Seal of Light - Enlightened novel Chapter 4

Returning to the present state...

Mat slightly opened his eyes as he felt the pressure of the water pulling him further to the bottom of the sea. He tried not to panic as he remains in a full body numb state.

Must move these hands…

Must try harder…

or else I will helplessly die drowning…

Finally, a nerve from his right hand somehow responded to his will, his right hand twitched a little. Slowly, he was able to curl his fingers one after the other, and then he was able to control his full right arm. He then tried to move the rest of his body parts and tried to swim up, looking at the light that was being reflected from the far surface above.

After a few strokes, he lost all his regained strength exhausting all the remaining air left in him. His body started to fall down again.

With his eyes half closed, an image covered the light above him. Someone grabbed his hand, and veins of light traveled from the helper's hand to his, like an instill energy.

Mat was pulled up to the surface as he then grasped for air with a slight panic of keeping himself floating.

Swimming and crawling up to the shore, grasping for more air, he laid on his back for a while until he was able to sit up and pull himself back together. He lightly pats his head trying to bring out the water that came into his ear.

He looked around and saw that it was an unfamiliar terrain. This was not the beach where Good Eve's Mansion was.

Realizing that he came from an explosion that threw him to the water, he checked his body for any wounds or injuries, surprisingly, there was none, not even a slight scratch.

Mat stood up and looked around. He was amazed and stunned by this exhibit of paradise like view and atmosphere, but no one seems to be around.

“This is too good to be true. It’s like paradise, what a beautiful place this is?” He said from his point of view, he could see that this place looks like a small island, with its crescent shaped beach line and land formation. He took off his shirt and pants and squeezed them to dry.

Is this heaven?

Am I dead?

Wait... someone helped me a while ago, he could still be around here somewhere. Maybe I can ask him where I am.

He wore back his pants and then kept waving his shirt in the air to have it dry quickly. He trekked the higher ground to look for help.

“Wow, look at the density of this forest, this place is so green, and there is barely a path walk or path way to follow.” He said as he found his way deeper to the forest.

After a few minutes of wandering around, he saw a huge pillar of black energy from afar beaming up to the sky, and it looks like it is located not far from where he is. He decided to trail the location of it, but before he even lifted his first step, he felt a slight rumble on the ground.

Was that an earthquake?