It was a dreary scene which could break ones heart especially for the person who had gone through all of this.

Countless emotions surged in his heart making him unable to think properly.

Seeing the fading life of his past self, Alex closed his eyes.

The figure of George and everything around him disappeared.

Space twisted and retracted and the next moment, Alex who was frozen like a statue finally gained his freedom.

Alex whose legs felt weak fell onto the floor with a pale expression.

As everything disappeared leaving behind him alone in the space, he heard a cold majestic voice.

“The trial was never meant for you to pass.”

“The more you climb, the more the stairs will emerge, making it endless.”

Alex raised his head and stared at the person while laughing like a maniac.

“So, God Of Death, did you enjoy the show?”

“You might have a sweet time seeing me in despair.”

“Giving hope which was never present since the beginning. You are really a great God.”

Alex gave a round of applause and clapped his hands.

“Now what.”

“What are you going to do now?”

“Do you have another trick for me to suffer?”

The God Of Death smiled and walked towards Alex.

His eyes locked straight into Alex’s eyes.

His eyes were dark and hollow like a void pulling the onlooker into the darkness.

However, Alex didn’t flinch because he was quite used to this eye.

It was the Devil Eye.

“I am also asking you the same thing?”

“Now what are you going to do?”

“I kept my word however you can’t keep the one you loved.”

“Even if you have the strength you can’t do anything. You are just a pushover.”

Alex frowned on hearing his words and asked with a confused expression.

“What do you mean? How did you keep your word?”

“For those like you who have supernatural powers, the stairs have an end but with each step the pressure will increase. However, for a normal person it will be a test of will.”

“And it would not end until the person undergoing the trial dies as who knows you may give up when you feel the approach of death.”

Alex saw the man’s shady face which infuriated him.

“And if you somehow kept your words, what is your intention behind it? What kind of string are you trying to pull behind?”

God Of Death shook his head and spoke softly.

“First thing, this whole world is a memory which I locked after fabricating your memory of end moments which put a great strain on me. Unless you have the strength to access it, you cannot access this place.”

“Second, I think you are correct. I didn’t help you with sheer kind intentions but that didn’t mean I had an ulterior motive.”

“There are thousands of people like you who have a more tragic past like you.I am not free enough to do all this, I deal with millions of deaths each passing day and judge them.”

“It also took a great amount of my power to create all this.”

“On top of that,this is the consequence of your choice.”

“The choice that you made several aeons ago.”

“Several aeons ago,” Alex murmured faintly and spoke after contemplating deeply.

“Are you talking about me from a past life?”

God of Death nodded.

“You already know that each world has Gods to govern the laws. Since laws are inflexible, the world needs our presence to implement and make them flexible.”

“And since beings like us are present. There are naturally people who would like to harm and disrupt the balance by wanting to control the world.”

Alex’s eyes widened and he spoke”That means Earth also has powerful individuals before.”

“Yes, the earth had a variety of strong species that wanted to take our position.”

“When the earth was in trouble, a group of people rose to protect humanity and you are one among them.”

“You were only able to use only fire elements unlike others who could use spells of various elements and you were considered trash but you mastered that element to the absolute limit, shocking many.”

God Of Death and snapped his figure.

The space around Alex stirred and countless scenes started to replay all around.

Out of those, Alex caught the sight of a red haired man who stood over the sea of flames.

His presence was as hot as the sun who caused many to run away in fear.

He confronted a huge army alone filled with weird creatures whom Alex had never seen and at the end burnt everything into ashes.

Alex felt a bit nostalgic seeing the scene.

“You rose to the position of Flame Emperor and along with others dealt with the crisis.”

“The battle put a great amount of toll on this world causing it to be on the verge of collapse and after that with the agreement of everyone it was decided to use every bit of mana to fix this.”

“That’s how this world became devoid of mana and without there would not be any strong people born in this world.”

“All the mana was concentrated to fix the world from dying.”

“Finally the life of this world was extended and the world was expanded into hollow space.”

Alex was surprised to know that there was such a back story of his previous world.

“Most of the people died and those who remained alive decided to let go of their power.”

“After everything was over we God decided to reward the individuals according to their wish but out of all of them you were an oddball.”

“Everyone wished for various things, there were also few who asked permission to travel to other worlds or extend their lifespan.”

“However,you asked especially for me for a contract.”

“You are quite clever at that time.I have to acknowledge that.”

“I know it.Who knows you may turn away after some time.”Alex scoffed.

God of Death ignored Alex’s sarcasm and said “You asked for the contract to fulfil your request in another life.”

Alex’s brows furrowed for a moment.

“Isn’t life after death random so how was he sure that his next life would be in this world.”

The God of Death rubbed his chin and said”Yeah, it’s random still, who knows there may be coincidences.”

“Moreover, you might have already found that your soul is quite peculiar.”

“It’s quite strong.”

“It’s as if many things lie inside it so I felt that you could perceive many abnormal things as if you knew about the future.”

“In that life, you were already at the pinnacle and you didn’t need anything but that can’t be said for other lives.”He spoke with a mischievous smile.

“But you didn’t fulfil the contract. The proof is that I am standing as Alex, not George.”

“I fulfilled my words. Don’t accuse me like that.”God Of Death raised his voice causing the surroundings to tremble.

“I said I will give you a chance to let Ava live with you and aren’t you already living with her.”

Alex felt as if he was struck by lightning.

“You mean..”

“I traced a glimpse of your fate and reincarnated both of you into the individuals who were going to be together.”

“I cannot revive anyone from death. It is against the world but I can help you in your rebirth and let you inherit the memories.”

“Moreover, the Gods of your current world are weaker than me because your world is not perfect and all the struggle that is going on behind the scenes is for the balance of the world.”

Alex swallowed his saliva. He always felt that this person was stronger than the Goddess before but now he was sure.

Due to the God of Darkness and the Devil becoming separate individuals instead of one, the world had become quite chaotic.

“And Ava didn’t have cancer. She died because her body had a heavenly constitution but since there is no mana in this world anymore, her death was written from the start.”

“There have been many deaths because of this.”

“She is also one of the Hero’s descendants who had inherited my power, which is Darkness and she carried it onto another world.”

“I see…” Alex muttered closely and felt that he finally found the answer to his long-awaited question.

“By the way, that trial which you have gone through is also the trial to inherit my power.”

“Huh!Your power.”

“Yes, my power.”

“Darkness is something which changes a person. For a person to not let his mind corrode by darkness, he needs to have a firm and unshakeable will like you who keeps on climbing even if it seems very futile.”

“You seem to be using my power quite well to get sudden power up but I must say I am disheartened by the way you treat my powers.”

“Why are you not cultivating my powers…uhhhh!”

He was not able to finish his speech as a crack appeared in space.

“Haaaaa…It seems that the time to depart has come.”

“Wait….I have more questions.”

“You need to find that on your own.My will that had been hidden in soul can not sustain for long, it’s fortunate that it had not been for this long.”

“By the way Alex, let me tell you something.”

“You have already gone through the feeling of helplessness and being trampled by others.”

“So don’t be a pushover anymore.”

“It’s not about your world Alex, it’s about the whole universe made up of various worlds which are soon going to face a huge crisis.”

“We need oddball individuals like you to stop it.”

The God Of Death figure started to become blurred and Alex seemed to be pulled out of the space by a strange force.

As Alex was about to disappear, he heard God Of Death’s final words.

“Darkness is the symbol of fear.A symbol to ask people to stop committing evil cause if you don’t you are going to be swallowed by an unending abyss of despair only to rot and regret.”

“So on my behalf, show your current world the real power of Darkness.”