Ren noticed that his body was uninjured and naked.This was a stark contrast to the surrounding souls who were also naked but also covered in horrific wounds and injuries.They all appeared to be in extraordinary pain and torment.
"I was told that my soul was devoured by the vampire count but where exactly am I right now.Am I in the vampires stomach or inside his soul." Ren wondered to himself as he felt the mana surrounding him.
All the mana that made up the surroundings,souls somewhat resembled the makeup of his own soul.In fact Ren could feel that his mana was constantly being drained.He no longer had as much mana as he did when he had his body.Probably only around 900 units of mana were inside his soul.Ren also noticed that he had some other kind of power within his soul which was probably how he could respawn.
Ren immediately tried summoning the thorn dagger which he did successfully so at least he didn't lose it.Ren turned to the nearest soul which resembled an obese man who had nearly been cut in half diagonally from his shoulder to his waist.The obese man clearly had unnatural burn marks all over his body as well.
"Um excuse me could you tell me where we are exactly?" Ren asked politely however the obese man still continued to scream in pain from his injuries.
Observing that speaking wouldn't obtain the man's attention Ren placed his right hand on the obese man's undivided shoulder.The obese man who didn't seem to be able to see Ren before now seemed to be able to see him.
"Who...who are you?" The obese man appeared to stop feeling pain as if Ren had somehow brought him to his senses.
"Uuhh...my name is Ren could you please tell me what happened to you." Ren wasn't sure how to start off so he decided to question the man.
"Uhhh I don't know how to start off.It was just a normal day when suddenly voices appeared in everyone's heads."
"These voices claimed to be bored gods who travelled the universe looking for entertainment.They talked about how they visited countless alien races and forced them to fight for survival by summoning entities."
"We were even given an internal timer within our minds and were told to prepare for the next thirteen years.We all thought we were going insane but some people did decide to prepare."
"Everyone called them cooks however as no one believed in gods and they attributed the internal timer to an instinctual ability within the human race that signalled a coming apocalypse."
"People simply returned to their ordinary lives without a care in the world but the governments did advise caution and attempted to predict what sort of catastrophe might occur."
"When the timer ran out the voices returned and they expressed disappointment at how we didn't prepare properly.They claimed we would only have ourselves to blame for what would happen next."
"Immediately afterwards these monsters appeared everywhere.The military were able to deal with the weaker ones but it only took a bit of time until they were also destroyed."
"It was then that vampires began attacking people.Their leader personally hunted down everyone within the city in his damnable hunting sessions."
"I escaped the hunt for quite a while but the vampire count got to me.He burned me alive and cut me with his accursed greatsword.That is the last thing that I remember."
Ren was taken a back by all the information he had just heard.It was clear to him that this man had been dead for around 1300 years without realising it.He was one of the ancients.
"Anyways why are you here?Where are we?Who exactly are you?" The obese man gave a barrage of questions but it gave Ren an idea.
"You are currently dead and I'm here to help you pass on to the afterlife." Ren said as he spread his arms for dramatic effect.
"Uhh if that is true then why are you naked?" Asked the man as he looked Ren up and down.
"Mortal inconveniences such as clothes have no place in the afterlife.It is where your soul is laid bare.Your soul is currently in limbo and I am here to send you off to the proper afterlife." Ren came up with his own brand of bullshit.
"Really is it the same for everyone else here?" Asked the man as he observed the surrounding background which was full of screaming,injured,naked people.
"Of course I will be sending all of them to the afterlife just like you.Now go ahead and pass on,I believe in you." Ren said with considerable belief.
"I'M DOING IT,I'M DOING IT HAHAHAHA." The man's soul began to float into the air and a rift opened up which the man's soul went through.Ren could feel foreign mana and power coming from the rift but he couldn't tell what any of it was.
The rift quickly closed and Ren decided to move onto his next target.