The darkness of death was cold and unwelcoming, there, the darkness was absolute and no matter how hard you strained your eyes, nothing could be seen. I tried to scream but I could not even move my vocal cords, not even an inch. It was the worst feeling that I had ever felt in my entire life. It felt like centuries past but it was only a few minutes, and a warm welcoming glow filled the dark place and a silvery gate opened in front of me, where a booming voice spoke, "you have died a hero's death, therefore you, bruto, have earned two choices, come into heaven and enjoy a bountiful life or experience life in another world with the chance of losing all your memories, choose wisely." I immediately knew my answer and spoke. "If you'd be so generous, I will gladly take the risk." as soon as I spoke the last word he flung me into a portal and my body materialized before me, I was taller, more muscular and my hair was somehow white as snow. When I landed into the ground I was in a village, just behind a tree. The villagers wore old fashioned clothes that looked like rags and they spoke a language that in all my life, I had never heard.
Curious, I walked out of my hiding spot, waving at the villagers. However before I could utter another word the villagers started shouting loudly again, in another weird language, and one of them threw a spear towards me. immediately, I dodged the spear, Perhaps knight training was useful after all? I decided to get away from the angry villagers and set up a small shack made out of sticks and leaves in the monster infested forest.
While I was sleeping I heard someone in the distance, shouting for help. I got up and started to run towards the source of the noise, using magic to enhance my running speed. Quickly as it began the shouting died down and I stopped in my tracks. That was very weird. I continued to the source of the noise and saw a young girl, around my age, in her teens, knocked out cold and slumped to the floor. The girl had long white hair, large doe-like eyes and was extremely beautiful. I decided to drag her back to camp where I monitored her closely. Suddenly the girl sprang up and tried to stab me with her dagger, I weaved and barely avoided my demise. The girl tried to punch me but I caught her hand, "who are you?, where am I!" She shouted in my direction. "Calm down." I uttered softly, "I saw you lying motionless so I brought you here." with her remaining hand she slapped me with such force I flew backwards.
"What was that for?".. I groaned looking at her directly in the eyes.
The girl charged at me again this time, with a swift kick. I caught her foot and placed it back on the ground only to dodge another kick to my gut. I leapt backwards and focused on gathering mana, shaping it into a spear and firing it. The spell, small as a flame, impacted the ground and in an instant the entire forest was destroyed, the sky was engulfed by a massive mushroom cloud and a shockwave decimated the village nearby. Waking up, I found myself lying in a massive crater with the unconscious girl lying next to me.. I scratched my head and looked around, not believing that this was the cause of my weakest spell?!
TBC..