Jack laughed like a maniac who had lost his mind, tossing his fears out the window. He didn't know his assailant had such a strong sense of humour!
Not only was she implying that he wasn't a normal human, but also saying he could revive the dead? Haha! No one can raise the dead…
Can they?
Rylex ignored Jack and continued speaking in a nonchalant voice…
"Because of your anomalous ability, many greedy gods are now out to enslave, kill, and destroy you." Rylex grinned seductively as she heard Jack's unconcious gulp. She then leaned forward with her mouth just centimetres away from Jack's ears and spoke softly, "Just like me…"
What? What the she-
Fuck!
Jack suddenly turned white as all the muscles in his body tensed immediately, his eyes protruded out of his sockets as he felt something cold and smooth sink into his abdomen.
Didn't this progress a bit too fast? I hadn't even lived my life to the fullest yet.
Suddenly, memories from the past flooded his brain as he kept muttering: "Why? Why?" to no one except his assailant… Rylex. He felt weaker and colder with every passing minutes.
At the moment of death, Jack cursed himself for being so stupid and letting the bitch get too close to him. He believed if he had kept his distance, maybe… Maybe!
"Sigh…"
He tried to push Rylex away, but she didn't budge in the slightest under his meagre power, in a dark contrast, her weapon sank deeper into Jack.
Instead of wasting time fruitlessly trying to push her away or howling madly in pain, he borrows the force from the push to propel himself backwards… Away from the goddess wannabe.
His back knocked into a few objects during the escape, nevertheless, he still got away from the crazy woman.
"Oops…" Rylex grinned madly as she watched Jack escape from her grasp, in her hand was a silver dagger stained with Jack's blood that was slowly dripping down to the ground.
She suddenly opened her mouth to speak in a demonic tone, "Must have slipped it in by accident…"
Jack was burning with rage, not even wondering why the darkness wasn't calling unto him like he expected to. He didn't even feel the emptiness and weariness a dying person was supposed to have.
He only felt rage… rage and the primal desire to kill something… He no longer felt weak or powerless… He felt strong… Insanely strong!
Jack's eyes began to turn red in a frightening manner, and an eerie blood-red aura was being emitted from him, which engulfed the entire room in an instant.
The sudden explosion of aura knocked away the chairs, desks, and other objects in the room. Even the bed wasn't spared as it was shifted to the side.
"Calm down, Jack!"
Rylex who noticed Jack's abrupt change suddenly roared in… fright? Her pupils were dilating and her heartbeat had sped up tremendously!
She was surrounded by a circular silver halo, that protected her against the sudden surge of aura.
"Bitch!"
Jack roared as his entire body began to slowly rise from the ground, as if being lifted by some strange force. His eyes which were glowing in a red light, menacingly locked on Rylex.
What kind of being was she? What right did she have to stab him? Just because she claims to be a god? Just because she's powerful?
Fuck Power!
"Gods… are… trash!"
Jack lunged forward with one arm extended forward, the arm was suddenly covered in a crimson coloured layer of energy that formed a long metallic spike glistening in a soft light.
Rylex frowned grimly before suddenly forming a seal with her hands, and closing her eyess. All the energy in the environment seemed to have been drawn towards her with the aid of some suction force.
Suddenly, a beautiful magic circle glowing in a golden light and spinning vigorously appeared beneath her and an aura of gloom spread out from her body.
"100th Celestial Seal - Zero Strength Chains…"
Immediately Rylex said that, she opened her eyes and broke her seal before suddenly making a strange grabbing motion towards the incoming Felix.
Before Felix could react, he was grabbed by a strange suction force and pulled towards Rylex.
In his current state that was no different from insanity, Jack was unable to understand the situation as he only wanted to kill something at all costs!
As Jack was flung towards her, Rylex suddenly threw out a fierce punch! The moment her fist connects- it's over!
But before anything could happen, Jack who was being dragged towards Rylex suddenly gave out a loud roar, the roar shattered the strange suction force and Rylex's skill in an instant.
Rylex spat out a mouthful of golden blood as she was forced to take a step back in shock. Her eyes widened upon seeing Jack standing before her.
"Uh…"
Jack grunted weakly before collapsing limply to the ground, his face as pale as a ghost and his lips turned somewhat bluish…
"Idiot…" Rylex who was shuddering lightly, cursed Jack in a soft but shaken voice. The earlier grin on her face had disappeared, and her silver dagger had vanished into thin air.
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Jack's eyelids quivers before lifting slowly as the male in a white singlet opened his eyes to a vast and endless void of darkness. The darkness was warm, and comfortable… Not cold and unwelcoming as he believed.
Was this Hell or Heaven? Or would he rest in this darkness before Armageddon? How long would that take?
So many questions… So little answers…
Jack raised his hands and touched the darkness, meeting a resistance he squeezed it in order to find out what it was, but then a sharp stinging pain was felt on his cheeks that startled him to his senses.
Could the dead feel pain? Jack thought as his hands roamed around the darkness, feeling every inch, nook and cranny of it. The darkness was soft and warm… So good…
Resurrection, bah! Gods of nowadays only no how to talk trash, even in novels.
If he was able to lift the dead, why couldn't he lift himself? How could he let that damned goddess wannabe assassinate him so easily? He was just too stupid.
Before he could continue his thoughts, he suddenly discovered that he was getting farther away from the darkness, as if pulled by some strange natural force.
Closing his eyes, and taking a deep breath. He didn't mind this feeling until…
"Bang!"
He landed heavily on the ground and slammed his head against something his brain instantly registered to be his bed. That was sure to wake him up.
When he opened his eyes, he was still in his room… Rylex was standing over him with a beet red face for some reason, and why was his little brother rock hard? Does dying turn someone on?
Wait… Jack patted the place where Rylex had stabbed earlier, there was no wet feeling no pain from touching a wound!
When he lowered his head to see for himself, his jaws nearly dropped!
"Rylex… I'm not dreaming right? You really stabbed me, right?"
Jack questioned with his heart leaping for joy as he patted his nonexistent injury countless times with a smile on his face. The injury had completed healed, and there was no pain from it!
"You pervert! How dare you touch me in such a brazen manner!"
Rylex suddenly appeared before Felix in a flicker of silver, and she suddenly slapped him on the face! She didn't give him any face at all. He eyes were burning with embarrassment.
Jack was blown away like a ragged doll from the one slap, only crashing into a wall by the side and losing momentum after the powerful impact. His eyes were filled with shock and awe.
"Damn it! Why am I still so hard?!" Jack didn't know whether to laugh or cry at his strange predicament. On one hand he had been slapped for no reason, and on the other his lower half was currently brimming with excitement.
He didn't even feel pain for suddenly colliding with the wall. He was exceptionally strong for someone of his status, and although he wasn't a top level wrestler he could handle being slammed against a wall.
Wait a second… Since I didn't die… That darkness….
"I was carrying to your bed in my arms when you suddenly woke up and began to grope me like a spunk driven animal!" After the slap, Rylex finally calmed down and loosens her shoulders.
"Ah… Hahaha… Ha…" Jack broke into and awkward laugh as be began to think about random things to suppress his hard-on. After some seconds he began to recite in his heart,
"Beneath the nefarious flames of pleasure, dwells the chilling coldness of death…"
Think cold water… Dead dogs… Nuns with guns…
"Now, are you willing to listen to me as I explain this pathetic excuse of a universe to you?" Rylex said as she took a seat on a nearby desk and looked straight into Jack's eyes.
Jack's brows jumped at this…
Who doesn't know about the universe?