Earth 3025.
'Fallen City of Prideful Warrior'.
Code 101.
Dark clouds were covering the whole sky, it was covered in an mist of dark mana, red and white thunder roaring, like it's want to tell something, it was raining, streets of fallen city were drawn in that rain.
But!, there was something different, that rain, it wasn't the normal rain, it was the rain of blood, same for those clouds above the city, they to were the artificial one, created for purpose, through some kind of advance sorcery.
From the alley, there was a cornor, moving forward not wating for anyone, a gate appeared, drenched branch laying on ground, and not wating for their time, again one sees the white tree, beside the white tree who once lived among the human.
Giving them shade and meaning, now that tree was no longer alive, beneath the tree was a mist like fog to, not the thick one, it was somehow visible there, and it was covering the tree branches, making them different from the original one's, there was an one shop in front of the tree.
That shop had broken doors and windows broken too, wall's were green, not because of paint, it was green because nature had took that wall as the part of it's own, that shop was big, big enough to be called home, no supplies, no water, even the dust that covering the table, had forgotten long ago the taste of dryness.
There was a machine, a coffee one, food maker to, and in that gaze looking closer, corner one wall was hiding the ice cream machine, it wasn't cold anymore, even those small worms died starving inside them.
Machine's were broken and no longer functionable, and no person was inside the shop, even electricity was no longer working, no light, rain was getting stronger, and blood was turning that greenery into a very beautiful red painting, everything, everywhere was same.
Afterall fallen city was the part of the lowest ranking city, a city were the poor one lives, even lowest in ranking, whos life is not much of a different then a slave, even slave can survive if he tried enough, but in this forgotten city, slaves freedom is not much different then death.
Thunder was too loud, it was like the sky wanted break whole apart, in every cornor of fallen city, thunder was embracing the every object it can, 'smell of burning', even though rain was covering the scent of blood, but the nose was finding his way to smell, it was hard to breathe outside.
Sound of cough, not too loud, it was covered behind the hand.
Place was filled with puberty and dirty rivers, air was not breathable anymore nor the water was drinkable anymore, every corner was filled with waste and flesh, but it wasn't belongs to human, it was mana filled waste, dead one, it was completely different rotten.
While breathing suffocatingly, and passing through the alley of broken building's, crossing the street full of insects, and avoiding them to survive, do not try to kill them, those are the insects of dead one, they hunt in group, killing them was impossible without killing them completely, even one left behind was enough to eat the person alive slowly.
Passing through them, go straight toward the end without looking behind, at the end of the road there's a garden, after reaching that garden who is no longer able to witness the smile of his companions, nor he can see the future, as it was trapped inside doom of time.
Sound of sigh.
And inside the garden at the centre of lake, there was a person laying helplessly, crying, scared, "i dont know how?", "i don't know when?", "i don't know who?", "but, I am somehow reincarnated into this world".
His body was not in good condition, "I'm hungry", it seems he hasn't eaten anything for long time... there' was no strength in his arms nor leg, "i can barely open my eyes, my head, it hurts, I'm in pain like someone is crusing my head with his bare hand", but he don't know why?, it's been one hour since he found himself in this strange place.
"I do have memories, but they're nothing worth", because the place he was in right now, was the completely different realm, it' was a sub space created by the dream of the man whos body he was currently in.
And those dream have made the changess in reality, "I'm currently trapped inside of my own dream", he was crying, not in pain, but because of the situation of his, "no matter what I do, or try!, i can't break free from this dream!!!".
Everytime he tries to do something, a tentacles like thing who is outside devouring the river, it kills him "i have died already three times, and, i, I don't want to go outside anymore!", he was starving, but there was nothing he could do!, that monster seems to have intelligence.
And after starving and dying three times, this situation made him realise, that this dream world, in order to break free from this world, he need to defeat that monster, and move forward, "even though I'm dying again and again, and don't want to go outside", "no!, i need to kill that tentacle monster and cross the river"..
"Only then I'll be able to survive", he was saying while making fist of courage, tough he don't have strength, "even though i want to, but how?!, I'm just a normal human being, how am I supposed to defeat such a thing?", and knowing his memories and memories of that man, he don't seems to have any special power like other.
Even though this world have supernatural powers, but!, because the original owner born in slum, and didn't receive any special awakening seal.
He Sighed again, "I'm talentless".
