~I am the system~
He stared at the being before him and was confused. What is the system?
~I am •••• to help you form a contract with your sponsor~
He didn't ask it, so could it read his mind? And what are these blurred words? It didn't say anything, so he just had to ask it again.
"What is a sponsor?"
~A god who wishes to help you and who you have to form a contract with~
A myth? Suddenly Anton remembered what his teacher said, and he got a bad feeling about this.
"How many gods are there?"
~I don't know~
Huh?
~There are too many to count but when I say god I don't mean the same as you, humans, ~
~ A god or a godly being is a myth that you believe in, so it is better to call them a mythic being~
Ooh! So... Huh? He didn't know what to ask next, but luckily it began speaking again.
~Do you want to know your sponsors~
"Yes"
~Ok but first read the letter of acceptance and accept it if you don't accept it you will die because there will be no place for you~
Huh? Before Anton could do something else about 1000 pages were pressed in his head and he passed out. When he came back to his senses two words were in front of him.
Anton was about to press deny when he remembered the words that he would die if he denied it, but the other option was not good either. If Anton accepted it, he would have to act as its representative and do most of the things this 'god' asks him to do and in return, he will get brilliant powers. The reason these 'mythic beings' descendent is unknown or to be exact the system didn't tell him that. Anton made his mind up and pressed a button.
Click
~Ohhh great choice~
It said that with a happy-sounding voice. Anton accepted of course because he didn't want to die. And when he thought about it, it wasn't a totally bad offer because he could negotiate with his Sponsor on the condition of the contract like an employee.
~Here are your Sponsors~
[You can only choose one, and you can never change it until you die]
1. I hunt Demons for Fun
2. I roll down the Hill
3. God-slayer
4. Black cat
Anton didn't recognize any of them. But that isn't a surprise because they all use aliases like a gamer tag. Wait where does he know this from?
And then it hit him, everything he needed to know stood in the letter of acceptance. But he had forgotten most parts.
"Hey, can I read the letter of acceptance again? Please."
~No you already accepted it~
Shit! I can only remember some details about why I have to be so impatient! No that's not so important right now. I need to choose my sponsor now it would be best if I chose a strong one. Let's see the first one is probably an angel, the second candidate is..... I don't know who even has such a name.
The third sponsor god-slayer, I don't know who he is, but he seems strong to me. The last one is likely an Egypt being because I know they worship cats. Anton searched through his brain to find similarities with old myths he ones read or heard of to find out who he should choose.
(A few minutes later)
Ok, I made up my mind.
"I choose number three the god-slayer"
~Ok I will contact him this will take a few minutes~
(A few minutes later)
~ He already has a representative~
Shit! So it's the same for them, they also can only choose one.
"Then I choose number one 'I hunt Demons for Fun'"
~ She also has a representative~
~Choose someone else~
Ok then next is the cat please let it be the cat I don't want that weirdo. But
~ Already has a representative~
Ok, then I have only one option left.
"Can I get new sponsors?"
No answer. It was quiet for a long time before it started speaking again in a dark and twisted voice.
~Please choose your sponsors now!~
"Ok chill I take number two 'I roll down the Hill'"
~Great you have found a sponsor I will connect you both, this process takes a week so till then just live your normal life~
The sponsor selection ended and Anton wasn't happy about how it did.
Suddenly the darkness was fading away, and he heard the system saying
~Enjoy this week and never talk to anyone about this or something bad will hap p e n ~
He could not understand the end of what it said but he knew that it is something bad and when Anton finished thinking he was already awake.
Did he dream that just now? No, it was too real he could hear his heartbeat in the darkness and feel his bed under his butt. Then a thought came to his mind, he should ask his parents if they dreamed the same.
While Anton thought that he was already standing, so he went outside his room and down the stairs to eat breakfast.
"Mum Dad you won't believe what I just dreamed"
He jumped down the last stair steps and into the kitchen but when he looked there was no one sitting at the table and there was no food on the table.
