Chapter 0

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The time is 1230, everyone is preparing for the main event, While Helios is being pampered by his grandmother saying he should greet everyone with smiles yet Helios finds it careless and redundant because he wishes to intimidate everyone.

Its 1300 and the event had started,

Joyful music started playing as the castle's gates started opening. Horses that carries Kings and Queens started arriving, commoners started Cheering and shouts can be heard as the King greets everyone with death stares on the patio of the castle.

"My king do smile at least" Helios grandmother suggested so Helios smiled.

"There there, you look great and handsome with your long golden hair"

Every Guest from every nation started entering the castle, as the noises and chattering grows .

Kings and queens arrives with their expensive carriages with horses that resemble their wealth and status, Commoners who wishes to witness the king started gathering outside the castle with smiles and hopes.

Hours had passed and everyone invited is inside the castle, The royalties and people of high status in life are inside whilst the commoners are outside.

"All Hail King Helios! The Sun who wields the gifts of the gods" everyone praises in unison.

the King while standing on his golden throne replied with smiles but with a dead eye. "Greetings everyone, Kings and Queens. Travelers and citizens of my Kingdom, I proudly present you the biggest celebration held in this Kingdom, May everyone have a nice feast tonight" Everyone claps as the king departs from his throne to join others.

After the greetings and ceremonies, Helios joined a group of important people, they all look so rich and fancy yet so endearing and kind.

One of them, the king of the southern region greeted the king "Good day, the king who held the gifts of the god" then shrugged.

"I am no king, and i do not wield any gift from gods" Helios replied in sarcasm.

"this no place to be humble my king" his best friend casually replied as he grabbed the king's hand and hugged Helios.

"Julius, it's been a long time". Helios said in surprise.

"it is, my king"

"It is fine you need not be bothered to address me that way, I am your childhood friend Afterall" Helios replied in a sweet tone.

"How can I not, you bested a nation far more capable than mines. You are one of a kind" Julius praised.

"Stop the flattering, this is a place to party and not to praised" Helios replied and they all have nice laughter together.

As everyone laughs and chatter with each other, King Helios had found himself wandering around. Speaking business to other kings, promising wealth to the commoners. He found himself bored, lost in thoughts he decided to go back to his room and lay in his bed to take a nap.

Now on his king-sized bed, he stared at the ceiling not knowing what to do. He remembered the dream again and it seems that its the reason why he had found himself bored in the feast he prepared.

He began to think why and how it happened, the reason behind the dreaming and the meaning of it. There, he fell asleep.

"RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" A scream, the scream of someone so desperate to escape radiated in Helio's ears. And then-

"Dear wake up"

The voice awoke helios and he found himself in dread sweat, on his left is his grand mother holding his hands.

"Jeez, grandmother had i not told you not to barge inside my room randomly" Helios complained then grab a cotton to sweep his sweat.

"An hour had passed, we need you in the event" even though his grandmother is concerned, she wishes not to talk about it.

"i shall be there" helios replied then departs.

"my dear, are you okay?" his grandmother making helios stop and stood up right.

"i am" helios hesitated to tell the truth so he lied.

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An hour had passed and it is finally time to eat. Everyone had gathered around the main hall where food is being served, the main hall got every food that the guest would love to eat, they have every kind of foods from luxurious delicacy and beverages to normal kind of foods in a buffet style.

The king, in the middle of the main hall gathered everyone's attention by hitting a spoon on the glass cup creating a ting sound three times.

"it is time to eat" the king said and everyone Kings and Queens, nobles and whatnot gathered around at the long table and self-serve to enjoy the buffet. The social status seems to diminish when food is being served, Everyone seems to be so happy chattering with each other but, A young noble dressed in an elegant white tuxedo with bright golden hair approached and asked the king. "My king, may I bother you for a while" said the young noble.

The king in surprise allowed it "you may".

The young noble with a wide smile questioned. "have you ever heard of something light before you die, my king?"

The king in sarcasm replied. "the question seemed very unprofound, young boy"

"you see my king, people who suffered from near-death experience often said that there is a bright light before you die" as the young noble picks up a drink from a moving waitress.

the young noble expects the king to have a very informative response however the king said,

"the only way to answer it is to experience it, young boy" the king laughs and the young noble had guessed his point, "why not die and see for yourself".

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The event is finally over,

every guest of high status stayed in the kings' castle, whilst the commoners had gone back in their homes.

The night is so early so a small meeting was held by the elders and the king was invited.

It's a small meeting dedicated for fun and drinking, not to plan to wage another war.

8 Elders each offered a wine of the highest class while the king had not brought anything. The king noticed it and said "do excuse me, I shall bring a bottle of wine for I have not been informed"

"It is fine my king, you need not bother yourself" said by one elder that is 120 years old and white elegant tunic.