In this world of dreems only noble have privilege to live like a special, but for normal people!, who born as a life stocks slave whos only nature is to work for them and die in their state, he don't have that kind of privilege and power, but even though knowing that there's zero survival rate for low born without awakening in the world of dreams.
Original owner, he had still trapped himself inside his own dream to awaken his reality and power, "although this guy who is me, he's dead after i awaken my memories, but!, because i born here so basically he is me, we both are same".
"So particularly this's my fault, i wanted to live, and wanted to survive in this world".
Well in a world like calamity itself, where one's survival depends on their own instincts, capabilities, knowledge, experience, and all together it comes to hunting ability, in this world only those have awaken the powerful dream, only they can survive and live.
And the young man, who was desperately wanted to live, wanted to break free from the cycle of hierarchy created by system, he did this so he can break free from the low ranking, and cross over the wall and see the world beyond, even though he knew that his luck is not good, he did everything, but his dream, chose to devoured him.
He was holding together, even though he might die any moment again, trauma of his death was also there hunting him, his breath was too heavy, every single breath, his heart beat, even though outside it was raining, thunder echoing, but his heart beat was more loud.
Suddenly grwal sound echos in garden.
It was His stomach who was roaring in hunger, he lifts his head slowly, "how long do i have to?!!!", "I'm hungry, something, i need something to eat!!!", "i don't care, just give me food dame it!!!". as he tries to stay sane starving in the centre of lake, it was like a hell, every single second was hell.
He let out his laughter as he heard the sound of his stomach again, "i don't care!, this is it, I'm dying anyway, but!!, I'm not fucking dying without killing that fucker, I'll drink his blood, I'll eat his flesh like he chewed my flesh!!!!", and he bites his own hand, chunk of flesh was in his mouth, blood started to come out, even in pain he did not care.
"Aggh, hwak!, this taste, this flesh doesn't taste good!". "No!, i must eat!", he clenched his teeth making disgusted expression.
Despite all, he couldn't bring himself to swallow that flesh of his.
He spits out the part of his hand, that he eated, although he was feeling pain, but his hand heals instantly, because it was the world of dreems, nothing matters inside the world where everything is mystry, "so now, even pain is no more... Am i loosing my senity?".
There was no pain he could feel, and after eating his own flesh he realised that his dream was devouring him, "this world might really devoure me, even before i get to kill that fucker!!!!", "there has to be a way", "I'm in different world, a nightmare one", "i need to move, I can't stay here any longer!".
He gather's enough strength in his body so he could stand, and with blurry vision he stood.
Looking arround at the same spot again and again, he was currently in a place where the lake end's and his blood stains become visible to him, looking at the door, exit of that garden.
Whole garden was too big, "how beautiful this garden would be, if this world was alive?".
Although this was the world of dreems, but every world have their own consciousness, they're not much different from the real one, it's like ruined one, but as the dreamer awakens, so the world.
He grabs a tiny rock on his hand, and throws that' rock outside, rock landed safely outside, but!, there wasn't a single movment of any living being, it was suspicious indeed, his heart was beating fast, nervousness all over again, because complete silence is the sign of something dangerous could happen in any moment.
He smiled with crazed expression, shaking his nervousness, "I'm going to die again".
He stared at the empty space beside the tree who was in fifty meters away from his spot, thinking looking at the space about his survival and what's come next.
Chances were zero, no going back, well he can't go back even if he wants to, because mist of dead mana was becoming stronger, with no vision, he might encounter something more dangerous, "Now what?, i know I'm going to die!, but only one exit again, there's no other place where I can go", "if i want to survive i need to pass through same path again", "but!, knowing that only my death awates for me at that path, i.... I just can't bring myself to".
He tightens his fist and with anger bits his lips.
Mist was coming closer, and soon it might become flooded, because rain, she was giving obvious sign of danger, he thought. No!, now or never, i don't know how long it has been since I've been trapped inside of my own dream, i can't waste any more of my time, i don't know how much time have passed in real world!?.
Young man have family in real world, but unlike young man, him!, he never got to experienced something called family, young man's family doesn't know, that their son, brother, friend, is already dead, but him who took over his body, he wanted to take responsibility of them.
I don't know his family is even looking for him or not?, they don't know about him trapping himself, i can't leave them, I am now him, they're my family, i don't know, if this guy have lover or not?, i don't know, but knowing someone is wating for him, I can't give up.
