"So, this is what it feels like after death."
"I didn't expect it to be this.....dark."
Nate says as he seemingly floats through the vast void space.
"Well I guess that's it huh? I died in a way that I would've never expect a modern day citizen would die...."
"....by being stabbed through by a sharp metal sign and hanged by it." Nate said solemnly upon the realization of his death.
"Not to mention that I didn't even get to see my family members for the last time."
Nate kept on floating through the unending void surrounding, not knowing where that it will take him.
"I wish really didn't save that girl...or more like I wish that it shouldn't ended in that way."
He kept on thinking about what ifs through out god knows how long it has been since he gained consciousness in this empty void.
"I hope that they're okay.My death would be devastating for them, especially for mom." Nate says.Knowing the type of person her mother is, she would be absolutely devastated upon the gruesome death of his beloved son.
"At the end of the day, there's really nothing I could do to stop my fate." Nate says, excepting his death and departure of the living world.
"But honestly, I thought after death, there would be some kind of trial that I need to go through.You know, those "either I go to heaven or hell"?"
Nate has always been a believer, somewhat, of these religion thing.To him, some of the things that has been said makes sense.For instance, "how can there be no god when everything around him has been created? the stars, planets, galaxies, blackholes and the so called "observable universe"? Are they all just there existed like that? with nothing but coinsidence?".
He has always believed a little bit in its conjuncture but, as of right now, it is not doing wonders for him.
*sigh* "I guess I'm going to "stroll" through the vast empty void for eternity I guess." Nate sighs upon the revelation that all creation was created by coincidence.
or...
"ARE YOU LOSING FAITH ALREADY, CHILD?"
....was he wrong?
Nate pondered upon the light that had appeared in front of him, or should it be said, far from him?
Well, he can't really know how short or far the entity's distance is because of the humongous size that the entity presents itself.
It is...immeasurable.
It does not make any sense what so ever to Nate.How can he feel that the entity in front of him can be measured and at the same time can't?
'So this is God?' Nate thought at the Majestical form of this deity in front of him.
"NO CHILD.I'M MERELY HIS SERVENT.AN ANGEL SENT BY HIS MAJESTY TO GUIDE ANY WANDERING SOULS AFTER THEIR DEATH.....THROUGH REINCARNATION."
The deity spoke once more, or should it be said to be an angel?
"Incredible" Nate muttered in awe.
"The Christians doesn't do you beings justice." Nate said.
"THAT IS HOW MORTAL BEINGS ARE CHILD.HUMAN BEINGS OFTEN CHANGE THE TRUTH INTO BECOMING SOMETHING FALSE TO COPE WITH THEIR IGNORANCE."
The Angel spoke in a soft yet powerful tone of voice.
"HOWEVER, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS.SOME RIGHTEOUS SOULS WOULD BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH AND MESSAGES THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO HUMANKIND."
Nate looked at the face, or lack there of because the angel is too big in size to in full tandem.
"THESE SOULS ARE SOULS THAT ARE FAVORED UPON HIS MAJESTY.THEY GAVE UP EVERYTHING IN FAVOUR OF HIS MAJESTY'S TRUST."
"AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM CHILD."
Nate looked at the angel, confused upon its words.
"Me? why am I favored upon gods trust? isn't that I only half heartedly believed in his existence?" Nate says with doubt.
"THAT IS TRUE, CHILD.HOWEVER, IN HIS MAJESTIES WORDS "THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN ME, EVEN FOR A TINY AMOUNT, WILL STILL PRAISED BY ME.FOR I WILL OVERLOOK 1000 SINS FOR OVER JUST 1 GOOD DEED".ESSENTIALLY, YOU ARE LIKE A SHINING DIAMOND IN A SEA OF CHARCOAL."
Nate nodded in understanding.
"So pardon my rude intrusion, where is god?" Nate asked hesitantly.
"HIS MAJESTY IS EVERWHERE AND KNOWHERE AT THE SAME TIME CHILD.HE CAN MEET YOU RIGHT NOW TO PERSONALLY SEE, BUT, YOUR SOUL WOULD BE ANNIHALATED UPON ONLY EVEN A FRACTION OF HIS PRESSENCE."
"SO THAT IS WHY HIS MAJESTY SENT THIS MERE LOWLY SERVANT TO PERSONALLY ATTEND YOU."
"I see." Nate accepting the fact that he is only but a mere speck of within the main scale of things.
"What now? Am I about to be reincarnated or something?"
Nate ask the angel, forgetting the fact that the Angel says is here to do just that.
"HEHE, QUITE A FORGETFUL ONE ARE YOU CHILD? YES I AM HERE TO REINCARNATED INTO THE WORLD OF YOUR CHOOSING UPON HIS MAJESTY'S ORDERS." The Angel says towards the clueless Nate.
"FOR EVERY SOUL THAT HAS BEEN FAVORED BY HIS MAJESTY, THEY ARE GIVEN THREE BLESSINGS TO ACCOMPANY ON YOUR JOURNEY IN THE NEXT LIFE."
"Is that so? then what about the memories of our past life? isn't every soul would lose their past life memories upon reincarnation?" Nate ask worryingly on what kind of wish that he needed to do to retain his past memories.However, it is not needed as the Angel reassures his worries.
