To a certain part of the world, life is beautiful!
To a certain part of the world, life is peaceful!
And to a certain part of the world, life is filled with happiness but to the man whose name is Ken Daryl, Life has been nothing but misery and sadness, a life of emptiness and poverty, a dying man whose existence is nothing.
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Sitted on his chair, with a pair of glass covering his eyes, His gaze fixed on the macbook screen, what is displayed on the screen is the graphics of a video game, a game which he created just to entertain himself.
One of the biggest video games which the world has ever seen before.
Gehenna 404
A fantasy based game, It's famous for its power system and world building, It's a game that had every single thing a game needed to have.
And Ken Daryl, the creator of this game, still versatile in other things namely: script writer and a video game programmer.
However despite everything, despite creating a game with over a hundred billion downloads, A game which generated over twelve billion dollars in revenue.
He still remains a man whose entirety is wretched in poverty.
The reason is simple, He is a stage four cancer patient and because of his health, He was ripped off by many, drowned in debts, all those who acted as his friends where no more, They all left him to suffer.
Considering the fact that this is the last day he will be spending on earth, He chose to play his game for the last time!
" Ah, this is the final step....and it's completed " Ken voiced out.
This is the hundredth time he has completed this game, He took a deep breath, letting out a loud sigh when he adjusted his glasses, He gently rose up to his feets, He is putting on a green worn out shirt.
With a smile on his face, He stood on from his seat!
He reached out for his phone, he inserted his password, opening his phone, It showed his clock counting down in numbers, His eyes filled with sadness, and with tears threatening to flow down from his eyes.
Even though he tries his best to hide it, He is doing a bad job in hiding it, the sadness in his heart, There is no one he could even think of sharing his sadness with, no one he could spend his last day with.
Just because he is in debts, not even the doctors came to pay him a last visit!
" Nah fuck them all, They all abadoned me, Why should I care if I'm dying without them, It doesn't matter in the end, If I'm to die....I should die alone " Ken said to himself, He tried helplessly to manipulate himself.
He didn't want to experience this pain of loneliness!
But it's something fate left for him, if the universe made this his fate, who is he to challenge them? Ken made his way into the kitchen, he carried a bowl and brought out the cereal from its box.
He poured in cereal into the box and followed with sugar, he turned everything with a spoon before pouring in the chilled water, He carried the bowl and he made his way out of the kitchen, his apartment.
Its a self con rented in a very dirty apartment!
And yet despite this area which is nearly inhabitable for a cancer patient to stay in, He is still fourteen thousand dollars in debt, He sat down on the dirty mattress and he slowly devoured his cereal.
He stared at his laptop which remained on, his full gaze fixed on his precious game, Ken was stunned when his tears watered down his cheeks, His gaze full of smiles and his tears soaked his cereal.
But he couldn't care less....this was his last meal after all!!
Ken quietly ate his food and after a few minutes he was done, He kept the bowl on the ground, a loud sigh escaped his lips, Ken grabbed the bottle of water besides him, he reached out for his medicine.
He took his medicine, gently closing the lid on the water bottle, he kept the bottle of water on the ground, standing up from the bed, he walked back to his seat, He once again adjusted his eye-glass.
" Its almost time, One final game before it all ends " Ken said to himself.
He clicked the restart button, scanning through the game, his eyes suddenly became blurry, His fingers were heavy, his heart raced faster, with sweats dripping down his cheeks, Ken stared at the laptop screen.
He could see a reflection of himself, his eyes reddened!
" What is going on? Is it all ending without me playing my final game? " Ken asked himself with a confused look on his face, He lost his balance when he crashed on the ground, his heart ached in the worst way.
" This shouldn't be, I have just a few hours left.....I...I...I shouldn't....." Ken couldn't complete his statement when he spat out nearly a paint of bloods from his mouth, despite it's painful aches, his heart raced even more faster.
Ken tried to stand up on his feets when he staggered back, losing his balance....He fell heavily on the ground, hitting his head on the ground, his nose, eyes and ears all bled out, Ken laid on the ground.
He had not a single strength to move his body!!
He couldn't even utter a single word, his eyes were shutting down as the dizziness took over in the most horrifying manner, and despite his weakness, despite seeing death right in the eyes, He couldn't take his eyes of that thing.
He stared at his creation displayed on his macbook, slowly raising his hand, his right hand stretched forward, pointed at the laptop but he is already drenched and soaked in his own pool of bloods.
What he saw last was his own game and with a smile on his face, He closed his eyes.
Accepting the fate that was prepared for him since the beginning, If he is going to die anyways, He shouldn't give life the win, If he is going to die....He shouldn't die a weak death, Dying with a smile on his face is more cooler.
His heart raced even more faster and after a few seconds.....His heart stopped beating!
The famous author Kennedy Daryl dying in a cruel manner, with no one to miss him, with no funeral to be prepared for him, He will be cremated by the government once they found his body and his ashes will be thrown into the river.
He died as a complete loser, a life which he regrets with passion, There were alot of people who he let them use him, even though he knew who they truly her, It didn't stop him for caring about them.
To them.....He was only a mere toy to be discarded after use!
He is dying as a fool and as a loser!
But before he drew his last breath, before his brain stopped working, before the light faded right before his eyes, He saw something that is totally out of touch with reality, An entity coated with absolute light.
" Its quite a shame to die as nothing, What if I made you something? " An outwordly voice questioned, His words echoed in the depth of the abyss and Ken drew his last breath but in that moment.
He heard a different voice.....A systematic voice!
[ All conditions required for the simulation ascension have been met, Player's Soul will now ascend into Astroth! ]
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