3rd draft, LitRPG(Rewrite)[soleCharacter][maleLead][Fantasy]
{Rated Mormon, just for my friends}
This is a True Story! Date of writing this, 2019
(Every time you see a system message, U can skip it if u like, the following paragraph will explain everything it shows. Or you can look at the system messages and skip the following paragraph. choice is yours.)
50yrs old, I was born on the 11th of December 1916. And I died back in 1966. I've only just crossed the Bridge of Judgement from my heaven, waiting for my son who was currently dying in the Salt Lake Hospital. My Grandson, whom I've never met in my human form was having the worst day of his life. I've watched all my grandchildren as well as my son's life. I was joyed to see my son again, already he was materializing in a ghost form before me finally in the spirit realm. Realization had just flooded into his consciousness as he adjusted to this form, the form that all remember when they appear here. Next was confusion, because no 'one remembered the end of their life. That was one of the many blessings of our lord Jesus Christ.
My Heaven is my own world with the blessings of all the humans advanced technology. I live in a Cabin hanging off a 200-foot cliff with a view of all the Earth's amazing sites all around me. I watch the super bowl with my father every year, sometimes here sometimes in his heaven. Our favorite team has been killing it! The New England Patriots! It's the ultimate Retirement! And the humans' inventions are everyone's heaven! Just one thought and you have any item you want, it's an amazing life. But my body wasn't allowed here, only my spirit form. My physical body was in my Cabin's meditation room, while I waited here for my son.
I just had my 103rd birthday, at my friend's heaven, which was amazing, but even with our heavenly immortal bodies we could still feel the backlash of getting messed up at a party. So, I kept having a hard time keeping myself still so my son could come towards me. Our embrace was something magical, when two souls collide there's a spark of beautiful heavenly colors that shimmer all around. I placed my arm around my son who just turned 68 and started walking back towards the Bridge of Judgement.
'Dad' My son thought towards me, then he looked around at the other souls, but didn't see any he recognized.
'Your mother hasn't been able to master control of her spirit yet.' I thought back to him knowing that's what he was thinking. I then guided him towards the massive bridge, the only way to reach the other side and gain his new immortal body.
We both knew there was no worries of him being able to cross or not. The judge was yourself if you feel yourself worthy to have your own heaven or not. Many have reached the point, usually with no 'one waiting for them, and completely hate themselves so much for their life that they need hell. Those individuals could never be happy with that guilt, but still Jesus' here waving to us now was sad every time one fell through. Jesus waits and offers anyone who asks a wipe of their own soul to go and try again with new experiences. Even with that there is still many who choose hell instead.
With a knowing smile Jesus embraces both me and my son, I had gotten two hugs today! With joy we continued our walk across the long bridge, and with a spark of interest my son hears fighting on the side. So, I walked with him and looked over the grand bridge's side to see the swirling mist of clouds down below with demon's all around trying to fly their way up. Looking, I got a little worried… there was never these many demons before. This was the stop, the ever-movable object hits the unmovable object dilemma. The Demons' ever trying to get the innocent soul to fall through hell.
A sense of shock shook me and my surroundings as a great big angel landed on the side in front of us. Easily 20 foot tall nothing but muscles and shining armor with a large 10-foot golden sword. Looking up to his head we both observed a large smile, and his other hand shooed us away from the side. We gave him our relief sense as we began to back away.
Then The angels face went to a pained expression, an angel's face with disturbed shock, this was impossible. A blur from his stomach area made me look down, and then I was struck with realization. There was a large red hand sticking through the Angel's silver bleeding torso with large sharp black nails. The Angel than was pulled back and thrown down below, leaving a 15-foot demon staring at us. The demon moved fast grabbing towards my son. I quickly pushed my son out of the way, placing myself in the demon's path.
Pain radiated all through my body, along with red flashes where the demon had grabbed me and threw me down over the bridge. As I fell, I saw a bright flash that tore the demon that had just thrown me in half. The pain had finally subsided; How in the hell was I feeling pain, that was supposed to be impossible I thought. There was nothing to worry about, sure they got me, but Jesus was here I just gave him a hug.
To my confirmed relief Angels dominated in the skies all around me tearing the tens of thousands of Demons all around me to pieces. The Biggest Angel I had ever seen appeared above me working his way through many demons. Everyone knew this Angel it was Arch Angel Gabriel one of the best fighting Angels to ever exist. He held a large golden rod with a double-bladed longsword at the end of it. It moved everywhere around Gabriel cutting up demon's everywhere his most famous weapon that could think for itself using up General Gabe's power.
