Life lived without anyone caring. Miserable, quite indeed. It was another rainy day in the city of Dreams and hope, and Alex, a boy who got rejected by all was walking with an umbrella on his way home. The already heavy rain poured much heavier, as the streets were already flooded. It was a good thing Alex wore his rubber shoes and wears no socks today, well, he has no socks to begin with. He walked down the alleyway which he regularly walks through to get to their house. After a few minutes of walking, he reached their house, and it was this two-storey and simple house in the middle of Manila. Alex entered their gate and that’s when he took off his shoes and put it at the corner of the patio. He closed his umbrella and puts it in the rack and then, he went to knock on their door then opened it.
“Huh? You still have the nerve to come home, you bastard?!” bellowed a woman sitting in a rocking chair.
“Yeah! You don’t belong here, murderer!” yelled Alex’s blonde sister as she stormed into her room trying to avoid contact with Alex who they treated as a murderer and a virus.
Alex bowed in respect to his parents in the living room, and then he closed his door and went to his room at the backyard. His room was this small and once maintenance room, but since he can’t live within the house, he is forced to stay here. With only 7 changes of clothes, he needs to go and wash it every now and then. He first went to wash his school uniform since he still has his final class tomorrow. After doing that, he went back to the shed and that is when he ate his dinner. A simple sandwich with mayo filling. It was already nighttime and after eating, he went and got himself to sleep.
***
The next morning, Alex was woken up by booming noises, and when he stood up and answered the door, it was his uncle. His uncle, without any hesitation, punched Alex hard in the stomach as the poor kid fell on the ground gasping for air,
“Hurry up and take the trash away. And I would also prefer to have you along with it!” boomed the uncle as Alex stood up while massaging his stomach.
He then took out the trash under the still pouring rain. The place where he is supposed to place the trash so that the dump truck can pick it up is a few blocks away. He reached the place, and as expected, due to the rain, there was no one putting their junk. After putting away the trash, Alex went to walk back to their house, and that is when disaster happened. A man, running oh-so fast bumped into him. Alex landed on a puddle, and just like that, he was drenched. This was his last pair of clothes for this week, and yet, it is all nothing but muddy. Alex then looked at the man who hurried and stood up and then went back to running and turned the other direction. Alex sighed as this may be another unfortunate for him again, well, he is not surprised as every day, unlucky things happen to him.
“When could I disappear?” Alex asked himself as he looked at the crying sky.
Another thing he liked about rain, is that no one will know whether he is crying or not. And right now, he is along with the skies. Alex picked up his umbrella, and that is when he saw this duffle bag. He tried to pick it up, because as a good Samaritan, he is to bring it to the authorities. But as he was about to pick it up, he heard guns cocking around him, he slowly looks back up, and that is when he was hit in the face with the base of a gun. He landed on the ground hard, as his lips bursts and he can now taste the thick red substance that tastes like iron. He looked at who hit him, and that is when he saw that guns were being pointed at him,
“You gave us quite an exhaustion there, mate. Well, lucky for you, you will be the one who will rest first.” Says this bald man,
“It wasn’t me! Whoever you are saying that might took that bag. It wasn’t me! Some guy just bumped into me and—”
“And then the bag accidentally fell and got left in front of you? That’s what would someone who stole something would say. Now, enough with this nonsense. Get this over with!” ordered the bald man again.
And before Alex could appeal his case one last time, shots were fired, and it only took 10 seconds to fill his entire body with holes. All that Alex saw after that was darkness. Pure darkness. He looks around trying to figure out where he is, but then, as he looked at his glowing naked body, that is when he realized that he was a goner. He remembered being shot maybe a hundred times, and yet, there were no holes in his body. Alex cried out of joy, as he is finally out of that miserable life. Even though deep within him fears what lies ahead of this darkness, his heart, if he still has one, was overflowing with joy as his sufferings have ended. As he was pouring tears of joy, a voice echoed around this dark place,
“Quite miserable life, eh?” says the voice which bounced all over the place.
“Who are you?!” Alex yelled as he wiped his tears off.
“I am not your enemy, in any case,” and then, without any warning, Alex got pulled down.
He was plummeting downwards, and it was if he was in a body of water and was being pulled deeper. He looked down, to see that he is quickly approaching this tunnel of light.
