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°•○● Table of Gods! - Chapter"3" -/ T
"Human's Value in the Universe? " °•○●
Eren had been acting weird ever since he came here. He wasn't like this in his personal life.
For example, he wasn't scared when he opened his eyes and saw two alien creatures staring at him.
It was as if he had fallen asleep at the barber's while his hair was being cut, and then when he woke up, he acted normally as if nothing had happened. He glanced at the empty glass in front of him and turned to the burly woman, two feet tall with blue hair. Eren saw this alien as a normal woman in that moment. He didn't see her as a different lifeform.
He was acting weird but it wasn't intentional.
"Can I have some more water? If there's something to eat, that'd be great. I'm so hungry."
He was now acting like he had gone to a urgerking.
He saw his phone resting on the wooden counter, resting on something strangely shiny.
"Is this a special tech? Wow, it looks great! My phone is hovering on air and charging. It's cool!"
It was something that glowed with a bluish light and looked like a glowing energy cube from the Avengers movies. But it was only about the size of a teacup. Seeing a bluish vapor rising towards the phone to be visible to the naked eye, Eren grinned like a first-time visitor from the village to the city. His phone, floating in the air above the blue stone, was also cooler now. Even though it was a cheap smartphone that his family bought temporarily, the atmosphere was enough to make the cheap thing look cool.
"How much is this? Can I buy it in cheaper prices if I buy it a lot. Or do they sell the blueprints for a cooparative business model. I can represent them in my planet. Why do you look like this? Is it expencive. Shame."
It occurred to him that he could make a lot of money if he returned home with this technology. But with his two creatures staring at him without speaking, he realized that the situation at that moment required seriousness. The two creatures were staring at him with rather stern and serious eyes.
The one with blue hair and who had given water before was looking at him curiously. The other blue-haired creature, but weaker and shorter, was looking at Eren in anger.
"Name?"
Eren understood the question but was torn between saying a cool name and his real name before answering. Maybe it would be funny if he used names like James Bond or Harry Potter.
Did these creatures know what a surname was? Eren chose not to say his last name.
"Eren"
But they didn't care much about his name. On the contrary, the long blue-haired creature, who understood that communication was healthy, created a bright color screen in the air with a word coming out of her mouth, making the situation even more awkward.
It now looked more like a sci-fi meeting room than an empty bar you could find in the back streets.
Eren couldn't help but felt special for a few seconds.
..
The aerial image was a strange health map showing both the inside and outside of Eren's body. But no matter how medical-themed it was, it still looked good enough to be a work of art. The details were incredible. For a few seconds, Eren studied parts of his own body that he did not know, in amazement.
This thing that the woman created without even moving in the air was not a hologram, nor did it look technological. He had thought that what was charging his phone had something to do with technology. Now his ideas were changing.
"Could it be magic?"
He had no idea. It was going to a place he never expected.
"This body belongs to you. You have the body of a lower-class species that can only live for around 70 years without any attachments on a simple planet. Your body is 43 kg of Oxygen, 16 kg of Carbon, 7 kg of Hydrogen, 1.8 kg of Nitrogen, 1 kg of Calcium, 780 g Phosphorus and 420 grams of potassium, sulfur, sodium, magnesium, copper, zinc, selenium, molybdenum, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, manganese, cobalt, iron, lithium, strontium, aluminum, silicon, lead, vanadite, arsenic.
Apart from the 21 grams of information that is revealed when he dies and stored in a separate dimension, there is nothing that makes his species special from the others. You have a "brain" that can be considered intelligent by universal standards, but a "body" that restricts all other characteristics of the species and makes it look weaker than even lower-level animals. Even the brains that make it special are not working properly because of your weak body. According to the laws of life, even killing you might seem like the same thing as killing an unintelligent creature for food.
You have no purpose, meaning or value!"
As Eren woke up in the dark hallway, he made a joke about encountering aliens and asking "the meaning of life." But it wasn't serious at all. His face contorted at the words of the short blue-haired creature, who was now looking at him as if he had committed a crime. Maybe he should think twice before wishing for something? They didn't actually say the meaning of all life. But what they said about a person's definition and meaning was certain.
His heart was beating very fast. There was no trace of the restless and fearless tired boy. Now that things were getting serious, he started to think that he might actually die. Why should they care if I'm worth the same as a simple cow?
How far is death, but at the same time it is something close. You never think about it, but death is just a second away waiting for you. People forget death so quickly when you can die in one wrong step... why are we like this?
Though he was lost in thought for a few seconds, Eren continued to listen to what was being said.
Since he had nothing to say against these heavy sentences, he kept silent, looking at the empty glass.
"..but you're here despite all that."
