STRANGE BOOK.

I'm not a catholic or a big believer of God.

But Believe me, if you're in my place and suddenly see a book with a title like this, then anyone, would be jumping here and there with fear Just like me.

Holy Hell!" I said two opposite things together. Well, you can't blame me; after all, I got scared there for a second.

What does it mean by "God Abounded Us"?

I looked at the cover of the book, which was as big as a freaking encyclopedia.

Heck! I'm no fan of reading.

Well, yes, I wasn't that good at studies because I don't like to study that much. Though I often read novels and manga, looking at this, I don't feel like reading it.

And it's not because of that reason; it's because this book is very creepy.

The book had a black leather cover, which was made from animal skin. It had dust accumulated on it and had a creepy vibe coming out of it.

Don't tell me it's some kind of demon-summoning book.

I extended my hand towards it with a nervous look. I wasn't sure what would happen to me after I touched this damn thing, but still, this might contain some information about this world.

Huff...

I took a deep breath and touched this book with my eyes closed, waiting for my doom to arrive. Surprisingly, nothing happened.

Surprisingly, I wasn't attacked by any demon. I tried to move my body and still felt very weak, but no sign of any curse placed on my body.

Well, until that curse is some kind of curse that slowly sucks all the vitality from your body because right now, my body was so damn weak that even if I lost a drop of my vitality, I would be in heaven right now.

Haaa... There goes all my muscles...

I flexed my biceps and recalled the muscles I had gained after doing intense training.

Well, they can come back, but right now, my main goal is to get out of this place.

I opened the book and started to read the first page. Well, I wasn't able to, as the page was blank. So, I opened the second page, but that was also blank.

Seeing that, I frowned and decided to open another page. But with no surprise this time, it was also blank. This time, I randomly opened a page, and with no surprise again, it was also blank.

And how am I supposed to read it when I can't see anything in it?

I spoke to myself as I looked at the book in silence. Suddenly, an idea flashed through my brilliant mind.

It could be some kind of invisible spell cast on this book.

But then how will I dispel it?

I looked here and there and started to use things that could help me dispel it. But, as you have thought, the room was pretty much empty, so there were no portions or any dispel magic spells.

I even used fire from my lamp and somehow nearly burned the book, but something weird happened.

This book is fireproof...

I looked at the page, which was still near the lamp on fire, but when I took it out, it was still pretty much safe.

No... it's not that the book is only fireproof; this book is indestructible...

I thought to myself as I looked at the book lying on the ground. I have used everything... everything, whatever I can think of in this book, trying to tear its pages, throwing it on the wall, heck, even kicking and punching it. This book has taken everything and still is in one piece.

Heck, I even urinated on the book to check whether it was waterproof or not. Though I wasn't able to produce much urine because I lacked water inside me, but yeah, it's still dry.

"What should I do with this thing?" I spoke this time with my mouth as I wanted to check whether I could speak or not. Well, it seems I can.

This garbage is wasting my time...

I screamed inside my head and punched the book with full force to let out some anger at it.

"Ouch..." A sudden sharp pain flinched my body as I fell to the ground on my butt.

Damn it hurts, I don't have any muscle left on my butt...

I looked at my knuckle and saw a small wound over it, and blood was coming out of it.

Damn it, my luck is bad as hell...

I stood up by taking the support of the desk. Heck, my wrists were so thin; if I had used more force in my punch, I might have accidentally broken it.

Wait, what's that...

I looked down at the book, which had a blood mark in the shape of a fist. The book, which was indestructible till now, started to suck the blood, which was on it, and in seconds, all the blood just vanished inside those pages.

What the heck, is this book written by a vampire??

I asked myself, and suddenly, the book's pages started to turn around, and then it closed itself.

Tuff, Tuff, Tuff...

I slowly walked towards this weird book and reached my hand towards it, but in the middle, I stopped my hand as witnessing the scene in front of me suddenly made me a little nervous.

Well, let's see what happens, I guess...

I spoke to myself and reached for the book. I touched the hard and rough texture of the book and nervously opened it.

What the...

The book, which should have been empty, had some words written in it now. The words were written with red ink, and not much of a genius was needed to tell that it was blood. Somehow, I got the feeling that it was my blood or should I say the owner's blood of this body.

What is this language??

The book was written in a very different language. Though I was not very intelligent in the field of literature, I was certain that this language didn't belong to my world.

I touched the page with my hands, but nothing clicked in my mind. Well, I was thinking probably a cheat would have been activated for me, and I would have learned this language, but it seems that it won't.

Wait, my blood... it was activated from my blood then probably there is a chance that my blood is the key to understanding it.

I thought to myself and started to rub my wound on the book again.

"Ouch... That hurts..." I growled in pain, but still, if it would help me to get out of this place, then I'll do it.

It's not enough...

I looked at the book, which didn't have much blood on it, so I looked at my wound with trembling eyes.

This is going to hurt like hell...

I thought to myself and bit my wound with my teeth to make it bleed again.

"Uwuuuhhh!!!" I screamed in pain, but still, I was able to make my wound bleed again.

Thud...

Damn it...

Losing a lot of blood started to make me feel dizzy. I used my hand to support myself and hit my head with my other hand to not fall unconscious.

This has to work...

I spoke to myself as I dropped my blood on the book's cover, and as if it was hungry for it for who knows how long, it sucked off all the blood in an instant.

What now, why is it not doing anything??

I spoke to myself while looking at the book with trembling eyes.

Come on, damn it, can't you do anything other than just suck my blood and nothing else.

I looked at the book, which was still as it was. I opened it, but the words were still much foreign for me to understand.

Damn it, I'm feeling dizzy...

I tried to open my eyes and tried hard to not get unconscious as I was sure if I closed them, I wouldn't be able to open them again.

This damn book, I should have known it cursed me, didn't it??

My last thoughts were very hazy for me. My eyes, which were fighting an unstoppable urge to stay awake, started to lose their battle, and everything became dark for me as if the cold darkness had taken me into its embrace.

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