The chosen man.

Back to the very beginning.

London 1980.

    Dante ran very fast. He had just managed to rob an old woman who was walking alone in the middle of the streets of London.

     That night was very cold. Dante only wore a thin coat that looked very shabby, while his irregular breathing seemed to cause a puff of smoke because the air in the city was too cold.

     "Damn, is she just a poor woman!" Dante cursed. He didn't find much money in the wallet he had just forcibly got.

     The man's stomach rumbled, while the other street children were currently waiting for him to return with food.

     Dante cried. If only he was educated, maybe he could get a better job than stealing or robbing someone. The man cursed himself. He couldn't do much, while the children had high hopes for him.

    Finding a small shop selling bread, Dante thoughtlessly ran and entered it.

     "Give me some bread!" Dante threatened with a penknife which he pointed at the salesman.

     The old owner just stood there staring at Dante.

     "Are you deaf, I said, give me some bread, old bastard!" shouted Dante.

     The old man who was the owner of the bakery once again just stared blankly at Dante. He looked more like he was ignoring the man.

     "Oh my, do you want to play with me!" said Dante angrily.

     Dante who could no longer contain his anger immediately barged in and took some bread that was in the display case. He took as much as he could, even though the man made little money that night, he could at least give bread to the street children who were currently waiting for him.

     Before leaving the shop, Dante took out the money he had previously gotten from the old woman's stolen wallet. It wasn't much money, not even enough to pay for a loaf he stole from the shop, but it was the only money he had at the time.

     "Take this money!" said Dante. He deliberately acted so that the old man was afraid of him.

     Just a few steps after Dante left the old bakery, the old man who owned the shop immediately ran over and grabbed Dante's right arm.

     "You're the right person!" said the old man.

     Dante who received the statement could only frown.

     "You hold destiny!" said the old man again.

     "What do you mean?" Dante asked back.

     "You have something in you, you hold the destiny of this world!" replied the old man.

     The man reached into the pocket of the jeans he was wearing. There was a pendant with fiery red eyes in the old man's hand.

     "Take this thing!" said the old man, he gave the locket to Dante willingly.

     Dante who didn't understand what the old man meant could only accept the red-eyed pendant. He didn't even really care what the old man said, all he could think about was how much the pendant would cost if he sold it.

     Dante grabbed the pendant roughly from the old man's hand and immediately ran away from him.

      "I don't care what that stupid old man means. Looks like this thing will be very valuable!" he muttered as he ran away from the old man and chuckled. He felt quite lucky that night.

******

     "Hey, look, Dante's brother brought something!" said one of the children who saw the man's arrival.

     Dante currently lives under a bridge in a slum district in the city of London. Dante lives with four other poor children. The first is named Rose, she is an 11-year-old little girl, and Mikel, a 9-year-old boy, while the other two are Anna and Richard who are 6 and 7 years old.

     They are not brothers, they were originally raised in the same orphanage, but because they no longer have donors, the orphanage had to close.

     The few slices of bread that Dante had looted became a joy for the four children. They haven't eaten anything for two days.

     Rose, who is the eldest child, immediately distributed bread to the other children. Although not siblings, their togetherness far exceeds that.

     Dante got a piece of bread from Rose, he smiled and immediately cut the bread into two parts.

    "Take it this Rose, I'm not that hungry!" Dante lied.

     Rose is a child who is quite intelligent and good at analyzing situations, she knows that at that time Dante was lying.

     "I've got my share, and this is for Big Brother,!" the girl did not receive Dante's gift.

     Dante couldn't help but smile, it wasn't easy to hide things from the girl.

     After making sure the four children had eaten their rations well, Dante went outside for some fresh air. He ate the bread in his hands greedily, how could he not, the man had not eaten for almost two days.

     Until suddenly Dante was surprised by the arrival of two mysterious men in black suits. Somehow the two men seemed to suddenly be behind him without him noticing.

     Dante who was very surprised took a step back immediately. He grabbed the penknife that was in his pocket just in case.

