CHAPTER 3 DIVINE BODY.

"All enemies are in front of you. Just use your Rage skill. You may suffer some damage, but it's the most efficient way possible", said Soul. For some reason, Soul's expressions seemed off. It was like he is hiding something.

"OK! I got it. But are you confident?" Om asked. He tightened his fists. Om waited until all the baby skeletons swarmed him. The number of skeletons was so big on Om that it looked like a small mountain of skulls and bones.

"Now, die", Om cried. He activated his rage Skill. Rays of red light emerged from the skull and bone mountain. With a loud scream, all the skeletons were blown away, smashed to bits. Not even a single bone left. However, the bigger problem, the nurse didn't make a move at all. It was like she was waiting for her opponent to make a move.

He took his spear back and pointed it towards nurse "Soul it seems, she has some intelligence. But it doesn't matter, and I don't care. I will eradicate her".

In rage, he lost control over his emotions and charged at her. He was so fixated on his enemy that again forgot about his surroundings. He charged in the direction of the nurse with his spear. The moment his spear almost touched her, she vanished.

"Where are you? Are you scared? I'm not going to hurt you. Come to me? AAK!"

Blood gushed out from Om's chest and mouth. Om was pierced with a giant syringe. At that moment everything stopped. Nothing moved, like it was stopped at that moment.

[you have died.]

[do you want another chance?

— yes

— no]

"What is this? Another chance?"

He tried to move his hands, but couldn't do so. Om selected 'yes' by spiting blood on the option. Another question appeared.

[what is destruction?

— beginning of new.

— the ending of old.]

[answer in 10 seconds, or you will die.]

Om was confused over the options he had.

"The beginning of new? The ending of the old? He asked himself, but was not sure. Huh, the answer must be 'the ending of old'. No, wait, to create something new, old must be destroyed. Meaning, the ending of the old is the beginning of the new".

10 seconds passed, but Om didn't answer.

[your answer is correct.]

[A special class acquired-???]

[recreation of the body begins.]

[congratulations]

[notice-

— divine body acquired,

— all stats increased by 10,]

[new skills acquired]

[skill-???]

[passive skill-???]

name-Om

Hp-???

Fatigue-12

class- ???

Strength – 33. Speed- 31. Stamina-35

Defence- ??? Mana-10

skills-

[rage LVL 1], [weapon master LVL max.],

[???], [???]

remaining points-00

Om's body glowed, and the entire wound was healed. Everything was back to normal. Om vanished from the spot. The nurse also vanished. Only sparks were seen. Their battle was too fast to be seen. The room was small but every time they collide something got destroyed and healed.

"Time to test this divine body, what this divine body is capable of."

After showcasing their speed, both started to battle with strength using their respective weapons. Om's passive skill 'weapon master' gave him an edge through which he was almost got upper hand in the battle and was about to win. But his spear shattered.

"What bad timing for it to be shattered. So, what if I don't have a weapon. I am a weapon", he told himself and charged at her again. Every punch, every kick, all the attacks were so perfectly used. Om could see all the weak spots in her battling style. Every time she changed her way of battle, Om did the same. His movements became more and more fluid and were like a mixture of both dancing and martial art movements. His every attack broke the bones of the nurse.

"Scream"

The nurse screamed, she took her giant syringe and threw it on Om. However, Om kicked it and the syringe shattered and all the acid was on Om. His cloths melted, but his body was unscathed.

[due to the divine body, all the poison and all damage from weaker enemies than the player is nullified.]

"The divine body is quite useful, huh. Let's try something different this time." Om activated his rage skill. His entire body released red energy, the floor below him started to melt. This time the floor was not healing. Witnessing this Soul felt a little uncomfortable. Om raised his right hand, his right palm faced towards the direction of the nurse. In a blink, all the energy released from his body focused on a single point, forming a red sphere. The red sphere slowly flew towards the nurse. The red sphere was destructive to the point that the nurse was turned into vapours upon contact with it.

"Congratulations Om, finally the boss is dead". Soul came near Om. Om was standing still without moving at all. He was unconscious. The divine body is strong, but he still is a human.

