Codename_Reaper's Blog

I lived a noble life, an honest life. But one day that life ended. My name is Kenshi Nadare. Ever since I was little I always wanted to become a knight. My parents where farmers and didn't believe that anything good would come being a knight. but that didn't dissuade me. When I was fifteen when I entered the knight academy. My friend Kazz on the other hand, was thinking of marrying a beautiful girl named Leah. I was happy for him. But then disaster struck. The town was raided. There were many causalities. Leah was one of them. Kazz almost died trying to protect her. I was at the academy so I was unharmed. After Kazz recovered, he came to tell me what happened. When I saw him, he had a huge scar over his right eye. After he told me everything, he said that he wanted to join the knights so something like that would never happen again. I talked to my commanding officer and she let Kazz enroll into the academy. After a few years, we at where the top of our class. The king recognized our efforts and Kazz and I became elite guardsmen with for the king. we where exited and honored to have such a position. a couple years passed and life seemed so carefree, but as my teacher would say, there is always a calm before the storm. so i never let my guard down. then disaster struck. During the harvest festival the kingdom was attacked. Kazz and I were escorting the king to a safe location. I was in front when I was run through from behind. I thought that we were found out and the king and Kazz were slain. But that wasn't the case. It was Kazz who ran me through. As I fell to the ground, slipping out of conciseness, I saw my king’s dead body on the floor. When I regained conciseness, I was in the underworld. I didn't like the place too much so I decided to leave. At the gate of the underworld, there was an army of demon guards, as I expected. Being demons, I thought it might be formidable fight to get to the world of the living. I was wrong. One demon foolishly ran at me, blind swinging his sword. I quickly disarmed him and decapitated him. When the others saw, they also ran towards me. No coordination at all. I made quick work of them. Then the king of the underworld appeared before me since I was causing so much trouble, he must have come to stop me himself. I braced myself for an attack, but the attack was something that I couldn't dodge or block. He engulfed me in the very fires of the underworld. I flinched, but then I realized I didn't burn. Yet the flames surrounded me. I heard a voice in my head say "RUN!", and I did so. As the king of the underworld was confused to why I wasn't burned to a crisp, I ran for the gate of the living. The king of the underworld didn't stay confused for long. When I ran for the gate, he quickly chased after me. The gate was a few feet away when the king of the underworld lunged for me. "Jump!" said the voice in my head again. I didn't have time to ask questions, so I jumped through the gate, the king of the underworld just missing me by inches. When I was on the other side I instantly went on my guard “he won't follow you, you know.” it was the voice from earlier. "Who is this and why did you help me?" I asked. "Don’t talk out loud! You look crazy talking to yourself!" he said. "Well anyway, I was a demon who tried to fight against the demons invading the living realm. I was being chased by death when I saw you on the ground and you didn't go through demonization yet. I found that odd but I didn't have time to look into it, so I hid in your body." I didn't believe him. "Or did you invade my body just to bring me back to the king of the underworld!" I said. "I told you to shut it!!! I’m in your head! Remember!?” his yelling too was loud in my head. It felt like if he kept yelling, my head would split. "If I wanted to do that, I would have just stopped you from moving and let him kill you. The reason I helped you was because if you would have died, I would have died." "But couldn't you have gone back to your own body?" I asked in my head. "Finally, you get it. And no, it’s not possible. My body died as soon as I left it". "SO YOU TRIED TO STEAL MY BODY!?!?!?!" I yelled out loud. Some of the nearby animals where scared off by the sudden outburst. “I thought you were just an empty shell because you didn't go through demonization!!!" empty shell? Demonization? What does all this mean!!!?” I asked confused. “Maybe this wasn't such a good idea..." I heard him say under his breath. There are some demons in the underworld that eat the souls of others and all that's left is a body. That’s why I thought you were an empty shell. That, and the fact that you didn't go through demonization. “You need a soul to go through demonization.” “Then what is demonization?" I asked. "Demonization is when a soul gets corrupted by the underworld, which happens to everyone. It usually happens almost instantly. It changes your outer appearance to a form that fit the choices you made while living. But for some reason, you stayed human. But are you really human? Hmmmm?" he was partially right. I still felt human, but I also felt like something else.
“What was really interesting is why the hellfire didn't burn you at all."
“I don't care about that! All I want is for you to get out of my head!" I said.
"That won't happen. I don't have a body remember? Besides, you just went to hell and back! You don't think that the demons will just let that go? Do you?"
"Then I’ll just defeat them! Easy!"
"Ohhh, I hope so! Since I’m sticking with you I want to see some action!"
"I guess there is no helping it. Since we're staying together, the name's Kenshi. What’s your name? you've been talking to me this whole time and haven't told me your name."
"Oh? I haven't? Sorry. My name is Remnant."
"Remnant? That’s... uh... unique."
"And? What of it?! Anyway where the hell are we going?"
That’s when I realized that I had been walking the whole time we've been talking.
"Well I’m going to my home to get my sword, get some rest while I can, then start traveling from town to town as a mercenary"
"I’m curious, so I’ll ask. Why?"
"My king was killed by my best friend, who also killed me. I have no country to go back to. By becoming a mercenary I might be able to find out where that bastard is so I can repay him for killing Me." my mind was made up. I will travel the land to repay Kazz for what he has done to me.
"well, that's good and all, but i meant why are you going for your sword?"
"its my my teachers sword. i can't just leave it there." that's right. that was the sword my teacher, who was also my commanding officer while was younger, gave me for becoming the kings elite guard.
"i will never get why humans hold onto material things so much."
"it has sentimental value!"
"fine. now that i think about it, you just came through the gate to the living world. do you know how to get back to your home?"
now that i think about it, i don't recognize the area.
"uhhh, of course i do!... just not from here..."
i look around and see nothing but field. i have no idea where i am. i've never seen such a place. it seemed like a peaceful place.
"it looks like we have company Kenshi" i look behind me and see a few demons coming out of a window that leads into the underworld.
"i dont have a weapon to deal with them."
"then run idiot!"

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