1 Death & Return

"I never thought that you would betray me", said a young man, who was bleeding and was in his last minutes in this world. He positioned himself up with the help of a wall as his back support.

He was bleeding from almost every part, which was caused by the people who surrounded him at that moment.

It wasn't easy for this group as three of the members died and many were severely wounded. No one escaped without a wound on their body.

A man from this group, who clearly didn't belong to their group, laughed out loud when he heard those words, "My, my, so much destruction. Three people were dead and you are in the queue. If it weren't for your stupidity, my brother. if only you had listened to her..."

There is no need to complete that sentence. The young man understood what the person whom he treated as a brother wanted to say and couldn't help but sigh at his stupidity.

He always went with, 'Bros before Hoes' and when his girlfriend stated that he shouldn't trust his friend, he immediately dumped her. He believed that she was trying to sow discord between them.

The man spoke playfully to the dying one, "Well, who can blame me for doing this? It was you who was stupid in the first place. If only you had given me the item, none of this would have happened and your sister would still be alive".

When the dying man heard those words, he could but get angry. He cursed himself so many times that he couldn't save his sister and vowed to take revenge for her death but now he was helpless although the murderer was right in front of him.

He could but cry in despair for some time before determination took its place.

He then took a yellow stone from his pocket and crushed it, "I'll make everything right".

The man saw that his dying friend had taken something out and crushed it. He felt fear at that moment as if he couldn't escape what was coming for him. Everyone there felt the same fear and tried to run but the golden yellow light that emitted from the stone covered them all.

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"Aaarrgghhh...", a young boy woke up as if he was having a nightmare.

He looked around for a second and started to tap his body, "It worked, it really worked", he shouted before he stood up from his bed to check his phone.

The boy picked up the phone and saw the date, 28th Dec 2135.

"I really returned before the game came online", he shouted at the empty air. He continued for a few seconds before he ran out of his room and came to another room which was opposite his. This was his sister's room before her 'accident'.

Now that he was returned to a date before her 'accident', she should be alive. He hoped so. If not, everything he did would be for nothing.

He stood there for a few minutes without doing anything. He was not sure whether to knock it or not. If she was alive as well, it would be good but if not, he didn't dare to think about it.

He pulled himself together and knocked on the door twice. He was nervous about how it would be.

After a few minutes, the door opened and a young girl who looked to be around eight to ten years old opened the door.

She looked at the boy and said groggily, "Brother, what is it?"

When he saw her, he almost cried but stopped himself.

Not hearing any response, the girl looked at her brother who was looking at her weirdly.

"What is it, brother? Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked again.

She was still young and couldn't understand why he was looking like that. If it was an adult, she would understand that something was wrong but all she saw was that her brother was weird.

Ever since their parents died when she was three, her brother was everything to her. He took her every care, even though he had to attend college and study for the exams. It has been five years since they lost their parents.

Every now and then her brother would prank her to keep her spirits high and never cry about their parents. She wondered that waking her so early in the morning might be one of his pranks.

She immediately guarded up when the thought crossed her mind, "Brother, are you trying to pull another prank on me? Hehe, I won't fall for it this time", she said puffing her cheeks.

When he saw her act cutely, the tears came out of his eyes. He couldn't control them anymore.

How long has it been since he saw her like this?

When their parents died, there wasn't much left for them. Luckily, the house was theirs and there was no debt to pay. There was even some insurance money they got after their parents passed away.

Even though there were no problems at that time, he knew that there would be expenses and he also needed to take care of his sister. So he had to drop the idea of attending a college, which would burn a lot of money.

Once he graduated from school, he stopped his education. He had to get a job to earn and the insurance money was already burning as if it was nothing. The job was the only reason he continued his school before stopping.

Without a minimum qualification, he wouldn't get a good job. Attending a college was already thrown out. There was only one year, less than a year to graduate from the school. He didn't want to waste all those years he worked for.

So he completed school and then found a small job in a grocery shop. It was not enough and he had to find another part-time job. He burned all his time and energy to make sure that his sister would have enough to attend college.

When the game, Abyssal Invasion Online: Realms, came out he was too busy to even pay attention to it.

By the time he learned about it, it was already late. There were too many competitors but he strived forward. He made a good friend there and earned a lot but it all went down the drain.

His little sister died and he too later was killed. The culprit in both cases was the friend he made, Brian Rogers.

This time around it won't be the same. The date was 28th Dec 2135, and the game goes online on 1st Jan 2136, exactly at 00:00 hrs.

This time he would not only reach the top but also crush every bastard that caused him problems in his previous life.