RDD 1

Chapter 1




"Shit--!!"


I screamed at the top of my lungs as I dropped to the ground. I gasped for air after my face landed on the ground. 


"W- Where am I?"


Everything happened so fast that I feel like I'm having a heart attack. I feel sick. My heart was beating so fast, and I swear, I think I'm going to die...


Or perhaps I indeed died. 


"Ugh!"


My head was aching, I felt that my skull was crushed at that last second. 


"Did I die?"


I muttered as I look around. 


The last scene that entered my mind was when a huge truck flashed before me and I lost control of everything. I just remembered that my brain splattered the windshield... Funny that I still remember that even though my brain was crushed. 


Anyway, 


"What the hell is going on?"


It was a place where I could see countless stars shimmering all over. I feel like I'm in the galaxy yet it's a mystery how I can move and breathe outside the atmosphere. Well, I'm already dead so I don't have to breathe anymore...


I was confused, so confused about everything. I just came out of the store and sipped a Gatorade Blue. I was listening to music when I realized that death was already there to greet me into the Underworld. 


"So... Is this the Underworld? Hell? Purgatory or something?"


A place to go after a person died. In my opinion, I'll never be going to Heaven because I was not a good or bad person, I'm a mediocre simple guy. But the hook is, I never went to church for a whole year... So I will probably go to Hell or something. 


"Shit!"


Of course I'm mad and disappointed. It's obvious that I have a lot of things I regret and want to do. I still have my parents on Earth and I think they are probably devastated once they found that I'm dead. 


"Kuck!"


My legs got weak and stumbled down. My chest was aching and I find it hard to breathe. 


The fact that I will never see my family shocked me the most. I'm just a young man, who wants to finish college and help his parents. 


"... What am I going to do now?"


Knowing that I'm dead, my head is in shambles and I don't know what to think or do. 


I found it meaningless. My life was gone just like that and I realized how fragile my existence was. 


It was sad that my tears fell on their own. 


"Ugh..."


I sobbed and wiped my tears. It was obvious that I would cry after knowing that I'm dead and I will never see my parents again. 


My chest hurts. God damn it! 


"Are you done crying?"


Suddenly, a voice struck me from behind. 


I immediately turned around and realized that someone was watching my whole dramatic reaction... 


"Can you give me a second please, I want to cry and scream."


"No, we only have a few minutes and I have more people to meet--"


"Aaahhhh---!! GODDAMNIT! IF I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO DIE, I SHOULD HAVE FONDLED SOME TITS! GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!"


I'm dead anyway so I might at least release this frustration from my chest. And for the record, I'm not a virgin. I had three relationships in 20 years of life and I can say that I have a nice amount of rizz in my veins. 


Anyway, if I know that I'm going to die, I shouldn't have broken up with my ex... 


"... Sigh."


I took a deep breath and faced the unknown person who was looking at me with a dumbfounded expression.


"Sorry, what did you say again?"


I laughed and tried to erase the awkwardness. 


"... Ahem, greetings young man. You're here because your fate led you. You can call me Goddess."


The person in front of me was definitely a woman but I couldn't discern her face because there was blurry light that was blocking my vision whenever I look at her face. As if it was not meant for me to see her face. 


"...What?"


In this situation, it was the normal thing to ask. 


What? What the fuck is going on?


"Are you Satan or something? But the last thing I heard, Satan is not a woman. Oh, is this about those songs that God is a Woman and so is the Devil? Is that it? I'm right, right?"


"Nope. I'm not Satan, and I never heard of the songs that you are talking about. I don't like Ariana Grande."


"But she's a nice singer."


"I prefer K-pop."


"Wow, I never know that a Goddess actually listens to worldly songs."


A shocker.


"I like BlackPink, but, ahem! Anyway, let's go straight to the point. Keith Castillo, the Gods and Goddesses have brought you here."


A neat explanation. Enough for my brain to understand. 


The Gods and Goddesses want me... This means something. 


"... Wait a minute, I think I know where this is going."


I touched my chin. My eyes were still red because I cried earlier. Even my heart was pounding as I realized that I'm dead. However, after reading many Light Novels, at the back of my brain I already have an idea of what is going on. 


"So you want me to kill a Demon Lord in a fantasy world?"


"What? No, that's not what we want from you."


The Goddess shook her head, a bit irritated as she watched my reaction. 


"Geez, this is why weeb are hard to talk to, they always believe that they are the MC. This guy is bawling early yet now he was acting like he is a protagonist."


Ugh! It is painful to hear it from a Goddess. 


"You are here because the Gods and Goddesses wants you dead."


"..."


I don't know how to respond so I just keep quiet while having a jaw-dropped expression. 


"You didn't hear it wrong. They want you dead."


"Um, that's because they want me to save a planet, right? Like, I'm going to be reincarnated into a planet where magic or cultivation is rampant to start a new life, I think that's what you mean."


"Again, this is the reason why I don't want to talk to a weeb."


Ugh! 


"Our time here is precious so I will explain it to you as fast and clearly as possible-- One of your descendants will destroy the Earth so we decided to prevent that by killing you."