“You will be given a second chance of living. A second life. Live your second life to the fullest and never regret anything. All you have ever dreamed of will be given to you, but there will be consequences that you have to follow first. I shall bestow you gifts that would help you dominate, but it is up to you, you have a choice. Now, go on! Live your second life full of adventures!” the voice echoed.
Alex does not know what is going on, but he is getting closer and closer to this tunnel of light. Thinking that he might be crossing to the other side, he just closed his eyes as he entered the tunnel and then—
“Congratulations! He is a healthy boy!” someone cheered.
Alex opened his eyes,
“Mul Te Far ge Ter yo.” Spoke a man’s voice.
Alex does not know what that just meant, but he opened his eyes fully, and that is when he saw this beautiful woman and then a man with this thick brown beard,
“Al ty por re te yoz.” Says the man.
And then again, Alex could not understand a thing he was saying. This woman then stroked Alex’s head gently,
“I top art e pef.” Says the woman in a rather comforting and calm voice.
Due to his curiosity, Alex raised his hands, and that is when he saw, he has baby hands. And another, he just got reincarnated into another world.
***
After two years, Alex have already learned the language spoke in this world. He is now crawling around the living room and playing with some building blocks. And then, his mother in this world came carrying a plate of biscuits and then a glass of milk. She smiled at Alex, and after putting the plate and the glass at a table near the window, she went to pick her son up and bring to the window. Alex’s mother in this world, Josephine, a calm, kind and gentle woman, but has a knack of knocking out his father when he does something wrong. And then, there was his father, at the backyard, swinging his sword again.
“Look at dad, Abe.” Says Josephine.
Abraham is Alex’s new name right now, and it was quite a cool one for him. He looked at his father out the window. The man was a muscular man, have a lot of scars on his chest, and sweat was dripping on his beard from his face. At first, Abraham thought that it was just a sport of his dad, the sword and all. But then, his thoughts were cleared. Filbert looked at his son and mother watching him from the window and smiled and waved. Now seeing his son over the window, with Filbert who is a showoff, he is now performing cool things in front of his son and wife. While biting on his biscuits, Filbert did what Abraham did not expect,
“Lupa del Kanyon!” Filbert yelled.
And then, rocks from the ground gathered in front of him, and then, with his will, Filbert shot the already sharp rocks into a tree that eventually got cut down. Filbert looked at his family at the window with him smiling and have his thumbs up as his son just have his mouth wide as he cannot believe on what he just saw,
“I told you! Do not involve my trees!” bellowed Josephine.
Filbert says his sorry as it was all for him to entertain his son. And this is when Abraham knew that he absolutely knew nothing of this world. This world holds more than an unfamiliar language. And Abraham was left asking,
“What the hell did I just got reincarnated into?”
6 years have passed, and Abraham is now an 8-year-old. It was a sunny afternoon and he was laying on their grassy lawn and was covered in dirt and a few minor bruises. Besides his right hand was a wooden sword. He has been training under his father on how to use a sword. It has been a year since he started, and he is slowly getting good in using a sword."How long are you going to doze off, Abe?!" Filbert bellowed as he kicked the legs of his son softly.Abraham opened his eyes that are the same color as the sky and he sighed, because another painful duel is about to happen again. He stood up, jumped up and down to get himself back into the groove. He then picked up his wooden sword from the grass as he resumed his stance. Abraham attacked first and Filbert blocked the attack. Abraham swings his sword to his father's left ribs, but Filbert just parried it. Filbert hit his son on the shoulder blades and that felt like a sword just stabbed on Abraham. He backed away as he needs a bit of
The next day, Filbert started rebuilding the room that has been destroyed because of the sudden magic awakening of Abraham. While he is at it, Abraham is with his mother and headed down to town to consult with someone who is a great mage. Abraham feels weird. It was if power was running down his whole body like a raging river. It’s overwhelming him, and it’s not a good sign. Because if a magic of a person overflows, it’ll be disastrous. That’s why they are heading to this person that his parents know. It’s for him to know how to control his powers, especially when it has the potential of being a rare one. After a few minutes of walking down the streets of the town of Ozo, they reached this small house that is at the western end of the town. Josephine and Abraham stepped on the front porch as Josephine knocked on the door thrice.At first there was nothing, but then,“Who dares to disturb the sleeping mage? Curse shall be upon those who disturbs the great mage of Ozo.” Says a very cree
