Sirus Rose, is an ex-soldier and a current business owner or should I say former. business owner.
It was late at night, past the usual time I go home. Instead of heading straight home, I thought I would relax for a while at my personal favourite raman shop.
It was just a couple of blocks away from the place I work.
I was feeling tired, and sluggish so I took a shortcut.
What a mistake it was to take a shortcut.
This shortcut was an alleyway that I would take from now and then, but not much because of the homeless and alcoholics that live in this alleyway.
It reeked of their stench, as I turned a corner, screams of a young woman could be heard.
So what do I do you may ask? Why as a man I would obviously help a fellow human being shouting in the middle of the night.
There I saw a young woman backed up to a wall, frightened and hands pressed onto the wall, knees together and shaken up, she was truly having not the best of nights.
Two men wearing all black up clothing, one with rather poor clothing choice. With also a oni mask
The guy on the left wielding a wooden bat, the guy on the right, holding a pistol with shaking hands, the pistol in question seemed like a Glock 17.
Semi-automatic, fairly light, great accuracy, and overall a comfortable gun to hold.
At least from where I was standing, after all, it wasn't very lit in this dark and rotten alleyway.
The frightened woman looked like she was getting robbed and from the looks of it seem parts of her shirt got ripped off.
One would assume these criminals were too hard handing her or the worst possible thing that can happen to a woman, being raped.
With nothing, but my bare hands and my experience as an ex-soldier to rescue a fellow citizen.
It was already too late to run back as the woman and the criminals were already aware of my presence. Not that I was planning to flee out of this one. Fortunately, I was still a fair distance away from the scene as that way I could assess the situation.
Sirus keenly observed the situation and his limited options while he tensely locked eye contact with the masked men.
The masked men looked at each other slowly and the one with the bat slowly nodded his head and whispered to his partner with a shaken voice. "H-hey man… I'm n-not ready for this yet…
His partner looked away and stared towards Sirus with tense shoulders.
"We got nothing to do with you buddy! Just go back to wherever you came from and you won't get hurt!"
Sirus takes a quick breath and slowly raises his hands up whilst taking minimal steps forward as he locks eye contact to the man with the gun.
'I still have a few metres between us, it's going to be tricky to do anything at all while i'm far away'
"Look here! I am sure we can work things out, just me and you, and your buddy there, so drop the gun and the bat, take her purse but let her live, you don't want to stain your hands and believe me when I say this.'
As I was slowly taking each small step, trying to talk the men out of this, suddenly my wallet slips out of my jacket, causing the gunman to get startled by this sudden occurrence of the sound.
The man looked at the wallet and noticed Sirus creeping over. He raised his gun with both hands and shouts.
"Don't fuck with me pal! Take another step and your head is as good as gone! Y-you hear me!?"
Sirus halts his moments with his hands still raised and nods his head with a smile towards the lady, promptly to let go of her purse and tries to sneak away while the two men are distracted.
The man with the bat notices Sirus smile and looks behind him, nearly forgetting the woman.
"H-hey! D-don't move!" The woman makes a break for it and runs off with the man with the bat chasing after her.
The other man looks behind him, distracted by the occurrence behind him. Sirus takes this opportunity and sprints towards the guy. Trying his first move to remove the gun with one swift action.
The man quickly looks back at Sirus and stumbles backwards, one hand touching the ground behind him and the other still firmly holding the gun towards Sirus.
Sirus still a distance away, kisses his teeth and attempts to kick the gun away from the man hands. Judging the distance wrong, his leg fails short.
The man angrily replies. "FUCK YOU!' He shouts as he hastily pulls the trigger as fast as he can, unleashing a barrage of bullets.
[Bang!]
[Bang!]
[Bang!]
[Bang!]
[Bang!]
[Bang!]
[Bang!]
By the third bullet, Sirus was already seen collapsing hard onto the cold concrete floor, yet with anger in the man's eyes, he continues to waste bullets. The man huffing and puffing, he lets go of the gun and briefly looks towards the stranger as he slowly gets up.
"That's what you get for trying to be a hero, bastard…"
Sirus already losing consciousness, reaches out his hand, seeing the victim falling to the ground, shouting for help. "Hey! I got her!" The man with the bat shouts out to his partner, his eyes drawn to the pool of blood spilling over the stranger. Terrified at what he just witnessed, he drops the bat and runs off, leaving the woman behind.
"HEY! WHERE YOU GOING! The other man shouts out, but to no avail.
'I'm s-sorry, I couldn't help you.' where Sirus last thoughts fades away.
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"Sigh, Another one from earth, they certainly like dying. Okay you have done this a trillion times already." The floating cube turns to the entrance as a bright light with a silhouette of a human male fades into the open space.
Sirus slowly opens his eyes and looks around in utter confusion, as his eyes adjust to the new foreign scenery, he notices his suspended in mid air but also notices a rather large cube, hovering towards him.
'W-where am I?'
"Well to answer your question, you're dead. But more importantly, you're in the realm of reincarnation, and you just so happen to be lucky to end up here!"
Sirus tilts his head and keeps an eye out towards the cube while observing his surroundings. "So, suppose you can hear my thoughts… Realm of reincarnation hmm. Guess I'm dead…"
"Yes yes. Very much dead. Now, I'm short on time. Computer open up, Code name #Sirus Rose# options"
Sirus is greeted with a several blinding light behind the cube, what appeared to be containers with life-less fantasy creatures that one could describe in novels or anime.
"So, let's get on to it, Sirus, you are given a random choice of a new world but can choose between the following races as it appears in front of you."
As the lights fades away, Sirus notices a [+] sign above each container. Figuring out what these races meant for him, he looks at his limited options.
[Human] [+]
[Demon] [+]
[Beast-Men] [+]
[Elf] [+]
[Giants] [+]
[Vampire]
[Dwarf]
[Goblin]
[Arachne]
[Gordon]
"What are those things on top of the capsule?"
"By thinking of those icons you will be able to choose from the different types of race within that race that you have touched. An example would be a [Elf] they vary from.
[Forest Elf]
[Dark Elf]
[Mountain Elf]
And yada yada, figure it out."
Sirus didn't hesitate about the potential race. He quickly says.
"The Demon Race, what are my opinions with them?"
Multiple interfaces appear in front of Sirus.
[Race] Demon [Selected]
[Role] Unknown
[Selected Ozbark World]
[Awaiting Role Selection]
Another interface appears to his left.
[Role Selection] [+]
[Half-Demon]
[Blood Demon]
[Demon]
…
A cold metallic voice could be heard other than the cube. "Special conditions met, uploading additional options"
[Noble Demon]
[Royal Demon
"Special conditions, ay? I choose the [Noble Demon]
"A Demon hmm? Interesting, now all of your memories will still be with you when you are on the other side. You will also be equipped with a command menu, to assist in your journey, simply think of the word [Menu] and you shall be greeted with it. Now, no one will be able to see the interface, only you will be able to see. To use it, simply reach out your hand, how you would use a phone it's quite easy to use. Now I have to prepare for my next visit, BEGONE!
Sirus's body slowly starts disappearing into particles and drifts up into the air.
Sirus freaks out for a brief moment but quickly realises why his body may be disappearing.
'A new life huh, let's make the best of it!'
"Ah! Before you fully depart, you will be granted knowledge of every language in order to make your journey easier."
Sirus smiles and nods his head.
"Hey, are you still here? Are you sure it was a good idea to send him to Ozbark? And why send him there"
A dark cube appears before the other cube, much larger than the other.
"Everything is according to my plan, it does not matter to me what happens on that lowly planet."
"You're the same as always..."
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