Chapter 1 : The last stand

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Jack "The Jester" Jenkins stood atop the ancient temple, his sword raised against the dark sorcerer, Malakar. The air was thick with the stench of death and smoke.

"You've lost, Malakar," Jack declared, his voice ringing out across the battlefield. "Your darkness will never consume the world".Even though Jack said those brave words he was already at his limit.

Malakar sneered, knowing that he has the advantage already he unleashed a bolt of shadowy energy. Jack parried the attack, but the force sent him stumbling back. As he fell, he saw his comrades, his friends, lying motionless around him.

With a fierce cry, Jack launched himself at Malakar, their blades clashing in a flurry of steel and sparks. But Jack was outnumbered, outmatched. Malakar's powers were too great.

If he continued like this it surely won't end well, a thought crossed his mind to evade the battlefield but how could the mighty Jester run from a fight ?
Using his last trick he sent a counter attack which drained half his already used power so as to get enough time to create enough energy barrier but how could Malakar not see through his plot ?

As the ball of flaming energy cut through the air in a neck breaking speed, Malakar took out a black diamond. Immediately Jack saw this he bitterly smiled. The black diamond seems to interact with the space within. Elements of all form rushed in to the diamond making the size expand threefold until the mass couldn't take it anymore.

*BOOM*

What happened next was a total Annihilation. The ball of flaming energy dispensed in a blink of an eye and everything within the rage was deleted out of existence with the exception of Malakar who controlled it and Jack who got injured deeply he couldn't move. Jack didn't have enough time to put up a complete defense because no more than five seconds has passed before the explosion.

As the darkness closed in, Jack felt his life force ebbing away. Just as his soul was about to slip out of his body he felt something strange and a seal appear on his mind. There was something there but before he could confirm his thoughts he looked up and saw Malakar standing just above him with a very dark sword in his right hand. He stared into Jack's eyes as they grow dimmed. Without an inch of hesitation the sharp edge of the sword penetrated into Jack's chest.

With his final breath, Jack whispered, "Remember...the Jester's wild card..."

And then, everything went black.

Know one knew how long it took...
A consciousness awakes inside a eerie area. It was more like a fading light but if one look closely enough one will definitely notice the ethereal form floating towards what seems to be an endless tunnel.

      From left to right...that's if one can consider any sense of direction accurate in this place, different form of the same ethereal consciousness floating can be seen heading in the same direction. Far deep in the middle of the souls which are headed for the reincarnation path a deep fading blue color stands out and slowing regain consciousness and curiously enough also the ability to think.

     The reincarnation path is a gate way to both the end and start of life in the universe...souls that died no matter where they died, be it in the void,home,during battle or any other form they are taken to the reincarnation path for reincarnation.
    
      "Ahh my head hurts", Jack suddenly spoke even though he had no mouth. He tried moving his hands but unfortunately he doesn't even have a body...it was more like a condensed smoke packed together.
    "What was that ?" Without eyes he couldn't see anything,he felt more like he was trapped in his on mind.
    He couldn't move his body even if he wanted to, his mind was running smoothly and he tried to figure out where he was. "Did Malakar trapped my soul,damn !" He shouted internally.
   "But I still remembered he killed me after that..." Jack stream of thoughts got interrupted by a sudden rush of energy that flowed out for him. He still didn't have an idea where he was.
    
The images of the last battle with Malakar passed his mind and he tried to recall the details from the start to the very unfortunate end. He died protecting his realm as that was his duty as the 'Yakkur' of the realm.

       Jack could feel the enclosure of his consciousness in something so his thought were that Malakar probably trapped his soul somewhere but after a long time that no one can record, another thought suddenly flew into his mind...Jack felt enlightened !

" I felt something at that last moment,could it be that that seal I felt over my mind is what I'm trapped in at the moment ?", Jack asked rhetorically. He began thinking about what kind of seal that was, as a divine being that he was during his life on the realm of Hynonu he sure had come across many rare materials and soul seals are not an exception at all but never had he heard of a seal that can trap a being's soul after death.

In the realm of Hynonu where the energy of the world is used to strengthen the beings that resides there,giving them great strength,agility,long life span... Hynonu is a place where the strong rules and if the darkness of the Werdlem cult is not put into check it can disturb and

 Hynonu is a place where the strong rules and if the darkness of the Werdlem cult is not put into check it can disturb and

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corrupt the balance of things in the world. That was were Jack came into the picture as the holder of the title 'Yakkur' meaning the divine protector of Hynonu.

Jack had fought many wars during his lifetime, bring down evil forces and forcing them into the darkness every time they attack the realm in other to take procession of the Black diamond-yes the same one Malakar used to end Jack the Jester. The surprising part was that Jack still can't recall how Malakar managed to get the Diamond without him knowing.

Jack who looked like a young adult in his early 20s was already over two thousand years old when he got killed...that shows the benefit of the special energy that they cultivate. He had lived his whole life protecting his realm. The title of a protector was not something that is being passed down from family to family, it is given to the worthy one but curiously enough it has managed to enter into the Jenkins family name for three generations of which Jack the jester was the holder ( don't forget he is more than two thousand years old ) when Jack earned the Yakkur title, he was just a slave boy working for the Closusi family back when he was a nobody until he received the mark to become the Yukkurite .
      
        This made the Closusi family jealous that their puny slave boy will be their next savior, they tried to get rid of Jack by hiring demon beasts to attack him, too bad they underestimated the prowess of the chosen Yakkur mark bearer. Jack was able to escape narrowly from the danger. When he found out who wanted him dead he ran away. Facing the danger of the world he was in, which was a very dangerous place where killing is inevitable, it either one fight or die but one thing is sure. Only the strongest will survive !

      Jack found Hialeah a beautiful girl with very dark hair, she was humanoid but from a different race, the Opusum race known for their extremely good control of the water element. He stayed with her and her family for years before falling in love with Hialeah.

      The Closusi family head couldn't accept the fact he had to listen to his slave boy and look up to him and there was fear building up too inside his heart, fear of what Jack might do after his strength grew after all they used him to make money as a Jester thus the name 'Jack the Jester'. But Jack surprisingly didn't even pay him any attention after he awoken the Yakkur mark, his full focus was to stop the darkness. The war between Jack and the Werdlem cult was fought for a long period of time, over 500 years until Malakar finally ended his life with the black diamond during the last battle they fought.

          So and now Jack wants nothing more than to do the same again now that he knew that he was alive and probably trapped somewhere.

Jack had no idea he was headed straight for reincarnation and the only difference between him and the other souls was the seal he had which allowed him to keep his memories and consciousness while he reincarnated.
*sluppp*
Like a vortex placed around the seal Jack felt his consciousness being sucked into something and what happened next became to worst thing that can happen to any divine being in the universe !

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