Solitude, grief and every heartache are the only things that existed for Alex. He doesn’t know why he is remembering it right now. Nevertheless, it was that cursed day when everything went hell. It was August 12th and it was an afternoon with the skies crying. Alex was walking alone under his trusty umbrella as he was tasked to buy his grandfather some medicine at the pharmacy. As he was walking, he then looked in front of him to see a dozen people who is the same age as him blocking his way. He was then dragged into a tight alley and the people suddenly forced Alex to give them money. Alex, who didn’t give away the money that was supposed to go to his grandfather’s medicine, got beat up by the kids. Alex was beaten into a pulp until he couldn’t even see a single image anymore. The surrounding was blurry, as he lays on the ground with thick red liquid getting mixed up with the rain puddles. The kids were laughing as they then stripped Alex naked and then they stole the money from Alex
It was a Sunday afternoon and an already 15-year-old Abraham is taking a peek at a hole in this bathhouse. The bodies of the girls were spectacular. Their proportions were just out of this world. Some have their bushes shaved, but some haven't. Not to mention their boobs that differ in sizes. The girls were soaked in water, which made them extremely hotter that it turns Abraham on. This is his daily routine. Every day Marge asked him to do some chores, he takes a detour and do some perverted stuff. Just like peeking through a hole in this girl's bathhouse. His nose was basically bleeding as he is seeing those fantastic bodies. He really wants to rub one off, but he can't, since he might get caught, again, peeking into a bathhouse full of girls. As he is greatly entertained by this fabulous free show, he suddenly felt something. He turned to his right to see dozens of men, holding some broomsticks and are glaring angrily at Abraham who grinned at them. He then looked through the hole a
The next morning, Abraham woke up with a start because Marge was literally banging his head with her walking stick. Abraham sat up as he rubbed his head,“Can you wake me up like a normal person?” Abraham asked.Marge chuckled,“I will, if you weren’t someone who is like cooking oil when sleeping! Get up and change your clothes, go down and eat breakfast. We’re going to go to the guild hall today.” Says Marge as she went down ahead of Abraham.After changing clothes, Abraham went down to eat a little breakfast. A simple loaf of bread and milk is what their breakfast for today. As they ate while dodging plates, Abraham looked at Marge who was reading newspapers again,“What work would I have in that hall?” Vincent asked.“You’ll know when we get there. I pulled some strings of mine to get you in that a guild. No matter what job it is, take it. Because it will help you increase your knowledge about being an adventurer. And if you’re lucky enough, then you can become an adventurer in no
The work was perfectly fine for Abraham. It has been a week since he started this job, and it was working beautifully. The amount of information he gets every single day is just outrageous. Adventurers who comes back from their jobs, order some booze to have their bodies relax after long days of being in the field. They fight monsters for a living and do almost everything to earn money, that’s how this world works. Abraham, who is now in the kitchen and was waiting for something he can serve. He wore this brown and white uniform. After a few minutes, the food he is about to serve arrived and he then went on to bring it to the people the ordered it. Two big trays that have plates of food is what he is carrying while walking through crowds of adventurers that is all over the guild hall. This is a normal situation here in the hall, especially when half of the adventurers are now here after completing a job. The major requirement for being a server in the guild is that you need to be care
This is Abraham's first all-out battle, so he was pretty nervous. Their enemies are monsters who has no other goal than to kill them all and eat them. Luckily, he was at the rear of the group along with some more rookies, so they are working together. With his trainer sword, Abraham slid on his knees and then slashed the legs of the incoming monsters. The fellow rookies behind him then grabbed the chance and slew the falling monsters. Abraham stood up as a cyclops was heading towards him. One veteran adventurer caught the hurtling club of the big one-eyed creature as Abraham took the chance to slash the monster in half. The fight continued as it is intensifying every minute. As the fight goes on, Filbert and his party suddenly arrived due to the fact that the employer cancelled the job. But what they saw was not the welcoming town of Ozo. It was an all-out battle with the monsters. So, they all drew their weapons and then charged at the battle. Their party was known for being one of t
