One sunny day on the peaceful and crowded Kingdom of Arthas.
At the banquet, inside the corner.
"Great Hero, are you really leaving?"
The Princess asked.
"Yes Princess Yssabela, it's time for me to go back". He replied.
"Is there no chance for you to stay?"
"I've made up my mind. There's nothing that can change my desci..." Before he can finish what he want to say, the door of the throne room opens and a loud voice suddenly covered the whole place.
"The majesty is here!!! Please behave yourself in the presence of the King!!!"
Everyone shows their respects as the king walks inside the room with his royal guards until he reach his throne.
"I, The King of Arthas, Roland Alexus Arthas XVI once again is glady praising the whole citizen and warrior knights of our kingdom for successfully annihilating the evil forces of the Demon Lord. All of our dead brothers who sacrificed their lives are now resting in peace knowing that the war was ended with victory on our side. But of course, it only happened because of the bravery and might of our great Hero with the help of his powerful party. We, the people of Arthas is indebted to you, our Hero."
"We, the people of Arthas is indebted to you, our Hero!"
"We, the people of Arthas is indebted to you, our Hero!"
"We, the people of Arthas is indebted to you, our Hero!"
The whole place was filled of praises dedicated to the Hero and his allies.
After some time the King approach the Hero.
"Great Hero, are you enjoying this banquet?" Greetings from the king.
"Yes your Majesty. Its so generous of you to do this unnecessary things." He said.
"No! This is the only thing that we can do for our Hero. Anyways, are you really leaving?"
"You and the princess have the same question your majesty. But yes, I've made up my mind. I need to go back."
"Sigh, You know I really want you to stay and become the husband of my little daughter Yssabela. But if you really want to go, It's my duty to send you back. Tonight is the first gold moon of the month, go to the Altar of Space and Time, after some preparations, the Gate to your world will open."
"Yes, I'll be there."
…
In the evening, at the Hero's place.
Knock knock!
"Great Hero, are you there?"
"Is that you Princess Yssabela? Just a moment. I'm changing."
After a while, the Hero opened his door and came out from his room wearing a fitted shirt and a sleeping pants.
"Whhhaaaa? Why are you still wearing that?"
"How nostalgic isn't it? This is what I'm wearing when I was summoned here 5 years ago. I'm just using it again because I don't want people from earth think that I'm mad, wearing a full set of armor and wielding a sword on my arrival."
"I see. So you're really leaving. Hmm you're right. The way you wear an armor is too ridiculous in your world. Hahaha"
The Hero smiled and said "Take this."
"This… This is your storage ring. Why give it to me?"
"I have no way to use this in my world. In the storage ring there is countless of treasures I have laid my hands on upon my journey here. More importantly the Sword of Apocalypse and Armor of Hades that I used to defeat the Demon Lord is in here and there are many skill scroll, accessories and a lot of medicine on it too. I want you keep it until a new hero arrive."
"Don't worry. I'll do my best to protect it until it finds a new rightful owner."
"And one more thing. Please take care of my pet Drazen. He's a little glutton. Hahaha."
"Sigh. Yes don't worry, I'll keep that naughty dragon healthy."
The two of them are happily enjoying each others company while taking their walk going to the Altar of Space and Time.
…
At the Altar.
"The Great Hero is here! Prepare the ritual!" The Royal Mage said.
The magicians and sages starts to chant an unknown spell and the King cuts his palm and drips a drop of his blood on the altar making the array on the floor starts glowing.
Suddenly the clouds covered the sky, the thunder roars and the wind blows heavily. It means that the gate is now activated.
The Hero walks towards the gate.
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"To my allies Ragnus and Alicia please be a good couple. Don't take your fight everywhere. Merek, be a good son, please take good care of your parents. I can't look after them for you now."
His party smile with tears on their eyes.
"Villagers, please don't be mad at Drazen for always eating your chickens."
The villagers stare at Drazen with fierce then laugh.
"Everyone! The joy and sufferings that once we shared, all the memories with you guys, I'll never forget it. I'll always cherish it in my heart. I, the Hero from another world wishes before leaving that the Kingdom of Arthas will have a prosperous and peaceful time that will last forever. Farewell."
And before the Hero takes his last step through the gate, he hugs his pet Drazen and wave his hand and gave everyone a big smile.
The princess now cannot hold back his tears anymore while looking at the slowly fading shadow of the hero she admires.
The place become so quiet that you can only hear the Princess crying as her beloved Hero is going back home.
…
Inside the gate.
("Here I am again. Being in here makes me think of the past. When I'm sleeping and actually summoned to another world... I wonder how my parent's doing right now. Are they fine? Heh! No matter what. I will get to see them soon.")
As he reach the exit of the gate. A blinding light surrounds the whole place making him to close his eyes and when he open it he found himself in the middle of a familiar road.
The calm Hero suddenly… with a loud voice said. "EARTH!!! I'M BACK!!!"
The crowd looked at him with curiousity.
"Hey what's that man doing? Look at what he's wearing."
"Dunno, maybe he's sick."
"Yeah, suddenly appearing in the center of the road out of nowhere."
"Is he an adventurer?"
"Sure he is. Normal people don't have the guts to stand there you know."
The Hero who still can't believed that he's on earth right now was startled by the sound of speeding truck going his way but in an instant he got away from the road.
