I was an innocent child once, wide-eyed and full of dreams. But innocence is fragile. One night, it shattered forever.
My parents—kind, loving, and ordinary—were brutally murdered in our own home. That night felt like a storm within a storm, chaos unfolding on every front. Relatives I once trusted turned away, cold and indifferent. I was shuffled into a sterile orphanage, where I became just another nameless face in the crowd. The police asked their questions, voices sharp with urgency. How did the thieves break in? Did I see their faces?
I had seen one of them, just a fleeting glimpse in the moonlight. I heard his name, too, as they whispered in the dark. I told the officer everything, my small voice trembling with hope that justice would follow.
But justice didn't come. Something else did.
A man entered the station that night, dressed in shadows and authority. With a single command, he erased it all—my parents, my statement, even my very existence. The records vanished as though we had never lived. This man wasn't an officer or a judge. He was a cult leader, a figure of immense power and influence. He commanded millions, bent politicians to his will, and ran his own shadow government.
I was just a child, but in that moment, something inside me shifted. I didn't want justice anymore. I wanted power.
I sought him out, finding my way into his cult as a lowly follower. It was a world of whispers and shadows, of rituals and blood. I climbed, slowly but surely, through its ranks. Five years of sacrifice—stealing, killing, manipulating. I brought him followers by the millions, expanded his empire beyond what even he dreamed. I became indispensable, a member of his inner circle.
And yet, in the end, it was all for nothing.
After a mission, I returned to find betrayal waiting for me in a goblet of wine. The poison spread like ice in my veins, and as I collapsed, his cold voice pierced through the haze.
"You have become too big of a threat for me."
I laughed, even as death wrapped its cold arms around me. Power, I realized, wasn't something you could hold forever. But the seed he planted in me wouldn't die with this body.
...
Death is silent, cold and full of darkness. It's like I am drifting in an empty void for infinity...
[System Activated]
[Reincarnation has been started]
What the-
....
"...Fuck ?"
*Blink-Blink*
As soon as kale opened his eyes, he noticed an odd ceiling above him.
It was ancient and made out of raw stones, just like they used to make in ancient europe and moisture was passing through it.
'Where am I ? Why do I feel this sensation ? I died... But it feels like I am still alive, I can smell and I am pretty sure that my lungs are breathing Air.
Is this real ?' Kael thought as he slowly touched the surface that he was lying on and felt that it was really soft.
"I am... Alive ?" Kael asked with a confused expression as he slowly lifted his body up and looked around the room with a confused expression.
It was a very small room, One single bed with a soft mattress over it, A small table in one corner, a window right over the bed and a door.
The walls of the room were built from stones and some kind of sealent.
Kael slowly looked around and noticed that there was piece of mirror lying over the table.
He immediately stood up and walked upto the table.
Slowly picking up the mirror from the table, he looked into it and what he saw next was shocking.
Sharp red eyes, a small nose, dark black hairs and a fair skin colour.
"Fucking hell... I look handsome and young. Did my soul possessed this guy's body ?" Kael spoke as he looked at his face from every angle.
After checking his face out, kael placed the mirror down and walked upto the window that was on the wall near the bed.
*Click*
The window had no lock, just a small wooden stick that holded it from opening.
As soon as Kael opened the window, he saw a view that he had only seen in movies and comics.
An ancient europian kingdom with thousands of houses and other buildings. People were roaming the streets in old style clothes and they were using different types of magic.
Kael immediately closed the window and sat down on the bed with a serious expression on his face.
"What is happening with me ? Is this all true or just an illusion ? What-" Before Kael could've completed his sentence, A half-transparent blue screen suddenly popped up in front of him.
[New Quest Received !!]
[Quest: Open your Status by saying, 'Status'.]
[Rank: F]
[Description: none.]
[Time: none]
[Penalty: none.]
[Reward: 10 CP(cult points)]
"Fucking hell... I am hallucinating 100%. I should just sleep again and get it over with." Kael spoke as he lied down on the bed once again and closed his eyes.
*Blink*
Kael slowly opened his right eye and noticed that the screen was still there.
"Okay... It's real." Kael spoke as he immediately stood up from the bed and started reading the blue screen.
"Open your status-" As soon as he readed the word, another screen popped up in front of him.
[Name: Kael Kross]
[Occupation: Cult Leader]
[Race: Human]
[Age: 18]
[Mana: 100/100]
[Cult Points: 0]
[Skills: {Demon Summoning Lv.1} {Inspect. Lv1}]
[Grimoire: {Rituals Of Summoning and Binding}]
[No. Of Followers: 0]
[Familiars: 0]
[Quest Completed !]
[Congratulations ! You have earned 10 Cult Points !]
"Cult points ? What are cult points ? What is Demon Summoning and Demon Binding ?" Kael asked with a confused expression as he looked at the notification and so many questions rose in his head.
But to answer all those questions, many more screens popped up in front of him...
[Cult Points]
[Description: Cult Points are used as one of the sacrifice ingredient when Summoning a Demon from the depths of Abyss.
The more followers you gain, the more cult points you will gain as the cult leader. You can also use these points to increase the stats of your followers.]
[Skill: Demon Summoning]
[Level: 1]
[Mana: 50]
[Description: This skill can open a small window between a world and the abyss itself every 24 hours, allowing you to lure a demon out with proper offerings.
At lower levels you can only summon lesser Demons and Spirits. Increase the skill's level to dive deep into the abyss and lure out powerful demons.]
[Cooldown: 24 hours]
[Skill: Inspect]
[Level: 1]
[Mana: none]
[Description: Gives you the power to look at your target's status. The more the skill levels up, the more information will be provided.]
[Cooldown: 1 minute]
[Grimoire: Rituals Of Summoning and Binding.]
[Rank: D]
[Description: An Ancient grimoire that holds the rituals of Summoning demons and offerings that you will need in order to succeed in summoning.
This grimoire also tells the user on how to cancel the Ritual and Bind a demon or spirit after a successful summon.]
[Memories will now be merged together...]
"Wha- fuck... My head hurts bad... Ouch, Ouch..." Kael grabbed his head tightly and felt thousands of memories flashing inside his head.