It was a beautiful day with a bright blue sky. Despite all the stress build up, I could feel the warmth of the weather.
After studying for countless hours through the entire month, today was the day for my final exams. Such peaceful climate could only further amplify by overwhelming emotions.
I was confident on finally breaking the cycle of bad academics throughout my whole school life and have a shot to be eligible for the top universities.
Or so was what I thought...
Zen Arisolie, 16 year old average high school student, studied the entire night not giving any space of doubts left in his head. But who knew that this would heavily backfire him?
**beep-beep-beep**
As soon as he hears the alarm, he quickly wakes up. He calmly stands up and goes to the washroom to get fresh. With a tired face and messy hair he looks at himself in the mirror while brushing his teeth.
"I'm no longer gonna be average!"
As he was staring at himself, he sees a reflection of the clock that was hanging on top of the bathroom door.
9:40 am
Zen almost choked himself.
His eyeballs opened wide from the shock. 'I'm so fxxked'
'Holyyyyy.....Exam was in 9 and it takes 30 minutes just to reach there. I'm already late by more than an hour. All my hardwork!!! Was it all for nothing??? No....I still have 3 more hours left before the exam ends.'
Zen, without gargling his teeth properly started to get dressed immediately. Unable to find his socks, he just wore the shoes directly. With a bread on his mouth, he quickly moved out of the house in a matter of 2 minutes.
*Huff-Huff* Almost out of breath, Zen was now rushing towards the school at full speed.
His heart raced as adrenaline kicked in, but as time ticked by, his heart felt heavier and heavier with slightest of doubts slipping into his mind.
'Will I be able to make it in time'
'Will I even be able to write well'
'Am I not prepared enough'
'What if I get average marks, no what if I don't even pass?'
Zen slaps his face. 'Now isn't the time to think about such nonsense'
There were no public transport around, and Zen had to rely purely on his endurance. He was only 5 more minute away from reaching.
His heart started beating more and more as uncertainty filled in his mind.
"All those countless temptations I have resisted, sacrificing my sanity and peace for this very day. I have come a long way, I must bring in great results."
As soon he comes across a bridge, a bird was flying weirdly on the sky. Zen notices it and smiles to himself, as if to calm himself before facing the storm.
But that bird was actually injured and it soon starts to fall to the ground.
At the same time, a bike was coming at an extremely fast speed, the bird falls right on front wheel causing the bike to loose it's balance.
In an Instant, it collides with Zen, the force was so strong it sends him flying far from the bridge. The bike hit straight to his body, crushing all his bones as if it was paper.
"This is how I die?"
"I never got to fully live my life"
"I wish I had studied harder years back."
Drowning deep in the river, he slowly looses visibility in his eyes, with everything getting darker around him.
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[System Starting...]
[Analysing User's Profile]
[Analysing Successful]
[Assessing User's Stats]
[Assessing Completed]
.....
A huge wave came by the shore, sweeping in tree stumps, driftwood, seaweeds and scattered tree logs and roots.
In the dirt, was a monster almost dead mixed around with it. It wasn't moving at all, totally covered in the waste.
[The User Is On The Brink Of Death]
[System Override : Self Authority Activated!]
[97% Of The Body Has Been Infected By Poison]
[Initiating Self Healing!]
[Self Healing Has Been Activated!]
[47 hours Remaining Until Fully Purified]
The monster, unconscious, was floating near the shore, it's body was full of blood, with deep cuts everywhere.
10 hours had passed, the place was totally dark. The monster finally wakes up. As soon as he regains consciousness, he stoods tall and gets to the shore quickly.
He could feel the pain in his chest, near the shore was full of sand so he quickly lies on the ground holding his hands on the chest.
"Where am I?"
"I though I was dead?"
Zen pinches his face, he could clearly remember the sensation of his last breath. It was an unexplainable sensation he had never faced. He could feel the peace in his mind as he slowly looses his consciousness but his heart was also weary of falling in the pits of void with no return.
"This really is no illusion, Just how did I survived?"
With his hands on his mouth, he remained frozen unable to process the phenomenon. It was then he sees himself surrounded by the forest.
It was a wierd forest with scary cawing of the crows and hooting of the owls. The trees looked like dark pine trees and with twisted vines of shrubs that was emitting some kind of green coloured smoke.
Him being alive was another thing, now seeing himself in a mysterious place, Zen was out of words to speak.
'What in the hell is this?'
He could here the ripples of wave coming from his back. It was a small river that gets seperated for a huge river just few meters ahead.
As Zen tries to take a handful of water on his palms to clear his thirst, he almost chokes drinking. He could see a reflection of some wierd looking nasty monster.
Panicked, he quickly touches his face, hands, and his entire body. Zen's mind was in utter chaos. With hands shivering, he gulps down his throat and eaves his hands on the water.
"What the fxxk! what happened to me?"
"Why do I look like a Goblin?"
"Is this a dream?"
It was getting dark, Zen just sat huddled, his stomach resting on his knees, near the shore with a depressed face.
*Gurrr*
Zen was extremely hungry but there seems to be no reaction as he just sat there quietly. As if his whole world had came down crashing.
Meanwhile, a mysterious creature was preying on Zen with a killing intent from the shrubs.
[Warning!]
[A Hostile Enemy Has Been Detected Nearby!]