Ryan struggled to stand up because his body felt so weak like he had come from the gym. In the next instance, his face darkened. " Am I hearing things or had I gone crazy? Am I crazy! " He asked himself several times not accepting the reality.
As a reincarnated with a strong soul, his soul did flickered in a single breath before being brought to that evil space. In only that single breath, the apparitions of that planet felt his soul and were attracted to it like pieces of steel to a magnet. They all instantly moved towards that source of energy as if it was the only oasis in the desert.
His instinct was warning him of the danger he was in and he can feel them even if he was not seeing anything in front of him. It was not one apparition, not a thousand. It was in the hundredths of thousands and still counting.
He ignored them and strode forward slowly as he tried to pick up a sound. He can hear them now as clear as day. He felt like he was a striker in the center of attention after being given a free kick after the opponent's defensive foul in the penalty box. If he doesn't score the only goal to win the game, his team's fans will rip him apart. He can't help but shudder.
He remained there standing still in a walking posture like a statue waiting for them to make their move. The only loud sound he can hear was that coming from his beating heart trying to leap out of his chest.
The blowing of the eerily wind brushed on his skin making him have goosebumps and a slight shiver but he didn't even flinch or blink in fear of alerting them to make a move. They just stood there watching each other.
Voices came flooding to his mind like a broken dam. voices of different kinds of people in different circumstances.
' Mommy! Don't leave me. Help me! '
' I beg you, please don't kill my son! Take me in his place. '
' Today, everyone will bow to her majesty. Those who refuse shall be executed! '
' Offer your souls and your blood for a quick end! '
' You can have me, but please, don't hurt my daughter. '
' What did we do wrong to deserve this? Please spare our lives gentlemen in exchange, I will give you gold. '
' Spare her, she is just a child! '
' Brothers, let us have some fun with these fresh meat before we send them on their way. Her majesty won't mind, right? '
' Kill me you idiot, kill me now! Do you think I fear death? I have waited for this for a long time...
Finallyyyy Raj... dad is coming soon, you won't wait any longer. Bu! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha... '
' Fuck me? Hmph, you can go fuck your slutty mother in the netherworld and see how it feels. '
' Have you had enough fun with those boys brother? If so butcher them then. Let their heads roll for their maker is waiting eagerly. '
' We need enough sacrifice to bring HER back! '
' Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Everything will belong to her majesty. After this, we will rule the immortal plane. Hihihihihihihuhu!
Ryan closed his ears while humming (sun sakiyaa ) song dejectedly so as to distract himself from those voices but even that was futile. The voices and the distant screams of agony had targeted his soul not his physical body.
He fell on his knees with veins popping out of his head. He squeezed his head in the palm of his hands because the headache was killing him he felt like his brains were being played with. " Aaaargh! " At this moment, he really missed those packs of Bournemouth cigarettes. He was dismayed and he gave up his last piece of courage.
He left himself open without any resistance allowing the voices to flood his mind like tsunami He can't even discern what they were talking about and their meaning anymore. " " " Ha! Ha! Ha! Poor me. " He was on the verge of insanity laughing without a reason somberly.
His body morphed and distorted in different shapes. Each of the apparitions fighting to possess the capitulated Ryan's body to be theirs. He coughed a mouthful of blood. His face pale as he was in immense pain because of being warped each and every time.
" I need to stop this before I lost myself. " He thought quickly as his soul was being squeezed out into the abyss by the apparitions.
" My absolute ability is only at mortal realm stage. " ION body is the first level of absolute ability where the body is made stable by fixing every flaws reaching a state where it can not be broken down by any element.
" This will not work! what... what if I absorb them? "