That's when Eren realized that the conversation was going somewhere. If these two were so self-deprecating, they would definitely want something from him, right? Wasn't that an underused marketing strategy? What was it actually used for...
damn! It's the "smash method" used by upper-class luxury real estate agents who work for the rich and stuff. I guess they were making fun of the middle class, who had little money or chasing status, and sold houses and land at exorbitant prices.
I seriously had read that somewhere.
Eren looked up and waited, wondering what these two would ask of him. Presumably, his being here was useful to these creatures, too, or would be useful in some way. This shorty alien had started the conversation by crushing Eren in order to control and deceive him.
"We couldn't even find out where your species lives or where you joined the federation. You probably come from a planet where the Federation hasn't yet been spotted or deigned to be contacted. No one of your kind has been found in all our known archives. So you're the first of your kind to have entered the Temple. Others didn't have this privilege." "
Eren felt a great awkwardness in what was said. "My race is only a few thousand years old in my planet. Did Humans live in different parts of the universe before?"
This time, the tall one answered, not the short creature. Her voice was much warmer than the other annoying one.
"You'd be surprised how many races there are that are very similar to your kind. The Federation simply calls all people like you "Humanoid Races". It's funny that you call yourself "human" directly like a superspecies. You are used as a slave in some low-level systems and galaxies throughout the universe. Or some of your subspecies have been used for breeding or cleaning the planets. But even on the list of the best and most used slave races in the Universe, humans are at the bottom.
But if what you're asking is exactly about your species, the hominid species on the planet you came from....(looking again at the air chart, searching for something)....yes, it looks like someone of your kind has lived within the Federation in the past.
As for the part about the temple, no. All of the temple's archives can be accessed from the mind of my friend next to me. If he says you're the first, that's a good sign. The temple pays extra attention to all the strange and different things and gives them an extra chance. This increases your chances of success here. By successful I mean surviving a little longer.
You look like you're not satisfied. But I can just keep saying the same sentences. Yes, several of your kind have appeared and lived somewhere in the "known universe" before. But there is no detailed information about a known planet or its dates. You have to stop looking that way. We're not hiding anything from you."
Eren looked at his empty glass again and shook his head, thinking of asking for water again. But at that moment, he also noticed that his body was healed.
"Your body went through a free first-time treatment. Welcome gift from the temple."
Eren realized that he wasn't thirsty but felt a little hungry, but remained silent. When there was silence again, the short creature lowered its accusing gaze at Eren and spoke in a strange language to the other gentle creature.
"*This creature looks like he's going to die on the first or second floor. Don't get your hopes up sister."*"
"*I have a good feeling about this time sister."*"
"* If he reaches the 10th floor and need help, say him to come directly to me. He can stay at my house for a while."*"
"*Your house? Hahaha...you mean-"
"*I didn't say anything. I'm coming back. Watch out sis!"
"* So you're with him now. Congratulations!"
"*Shut up. I have work to do. Call me if you're bored"
The short creature turned its head with a face that would seem shy for its own race. She uttered a single word in the high-pitched voice as she was trying to make harsh. With the word that came out of her mouth, a wide portal opened in the air!
The portal, whose color was constantly changing between dark blue and black. The short creature instantly walked through it and disappeared. The portal also disappeared a few seconds after she passed.
Eren enviously watched the cool portal disappear. He wanted to use something like this himself. But noooo..his teleport should have been lamely lightless and silent, right? He wasn't even sure if it was a portal that kidnapped him to this place.
Sometimes life just wasn't fair.
Sighing, Eren held out his glass and asked for food and water again.
The blue-haired creature brought Eren food and drinks, as if he really was running some kind of restaurant. Besides bringing a lot of strange and exotic things, the creature also took Eren's phone from the luminous stone.
"It's fully charged. It has enough energy for a month or so.
If it had a higher technology, maybe we could charge enough for years, but this is a very old technology. That's all I could do. You just use this device for personal things anyway. You will never need it in real action."
In amazement, Eren saw that his phone had changed a little. Maybe from the outside everything was the same. But it was clearly advanced in terms of energy or battery.
"Thank you. How much does this stone sell for?"
The blue creature smiled and pulled the glowing blue stone towards itself. "You are not currently authorized to purchase such a product. In fact, you may want to remember, the moment you touch it your body will explode..."
[I don't believe that. She is just lying to make me not steal it. It wouldn't make me explode. I mean, she must be joking right..]
[Right?]
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While Eren ate something resembling chicken meat, he drank a beverage that he could swear was soda. The curious expression in his eyes must have been obvious, but the blue-haired creature spoke directly.
