The Tale of a Fallen Hero

PROLOGUE

It's been so long that I almost forgot about it. Even though it's blurry, I remember that I was a college student trying to major in Physics. Thinking about it I don't even know why I chose this field, I guess it was because I wanted to understand the truth behind this world or some fancy stuff like that. Well, all this changed when I was summoned in Aplistia. It's a world governed by mana, as long you have it you can make anything you imagine real. I remember being so fascinated about it, about the culture in this world. All those races, all the countries with thousand years history. All of this happened 25 years ago...

Since then many things changed, I was summoned as a hero by the God Plutus with the mission of saving this world. The resources of this world are becoming scarce, he feared this would inevitably lead to a war which no one would survive. He was definitely right about it, but this lead me to this question : what was I supposed to do about it ? It's true that in term of physical prowess I'm league above others but how was this supposed to help me solve a conflict of such a scale ? After becoming a force that they could not ignore, I tried to reason the leaders of each countries but it proved to be vain. Each countries had their interests and they needed those resources in order to not suffer from a shift in their lifestyle.

A war inevitably burst and people died by millions everywhere, no side showed any interest in a truce. After 10 years of fighting the war finally ended and it wasn't because they decided to stop but because they could not fight anymore. In this bloody conflict, they used weapons of mass destruction with everlasting effects, these effects being air and food poisoning. Although they tried to find solutions to stop it, it was too late because 3 years later the last resident of Aplistia had died. The only reason why I'm still alive is because of this blessed body which I was given by the God Plutus but even I didn't have long left to live. Surely, listening to this you would think that I was just a victim of this ? Well, I actually may been the cause of all this.

Believing that everything could be solved by my power I tried to force every country to comply to my will. What a fool I was, my actions only pushed the Leaders of those countries to individually develop weapons that could work against me, hence how those weapons of mass destruction were made. My friends tried to convince that I should change my approach but I didn't listen and kept trying to impose my will on them. This lead the leaders of the others races to declare war to the human kingdoms which they though were my allies and that they were trying to use me to undermine their power. This is how this bloody war started, just because of one man's arrogance. I lost friends, acquaintances and even the woman which I loved more than anything but this is nothing compared to the billions of people which died because of this war. And now I'm standing in one of God's Plutus temple, knelt because of the weight of my sins and mistakes. Although I may have been very rash in the past, I really loved this world, the people of the world.

''So please God, I beg you to just give me just one second chance. I swear I will make sure this catastrophe doesn't happen again.''.

Chances that he would answer me were very meek but I still kept this hope that he would. Seconds passed, hours passed and only after 4 hours passed did I receive an answer.

[It's brave of you to come here after everything you have done and you even dare to ask me to give you a second chance ? You had many chances to change things, if only you taken time to listen to the people around you.]

'He is right, there's nothing I could say in my defense but...'

''I'm ready to pay any price in order to for you to agree to my request, I'm not just expecting goodwill from you.''

[{Hun} You sure have a big mouth for someone who failed miserably.To be honest I couldn't care less about what happen to this world or you but since you seems to be so persistent about it I could give you a second chance but at one price.]

''Tell me what is it, I'm ready to do anything for it.''

[It's pretty simple, people have a soul and when they die they go to heaven or hell. But even in heaven, there's many layers. There's a place for people who were good all their life, one for people who accomplished great things and finally one for people who changed the destiny of all a whole word, in other a hero. So as you can guess the soul of hero is pretty valuable.]

I could feel his eyes full of desire, something which I had never seen in his eyes.

''Please stop turning around and get directly to the point''

[{Chuckle} You're so impatient, nothing is funny with you. It.s pretty simple, what I want is your soul, after you death you soul will become part of me. Only at this condition would I grant your silly wish.]

'I see, I kind of expected something like that but it's still pretty brutal. And look at this guy not even trying to hide his greed anymore. I guess he doesn't need to show a divine image anymore since I'm the one in need.'

''...''

[What's wrong, you can't do that ? I guess you were just big talk ahahahaha.]

'This guy is just f*cking irritating. I wish I could wipe his smug smile of his face.'

''No, it's actually quite easier than I expected. I agree to it.''

<Is this guy serious or he is just bluffing? Why do I even care about that ? I will get a hero soul just like that, summoning him instead of the true hero was definitely the right choice. With this, my rank as a God will surely lower but I'll definitely become more powerful.>

[Come closer child, I will do the contract and then send you exactly 25 years in the past. Just a little bit before you came here.]

I stood up up from my spot and came closer to him. I could now for the first time clearly see his facial features. Each time we talked before he was always too far for me too see but now it's clear. He was a very handsome 20s man with black hair and eyes. He also had some sort of a tattoo under his left eye in the form of a circle. I now felt his hand on my forehead, a flow of energy started entering my head. I could see all the memories of everything that happened to me in the past 25 years; seeing this I steeled my will to change this gruesome future. The next moment I suddenly started feeling tired and closed my eyes. The moment I opened my eyes, I could see I was in a different place. My home world : Earth.

[Hehehe I kept my part of the deal, now it's up to you to do whatever you wanted to. I would like to wish you good luck but it wouldn't be a sincere one, instead I wish you die quickly so that I could rapidly get your soul.]

'Damn, this God is finally showing his true colors. Wait for me, I've at least 25 years left to live and during this time I will definitely find a way to deal with you.'

Anyway this is how my journey for forgiveness started.