Born in apocalypse

Chapter 25: Alaric POV

Within the white dome, All the corpses and their possessions started to liquify, and everything changed to thick liquid. The second process began and they started to merge together, trying to form into one being. But before it could merge... three small white ethereal lights came and fused with the liquid.

After the merging with the white glow, something fundamentally began to change within the fluid. The first and arguably the most noticeable, was that... Now, instead of becoming one, it began to deconstruct and divide itself into three equal parts. After dividing into three separate fluids. One of the fluids began its transformation into something different, something magical... First, it changes its color from white to pitch black, and the thing it was made out of was smoke—pure smoke at this point in time.

But that didn't last long, as the smoke slowly began to solidify. And after a minute, its body changed from being made out of smoke to being made out of dark flesh.

After finishing its transformation... It now looks like a five year old baby, but made completely out of shadow.

The soul essence within him began doing its job of granting life to this lifeless creature. The soul essence begins flowing from his head toward his chest... stops there for a while and then proceeds to get further down toward his feet... There it ended the process and fused completely with its body.

After a moment, a slight black glow appeared on his face where his eyes should have been—if he had been a human child.

He curiously looks toward the other two gooey things that were still in the process of being formed.

He couldn't see them as he didn't have any eyes, but he could sense their presence due to his ability.

After looking at them for a while, he noticed that one of the structures had begun forming into a pile of white bone, and after that, it began to arrange itself into a structure similar to his body shape.

One thing he found interesting was that instead of traveling throughout the body like with him, his soul essence began concentrating into a strange shape he didn't know of yet.. And get attached to a different shape of bone than his body was made of... Perhaps the shape of the bone in which his soul essence was concentrated was called round..

For a second, he wonders how he knew about so many of these many things but dismissed it after reaching the conclusion that it must have been given to him by his master, his creator.. His everything.

[..How.. Maglicent..]

'What..!?' That doesn't sound exactly like what he had thought. After thinking, why was that? He comes to the conclusion that he wasn't worthy enough to handle all his master's wisdom.

While he was admiring his creator, the second one was fully formed. And now the third one has begun its journey toward life.. The life that was meant to serve the master.

He looked toward the second one, who now looked like a creature made only out of bones. He was a totally different entity than himself but somehow he feels very affectionate toward him.

No...no! That's not the word he wanted to say... He just couldn't find any other word. The words didn't matter, as he knew that he must keep his brother safe from anything and everything.

'Brother... What.. a nice word...

I looked at the second, probably the youngest of the brothers. Who now had started to form from the liquid... His body was totally different from mine and Skelly's, it was more like a combination of the two. His inner structure is made out of the same material as Skelly's, and on the outside, it is made out of the same thing he was made of flesh... but at the same time, he felt it was totally different from his flesh.

Now what is probably the most important factor in granting them life has begun... Infusing the soul's essence into the created body

Both I and Skelly looked at the process with total concentration. As the process began, the start was the same, as how it happened to me. Started at the center of his head and then got toward the chest area... and that's where the similarity ends, as after that instead of traveling all through the body, it started concentrating in his left chest area.

After the process was done, he came to life. After coming to life, the first thing he did was look at his hand... And there was something in his hand. Ahhh!What is it called? Yes! There is a sword in his hand. Which was weird as I and Skelly didn't have anything. But it could be a reward for him from the master.

But for what?

Ohh! It's probably so he can even out his sword with the thing hanging out from his waist, between his legs.

How wise is my... no! our lord.

The youngest looked at us and said something

[I wo..n't s.ha..re sw..ord wit..h you.]

Why would I even want your sword? I was about to say that, but Skelly looked into his eyes and scared him off.

Hhahhaha..

That's what you get from messing with Skelly. I gave a thumbs up to Skelly and I myself was about to say something to the youngest when something happened..

The dome surrounding us began to disappear.

I looked at the dome disappearing... then looked at my vulnerable brothers and thought that it would be dangerous if they got out of this dome without the protection of the master.

He did the only thing he was capable of..

He got in the middle of his brothers and then inflated himself like a balloon, covering Skelly and the youngest within himself.. Trying to protect themselves from any danger if the master was too absent..

He felt something strange..

[sto..p po..ke youngest.]

He says this to the youngest as he is poking him from the inside with his sword... And that didn't feel right at all.

Finally, the dome disappeared and now they were at the mercy of whoever found them.

Just as the dome disappeared, he sensed someone traveling in his direction... He focused with all his might, trying to sense who it was.

When his senses touched the layer of the creature who was approaching them... a strange feeling began to take root inside him. The emotion was hard to describe, but if he had to use human words, he would describe it as loyalty, respect, belonging, and unwavering devotion.

But these were mere words, and mere words can't truly show the emotion he was feeling at the moment.

After confirming that there was no danger, he began unfolding himself.

After unfolding and looking at his brothers, he was happy to see that his brothers felt the same way he felt toward their master.

After looking at the master, we thought of doing the obvious and began going toward him.

We kneel, as everyone should do, in front of the master. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

After seeing us kneeling, the master signals us to stand up.

'How benevolent is our master, isn't it?'

I looked at his eyes... and began to admire them when suddenly master spoke..

"What..?"

After hearing the question... I say the thing which was in my mind from the moment I was born..

[My Lord, name us.]

... asking to be named.

But the answer that came wasn't... what I was prepared for.

[How are you talking to me?] Comes the question...

After hearing the question, I realized my mistake...How can I, a mere worthless slave, ask for something from the master? I was about to beg for forgiveness, but master being the master was once again one step ahead of me.

Probably feeling my regret, he says...

[Look! I'm not going to eat you. So, tell me, how are you able to talk to me?]

Once again, that goes to show how benevolent our master is. Now, I can answer the question without any hesitation..

[We made.. same soul, we can..talk.]

[So, you guys are made of my soul; that's why you were able to talk to me, right.?]

[Yes..]

Talking with the master sure is pleasant..

[And now you want me to name you, Is that right?]

The moment I was waiting for, so without wasting any time, I said yes.

[what if it wouldn't be to your liking?]

Master sure is humorous as well, I mean... Who would dare refuse the name bestowed by such a mirthful figure?

For all of us, I muttered.. [We don't dare.. Refuse master order..]

Master, happy with my response, gave me the thing I longed for, from the moment I was born..

[Then your name shall be.. Alaric]

Ahhh! What a nice name... Now, with this, I feel complete.

Confirming my idea.. Something voiced in my head.

[Dear Alaric, Welcome within the realm of Cosmos.]