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Chapter 5 - Void's gaze

 After a long time of crying, Falkmar rose. He calms down and seems to determine something. His eyes are filled with the desire to survive and he carries Jonas on his back and starts to walk in a direction.

 Falkmar examined Jonas' wound and found that it had stopped bleeding. After that Falkmar carried him on the back and started his long journey again.

 "Alright, Jonas... I won't leave you here!" Falkmar said with a steady and hoarse voice.

 Falkmar glanced around this space after finishing checking Jonas' wound. It was entirely white and boundless just like the universe and couldn't see any exit. This makes Falkmar confused about how creatures, sounds, and things go to other worlds.

 Right now, he doesn't know where should he go, he is just walking forward without any purpose or reason.

 Just like this, he carries Jonas and walks for a long time.

 "Agh... Jonas, you're heavy..." Falkmar complains softly.

 Falkmar stopped and sat down again to take a rest, placing Jonas down beside him. Right now, he needs to restore his energy.

 Now Falkmar can't think of any solution and is very helpless but the desire to survive kept him from falling here, and besides, he couldn't leave Jonas behind.

 When Falkmar looked at Jonas he felt something weird, an indescribable strange feeling on his mind. This strange feeling lingered and remained in his mind.

 Falkmar didn't overthink and was shocked by the next view he saw. His bloody hand is healing, the wound is recovering and blood is returning inside.

 "What the?" Falkmar's voice with surprised and realizes something.

 At this moment, Falkmar looks at Jonas' wound with joy. As expected, the wounds on his back are healing.

 "This space can recover the wounds!" Falkmar said in his mind happily.

 He quickly crawled over to Jonas, checked his breathing, and found it no longer weak. Realizing this, Falkmar was happy and knew that Jonas was out of danger.

 "Alright, now the only problem is get out of here." Falkmar said happily, as it seemed he had hope filled in his eyes.

 After that is a long time of walking again. The strange feeling hasn't gone it makes Falkmar more confused about this feeling.

 "Looks like I forgot something?" Falkmar's voice with unsure but soon he got the answer from an unknown being.

 "Yes, you forgetting it." A strange voice sounded in this boundless space with weird echoes.

 "Who is it?!" Falkmar's eyes widened and shouted.

 Falkmar quickly glanced around but didn't see anyone; he also couldn't determine where the sound came from, as it seemed to come from everywhere. The strange voice makes his head hurt and he feels nauseous.

 "A very lucky person... Oh my bad, it's two. Well, I see you and his potential. Mortal, I permit you to ask me three questions." The disembodied voice sounded from everywhere.

 "Three questions...?" Falkmar endured the hurt and nausea and said in mind.

 Many questions flood his mind. Falkmar quickly realizes that this might be key to leaving the place.

 "Who are you?" Falkmar asked the mysterious voice.

 "I am the destination of all things, the death, and oblivion, the Void, S҉̧̛̟̰̈̿̒͋́ͅc҉̢̱̦̥͓̠̌̋͠ḩ̴̦̮͓̆͂͂̽͡i̴̧͔̘̜̘҇͌̐v҈̬͕̲̄̊̕͢e̴̠̖҇̄̓̈̈́͢ŗ̴̦̲̙͗̀̚͡s̷̡̛͕͉̄̊͗z̶̮͙͇̎̒̒͢͠w̷͚̟̲̜̜͌͗̾̕͜e҉̞̖̯͚͒͋̈͌̀͜͡n҉͙͎̱͍̉̅̑̿̈͜͞ͅ." Void said with a majestic voice.

 "destination of all things? The death? And oblivion?Void...? What did it say on the last? A god?" After hearing those words and realizing this mysterious existence seems to be a god, Falkmar frowned and didn't feel the holy but the intense pain with nausea.

 But soon Falkmar was stunned.

 "Ahh!!!" Falkmar suddenly cries out in pain.

 He drops down Jonas, kneels, and holds his head. Veins popped up on his forehead, and he felt like there were tens of thousands of worms burrowing inside his head, and the pain was excruciating.

