"Haa… even in my last moments, I still couldn't fight". Neo found himself on the cold dark floor in a large room.
No, not a room, there were no walls, just an endless expanse of bleary black tiling. Oh yeah, that's right, I'm dead. But this is way too dark to be Heaven and too cold to be Hell. So where am I?
He clenched and unclenched his fists slowly. Funny, even when dead, his arms were still shaking. Strangely, they felt real, stupidly real.
'Damn, even after dying I'm still stuck in this Weak-ass body'
"Whatever, what do I do now, I don't see any land marks or anything, every direction looks exactly the same." Who the hell designed this place.
The dark clouds rumbled overhead, brimming with crimson lightning. Yeah, second reason why this place couldn't be a room. Another world… maybe. Unlikely but not Impossible, he would need to have exceptionally high luck, an ancient bloodline or some legendary fate, the stuff of Anime Protagonists.
Keep dreaming, Neo. You're not that lucky.
"Greetings, thou highly favored by the Heavens"
Or maybe you are.
"Just kidding".
I take that back.
Neo glared up to see an angel clad in black descend gracefully for the crimson clouds. He wore a crisp black and gold suit with gold accessories. He had short snow white hair which drooped over the sides of the large crown he wore. The crown was jet black and seemed to absorb the dim light around it, it drooped over his eyes and seemed to fit perfectly that way. He had a crimson sword at his side around which space seemed to fold, making him seem like even the very world was nervous to touch him. But, the strangest thing about him was not the crown or the wings, no, Neo actually expected those, but it was the large multi-colored radial crest which floated behind the angel which caught his attention. It was filled with millions of symbols all moving erratically yet forming a beautiful sequence, each particle screaming a new shade of power, each formation pulsing with a dangerous glint, making the crest itself feel incredibly intimidating like looking at the vastness of the universe, yet…
"Why do I feel an urgent need to punch you in the face"
Although he had a smug grin on his face from his little joke, it visibly stiffened before his grin expanded, if that was even possible.
"You're just jealous"
"No, I'm not!"
"Wait, why am I shouting?"
The angel tilted his head and sighed.
"Sigh, I guess that guy's influence still reaches here. Well, I'll have to make do with this"
He casually raised his arm set in a flicking position and pointed it forwards towards Neo.
For some reason, Neo felt a strange sense of foreboding.
"What are you doing?"
"What does it look like, I'm getting rid of a pest"
He snapped his fingers.
Immediately, an extremely large red lightning struck the ground exactly where they stood.
"Cage of Chaos"