Chapter 2: 2:Choice

Chapter 2: 2:Choice

A place of the unknown, something that went beyond the concept of heaven, and hell.

A place where even the flow of time seemed to cease for eternity.

It was a place of endless void without a single ray of light.

At the center of such an abysmal void, a figure of height akin to that of a whole planet, clad in majestic navy clothes with a tantalizing face paramount to an immortal being, looked at the endless void with a curious glint.

"I can't be an observer anymore. I need to act. I need to find someone as soon as possible, otherwise, my time will come sooner than the others."

Millions of small orbs flickered in the far space. These were the souls that died and were now going to their next life in a never-ending cycle until the universe ends and returns to nothingness.

Some were as pure as white light, and some were black according to their karma.

Out of all this, his sight fell to an orb with half of its portion shining brightly while its other half was as black as the darkness of a void itself.

"This! Is this even possible? Drowning in the treachery and filth of the world yet untouched and unaffected by darkness."The cold voice carrying a tint of excitement echoed in the void.

White light represents a pure soul while a black one represents a man committing an evil and heinous scene that can't be forgiven and gains negative karma.

However, all of this is subjective and depends on the situation.

For someone of his stature, good, and evil were all meaningless.

With a thought, he looked at the soul's past life with great curiosity.

"Ohhh!"

"Finally, a worthy individual,"

An ancient voice carrying the power of decimating myriad worlds into dust echoed in the void making it tremble.

His eyes gleamed as he looked into the person's information. A mad psychopath with a kill count of 209 at the age of 24.

Fascinatingly, each murdered individual had committed sins much more sinister than another.

"Interesting...Interesting."

"I like it."

"A perfect choice."

"Hahaha!"

"After years of search, I finally managed to find a scapegoat."

Raising his hands, he snapped, emanating a powerful force that distorted the entire place.

....

"Huhh!''

Leon rubbed his eyes, confused by the sudden turn of events that placated him weirdly.

"No, you averted a disaster by killing the top bract of the company which is going to release harmful products in the future."

"I see but can we skip this and get to the point."

Leon stopped behaving haughtily and asked in a stern voice"Who are you? What is your real reason for doing this? What is your purpose and what do you want from me? And don't give me that dogshit reason that you have taken mercy on me."

"I feel relieved that you have this much IQ to understand what position you are in."The stranger spoke and opened his arms, radiating a holy light.

"As per your first question. I am Vesturon, The Preserver Deity, one who oversees the balance. I have been searching for an individual to do a daunting task filled with peril in every path."

"You-"

"Sorry, I am not interested in some world-saving bullshit."Leon cut Vesturon knowing where this cliche was leading to.

"Let me finish first, "Vesturon shouted and snapped his finger closing Leon's lips to stop him from spouting random bullshit.

'If not for having my hands tied due to having no other option, I would have shown you the immensity of heaven and earth.'

COUGH!

"Now, back to the topic. As I said, I am a preserver deity. Beside me, there is also a Creator responsible for creating a world, and the Destroyer who is responsible for the destruction of the world."

"The cycle of creation and destruction moves in phases one after another and my job is to oversee that the transition between creation and destruction is done smoothly in a balanced order."

"This has been going on since the origin of time but here comes an anomaly. With many people's karmas getting entangled, undergoing a cycle of reincarnation, many heroes who have heaven-defying luck as blessed by the universe arose one after another. Their sheer number has messed up the order of the universe and to contain them, The Destroyer granted certain powers to individuals to curb the children of heaven."

"The friction between the two had made normal ones suffer to the point that the universe might soon collapse due to the war between them."

Leon who just listened intently finally got his lips unsealed, voices out his thoughts.

"Why do I feel this situation is quite familiar? I feel as if I already knew something like this."

"Not only have you heard this but you have even read and dedicated a significant chunk of your time to this stuff."Vesturon cast a smile and added.

"What I am talking about is the protagonist and Antagonist with powers?"

Leon's eyes dilated and his jaw opened wide due to the sudden revelation.

"You mean, all the novel stories I read are true. The Child of Lucks and the villain with a system that devours heroes' luck to rule the world, truly exists."

Vesturon nodded and started explaining.

"In a way, yes. The Children of heaven are decided by karma and some other things and there is no limit to them as the universe is quite vast. Though, it may not look like they are quite significant as supported by the creator, they create new eras. While villains mark the destruction of an era."

" But due to the crowd of Heros, some special villains were given special power to curb them. Many villains fell but more were born until almost all the heroes got to the end of the rope to unite and the world was forced to create more and more Childs of heaven which led to a never-ending war."

Leon felt a slight headache hearing this and said loudly with a helpless expression.

"Listen! I am not trying to demean you but isn't this thing about balance can be achieved easily if you interfere instead of wasting time and spewing bullshit here."

"Just snap and finish everything. Why drag a poor soul like me into universal conflict?

"That's the problem, I can't?"Vesturon spoke with a bitter smile.

"We can't interfere in the world directly as even we Gods are bound by certain laws that gave birth to us. You aren't naive enough to think that we are born out of nowhere, are you?"