Two dark figures embedded the frail night, coming out of the light portal that stood at the highest point of the mountain.
Their faces, completely covered by black smoke.. leaving only their red eyes open!!
Both of them neatly help their weapons to their waists.
"Wait a sec, I don't mean to ask but how TF did they even get there and why would your story begin with two niggas coming outta a portal??" The young boy asked, with his two hands folded across each other
Patiently listening to the old man at the side of the road.
"Alright, let me take it back a bit.. perhaps to the beginning!!" The frail old man said, opening the book pages once more, till he got to the first page!!
A thousand years ago, a star crashed directly into the centre of the earth core, merging it's unique mutations with that of the earths core.
According to many, that was the beginning of a dark age, while for some, it was a blessing..
The government immediately isolated the star, building bunkers around it to keep it away from common civilians.
"You see, when the star merged with the earths core, scientists began to study the mutations it produces… bypassing all barriers of intelligence and making a special type of drug from this star, the operation was named [W.I.L.L.I.A.M] with no exact meaning to it…
"What do you meaning no exact meaning?!" The boy asked again, looking curious as sweat dripped down from his body furiously!!
"Keep quiet and listen!!" The old man commanded once more!
These drugs that were made from W.I.L.L.I.A.M were first tested on subjects, human to be precise…
But majority of the humans died after taking these drugs..
As for what the drugs were for, scientists believed that they could used the mutations of the star to physically enhance human capabilities, like speed, strength, healing ability and more, but for the drug to work entirely depends on the person sheer will..
This was the important part they missed!!
Among the numerous scientists that worked day and night to make their imagination become a reality, there's this one nigga..
"Nigga?" The boy asked, hiding his mouth as he burst out in laughter
"Sorry, this one dude"
His name was Dante spear's, Duke of Halstead.
He was superior in rank and had access to anything he needed to continue his research..
On April 12th 2033 he successfully made a drug that could physically enhance human capabilities, he named it ZERO…
He wanted to initiate a test on it immediately, but they had run out of human subjects…
With no idea in mind, he decided to test it on himself.
He drank the drug in an instant, wasn't sure if he was overdosing himself or not..
His office was located very close to the edge of the star..
During the first 60 seconds after taking the drug, nothing happened at all.. but after a short while, his body started mutating, turning into something no one has seen before…
His face suddenly turned into black smoke, his hands became like claws… his whole body began levitating… transforming into a monster like no one has seen before!!
"Like transformers?? Wait a sec, so that's how Optimus Prime was born?? Damn!!" The boy said, drenching himself in confusion..
"Dude!! Shut the hell up and listen… what does transformers have to do with this??" The old man shouted, letting out a sign of relief afterwards..
"If not transformers then something like a demon?? Wait.. is that how the devil was born??"
"AHH shit.."
He became a necromancer… he wasn't the one who developed the drugs, he had inhaled too much substance from the star mutation and when that mixed with ZERO..
That's what happened
Turns out the star wasn't a star.. it was something else.. like a curse
"What have i done to myself??" Dante asked himself in disbelief, his black Smokey face beaming with disbelief..
Then the star just suddenly disappeared and Dante returned back to normal…
He let out a loud sigh and laid his back on the chair…
With no memories of what has just happened, only a feeling of relief.
"Aight aight… I understand what you mean, but can you just start the story already??" The boy said angrily…
Already tired of listening to the boring prologue..
That man gave birth to a boy afterwards.. without being aware of the curse he had passed onto that child
Fun fact.. you wouldn't guess what he named him.
"What did he name the boy??
The boy asked again.. eagerly"
"WILLIAM"
"Aight wait a sec, is this William like the main character of the story or?"
"Yh, he's the MC.. now can you just shut up and listen?
Your 2 sec questions won't let you get a better grasp of the story!!"
"Aight Go on" the boy said once more, re-adjusting his position on the chair!!"
These mutations did not only give powers to the Dante, everything must have a balance, just like all who lives must surely die.
Dante could have lived forever if his necromancer side was not dormant.
He choose to live a normal life, perhaps not choose..
Yeah.. he had the will to live a normal life and die like a normal person..
"Ain't gonna lie, Dante's a fool!! The boy said once more
His eyes dramatically facing every direction to avoid staring into the old man head on.
" And why do you say he's a fool?" The old man replied him, already frustrated of the boy question's…
"With that kinda power, that kind of ability… why TF would someone want to keep that side of him normal and die like a chicken?"
"It just doesn't add up man.. maybe something happened that you don't know about, because let's say Dante died at 100, he was 40 when he became a necromancer and choose to leave that side dormant…
So you're telling me that within that lifespan of 60 years, his dormant necromancer side didn't even try to awakening once?"
"What's your name?" The old man asked, already short of replies to give the boy.
"I thought you knew my name.."
The boy replied..
"No I don't, why would you say so? Again!!"
"You named the darn project W.I.L.L.I.A.M and you named the drenched boy William 👀
"Sounds suspicious man"
"So your name is William?" The old man shutter once more, promptly tired of the boy
"Yh I'm William.. any prob with that?"
"Yes, why don't you go and see for yourself if there's anything that happened within the lifespan of 40 years…
Why don't you go and be William huh?? The old man asked, staring at the disgusted look on Williams face
"Hell nah, I ain't doing shit man.."
"It wasn't a request…
The old man dragged William and tossed him inside the book…
"And note this.. if you don't die.. you ain't coming back…"
"WHY TF WOULD I HAVE TO DIE MAN?? JUST GET ME TF OUTTA HERE!!"
HELLO??
C,MON MAN!!
"Turn's out it's not going to be a writer's POV after all..
The old man closed the book, leaving way for the name for appear bodly at the front of the book…
"It Read….. HOLY NECROMANCER; A READERS POV"