Chapter 0: Power Levels
In Felicia, the ranking system was introduced when beasts evolved into monsters and humans broke their human limitations, as of now strength in the world of Felicia is separated by one's Evolution, Energy, or how much of their limits they broke through.
~Human Power Level Rankings~
1-Star Warrior Equal To 1,000 Human Soldiers
2-Star Warrior Equal To 2,500 Human Soldiers
3-Star Warrior Equal To 4,600 Human Soldiers
4-Star Warrior Equal To 7,000 Human Soldiers
5-Star Warrior Equal To Green Threat Level Monsters
6-Star Warrior Equal To Blue Threat Level Monsters
7-Star Warrior Equal To Yellow Threat Level Monsters
8-Star Warrior Equal To Orange Threat Level Monsters
9-Star Warrior Equal To Red Threat Level Monsters
10-Star Warrior: This a stage none but one man has reached and is known as the pinnacle of mankind’s strength, a realm where man is the master of his body and mind -Limitless-
~Beast/Monster Threat Level Rankings~
Common: Beasts that are a threat to 1,700 Human Soldiers
Uncommon: Beasts that are a threat to 3,500 Human Soldiers
Dire Beasts: Beasts that are a threat to 5,000 Human Soldiers
Evolved Beasts=Monsters
Color threat levels, the danger they pose, and the destruction they’re capable of…
Threat Level Green: Monsters that are a threat to 100,000 Human Soldiers
Threat Level Blue: Monsters that are a threat to 500,000 Human Soldiers
Threat Level Yellow: Monsters that are a threat to 1,000,000 Human Soldiers
Threat Level Orange: Monsters that are a threat to 10,000,000 Human Soldiers
Threat Level Red: Monsters that are a threat to a country
Threat Level Purple: Monsters that are a threat to multiple countries
Threat Level Black: Monsters that are continental disasters
Threat Level ???: World Threat
- For Star-Warriors, unlike the monsters whose strength is measured by the threat they pose to mankind. Star Warrior's strength is measured by their energy, physical strength, and prowess. However, there is the exception of those born with incredible physical might or speed.
Chapter 1: Awakening
Part 1
As downpours fell a group of bandits was rushing through a forest to find refuge from the rain as they were being chased by a couple of dire wolves.
Thunder flashed in the sky blazingly in heavy sound racing the hearts of the bandits to the limit as they ran for their lives.
“Leader! There is a cave up ahead.” A bald bandit shouted cheerfully as he pointed up ahead gasping for air.
“Hahaha! Alright men, it’s time to lose those dire-wolves.” The bandit leader gleamed an ugly smile as he activated his Ki striking one of the weakest bandits in their group.
“Ki Art Serpent Strike” With a serpent-like claw, he stroked the chest of the weaker bandit causing him to fall behind as the rest of the bandits ran for the cave.
The bandit he struck was a young man and as he was falling shock was written all over his face.
“Hahaha! Don’t blame me for that chump this is how the world works… hahaha.” As he said that the leader ran leaving the young bandit to his death as he was ripped apart by the dire wolf's claws and jaws.
Moments later after arriving at the cave the bandits covered up the cave’s entrance.
“Whooh! I guess we were lucky enough to find a cave in this deadly forest.” The bandit leader spoke sounding out of breath.
“Yeah and if not for poor Rakk we would have already died.” Another bandit said while also panting.
Huff… Huff… Huff
After a couple of gaspings, they regained their breath and started to laugh at the misfortune of their fellow bandit and their fortune.
“So, what do you reckon we do now that we escaped that danger leader.” The bald bandit who found the cave said looking at his leader was laughing along with the others.
“Huh? What do we do you say? Well, let’s do as we always do… Hey, you two go scout deeper we don’t wanna have another beast situation on our hands.” As to question what the bald bandit said the leader pondered to himself before pointing to two of his bandits that looked the most unwell.
“Huh? Why us leader, we stalled for the group after encountering those bloody barbarians.”
“Yeah, why us leader?” The two bandits voiced out their concerns one after another thinking that the leader wanted to get rid of them.
The two bandits were right in their concern but when they voiced that out what met them was the killing intent of the remaining bandits including the leader indicating that there was no other way.
In bandit groups like these who come into the land of Barbarians, there is no such thing as companionship or mercy amongst them as coming into this land means death in every way because there is no government or kingdom that would capture them and imprison them.
