Darkness enshrouded my vision no matter where I looked, I was always greeted with the same scenery. It was extremely suffocating. However, this feeling it somehow felt familiar to me like I've been here before, soon... a glimmer of light appeared and dispersed the eerie darkness.
The surroundings changed I was now standing on a desolated field the dull light of the crescent moon illuminated the field and at the same time cries and shout of various people entered my ears. I abruptly turned my field of view to the noise.
"..... That's?"
A short distance away many people could be seen wearing armer and carrying various weapons.
They fought against creatures who resembles demons and the constants clashing of swords rang out.
Smoke rubble and other waste filled the ground as the intoxicating scent of blood gradually whiffled through my nose.
(T-this is what a real battlefield looks like?)
I thought as I watch the scene that even the word 'Violent' was too lukewarm to fully describe. The state of the battlefield was chaotic, and the battle between humans and demons seem to be at a stalemate making it difficult to tell which side is going to come out victorious in the end.
The knights swung their swords with great vigour aiming towards the demons' heads and sometimes their heart.
The demons easily deflected the attacks from the knights using their superior strength making it difficult for the knight to break through.
Clang!
A knight who Seemed to be in his mid-thirties swung his sword towards the neck of the demon who had an eerie smile on his face.
"Guh."
The demon easily pushed back the man then thrust his claw towards his abdomen but, using the shield equipped to his left hand he easily blocked the demon claw.
"Tch, don't fu*k with me stupid demon!"
He shouted before frantically swinging his sword.
The demon smiled before lunging his claw into the man's chest, his claws easily penetrated through his armer. His eyes opened wide as he died.
"Sh*t! everyone pushes them back and remain vigilant towards their claws!"
Another knight shouted orders towards the knights.
"Mother of fire burn my target, flare ball!"
"Mother of earth crush my target, gigantic boulder!"
"Mother of wind slice my target, wind blade!"
The battlefield was illuminated by the triple layer magic circle that hovered soundlessly in the air.
The demons were bombarded by magic from the mages who took up the rear.
"Argh."
"Arrgh."
Thanks to the mages assistant the knights fighting on the frontline gain the upper hand. However, the demons fought back with more ferocity using their claws to stab at the knight's torso.
"Argh."
The cries of the battlefield grew louder as the battle intensified. Soon the ground was filled with human and demon corpse severed limps and other various body parts were scattered everywhere.
(…. This is... wrong, why am I here? I don't want to see this)
Eventually I could no longer bring myself to continue watching anymore as I turned my face away from the nauseating sight.
Even now the loud shouts and the magic formations that would continue illuminating the field continued.
I turned on my heel to get away from that place as soon as possible even though I couldn't interact with those here I really didn't want to remain standing here any longer, but...
Swoosh!
"Wha?"
A black shadow suddenly closed in my direction. By the time my brain comprehended the situation the shadow was already merely two feet from reaching me, my body instinctively stiffen.
However, I ducted my head and closed my eyes reflectively as the shadow of a man who seems to be in his early twenties with long black hair dressed in a darked coat closed in and swung his sword with a smooth motion.
The thought of 'Am I going to be killed?' crossed my mind as I waited for the sword to reached me, but...
Clang!
All I heard was the clear sound of metal. I fearfully opened my eyes and saw the black coated young man locking sword with the demon who was using his claws as a weaponed.
The black-haired man's coat fluttered as he twisted his body and delivered a roundhouse kick to the demon's lower jaw.
"Ageh."
Its body was sent flying through the air before landing heavily onto the ground, once the demon had landed the black-haired man closed the distanced with the demon and thrust his sword at its abdomen killing it in an instant.
Electric sparks were generated along the streaks on his coat.
(Hmm... Isn't that the same as my coat?)
Indeed, it was similar when I stared at his face from close up, I also notice that he resembles me in a certain way kind of like a grown-up version of the current me but, there a great difference between us.
His combat prowess was far superior and also... I couldn't help noticing he wasn't showing any kind of expression on his face. His golden eyes carried no emotion at all.
Seeing that I couldn't help but feel slightly gloomy, what happened to have cause this? I wondered but... sadly there was no one who could give me an answer.
Another Demon swooped down from behind him thrusting its claws towards his back, but....
Clang!
Without turning around, he casually stopped it with his sword the demon stepped back with a wary look present on its face.
The black-haired man then turned his body causing his slightly long black hair to fluttered gently by his rotation.
He strengthens his grip on his sword as his golden eyes narrowed dangerously while waiting for demon to make the first move.
As though sensing that the demon marched forward at full speed thrusting its claws.
But the black-haired man parried all his blows without any kind of change of his expression, the demon continued thrusting his claws at great speed leaving behind afterimages of his hand.
However, the black-haired man moved his body with light footwork while continuously swinging his sword indifferently.
"Damn you human!"
The demon shouted before leaping high into the air. The black-haired man gazed upwards before wrapping his body in a vortex of wind to propel him upwards towards the sky.
His body flew through the sky as he went into the direction of the demon closing in on him from up front.
