At the same time ,somewhere far away, beyond the confines of space,time and reality, where fate was not an idea but the physical manifestation of the law, sat an ethereal beauty on a pitch black throne, wearing pure black dress, woven from the darkness of void, embroidered with beautiful, interwoven golden threads which seems to have no end as they were connected with the very space itself, with stars and galaxies etched in between, it looked like the godly being had plucked the fabric of reality from the cosmos and adorned it as a dress, her pale white hands held a golden thread which flickered upon her touch as if rejoicing and dancing with delight, her dark black eyes fixed on weaving this flickering thread into the vast tapestry of threads which covers the entire sky till the horizon, some of them were woven closely, some were alone, some shone brighter and some so dim that they were almost invisible .
Suddenly, just when the thread got woven in this godly beings hands, it started flickering red as if a bug in a system, like a warning of something bigger, something catastrophic, following it various other threads started glowing red and vibrating, moving and swirling around in a tornado as if signalling an important juncture .
Seeing this a frown appeared on the god-like being's face, which quickly turned into a contemplative expression as she looked above at the centre of the swirling tornado. Her gaze pierced through the layers of time and reality and looked into the past of a particular thread at the centre of the tornado , there she saw a mortal's life, a life so deceitfully simple that there was nothing simple about it, she saw his resolve, his determination, his conviction and the confidence with which he adhered to his commitments .
" hmm, that mortal was lot more, than what he lets on….. ."
The goddess thought for a moment but soon she realized she couldn't do anything, if fate wants him as a variable than his presence there must have a very big impact ….. .
After some more time of deep contemplation, she nodded to herself and spoke in a very low tone like remembering something, which made her smile at the end.
" Maybe its time for me to bless someone as well."
She raised her hands and clapped once, tak… with a resounding boom, a ripple went through the fabric of space in all directions and just like that the fate of a particular mortal changed completely and she once again went back to her weaving.
(Mc point of view)
In a boundless expanse of archive a blue orb was floating which pulsed and glowed with an ocean blue glow, it was the only visible thing here as rest of this realm was shrouded with white fog . Then suddenly space near the orb vibrated and tore apart, its edges resembling monstrous jaws lined with sharp, uneven teeth, it rotated upward revealing a crying young man than both jaws opened full 360 degrees and collapsed onto each other from behind him, closing the rift .
The young man, after sensing his surroundings had changed, looked around , confusion writtten all over his face . There was nothing around him, then his gaze fell on the blue orb , he rubbed his eyes to clear his vision and looked at the orb which for some reason felt otherworldly and dangerous to him .
"Where am i ?" he spoke in a broken tone, face filled with tears and snot .
Then suddenly he heard a voice in his head .
"Touch the orb mortal"
He flinched and frantically looked around but no one was there.
The voice sounded feminine but full of authority and domineering, it felt if he didn't obey this voice, something bad will happen.
Then as if possessed by someone his feet moved on its own and took him to the orb, his hand rose and touched the orb .
His face was depiction of utter despair and terror as his body was moving without his consent .
This feeling of helplessness was so terrifying that he almost soiled himself but then he heard a chime of a bell which pulled him out of his misery.
[ding]
[soul integrity confirmed]
[Identity confirmed]
[Name - Erebus]
[Affiliation - central intelligence organization]
[Job - anti-terrorists squad leader ]
[ Achievements - Silent killer, silent saviour, …]
[Individual Erebus has already accomplished all the major achievements that can be achieved in his lifetime]
[Removing individual Erebus from planet Earth-64 has no causality]
[Commencing Extraction]…
[Extraction complete]
[Granting rewards for … error - error]
[Divine intervention detected]
[Due to the 'hand of fate' individual Erebus is being reincarnated on (IGSS50-Zazel)]
[Individual Erebus can either convert there achievements into usable Titles or into skills]
[Note that skills may or may not work according to the affinities you will have whereas titles are universal and can be used by anybody but there effects can be negligible]
[Choose between (Titles) or (skills)]
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Reading all this Erebus's face turned completely still, all the despair and terror vanished from his face and his eyes turned deathly hollow, fully devoid of emotions.
His mind went completely blank, only thought going through his mind was "How".
"How did they know my identity?"he thought
He looked around, but there was nothing, only white fog floating around like obscuring something forbidden.
He stepped back from the orb and walked towards the fog, His steps calm but a little hesitant.
All his earlier fright was nowhere to be seen, it was like he has become completely different person.
As Erebus reached the edge near the fog, he raised his hand but felt nothing, he moved but the fog moved with him , he tried to run, jump and even crawl under, but nothing worked, it was as if the room itself was moving with him, as the orb was still there even though he had walked more than five times the distance between the orb and the fog.
"What kind of place is this ?,it doesn't feel like i am hallucinating and that time when i lost control over my body, it was… real."
Countless thoughts went through his mind but nothing could explain his current situation.
"If the person who put me here can control me like a puppet then he can definitely do more, we haven't developed any drug or technology to control body like that either, and that orb…"
He walked back to the orb and read everything again.
"It says Earth-64… achievement…titles…skills… what are these and our planets name is just Earth what does that number mean"
He frowned, trying to think something but nothing came.
"It doesn't make sense, i was in the central intelligence, i had all the information i needed about the world but i didn't knew anything about this.."
He sat down with a defeated sigh , clutching his head and looking at the floor .
"Is it all over, whoever put me here knew my identity and has control over my body, he wants me to select from… titles or skill?, what are even they?, some kind of… game ?, am i going crazy now"
A wry chuckle escaped from his lips, when i thought,I retired, i can finally settle with someone i love , everything crumbled, now what is this ?
He stood up and looked at the game like menu.
"Here goes nothing, i was already dying anyway, titles or skills huh… , titles effects can be negligible and skills are just random shots as i don't know what type of affinity i will have, ok so the choice is obvious here."