A man named Renard, approximately 86 years old, was in the darkness of his room, where a gigantic solitude accompanied him and the deafening silence filled the place. A small ray of light that entered his room revealed the appearance of that man, thin hands and body of equal build, long hair that covered part of his face, with drooping eyes and a tired face, which evoked an air of death.
Suddenly, focused on the face of that dying man, his mouth began to move in a whisper to break that crude silence.
"The world is really boring! There is nothing, absolutely nothing... I have been severely dedicated to looking for all kinds of anomalies around my life since I have memory, magic, kinesis, mystical powers, powerful symbols, runes, enchantments, magical objects, angels, demons, Gods, everything. However, nothing really seems to exist."
Renard turned his head to his left with a delicate and slow movement to look at his bedside table, on which was one of his books of all the investigations he had done in his life, with a look that mixed sadness, but also some anger looked at that manuscript as he continued his speech:
"This world sucks, I spent a childhood in a filthy city, then I entered a crap school, with filthy classmates, I graduated and had a crappy job, my parents died shortly after starting to work, that event was crap, I never got married, I didn't have a family, it was undoubtedly a filthy adulthood. I spent my life in solitude looking for something I never found and asking questions I never found answers to.
I feel that my life is ending, I can feel it, each time the strength escapes more and more from my wrinkled and trembling hands. I really had a crappy life! No, I think that... I, I was always the problem
I never approached anyone, when something happened to me as a child I never looked for my parents, when I was bullied at school I never told anyone, when I came back frustrated, tired and wanting to cry from work I never told anyone, when I started having back pain at 50 I never went to anyone. I... I never asked for help. Instead, I thought that I shouldn't waste time with people, that I should dedicate myself to my research, that I could solve everything on my own... Since I was a child I always had that mentality."
Suddenly the man again began to turn his head, which while lying down was in the direction of the ceiling, where he could only observe the darkness.
"I wonder if it would have been different if I had been concerned about having a normal life from the beginning, like most people.
Could I have had friends in my childhood?
Having enjoyed my parents more?
Having had a high school love?
Having made inseparable friends at university?
Having had a wife?
To have named a son?
To have spent my last days surrounded by people who loved me?
I won't know that anymore... I dedicated my whole life to something that didn't bear any fruit... Well, actually... if he gave one, I saw it grow and I thought it would be the best, I saw it with good eyes, until it was time to harvest it and try it. How bitter it is! However, I must eat it because it is what I cultivated. However, why did the world have to be this way? Was the world unfair to me? Or maybe I was unfair to him? Why did I want to ask the world for something it wouldn't give me? Was I selfish? Why does life have to be this way? Are we just flesh, bones, and the little we eat? Is the fate that awaits me really inevitable?"
Since he was a child, it was clear to him that he did not want to reach this moment, perhaps that is why he became obsessed with magical powers and all their possible variants that he himself called anomalies.
"It's true, I spent so much time focused on finding something, that I had forgotten why I started looking for it. I don't want to stop seeing the world. I don't want my sight to go out, my ears to stop hearing, my voice to stop being heard, my nose not to perceive smells, my touch not to feel anything, above all I don't want to stop thinking. Even at this moment when I can hardly feel my body anymore, I have the will to continue thinking. I don't want to stop doing it. I don't want to stop thinking, I don't want to, I don't want to stop thinking, I don't want to, no, I don't want to, I'm so scared, I'm so scared, why does it have to be like this? Does anyone understand me? Could anyone even understand how I feel?"
The terror he felt when he imagined nothingness, emptiness, that the world would move forward without him, that he would no longer see anything, that no one would remember him. The infinite darkness, everything will simply go away. The faint glow of a tear came down from her sad eyes to her sunken cheeks, as her whisper intensified.
"I feel helpless, I can no longer even put myself in a fetal position and protect myself from this feeling, fear and helplessness take hold of me. I don't want it to end like this. God, are you there? Give me one more chance... Do you even exist?... No, I won't doubt you. Do you hear me? Tell me something, yes? Please God, spirits, beings, someone... I don't want to end like this. I don't want to die. Someone, anyone. HELP...".
As the man named Renard closed his eyes and the little light he could see faded away leaving even more darkness, something came out in front of his eyes. Something that he could see very clearly, with a view so clear that it reminded him of the sight of his childhood. That bright painting with blue borders and a dark background, but even the black part was shiny and contained white letters that seemed to contain a message.