    "So you are the child Geogre chose!" said one of the mysterious men.

     Dante who didn't understand anything could only frown, he didn't even know who the Geogre the man was referring to.

     "What's your business?" asked Dante. He looked very alert.

     "Didn't the old man tell you?" asked the mysterious man.

     Dante who heard this immediately thought of the old man who owned the bakery he had just looted. So what business brought the two mysterious men to him? Of course, this is a question in his mind.

     "Now you have the pendant, and that means you are the one that old man chose to participate in the 'Game of the Destiny'!" said the mysterious man.

     "Game of Destiny?" asked Dante, confused.

     "Yes, you were chosen as the person representing the human race in that game!" replied the mysterious man.

     "Agent J, open the portal immediately!" The mysterious man orders his partner to open a mysterious portal.

     Agent J immediately took out a box from the suitcase he was carrying. The box looks very ancient. But as soon as the man opened it, Dante was very surprised and saw a mysterious portal that suddenly appeared right above the ancient box that had just been opened by agent J.

     Instantly the wind blew very hard, and lightning began to appear in the city sky.

     Dante stepped back, he didn't understand what was happening then.

     "What's that?" asked Dante, confused.

     "It is a portal that will take you to a world called Niflheim, a very cold dark world!" said agent J

      "Niflheim?" asked Dante, confused.

     Sure enough, as soon as Dante tried to approach the portal, a chill immediately spread throughout his body.

      "Is this real?" asked Dante, he watched the portal carefully, after all, he only heard fantasy things like that from some of the books he read.

      "Look at the pendant the Geogre just gave you!" agent J

      Dante was very surprised, suddenly the pendant lit up and vibrated very loudly.

       "What does all this mean?" asked Dante.

      "You were chosen as the messenger who will fight in Game of the Destiny. You must fight to determine the fate of this world!" Agent J explained.

     "Destiny? What do you mean?" asked Dante.

     "You must decide the fate of this world by following the game that will be played there!" replied agent J.

    "Do you think I will do it?" Dante stared angrily at the two mysterious men.

     "Must. Do street children mean enough to you?" asked agent J. The mysterious man immediately took out a firearm from one of his pockets.

     Dante who saw this immediately knew what agent J meant at that time.

     "I give you two choices!" said agent J, checking the bullets in his gun.

     "Join Game of the Destiny, in return we will take care of those homeless children!" agent J looked at Dante.

     "What if I refuse!" Dante replied.

     "Those homeless kids are going to have bad luck!" said agent J, pointing his gun at Dante.

     Dante swallowed his saliva, he knew that the two mysterious men weren't playing around.

    "We'll give you time. In a few days we'll be back to see you!" said another mysterious man who is now known to be agent R.

     The two mysterious men immediately closed the mysterious portal again. They just stared at Dante before finally leaving the man alone.

     "Gosh, isn't this so unreasonable!" said Dante after the departure of the two men who are now known to be agents J and R.

     Dante fell to his knees, what he just saw must have been a very absurd thing. The man saw for himself how the mysterious portal was with his two eyes.

      Dante ruffled his hair, he didn't understand what agents J and R meant. The two men seemed to force him to do what they wanted.

     "Isn't this just bullshit!" Dante spoke to himself.

      "Did they think I would believe their jokes!" Dante laughed desperately. He knew what agents J and R were saying might not be bullshit.

      Dante thought of the homeless children he had left behind. He didn't want anything bad to happen to them. It could be that the two mysterious agents are now threatening the safety of the homeless children.

      Dante ran very fast to return to where the homeless children were, he slumped down after finding the four children in good condition.

     "What happened, are you all right?" asked Rose, noticing Dante's arrival.

      Dante looked at every part of the girl's body, he breathed a sigh of relief after finding the four homeless children in good condition.

     "Dante …!" Mikel shouted startling Dante and Rose at the same time.

     "Mikel, what happened?" Dante immediately responded to the scream in panic.