Abraham tried multiple attacks on piercing through the thick skin, however, none of those ways worked as the giant's skin is just too thick like it was made from ballistic glass or something. But this is when Abraham came up with one great plan. Guns! But guns do not exist in this world as people rely on their own magic to become weapons and activate cannons. The giant then swung his club down as Abraham avoided it. He was about to try another slash when he realized that he could make his sword hurtle like a bullet at full speed. But to do that, he needs distance and time to conjure lightning and then throw it at the monster. So, to do that, Abraham ran away from the giant as far and fast as possible. He went south to lure in the giant. And due to its lacking intelligence, it followed Abraham while letting out a weird and creep laugh. Abraham climbed up this big boulder as he raised his sword up to the sky. He concentrated his mana as he then chanted the spell,"Lumer Kid La." He yell
With the assassin showing itself on the battlefield, it is safe to say that this person is also aiming for the head of Abraham,“I have waited this long. I haven’t seen this kind of battle in years, and I have to say. Abraham Warlock, you sure do know how to stir things up even though you never intended to and was just catching leads about me.” The assassin says in its muffled voice under the mask that is covering the assassin’s whole face.Abraham who is a completely different person now just grinned as he finally found a real challenge. However, he then realized that Angel was killed, which means that he would most likely take the blame for it, but his other self does not care. Abraham has this obsession to kill and finally clear their job in this island, however, this assassin is too strong for Abraham. The two broke away from each other as the other Abraham is now trying to figure things out. Deep inside him lies the real Abraham, waiting to be set free. Since he was trapped and i
JACOB'S POV:Pumunta muna ako ng locker room para magpalit, at pagkatapos kong magpalit, dumiretso agad kami sa field para sa training. Since baguhan ako, basics agad ako. Dumating kami sa field na naka full baseball uniform na ako, pero hindi pa ito 'yung opisyal na uniform since new member pa lang ako at wala pang kasiguruhan kung mapapasama ako sa main roster, lalo na't may karibal pala ako sa mga rookies, at ang dami nila. Pero kung tutuusin, ako lang ang pinaka baguhan dito at pinaka walang alam tungkol sa baseball, maliban sa napapanood ko. Kasi habang nagpapahinga ako, nanonood ako ng mga baseball anime at iba pang baseball related videos para matuto, at siguro, okay na rin ako kasi alam ko na ang basic rules, mga role ng bawat position, lalo na ang magiging position ko, which is ang pagiging pitcher. Pinakilala ako ng secretary ni kuya kay coach Dexter, o mas kilala sa palayaw na CoDex. Siya ang isa sa mga pitching coach ng team na ito, at siya ang head coach ng 3rd string tea
Bumaba agad ako ng mound pagkatapos kong ibato 'yong bola. Hindi ko alam, pero nakakaramdam ako ng excitement noong naibato ko yung bola. Para bang nakasuntok ako sa kalaban ng solid na kanan na kamao ko. Pero dahil ibabato ko lang naman, hinubad ko na kaagad 'yung uniform at pumunta sa vlocker para magpalit. Sinundan ako ni kuya Alex, at doon na nga niya ako pinilit na sumalio ng baseball. Ngunit, napaisip din ako, at bigla ko na lang napagtanto kung bakit niya ako dinala dito,"Jacob, sumali ka na! 'Yung bato mo, pang-player talaga. Pati—""Kuya, pasensiya na, pero ayaw ko talaga. Gustuhin ko man, 'di ako marunong, pati 'di ako bagay mag-baseball, pagtatawanan lang ako. So, salamat sa offer, pero pass ako." Sagot ko habang isinusuot ko ang aking t-shirt.Bumuntong hiniga si kuya dahil na-disappoint siya. Pero wala, eh, ayaw ko talaga, hihingi na lang ulit ako ng dispensa dahil nag-abala pa siya na ipakita sa'kin kung ano ang baseball. Ganunman, hindi ko pa rin maalis sa isipan ko an
With the assassin showing itself on the battlefield, it is safe to say that this person is also aiming for the head of Abraham, “I have waited this long. I haven’t seen this kind of battle in years, and I have to say. Abraham Warlock, you sure do know how to stir things up even though you never intended to and was just catching leads about me.” The assassin says in its muffled voice under the mask that is covering the assassin’s whole face. Abraham who is a completely different person now just grinned as he finally found a real challenge. However, he then realized that Angel was killed, which means that he would most likely take the blame for it, but his other self does not care. Abraham has this obsession to kill and finally clear their job in this island, however, this assassin is too strong for Abraham. The two broke away from each other as the other Abraham is now trying to figure things out. Deep inside him lies the real Abraham, waiting to be set free. Since he was trapped and
