Chapter 2 - The Hall Of Gods (1/2)

-Installation of The Over-Break System Complete-

-Waking Soul-

A robotic female voice rang out in my head after my vision faded to black.

Nothingness.

Overwhelming Nothingness.

That's what greeted me after my life ended.

There was no pain.

There was no sound or light.

Just…nothing

There was no way of knowing just how long I was in this state.

While I could still think and process what had just happened to me, it was no different than when you close your eyes before bed, and only your internal monologue resounds in your mind.

I could think, but I couldn't move, feel or hear anything. It was as if my consciousness was the only thing existing.

As I was in this state of nothing, my mind replayed the events that happened just before my death, before going back to thinking about that strange voice that echoed in my mind seconds ago…or was it minutes.

-Beginning Transfer To the Hall of Gods-

The voice once again echoed with her monotone voice.

'Gods hall…' I thought to myself. 'No way you cant mean…is it happening? IS IT TRULY A THING HOLY SHIT. Hehehehehe!' I couldn't stop myself from manically laughing internally.

'REINCARNATION'

The word bounced around my consciousness rapidly. Every bit of pop culture I had consumed about reincarnating in another world flooded my consciousness: light novels, manga, anime. Isekai was a genre I was well versed in; some would even call me Isekai weeb Trash.

I couldn't help from ceaselessly laughing my ass off in the void of nothingness that surrounded me.

'The voice mentioned a system. Ok, let's prep ourselves ahead of time. You got this. The voice said, ”Transfer to the Hall of Gods, which means they may give you some broken overpowered skill or something. The S in Hall of Gods lets me know there are multiple Gods, which falls in line with many different series I've consumed.'

'Multiple Gods, giving multiple blessings, the voice mentioned a System ok narrowing Isekai stories further, stories with numerous Gods and systems. But, shit, how many tags are we dealing with here?'

My conscious mind was in overdrive at the moment as the world around me began to brighten up from the never-ending darkness and nothingness into a world of pure white.

Touch, Sight, hearing. All of my senses began to turn back on, and it left me feeling weightless, floating in a giant expanse of pure white.

A simple look around showed nothing—just a vast, never-ending expanse of white.

I came to notice I had my body back, or at least a transparent version of it.

Gone were my weapons and combat gear that I had been wearing at the time of my death. In their place was a plain pure white robe. That extended to my feet and wrists. Resting on my chest was the same necklace I was wearing before death. But due to how accustomed I was to its weight and that I never took it off, I had overlooked this simple detail.

As I looked down at my ghostly hands, more thoughts began to swirl in my mind.

”AH,” I yelped out as a test to see if I could speak again,

”Welp, I guess that's everything minus the fact that I'm a floating body of pure white light.” I scoffed at the thought.

-Soul will begin transfer in 30 seconds to The Hall of Gods-

A simple notification floated in front of me. It resembled one of those old messenger boxes that instant messengers used in the early 2000s, like AIM or MSN. Just a simple dialog box with a timer.

” Narrowing it further, game elements tag on my new life got it. That leads to a handful of things. First, it depends on which world these Gods send me to. Let's hope for one with at least semi-decent technology. Second, medieval life would be a pain in the ass.”

” So far, we've got, Reincarnation, Game Elements, and Multiple Gods, and since the system seems to have a voice, it would either fall under Artificial Intelligence or System Admin. Based on how it's speaking ima lean more towards System Admin.”

As I was watching the timer countdown, my thoughts came to a screeching halt as in my manic ADHD-driven thought process; I had completely forgotten about my brother for a moment.

”I hope Brandon's ok. It would be nice to be brothers again in a new world.” I sighed

”I guess that would be too much to ask for.”

=O-sense=

A booming voice entered my ears. Lost in my thoughts, I had completely zoned out and ignored that I had teleported out of the White holding space.

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