There was only darkness. Nothing was insight, Matthew stirred. It felt like he's under water. But nonetheless, he heard a clear chimes of a bell.
[DING! The #### heard and answered your prayer!]
[ #### created a contract! ]
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-### will give the host a second chance at life, together with a [system], along with other benefits. And in exchange the host is expected to do all they could to fight off the [Apocalypse] in the distant future and to save ### creations.
-#### does not, and will never control the host against their wish
-### will not scheme against the host
-the host shall not scheme against ### or join the [Apocalypse] as doing so ### will have the full right to exterminate the host at any given time.
-#### will also assist the host's growth
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[Do you accept?]
[Yes] [No]
[Warning! Rejecting the deal will send you back to your body!]
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Matthew was silent, to be honest he still thinks he's dead and this is the after life.. and so he thought he couldn't really move or talk or even think... He's just there.. floating
I mean technically he is right.. but no, this is not the afterlife. This is death.. he haven't crossed over yet..
This continues on for an unknown amount of time until Matthew finally decided to move his eyes..
Realizing he could move his other 'limbs' twitched. He began moving, and he scream in horror
"ARRRGAAAHUUHH" He yelled and shielded his face.. his mind was still stucked in the moment he got stabbed to death.
He 'gripped' his 'chest'..
'I.... I'm alive? W-what?' he looked around.. there nothing but .. impenetrable and flowing darkness.
He stayed there.. trying to snap out of it.. moving on..and.. forgetting what happened and accepting reality for who knows how long.
Then his eye's landed on the bright text boxes that float's in front of him. And he began reading them.
As he reads he could his 'heart' beating faster and faster.
'Is this for real???.. will i really get the chance of regression?? I can finally right my mistakes!'
He was overjoyed that he couldn't help but 'smile' but then he hesitated.. the [Apocalypse] sounds quite concerning...
'If this guy is strong enough to give me another chance and give me — a system —if im right it should be powerful as fuck .. then why can't ge get rid of the Apocalypse on his own?a restrictions?.. he's busy? or is he afraid?'
He doesn't know for sure.. but he's still quite concerned about it. But its not like he can rejecting the contract.. and besides, its all a win for him.. isn't this a good deal?
And base on the contract, the [Apocalypse] won't be coming anytime soon.. So if the system is really what he think it is.. he'll have enough time to grow strong enough to at least do something about it by then..
Or maybe there's a way to stop them from ever descending? Where did the Apocalypse come from anyway?
'ugh.. this is just giving me more questions and concerns than assurance' he sighed
''Fine... I accept this terms'' he 'said' out loud.. his voice echoing throughout the darkness of the void.
And suddenly he felt the surroundings — no.. its his soul... it's trembling.
And suddenly, he felt a powerful force pull him back so fast that he swear his soul got left for a second.
'WAAAAAHH---' the pull was too fast, too overwhelming that he couldn't help but scream.
He felt his 'stomach' twisting into a a knot as the speed made him nauseous. And suddenly a bright flash of light.
"---AAAAAHHHhh...hh....huh?" His screams slowly recedes as he found himself standing.. now that he think of it.. he never really saw his body early right?
Looking down he checked his hand and arms.. it's quite the same?.. did the guy only sent him just a few days or weeks earlier before that damned portal opened up??
'Fuck! I thought I'd be sent a but further in the past!' he hissed thinking he won't have much time.
He looked around the room.. it was.. unfamiliar?!? It was slightly cramped.. and looking down he realized he's sitting on a study chair?.
And
"...!!!??"
He's holding a bloody knife. Finally checking his body he saw that his clothes are stained with thick amounts of blood.
"What the fuck? When did I ever tried to kill my self??!?" He asked out loud.. and he began having a few suspicion.
Quickly checking his pockets hoping his treasure still be —
"Aha! Yes!" He grabbed a rectangular device in his pocket and pulled it out.
It's a cellphone. Clicking the screen it opened up.. displaying the usual UI..
The lock screen, the current time... And.. 'huh? Where's the battery percentage?'
Sliding the screen up it reads his face and unlocked on its own. He checked the phone's settings. There's no battery settings, no processor details.. not even a storage details..
'what stupid phone is this shit? Provided by the a school? This shit is crap!'
Grumbling he turned his attention to another thing and checked the dates and his eye's almost shot out of his skull.
Date: 5323, june 11.
'HOLY SHIT IM IN THE FUTURE?!? Nooo!! My lottery plan!!..' he grimace as his quick cash grab was ruined.
'W-wait lemme check something just to be sure' he thought as he scrolled around his phone until he found what seems to be the browser and search.
'whats the name of our world'
And just like he thought.. a different results appeared confirming his suspicion..
"Argora...huh?" He spoke softly as he set his hand down to his lap while holding his phone.
'It's either a different planet but the same universe.. or an entire reality altogether.' he sighed and massaged his bridge.
"I mean.. the contract didn't really say that I'll be sent back in time or in the same world.. it just says a second chance...."
He said to himself. As he takes another look at the screen on the phone.