"Because I know all the nutrients your body can accept, everything I offer would be something you would eat and like. These may not be the same as what you consumed before, but they are quite similar. That's why you mix up their tastes with you planet's food. You'd be surprised how similar things your species eat. But I will admit. I also examined what your body had previously consumed and prepared a menu accordingly."
The creature didn't say the last sentence. She hoped to appear mysterious by not revealing how she did certain things. Her entire future here depended on this humanic creature. She had to make sure that her own words were passed and trusted while they were talking. "A good communication was very important for their future.
..
While Eren was eating, the blue-haired creature began to study something as if she was surfing the Internet from a strange device on her left arm. The creature minded its own business, ignoring Eren maybe too much. Sometimes small holograms would appear and images of creatures of different shapes appeared. This blue-haired woman also spoke briefly to them and chatted in a foreign language.
Eren must have looked suspiciously again, and the creature replied directly. "We speak an ancient language around here that not everyone knows. The Temple cannot translate for you because it has never been recorded in the Temple records. Because you can't translate what you don't know, right?"
Eren was trying to become a teacher in the world. He was going to study at the Department of Foreign Languages and then go to university to learn ; "Language Teaching".
He found this "translation technology" very cool and impressive because he knew a little about it. Just learning how they did this direct translation would have made him rich when he returned to Earth, and even made a big change in the whole world. Moreover, the potential gains of this technology were so great that it would make him into the list of the richest rather than the ordinary rich. But he also found it unnecessary to daydream too much about things he couldn't achieve. He couldn't even touch one phone charging stone. How would they give him this translating tech.
Before he could ask the price of this technological feature, he saw the small bag next to him. He pointed to the bag as he stuffed a lot of strange food into his mouth.
"After some rest, you'll leave here and start walking on a path that's just for you. This time the road won't be empty. You'll have to dodge things, hunt, or kill directly for no reason. Because if you can't, you won't be able to move forward.
As soon as you step on that road, your communication with this place will be cut off. But do not worry. When you clear the floors, this small space will follow and rise to the floor you go. We will continue to serve you. In your journey, me and you are tightly connected.
Inside, just stay alive and try to move forward. Crawl, spit, bite, or run from everything if you must!"
"Forget about your pride, past, future or personal problems and just focus on surviving. I'll take care of everything else. You can count on me!"
Eren often remembered scammers when he heard the words "trust me". He was never cheated in real life. But the movies and TV series he watched made him a distrustful person very quickly.
Still, he thought this woman was trustworthy.
As Eren finished what was in front of him, he found his head dizzy and found himself at the entrance on the side the blue alien was pointing at. The bag on his back was dressed in under a second. Also he was wearing the most comfortable shoes he had ever worn in his life.
"The ones on your back are what you'll need. If anything happens to your shoes, don't throw them away because they can fix themselves and I bought them with my own money. As a gift.
Also, don't hesitate to rest when you're tired. Do not attack with unnecessary big moves, never sleep and be careful!"
For the first time in a long time, Eren heard someone tell himself "be careful". It was a very ordinary thing, maybe, but it was a nice feeling to have someone take care of you.
He had many more questions to ask, silly stories to tell, and
complaints.
Before even Eren opened his mouth a big door opened and cold air pulled him to this new terrifying corridor.
Eren found himself in a new corridor with little light. He froze when he saw a spider the size of his fist just ahead of him in the hallway. He wanted to turn around and run away, but there was no way to escape the creature that made hissing sounds. A huge wall was rising behind him, and it had already touched the ceiling, blocking the exit.
Die or kill!
Eren instinctively wanted to close his eyes and squat down on the ground and wait for the dream to end.
Still, something in his head told him to open his bag. He didn't even have time and attacked the approaching spider with the bag. While a simple human was fighting a normally large animal for the first time, Eren struggled to avoid being bitten and poisoned.
"BENİ BURAYA KİM IŞINLADI, LAN? Abicim niye ben ya! Başka adam mı bulamadınız? Dwayne Johnson'ı falan buraya getirseniz benden on kat işinize yarardı. Hayır, anlamadığım şey, neden ben fuckers!"
Eren was screaming in his head while struggling with the cat sized spider.
"WHO TELEPORTED ME HERE, FUUUU*K?
"Why me! Couldn't you find another person ha?
He'd be ten times better than me if you brought Dwayne Johnson or that handsome man played Aragorn. I don't even have half of their muscles or even beard. But noooo, you had to pull me here right? FU*K U FU*KERS."
Eren had a few seconds to relax when spider go away to invite it's friends of for another reason.
"No, what I don't understand is "why me fu*kers!"
"WHY ME?"
His mouth didn't stop, but his legs didn't stop moving either. He attacked, defended, fled while walking, and the scariest experience of his life had begun.
Later, some people asked him how his first day was. But Eren never answered this question.
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