Everyone nodded in unison into what the elder had said.

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Everyone is joyful and seemed happy about the feats of the king, They are now in a dimly light room where only the furnace is the source of light, everyone has gathered around in a circular table that can fit 12 people in it.

The king however is quite uncomfortable since he himself is not a very heavy drinker and is too young to be with the elders, he is 37 while the elders are 70+ thus he decided to make an excuse.

He said "i must depart now and head to sleep, the night is long yet I am so tired" as he pats everyone in the shoulder and slowly walks to the wooden door to leave.

"as you wish my king, it is indeed a tiresome day." an elder with a big beard and bald head said. "It is indeed, its better to be in war" an elder with a pipe in his mouth said and they all laughed together.

However, as soon as the king reached the door he heard something unpleasant.

"goodbye, the king who cheated his way" said by an elder but no one seemed to have heard it but only the king himself.

"maybe I drank too much" Helios said while shaking his head and then disregarded what he had just heard.

The king is in now in the aisle walking towards his room, he suddenly felt a little dizziness but it didn't bother him.

Now in his room wide awake and waiting to fall asleep, a question resurfaced in his mind.

"Light before you die" Helios laughed "a silly one".

"that light is no more than a mere activity of your brain trying to create an image before you die". as he said it with confidence. "I should have said it to the kid" he shrugged.

Helios now feeling asleep, he headed straight for his king-sized bed, he jumped and landed on the soft cotton on it, He rolled over trying to make himself more tired, but then he felt a little bit of dizziness that he had felt while being on the isle.

"maybe I rolled too much" he said, but then remembered that he is one of a few highest caliber warriors and rolling would do no harm to him even if he did it a million times. So he thought, This is an uncommon type of dizziness. And so he had convinced himself that maybe he was just drunk.

The king is now laying in bed, waiting to fall asleep.

He waits for his sleep to visit while staring at the ceiling with the colosseum of arts drawn in it, as his eyes feel heavier and heavier

he began seeing flashes of dim lights surrounding the place smaller spherical lights started illuminating the dark places of his room as dimly lighted room is slowly getting brighter and brighter. However the moment he closed his eyes

a blurry image appeared, an illumination of a mother figure giving birth.

Helios out of nowhere heard a scream, not scarred or in fear. It's the scream of a mother giving a birth.

"WHO'S THAT" he shouted yet no one responded.

He heard the scream again.

"WHO'S THERE" He shouted again, and still no one responded.

It happened once again, and again and again.

Helios realized that he is suffering. He tried to move he couldn't move an inch, He tried to breathe but he couldn't breathe.

The king tried opening his eyes in panic and as he tried to open it he failed to do the simplest thing a human can do. He is now in the middle of the darkness, everything is dark except him.

He tried it once again and driven by panic, he screams. He screams and screams until everything stopped. And then something happened, he couldn't breathe yet he feels like he can, he couldn't speak yet he feels like his throat moving.

Then out of nowhere, in the middle of the darkness a scream was heard and it was followed by a sea of red liquid that started pouring out of nowhere slowly enveloping Helios.

Helios started screaming again, even though no voices can be heard he tried and tried. He began moving his body wiggling like a worm to escape the red liquid that is trying to drown him. He wiggles and wiggles as tries to swim upwards, he cannot feel his arm and feet yet he can feel his body moving. Then after a while of struggling, the water finally enveloped him and he gave up moving.

Helios who cannot do anything in the given situation gave up and then loses his consciousness.

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"AHHHHHHHHHH, TROY GRAB MY HANDS!",

Helios was shocked and confused. He got awoken by the sounds of distant voices.

He thought that maybe he was just dreaming since he just heard a human voice and let alone understand it even though he doesn't know who or what they are. He regains his hopes because he heard someone and so began moving again, he wiggles and wiggles yet he feels like he's stuck in the same spot no matter how hard he wiggles.

Hoping that he can open his eyes he bites his tongue but there was no Pain and then after 6 mins of being inside the darkness he heard the screaming again. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ITS COMING" a voice of a lady that seems suffering radiated the whole are Helios is in. Then, it stopped again.

After minutes of being trapped in the darkness, a light above Helios' head illuminates.

Helios looked above in surprises and he wiggles like a worm in desperate to escape the hell of a place he's in.

The light above helios is slowly building up, slowly getting brighter and brighter and then.

Helios reached out with his hand and to his surprise, he was able to get outside of the dark place. But as soon as he got out-

"MUWAHHHH NUWAAHHH NIYAHHHH"

He found a baby crying.

A newborn baby is crying.

And there he found out, he is crying.

Helios is crying.

Helios is confused as to how and why he is crying.

Then, there he is Helios is now in a different place, different world, and with different people.

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