Chapter 81: Ch. 79 - The Great War! [16]
I don't know how long have passed floating in the darkness.
I remember being swallowed by the Apocalypse Beast, Trihexa and then suddenly, I found myself here, floating endlessly.
Am I, perhaps, in Trihexa's stomach? Doesn't seem like it though, because if it's true, then I should be dead by now or at least, feeling something hard to step on, instead of floating to nowhere.
"Still, it doesn't feel that bad." I muttered to myself, relaxing as I finished my words.
It's like finally having the well-deserved rest after a very hectic year or a week of restless nights.
I almost wanted this to last forever.
Thinking of this, my body was immediately jolted awake, not from sleepiness but from my thoughts.
"But….I have my life out there." I muttered under my breath, my breathing hitched slightly.
"I have friends…." My mind went to Diorno and Ajuka.
"I have family…" My mind went to God and my students.
"I have….someone I love." Then Serafall flashed, with her usual goofy grin and laugh that reminds me whenever she finds something interesting or simply pulling a prank.
I can't stay here. They're waiting for me. Serafall, she doesn't know where I am or what I'm currently facing.
She's being kept in the dark, I can only imagine what would be her reaction when she receives the news of my death tomorrow.
Would she be sad? Depressed?
Or maybe both but only for a short time and she would move on and maybe find another man.
Fuck. I don't want that.
My face grimaced at the thought of other man trying to win my Serafall's affection.
It feels like someone that belongs only to me is being stolen by a thief.
No, I can't die. I should not. Not only for Serafall but also for me.
I have so many unfinished goals such as losing my virginity, building a strong force and marrying Serafall.
Maybe, just maybe also take my revenge against my former Master, Kaecilius if I somehow found a way to go back home.
After all, in the world of Marvel, multiversal travel is like a coin that you can randomly stumble upon in the streets.
Someday, I'm confident that I'll be facing Kaecilius again and watch the shock on his face upon revealing that I'm alive and hundred times stronger than before.
By then, I would no longer have to look over my shoulders every second in the Marvel Universe.
'Maybe I'm actually not dead?' I thought to myself, if I am, then why am I still here in the darkness and able to form thoughts.
If I'm dead, I should be in the afterlife or Heaven or even Hell.
But none of those happened yet. Which leaves me to one thing.
I'm still alive or at least my soul is alive.
And if my soul is still alive then I can bring myself back to the world of living!
But first, before all that, I should figure out where I am.
All I know is that I'm in the darkness and this might be perhaps my soul.
I can still feel my Demonic Energy but it was around me instead of inside my body. Thus leading me to the conclusion that I'm inside my soul.
How exactly can I get out of here?
I can't. That's because I don't have a physical form and hence, I don't have any place or body to return to.
In layman's terms. I am stuck here unless someone like God from the outside world would help me find a new body or recreate my original body.
'Please God. Send help.' I prayed inside my mind.
Just as I was about to let myself fall endlessly and wait for someone to help, the dark surroundings suddenly shone brightly, as if the light bulb had been switched on.
'My eyes! My eyes!' I screamed in my mind, using my hand to cover my eyes. However, I noticed that my entire body was actually transculent and there's no place to cover my eyes from, everything around me is lit up in bright white light.
As if I'm in a room where the walls, ceilings and floor was full of light bulbs.
"Who the fuck thought it was a bright idea to turn on the lights!" I yelled at no one. Of course, I'm alone here so I don't expect any respons-.
"It was me." Suddenly, my entire body shivered and I felt a cold chill down my spine.
Oh god. Please don't be a ghost.
While praying in my mind, I slowly turned atound, facing the source of the voice.
"You're….me?!" My eyes widened in surprise.
Shakily pointing my finger at the figure in front of me, I couldn't help but scan every detail on his appearance.
The same black hair, loose orange robe and that dark green eyes. Yep, this is me.
"Or maybe I'm just staring at a mirror." I wondered to myself out loud.
