
("oh! this isn't really a condition but an adverse effect") the second female voice asked.
("what is it??")
("the more power you get from us the lesser emotions you have towards other things")
Afo fell short of words but immediately asked.
("emotions such as??")
("all in general, you won't feel hate, joy, fear and mostly love") Afo thought through it for a while.
("I don't need love for anyone but for my sister") he immediately replied in an angry tone.
("really now, well whatever this effect only works if it is against your conviction that is a set rule")
("does that mean I am to set a conviction, a rule and this adverse effect doesn't affect my conviction")
the second voice responded with a hint of excitement in her voice it was as if she was an advertiser who had successfully sold a pyramid plot to a novice.
("exactly, now boy do you want to live??")
the first voice asks in an ominous tone only this time he could feel the tremendous evil miasma from the voice.
("Yes") Afo responds without giving a second thought.
("well we are giving you all night to properly think of your conviction then our power may flow.")
"I don't--"
("shush it boy, first our final brethren the phoenix of flames is still yet to fully settle into your body and your body is too weak to contain our abilities so take the mean time and rest you need the strength in a few hours!!")
the second voice once again responds in friendly tone.
("yes") he closes his eyes but couldn't sleep at all instead spent the entire time thinking of his conviction.
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in no time the morning came by and the alchemists return for their regular routine to check up on him.
Though he really couldn't tell whether it was day or night this time around they came alongside two hunters one with a katana and the other with a huge hammer that he carried on his shoulder they both stood on the outside watching as the alchemist carry out their experiment.****
{A/N terms such as hunters would be explained as you read further.}***
"is this guy really still alive"
"he must really be one heck of a hero"
"stop talking and do your job"
The head alchemist yells at the hunters, the reason the hunters were brought today was because the were planning to move Afo to a new facility as per their higher ups request.
And knowing Afo they couldn't take the chance as Afo had tried to escape from the cell three times already.
("boy wake up and speak your conviction and let us take charge from there onwards")
This time around he heard another male voice.
("out loud??")
he asked for clarification.
("so the world would know")
Afo takes a deep breath after a few seconds he began.
"my name is Afokoghene Iruoghene, today I pledge my body to be a vessel to your power, I shall become the sword that smites evil"
The alchemists who was lighting up the torches in the room looked up at Afo's face in confusion.
"has he finally gone mad" the head alchemist said.
"I will be the hand that brings judgement to those that oppress the weak and bring evil, to those who seek my help I shall show mercy and compassion, on the evil I shall be a scorching hell, until I am finally home, let the world beware because I am Afokoghene Iruo--"
before he finished his statement the samurai clad hunter walks up to him and punches his face knocking him out.
"you didn't have to do that"
the alchemists scorned the samurai clad hunter.
"well he was being too loud"
("this young man would be fun he didn't have to make it sound so dramatic though") the second voice spoke sounding all excited.
"he wants to protect someone when he can't even--"
the hunter shuts up immediately on sensing the intensive aura emanating from behind him, the aura emanating from Afo's body, a thick miasma which sent chills down their spines , sending a clear message to the six gods who summoned them including the feudal lord that an evil had appeared.
Sweat bubbles were already forming on the hunters faces and the prisoners on the higher floors dared not make a sound despite not seeing what was emanating such evil miasma, after a while the samurai clad hunter summoned enough courage to draw his katana
In a flash he turned and attempts to behead Afo but even with the amount of skills he had he could not see Afo's movements he tries to turn around to see where Afo had gone but couldn't, he realized he had been chopped into the smallest of pieces as he saw blood drip across his face.
The hunters body fell on the ground with no trace of his skeleton, Afo or rather the power of equity controlling his body had chopped him to the point that what fell down was nothing more than a semi liquid substance
"a monster, what kind of a monster is this" one of the alchemist standing right in front of him and tried to run but couldn't move his legs.