"AH THAT IS WHERE THE BELIEVER IS SHOWN TO BE FAVORED CHILD.A NON-BELIEVER WOULD GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITHOUT ANY BLESSINGS OR ANY RECOLLECTION MEMORIES OF HIS PAST LIFE."
"FOR A BELIEVER HOWEVER, THEY ARE THE OPPOSITE.THEY GO THROUGH REINCARNATION AS WELL, BUT, THEY ARE GIVEN BLESSINGS THAT CAN ALLOW THEM TO STRIVE IN THE NEXT LIFE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH, AS WELL AS THE MEMORIES THEY HAVE AND RETAINED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE NEXT LIFE."
"THINK OF IT AS A REWARD FOR YOUR PATRONAGE."
The Angel said towards Nate to clear up any understanding of his, or lack there of in his case.
"Then what about the place that I would be reborn in? Or the appearance that I would want to have? or the period of time? are all of those categories within the scope of the wishes I would want?"
"NO CHILD, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE NOT WITHIN THE WISHES THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ASK FOR."
Nate nodded happily upon his confirmation.
"Very well.Then, I would want to start off by choosing what world I will want to be reborn in."
The Angel agreed with Nates' request with a "HMM" followed with a nod.
Nate thought long and hard with what decision would he want to make.
'Hmm there are myriads of realities that I would go to honestly, but all of them are uncertain for me considering that I only watched and read the anime and manga/manhwa.' Nate thought with a frustrating mind.
'I could go to marvel? No it's just absurdly dangerous.The moment I enter the multiverse, entities of different kind would lay upon its eyes towards me.'
'Than how about JJK? eh still a no either.I didn't even read the manga to know where the story would be left of.Plus, who knows what kind of atrocities that brain nightmare would do to me with just the slightest uncertainty coming from me.'
Nate thought more of other worlds that would fit to suite his liking, to no avail.
until one world pops up into his mind.
'Oooh what about danmchi? yeah that would be a good world.The anime has gone in far enough already to know what would come after.' Nate happily declare his reasoning.
'Plus, I like the theme of Danmachi.....excluding the brutal side of Orario but it will be fine and dandy with what I have in mind for the wishes.'
"Than I would want to reincarnated into the world of Danmachi."
"HMM AN INTERESTING CHOICE."
The Angel then waves its hand. A bright light, as bright as the sun, glows upon the Angels command.As brief as it's glows, the light dissipated, indicating that his wish has been granted.
"WHAT IS NEXT CHILD?"
"I would like to go and to create the appearance of my new self."
"VERY WELL."
After the angel says that, the Angel waves it hands again to make a floating screen appear in front of Nate.
The appearance is as it's follows, the male character has long blonde wild hair, almost as if it is a lions mane.His face sharp showing it the appearance of a strong presence.His eyes also with the colour of blonde to compenste with the mane like hair.his eyes sharp, with a gaze that would make any opposing individual leaving petrified.Golden pupils for its eyes to complete its set of golden. A scar across its left eye.A sharp nose and beautiful lips.
After finishing its face, Nate went on towards his body.
Nate went ahead and gave him a height of 2.45 meters, which is approximately 8 foot tall.His body that of muscle, as if impenetrable.
[These description is already in the auxiliary chapters.Make sure to check them out for better understanding of MCs' new appearance.]
"alright, aaaaand done."
"VERY WELL.NICELY DONE.HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE QUESTION IN MIND THAT I WANTED TO EXPRESS."
"And that is?"
"WITH YOU CREATING YOUR CHARACTER IN ADULT FORM, DO YOU WANT TO BE REBORN AS A BABY OR AS A GROWN ADULT WITH ALREADY EXISTINGBACKGROUND?" The Angel ask Nate for him to understand his situation that he is in.
"Oh yes, How did I forget?" He says as he facepalmed himself knowing of how close he is to almost screwing himself over.
"Well personally, I would make my new self with a back story that revolves around tragic events.It goes like this.I, myself, was living in a remote village far away from Orario, happily with my family members.However, one day, a swarm of monsters attacked our village, killing all residents within said village.Well, except me of course. I would then wander of aimlessly upon the destruction of the village for weeks.Afterwards I decided to train my physique and started living alone in the wild.Years on end, I would train my body until in became seemily an unstoppable force."
The Angel nodded in agreement towards his made up background story.
"Then one day, I stumbled upon some travelers passing by talking with each other.I wasn't interested in their stories until one topic emerge.Orario.They would continue on saying that this place called "Orario" possesses a dungeon for people to raid and earn a living through life and death situation.However, that is not the main thing that I was interested on.I was interested on one subject that thoroughly piqued my interest."
"Gods"
"I continue on hearing about how these gods can grant you blessings, or in their words, falna that allows a mortal to surpass its mortal limits and reaching god hood."
"That was the final confirmation for me to head to this place called Orario.I set of next thing in the morning, through trial and error knowing where to head towards in order to reach my destined place.After 1 week of searching, I finally found the place."
"The rest would be continued by me pesonally."
The Angel hummed in contempt upon Nates' thought out background story.
"EXECELLENT.NOW WE MOVE ONTO THE NEXT AND FINAL SESSION."
"THEBLESSINGS."