With the assassin showing itself on the battlefield, it is safe to say that this person is also aiming for the head of Abraham,“I have waited this long. I haven’t seen this kind of battle in years, and I have to say. Abraham Warlock, you sure do know how to stir things up even though you never intended to and was just catching leads about me.” The assassin says in its muffled voice under the mask that is covering the assassin’s whole face.Abraham who is a completely different person now just grinned as he finally found a real challenge. However, he then realized that Angel was killed, which means that he would most likely take the blame for it, but his other self does not care. Abraham has this obsession to kill and finally clear their job in this island, however, this assassin is too strong for Abraham. The two broke away from each other as the other Abraham is now trying to figure things out. Deep inside him lies the real Abraham, waiting to be set free. Since he was trapped and i
It was still not easy to believe that Ian is rejecting the ideas of Vincent of dragons, when his late brother was also having the same ideas as Vincent. However, what looks like to David is that Ian is having difficulties in accepting that his brother’s theories and guesses were right since that kind of topic has risen once again. Because Ian might be thinking that the idea of some dragons being awakened by a certain cult was buried along with his brother down his grave. But it isn’t. Instead, it resurfaced and is now having some light on it. As if they think about it carefully, it does make sense. Especially when they put into mind that cults are doing rituals, and rituals needs sacrifices. And this is when David realized that Vincent and Herbert’s theories are correct. But how did they even come up with that conclusion when dozens of skilled heroes and investigators have held the case of the cult for years, and yet did no get a single thing to make the case go forward, that’s why th
As the fight below rages, the fight at the surface was no difference. It is much worse actually. The dragons have already killed 200 heroes with its overwhelming powers, but they died without regrets as they died being a hero to protect the people they swore to always defend and save. Ian is now fighting the dragons without any results at all. He is just striking it with lightning even though the dragons are immune to it as they literally can control the weather and perform natural disasters on a whim. But the thing that pisses Ian off, is the fact that the dragons are laughing at them. As it only views the brave heroes as mere ants meant to be stepped on. And it was an insult to the deaths of hundreds of heroes just to stop them. Ian then struck multiple lightning at the beast, then the vice commander David shot bullet rocks at it. However, the dragons just laughed it off. And that is another thing that surprised them all. These dragons can speak like normal humans do.“You think you
The atmosphere changed as their conversation was continued inside their home. Alexander stood at the left of his mother and listened to the man who introduced himself as Ray. Ray talked about a lot of things that Alexander couldn’t understand, it is unbelievable and it’s impossible.“Alexander, sir, you must understand that you are no ordinary person. The strength and the power you’ve used during that can only mean one thing.” Says Ray.But Alexander doesn’t believe in what this guy is saying. It is just purely impossible for it to even happen. He tried to find answer from his mother, but she too was in distress and is obviously nervous for some reason. Even his grandmother is there sitting on a chair and speechless.“Okay, I’ll believe you. But where is he?” snapped Alexander.He never felt this way before, his insides are boiling because of his anger, and it was like he was about to burst. Jane looked up at her son and saw him determined to have an answer to that question, she tried
With the assassin showing itself on the battlefield, it is safe to say that this person is also aiming for the head of Abraham,“I have waited this long. I haven’t seen this kind of battle in years, and I have to say. Abraham Warlock, you sure do know how to stir things up even though you never intended to and was just catching leads about me.” The assassin says in its muffled voice under the mask that is covering the assassin’s whole face.Abraham who is a completely different person now just grinned as he finally found a real challenge. However, he then realized that Angel was killed, which means that he would most likely take the blame for it, but his other self does not care. Abraham has this obsession to kill and finally clear their job in this island, however, this assassin is too strong for Abraham. The two broke away from each other as the other Abraham is now trying to figure things out. Deep inside him lies the real Abraham, waiting to be set free. Since he was trapped and i