"He needs time to digest all this. Maybe in the future, he will know why everything is changing for him. Feeling and pain, hmm, they will become jokes for him. He needs to know the responsibilities he will get."

Under the guidance of Soul, Om started training like hell, clearing the floor like they are just a prequel of what was about to come.

"If this is the beginning, then I'm too weak for finals", Om thought.

"This kid after knowing what death means changed so much, perhaps his world still has hope. But I don't know what is going there. May he become the real truth of existence, the ?"

In 10 days, Om finally defeated the last boss on the hospital rooftop. But there was no satisfaction on his face. This was not the outcome he had desired. As he got used to his powers and abilities, his emotions started to die. He was sitting on the rooftop of the hospital, Watching the Sun rise in the red sky of the morning with a non-satisfied look, Om checked his gains at the hospital and planned his plans.

He was in deep thoughts, "I'm still too weak, I need to improve fast. I may be the only living creature present here, but, I'm not concerned about this place, I still need to go to my real world."

For some reason, Soul was not talking to him after he cleared the task. Soul was just floating near Om, looking at the rising sun. Om looked at Soul and wondered, "These tasks are no jokes. Initially, everything seemed like a joke, but in reality, everything is planned. And what makes me sure of that is, Soul is not what he seems. He is hiding something".

"Hey, you are all torn up to the bottom. Quickly, wear something that's durable and will look good on you", said to Om.

Om checked his inventory, there was nothing but junk. He closed the inventory, and looked down from the hospital. The view was similar to his world, tall buildings and lights everywhere, but something was missing. All the roads and streets of the city were missing the sounds of rushing crowds. The expressions of Om have not changed much. He still has a cold look like he does not care, but deep down he knows that he is the only living being present there.

"Is it possible that there are others like me?" he asked.

Soul replied, "Maybe there are people like you".

"If this city is real, then there may be stores present, right?"

Soul didn't answer. Om was still not shocked. The more questions he asked, the more mysterious Soul became. Om jumped from the top of the hospital, and landed with a loud bam!

Baaam!

The sound of landing attracted a lot of attention. Silent city quickly turned into a battle arena. Similar to hospital where the skeletons of patients and hospital staff were present, here are the skeletons of civilians who wander around the city, police, storekeepers etc are present.

Om's lifeless eyes turned red. From his perspective, these were living beings in the past, but someone made them like this. His started to lose his cool. Bloodlust from his body leaked a little, "if by any chance these are innocent civilians, I will bring hell here".

Om raised his right hand and pointed it towards the sky. The sky quickly became red. Red lightening roared from clouds. All the lightening formed a red thunder sphere which released red rays. The red rays fell to the ground, destroying most of the skeletons.

"Your recently evolved skill 'rage of god' is good for crowd control and weak enemies, also there are no drawbacks. You are using your brain in the right way", Soul said.

['rage' evolved into 'rage of god'.]

Without speaking a word, Om focused all the falling rays into a single ray, which destroyed the remaining skeletons. What Om thinking is unknown to Soul, but one thing is for sure, that Om is calculating every possible way to quickly settle his battles.

Soul thought that this was due to his training. He boasted, "you are doing pretty well for now, but don't let it to your head. We are far from done and there will be stronger and tricky enemies, battles are not always about one's strength."

"Can you tell me how many I must defeat to clear this area?" Om asked.

Soul acted like he was calculating, "for now we were only able to defeat, 2100/10,000 enemies. Once you defeat all 10,000, a super boss will appear. After defeating him, this area will be cleared."

"OK."

After collecting rewards, he looked around, trying to find something. Both wandered for a while. Near a mall, he picked a jeep and started driving.

Soul asked, "are you familiar with this type of vehicle?"

Om replied, "why do you ask?"

Soul answered, "you are driving it perfectly, like you always drove something similar."

Om smiled and didn't answer. He was enjoying the ride. Everything was written on his face, his expressions speaking for themselves, that Om finally had a feeling that he was back in his world. But something was still missing.