20 years ago / 18 years before Ford was summoned.
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Ryan: "huh?"
20 year old Redis Hakul, named Ryan Halv at the time, was summoned to a strange world.
No... A beautiful world. Calling it 'strange' is not the right word for this world at all.
Ryan was Ecstatic.
Ryan: "Another... World?!"
Ryan's Eyes widened in disbelief. He looked around, rubbed his eyes, and tried pinching himself.. but this wasn't a dream, and Ryan knew that.
Ryan: "It's obvious I'm not dreaming..."
Ryan smiled, as he found this to be a fresh start in his life. The mistakes he made on earth never carried over to this world.. he felt... Alive.
Ryan immediately ran over to the first person he could find, which was an old shopkeeper.
Shopkeeper: "What may I get for you, Young Lad?"
Ryan looked up at the shopkeeper.
Ryan: "huh?"
Shopkeeper: "hmmm... Young Lad.. where are you from exactly?"
Ryan: "oh... Somewhere.. far away."
Suddenly, the shopkeeper let out a small gasp as he heard that, and muttered-
Shopkeeper: "beyond the wall?"
Ryan looked confused, as he had never heard of this "wall". Instead of telling the shopkeeper that though, he would nod his head in confirmation.
Shopkeeper: "I see..."
Ryan: "so.. what do you have here exactly?"
Shopkeeper: "oh! This is the best shop for adventurers! Judging by your attire, you seem to be more into business.. I take it?"
Ryan was wearing a black suit at the time, as before his summoning, he was headed back home from his 9-5 office job.
Ryan: "oh, this? No, I'm an adventurer myself! I just like to dress this way!"
Shopkeeper: "hmm... Alright! Well, take a look around then! I'm sure you'll find something you like!"
Ryan would just let out a nod as he then proceeded to look around the store.
He would proceed to grab an old hatchet off the wall for protection.
Ryan: "This will be it!"
He placed the hatchet down on the shopkeepers desk. The shopkeeper picked it up and would proceed to examine it like normal, then placed it back down.
Shopkeeper: "That'll be 50 silver coins!"
Ryan's mind: |silver coins??!!|
Ryan pulled out his wallet and hid it from the shopkeeper. He proceeded to pull out five 10 yen coins. "This is all I got..." He would proceed to say.
The shopkeeper just sighed and said-
Shopkeeper: "you know what? It's on the house!"
Ryan: "Thank you sir!"
Shopkeeper: "No problem, Mr.. uh... What's your name?"
Redis: "oh.. Ry.. Redis! Redis Hakul!"
Ryan changed his name to Redis, as he had wanted to start an entirely new life.
Shopkeeper: "No problem, Mr. Hakul!"
Redis just smiled and ran out of the building. He proceeded to keep looking around, as he had wanted to find a mission clue, like in video games.
He soon realized, this world didn't hold any "side quests" or "mission clues". This was just a parallel world.
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Redis woke up, his clothes had been changed to what looks to be a torn up rag.
Redis: "wha.... Huh?.. HUH?!"
He woke up in what looked to be a cage. A strange man was Infront of him.
??: "Please, don't be so loud! The king won't like that very much.",
Redis: "Who... Are you?"
??: "Me? Yes, I suppose introductions are important, aren't they?"
Redis: "I asked who you were."
Rayn: "Wow, don't be so rude! My name is Rayn. Don't bother telling me your name.. Redis, was it?"
Redis' eyes widened from shock. How did Rayn find out his name? Was it the old shopkeeper?
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Redis: "How did you..."
Rayn: "find out? Let's just say that old man had the pleasure of telling us everything."
Redis: "You.. BASTARD! What'd you do to him?!"
Rayn: "Oh please, I didn't do anything. In fact, he's the one who called us, with this."
Rayn pulled out a hand mirror. At the time, Redis didn't know that it was actually called a contact mirror.
Redis: "just shut up!"
Rayn: "How rude. It is very indecent to tell someone to 'shut up'. Try being a little nicer, and politely asking me to be quiet!"
Rayn started to become furious. Suddenly, a red shadow started to form around his fist, and he quickly thrust forward, blasting the wall.
Redis: "I'm sorry"
Rayn looked over to Redis, and started to calm down-
Rayn: "I suppose it's alright."
Suddenly, a door burst open, revealing a tall man in dark king's garments. He didn't seem to be too happy.
??: "What is causing all this ruckus?"
Rayn: "I apologize, sir. I just had a bit of a meltdown."
??: "Don't make me come down here again!"
The strange man said as he turned around, and headed back towards the door, without saying a single word to Redis. He wouldn't let that happen though. So as the strange man was about to open the door, Redis stopped him.
Redis: "Stop! Who are you?!"
As the strange man heard that, he turned around, with a look of annoyance on his face.
William: "I go by King William. That is all you'll have to address me by."
With that, Redis had found out the strange man's name. Before he could say anything else though, William had already left the room.
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10 years ago / 8 years before Ford was summoned.
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Redis had already been trapped in that cage for 10 years, and he had lost all emotion by now.
He picked up a stick, and drew a talleymark. He started tallying the days he's been in this cage for about 5 years.
Redis: "Another day"
Redis just sighed and laid back down. He tried to fall asleep, but was interrupted by a strange noise.
Redis: "Who's there?"
??: "Please, you musn't be so loud. My name is Reed Ober, I came to save you."
Redis: "Save me?"
Redis hasn't heard those words in 10 years. Ten long years, trapped in a cage. This wasn't the "do-over in life" that Redis had planned.
Anyway, Reed silently broke the cage door open, and Redis was finally free.
Redis: "I'm... Out..."
Redis had started to tear up. He's been locked up for 10 long years, and now, he was free. It was okay for him to cry, in this case.
Reed: "Come on.. we have to go.."
Redis and Reed had proceeded to leave the castle, silently, as not to draw attention from anyone.
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5 years ago / 3 years before Ford was summoned.
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Redis had finally regained his sanity. He's been battling along side Reed, for 5 years now.
During those 5 years, Redis had made many achievements, such as vanquishing an entire group of the Devoted Cult, and slaying cultist leader number 10.
That leaves only 8 of the 10 Devoted Cult leaders remaining.
As number 7 was slain by Ford Reski, 2 years ago...
And number 10 by Redis Hakul, 5 years ago...
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Present day: 2 years after Ford was summoned.
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A few hours after the conversation Ford had with Redis, they would head downstairs, where a meeting would take place.
Upon heading down, Ford came face to face with many unfamiliar faces.
Then, the meeting started.
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