The darkness swallowed Ivon totally as he plummeted down the abyss.
The rush of wind and the sense of freefall seemed endless and then his body feel on a liquid making a ----
SPLASHHH....sound.
"Where am I?" Ivon voice echoed hollowly swallowed by the void.
His eyes fluttered open to an impenetrable blackness. He blinked several times trying to gather his bearing but all he could see was emptiness a around him .
The stillness of the place unnerved him but even more so was the fact that he wasn't hurt . His body which should have been battered and bruised from the fall , felt strangely intact.
Then he tried moving his legs , making a splashing water sound , realizing he is now upon water . The error sensation of this water and the darkness lapping against his skin made him shiver
He looked around with each passing second , it felt like being trapped in nightmare.
"Anyone there , HELP ME !! Please HELP!!!"
His eyes scanned the darkness around him, searching for something that could give him a sense of direction or hope.
But no matter where he looked all he saw was same overwhelming darkness.
His chest tightened with panic, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, the darkness seemed alive pressing in from all sides.
"Oh my God... Where am I?!" Ivon cried, his voice trembling as fear gripped him .
His mind raced "I need to move, maybe I'll find something ... A source of light ... " Determined Ivon began to walk aimlessly at first hopping to find the way out of this endless dark . His leg arched with each step the water cold and unfamiliar beneath his feet, making him feel smaller and more insignificant with each passing second .
Minutes stretched into hours or so it felt, his legs began to ache his feet faltered.
"I ... I left the children behind at the cave ... I ... I failed them ". His voice cracked ,sobs growing louder in the silence , wave of hopelessness washed over him, tears weeled up in his eyes remembering the promise about the children he left behind .
But then through the veil of tears and grief , something caught his eyes. A faint light shimmered in the distance . It was faint but was pulsing with strange allure. The light pulled him like a beacon in the dark.
Without thinking, Ivon pushed himself up and stumbled towards it, but the light was too compelling. His tear-streaked face held a spark of hope, to get out of this darkness .
The light grew brighter as he drew closer and as he neared it took a form , A Black Lotus. The petals of the flower glowed with an errie , otherworldly light, and it floated atop the water like a forbidden treasure.
The sight was beautiful yet ominous , a contrast that sent a chill through Ivon's body.
He then noticed something that totally scared him —
The light of the flower made him realize that water was totally ominous BLACK in color , making him to step back .
But then because of the flower alure , he reached out his finger trembling towards it , his hand brushes against the lotus , in an instant his hand caught black fire spreading towards his body quickly.
His screams echoed through the darkness as the fire burned hotter creeping up his skin with terrifying speed. He stumbled backward, trying to shake the flame off but they wouldn't go out. His legs burned his arm, his face , everything caught in the relentless grip of the black fire.
"NO! Please, make it stop!" Ivon screamed, the pain unbearable, so excruciating that he couldn't think straight anymore.
His vision blurred, his mind slipping into delirium, he should feel his consciousness slipping away as his body grew weaker.
"I.... can't....die....like ths....
My Promise....." He whimpered , barely speaking his last words.
But strangely if one at his body , one could see that — although he was feeling pain , his skin, body has not suffered any burning damage .
....
After a long time .....
Ivon's consciousness began to store , his body numb.
"Who am I !!!
Am I dead?!"
He muttered to himself, the weight of the question hanging heavy in the air. But before he could process his thinking, he felt an overwhelming pain searing through his skull— a sharp agonizing sensation that felt like his brain being torn apart .
"AHHHHH...!!" Ivon screamed his voice crackling with pain, his body trembling uncontrollably as if the world itself spinning around him. His entire being seems to ripple, image flashing in his mind one after another, each one more jarring that the last. It felt as though something deep within his soul was being changed , modified like never before.
"AHHHH ! IT HURTS !" Ivon cried clutching his head, the memories, the experience the lives he'd lived each one flooding into him like a tidal waves. The very essence of his existence twisted and turned in the series of this experience making him lose himself in the torrent of emotion.
Finally after what felt like an eternity, the pain began to subside, draining fatigue. Ivon gasped, panting for breathe, his body quivering he slowly opened his eyes, blinking hard and an unsettling calm mature voice comes out of his mouth as if this person is totally different.
"IT SEEMS THIS IS OUR 500TH LIFE EXPERIENCE !!"
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A/N: WHO IS THIS PERSON ??
IS HIS SOUL SWAPPED !!!?
TO KNOW ABOUT IT — KEEP READING AND GO WITH THE STORY TO KNOW THE EXCITING TWIST IN THE STORY.
HAVE A NICE DAY 😉