"I'm not a mere reflection of a mirror." My reflection answered with a monotone voice. The same also goes to his expression, showing no hint of emotion in his face.
"If you're not my reflection. Then who are you? Are you really me?" After gulping a mouthful of saliva out of nervousness, I asked.
"Yes, but not what you are thinking of. I'm you because we're the same." 'Me but not Me' then walked forward, approaching me as he proceeded to continue.
"My name is not Chamber like yours. My name is Raviel. Raviel Morningstar." His introduction made my eyes go wide.
I've heard of that name before.
This man…is really me!
It's as God told me a few days before. How the colorful orb that I absorbed in the Dimensional Gap during my transfer to this world was Raviel's soul, whom God left in the Dimensional Gap for sakekeeping because Heaven reeks of Holy Energy and Raviel, despite being a soul, is still a devil at birth, so being in Heaven isn't good for him.
"Raviel. I didn't think we'll actually meet. I mean, from what I know, you died as an infant. I'm surprised you're already this old." I chuckled, initiating a conversation with myself? Or Raviel.
I see Raviel shaking his head as he answered me.
"You're right but the moment you took me inside your body. I've grown alongside you, quickly catching up to your age." Hearing his words made me nod my head in understanding, until he said the next words.
"I've been watching you." Raviel said with the same monotonous expression.
"Watching…me?" I repeated and Raviel nodded his head.
"I want to say. The world is very interesting. I wish I could've been alive to see it." For the first time, Raviel showed an emotion and it's sadness.
"I'm sorry." I feel responsible somehow for it.
Feeling my emotions, Raviel placed his hand on my shoulder as he smiled assuringly.
"Please don't think that it's your fault. It's no ones." Raviel then stepped back after, did he feel awkward by that? I mean, not everyday you can just go to someone, pat their shoulder and encourage them to continue with their lives and drop an empowering word.
"….Thanks." Still, I understood what he meant and smiled.
"Why am I here anyway?" I asked, changing the topic at the same time, hoping that Raviel might have an idea and shed some light to it.
"Unfortunately, I'm on the same boat as you. I'm just an infant with barely any memories and the only reason I can behave like this is mostly thanks to your memories and knowledge, like I said earlier, we're the same."
'Oh. So that's what he meant by that. I thought it's because we share the same body.' I muttered under my breath, sighing in relief in the process.
"Sigh~ okay. First things first. We need to find a way to get out of here. But with my original body gone and destroyed. There's nothing we can do without any outside help." I slumped on the ground and drew circles on it.
Raviel also sat beside me and started waving back and forth like a kid.
Well, he's a child alright.
"Hmm…Why don't we create one ourselves?" After some time, the silence was broken by Raviel, asking me a question in which I answered.
"We can't. If I'm alive then maybe I can but now? I don't."
"I don't mean it that way. You can still feel your Demonic Energy don't you?" Albeit confused, I nodded my head.
"Then that means you can still use it, right?"
As soon as he finished his words, instead of answering him, realization dawned upon my stupid face and I stared at my translucent hand.
Feeling the Demonic Energy around me move and swirl, a small red ball of pure Demonic Energy manifested on top of my palm.
Holy shit!
My eyes widened in surprise and I immediately jumped from the ground.
"Raviel, you're a smart dog!" I slapped his back out of excitement.
Thankfully, we're in our soul forms, so my hand just passed through his shoulders.
"Ow." He said with the same dull tone which made it a few times funnier than normal.
"Looks like we'll be getting out of here in no time!" I excitedly said, missing the change of emotion in Raviel's face as he silently thought to himself.
'Getting out of here, huh?'
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Thankfully, I can even access my Chronos Requiem, so with it, I was able to increase our perception of time and also slow down the time inside my soul.
I'm not sure if there's a difference in time between my soul and the outside world but I'm not taking any chances. What if suddenly, when I wake up, years have passed? It's scary just by thinking about it.
Hopefully, by the time I get out of here, they're still fighting Trihexa.
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