As Dexter was being engulfed by the darkness he heard a voice in his head
{Initializing System}
"What is that," Dexter thought to himself
{525600000 hours remaining}
Before Dexter could think more of the voice he heard he was surrounded by darkness, he was inside the void the goddess was talking about. Dexter looked around and couldn't see anything it was pitch black but he could hear screaming.
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How long has it been since I've been sealed inside this place maybe a thousand years no longer a couple of thousands? It's been so long since I've seen another living person, every person I have seen in here has already long lost their mind and turned into mindless monsters.
How much longer will I be stuck here I don't think I last any longer my mind is already slipping the person I used to be is long gone already. When will this hell end no matter how many times I kill the monster here they just keep coming back to bite, stab, eat me, and no matter how many times they kill me I just wake up and repeat the same hell even when I try to end my own life it doesn't stop.
At first, I fought to survive and to find a way out but now I can't even bring myself to pick up my sword. This place was meant to break down a person's will and mind to turn them into mindless monsters and it's working.
Dexter was thinking to himself while being surrounded by monsters, his once bright hopeful eyes were now devoid of light he was now a man with nothing to live. "Maybe I should give up there's no escaping this" Dexter started to give up and slowly let the monsters devour him and he finally let his mind go.
"I'm so sorry" a voice started to repeat the same thing over and over until Dexter noticed "What" he was surprised to hear a voice for the first time since he arrived here. "Only if I was stronger" the voice started to cry, choking on each word.
Dexter heard it again "Is that voice real?" he began to push the swarm of monsters off him to find the voice. "Where did that come from" he started to look around but couldn't see or hear anything.
"I'm sorry" he heard it again and ran toward where he thought he heard it "Please forgive me" this time the voice was louder and a sliver of light began to shine brightly in this once pitch black hell. Dexter seeing light in this place was shocked his eyes now had hope in them.
"I have to get to that light," Dexter thought to himself, he began to run as fast as he can towards it "Please I have to reach it" monsters started to follow him and attack him to stop him "UGH" Dexter was blown away from a monster tackling him "NO DON'T GET IN MY WAY" Dexter threw the monster off of him and began to cut through everything that was in his way.
"I'm almost there" the light began to dim with every step he took, Dexter was now only an arm's length away but monsters began to jump on top of him stacking on top of him. "LET GO" Dexter started to crawl and reach his hand out trying to touch the light but then everything went black again.
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"NOOOO DID I NOT MAKE IT" Dexter opened his eyes and saw it was dark but it was different this time there was light piercing the darkness. "Where am I?" Dexter stood up and noticed there were no monsters on top of him or chasing him, he took a better look and saw that it was concrete he was stepping on.
"Am I imagining all of this" he began to walk around and saw graffiti covering the walls and windows boarded up and the light that he saw was coming through the slits.
So many questions were going through Dexter's mind but the only thing he could say was "Am I finally free" he began to walk around to find an exit "This must be an abanded building, but why did I wake up here" Dexter spoke to himself only to stop when he found the exit. Dexter stood in front of the exit just looking at the sign "Am I really scared" his hands were shaking before he opened the door he took a deep breath.
Dexter opened the door and squinted his eyes the sun was hitting his face it took a while for his eyes to adjust. "Is that the sun" Dexter began to walk forward and he could see people walking on the sidewalk. Seeing this he was frozen in shock "I'm finally free" tears flowed down his face.
Dexter began to walk and pass by other people "Am I back on earth this doesn't seem like the world Astoria" Dexter began to question where he was but he was a little confused "This seems like earth but it doesn't seem the same" Dexter thought maybe everything looked different because of how much time he was in the other world.
Dexter sat down to gather his thoughts and to do something that has been bothering him. "Is this really earth it seems a bit more advance than I remember and another thing" Dexter closed his eyes and began to concentrate "So I wasn't imagining it, why can I sense magic here".
Trying to figure out why he could sense magic on earth he was interrupted when he noticed that people walking by were staring at him "Is there something wrong why are people staring at me" getting tired of all the glares he got up but before he could leave he felt a hand on his shoulder "Hey kid are you alright" a young female voice asked him. Turning around to see who it was he was in disbelief it wasn't a human but an elf asking him.