" Hey, let's take a break....." (Alex)
"............" (Lynn)
" It's Lunch time Lynn, I'm hungry. "
" Aren't you hungry? " (Alex)
" Of course honey, wait a sec I'm almost done. " (Lynn)
" Finee " (Alex)
" Heheee, Thank youuu " (Lynn)
Looking at the beauty in front of me, I can't help but let out a sigh.
She has a long curvy blonde hair. Taking a glance at her face, he could see that there was so much dust on it.
But even with that, you still can tell that she's natural beauty.
She has been with me since as long as I can remember, I usually don't take note of people other than my parents,
as I was too focused on my studies and training, But she's different, and I can see it in her eyes the moment we first met.
She thirsts for knowledge as much as I do.
* Child Alex POV *
The teacher is asking us one by one our names and what we wanted to become. Just thinking about it, I have already
I have already know what I wanted to be. An Archeologist, he hee there must be no one else who wanted to become one. I mean, it's such a unique profession right, just like my parents, I will be the greatest archeologist ever.
" My name is Lynn Berret, and I wanted to be the greatest archeologist ever! " (Lynn)
I Immediately splurted the coffee I've drunk the moment she said that.
That was a joke, how and where do you think a 5-year-old kid would get a coffee.
I mean, it's okay if you wanted to become one, but the greatest at that?? No way!!
" There's no way you would become one, That's my line! I'll be the greatest archeologist ever. " (Alex)
" Who're you? I'm the first one who spoke, so it's me. " (Lynn)
" Why're you deciding it like that! You stupid or something!!? " (Alex)
" You can both be one, and there's no need to fight. " (Teacher)
" Nooo Teacher, How can the title be shared with someone as... as ugly as HER! "
Lynn's eye turned moist, just from a glance I can see that she's trying hard not to cry. Ohh great my mother would spank me for sure.
" Uuuuu, what to do, I've been tainted. " (Lynn)
" Where did you hear that!! " (Teacher)
" Alex, Go to the corner and think about what you have done. " (Teacher)
" Uuuu Fine. " (Alex)
I walked to the Corner as I said that.
My mom says that you can't make a girl cry. And if I did no girl would love and cook for me anymore.
So did that means no one would cook for me anymore? I would be starving, and mom wouldn't cook anything for me, Thinking like that, Alex eyes also become watery. Will mother forgive me if I apologize...??
Uuuu what should I do....
While thinking how to apologize, Lynn comes to my side with red eyes.
I mean... it's not like what I said is the truth, look at that cute face, no one in their right mind would call you ugly.
Wait, what does that make me then?
" Alex.... " (Lynn)
" Wh-what... " (Alex)
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" You're crying because you just noticed that you hurt a cutie like me right? " (Lynn)
Lynn said while lowering her head, Blushing.
Is she stupid!?
She's saying it with such an honest face.
" It's okay I forgive you, But don't ever be mean to me again okay? " (Lynn)
" Really?! Yes yes, I won't. But then, who would be the best archeologist? " (Alex)
" That's naturally me, but I'll let you be my sidekick. " (Lynn)
Lynn said with a smug face.
Guh! My Hand! It's trying to smack her face without my permission!
Well, I'd love to, but that'll get me in trouble so no thanks.
" F-fine. " (Alex)
I said that while my hands is still twitching
At that time, I thought she would forget it sooner or later.
And oh boy, how wrong can I be.
* Current Alex POV *
Thinking how childish I am at that time makes me embarrassed.
I decided to wait for her a bit, and if even after that she's not done yet, I would drag her out myself.
Thinking like that, I lean my back against the wall behind me, just to have the wall disappears and switched with a slide leading to no one knows where.
" LYNNNNN!! "
I tried to call for her before I got too far, but the wall already reappeared, and she didn't seem to hear anything.
What the fuck is happening....
The slide is too steep for me to climb back, I would do that sooner if I could.
Like that, I just slide down into nothingness.
* Lynn POV *
Hmmm Interesting, The so-called great calamity, from the text we just found described how the world meets its end by the hand of a single person, they described him as a devil in human clothing, a demon that wouldn't bat an eye when killing an innocent person.
Kingdoms and Empires perish at the hand of calamity level magic.
Magic?
" Even the mighty emperor of Barslarnd, who single-handedly kills a dragon, cannot stop the devil who invades our lands. " (Ancient text)
Hmmm, they sure love to exaggerate things out.