Coming to this land and stealing from them is asking for death.
And even if you get away from them there are the beasts and monsters who would prey on you.
With a reluctant look on their face, the two injured bandits lighted up a torch going deeper into the cave scouting for dangers treading carefully.
*
Minutes later one of the sent bandits returned with a shout panicking the five bandits who were resting in uneasy looks as they were prepared to escape if danger came.
“Leader! Leader? Come look we found something?” This bandit who returned had ponytail-styled hair and croaked teeth.
“What? What, don’t scare us like that you croaked pony and what’s got you riled up that you smiling like that?” The bald bandit yelled feeling a little anxious to hear the news.
“Yeah what is it spill it you know I don’t like surprises?” The leader also spoke gripping his sword and giving the other side looks.
Feeling nervous the bandit spoke up.
“It’s a man leader, a man inside a glass!” In shocked expression, the pony-tailed bandit said feeling uncertain of what their response would be.
“Pwahahaha! He says a man inside a glass are you made or trying to lure us into a trap.” The leader laughed suddenly making the environment chilly as he spoke with a murderous intent.
“Hold up leader, you did you say a man inside a glass.” The bald bandit interrupted the bandit leader questioning the pony-tailed bandit.
“Huh?” The leader had an unhappy look on his face with a question mark.
“Yes a huge glass on the cave wall and inside it is a man, I’m not mistaken I even left Left Eye there.” The bandit replied explaining things in detail.
Left Eye is the other bandit who he left with and he is named that because his missing his right eye.
It turned out that when they left the rest of the bandits to scout out the tunnel-like cave they arrived at a dead end that had a staircase that led to a basement-like ground.
After some speculation on what to do, they went down to check what was inside, and they ended up discovering a man inside what seemed like a glass.
The bald bandit scrubbed his bald head thinking of something.
“...”
“Leader?!” Not sure of what to say the bald bandit looked at his leader who he considers a greedy bastard with a nasty temper who can be persuaded with gold.
“Leader! You know of the myth surrounding the ancient golden kingdom in the middle of the desert, protected by a huge round glass dome?” Speaking out his thoughts about the man in the glass the bald bandit explained to them how this could be related or be a lead to that ancient golden kingdom.
“This is it, this could be our map to that unbreakable dome glass…” Following up with his final thoughts the bald bandit gave a salivating smile.
His thoughts about the situation impressed the bandits, sparking their greedy hearts.
To a bandit gold is their reason for picking up a sword, robbing what they can, and killing.
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And for a leader of a bandit group, even though he cares not of anyone but himself gold is it.
There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do at all to sniff that gold. So hearing that a man in a glass not would be but could be, he’s already invested.
“Then what are we waiting for let’s gooo…?” Not wanting to waste time the leader exclaimed, for he did not want to miss the opportunity of a lifetime.
Two minutes later the bandit group arrived at the basement ground staring at the glass that was on the wall holding a man inside.
The man inside seemed big and not much of his body was visible because the glass was covered with dirt.
Standing in front of the glass the bandit leader was shaking in excitement wanting to get answers quickly so he could obtain the gold of an entire old civilization.
With his excitement rose yellow energy from his hands forming snake-like shapes, this was his unique martial arts or rather a martial arts he stole from somewhere called Serpents Fang.
“Ki Art Twin Fanged Serpents Strike”
With a roaring shout of his art, he struck with a fist of serpent but there was no result of any damage to the glass stunning him.
“...”
“Ughhh!” In an annoyed expression, he went in for another strike receiving the same result which angered him more, resulting in more strikes until his energy was depleted.
“Huff, huff, huff…” Panting like a wild dog the bandit leader's eyes shot towards the other bandits telling them to also do it.
“What are you looking at use your damn hands or weapons and break that thing.”
In about what felt like hours of hard working or battling beasts one by one the bandits ended up depleting their energy as no dent was even made on the glass.
Only one bandit was left who had yet to use his Ki energy standing in front of the glass in a predicament about the situation.
As a bandit group that’s all made up of Star-Warriors, it was quite the predicament as it meant that their strength wasn’t enough to open it meaning they were too weak or this glass required something else to open it.
Also as the smartest one in the group he should have seen that opening it would need something else since their leader who is a 3-Star Warrior could not do it himself.
