Chapter 2: Prologue [2]
"Gulp!"
The sound of my own swallow was deafening in the oppressive silence of this void and infront of me , stood a silhouette.
It was humanoid, roughly the height of an average man, but that was where the similarities ended.
Because aside the body other part of it was pure, featureless white ....no eyes to judge, no mouth to speak, no nose to breathe...it is just a blank white milky canvas cut into the shape of a person against the endless black void.
It is something terrifying to see.
It was also… familiar?
"Hello "
he heard the voice again, but the voice didn't come out from this figure. It seems that the voice came directly inside his mind.
The voice tone was netural,and creapy, as it was difficult to judge the gender of this humanoid things.
This voice is like an Ai glitch default voice of a Text to Speech program but infinitely more sophisticated to hear.
I calm my nervousness and look straight to the figure and said.
"Who… what are you?" I somehow only came up with this question and I immediately take a step back...' I have a feeling that if I don't take seriously I will end up death '.
As I step back my foot met nothing but the same invisible, solid darkness.
The silhouette tilted its head as he was ready to respond my question.
His movement was smooth, fluid, unnatural.
"I am the Administrator," it replied. "Or, as you might perceive me, the one who fulfilled other wishes."
"Eh" I was dumbfounded.
' I was ready to listen something Isekai stuff '
' Like he had : I am the God of Life..., I request help from you chosen Hero to save my world'
' But this white Canvas dude is saying some illogical stuff like Administrator?.. fulfilled Other wish?...I understood fulfilled wish part but what is with Administrator...are you running a corporate company or something.'
' Damn ...I must really tired today...I am dreaming illogical stuff and things.'
' Let's play along '
"Wishes what?" , so I counter question him.
"Your request."
'My request? I blinked, my mind racing back to the moment before I went slept. There was satisfaction feeling of me, finishing the novel. But that was just relief nor I wish something…..damn what the hell did I wish for? I hadn't wished for anything...at that moment I just wanted to sleep peacefully.
As I was on thought on my own of what the wish is, and i haven't answer, seeing this the white silhouette said.
"The World that you Created," the silhouette continued saying as he stepping closer to me . It didn't walk; it simply occupied space closer to me than it had a moment ago.
"A world of balance with peace and conflict, different Races, boundary and exploring the conflict between Gods and Demons. A world born from five years of your cognitive output and creative thinking , The God Chosen Hero."
Hearing the title of my novel spoken by this unknown entity sent a chill down my spine.
"I read it," the silhouette said.
"You… read it?"
"I consumed it every word, every draft, every deleted scene..... Every thought you poured into its creation. It is… complete. It is stable. It is… desirable."
" I was mesmerize by it So I.."
Alex was listening the appreciation for his novel by the white dude, but the last word make him came back from his little moment of joy.
Then the silhouette extended a hand. It was a gesture of invitation, or perhaps a demand.
"I want it," it stated simply.
"Give me the copyright your novel world, So I turn it into a real world in the multiverse"
"Copyright?" The absurdity of the situation finally broke through my fear.
I let out a short hysterical laughed,. " I am definitely hallucination.... dude is asking me for copyright?. to create a world as my novel, Are you a God ?....hahahaha...Nice joke "
Alex thought is on something as he confirm his situation, ' I must be really stress up buy thinking about my novel is on many pirate sites, at least they should pay me the copyright fee....Damn now I am listing a ghost came to my dream and asking copyright... I will just play along .'
"Sure.... Take it... Do whatever you want.....It's a open source novel for all....I don't care anymore about it."
"Acknowledgment received," the voice echoed. "Transfer of ownership: Initiated. Compensation negotiation: Active."
Next second the void shifted and along with the darkness around us seemed to ripple, like ink disturbed by a stone.
Alex : ??
"Compensation?" I asked, feeling a strange pulling sensation in my chest.
"Equivalent exchange," the silhouette said. "You provide me with copyright and the compensation will be provide by the medium of granting you a wish..... So, State your desire."
'A wish.'
My mind, still half-tethered to the logic of my own stories, spun 'and was that a system prompt? I just heard, Is this a reincarnation setup?.'
"If you're really serious on…" I started, my voice with confidence with a smirk on my face. " going to build my world… I want to live in it."
The silhouette remained still.
"But!" I raised a hand quickly. "Not as the protagonist. I know what I did to Ethan. I gave him a tragic backstory, a broken engagement, endless grinding, and a god-level antagonist. I don't want that stress. I just want to live a peaceful and cheerful life."
I thought about the characters I had discarded , mainly the background nobles who lived in luxury with out any stress about the world, while Ethan bled in dungeons to became strong to face strong enemy and the extras who enjoyed the magic without the responsibility.
"I want to be an Extra," I said, the idea forming rapidly. "Someone with a good background also he must be a wealthy and have a secure life with a powerful guardian But not important enough to be targeted by the Demon God. Just kid… a rich, comfortable life and a extra to not be part of the main plot or sub plot."
I paused, my gamer brain kicking in.
"Wait moment ,If I'm going into a world with magic and demons, just being rich isn't safe...I need insurance." I looked at the blank face of the entity.
"I want to be overpowered but not like the Hero—I don't want to be the so called Saviour becoming strong step by step and finally become overpowered....that a lame thing I want to do I want to be born overpowered with a system....in simple terms I want to be an overpowered Extra who can make his own decisions...that come with freedom.....absolute freedom."
The silhouette's blank face seemed to shift. A tear appeared where a mouth should be, stretching wide into a jagged, black crescent.
A smile that a creepy one , such a smile make me freak out.
"As you wish."
Crack.
Crack.
The sound of glass shattering filled the void and Then darkness fractured like spiderwebs of white light shot through the blackness, blinding me.
"Wait!" I shouted, shielding my eyes. "What about the wish?...Damn I was really dreaming."
"Transaction complete."
The voice faded and next second the floor below me dropped out as I fell off.
I fell through the light, through the noise, through the very concept of self.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh"
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(To be Continued)