Wondering, he asked himself.
"What? Is it because of the knowledge and experience I have back from Arthas that my abilities' like this?"
When he set his eyes on the road he saw a girl that is in the way of the speeding truck before.
"Crap! I need to help!"
He rush his way to save the girl but…
But the Hero was stunned on what he saw.
The girl stops the truck with her two bare hands.
"WHAT THE HELL? AM I NOT DREAMING? How did that fragile looking girl do that?
An old man heard what he just said.
"What's there to be surprise about? That girl is an adventurer in this part. I heard that she's a commander rank. Aren't you one also." What the old man said and leave.
("Adventurer? Commander rank?")
He keeps thinking those words while walking finding his way home.
…
Under the tree, he take his rest.
"Congratulations! You are now part of the Pandora. As a host, you can use the system's features. To open the system say the keyword SYSTEM."
The hero heard a gentle voice from a woman. But it seems that there's no one in the surroundings.
"Who's there?" he says.
"Invalid keyword." from the mysterious woman's voice.
"I don't have time to play your jokes"
"Invalid keyword."
"System!"
The hero says the keyword out of confusion and suddenly a screen flashes to his face then the mysterious woman's voice started to say:
"Thank you for using this system. I wish you good luck. Before I leave I will give you a piece of advice which is…
DON'T DIE!"
He feels that something cold is running through his veins while he listen to the mysterious woman's voice advice.
After awhile, he checked what was the system is all about.
"So this is the sytem huh? The host is me. Level 1, 100 exp points needed for my level up. My HP is 879 and MP is 483. My strength is 359 while my defence is 300, Agility and Vitality is 326 my Intelligence is quite low, just 275. Senses is 315 and Stamina is 321. I have 0 stat points which is needed to upgrade my stat. I have no title and class yet. In my inventory I have 2 chest. The Noob Chest and Bonus Chest. There is a shop too but its not working right now, I think it will become available if I have some money which is Battle Coins (BC) the system's currency... Sigh! So many things happened on my 1st day. I will check this again later. What I need to do right now is to find my home."
He doesn't know that his current stat far surpasses the average stat of one person which is more or less than 50 while an athlete is 60-70.
…
After hours of walking, he found the place where his old house are but it seems no one lived there for a long time.
("According to the neighbors the ones that used to lived here are now located to XX in XX. I might go there to find my parents.")
...
In the front gate of a big villa.
"Is this the right address? Can I really find my parents here? It seems the owner of this place is a filthy rich person. Maybe my parents is working here. Well I might ask the security. -- Uhm excuse me sir. Is Mr. or Ms. Cruz here?"
"Do you have an appointment with the masters? One of the two security said.
"What? Masters? No. I'm just looking for my… "
Beep! Beep! Sounds of the car inside the villa.
"We're sorry kid. But if you have no business here just go. The head chief security is on his way."
A black car came out from the gate of the villa with a familiar face inside.
"Huh? Is that Uncle Sebas in the car?
Uncle Sebas!" He called the man inside.
"Stop the car! Seems that brat knows me.
Hey brat… Wait! Jin?! Jin is that you?!"
"Its me uncle." He said with a happy face.
The man in black rushly come out from the car.
"Oh God! Is that really you? Your parents should know that you're here! Guards open the gate! Let the young master enter! Now!"
"Young…Young master? The guards asked.
"No more question!"
"Yes sir!"
"Wait uncle. what young master? I just…"
"There's no time to explain. Just enter first. You will know everything when your parents are here."
…
Outside the gate.
"Is that man really the young master?"
"Maybe, the chief knows him so that's probably true."
"Heard he was lost 5 years ago and..."
"Cough cough! Stop gossiping. Do your job. Open the gate when the masters arrive." Sebas said.
"Yes sir!"
…
After an hour, inside the house.
The door suddenly open and a man and a woman dressed in elegant suit enters the room. It is Jin's parent. The parent he wish to see in the past 5 years is now in front of him.
"Is that you Jin, my son?" With a crying voice the woman asked.
"Are… are you really my son?" The man asked.
"Yes. Its me mom, dad. I'm home." Jin replied.
The 3 of them happily hugs each other. The tears from their eyes can't hide the joy from their heart now that their family is now complete.
Suddenly a little boy come out from his room upstair.
Then his father said "Jin! Meet your little brother."
"Brother?" With a smile Jin lift his little brother into the air.
"Woah! Hey there little buddy. You really looked like me when I was at your age. How old are you now? Uhm 5?"
The little boy who got no idea on what's happening, nods.
Now that the whole family unites they decided to celebrate.
"Listen! Reserve the whole hotel XX for the night! I want a big celebration for my son! Call everyone. I want to introduce my son to them. Do you hear me?" His father Jose said.
"Yes master!" everyone replied.
…
At that night at hotel XX.
Every guest greets and congratulates Jin and his family with their gifts on.
After a while, in a corner of the hotel.
"So son, tell me what really happened to you."
Jin told his father what happened to him in the past 5 years.
"So that's how it is huh.I still can't believe that my son is able to kill such monster. You're great son. So proud of you."
All the question on his father's mind now faded.
"Uhmm. So now dad, it's your turn. Could you please tell me what really happened in the world when I'm not around. What is this so-called adventurers and ranks and why we have this kind of luxury now."