Apostle Of Death- A necromancers redemption

Grabbing at his belt for health potions An-Dhur tried to survive whatever this was. One after another the potions disappeared to repair the damage as he crumpled on the ground curled up to try to defend himself but there was nothing he could do just drinking away till they were all gone. Moving closer and closer to dying from the unknown source above. Finally, it had stopped he could finally breath and hear again it was as if it had never happened it stopped so suddenly but the loss of the potions and the 13% health remaining showing the truth.

Standing up and looking towards the cause of his pain his breath caught by sight of not a beast nor a monstrosity but a being of pure power, even in chains, injured, weakened, and covered in a shroud of swirling shadows mixed with a skyscape of stars this was the most beautiful and awe-inspiring thing he had ever seen or had the ability to imagine. Lost for words at such a sight every wall inside him that he used to hide his own pain, grief and regrets behind, in this place they fell apart as he stared at Death and silently wept not just for the family he lost, his failures in life and self-destructive actions but for the sight before his own eyes. A being/concept he was aware off as clearly as a natural law of existence, a fundamental constant was before his eyes in a state of imprisonment and abuse. The human mind was never meant to process such things other gods had been seen in the game beauty, power and perfection personified in the giant human form they could be admired and understood in a guise, but this was too raw.

[Title acquired- ???]

???- ability to slightly understand the existence of Death.

[Title acquired- willpower of a god]

Willpower of a god- Stand in the presence of unimaginable power and keep sane.

[Title acquired….

The blue screen turned red as multiple different titles were awarded rewarding different aspects of such an event. In this place it could have been seconds or hours, but he just stared up captivated on the edge of destruction. Eventually a new message rang out and a feeling of intent from above.

[Death has chosen you to be its apostle]

A message screen popped up dark red and fractured in black cracks.

Letter and numbers appeared and changed at a message was attempted to be conveyed until finally a partial message was formed

[Death … the path….free both….] delivered message

With a partial message delivered there was just a moment for a reaction.

”Free both ? what does it mean. I will free you if I can but how ”

With the last word leaving An-Dhurs mouth he looked up to witness a different sight that terrified him to the core. His own death coming for him so completely and suddenly that by the time he began to processed it he was already dead.

Nothing but darkness was left in Death Realm.

”Wake up Mathew, I left some breakfast out but I got to go meet a client so don waste all Sunday in bed Sleepyhead ” spoke a loving voice through a crack in the door before it shut.

Panic, terror, and absolute fear was the only reminder of the nightmare that he awoke from with a gasp. Soaked in sweat and gasping for air he finally came to consciousness

”What the ** was that? ” gasping in air.

Before a new source of confusion slipped into his mind. What was happening this looked like his old bedroom.

” System logout ”….

Nothing appeared. Looking down at himself he saw a weak body pale and chubby. Moving towards a mirror hanging on a wall to looked at himself he gasped ” this cant be real how am I a kid again ? ” Visably in shock ”Is this real or was that all a dream about the game and future ? ”.

Scrambling out of the bedroom and down the stairs to the living room he turned on the tv looking for the news and date.

News headlines for today are a missing person case near the Glasgow area, police are looking for witnesses for the area of kelvin bridge park between the hours of 2 am to 4 am, a young man has gone missing and last seen entering the north side of the park.

”Wasn it done by those crazy religious cultists they had been getting bolder and bolder in the months before this event? ” They kidnapped him because he had an advanced cyber enchanted arm and eye and killed him to leave a brutal message of anti-cybertronic tolerance. That the human body was made in gods image, and it was a path towards damnation to try to enhance it.

Luckily this event was too far for most followers and the hardcore members would be rounded up a few days and punished for their crimes and banished. The end of the technophobes was the last fringe group to stem from religious sentiments. The last 40 years in the world in the wake of the second cold war and what became known as the 5 deadly horrors over the period of 5 different global events that threated humanity.

First was the pandemic decade, this was followed by the financial meltdown, the murder of the 1%, the rise of the matriarchy, which led to the pronoun wars.

Then came the age of the people, the majority of people finally left behind apathy and just going through the motions, after years of such events and bloody disputes. To not speak up against lies, delusions and unfairness was as good as passively encourage them.

People pushed for Common-sense and fairness, but they would no longer let the truth be individualised, the truth was scientifically supported, verified, tested, and agreed on by experts in the spaces where the truth wasn yet know it was researched by professionals. With these fundamental pillars there was no room for fringe extremists on either side, a persons word became fundamentally valuable until it was broken resulting in liars being removed from civilised communities especially those that teaches children lies.

Punishment for crimes became stronger and banishment and death penalties more common for the worst of societies. Societies became stronger with corruption in leadership and corporations especially damned, the days of not working for but against the people it served had ended.

”So have I really come back in time or am I going insane ” he asked as the news moved towards a weather segment.

It was July 20th 2054, 2 days before his birthday and the worst day of his young life. ”If its true I can change it all from happening ” he said with hope.