Modern day earth year(2024)
a man was seen sitting cross legged with a katana or a sword of some kind hard to distinguish mostly because of the heavy snowstorm that is occurring in the mountain range he was sitting in known to mankind as Himalayas. But what makes the spot he was sitting on peculiar is because of the sharp contrast formed by nature where the pure white snow meets the sea of green grass and with the backdrop of the heavy snowfall it makes a sombre but beautiful scenery. But the scene got more peculiar because of the iridescent glow which suddenly manifested in front of the man
MC pov-
When i opened my eyes to find where the glare of light on my eyes is coming from ,what i am seeing is definitely not something i expected.
how should i describe what i am seeing as i myself couldn't comprehend what i am watching. It's like this place or if you can even call whatever this is a 'place' is made up of every color you could possibly ever imagine and at the same time no color at all. One moment i can see all types of colors mashing together like on a white canvas or is it black?, and the next moment i can't see any color at all or more precisely nothing at all, like the very notion of colors is foreign to this place where there is no upwards or downwards no sense of left or right.
wait am i standing, why am i standing ? i am supposed to be sitting .Where is my sword? where is the mountain? why am i here?
suddenly when i was getting overwhelmed by the numerous questions in my mind it all suddenly vanished or you could say it simply didn't matter anymore because my attention was gathered upon the iridescent glowing orb? or is it the voice? that i am hearing but these things can be thought upon later because the words that i heard next were not something i am going to forget ever.
[I AM THE COMPENDIUM OF ALL UNIVERSAL EVENTS, THOUGHTS, WORDS, EMOTIONS AND INTENT TO HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE. BUT FOR YOU TO SIMPLY UNDERSTAND I AM AKASHIC RECORDS]
suddenly many things started making sense to me ,the sudden empty state of my mind is most likely because it pulled all my focus towards itself seemingly making everything else worthless so that i do not try to comprehend that which i should not. But if i am here then..
am i dead? i asked it.
[no you are not]
heaving a sigh of relief, then i..
[but you soon will be]
what do you mean?
[i am here to give you a choice or to tell you about the paths you were destined for if you so wish]
destined paths as in plural? don't we all had our destinies written before our birth ?
[it is not so simple. Every being has a predestined path written before their births, but how it comes to fruition all depends upon the choices and experiences one goes throughout their life. Suppose a person is destined to be a savior, that person can be anything from a simple man who save's another's life by pushing him/her out of the way of a moving truck or he/she could be a doctor or an army officer the possibilities are endless ]
but then how....
[i suggest you curb your curiosity at least until i have fulfilled on the premise i came here for NATHAN KNIGHT.]
i understand , please continue as i too am curious as to know what is it that i am destined for.
[as of now you have to option :-
1-you forget about this encounter and die a natural death and be sent to the normal reincarnation cycle created by your creator for all living beings or
2-you use the universal energy which you absorbed during your enlightenment and reincarnate in one of the numerous worlds perceived by the resident of your world as mere entertainments
the choice is now yours.]
"so either i normally die or choose an adventure in another world the choice seems obvious but the question is what's the catch and how could i survive in the different world if it is one with super powers?"
you said i will die but i haven't died yet so how long do i have and why will i die?
[enlightenment is not something that comes and goes in a blink of your eye it takes a normal human years to fully comprehend what they have achieved but unfortunately or fortunately your enlightenment came during a snowstorm and therefore you being a normal human cannot withstand the cold hence your death and judging by the state of your body you don't have much time left.]
wait what is fortunate in this situation and what even did get enlightened about?
[you are fortunate because you get to decide how to use the fruits of your labor had you not in your condition and were to live for a normal human's whole lifespan your rewards would have been random encounters upon which you have no control on and lived a fairly normal but good life. As for your second question to articulate it in simpler terms you just figured out one of the purpose of life your creator wanted you humans to live by]
and what about the second option ? how can you guarantee that i won't live a life worse than this one or die a death harsher than this one?
[their seems to be some misunderstanding in you about me, i am not those r.o.b's you have read about in random tales or fictions , neither you are here by a chance encounter . How you live your life is wholly depended on yourself and i am just offering you what you worked for.
but i understand the core of your troubles and you need not be worried. I will at least provide you all the necessary tools to survive, assimilate and thrive in a different universe.]
if that is the case then i am ready. I choose the second option.
[are you sure?]
i am.