It started to become dark, and sound of those insect like monster was near, coming from the opposite direction.
"I don't know if there's even future for me?, in this world", "but i can't betray the life he has given me, because now i need to, i have to take this risk again!", "i am going to risk everything!!!!!!".
Taking one step closer to exit nervously he holds his breath with fear.
I already died three times, I'm not scared of death anymore, i can survive again and again.
And he steps outside of the garden, taking one step at the time, he looked at his surroundings carefully, his eyes were wide open serching for that tentacle monster in every corner, but!, he finds nothing.
Monster wasn't there, nor any being, rain was still awake, there was no hint of rain stoping anytime soon, instead rain was getting stronger, blood started to become thick.
He stood infront of the shop, slowly adjusting his clothes and his movement, slowly breathing, he looked at the street light in front of him, surprisingly it was broken.
He stops, as he sense something unusual. "What?, this light, it wasn't broken before!, so how?, why?", "i have died three times... But never once i saw that light like this".
And he realised something more suspicious, as he felt the rain, on his body, "even this rain, something is wrong!", and then as he took another breath, he felt sudden chill, he turns his gaze, and finds nothing, sound of river was also getting stronger, it was loud, like it was about to overflow and devoured the street any moment.
He was scared, not because of monster anymore, he was scared, because this was completely different from the before, sky started to show different types of patterns, there was a moon, but!, moon was covered in shade of cloud.
And coming across the strange things again and again, he was finally out from the range of that garden, even the shop wasn't visible anymore.
But he still yet to cross the river and that tentacle monster was still hidden or not there in that place anymore, it was like complete mystery right now, even though he was scared, but he did not cared, only thing matters to him was survival, he wants to live.
Even though he had tried to eat his own hand, but because he couldn't bring himself to swallow that flesh, he was still hungry, his stomach was fighting against him.
He wants to eat something, but, his spirit wants to leave the place fast, and going against him, his mind was not listening to him, walking through the streets of fallen city, he came across the tree filled with fruit, but!, they were clearly strange like poisonous, or rotten one.
Countless Bule fruit, covered in shadow like stripes of black and red colour, diped in a blood that has been falling from the sky, seeing those fruit his mind started to fight, and so he lost, "Why!?, I'm already scared because of this situation!, and this fucking mind of mine going against me".
He placed his hand on his stomach looking towards those sweet like fruit. "Even this stomach, I'm trying my best to survive not to get caught by the tentacle monster again", fruit were making him lose his control, "but!, I'm hungry to, one fruit, only one fruit, eating one won't make any change in my current situation".
He looked around for his safety, to make sure there was no, or not other kind of monster lurking right now, because tentacle monster was unpredictable, getting eaten alive by him was a nightmare for him, and other concern was that the sound of river was getting stronger.
And his mind was now calm and clear, like it has won the fight of hunger against it's own owner, although his physical body was also not in a good condition, but to survive, he was pushing himself to limit, scared smiling, afterall dying doesn't mean end, atleast not in this world.
"Even though I'm now the owner of this body, it's mine now, it's me, myself!, real me... Who's controlling********************...".
Thinking about himself, he throws the rock like fragments of scattered solid state made of blood drops at the tree, he throws three of them, and finally one hits the fruit.
Fruit falls onto the ground, but it didn't break, he grabs that fruit, and with hesitation, he takes a bite, and he feels something as he eats the fruit, chilling aura run through his body, mana surrounded him slowly, and that he could never forget even if he wants to, it was the gaze of tentacle monster.
He drops the half eaten fruit in fear, "Dame it, i knew it", he turns his head, monster was smiling, watching looking at his prey, and in a instent, his lower body was gone.
Only thing he could see before his fourth death, was the smiling face filled with desire for blood and flesh, looking at him the tentacle monster slowly eats his lower body.
He was looking at the monster, and seeing his body get eaten by monster, it was painful to see, but!, realising that this time monster was not eating him one by one, one body part at the time.
Tentacle monster covered in bloody rain, his body was like mist of darkness, monster was powerful, and huge body only visible half.
He growled, with blurry vision he shouted, in process he made his mouth messed in blood, his vision fades, with crazed laughter "Awakening!, wait till awakening yofucks!!!!!!... Ikilllllyou.... Forure.....".