Gabriel reached out to me as his other hand punched three demons coming at him away from himself. I also reached out my hand, but then I was flooded with pain once again. Another powerful demon's hand grabbed his head and tore his head from his body. In a surprised shock I saw my soul split at the neck from my body. I was thrown even faster towards the swirling mythical clouds. I felt everything! I wasn't supposed to feel anything, maybe because they are demons perhaps. Was I going to die? Again!!??
Just than my soul like a magnet came back together and I felt normal once again. I spread out my limbs to stop my spin than I Oriented myself to look upwards. General Gabriel was there already wrapping his large arms around me, then with a tight embrace I felt his powerful see-through strings of white energy wings flap down slowing our speeding decent. But we weren't going up, Gabriel realized this as well and gave it a couple more goes, than with a panic even more. I looked towards the horizon and seen that we were within the red swirling mists, just a couple feet below were caves all around with millions of Demons pouring out flying above to block any intercepts towards their intended pray.
Fear gripped me as I watched Gabriel's wings trying their hardest to flap so we could go up, but they were on fire and losing power. Our slow decent stopped as we both fell through the mist.
Then a sharp pain radiated through me… Did a demon grab me again? The headache radiated outward. Time slowed, making the pain worst. It felt like my body was getting ripped away from me one shred at a time but reversed.
I couldn't think of anything coherent that made sense… How long have I been in this pain? When did it start? Who am I?
Then there was no pain. Opening my eyes, I saw that I was cuddled up on the angel's chest. We were still falling. I had a new naked body. A young body? Worst was the air. it was filled with acid.
Getting my bearings, I looked around… we were falling down an endless pit. The mist was slowing turning into a red wet throat. The angel was blocking the atmosphere from me holding me close to his chest.
I sat up and looked at the angel who was also looking at me with surprise in his eyes.
"How did you fall through?" The angel asked.
How did I fall through? I'm guessing from the bridge maybe.
"I don't think I understand, but a demon killed an angel and grabbed me throwing me off the bridge." I replied.
I felt my body, but this wasn't my body! My body was in my heaven, I shouldn't be here. Where is Jesus! I looked up from where we have fallen and couldn't even see the realm I had fallen from. How long have I been falling?
"What's your name?" The angel asked.
"Bert… Are we going to get saved? Jesus was at the bridge as well!"
"It is impossible for Jesus to enter this realm. Its' also impossible for you to fall through the realm, only flagged sinners can fall through. It was impossible that I have fallen through as well." The Angel turned his head to look at the sides and returned his face forward. The acid had eaten through his cheek, but it quickly healed.
Before I could try to process what, he had just said within my vision was moving text. The only words I caught was error messages. Looking at the angel he appeared to have something with him as well.
Then everything changed. It felt like I was teleported, and my body was frozen with my arms out. We were in space! Only my head had motion, looking around I saw the angel also frozen moving his head, but his body was frozen as well with his arms out.
We both were in the middle of space, with distant galaxies all around us in sharp detail!
Then an alien type creature appeared in front of us, bigger than the angel. It was humanoid, black, but that was the end of anymore details. No hair, no face just all black. It moved its head towards me looking me up and down.
"The impossible, appears to be possible. Jehovah's child, and the famous General Arch Angel Gabriel…" The alien then touched my head, and I felt like he went through my head trying to look for information, but I could easily push him out of my head.
"How has Jehovah avoided the system? Where is Jehovah?" The alien asked.
The question was directed to me, but I looked at Gabriel. He was still looking around as if he didn't hear this strange giant being floating in front of me.
"Jehovah? Like Jehovah witnesses?" I asked, I mean what the hell was he talking about.
Gabe then looked at me with question in his eyes. "Do you see or hear something?" Gabe asked. Apparently only I could see him.
The alien then gave a sign and with a wave of his hand Gabe was now staring at the same creature as me.
"Are you the System?" Gabe asked.
The system I thought. Like a computer System? I looked around and realized I was able to breath, even though there was no atmosphere. Just looking around all the star systems in perfect detail, we were not in the Milky Way system.
"Where is your charge, Angel! How is your charge hiding from me?" The System demanded.
"As you can sense, I haven't seen Jehovah since he disappeared. This innocent soul has fallen through the realm collapse. Please send us back." Gabriel answered with a demand.
"I can send you back, but the innocent soul I cannot send back. The only way for a soul to get through the collapse is to take away the soul's protections. A god would have to physically touch a soul to make that happen. Looking at you, I can see that the protections are away. But you have no signs that you've ever been around a god." The Innocent slowly said.
"I choose to stay with this innocent soul." Gabriel demanded.
"Impossible, the only way you're staying with this soul is to soul-bind." The system said as it moved close to Gabriel's face.
