章 2: Chapter 2: Devil Truth Of Misery
A cold dread coiled around Sasha's heart, Aiden's words echoing in her mind like a death knell. The unthinkable, the thought she was trying to avoid, had become a horrifying reality.
Panic gnawed at her. Her little brother, her sweet, gentle Aiden, will be lost in a strange, dangerous land in just two minutes.
She doesn't want to believe this assimilation thing, but the voice felt so real. Moreover, there is a mystic screen in front of her that justifies that everything is real.
Tears welled in her eyes, blurring the already distorted image of the world around her.
How could he survive? How could she bear the thought of him alone, facing the unknown all alone?
A choked sob escaped her lips, raw and desperate.If what she feared was true, then only death awaited Aiden in that unknown land.
Having lost their parents three years ago, Sasha couldn't bear the thought of losing Aiden too.
The thought was enough to steal the breath from her lungs, leaving her gasping for air amidst the crushing despair.
She wished nothing more than that everything is her cruel nightmare, not a reality.
But the chilling reality bit at her senses.
"Just hide as you land there!" she cried, urgency lacing her voice. Every second wasted felt like an eternity. "Find anywhere safe to shelter. Eat whatever you can find, please, just stay safe." Tears welled in her eyes, spilling over like a dam overflowing with fear.
Aiden looked at her as if he was trying to comprehend the situation, he now realized that he would be all alone in an unfamiliar land.
What's more, he still can't see anything, it's just that the blue screen seems a little different.
Aiden's gaze fixated on the screen.
[Time Remaining: 27 Seconds]
The numbers are relentlessly ticking down. Seconds bled into moments, each one a hammer blow to his heart. The silence, broken only by Sasha's ragged breaths, was a deafening symphony of terror.
Unlike Sasha, whose heart hammered with terror, Aiden felt an unsettling calm.
Darkness had been his constant companion since birth, an unwelcome guest that had long ago stolen his edge of fear.
Perhaps, he mused, there was nothing more terrifying than the endless, suffocating embrace of a world devoid of anything.
Though fear remained a distant echo, a gnawing worry still present in Aiden's mind.
If the information in the notifications were really true, then it wouldn't be possible for me to return to earth for another 3 months.
"Sister, it seems I wouldn't be able to talk to you anymore." Aiden said with a little smile, he didn't want her to worry about him.
As he said, Sasha could see the body of his little brother slowly fading away from her hand.
At first, his body seems to be a little blurry, but after a moment his body breaks into multiple smaller parts and evaporates into the air and disappears.
***
Old Patheona of Ancient Larva , northern region
[Welcome to the Old Patheona of Ancient Larva]
Aiden's world spun. One second he was in his room, sitting with his sister. The next, everything went crazy. Weird sounds filled his ears – leaves scratching, bugs buzzing, water running. He couldn't see a thing, and panic squeezed his chest like a tight glove.
Aiden could sense with his extraordinary hearing ability that he was in a dense forest.
The screen is still there on one corner, seemingly open whenever his mind want. But it didn't gave him the sight that he sought.
Aiden first need a support to walk properly in this unfamiliar world.
His heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs as he scrambled to his hands and knees. The ground beneath him was a damp tapestry of moss and decaying leaves, the earthy scent thick in the humid air. He reached out, his fingers brushing against the rough bark of a towering tree. This single point of contact was his lifeline, grounding him in this new, terrifying reality.
With help of wooden stick, he stands up quickly.
Aiden took a shaky breath and tried to calm down. He always used sounds to find his way around. Now, he just had to listen extra hard, turn all these strange noises into a map. He focused, trying to tell the difference between tiny creatures scurrying and branches blowing in the wind. The water trickling got louder, maybe there was a stream nearby.
However before he could even walk, the screen popped up and a ancient voice echos in his mind.
[As a participant to the Legend Program, pioneer for your race, you have been awarded with a pioneer trait.]
[Eye of Truth (Uncommon): This ability grants you access to a vast, ever-expanding database containing information about any object you encounter.]
[Merging the trait to the user genetic…]
[Ability Conflict with the user Bloodline.]
[Primordial Devil Bloodline Activated!]
Suddenly, the world dissolved into a dizzying kaleidoscope of colors and sounds, Aiden's very consciousness fracturing under the strain.
Panic clawed at Aiden's throat, his breath hitching in his chest. Every beat of his heart echoed in his ears, a frantic drum against the encroaching silence. He was adrift in a sea of sensations, utterly alone and utterly terrified.
Moreover, He was all alone somewhere in a forest, and now it feels like he is going unconscious for some reason.
Just as darkness threatened to claim him, the same voice, cold and disembodied, echoed in the void.
[Eye of Truth devoured by Aiden Fernandez.]
[Eye of Truth evolves into Devil's Truth of Misery(Rare)]
Aiden clung to the sliver of consciousness remaining, bracing himself for whatever the Devil's Truth of Misery held.
Suddenly, A jolt of energy surged through Aiden, his body snapping back to its normal functions. He rose to his feet, a wave of dizziness washing over him.
A shocked expression appears on Aiden's face.
"This!!."
A structure of gigantic forest appears on his eyes but without any color.
Aiden can sense it is not actually a vision. But the structure of the world created in his mind with the information stored in his mind.
It felt so similar to his special visions, like the ones he sometimes saw in his Hallucination even though he couldn't really see.
But unlike those visions, Aiden had no memory of these giant trees, buzzing bugs, and scratchy leaves. How was he building a picture in his mind of a place he'd never been before?
This ability!
Aiden can sense that this ability is capturing the misery of others and let him feel the world through it.
Unbelievable!
Though sight remained elusive to Aiden, the world around him shimmered with a newfound presence. It wasn't sight, but a different kind of perception, an outline of the world etched in his mind.
It feels majestic and mysterious!
Aiden's mind was calmed as compared to someone who has seen the world for the first time because this ability is really similar to how he see his surroundings in Hallucination.
Howl! Howl!!
Suddenly, the air shuddered. A primal howl erupted from the far distance. Not a human sound, for sure. The very ground seemed to vibrate with its intensity.
The source, though far away, resonated with a terrifying presence. It's telling him of its immense strength, a predator unlike any he'd ever encountered.
Aiden know it's warning everyone.
Panic clawed at Aiden's throat. "I need to find shelter!" the thought pulsed in his mind, a desperate plea for survival in this strange, unseen world.
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