It's January 18th, 2025, at 12 PM. New York City, no, the world, is running as normal. Cars are moving, TikTok is getting banned on this day, people are working and earning less money than the distance it takes for a human to get burned by the sun.
It's moving like normal...
The clock is ticking, ticking, ticking...
After hours, it strikes 10:54 PM...
And suddenly, disaster strikes! The world then starts to collapse from an unknown force! Buildings fall, streets implode, Earth quakes happen as tectonic plates move up so much that not only are they noticeable but they also create mountains and rocky plains. And then, portals open as beasts of all types with animalistic and savage minds come through and invade the world killing all life on Earth. Everyone... dies.
Everything is gone when the dust settles. The entire Earth is just rocky plains everywhere, dust rises off the ground... there is nothing.
Now, three years pass and one of, if not the only survivor of the catastrophic event.
It's a man named O Telefteos Elpis. He is 29 years old, he has long white flowing hair that goes down from the middle to end of his back. His left iris is silver with a white pupil, but his right eye is a red iris and his pupil on that eye is a white X. He also has pale skin. He has short, sharp, white nails. He wears a long red scarf that flows in the wind. He also wears baggy black pants. He also has an unbuttoned white button up shirt over his shoulders, flowing in the wind, with nothing underneath showing his athletic build, he has a large red scratch scar on his back. He wears red finger cut gloves on his hands. His shoes are black with red accents. He has a long deep red ribbon wrapped and tied around his waist on his pants. He is also 6'2" tall. His face is charming and clean shaven with his skin being smooth. He is walking through the dusty, rocky plains of this post-apocalyptic Earth.
"Huh..." O Telefteos says, his voice a bit low and husky, "There's something here." He continues as he then walks through the dusty, rocky plains.
After walking for a few minutes he then stops for a second.
"Yeah," O Telefteos says as he turns his head to his right, "somethings definitely here." He goes on.
O Telefteos then widens his eyes as his right eye's pupil starts to spin and his perception becomes enhanced tenfold and an entire 1,000 miles away he sees a an abstract beast rushing towards him.
"An abstract one?" O Telefteos exclaims, calmly suprised, "Those are rare." O Telefteos yaps as he then goes up to kill the beast.
These beasts are called "Munts" and an average Munt can take out an entire civilization. Munts have animalistic but savage instincts that kill any living thing or being they see, even the smallest cells. But this one is special, this Munt is a complete abstraction in reality and spacetime itself.
"Alright, let's see if you're actually challenging." O Telefteos says as he then runs towards the beast at the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom when he rushes off.
When he gets half to the distance of the abstract Munt he does a roundhouse, again at the speed of sound but once he's approximately 10 feet away from him he does a no handed back flip with incredible height but while he's turned in the air, facing the the abstract Munt he then puts up a finger gun, he then compresses the air around him at a small point and then shoots it at the abstract Munt right through the chest and it's a thin shot until,
"Expand!" O Telefteos says as the shot then expands, completely destroying the abstract Munt's body.
O Telefteos then lands on the ground and dusts himself off, "That was pretty easy." He says.
He then goes back to walking and then his stomach growls, "God damn it, I'm hungry!" O Telefteos grunts.
He then goes out and scouts for a Munt, once he finds on he kills it with kick in the chest that blows a hole through it. Then he blows the right amount of fire out of his finger to burn it.
"Surprisingly, Munt meat is actually good." He says as he munches on it.
He then finds a woman, she looks near dead, she's battered and beaten, she's wearing ripped jeans and a ripped shirt. She's 5'6" and looks to be 19. O Telefteos stares at her but when she collapses on the ground he then walks up to her and checks her body,
"Hm..." He thinks, "She's dead."
He then makes his right eye's pupil start spinning, enhancing his perception tenfold, allowing him to see exactly where she's injured, and exactly how to heal her. He then reaches his hand out as it glows and it then heals her injuries and restores her to full health and revives her.
The woman wakes up and sees O Telefteos and she gets startled, "Eek! Please d-don't hurt me!" She stutters.
"Don't worry, I won't touch you..." O Telefteos responds.
The woman then looks at herself and realizes she's healed, "H-How..."
"Don't worry about it," O Telefteos says, "just be grateful." He continues and then gets up and goes to leave but the woman grabs his wrist.
"Wait, who are you?!" The woman says to him, "P-Please, tell me!"
O Telefteos sighs, "I am O Telefteos Elpis." O Telefteos says, "And you are?" He asked.
The woman then gets nervous, "I-I'm Ayla," The woman responds, "Ayla Contour." She continues.
O Telefteos' eyes widen for a moment, "Contour..." He says, "I've heard that before, somewhere." He continues.
Suddenly, a Munt in the shape of a giant gorilla appears and- oh, nevermind... O Telefteos already killed it.
"W-Wow, y-you're strong..." Alya says nervously.
"Yeah, yeah..." O Telefteos responds, until...
A distortion in time happens and the Munt comes back to life, somehow stronger. The Munt then grabs them, O Telefteos tries to dodge but it's somehow faster than him. The Munt then grabs Alya as well. The Munt then jumps beyond a between point inside a dimension that transcends spacetime and the edge of reality. Between that universe, and another, through the not so small crack, is a pocket dimension in the shape of of a phoenix flying, as its flying a streak of fire follows and it flies making the symbol of infinity. The three fly through the symbol and into a plane with with glass like, ever changing and chaotic floor while fire rages in the background. And in the middle, a throne with a women, about 19 years old looking, sitting on it, she's wearing a business suit, her hair is blue, long, and silky, her skin is as pale as O Telefteos', her eyes are strange heterochromia like fashion. She sits with her legs crossed and smug smirk. As the Munt drops O Telefteos and Alya, O Telefteos lands on his feet, and Alya falls on her back.
"Good work, Gor." The woman says, her tone as smug as she looks, "Now, die..." She continues as she raises her hand out and the Munt is immediately erased from existence.
"Wh... Wh-" Alya says until she is promptly cut off by the woman as she stands up and the fire rages further, changing color every attosecond, with O Telefteos acting like he's getting near epilepsy as he calmly but humorously tries to process the colors.
The woman spreads her arms out as the flames get bigger and her grin gets wider.
"Oh, yes!" The woman says, "I haven't introduced myself!" She continues. "Feast your eyes!" She exclaims, "For I am..." She continues to shout, "THE ENTROPIC-FIEND!"
Chapter End: A Message
Lo, the veil doth waver thin,Â
Elpis and Contour stricken within.Â
A trial unfolds, a tale unwinds,Â
As fate's cruel hand their path confines.Â
Yet hark! The voice that weaves so grand,Â
A Narrator bold, with steady hand.Â
Well spun, well cast, thy tongue doth play,Â
A herald true in fate's ballet!