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Chapter 12 - Everywhere But Nowhere

"AAAGHHH!!" 

Lin Jie was shocked awake deep into the night, an unbelievable amount of pain coming from his abdomen.

Looking down, he found a sword piercing through him and man standing above him; The unknown man had an ever-shifting face, one instant this person, the next instant that person, the rest of his appearance was strange as well, his eyes were nowhere to be found, replaced by large black horns protruding out into the air. His clothes were also out of place, a full three piece suit with a long leather coat above it, clothes forgotten a hundred years ago in the modern world.

"Such a tenacious healing factor," The unknown man smiled.

"AGH! Who are you?!" Lin Jie finally snapped out of his daze.

"Knowledge is of no use to Yama's guests. Be quiet until you find peace." The Unknown man replied.

[The host's life energy is being harnessed. The host will die in thirty seconds.]

[Calculating Countermeasures...! None found.]

[I apologize, host.]

[Skill [Second World] Cooldown complete.]

[Use [Second World] to escape?]

DO IT! GET ME OUT OF HERE!

[Initiating [Second World]....!]

"When I come back, you'll answer me." Lin Jie glared at the unknown man as the world froze and faded to black.

The darkness then lightened into a dark grey color, and then the world just changing stopped.

[Second World has entered a prolonged cooldown.]

"Huh? Something's not right.."

Lin Jie felt his body return to its physical state, but he wasn't back in the [Immortal Hell], it seemed like he was in a blank gray space instead.

"Nyx! Where the hell am I?"

[….the host is extremely unlucky.]

[When using [Second World] there's a 0.0000000000000000000001% chance for the host to be stuck in Limbo. The host it stuck until the cooldown is complete.]

"Huh?"

Huh?

Huh? Indeed. Looking around him, the gray-ness spread infinitely in every direction, nothing to be found at first.

"Was that always there?" While looking to the north, he felt a strange sensation. A towering structure could be seen in the distance, he felt like it wasn't there at all before but doubted his own eyes.

Let's go see what it is.

"Tell me more about Limbo, Nyx."

[Limbo, the everywhere but nowhere, is a space between all dimensions and realms, a space between all things, smaller than a Planck length and larger than infinity.]

[Used as a prison or a sealing plane by some gods, worshipped by others, feared by some, and considered myth by most.]

[It's believed that nothing that enters Limbo can ever leave, and that the creator of reality himself rests within its endless confines.]

[Names are extremely powerful in Limbo, so the host should exercise caution.]

"That's interesting, but also just means i'm going to be bored to no end."

A long time later, Lin Jie finally reached the structure in the distance. A small and beautiful white chapel.

"Come in!" A soft and beautiful voice beckoned him in.

Opening the doors slowly, Lin Jie walked in surprised by the beautiful interior amd tge scene around him.

Decorated on every inch, and the seats filled to the brim with guests, a beautiful union of man and woman, a flowery wedding between a beautiful white haired woman and a handsome blonde man.

"If any in this life or the next disagree with this union, speak now or remain silent for what remains of eternity!" The masked priest shouted.

"I love this part, watch this!" A strangely pleasant voice came from Lin Jie's left.

Looking over, he found a slender man in a suit laughing while eating popcorn from a skull. His eyes two different colors, one golden and the other green, with his white hair long with mixed in braids and golden cuffs.

"Wha-?"

"Just watch and enjoy."

The people, the couple and the priest all suddenly looked back at Lin Jie. Only then did he realize that his hand was raised.

"Fair one! After the night we shared, I have found myself unable to forget your touch and love!" The slender man whispered.

"Fair one! After the night we shared, I have found myself unable to forget your touch and love!" Lin Jei shouted with fervor.

What the hell is going?! I can't control my body!

The couple's eyes snapped to each other.

"You betrayed me?!" They yelled in unison, each one suspecting the other of bertrayal.

"How dare you?!"

"I trusted you!"

Their bodies began to shiver and shake as they transformed into large monsters around twenty feet in height. Their skins blacker than coal and their fangs and claws as white as snow. The guests in the seats also leaped at each other like animals released all at once.

*SNAP!*

The slender man snapped his fingers and the scene froze.

"The rest of the show is less fun…for you." The slender man chuckled.

"Who-What are you?" Lin Jie muttered out.

"The cross, the horse, the lion, the serpent, the stone, the box. But you, dear sir, can call me Gabriel." Gabriel bowed and tipped a nonexistent hat. "You're new here I see, what's your name?"

"I'm…"

"Yes?"

"Ummm…"

The system warned me about names, but I just can't think of a good fake name.

"Here, pick one." Gabriel unfurled a deck of large cards in front of Lin Jie.

Unconsciously Lin Jie picked a card and then flipped it around. On it was an illustration of the night sky with an extremely bright star and a few words.

"Orion?"

"Orion?!" Let me see!" Snatching the card out of Lin Jie's hands, Gabriel was shocked.

"This doesn't make sense…"

"Is something the matter?" Lin Jie wondered.

"Orion the north star, Orion the north star, Orion the north star…" Gabriel muttered repeatedly, falling into a dazed state and floating into the air with glowing eyes.

[You have (1) new message in the marketplace.]

"Open it!"

Expecting a return on investement from the LordOfTheBloodStar, Lin Jie immediately rushed into the chat board.

[Initiating Chat.]

LordOfTheBloodStar is typing..