"Well, it is what it is"
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An hour later that time... Matthew have taken a bath and has changed clothes. Now, he's currently checking more information about the new world he's in.
When suddenly a notification sounded as his phone vibrated once.
Raising his eyebrows he opened the app that cause the notification and saw that it was a messaging platform.
"Whoah...shit... This makes things complicated" he thought as his eye's landed on multiple names on the screen and their previous texts.
Although it confirmed one thing he was about to check earlier.. his name was the same.. Matthew Magnus.. and by his looks earlier..the same age as well.
Looking at the profile he couldn't help but recall his own looks when he checked the mirror earlier.
It was pretty different from his original face but he soon accepted it.
He have an auburn short hair cut into something close to a French Crop but slightly longer it sits right above his eyebrows.. and a quite soft and round facial feature.
He's pretty slim and slightly skinny.. he looked like the definition of a boy.. but his ragged hair and his face that scream.. 'I hate my life' he looks quite nice?.. although he's not ugly he's not the type to have women chase after him.
"I prefer my face before to be honest" he sighed thinking back to his face... Only to sighed once more.. because ever since he got here.. he have forgotten everything about his old self except his name.. he have the memory though.. just not the feelings and all that bullshit.
Which is kinda nice and sad? Because he probably wouldn't adjust so quickly.. but at the same time.. that's him.. that's like knowing you died..
Anyway.. back to the phone at hand. Looking down he checked the names.
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Evelyn Snow
-I'm leaving, there's nothing you can....
James Jackson
-Yo, dude you ok? You haven't replie....
Matthew Magnus
-I don't know what to do anymore I....
Hans Brightstar
-LOL you bitchass shit you should ki.....
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"... No way...." Matthew began skimming his eyes to the preview messages and he began connecting the dots. "UURGH NO WAAAYYY"
And realized how he died.. he cringed so hard that he almost killed himself.
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10 minutes later. Matthew is now laying in his bed.. which is just a few steps away from his suicide chair.
"Damn.. this me did really just killed himself because his gf cheated on him?...bruh why? There's so much to live for! There's games, life, food, heck there's porn if your too lonely.. this is so embarrassing "
He palmed his face. Not believing that his version in this reality died because of that. That shit just sounds so dumb.
Currently he's reading what appears to be a diary of some kind that the previous him used to send to his own messages.
Matthew Magnus
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•June 8, 11:33 AM, 5323
-I did it! I got into through the application exam! Just the entrance exam and I'll be a student of the Academy! I also have saved enough to buy a potential awakening stone! I'll finally awaken tomorrow! Leeez goooo
•June 9, 3:18 AM, 5323
-I'm fucked.. I don't think I'll pass the entrance exam in 4 days.. I got a fucking useless skill.. Evelyn seems disappointed to.. and she's being worse than usual..
•June 10, 1:22 PM, 5323
-Evelyn is ghosting me.. but maybe if I buy her another gift everything will be fine? I wished my skill was better.. fuck my life....
•June 10, 4:26
-I don't know what to do.. I cant sleep.. Evelyn..she.. she have been cheating on me.. Why? After everything I did for her?? After all those times? She have been cheating behind my back? I wanna die.. I wanna die fuck my life im useless.. I'm pathetic... Hans was right...i... should kill my self
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'So, people awakens with a potential stone huh.. so almost everyone should have some powers in here.. I wonder how those shit works.. maybe I should research about it after checking everything in here' he thought as he reads the previous Matthew's messages.
"Well...rip lil guy.. hopefully you don't regret killing yourself." Matthew said as he stretch then he opened the other contacts.
First he checked Evelyn Snow.. and saw that it's just alot of begging from the previous Matthew..
And some message that says:
- fuck you're annoying, she's busy right now lil bitch didn't she already told u that shes breakingup wit u? Just acctp it n move on bitch ass
"damn...lil bro got ntr'ed no wonder he killed himself" Matthew nodded to himself finally understanding the guy just a little bit.
'but I dont think killing my self is the answer.. I would have killed the dude instead to be honest' he thought.. after putting himself in the dude's shoe..
'but considering that people awakens their power.. I wonder what did that guy got' he wondered before reading the rest of the message.
Which appeared 8 hours after that message from the guy.
-I'm leaving, there's nothing you can say or do to stop me, Hans is so much better than you.. he's hot, rich, and unlike you he have a B rank skill Thunder Bolt that belongs to an A rank class Sage of Thunder .. you're nothing.. so stop talking to me and leave me alone
After reading it Matthew nodded..'Yeah that does sounds powerful.. no wonder'
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He read the other messages except from the guy Hans.. since he doesn't really need to.
Although he learned another thing from a different guy — Jame.. which is apparently his friend... What he learned was... there's FUCKING DARK SOULS 8 ALREADY and even more hyped up game.
It didn't even take long before the new Matthew accepted James Jackson as his friend.
"Anyway I've been here fo — "
[DING! SYSTEM HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED!]
[Welcome host!]
[To the -Skill Maker System!-]
"Speaking of the devil! Its finally here!"
He smiled his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Please open the system interface!"
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