He then held his sword in a backward grip as the blade of his sword radiated a bright light that illuminated the entire field without hesitation, he then swung his sword, and a thick beam of light travelled in a straight line towards the demon who was currently coming towards him.
The beam of light moved at a speed too fast to follow with the naked eyes, the demon didn't even have time to scream in pain as the light pierced through its body burning its heart in an instant.
Once he landed back onto the ground he moved gracefully with nimble movement and attack his enemies before they had time to even react.
His series of movement was so refined like a beautiful dance. I couldn't help but be captivated by his movements, each time he swung his sword another life was taken but, it didn't seem like he cared as he indifferently swung his sword.
Bang!
A sword and a giant claw clashed together causing a loud sound to reverberate in everyone's ear.
"Hahaha... not bad I can see why they call you the 'Black reaper.' your swordsmanship is really frightening."
The demon said while keeping his vigilance against the black-haired man, he didn't reply to his word he simply fixed his grip on his beautiful silver sword that had many gemstones embedded inside it.
(I knew it... it's not the sword I'm currently using so, where did I get that sword?)
Even from where I'm currently standing, I could easily feel the overwhelming pressure the sword exuded.
"No words. Huh, tch."
The demon clicked his tongue before thrusting his claws forward towards the black-haired man's chest.
However, his movement were stop as the black-haired man twisted his body to the left and grabbed his claw before swinging his sword at the demons outstretched hand.
With zero resistance the demon's hand was easily severed like hot knife cutting through butter.
"Arggh!"
The demon fell to the ground as he writhed in pain from his severed arm fresh blood sprayed everywhere.
Standing over the pitiful looking demon without any particular feeling of pity or compassion.
The black-haired man sliced the neck of the demon without hesitation before searching for his next prey.
He continued massacring demons left and right without mercy not even the younger demons were spared and as a result the numbers of demons fighting on the battlefield was greatly reduce.
The knights began to fight back more fiercely thanks to the efforts of the black-haired young man.
(Why am I seeing this? Could it be that my dream is trying to tell me something by showing me this? Is this even a dream or is it a premonition? If that's the case doesn't that means I'm not going to be able to go home anytime soon)
I wondered as I stared at the battlefield blankly. If that black haired man really is me, I don't understand why or how he can kill so indifferently even if they are just demon the fact that they could talk mean that maybe we could find another way to solve the conflict between us, couldn't we?
But... conflicted emotion shone in my pupils as I watch the scene.
"Huh?"
The scenery suddenly became filled with murky darkness as my vision slowly turned black.
However, before my vision completely turned to darkness the black-haired man turned his head to my direction and two crystalline tears travelled through his paled cheeks as his golden eyes held no emotion.
His mouth moved to muttered something as he stared at me but, unfortunately, I couldn't hear what he was trying to say.
Soon my vision was now shrouded with darkness. I stood still amidst the darkness as I tried to comprehend what just happened.
(What was that? Even though his face remained expressionless I could still feel various emotions.... sorrow, anger, hatred. Those were the most prominent ones)
What happened for him to end up like that? Am I also going to be like him eventually
I clenched my fist as I pondered. I won't know how to solve the problem unless I can accurately understand the reason for the change in personality.
My face darkened as I slowly thought of a way to understand the situation but, I don't have any information about the future so it's impossible to come up with a solution now.
"I don't know what's going to happened in the future but, I can't allow myself to become someone who kills without batting an eye."
I muttered to myself. As I wore a troubled expression.
"Are you really that worried about the future? I do recommend you pay more attention to the present before you allow your eyes to stray too far ahead."
A calm and melodious voice suddenly sounded. Hmm... at that I abruptly turned my head to the source of the voice but all I could see was darkness there was no one In sight.
It wasn't my imagination, was it? I hope I haven't gone crazy talking to myself here alone that I'm starting to hear voices.
"Wh-who are you?"
I asked somewhat nervously.
"Ahaha... why do you sound so scared? I don't have arms it's not like I can hurt you, you know."
The voice chuckled.
"Thats not what I asked, though. Can you tell me who you are?"
"Hm... to be honest even I don't quite know the answer to your question but, if I were to interduce myself then I would say I am the void the endless darkness that filled this entire space."
The voice answered somewhat lazily.
"The void, you say?"
"Yes, I have existed since the beginning of time back before even the worlds were ever created."
The voice explained.
"Oh, hm... doesn't that make you the oldest person to ever exist? In any case can you tell me how I'm communicating to you? I mean does light also have a consciousness?"
I inquired curiously.
"Thats a good question but, unfortunately I can't answer that. All I know is that I existed since the beginning of time, young one."
Hearing his answer, I heaved a sigh before speaking.
"In that case can I ask you something?"
"Sure, go ahead it's been quite lonely living in this place all alone. So, I do like the feeling of talking to someone for a change."
"Then can you tell me if you have any information about space like how to move between space?"
I asked excitedly. If he had existed for a long time, then he may have information about space magic that doesn't exist in the current time.
"Move between space, you say? Well, I do know that the god of space was able to do such a thing."
He replied.
"Hmm... god of space?"