As we moved forward it didn't take long for us to arrive in front of the two gates. The moment we arrived we noticed two figures standing at the front of the gates. I wondered if they were the gatekeepers that guarded the gates.
Just like before I realized I could not make sense of these beings, neither could I tell if they were friends or foes, but I saw no need to react especially when I was already dead and lost all my powers.
At first glance, you would think they were so tiny they would be sucked into the gates at any moment.
But on a second glance, you would realize they were humongous, despite their size being an ant when compared to the two colossal gates.
"Welcome to the realm of reincarnation." A voice no one could tell where it came out from said to us, after the voice spoke we all understood one thing, this was a realm of reincarnation, a realm that was only heard of in legends.
"Welcome once again to the realms of reincarnation.
"To put it simply, the white gate is that of life and the dark is that of death. However, it doesn't mean you will get extra life or die in either of these gates, it's just a simple term to describe the scenarios of what occurs inside the gates.
"Within those gates are infinite number of worlds and opportunities that would probably suit you. Also, merits will be given according to the amount of duties fulfilled back in the world you once lived.
Use your time wisely. I hope all of you succeed in whatever world you are reincarnated to"
The moment the voice was done talking, there was an eerie silence before we felt a sudden jolt like sensation, as if a chain reaction, everyone fidgeted as loud painful shrieks resounded in the place.
A moment later, the pain seemed to have reduced and I realized everyone had different reactions, as everyone seemed to have felt pains in different parts of their bodies, the worst one among them was one who held its crouch.
Compared to some the pain was on my hand, as I stared at my palm, my expression darkened, on my palm was a swirling darkness that kept making my head buzz a bit.
Death gate!
When I saw it I knew this was the gate I had chosen or rather that was chosen for me. However, just like the being said it didn't mean anyone would die inside the gate, which made me wonder what type of world I will be reincarnated into, just then I could hear murmurs around me.
"Life gate?" A shadow baby said in surprise, compared to its size its voice sounded hoarse.
At this point, I realized something new, we could all talk. Many of the said shadow babies turned around to ask themselves different questions and what gates they had been given.
While others wanted to know what world they came from, but it seemed like we were being prevented from doing so as the moment these shadows were about to reveal what world they came from, the voice in our heads spoke again telling us to move, this time it was just a simple command but also what to do.
"The gates of life and death have been opened move according to your given gates. Focus your mind on the symbol on your palm, when you get to the gates it will automatically activate the world you will be reincarnated into."
The moment the voice was over, I could see there were now two lines, one leading to the gates of life and the other leading to the gates of death. It was a strange scene to witness, it was almost like the judgment day recorded in the bible.
Regardless, I followed the line leading to the gate of death, it was needless to say it was balanced. Each gate had the exact same number of shadow babies. As we moved closer to the gate I realized the symbol on my palm began to swirl faster. The next moment, I felt something crawl up within my body, as various words in mid-air appeared before me.
[Shadow baby]
[Shadow rank before death: King of death]
[Name: Ainz Dorak]
[World - Unknown]
[Wishes - Unknown]
[Gate: Death]
With a look of amazement, I looked at what had appeared before me, it looked unreal no matter how much I stared at it, it was as if the floating words were like floating commands on a scroll during war. However, at the same time, I could tell it was different.
However, what bothered me a little was the fact my new world wasn't stated, I wondered why?
Same way it was for the rewards I was supposed to get, thinking about it maybe it was after I had entered the gate and reincarnated that everything would fully be displayed to me.
Eventually, It was soon my turn to enter the gate of death, the moment I looked deep within it suddenly felt as if I had lost consciousness, it was as if the darkness inside the gate was swallowing every light that came close to it, reminding me of the figure I had seen earlier, except there were flashes of lightning inside. After a few seconds, I took a deep breath, before I went inside, the moment I did I could feel the whole world begin to shudder so fiercely as if the entire place was about to crumble, but there was nothing I could do because I couldn't see a thing.
The atmosphere was completely dark, no matter how much I tried I could only see pitch darkness with flashes of lightning that briefly appeared and disappeared, with each flash of lightning I would feel a subtle change in the environment, just I was wondering when I would finally reincarnate, something suddenly appeared in front of me, making me realized it was a pillar of white lightning, without being able to dodge it struck down on me heavily.
It was so bright, my entire shadowy body vanished along with it, not even my eyes were spared as I felt my eyes become void of light.
Suddenly, after some time I felt I was in a tight wet space and was forcefully being pushed forward from the wet space I was in.
Even though I tried to struggle, I realized it wasn't working, rather the force grew stronger and stronger.
Sometime later, the darkness that clouded my eyes due to the lightning that struck me, was replaced with bright warm rays of light.
Eventually, I could hear people talking around me, at first it was as if they were murmuring but gradually it got louder and louder, but soon became somewhat familiar as if my brain was forcefully trying to process what they were saying to me.
'Have I reincarnated?', I thought to myself as my eyes couldn't make out anything except blurry images. 'Where am I?
I couldn't help but frown, I could feel someone or something was touching my body, somewhat roughly.
The weirdest thing was that the hands were gradually warming my body.
'What's happening?'