Weird, are they still sleeping? No that has never happened before, both of his parents are early risers and they normally wake up 20 minutes before him. But the situation now wasn't so bad, sometimes when they woke Anton up, they did it by scaring him.
So Anton thought that it wouldn't be bad if he did the same once.
While laughing to himself Anton walked up to their room, only to see the door still locked. He didn't hear any snoring noise or sleeping noises in general, even though his parents snore a lot.
Anton held the handle on the door and pushed it up slowly, he then saw his parents lying on the bed. He went over on the tips of his toes and the wooden floor made crunching noises, he thought that it was all over but his parents didn't wake up.
He now stood directly before their bed and opened his mouth slowly, he then put all his strength together and let out a scream.
"~Gooood Morniiiing~"
Nothing happened, his parents didn't even move an inch. He yelled louder
"Gooooood Morniiiing"
They still didn't move and Anton's voice and the words that he said changed.
"MUM DAD WAKE UP"
Nothing again he went over to check their pulse and again nothing Anton didn't feel anything. He grabbed his father and shook him, first very gentle but after that didn't do anything he started to shake him harder.
He saw that that wouldn't help and thought about what else he could try, sadly he didn't know how to do the revival things. He was standing there completely perplexed and was only able to mutter out a few words.
"I have to call the Ambulance"
That woke Anton up again and he hastily went to his room to grab his phone, after he called them he went back to his parent's room, even though he didn't know how to directly do it. he tried mouth-to-mouth revival.
It didn't work and after ten minutes the ambulance arrived and they tried to revive his parents for an hour but...
"Sorry boy it seems they died in the middle of the night we can't do anything"
Huh? Huuuhhhhhh? My Parents are dead they just died.
"But what I can say to you is that they died peacefully"
They died peacefully. No why should they just die in their sleep? My Mum and Dad didn't have any heart diseases or stuff like that.
They had completely norma and healthy bodies. No something must have happened to them, maybe someone poisoned them, they always had problems with other companies at work and with our neighbours.
"There is no way my parents died normally! Check it again!"
"But I just told you"
"Check it again!"
"Okay okay we will take them with us to the hospital and check them again we will give you a call then"
"Okay you better do so"
The ambulance left quickly, it seems that some of them were scared and annoyed by Anton.
Anton screamed at them, so they left with his parents, he was enraged and still is, he swore himself that he will find the person who did this and bring him to the police all by himself. No, maybe he won't bring him to the police.
He called the school and took a day off. Then Anton started searching first in his parent's room, and then in the whole House, but he couldn't find anything.
"Maybe they died peacefully"
Thoughts like this started to appear in his mind.
No, he can't think that way. Then something else appeared in his mind, wait if his dream was real then maybe they had the same dream and declined the offer. No, his parents wouldn't be so stupid. No
"Huh? Why is my vision so blurry"
It seems like Anton finally realised what had happened in the last four hours.
He cried the whole day and the next day.
The Hospital called and nothing changed, they still were convinced that his parent's died peacefully. His friends called him if something was up because he wasn't in school for the last two days.
Anton told them everything that happened except his dream. His friends decide to come over and sleep at his House for the rest of the week. They helped him and took him to the amusement park.
But it didn't help Anton was still feeling this rage and sorrow and he imagined a voice saying to him that he should keep this feeling and make it his foundation but Anton ignored his fantasies.
"The funeral is next week"
"How are you doing?"
Everyone said that to him when he visited them, it was the same every time and that made him angry for some unknown reason. They weren't really interested in his parent's death and just did it so that they appear better in front of him.
So for a change, Anton started the TV and the news was playing.
{All around the world people are dying peacefully in their sleep. The statistics say over 100,000,000 people died in their sleep}
Wait 100 million that can't be just random. Was he right?
~Hello everyone and welcome to the destruction of earth~