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Chapter 7 - lost Era

The first thing to come in

his sight was again thick fog but this time there were trees in the area too giving

an eerie look of an isolated forest bathing in thick grayish white fog. It was

the time of dawn and some streaks of light were already illuminating through

the dense fog illumination rays of light dispersing through the dense forest.

It was enough to make out what was there but not clearly see everything. Ells

looks towards the forest and holds his staff firmly and tightly so in case

anything attacks him, he could fend it off with lightning bolts or laser shots

from his staff. He slowly walks towards the eerie and dead forest where not

even a sound of a bird was present. He slowly whispered in a low voice that not

even his ears could make out clearly. He remarked the eerie atmosphere of the

forest like a poet

"All everyone wanted was complete silence and serenity

This forest is such an example of the wish that one

cannot deny from

Still when you attain it, it by itself is so terrifying

that you are willing to let go of it willingly

Humans really are complex and complicated beings"

He didn't utter a single

word and wandered through the forest. To make sure that he doesn't go through

the same area twice and do not get lost, he marks every tree he encounters on

his path at various turns. He uses his staff as a compass to be clear of the

direction he's going in.

"Since I can make sure from the way the light of the

sun reacts and the behavior of the light of dawn, this is a planet that is

nearly in size to Earth and has a thick atmosphere enough to harbor life and

funny enough, it has trees and high levels of oxygen but one of God's best joke

is that there is no life on the planet aside from plants and trees. Not even a

bird or an insect. All I encountered are dead bodies and rotten skeletons and

bones. Relics of previous civilizations, both alien and human."

He walks for next 20

minutes until he reaches a lake with fresh water that was not polluted and

looks crystal clear. It reflected the rays of light scattering through the

dense layer of gray fog which wrapped the entire forest. He bends over and puts

his face right into the stream of water to drink through it. After quenching

his thirst, he picked up his staff and marked the location of the lake and

saved the coordinates and took some pictures of the surrounding area through

his phone so that he could come back and drink through it. He knew that he

needed to drink and eat to survive. He doesn't utter a single word and without

giving a second thought, continues his journey. After walking for another 10

minutes, he finally comes out of the forest but what sight meets his eye frightens

him and completely obliterates his will and mind. He meets sight with a broken

city that looked like human civilization. As for how old it was, no one could

tell because in 2050, people stopped living in traditional houses but rather in

scientific colonies that were enclosed and encapsulated tightly so that general

public and civilians wouldn't get hurt or affected by the insane gravitational

anomaly. He sees an electric board that was still attached and hung by some

electrical wires. The sign was hung on a half broken metal pole whose paint was

gone and covered in rust. The electric board was still working and it was

displaying only one text

"Welcome to

Shibuya, Japan

4th

August, 2025"

He is so terrified that he forgets that he is stuck on a

foreign planet. All he could see was the neon board and some silhouettes of

tall but half broken and some completely destroyed buildings and their rubbles.

Amidst the fog he sees a figure that was nearly as tall as a skyscraper. It has

a humanoid figure but its arms and legs and body looked so slender that it felt

like it was a figure made out of match sticks. One could look at it and could

say it the real siren head without the sirens on its head. As Ells was looking

at the figure, he was too stunned to even move from his place. He gazed at the

figure and mistook it for a statue but soon there came a terrifying shriek that

could rupture one's heart and brain if it was any closer to it. When Ells heard

it, he ran at his full speed and look around for a shelter nearby. He soon sees

a church that wasn't destroyed. A thought came to his mind at this crucial

moment

Churches often

have basements underground. Perhaps I can use that as a shelter

He nears the church and enters it, immediately locking all

the gates. He sits on the floor leaning against the big door of the church

which he just closed to follow up his breath after running through such

distance. He looks at himself and starts crying like a child uttering only one

word

"Where am I?

What is this

place?

Is this really the

Japan back in 2025

I want to go back

home

I am no hero or

some protagonist"

Tears pouring down his face which gave such a sad and

disappointed look that one could lose his heart by just sight to his face. He

slowly looks up and sees yet again another skeleton but this time it was of the

church father. Ells puked on this sight. As he hadn't eaten anything good during

his time on this foreign yet familiar planet, he puked the water he just

consumed on his way here. After collecting himself, he walks towards the father

and grabs the book from his hand. It was not bible. When he looked around to

get a good analysis of the church, he is shocked to find that the church is not

the one that existed in the year 2025. The church worshipped a goddess named "Mistress

Of Time" and the book the father was holding was named "Gospel of church of

Time". As it was all written in Japanese so Ells had to translate all the text

with his staff. He doesn't read the gospel and saves it inside his lab coat

which he was still wearing. He finds it troublesome to first translate the text

and then read so he considers to read it some other time. He starts taking

heavy breaths due to being scared to his core. After wandering through the

church for 5 minutes, he finally finds the basement. After descending the

stairs, his sight meets the holy relics of the church including divine

materials related to the goddess. He sees a glimmer of hope because if he can

summon an angel, the angel can at least save him and return him to his home.

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