Immediately after getting teleported, Sho felt tiredness pulled his consciousness. Maybe it was because he just experienced near-death, or maybe it was because of Alpha's farewell. Maybe it was the guilt he was feeling. Or maybe his helplessness to his own self for being so weak.
Either way, he fell into a deep slumber. Hours passed to days, the Seed of Life ensured that he would be in a good shape while sleeping.
While sleeping, he dreamt… at least that was what he hoped it was. Just a dream.
***
"Ma, Pa, how's the farm?" Caelus asked his parents seriously.
"Ah, you said that last time right?" It was the familiar accent Caelus knew. His mother's way of talking was like someone who was fighting or someone who was in an argument. It was the natural spunky way of speaking in their place. But for him it was the sweetest voice he had heard. "Honey, did you take note of it?"
"What to take note of. I have it all in here!" Caelus' father said as he pointed in his temple.
He wanted to take a good long look at his parents but he couldn't see them. They were blurry. But still, he knew they were his parents.
"Hah! As if you have a good memory! You can't even remember where you put your hat or sickle! You would always ask me about it!"
"Heey. I-it's not like that! It's just easier to find things if I ask you than to try to recall it!"
"Eww! Ma, Pa, get a room, please!" the girly voice of his sister said as she made a puking sound.
And once again, the familiar bickering of his parents insured as his sister shook her head and pouted. He smiled as the dream faded away.
***
Blood…
Blood was everywhere.
The bodies were familiar to him. Countless figures of people he was close to were all over the ground.
All of their faces were blurry.
But he knew everyone there.
They were his friends…
His cousins…
His tribesman…
His parents…
His sister…
And his fiancee.
Everyone was lifeless. No one was alive anymore.
Tears were falling in his eyes as he looked at everyone.
He felt a painful tug in his heart, reminding him that only he was left here. He felt his stomach turned inside out. He felt like vomiting. He felt like fainting.
But neither of those happened.
He stood there, powerless.
"AAAHHH!!!"
He screamed crying from too much pain
***
"Caelus…" A female voice called to him.
He knew her. He loved her. She was the love of his life before the Super Phenomena happened.
"Caelus, I love you~" She said sweetly. "You're the pride of our tribe. You take care of everyone! You even studied Data Analyst just so we can improve our farming here! The tribe is so happy to have you with us."
"Aha. Enough flattery. You want to eat something, right?"
"Haha! I was caught. Let's go eat some Katsudon!"
"Hey, that's Japanese food. It's hard to look for it here!"
"B-but…"
"Alright. Let's drive down to the city. It would take us hours to get there. I'll tell our parents before we go down."
The blurry figure of the female smiled sweetly to him. He smiled back with love. He just couldn't win an argument with her. It was true that if you love someone, you would just love to pamper them as if there was no tomorrow.
***
Blood… blood everywhere.
But this time, it wasn't blood or corpses of people dear to him.
It was the corpses of monsters.
They were monsters familiar to him. He had been battling them for who knows how long.
How many had he killed? How many more would he kill?
He doesn't know. All he knew was that he had to kill them until peace in their world was back.
He continued fighting and fighting. Killing after killing.
He couldn't feel anything anymore. What were emotions? All he needed to remember was to survive. It was the least he could do to honor the people he cherished. It was their wish for him to continue surviving.
He danced to the beat of killing. His dash was sharp as he exuded killing intent strong enough to make everyone tremble in fear. He was like the God of Death that reaps countless souls in the path he stepped on.
His feet moved one step and another monster was killed. Another step and another body fall over.
He continued on walking on the bloody path he created.
***
After roughly sleeping and waking up for five consecutive days, he finally felt strong enough to not go back to sleep again.
He opened his eyes and dazedly looked at emptiness.
He remembered some of his dreams but not everything. Some he was sure were his memories, while others were just nightmares created by his own fears.
*I'm Caelus…* he finally accepted the fact.
After experiencing the restorative power of Seed of Life, he realized that the seed wasn't omnipotent. Although it really could heal almost anything it has its limit.
He felt solemn thinking about Alpha and his curse. He knew that the man was telling the truth. The Seed of Life could heal Soul Avatar, Energy and Life Force. But it didn't remove any curse. It couldn't remove complicated curses at all.
Thinking about Alpha, he felt intense pain in his heart.
Heartbroken.
Powerlessness.
Helplessness.
Desperation.
He couldn't save the man at all. And from what he last saw with Hana and Alpha confrontation, he knew that the man had no chance of living at all.
Alpha was already suffering from a curse that was eating his Energy, Soul Avatar and Life Force. Aside from that, he used most of his powers to just carry Sho somewhere safe.
*Hana…* he felt a strong killing desire for the first time ever since he was transported into this world. He saw the crazed look on her eyes, and knew instantly that she would kill Alpha even if the other one wasn't on the verge of dying.
He found the change of Hana unbelievable. Sure, she craved power. She loved manipulating people. But when they established the camp, she was more focused on her survival rather than killing. But the Hana he saw was different. It felt like she could kill anyone she desires.
*Is this the change one would go through outside the Zones? Well, it's a good thing that I'm the one who saw that change. If the original Sho saw it, he might still get brokenhearted. I mean, Hana was really Sho's dream girl. Even after what she did, he still has lingering feelings for her. Wait… why haven't I experienced anything harmful since I've got out of the Zone? Why am I still safe?*
Caelus was confused when he sat up. He then realized that he was in a room. And contrary to what the zone before, the place wasn't ruined at all.
He looked around and the first thought he had was that Sho would love the brick type of place. It was very similar to his castle. It could be even grander than Sho's castle. However, there was something different about the place compared to Sho's castle. He just couldn't pinpoint it as his mind was preoccupied by another thing.
*Are there places that could still be intact?* He felt hopeful. Because from what he heard from the group, outside the Zones were hellish. This place, however, was too tranquil.
He stood up. His senses were alert, but it was silent outside. Yet that silence wasn't eerie. It was… peaceful.
Realizing that, he hurriedly went outside the balcony of his room. Only to be amazed at the grand city where he was in.
"Where am I?" He gasped in amazement while continuing to look around. Everywhere his eyes landed, the vast city brimming with man-made construction could be seen. And because he was currently in a higher building compared to other buildings, he even saw at the distance there was farmland and even cattle land. It was a very fertile place that humans could live. But he was also confused by something.
"Where are the humans? Or any habitants?" he couldn't see anyone at all.
That's when he heard the systematic voice inside his head.
[Shelter Zone needs a name. The Shelter Zone doesn't have any habitants. When the new king took over the Shelter Zone, Shelter Zone's immediate lock down commenced. The King was badly hurt and the Shelter Zone immediately acted to defend the King.]