Afo looked at the blood in between his fingernails and hand feeling disgusted he swings his hand to remove the blood but before the blood reaches the ground he conjures them back together turning the blood into a sword.
"don't just stand there stop him" the head alchemist yells at the hunter at the gate but before the hunter could even make a move he was already left without limbs.
He fell on the ground and began yelling in despair, Afo turned around looking at the alchemists who were now in the cell he was being kept still looking disgusted, the head alchemist in fear immediately fell on his knees.
Even if he wasn't skilled enough to sense the aura this figure was oozing out he could tell his life was gone for sure. The figure that stood before him was not human, this figure had eyes that burned like flames, was this the devil's incarnate himself he asked himself.
("what the hell just happened, these are Gold level ranked hunters god damn it, where did he manage to acquire such power, the experiment??, no it can't be, the experiment was nothing more than a means devised for torture it had 0.01 percent chance of working this") the other alchemist thought.
"What the hell--"before the alchemist could finish his sentence Afo beheads each and every one of the alchemists in the room.
The guard who watched him stood deal to the scene playing right in front of him as he was filled with terror.
"stay away from me" the guard managed to speak and he immediately draws out his sword with his hand shaking tremendously.
In that moment Afo's face began to bear a grin and in a matter of seconds he was literally grinning from ear to ear as the extent of his mouth as if torn reached the side of his head revealing his teeth that resembled that of shark.
The guard immediately dropped his sword staggering backwards in fear and at the moment he decided to run for his life he couldn't.
"eh???"
The guard didn't understand what had happened, his eye sockets rolled upwards to see what was grabbing him by the hair only to realise that the moment he was about to run in a flash Afo had behead him and caught his head.
Afo raised the head of the guard to let the drips of blood from his neck into his mouth but he spat it out the moment the blood got into his mouth and he tossed the head aside.
"this man's blood tastes horrible" he said as he cleaned his mouth.
he looked up and like he had infra red vision he could see more guards running downard using the stairs, even though one couldn't tell wether he was smiling or because of the weirdly wide mouth it was obvious as the guards stoped right in front of this dangerous monster in front of them.
"here's more people with blood" he said with an ominous voice.
("phoenix we don't have time for this anymore and this body might die") the second voice spoke once more inside Afo's head.
but this boy wanted to kill all his torturers and I feel like tasting blood--" before phoenix could complete his sentence he was immediately interrupted by the first voice.
("phoenix we do not have the time to lay around leisurely now do your job let someone else take over")
"okay.... okay..." phoenix grumbled as he turned to the guards who were fear struck on the stairway.
"looks like I'll be killing you fast"
one of the guards charged forward yelling with his sword firmly gripped but before he could take a step Afo zoomed right passed them and every guard he zoomed passed he took their hearts or their liver.
in the blink of an eye he was through killing all the guards in the stairway and finally he had one more beating heart in his hand, he brought out his tongue and tasted the blood.
"hmph! this one tasted better than the rest but not good as well he tossed the heart on one of the dead bodies on the stairway.
he then looked upwards scanning through the building with his infra red vision and in a single bound leapt of the ground and began flying right through the walls above him tearing through anyone in his path living pieces of flesh scattered everywhere as he flew until he was finally about 1000 km into the air, after letting out a bag of air he looked down at the place he was kept.
"I doubt anyone in there is worth saving" the entity spoke through Afo.
He turns the blood he previously turned into a sword into a bow.
"well he was supposed to be the archer"
he draws the bow as a huge amount of energy converged into an arrow the energy had huge lightening sparks mixed with the solidified arrow like blood.
"be reduced to ash"
at the mention of the last word he fires the arrow at the prison resulting to a nuclear like explosion reducing the entire building including the underground layer he was kept in into nothing but a huge crater of ash and dust.
the dark smoke from the explosion rose into the clouds that it was visible from about 15,000 km away as if it were a dark storm with electricity sparks visible on the midst of the dark storm.
"well the job is done it really feels good to have a body"
he turns around and takes off flying.