Volume 1:Arrival In The Other World
Baamm!!!!!
A bullet is embedded in someone's skull as brain matter scatters in the scene.
"Whatt!"
Someone is having an inner monologue as light fades from his eyes.
"I'm actually dying in this way?"
"How did I even... get into this situation? I always have countermeasures in place for such things."
"... oh did I get shot from a distance?"
" I got killed by a sniper rifle it seems. "
" Ha! What a way to die... "
" But if I'm dead how am I even still thinking..."
" What is going on, am I not supposed to see white light or something not all this darkness? "
At that point Oliphant Malamlela saw the white light he was expecting as it entered his eyes, to his surprise he saw an unfamiliar kind of ceiling in his vision.
"What is this, a Rondavel ceiling?"
"Is this the afterlife?"
Olifant asked himself as he started to experience an unfamiliar feeling of not being in his usual state of mind and body and all this time had suddenly been thinking in a language he himself doesn't understand how he's able to grasp the meaning of.
He leapt out of bed in fright as if waking up from a nightmare.
"What is going on right now?"
When he turned his head to look around he saw himself in a full body mirror like substance, suspended by a tree twig mass twisted together in an oval shape giving a design of having being meticulously crafted.
What was reflected was not himself as he knew, it was a teenager with a brown skin tone, whose age could be around fifteen to sixteen years old. He was garbed in a grayish white sash covering one side of his well built torso with knee high pants matching with the sash. He had short black curly hair and had a slightly thick mouth and had a sharp gaze.
"I've been reincarnated or is it transmigrated? Doesn't matter anyway. " he realized as he touched his face.
At a certain point in time he noticed that there seemed to be someone in the room with him, at the door in the reflection of the mirror he saw a very old wowan in a wide green cloak with many patterns of plants and trees sewn on it, only exposing her overly wrinkled face and hands leaning on her cane with a hunchback, Oliphant's mind jolted.
" Okay who is this? When did she get here, I didn't even hear her approach, I have to keep it together so she doesn't realize that something is amiss." Oliphant thought as he turned around to face her.
"Are you sure you're okay to be running up and about in your condition. I told you that Soul Taker spell of yours is dangerous you should have let me finish my research on it so that it's safe to use now who knows how many hidden entities may have intertwined with your Core Soul and tried to inhabit your body?" the old woman said as she squinted her eyes at Oliphant.
When he heard that last sentence and saw the face she made he couldn't help but think he got figured out.
"I see so the owner of the body was using some kind of magic and did something wrong along the way, it may be what caused me to end up here." he thought.
He quickly gathered his thoughts and replied. "You don't need to worry High Elder I will be fine, I just had a bad dream that's all. "
Oliphant's head was throbbing with pain at this moment as pieces and flashes of memories that did not belong to him flooded his brain, which was why he was able to address the old woman as 'High Elder' even though he just occupied this body for mere minutes.
"Well it's not like I'm going to take your word for it, I have already prepared for you to undergo an inspection of your soul just to make sure your soul is intact, that spell was very dangerous I don't know what you were thinking doing it alone with no security measures in place."
" Dammit!! This old hag I haven't even had the time to think, I'll get found out if my soul gets inspected.I have to think of a way to delay for time."Oliphant thought of as many possible plans as he could to help himself avoid the soul inspection.
Just looking at the high elder he knew she was not someone he could easily fool.
Oliphant opened his mouth to speak while also bowing his head and said. " High Elder you shouldn't have gone to such lengths for me I think you should not waste the academy's resources on me anymore. People might start to think you're giving me special treatment."
" Mhhmmm, an interesting answer to try and stall for time but did you really think I didn't notice your strange behavior and tone? I've practically raised him you can never imitate him."
Suddenly.
Baammm!!!!!
Oliphant felt a rush of pain across his face and he crashed through the the wall and was exposed to the outside world.
A slightly orange sky with a few sparse clouds indicating the time to be in the afternoon entered Oliphant's eyes. It was a serene scene outside, it was pure greenery with many exotic plants and trees he had never seen before, but he had no time to admire the beauty as he was in pain.
Oliphant tried to gain his composure, his mind was screaming at him at this moment "WHAAT! SHE KNOWS!!!! "
Oliphant screamed "High Elder you can't do this I am me !!!"
"I thought I told you not to pretend come clean now and I'll let you live."
The High Elder proceeded to walk out of the hole Oliphant made when she hit his face with her cane and stood not far away from Oliphant.
A small trench was on the ground and Oliphant had hit his back on a nearby tree, motionless. Trickles of blood were flowing out of his mouth and nose. The High Elder spoke a chant under her breath and thick tree branches on the tree Oliphant had his back to grew more branches at an astonishing speed and binded his four limbs and started to pull in the opposite direction of each of the limbs. Cracking sounds could be heard as Oliphant's limbs started to be detached from his body.
Pain! pain! pain! pain! pain!
This was all Oliphant could think of. "Why! I just died and this is what I experience!! Dammit!! There's no way she could know, why would someone of her status and position come here personally to deal with me, this body I'm occupying is what one would call a prodigy amongst others in this place according to the memories I just acquired and to top it off this body could be considered that of her grandson. "
But to Oliphant who is none the wiser this prodigy status would soon be snuffed out by the High Elder.
"I can try to use one of the spells that the kid knows even though I'm not familiar with the process even if this body turns to nothingness that old hag is going to kill me anyway! "
" SKY MOVEMENT ART!! "
" Sky Cleaving Spear Travel!!! "
White light shined on the surroundings and in the next moment Oliphant who was restrained by the tree branches was now a dot in the horizon.
"Don't think you can get away from me traveler from another world!!"