//Notification
He who writes your story has been moved by your supplications//
//Notification
The one who writes your story wants to give you a chance//
//Notification
Those who didn't respond to you object//
//Warning
Those who didn't answer you want you to cease to exist//
//Danger
Being called ??????? Among the beings who did not respond to you curse you for your selfishness//
//Notification
He who writes your story intercedes for you//
//Notification
He who writes your story has been disgusted with the beings who did not respond to you//
//Notification
The "Renard" story will live//
"What is all this? I thought I saw something like this while I was still young, a screen with messages, of course, like in those video games of total immersion that young people play today, I remember that on one occasion I had the opportunity to try them, it is special there was a very famous one that was developed in Japan, but I no longer remember its name. Will this be my last dream before I die?"
//Notification
He who writes your story says you won't die//
"Won't I die?... Shouldn't I be dead by now?"
//Notification
The one who writes your story confirms that you will not die, but also confirms that you are already dead//
"Who is 'The One Who Writes Your Story'? What do you mean I won't die, but I'm already dead? Is it God? Did anyone really listen to me?
//Notification
The one who writes your story has answered the following to your questions:
1) The one who writes your story.
"That doesn't answer me at all"
2) Your story has left your physical body, your body is no longer alive, however, your story is not over yet.
"My story is not over, how is that? I don't understand anything"
3) I am not a God.
"Is that all?"
4) Your laments were heard by all the planes higher than that of your story, your pleas were heard by the higher beings of those planes and dimensions.
"So… there was something else, but then why?"
The one who writes your story reports that:
No one wanted to answer you.
The one who writes your story shows his discontent since those beings who did not answer you make fun of you.
"What's all this, they're just making fun of me? I'd like to talk about this, however, why do I feel so weird? I feel trapped and free at the same time, it's like I can't move, but I'm free, why can't I see anything?"
//Notification
The one who writes your story says that you experience "wandering" since you do not possess a body, your story is floating on a higher plane than your body.//
"Is this really happening? I think that, even if it was a dream or the product of the last chemical reaction in my brain, I would be happy to have finally experienced an anomaly."
//Notification
The One who writes your story offers you to live again//
"To live again? I wish it were possible"
//Notification
The One who writes your history has listened to your desires.
The fragments of your story in "wanderage" will begin to be grouped together//}
//Warning
You've become a soul orb//
//Notification
The one who writes your story chooses a world based on the laments of a story called Renard//
//Notification
The one who writes your history endows you with great skills//
//Notification
He who writes your story has found the continuity of your story//
"This... Why does it feel so real? All these messages with notification titles are very strange, it seems that someone is really interceding for me. Will I really live again? If there is a miserable possibility I want to take it."
//Notification
He who writes your history has confirmed your will//
//Warning
You have accepted the anomaly "Incarnation in a Distant World"//
//Notification
Your soul has been successfully deposited in the continuity of your story//
//Notification
You are not yet born
Time remaining: 31d 20h 12m 7s//
"So I wasn't born yet? This is crazy, I can't see anything, but if I concentrate enough I can feel and hear a little bit."
//Danger
Those beings who have not responded to you threaten to destroy your history.
"What? Why?"
Vassals have been sent to destroy your story//
//Notification
The One Who Writes Your Story Has Intervened
The body has been cancelled for the continuity of your story.
The body has been updated for the continuity of your story//
//Notification
New body detected
Usurping the body through arcane art.
Transplanting orb of the soul...
Completed...//
//Notification
Universal Ability Gained
Prince of Greed.//
"These 'messages' keep popping up. I think I can tell what's going on with the naked eye. However, I don't know how to react, I don't know if what I'm feeling is frustration... Is that it? After having dedicated my life to finding some anomaly, after having done everything I did, I spent my life, even a few seconds ago I was resigning myself and I believed that nothing else existed and... Are you telling me that you were always there? Did they always see me? They made fun of me, right? Even now they want to destroy me, what unforgivable thing did I do to them?"
Renard experienced a mixture of feelings, but there was one that was much stronger than the others, the feeling of frustration was inevitable, and anger began to take hold of him.
//Notification
The Deity of a distant land cares for you to be reborn in His world
[Requirements met]
New synchronized species
Cherubim//
//Notification
The one who writes your story warns you: It's a trap, he's only interested, but he hasn't allowed it, however, you need a world to start over.
//Danger
Multiple protocols for your rebirth have been violated, as in this world it is considered taboo to introduce souls from other worlds according to the rules of the world deity.
Your existence is subject to punishment.//
"Punishment? Was that the trap?"
//Notification
The one who writes your story has blocked punishment//
//Notification
New Mythic Ability Gained
Struggle (S)
It allows you to break skills that incapacitate, confuse, alter or generate an immobility effect on the target, the ability can be activated automatically according to certain situations.