"That isn't possible… He's not a god, nor is he a Celestial being." Gabriel yelled at the alien.
"This soul is something greater than both, he is a candidate for the Ragnarök title. Because he isn't a celestial being, you'll have to use your own power to soul-bind to him." The system said calmly.
"No! Send us both back!" Gabriel demanded louder this time.
The system then ignored Gabriel and placed a hand on my head. Again, Text started flying through my vision, but I couldn't concentrate on it as pain exploded in my head again.
The hand finally moved from my head, and I felt dizzy. When I opened my eyes there was another alien there, except this one appeared to be a red galaxy skin on a humanoid form. It kept looking back and forth between the black system to me.
"You've given this mortal being the ability to see us?" This red alien asked with a passive voice.
"These two are from Jehovah's realm." The black system stated getting a slow nod from the red alien.
The red alien then placed his hand on my shoulder and Pain radiated through my body, but I couldn't scream I was frozen. Then as fast as it came, it was gone.
"This being has no past signs of a system within its soul." It claimed with a little bit of shock. It's a Ragnarök candidate! How then are you going to handle the tutorial? The laws are clear, no mortal can be taken out!" The red alien yelled at the black alien.
The black alien then motioned its head as if looking at the red alien then me. Very calmly it replied. "The tutorial is part of the base laws, this being gets a chance to complete it." It stated.
"There are nine dungeons that you must complete, losing to any of them will result in you being stuck in hell forever. I will now be teleporting you to your first dungeon. I will allow the Angel to stay with you in the starting area. You will have one hour, then you will be teleported to the dungeon. The Angel I will throw back through the realm collapse. Good luck." The system stated, then before I could say anything we were standing on the ground.
There was black slick walls, floor and ceiling with no windows or doors anywhere. The angel's wings began to heal right away and the light he was radiating gave us light within this room.
I looked over to the Angel who was staring at me with a frown on his face. Dungeon? Like a game?
"Who was this System person? And what is he talking about with dungeons?" I asked watching the Angel nod his head in understanding.
"The universe that we came from is hidden from the rest of the gods and hidden from the System that controls it all. Sit down, we don't have much time." The Angel demanded as he took a knee and set his hand on my shoulder.
Thinking about what System said about a god touching me, sparked me with the answer!
I said out loud what I was thinking "I hugged Jesus! Jesus is a god, right?" I asked.
This got a startled expression from the Angel; through his face I could see his thoughts. At first it was one that wanted to deny that answer, but Gabriel had seen the truth of it as well.
"You should go back. If Jesus has set this as my path, then I will do my best… completing these dungeons. I'm right? Right?" I asked, fear griping me. Was I going to go through hell? I would do it in a heartbeat… this is what Jesus wants? I knew I would do anything for him.
"I want you to close your eyes, and in your mind, I want you to say 'stats'." Gabriel gave me a nod to do as I was told.
I closed my eyes. 'Stats' I said in my head and was surprised by text that came up.
[Name: Bertram Bullock], [Race: RaceBody (Human)], [Level: 0]
(7/10) Health) (0/10) Power) (3/10) endurance.
Inventory: Nothing
Strength: 3
Constitution: 1
Dexterity: 2.3
*Travel to the Tutorial zone, to learn how to use the new great system. Think (yes), or(no).
(1) [Elder-God Spark] (This is a one-time use)
"Ragnarök" Equipped title halves all stats and causes blindness; While in this state Health cannot be affected by anything.
This window had popped up behind my eye lids which surprised me, and I quickly opened my eyes, and I could still see it on my vision at my peripheral vision, but I saw it perfect which was very strange. Seven health? I looked down and seen sours all over my body from that acid atmosphere we were just at. And what was RaceBody? 3 endurances? Just like a game? And I was tired in this new body of mine. The active ability seemed like something that he shouldn't have from where he was now.
"What's Elder-God Spark?" A surprised shock came from Gabriel.
"It's a very special gift. A lesser god only has 100 sparks, each being 1% of their power. A God's spark would be worth 100 for each 1 of the lesser gods. A Greater God x100 again, then its elder god at x100 again. Elder god being the top." Gabriel's features began to change after answering my question and he gave me a big smile.
"I think your right, I think Jesus did this on purpose, even with me being here! Listen, we don't have much time till the dungeon starts. I'm going to soul bind to you, I will become a Jhinn within you. Jesus never allowed me to bind to him, he always said I had a higher purpose." Gabriel explained. Yet I still had no idea what he was talking about.
System: Gabriel has casted [Divine Heal] healing you for 1200 health.
Ragnarök: (10/10)Health)(0/10)Power)(10/10)endurance.