From the text, the era before the great calamity was the age where the strong tramples upon the weak, where the strong could bend the law at will.
That sounds barbaric, isn't it? But not that different with our current era, a corrupt politician could go in an out of jail easily with money. The difference is, their era use fist and magic? When our era uses money and authority.
" Alright, I'm done Alex. "
" ................. "
" Alex.....? "
Looking where Alex was supposed to be, I found nothing but dust.
Is he that hungry?
I shouldn't have made him wait that long...
I quickly gather my tools and leave the ruins.
Arriving at the camp, I still can't see a sight of him.
" Alex? "
He's not in the camp either...
Should I look for him? Yeah, I would feel bad if I didn't.
But even after shouting his name for a while, I still can't found him anywhere, where did he go??
Does someone kidnap him or something?
No way, he can easily beat ten people in a fight, there's also that moment when a 7-foot tall guy with a disgustingly thick muscle decided to pick on me, he ends up in the hospital after Alex beat the crap out of him.
He also wouldn't mess with me like this...
Will he just disappear like our parents did?
My eyes start to water just thinking how I wouldn't be able to see him again.
* Alex POV *
After a while of sliding, I seem to have arrived at the bottom of the slide.
" Woahh "
Looking at my surroundings, I unconsciously mutter out.
It appears to be a storage room? Treasury?
These things must be thousands of years old
It was from the era before the great calamity, where all of the ancient civilization disappears in an abrupt manner.
Some say that there's a great disaster happening all over the planet, some say it's because of a massive spread of disease, some even say that they're all kidnapped by aliens.
But none of them has been proven to be true.
In the room, there was all kind of weapons and armors, Fist Weapons, Daggers, Swords, Spears, Great Swords, Throwing Knives, Maces, Wands, Bows, Crossbows.
For armors, there are Heavy Armors, Light Armors, Leather Armors, Robes, Shields.
There's also a bit of gold and jewels here and there.
It's a magnificent view, I must admit.
While contemplating how to get out and carry these artifacts from here, he saw a metal box with carvings lying on the ground beside him.
" Pssst... "
" The box just talked? "
I must be hallucinating, but the sound was clearly coming from inside the box, and it was a young girl voice.
He opened the box and found a black ring with beautiful carvings around it.
" We finally met. "
" What!! "
I'm not hallucinating! The ring just talked!
" How could a ring talk!? Is this cursed or something? "
" Your mother is cursed! I'm the great ring of space and time!! With my power, You can stop time, Travel between dimensions! You name it! "
" Not to be rude buddy, but you sounds like some shady merchant! No people in their right mind would wear you!
I'm leaving! "
" NOOOOO WAIT!! Hear me out will ya? You'll need me for sure!
The ring sounded really desperate, and I also would if I'm trapped in this place for thousands of years.
I'll hear her out for a bit.
" Fine, I'll give you five minutes. "
" Good, you must've known about the tragedy, the great calamity is what your people named it, the fact is, it was an abrupt change in mana density, in just a span of a few days, the mana became ten times denser! It would usually be a good thing for the inhabitant of this world, But! There's this one cocky idiotic moron son of a bitch minor god that decided to massacre all of this world's inhabitant. I think he wanted to steal this world's mana for his own and kills all of its occupants hoping that the council wouldn't notice. "
" Wait, you're telling me that God does exist, then, what about this world's God, how come he/she didn't protect his own world? "
" Because you don't have one Alex, a God was not told to oversee the worlds, they decided it for themselves whether they would live a happy live in some random planet, or they were to protect and manage a planet they were in.
And they didn't protect a planet just because they wanted to, there are, in some rare cases, but the majority of them did so because they wanted and obliged to protect their descendants in that world. "
" Mhmm, interesting. But that didn't tell me why I should wear you. "
" Because you will need me sooner or later. As you can see, the people of this world are weak, and they were not enhanced by mana. So naturally, they have a limit to their growth, but that doesn't matter, what's important is, I can feel the mana coming back. "
Sigh... that really sounds like a trouble
It's basically when you gives a power to a being with intelligence, the first thing they would think of is how they would use their powers, to protect? To steal? For revenge maybe? There's all kind of people with different motives and goals, with power in their hands, there will be people who eager to fight, people who didn't want to fight, and people who were forced to fight.
Social order will collapse.
And there's also the beasts, surely not only humans that would evolve.
Would they get really strong until it can endanger humanity's existence?
Or would they once more become the subject of humanity's needs?
All in all, chaos will spread throughout the land.