White.

An eternal white without an end in sight.

That was all Andrej could currently see.

"Damn it, i am dead, guess i have no luck. But i at least tried, i guess i'm not for better" He looked around himself, but all that he could see was the monochrome white which hurt his eyes.

"Is this some kind of afterlife? Where will i end up now?" He thought to himself, until he saw a silhouette of a humanoid figure, upon close inspection, he saw what appeared to be a human female, with snow white skin and beautiful flowing white hair, but with a lack of facial features.

"What… Who are you?" he asked.

"I am you, to be more precise, i am the source of your power" the woman replied with a soft voice.

"I see" Andrej said and held out his hand "You probably already know this, but my name is Andrej, what about you?"

"I go by many names, but you can call me Morana" Morana said as her cold hand shook Andrej's "Now, let us chat for a bit, i believe you would like some answers"

"Yes" said Andrej "Do you know perhaps how i came to this world"

"I'm sorry, i don't know, even though i'm older than the eight universes, the phenomenon of reincarnation has never happened before"

"I see, wait, then the creation myth is true"

"Yes it is"

"So, are you some sort of a god?"

"I was, but the unknown god killed me ages ago"

"I see, can you tell me something about the unknown god then"

"Well, most of what i can tell you you already know through the creation myth, but there is a crucial detail missing, the unknown god was actually split into seven different pieces, they are called the demon gods, the woman you fought with, Karna, she is one of the demon gods"

"No wonder she was strong"

"She wasn't even fighting at half strength, at her peak she could destroy the entire Beodor Kingdom"

"So i got killed by someone who wasn't even using half of their strength" said Andrej sadly.

"Do not despair, with me, you will be able to win" Morana reassured him.

"Really?"

"Yes, now i believe i should tell you this, the demon gods are all working together towards one common goal, the revival of the unknown god, to achieve that, they will need someone to act as a trigger for their unification, a "Construct" as they call it, and they searched for the appropriate Construct for a long time, and when the search came fruitless, they tried creating one themselves, which led to the birth of Henry Blavatsky, but he was an incomplete Construct, unable to serve it's purpose, but so they still continue to cultivate him in hopes that he will become a complete one in the future"

"I see, thank you for this information, this really helps"

"You don't have to thank me, we are the same after all" Morana snickered "Now, it has been a pleasure to talk with you, but you have somewhere to return to"

"Wait, so that means i am not dead?"

"Correct"

"Alright then, looking forwards to talking with you again"

"Me too"

Andrej then awakened to the warmth of a nearby fireplace, he recognised the place as his house, or what was left of it, next to him was Katarina.

"You finally woke up" she said and hugged him.

"Yes, i did" He said, he stood up and opened the door, all around him was rubble and debris, the village had mostly been flattened to the earth, his house was somehow only half broken, then he saw the bodies of Kiril, Olga, Oleg and Vesna lying on the ground, dead.

"I'm sorry, they were already dead when i found them" said Katarina quietly.

"Mother! Father! Noooooooooooo!" Andrej screamed in rage and sadness, as tears fell from his eyes.