Popping up in my vision again, about 1 second faster than 'actually' seeing a whitish green color radiate around us. I no longer had any sours on my naked body! This is like a game!
"I'm going to do something, and I need you to know something. When an Angel soul binds with you, it's something verry deep and important for an angel. No matter what your thinking, I want you to just trust me, and say yes!" Gabe explained as he took a knee and placed his hand on my chest, which nearly cover my entire torso. "Gret-fo-shin. Now you say yes." Gabriel said.
It was true, I had no idea what he was talking about, but I did as I was told. "Yes." I said raising my eyebrows to him questioning if I had done it right.
Then a blinding flash of light blew up Gabriel forcing me to shut my eyes. When I opened them again Gabriel was nowhere around. I felt a notification Bing inside my mind, as if I had a cell phone in my head. I ignored them and looked all around me. "Where did you go?" I asked in a panic. Did that system alien take him away? Was I going to have to do this alone now? I was naked with no weapon!
'I'm here.' I heard Gabe's voice inside of my head, which gave me a short panic. I looked all around me again, but it was only dark, and nothing was inside with me anymore. 'Close your eyes and concentrate on where my voice is located.' Gabriel explained calmly.
I slowly closed my eyes and began to fall into my meditation stance. I concentrated on where in my head I heard his voice and allowed my essence to slowly float in that direction. I Found him! It was like looking at a transparent egg forcing Gabe in a fertile position with his legs up to his chest. He was struggling against the invisible walls forcing him to stay crawled up in a ball.
'I see you' I stated in my head, getting an irritated nod from Gabe as he continued to struggle. 'Is there anything I can do?' I asked feeling terrible about Gabe's continued struggle.
'No, give me some time to figure out how to make more room. It is very tough to focus away from not letting this realm collapse kill me.' Gabe stated. I could feel his focus leave me and concentrate on the invisible egg prison he was in.
Okay I need to figure out what I can do from here. I was about to go into some dungeon that I needed to complete, if I didn't then I'd be stuck in hell forever. This System thing seemed to be a video game made real life. Get levels, become powerful, complete all the hell dungeons. I could do this; I was a master at playing games in my heaven.
It's still December 2019, back on earth I have mastered most games ever created by humans up to that date. Level's stats, this was like a MMO with RPG stats. I wanted to do a search with my soul browser to look up the current human network on MMO's and RPG's. I was surprised to see that I still had this skill.
YES! This was amazing, maybe I could just teleport back to my main body! I crossed my legs and set my hands face down on my knees of my new young body and closed my eyes. I began to astral project outside of my body, but there were no spiritual cords I could grab on too. I had quite a few spiritual cords I was able to touch before, each going to someone else's heaven, or back to the bridge of judgement to loved ones as they returned to the Bridge of Judgment.
*Congratulation you have mastered a skill, without the skill! New skill [Astral Projection Meditation] has been added to your skills.
New skill? This wasn't a new skill! Maybe it's the new body I'm in? That must be it. I closed my eyes again and stated: "Stats".
[Name: Bertram Bullock], [Race: RaceBody (Human)], [Level: 0]
(7/10) Health) (0/10) Power) (3/10) endurance.
Inventory: Nothing
Strength: 3
Constitution: 1
Dexterity: 2.3
Equipped Title: None Equipped.
(1) [Elder-God Spark] (This is a one-time use.)
*Travel to the Tutorial zone, to learn how to use the new great system. Think (yes), or(no).
[Title Equip] You have one title you can equip. "Ragnarök."
[Summon Jhinn Weapon] (Ancient Weapon) "Golden Spear." Duration: until no longer touching, then it disappears. Cooldown: 5min
[Summon Jhinn] ("Elder Arch Angel" Gabriel) duration:1 hour, cooldown: 24hrs.
[Astral Project Meditation] duration: 5min, cooldown: 5min
There were quite a few things new in my active skills now! I'm still naked and around five minutes left in this 'Starting Area' that system had put him. Looking at them I didn't even have to question what they were; I already knew it. With an angel soul bound to me he was now my weapon. I knew there would be a tattoo on my skin, and I could summon the golden spear Gabe had into my own hands as my own weapon. I could also summon him, and he could exist outside of my body for one hour. The Astral project skill took me a long time to master in my own heaven, but it was only good when there were spirit channels connected to your soul. Mine were all gone, there was nowhere to go, the skill was useless.
I tried to think of more things I could do to prepare myself, but I knew my time was running short. I was skilled with unarmed combat; it was my only weapon.
'Find a safe spot once I'm teleported, then I can plan on what to do next' I told myself as I prepared my mind for the next teleport.