Soul War: Journey To A New Life 4 The Gatekeeper

Huge white gate at the center of a st.u.r.dy and flat transparent surface it was placed on. Two Giants equipped with plated armor were standing guard right next to it, and a green mantled figure that was in charge of the proceedings. In front of them was a group of a few hundred human souls gathered waiting for the green mantled figure to address them.

Leon then looked closer and saw two guards, apparently also of human origins, near his teleportation array. One of the guards then urged him to join the said group and be quiet. The other one went to the green mantled figure and whispered something so only it could hear. Few moments later the green mantled figure started its speech.

"Alright, now that today's group is completed I can explain to you a few rules regarding the Soul war. The first thing you need to know, is that Soul war is not only an individual battle for karmic points. It is also a realm war. Every realm is at war with the other ones. This is important because the better Earth realm, or basically, human souls do as a whole compared to a different realm beings, the better and stronger your realm perk gets, and let me tell you, those realm perks can be really beneficial to your cause. The second important thing I want to mention is that every realm has its own fortified settlement. Killing your fellow human souls there, even though not prohibited, won't grant you any karmic points. This was created in order to discourage an all-out civil war. It is a completely different thing on an open battlefield. There are no rules there."

The green mantled figure took a small pause, in order to determine if its words were properly received, and when it was satisfied, continued with its speech.

"Once you pa.s.s through this gate, you will once again receive a physical body, its shape determined by your soul's peek physical potential. You will also receive a system with which you can track your stats, skills, talents, karmic points and access the store, as well as other things. That would be all for now, you will understand more once you pa.s.s through the gate" Its speech ended there.

Everyone looked around themselves. You could still see some confused faces but more or less they grasped the situation. What Leon noticed was that there were many different souls around him, young and old, male and female, but what intrigued him the most was the fact that everyone had the same bluish ethereal glow around them, which made it harder to distinguish ethnicity.

The guards soon told them to form a line and orderly walk through the gate.

Leon kept to himself while walking but he could still hear other people striking up conversations with each other.

"d.a.m.n that cleansing was excruciating, and it lasted for 80 years! As soon as I enter the Soul war plane I am wiping my memories of that clean. I don't want to remember even a second of it." One of the younger looking souls murmured.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. I heard from someone that was terminated in a Soul war before, that every karmic point matters in there, and should not be wasted. Her soul was then tortured once again during the cleansing process. It was not a pretty sight." A female soul responded.

"You won't be able to wipe your memories that easily even if you wanted to. All the karmic points you had were removed by the cleansing remember. You will start from scratch in there." Some other person joined in the conversation.

"I don't know about you people, but I am getting to that higher plane for sure, I had it with those h.e.l.lish conditions they so cutely call "cleansing". It is h.e.l.l, pure and simple and I am finally out of there" Another disgruntled person shouted.
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"True, everything is better than that. But unlike you my feet are kept firmly on the ground. I am aware of the difficulty of moving to a higher plane through this. Gathering karmic points on Earth is far less difficult and since I miss the joys of a mortal life, I wish to buy myself some luxuries in my next rebirth and hope for the best." An older looking male soul retorted.

"That is a cowardly way of doing things old man, we are going to war, not a geriatric home for you to reminisce about your past. Get a grip on the situation or you won't last that long. Actually I don't think that Earth realm even needs someone like you." An obviously annoyed female soul yelled at him.

"That is enough, let's not start the fighting before you even get there. Everyone has a reason for going through this ordeal. Keep your strength for the battlefield" One of the guards mediated the situation.

What amazed Leon wasn't only the information he picked up, but the fact that regardless of who talked, he could understand everyone perfectly, as if everyone was equipped with some kind of a universal translator.

The rest of the walk was spent in silence. Everyone had to go through the gate one by one so it took some time. Buzzing and squirming could be heard here or there, but nothing major happened.

Soon it was Leon's turn as he slowly approached the red mantled gatekeeper. It noticed him and immediately stopped him.

"Mr. Swain, can you wait a moment, there seems to be some error with your ..." But before it could explain a notification appeared on its screen.

"What seems to be the problem sir or madam?" Leon asked as politely as possible.

After the gatekeeper read the message, it frowned but still grudgingly responded.

"Apparently nothing at all, you may proceed"

Leon was puzzled but he didn't let it bother him too much.

'Let's do this" He thought and went through the gate.

Watching Leon's back walk through the gate the gatekeeper whispered to itself 'I hope the a.s.sistant Overseer knows what he is doing' and proceeded on to the next soul in line.