Vengeance of the Returner

Shigon's voice perked the ears of a young man who was lying limp inside the chamber.

The man looked up at the cracked ceiling with his reddened eyes gritting his teeth. He was frustrated and beyond saving. The scar inflicted upon him wasn't healing even after he brought the best priests and healers in the city.

"Why did I have to fight him?  Nemesis? He doesn't seem like one? It seems as though he was forced to take on me. "

"Martial god, may I ask another question?"

"I cannot understand why. He had gone through difficulties that led him to lead a path he didn't intend to. I humbly request you to give him one more chance."

"I chose to fight first did I not?... Martial God, I have been wondering about the way you are showing me the visions. There is no purpose or reason why he chose to kill me in those futures you have shown me."

The cracks began to increase as the earth shook at the very moment a dark ray of light shot towards the chamber through the ceiling.

"What?" 

{Etch this in your heart. Your terrible fate and his.}

The huge pillar of energy seeped through his vessel making his eyes turn dark. He looked up at the ceiling opening his darkened eyes as though he was enduring immense pain.

In the very next second, a message appeared in front of his eyes.

[You are now experiencing divination]

The very next moment he found himself in a location he'd had never even placed his foot on. The isolated town Theemai.

Before he could bat his eyes a struck towards his face. Neither his instincts nor intuition alarmed him. It was impossible for him to even notice in the first place. The very next second he felt an immeasurable amount of pain all around his body.

He wasn't prepared in the least. The stinging pain he felt as he inhaled and exhaled explained that his ribs were broken. He was internally bleeding and he also noticed that his bones were broken as well. He was immovable. Having lost the ability to move the focused his blurred eyes and saw a wounded man holding a spear like a demon.

[Ethereal shift: Bladeless heart (phase-1) Activated] 

Nagendra didn't waste any time. He knew it's a loss as such he forcible activated every cell in his body and began to move. Needless to state the wounded man who had lost his eyes were in the same state as him.

"Nix Stop!"

Though Nagendra wanted to shout those words nothing came out of his mouth he was just there to feel what was about to happen firsthand instead of just seeing. This was Shigon's way of beating sense into Nagendra's mind.

{Fuck I can't do shit!}

Nagendra uttered feeling frustrated while looking at Nix.

He didn't understand what was happening. And that was when he noticed a change in Nix's facial expression. It showed frustration and agony. From just a glance he was able to understand that he was enraged and depressed at the same time.

"I didn't mean to all this but, your fucking bitch resorted to violence and killed one of my clan members."

Nix said panting heavily and dropped a blue orb on the floor.

"Isn't this what you people wanted?"

Nix frowned.

Nagendra blinked his eyes and noticed the feeling of rain pouring down from the dark sky whilst the smell of iron more precisely the smell of blood intruded his nostrils regardless of the heavy rain.

Lying on the moist ground Nagendra's eyes wandered through the vicinity. The place he was lying was surrounded by few corpses including his girlfriend and other members of his company.

{Why?}

Nagendra was still at loss. He couldn't understand what caused all those messes yet, he couldn't digest that his girlfriend and his clan members have died.

"Ahh Ahh" Groaning like a wounded beast Nagendra fell unconscious.

At the very second his vision darkened and brightened he found himself back in the Chamber lying limp.

{Your paths have been made to cross. Even if you do not wish to confront you will confront each other. Nix doesn't see you as a threat whilst you feel conflicted with yourself. He doesn't waver when he swings his weapon whilst you do. The choice is yours to make. You shall decide when the time arrives.}

[You have leveled up]

The final message and Shigon's withdrawal from the conversation made him speechless and question himself. It wasn't some trope where the protagonist perceives his rival to lead him towards the brightness from Darkness. In the first place, Nix wasn't a rival but a nemesis, meaning he is an arch-enemy that destined had chosen to play.

Two people who were meant to keep each other in check. Even if he does not wish to confront, they will be forced to. This was predestined.

Nagendra was at loss for words and just sat inside the chamber reiterating what he saw and felt by seeping through the future.

"I should stop her from resorting to violence when he faces him. It seems he lost a few of those he cherishes as well."

Nagendra concluded.

Apart from all that he wasn't happy about the level up nor cared about it. He had to prepare himself to fend off against Nix.