****Whimsical Forest, Grimchill Village****
****Vlad POV****
"Why does he have red hair?"
"I don't know!"
I am hearing voices belonging to children. I feel so warm, much better than before.
"Could it be that he’s a beast?"
"Of course not, you idiot! Grandpa said beasts don't look like us, but he does which means he can't be a beast!"
I opened my eyes
"He is waking up. GO AND GET GRANPA!" One of the two people said and the other ran away yelling "GRANPA, HE IS AWAKE!"
I opened my eyes completely and looked around. I was in a room made of wood, I was sleeping in a bed next to a small window which shows the scene of a forest. I turned my head and saw an old man enter the room and both of the children went behind him.
The old man told the children to leave and then turned to me "So, you’re finally awake?"
"Where am I?" I asked looking around.
"You are in our village, Grimchill" The man said while moving closer to my bed.
"How did I get here?" I said, looking at the man coming closer.
"You tell me, we found you in the middle of the forest completely naked!"
I thought about everything that happened and remembered everything including how I died. I pinched myself to make sure this is not a dream.
"Ouch" It hurts. My lips curved up into a smile ‘Is this my second chance?’ I thought
"You seem happy!" The old man broke me out of my own world and I looked towards him.
"I guess I am!" I said, smiling at him.
"So, what were you doing in the middle of the forest naked!"
There is no way I can tell him that I came back from the dead.
"I don't remember!" I said, holding my head while putting up a confused face.
"Don't worry, I am sure it will come back to you. It seems whatever happened must have affected your mind!" The old man said patting my back.
"You are right"
"So, what's your name? Can you remember that?"
"Yes, I can. It’s Vlad!"
"That's good, Vlad. I am sure that you will get your memories back before you know it" The man said looking at me with a smile. I smiled back at him before *GRUMBLE* My stomach started making noise.
"You have been asleep for 2 days; you must be hungry. Wait here, I will get some food for you" The man said while standing up and going out of the room. I could see the head of the two boys who were here a while ago. I smiled at them and they ran away.
I looked out the window and started thinking before it hit me.
"Hold on a second, this is not English I am speaking!" I said with a confused expression.
‘And that man did not speak English either!’ I thought
I looked around and the room. ‘There’s no room like this on earth either. They made rooms like this in the past, so how comes this room is made like this? Also, where is the light?’ I thought and with every answer, I get more questions popping up in my head.
‘Is this really Earth?’ I thought
The old man came back into the room holding a plate with bread on it as well as purple meat.
"I have brought you some food, eat up now so you can get your strength back!" The old man said giving me the plate. I looked at it, then looked back at the old man.
"What is this?"
"This is meat from a rabbit" The old man said
‘What kind of rabbit meat is purple?’ I thought
I took a bite of it and to my surprise, it was delicious. As a result, I started eating it until there was nothing left
"You must have been hungry, huh" The old man said while laughing
I wiped my mouth and put the plate down before looking at the laughing man.
"Can you tell me what’s this world called?" The man stopped laughing and looked at me with a surprised expression.
"You don't know!?"
"I can't remember"
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"You must have been through something terrible If you can't remember that!"
I shook my head helplessly and the man gave out a heavy sigh.
"Then, I will tell you everything I know about this world!" The man said while clapping his hands
"Thank you" I said
"Okay, listen because I won't repeat this a second time" The man said and I nodded and turned my body towards him.
"Okay then, let's start with his world. It's called Obela and it has two continents named Edeon and Emux" The man said and my head was in chaos.
‘This is not earth!’ I thought and calmed myself down to listen to what else this old man has to say.
"The Edeon continent is controlled by humans and beasts while the Emux is controlled by Devils and Undead. In the Edeon continent, there are 2 Kingdoms named Estra and Briale"
"The Estra Kingdom is controlled by humans while the Briale Kingdom is under the control of beasts"
"Right now, we are at the borders of a city in the Estra Kingdom named Tosa!"
The old man took a break so I could absorb everything he told me.
‘Beasts, Devils, Undead, is this some sort of game?’ I thought.
Everything I was told went against everything already I knew.
‘Looks like I need to research these new species later!’ I thought and took a deep breath and looked back at the man. "Please continue!"
"Then, I will tell you about the system in Estra. There’s the Royal family who is at the top of this kingdom. Then, there are the sects that are only second to the Royal family and after that we got the nobles and beneath them are the commoners!" The old man said and I thought about how in the old times of earth, only with power could you earn respect.
"How do people move up in ranks?" I asked the man
"There are two ways. One is to join a sect and show your power or have a lot of money and become a noble" The man said and I thought about it.
‘If I earn money, I will only become a noble who is third in the ladder and If I join a sect and become powerful I will get more influential, I will go with the sect’ I thought and looked at the man
"How does one join a sect?"
"You have to break into the Mortal rank!"
"Mortal Rank?"
"Yes, when a person surpasses the human limits, he will be able to enter the Mortal rank" The man said smiling.
"How many ranks are there?"
"There are the Mortal Rank, the King rank, the Emperor rank and the Immortal rank!" The man said and I thought for a while.
"What’s the difference between them?"
"Well, once you enter the Mortal rank, you will be able to live for 200 years!" The man said and my eyes lit up.
"What about the King rank?"
"There is no reason to know" The man said and I started to frown.
"Why?"
"Because only about 1 in 80 million people can reach the King rank in their lifetime. That’s how hard it is!" The old man said while shaking his head.
"Well, can't you just tell me?"
The old man looked at me before letting out a sigh "Once you enter the King rank, you will be able to move so fast that no one below your rank can see you. Destroying huge rocks with your fist will be very easy for you. Also, you will gain another 600 years of lifespan!"
Listening to this made me swallow my own saliva *Gulp*
"Then, what about the Emperor rank?"
"After you enter the Emperor rank, you can kill an enemy from 500 meters away with a flying sword and you will gain another 1000 years of life as well as huge power. I have only heard about it in legends and it's a rumor that every teacher in huge sects are in the Emperor rank which is why many people want to join a sect to learn under them!" The old man said while his eyes were glittering.
‘What kind of world is this?’ I thought and I could feel my own blood boil with excitement. In my past, I was someone who wanted to surpass the human limits. So, learning that this place would allow me to do that made my blood boil and heart beat race.
I calmed myself down and looked at the old man again.
"What about the Immortal rank?"
"I don't know about it because I have only heard about them in legends, but it is said that once you join the Immortal rank, you will able to do whatever you want while making every king or sect fearful of you. And the best thing is that you will stop aging for good and become a true Immortal!" The old man said with envy in his eyes.
‘This world is amazing! Immortality was only a fantasy on earth. If it can be done here, think about the amount of things that I can do?’ I thought with a huge grin on my face.