/THUD/ /THUD/ /THUD/
In front of a giant door that was showing signs of crumbling, there was a young man standing.
In his right hand, a sword with blood flowing from its tip….
Some of his clothes were tattered….
"Hufff…. Hufff….."
While breathing heavily…..
Around him, a bunch of dead bodies of humans lying on the ground with no one showing signs of living…..
"Finally….. That's why I don't like those dogs who follow their owner without thinking…. They are just annoying."
Mumbling like that, I grabbed my Nihil.
The more I got closer to the boss room and the end of this legacy dungeon, the more monsters started spawning.
Well, that was to be expected. Since most of the time, dungeons would increase the difficulty exponentially as time went on.
However, that doesn't change the fact that it is annoying.
'At times like this, I really wish my core was not sealed.'
Anyway, now that I am finally in front of the boss room, which is a safe zone, I can rest for a while.
'Because I will need all the strength I had in my arsenal to beat him.'
With that thought, I started setting up the tent while taking everything out of my storage ring.
*****
Once in a world, there was a man.
A man that did not have anything.
He was born without parents into this cruel world.
As a nameless child of the streets, he tried to stand his ground on his own, facing the cruel world all alone….
But as a child, it was hard…. It was even hard to fill his stomach, let alone stand his ground….
However, that child was different.
Even if the hope was lost, even if he was on the verge of dying, that child did not stop moving forward.
He had the drive, ambition, and talent to achieve higher lengths.
When his stomach was empty, he ate the dirt….
The food even those lower class people dared not to eat….
He stayed alive….
Even if the other children like him gave up and left this world, he didn't…..
Even if it was painful, he never gave up….
And his efforts paid off….
With his powers awakened on his own, he started studying magic without anyone's help.
But the child was now different….
He now became a young man who had seen how the dark side of the world worked….
How twisted this world was, how twisted humans were, how cruel nature was….
pαndα`noνɐ1--сoМ He learned everything….
At that moment, he made a promise to himself and to others….
A promise to become the king of the world and make this place better than before….
For his children, for the new generation, for those who were innocent but the victims of the cruelty…..
And as he swore, he became the king…
He became the strongest of all people in this world….
His magic was something that no one had ever seen before….
His kingdom's borders would never show any signs of stopping the expansion….
With his retainers, he started changing the world….
However, it was already too late….
Because he had already started showing the signs of dying when he finally started achieving his goal….
At that moment, he understood one thing….
He was still yet to become powerful enough…..
The absolute cycle of death….
The one absolute thing in this world….. Time…..
He was not able to resist that, in the end…..
However, obsessed with the cycle of death and life, he realized one thing….
He needed to become a god….
Only by doing that he would be able to make the world a better place….
That was what he thought…. What he had in his mind…..
Just like that, he started looking for ways to become a god…. Become an absolute being that would change the world…..
He tried magic…. Alchemy….. Divinity…..
He tried everything he could do…..
And he crossed a line that should have never been crossed…..
He started experimenting with the human body, with the human mind, and, more importantly, with the souls of humans…..
His experiments were normal at the beginning….
He was just trying to understand how death worked and how to overcome death….
He was trying to understand the things that were binding humans to a certain place…..
He tried to save those who were dying…. Those who were unable to resist the absolute strength of the time…..
He did his best; however, he was not successful…..
And as time went on, he started getting more and more impatient…..
Because he knew that the time for his end was slowly nearing and nearing…..
Because he knew his ambitions were yet to be fulfilled….
Because he knew he wouldn't be able to achieve godhood if he took it any slower.
But there was one thing he had missed….
Before he could even realize it, the goal of his life had changed over time…..
From making the world a better place to achieving godhood…..
And just as he thought, he started speeding up his plans….
His experiments got crueler and crueler….
He first started with the soldiers of his army, thinking that it would be okay for them to die for their country…..
And then, seeing he was getting no results, he started experimenting on the women….
But even that wasn't enough….
At that moment, his attention turned to the children….
Those innocent children he once swore to protect swore to make the world a better place for…..
They now became his victims…..
A taboo that should have never been crossed….
Playing with life….
And he had almost achieved the godhood he had desired….
One more, just a little more…. That was what he thought…..
However, the gods that were watching over the world did not let him move freely anymore….
He was punished….
With his kingdom getting buried in the pages of history….
With no one to remember his deeds….
That was the story of a man who once had nothing but desired everything….
A story of a King who almost achieved godhood…..
A story of the Xenon, the Xanthous….