 Just when Falkmar cries out in pain, Void bursts out a laugh and mocks.

 "Hahaha... what a fool dares to know the name of a deity." Void said with a teasing tone.

 The sharp laugh and merciless mock from Void made Falkmar's mind head hurt even more, he felt his head was going to explode. From now on, Falkmar's hatred of the Void has reached the peak.

 "Fuck you Void! You're an asshole!!!" Falkmar scolded in mind and eyes filled with hatred.

 "Tiny mortal, The soul without ambition, ugly wastes, now two more questions to go." Void said without any emotion.

 "How to get out of this place!?" Falkmar shouted to ask. He doesn't want to be here for a moment anymore.

 "I can give you an exit to go back to your original world, or you prefer to go to another world?" Void asked.

 "I want to go back to my original world!" Falkmar shouted and finally, the sense of pain in his head was gone.

 "Oh sorry, but I don't want to let you choose. I'll give an exit that connects with the other world. Hahahaha!!!" Void tricked him again and laughed maniacally.

 Upon hearing Void's words, a wave of anger surged through his mind. If Jonas wasn't here then Falkmar definitely would shout and scold Void because of no worries or concern.

 "Last one question, think carefully before you ask." Void said slowly.

 "...Where are you?" Falkmar gritted his teeth and said.

 This time, Void didn't respond to Falkmar immediately; instead, it took a few seconds before answering.

 "Above you." Void said with a hint of excitement.

 Eventually, Falkmar didn't look up. After all, hearing its voice and knowing its name almost broke him. He asks this question just to prevent that he suddenly glances at Void.

 "Where is the exit?" Falkmar said and rose.

 "Oh, wanted to leave already? Fine, the exit is in front of you. The most beautiful world ever... go enjoy it." Void said.

 Falkmar sneered doesn't believe what Void said, but just when he turned back to carry Jonas and leave this place he was stunned again.

 Falkmar saw Jonas was no longer an adult but a child. Falkmar's eyes widened filled with shock and look at his hand subconsciously and found out his hand was the hand of a child.

 "The exit is there. Go now or else you guys will become younger and eventually turn into void." Void's voice with a teasing tone.

 As Falkmar heard Void's discourse, his eyes widened and now he had finally found out what is that strange feeling, the strange feeling was that they were turning back to the child! Falkmar realized this space can't recover the wounds but reversing the time!

 The dread built fast in Falkmar's mind, he quickly grabbed Jonas' arm and ran to the exit. But because of the power of Falkmar right now, he can't carry Jonas on his back.

 The exit is in front of them, There is a path full of strange flowers. Those flowers look mysterious and beautiful and the fragrance of flowers wafts out.

 As he stepped onto the path covered in flowers, the intoxicating fragrance almost caused Falkmar to fall.

 Suddenly everything shattered like glass then they fell and the overwhelming sensation made him feel panic. The white space fades away leaving a boundless darkness.

 The darkness turns into a starry sky but Folkmar doesn't appreciate it because the intense weightlessness of falling made him scream.

 His scream was brief before he fainted. Before he fainted, the sound he heard was only his scream and the sharp laughter from Void.

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 In the boundless white space, a giant white eye is floating in the air. It's not obvious to see this white eye because it is too huge and the same color as this space.

 This is Void. The murderer who caused the world chaos.

 The white space and the fog are Void's body. In normal cases, nobody will be here but for some reason, Falkmar and Jonas are here, so Void said they are lucky to be here.

 There are two figures below the white eye, it was the sculpture of Falkmar and Jonas. Void makes the sculpture, their size in front of Void like an ant, or even smaller.

 However, Void didn't make it small purposely, that was their original size. If Falkmar looks up then he will see and know how big the Void is.

 Void's eye gazed at the sculpture with an emotionless expression, as if examining a lifeless object.

 A cloud of fog forms two scenes that show where Falkmar and Jonas are. Void gaze joyfully.

 "The show has commenced... Let's see how those two lucky men struggle in the flawless world."

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