//Warning
The Deity of your new world detests you because the punishment has had no effect and the process has continued.//
//Notification
Preparing the consciousness to be born
Time remaining 10 min//
//Notification
The One who writes your history has declared Himself your guardian, yet He does not possess a blessing to offer you since He is not classified as a Deity or Spirit.//
//Notification
Your guardian has altered your skills
Your attributes and stats have improved, you have been classified as an S Rank specimen//
"Do I have a guardian? It seems that after all at least someone took pity on me."
//Notification
He who writes your history has given you the name Uriel.
"Uriel? Like that Angel?... Hey, but shouldn't my parents do that if I'm reborn?"//
//Notification
The one who writes your story asks you to be his hero.
????????? Error, you can't be a hero since "??? ???" He does not meet the requirements to create heroes.
Adjusting data...
The one who writes your story asks you to be his champion.
[Accept] [Reject]//
"I understand, my decision will be..."
//Notification
You have been reborn in Vitalium the new chromatic world, you can learn more about this place through the ability ???????? ?? ?????????.
Error... You do not possess such a skill, as the protocols for rebirth have been violated.
Please wait...//
//Notification
You have been granted a chance to acquire a new skill
Accessing the Skills List
Path of the Sword (A)
Accurate shot (A)
Eye of the Sage (A)
Transmutation (A)
Union (B)
Absolute Trust (A)
Fast Regeneration (S) [No activation required]
Resistance to Mind Control (A)
Holy Sword (A)
"I can't believe this is happening, but it seems real, my soul, I feel so happy... But I must concentrate, it seems like a serious situation. There are skills that seem very interesting, they seem to have ranks, I kind of understand how ranks work. It seems that they have details. I saw that I needed a skill, but I don't know what it is. Combat skills are very important, in that sense Holy Sword seems like a good choice or Way of the Sword. However, evaluation skills are always very useful, I think that in the long run this one will be more useful to me.
"Select Eye of the Sage."
[Details]
Allows you to get details of items and beings, more details will be provided as you level up your skill.//
//Notification
Checking...
The name of the skill required due to the active effects of Eye of the Sage has been revealed. The Wisdom Principle skill has not been detected .
Eye of the Sage has been detected
This skill can be continued //
//Notification
The One who writes your story has given you:
The writer's grace.
[Details]
You will be able to understand any language from any region and species. Your stats don't seem to have a knowable limit.
By the grace of the writer it was obtained:
Intermediate Regeneration (B)
Contract with a Dark World (A)
Power Principle (S)
Accelerated Growth (S)
Manipulation of the physical body (A)
Your attributes are:
Darkness
Light
Fire
Water
Wind
Earth//
//Warning
Your guardian has interfered in an impermissible way.
Your guardian will be sealed by Karma//
"What? But... Sealed? It can't be... Is that the price of giving and helping me so much?"
//Notification
The beings who did not respond to you mock your guardian//
"It seems like they make fun of you too, just like they did with me before. Why do they do it? But why did he decide to help me?"
//Notification
Updated possibilities
Connection Established
You now have the following possibilities:
Active Communication (A)
You can establish communication with any being with whom you have an affinity.
Current Spaces Available 5/5//
"I see, in that case... Use a space from the active communication skill, use with my Guardian.
[Active Communication]
//Notification
Checking...
Used successfully
Current spaces available 4/5//
"??? ???: It's good that you deduced it, with this we can communicate for an instant before being completely sealed by Karma. You must hurry up and wake up, they must have already sent someone, unfortunately I could not hide your species, besides, saying that you were born is a bit inaccurate, but, you must regain consciousness and try to move from that place. Your priority is to flee."
"I understand. Hey, even though I don't last long in this world, I want to thank you, you don't know how happy I feel. How can I express my gratitude to you?"
"??? ???: In that case, survive. Although to do so, you must abandon your former human morals."
"My former human morals eh, I think I understand what you mean, you gave it more time, even a filthy old man like me, I'll do whatever it takes to survive. A purpose has come to me. I even dedicated my last moments to the gods, to seek them and beg them and that's how they pay me, wanting to destroy me. I will live, they will be my enemies if they stand in my way."
"??? ???: You should know that many of them will be against you. You must take advantage of the capabilities and skills I gave you, try to go unnoticed at first while you understand how that world works. Right now you have Skills that will make you climb very fast, so use them to make you as strong as them."
"I will, but how do I know how strong I am, how do I know those capabilities or Skills, everything you gave me?"
"??? ???: You should only think of your name."
"Think of my name? I understand. But on what you are sealed, tell me, how can I help you."
"??? ???: It's impossible... Nothing can be done"
"Is there really no way?"
"????: The only way is to break the seal."
"I understand... in that case that is what I will have to do. I can't just abandon you like this after all you did for me."
"??? ???: Breaking... the seal? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
"Yes, that's what I'll do if necessary."
"??? ???: Go ahead, I'll be patiently waiting for… Champion Uriel."