After Life: Knights Of Sin

Chapter 1: The world in-between life and death

In Nigeria, in a particular state, in a particular town,was a particular secondary School.

It was closing time and the students were rushing out,all tired of studying. In the disarray of students hurdled together was a boy walking alone minding his own business, just like everyone else, he was wearing a brown uniform and black tie. He was tall for his age(18). He was taller than most adults. His name's Remi Oyo, an average final year student. He wasn't popular but he had a handful of friends, he was very indecisive as he still didn't have his course of study in mind for university.

(Going to culinary school wouldn't be half bad, cooking is one of the few things I actually enjoy, but Mom wants me to study accounting... So troublesome! I wish this country... No that the world was different, a little easier for people like me.) The boy thought to himself.

Remi was one of the few people who wished the world could be different from what we currently have. He wanted real change.

Remi was crossing the street when the traffic light was red signaling all cars should stop, but a rickshaw driver(3-legged vehicle/Keke nape) wasn't paying attention to the road. The rickshaw sped out of control and rammed Remi, flinging him into the air. Before he hit the ground, Remi's life had been extinguished.

"What?" Remi said as he saw a body surrounded by people.

"Who's body is that?... No way!" Remi realized he was floating in the air, he's legs were transparent and the body he saw was his own.

Remi began to ascend towards the sky. "Where am I going?! No! I... Wanted to experience more. I wanted a job, a girlfriend, a car... I wanted to matter, I wanted change." Remi fought against the force pulling him upwards.

Suddenly, two Orbs emerged from Remi's chest and remained suspended in mid air.

From the clouds above, a being that looked like a boy and a girl with 4 glowing wings came to inspect the orbs.

"Who are you?" Remi asked.

"Shhhh, I'm inspecting your deeds", the being answered. After a minute or so, the being introduced itself.

"Greetings, my name is Arill and I'm your personal guardian angel. I'm also assigned to check your bad and good deeds to see if your going to heaven or hell" said Arill.

"Heaven or hell?!" The thought alone scared the Yoruba boy. "So where am I heading, Arill?" Remi solemnly asked, trying his best not to break down.

"Well about that... It seems you're in that category of people whose deeds are equal. Both good and bad." Arill said as he lifted his hands up.

"Come again, I think the Keke knocked out my scene of hearing?" Remi asked again, even more confused than before.

"Well, it means you're not that bad a person, but you aren't a saint either. Let's see... If you had a chance to be reborn into this world again, would you take it?" Arill asked.

Without hesitation, Remi answered. "Of course I would. I might not look like it but... I want to make something of myself" he said, proclaiming a new dream of his own.

"Well, good luck to you then. I won't be seeing you for a while", said Arill as he took Remi by the collar and flung him towards the ground.

"Gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!" Cried Remi as he was passing through the very ground itself and was only seeing darkness.

All of a sudden, a blue sky appeared below Remi as he was plummiting towards the ground. He looked up to see what looked like a blue moon but..... that was actually earth.

"Seems I'm not on earth anymore. More importantly, how am I going to survive this?!" Remi yelled.

Remi then saw 5 other dark-skinned people falling as well. He tried to call out to them but everyone was panicking. The 6 people were all falling towards a castle-like area, they collided and fell on the ground. 'bam!'

'Oof!' the 6 people all yelled together as they fell on the ground next to the castle.

Remi stood up and dusted himself off (that fall didn't do anything. What's going on). Remi and the others were approached by two heavily armored men.

" Please come with us" the men asked the group.

"I'm not going anywhere unless I get some answers. Where am I?!" A guy with a blue shirt asked him, who seemed like a teenager too, but was a bit rounder than Remi.

"All your questions will be answered if you come with us," the man said again.

With no other choice, the group followed the men. Remi noticed that the castle looked very medieval. Apart from that, the area away from the castle had medieval-styled houses and farmland. (Where am I?) Remi thought to himself.

In the throne room, after realizing this was a medieval-like world, Remi was expecting a well endowed king, but what he saw, sitting on the throne, was an old goblin, literally a goblin with green skin and pointed ears, gray hair dressed in king's attire with a crown to booth.

"6 people huh? Better than last time. Anyway, I bet you're all wondering why I am a goblin?, but nope, that's a story for another day. My name is Seth *the Goblin king*, ruler of the Diora kingdom. Address yourselves by only your first name. However, your surnames don't matter in this world!" Said Seth, he had a very intimidating aura around him that Remi and the others felt immediately.

"My name is Deborah. I'm 28 years old. I was a hairstylist before.... You know" The eldest looking woman spoke, she had wild untamed hair. She was wearing a long blue sleeve shirt and dark blue jeans.

"I didn't ask for occupation or age, but you may continue with that" Seth addressed the issue.

"My name is Alex. I'm 17 years old. I was a student" the plump guy in blue said.

"I was also a student, I'm 18 and my name is Remi, nice to meet you" Remi finally spoke out too, still waiting for answers.

"My name is Elisa, 18. I was a maid before,.." a girl with short hair wearing a pinkish maid outfit spoke up. She seemed depressed. Well, you can't blame her, she's dead.

My name is Ali. 20 years of age, I was a college student. The oldest looking guy with glasses and a suit said as he was inspecting the room.

"And I'm Amaka, I'm 16..." The girl said with an uninterested tone, her age seemed to be a lie. Remi could tell her body, especially her butt, wasn't that of a 16-year-old, but why would she lie in a situation like this?

"Now with introductions out of the way, I'll leave the status explanations to my right-hand man, Victor", King Seth pointed to a skinny fair-skinned man with glasses in a white suit.

"As you wish, my Lord", Victor replied.

Victor took the 6 people to a briefing area and told them the truth about this world.

God created our world(Minus) similar to your Earth, but the humans of Minus have the ability to use strange powers called Magic. They draw mana from nature to replenish their supply. The source of the magic were 4 powerful keys hidden within the world(The Keys of Apocalypse). The Demon god Lucifer, seeking the immense power of the keys for himself, sent forth 3 demon kings and a legion of lesser demons to steal them. The arrival of demons and their blood corrupted the land and its people, giving birth to horrific monsters and turning humans into Abnormals. Elves, dwarves etc. To combat the demons, God brought humans from Earth with the potential to unlock unique magic to help the people of Minus find the keys to banish the demons once and for all. Only after that will the earthlings be reborn into their world.

Hearing this, Remi's heart was beating like crazy. What could he do in such a situation? What would happen if he somehow died? All these questions were bombarding his mind, but also the thought that this world could give him a chance at his new goal in his life excited him.