Momentary Death

"Inferno Dark Aura!"

A jet of black flames moved at high speed, right the attack hit Whiete Kishin Taiga's body. The monster was lunged at until it was pushed far away, black flames began to burn his body. He struggled furiously because of attack from Arzlan.

"Uh?" Alisha couldn't believe what had just happened to her, the wound on her arm still hurt so much.

"Eargh!" Arzlan immediately ran towards the Whiete Kishin Taiga when that creature was struggling in the pain. The sword was firmly gripped together with a face that continued to sharply stare at the monster. "Dark Impulse Slash!"

The impact at high speed managed to injure the monster's body, a large slash had landed roughly on its skin.

Groagh!" Screaming in pain from Arzlan's attack, the fire in his body continued to spread and gave off a very intense heat. Within a few minutes the monster began to fall helplessly, its eyes still flashing a very high anger. But, it was all just for a moment after that he had already lost his life.

Arzlan's body began to weaken, he had difficulty maintaining his balance. "What is this? Why does my body feel so heavy…" He instatly fell to the ground, he had already used too much power even standing was very difficult to do.

Alisha drew closer to Arzlan, her eyes looked serious at the man. "Uh?" She noticed something strange. "What happen?" Heartbeats were not heard when her ear pressed the man's chest, everything felt like an empty cup that was very empty.

Become panic Alisha by what happened at this time, she tried to confirm it one more time. Arzlan's pulse was checked, but indeed that man had become empty and lifeless. Alisha's tears instantly flowed, she just wanted to know about that man, but now it was already too late.

"What happened? Why did you leave me so quickly?" Alisha never imagined that all of this would happen, it felt like time had passed so quickly. They just got to know each other and haven't had time to get closer, everything is just a memory brought by tears.

***

"Uh?"

Now Arzlan is on the unconscious in a place, only a white atmosphere with an extraordinary emptiness. His eyes glanced around, he felt a strange energy in that place.

"Hahaha…!"

Laughter boomed throughout the room, Arzlan didn't like the laughter at all. His eyes continued to search for the owner of that thunderous and terrifying voice.

A black smoke appeared that turned the void white to dark like the twilight light, a monster had arrived and gave Arzlan a sharp glare.

"Who are you?" asked Arzlan in a firm tone.

"Heahaha… have you forgotten who I really am?"

Arzlan's eyes seemed to be entered by a strong pressurized energy, the energy continued to enter until he gave all the visions that had occurred in his past. "So it's you!" All the memories of that creature called Darkness.

"Yes, that is absolutely true!" The black smoke began to clump up, revealing the figure of a red-eyed man whose head was covered by a hoodie.

His figure is similar to that of a grim reaper complete with a scythe in his right hand, the creature's aura is so strong that it makes Arzlan's heart want to explode, but it's all only for a moment. Arzlan could control the fear and shock in his body, he tried to still calm down.

"What do you want from me?" It was very clear that Darkness had a strong reason for summoning Arzlan into the void realm. It would be impossible for living things to penetrate that realm unless they are already dead.

"I just want to tell you something, the power you currently have you still can't use very well! To defeat one monster you have to be seriously damaged, if not because of the power I gave, you would be dead now!"

"I never cared about that!" Arzlan interrupted, feeling that Darkness wanted to corner him.

"Hehehe… I know that you would say something like that, but you have to remember the purpose I gave you!"

"Purpose?" Arzlan was surprised, he couldn't remember at all what kind of purpose he had promised.

"Yes, that's absolutely right! I never promised anything to you, right now I just want to repay what other people have done.

"That's right, hear this, you are currently a messenger from me! I am Darkness the grim reaper who will uproot every lying and sinful creature in this world!"

Darkness used a sinister tone to show seriousness in his words, but Arzlan's reaction didn't change, just a cold stare as if he wanted to kill his opponent.

"Should I do what you say?"

"Of course! This was our agreement from the start, it all happened when you were a school boy who always got bullied from everyone!"

Arzlan becomes emotional when he remembers his past. "Do you want to tell me that I made a mistake at that time?"

"No, I just wanted to remind you! In this world, there are many creatures who have high egotism, the cycle of destiny is always uncertain. I'm sure that you definitely want to make all the creatures in this world realize what it means to respect each other, right?

Arzlan must admit that he really hates oppression and creatures who always do what they want. "Then what shall I do?"

"Easy, you just need to make every ignorant sinner regret their actions, no matter if you have to kill him, now you just need to show that you are the messenger of the death! A creature to be greatly feared, destroy every person who has strayed from the truth of this life!"

Arzlan suddenly became very excited. "Right… I will punish those sinners, they should feel what happened to me!"

"Not only avenge to your revenge, but every evil creature who has made that grudge exists must also be punished, the only person who can do that is you! You're destined to be a creature that befriends death, so don't hesitate to act! Hahahaha…!" Darkness disappeared into smoke that flew through the air.

"Uh?" Arzlan immediately woke up, his eyes glanced around. The sky had turned cloudy and soon it started to rain.

"Master Arzlan!" Alisha spontaneously hugged Arzlan's body, she felt everything that happened was like a nightmare. "I can't believe you came back to life!"

"Back to life? That's what it looks like!" Arzlan came to understand, when he met Darkness, his body had experienced a brief death. "Alright, I will carry out what has become my destiny!"