1 The Lord of Infinity!

Eugene was at a get-together with his friends that taught at the same school as him when his girlfriend broke up with him over the phone, depressing him so much that he started chugging shots of alcohol like a fucking barbarian.

He was average looking, and he wasn't rich either.

If there was one thing good about him, it was undoubtedly his above-average IQ and memory.

Eugene had such a good memorization ability that he could remember bits of everything he did and saw ever since he was a kid.

But what he was doing right now was a disgrace to his good brain.

"Should we stop him?"

A colleague thought about stopping him.

"Nah, let him be."

However, another person, who had eavesdropped on Eugene's phone call and knew what he was going through, stopped him.

"Bro, what's wrong?" A persona head shorter than the smallest person in the room came up to Eugene and checked whether he had gone mad or not.

"She broke up with me to hook up with a rich fat man."

The young man's best friend expressed no bewilderment at his words.

"You don't look surprised."

Moby Dick said, "I knew this was going to happen. I could smell that she was a bitch, who will stray away from you when you express your desire to marry her."

Eugene grabbed his collars in anger.

"Then, why didn't you tell me?"

Moby yanked his hands off him without remorse. "Because I knew you would ignore my warning and stick with her."

Eugene sat back down with a defeated look on his face.

"You know me better than I know myself."

Moby raised a bottle and poured its content into Eugene's glass.

"Here, drink some more."

"Thanks."

Eugene picked up the glass full of alcohol and chugged it down in one go.

The real reason Eugene was at the informal meeting was to enter the good grace of his senior teacher with a pig-like singing voice by praising him as a good singer.

Due to feeling extremely sad, like his world was crashing down to nothing, Eugene completely forgot about that and focused solely on drowning his broken soul in alcohol and intoxicating himself to the point of no return.

However, he wasn't being careless, for his best friend of twenty years was there with him.

Eugene trusted Moby Dick a lot, enough to leave his defenseless back to him.

He was certain that Dick-like Moby would stop him from saying or doing anything stupid in front of the senior teacher that would cost him his career or life.

He didn't know when exactly, but he passed out completely drunk and wasted.

After waking up from a drunken haze, Eugene found himself in a dream-like place, which would appear only in myths or legendary tales.

He was standing on a cloud and surrounded by a sea of them, which stretched far and wide and seemingly had no ends.

Above him, there were countless stars, each shimmering under the glorious sun that hung in the distance.

A sense of disbelief filled him as he viewed his surrounding.

He blinked his eyes in utter confusion thrice before pinching himself, which resulted in him feeling pained and also confirming that he was not lucid dreaming or seeing an illusion.

Instead, whatever he was seeing was absolutely real.

How did he get here?

Eugene frowned.

Surprisingly, he couldn't recall what happened after he got drunk last night.

Even when he tried to think about it hard, nothing came up.

"Where the heck am I?"

As far as he could remember, he had passed out after getting drunk.

So how the heck had he reached such a wondrous place?

"This here is the Realm above the Mirror Pointing Out The Truth."

An archaic voice belonging to a man sounded from behind Eugene, prompting him to turn toward it.

He saw a mysterious being floating some steps behind him.

How he had suddenly appeared there was not of his concern.

The mysterious being wore a gold crown and a dark gown, and Eugene still failed to see what he looked like because darkness was shadowing every inch of his skin except his eyes.

The man's eyes seemed to hold the universe within them, and they naturally drew Eugene's gaze towards them.

The moment their eyes met, Eugene witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations and the birth and death of stars and galaxies, all in the span of a second.

He averted his gaze immediately and fell on his butt due to extreme exhaustion.

He was sweating profusely.

If he hadn't looked away from his eyes when he did, he would've exploded.

"Who are you?"

Eugene avoided making eye contact with the man and suspiciously stared at the helm of the man's gown.

The man in black landed on the cloud next to Eugene, which was also fluffy yet surprisingly solid enough to carry a person's weight.

He looked at Eugene with a hint of admiration. "My name is the Lord of Infinity. I am the ruler of all Grim Reapers and also the master of the hidden realm that exists between the Afterlife and The Cycle of Reincarnation. Your kind also fears and worships me as the God of Death."

It dawned on Eugene that he was in the presence of a God.

He didn't doubt the Lord of Infinity's words because the place where they were in couldn't possibly belong in the mortal realm.

However, there was barely any change in his attitude.

After all, being a god doesn't mean you can kidnap a man living his life in peace from Earth.

Eugene had no intention of showing even a hint of respect to a kidnapper, even if that kidnapper turned out to be a God.

The Lord Of Infinity saw through Eugene's thoughts. Because he found it funny, he smirked. But he composed himself in a second and said, "You don't have a life to go on about."

Eugene subconsciously raised his head to look at the Lord of Infinity. This time, however, he didn't fall into the state of getting overloaded with wisdom.

"Wait, you can read minds?"

"By now, shouldn't it be obvious to you?" The Lord of Infinity proudly proclaimed, "Yes, I can."

"I don't have a life to go on about?" Eugene asked, "What did you mean by that?"

With a deadpan expression, The God standing before Eugene stated, "You're dead."