I honestly don't know how long I was out for. And if I'm being honest in a way, I'd rather not wake.
I dreamt where I was back in my original world as Head Grave Digger, no one looked at me with disdain, and in the weirdest and true fantasy dream the Silent Sister of the Grave was my wife.
I lived the rest of my life in that world.
Happy, fulfilled, energized, and like I was on cloud nine.
But, like all good things they unfortunately come to an end.
At the biggest and most blissful moment of that fantasy dream, everything turned on their head.
Mother Earth had decided enough was enough and increased her wraith by ten times. Even the remaining World Leaders also had enough as they started dropping everything and anything.
Even that legendary and cursed lightning increased in activity and lethality.
Even the bodies that I had buried started rising from the grave and unleashed chaos onto the world.
Years of this went by as things even began to intensify as things seemed to get worse and worse.
And then at the end my wife, the Silent Sister of the Grave ripped my own heart out with the most blissful and euphoric smile on her face. Before she broke down and took her own life to follow after.
And I wasn't even mad when it happened. If anything it made me fall for her more.
None of it made sense but in a way it did. Which is as crazy as it sounds, but it did.
But the one thing that stuck from the entirety of that terrifying dream was the look of intense and pain filled look of sadness in the eyes of the Silent Sister of the Grave. As she ripped out my own heart with her bare hands.
{Bing, Bo-.}
"SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!!!" I screamed out loud as it looked like I awoke while I seemed to be in a mass of darkness.
{...}
{You do know you can change the system notification right?}
"I don't know whether to call you a liar or a politician. Because, I know for a fact Rose checked during our three day waiting period and found nothing. So I have a question for you? Would you like to be called the Liar System or the Politician System?" I said with no emotion as I looked around the mass of darkness as it looked to expand forever.
{...}
{...}
{I'd rather just be called The System.}
"Alright Mr. Politician System. Now, what do you want?" I shook my head as I continued to float.
{And you call me a-.}
"You are a dick you Politician System. Now, I'll ask you again. What do you want?" I spoke in a low and slow voice before a screen appeared in front of me.
'Status.'
Name: Bastion
Age: 20
Race: Human/Unknown.
Title: Baron (Primary.)
Class: Grave Digger. (Origin)
Job: Keeper of the Grave. (Beginner.)
Rank: Human - 1
Strength: 5
Constitution: 5
Dexterity: 4
Intelligence: 7
Wisdom: 7
Charisma: 7
{Simple, I'd like to discuss this! All I can say is that this is highly disappointing for what your class is. I mean you do realize that your class is Origin right, right! You have a class that can literally be counted on one's hand.} The System said with a tone of anger.
{You even seemed to become the inheritor of Ulrich Braune the Grave Keeper!! Do you have any idea just how lucky and an insane amount of a head start that gives you!! And do you want to know the most annoying and frustrating part of it all!!!} The System's rage increased as the surrounding darkness started to tremble as small cracks started to form.
{Is that you seem to be protected from something that denies I, The KING!!!!}
The cracks in the darkness expanded further while some of the cracks started falling as the rage filled. Screaming voice of the system. No, the King. Started shattering huge chunks of the darkness.
As for me. I was having a hard time trying to process the information that I just heard as I continued to float in the mass of darkness as I watched the surrounding darkness fracture around me.
The King! The system was the damn King!!
Literal darkness was shattering and fracturing around me, but for some reason I found out that the voice of the system. No, the entirety of the system was the King.
Then I felt my mind start to calm as a refreshing feeling flowed through my mind increasing my focus.
Only to hear a voice I'd never think I would have heard of again. I even had an odd feeling in the back of my mind as to why the humming felt so familiar.
{Humming? How and why is there humming, in my Dominion of Broken Light? That's not possible!} The King stopped his angry rant with confusion then to one of shock. {This can't be possible!? Only another Emperor Rank has the strength to-.}
The King's seemed to stop as the most mesmerizing and tranquill voice spoke from within the fracturing darkness.
"Who are you to deny my Emperor what rightfully belongs to him? You pathetic and childish fake. And who do you think you are to even dare deny me, his Silent Sister of the Grave."
The familiar voice of the Silent Sister of the Grave echoed throughout as the darkness's fracturing increased which seemed to make the King's voice angry as he roared back into the darkness… until it started panicking.
{Watch your tone, you pathetic and… !?!? Wait, stop! Do you know who you are angering!! I'll have your worthless-!!!}
The panic in the King's voice increased as all but one singular spot of the darkness remained, as a majestic looking style of wood with some of the most unique runes carved into the wood took the place of the shattered darkness.
The wood and the runes were some of the most finely crafted things I had ever seen. I even felt a close connection to the runes as I felt a unique power that emanated from them.
"Worthless, if anyone is worthless then it is you who is worthless. Small and insignificant child who only knows of the sand in a sandbox. The only reason I've let you remain currently is to show and teach my Emperor the most important lesson in this Otherworld." The Silent Sister of the Graves' tranquil voice echoed with slight pain in her voice when she said the last part.
Then her voice turned to anger as all but one of the unique runes in the center of the majestic looking wood shone in a dark red black light.
"And if you thought I wasn't capable of crippling you!"
A soul shattering and pain filled voice of the King roared where the final spot of the remaining darkness remained as multiple small fractures started forming throughout as it seemed to make the figure of a human.
"Consider this a light warning for even daring to threaten my Emperor before me. And know this as you'll be lying crippeled the next eight years. Even at your peak I would only need to use the beat of my own dead heart to kill you. Child who only knows of the sandbox."
The soul shattering and pain filled voice of the King disappeared as the darkness shattered leaving behind an empty spot in the wood.
My own vision started to go hazy as I continued to stare at the empty spot before a very familiar and beautiful face appeared before me with the most intense look of sadness and worry in her eyes.
"You had the same look in your eyes when you ripped my own heart out." I said weakly as I slowly lifted my hand and gently caressed The Silent Sister of the Graves cold yet soft cheek.
"Please take that look of worry and sadness from your eyes, Vlada. And you don't need to apologize for anything. If anything it seems I need to beg for your forgiveness as it seems something of mine has finally returned."
I said with a whisper as I started to fall as an extraordinary weakness started taking over as a memory and everything that came with it was returned to me.
I didn't remember that much after I fell as my eyes snapped open only to see a familiar looking roof.
{Error!!??!?!??!??}
{Error!!?!?!??!??!??!?}
{ERROR!??!??!???!??!??!?}
{ERR–!!??!?}
{Failure to locate main system program. Failure to locate the main system program. Backup protocol initiated. System assistant has been upgraded to the main system program. Congratulations user for upgrading your system assistant to main.}
{Again congratulations user for upgrading your system's assistant to the main system. This now allows your system to be fully upgraded as you seem to have managed to 100% cleanly sever the main system without any damage to your core system.}
{Congratulations user and have an amazing day. And if you have any questions, please contact your nearest priest or contact us through thoughts and prayers. We should get back to you depending on when we think like it or something like this happens. Tata.}