With that assumption he started to look for some other ways, he scrutinized his surroundings and the glass received odd looks from the others as he did but he ignored them still looking for something.
“Huh?”
Shocked at something, he went closer to the glass seeing a small circular thing on the side of the glass which was previously covered in dirt but after some hits from them, the specks of dirt seemed to have been removed.
This glass they’ve been hitting is a hibernation pod but since they are people who know nothing about technology let alone hibernation pods the green light that appeared was a button that has a circle ring around it shining green.
With a closer inspection he he pressed it with his palm feeling the texture of pushing something, as something shocking happened next…
***
Part 2
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As the button was pressed one side of the pod split opening, revealing the man inside but what was surprising was the gas-like substance that leaked out when the pod opened and the size of the man inside.
His eyes twitched slowly and his fingers moved at a slower pace his heart starting to beat functioning like a living person once more.
This man had been in deep slumber hibernation for what seemed like more than a hundred years and as the sound of his heartbeat started his eyes opened and his body moved out of the pod on its own.
Thud
Because of his size when he landed on the ground floor gently, it made a thud making the bandits take back steps.
“Gulp… Gulp…” “Gasp” “Huff… Huff… Huff”
Swallowing their saliva and gasping for air they started to lose breath and shake in terror like they saw their worst nightmare come to life.
Hmmm
The man looked to his right and left finding nothing interesting and rested his focus on the flies that tried to sneak about backward slowly, but with his glance, they halted.
“Where are my servants and what is this place, also what happened to the ship?” With his question a suppressive aura descended upon them locking them in place as the man's figure was overshadowing them greatly, not to mention he was in his birthday suit.
He was a huge, muscular man with dark skin, long black hair, black eyes, a beastly smile with fangs, and an overgrown goatee on his chin.
-His height is around 20’1 ft
“Hmm, what is the matter do you not understand me?” Stroking his goatee he spoke to them raising his eyebrows.
“From your trembling, I presume you guys are in a state of shock and fear well that is not okay let me correct your postures.” Revealing his fangs in a wide smile he gestured his right hand like swapping a fly to the wall and the result was that of a dead bandit on the wall no to be accurate it was a dead bug on the wall.
Bringing his hand close to his mouth to test the blood he spat on the ground with a disgusted face remarking in an arrogant tone.
“Tastes cowardly, hmm so all of you are just bottom trash eaters.”
“And I thought I would wake up in a changed world…”
Because he is a man who hates cowards their fates were sealed when they showed fear towards him.
A few moments later the man came out of the basement ground, walking down the cave tunnel bathed in the blood of the bandits he just slaughtered brutally.
*
He was born at the bottom of the food chain in a world where the weak were breakfast for the strong and rose to the ranks of power with his body alone yet that was not enough because, at the end of the day, he was still susceptible to weapons. Since then he desired one thing and one thing only obtaining the power to dominate the world as the strongest nothing being a threat to him.
“What kind of situation is this?”
“What are the status of my subordinates and the status of this world for humanity to regress this much?”
So many questions popped up in his head with no answers to them, but to his murmuring question, something unexpected and unfamiliar popped up in his head.
~[Opening Status Window]
Status Window
Name: King ?? ???? ???
Race: Royal Human
System: Orb of Avarice- Orb of Avarice fulfills one’s deepest desire and only if such desire was dreamed of
Current System Function: Beast Monster Evolution
Unlocked Beasts: None
Evolution Points: None
Absorbed Cores: None
Current Form: Royal Human (Base Form)~
[Ding]
[If the master has some wishes he may convey them to me and I would answer them to the best of my abilities]
An alluring female voice appeared in his head snapping him out of his daze and more so it felt so familiar.
‘This voice?’
It was the voice of someone he heard many times, someone who was close to him but is no longer in this world because she died in his hands.
“Who?”
What was going through his head was that it was impossible for a dead person to be in his head talking, calling him master.
This felt disrespected and being played with awakening his beastly ferocious instincts.
At this moment he was in a state where he would anyone who appeared before him regardless of who they were, but there was no such thing happening as the voice was coming from inside his own head.
[Of course, I’m Lilian, my master]
“No you are not her I have… I have killed her with my own hands you can’t be her.” He replied to the voice in his head while grinding his teeth.
[Yes she is dead but I’m the version of her that was in your head when she was alive]
[From your memories I was reborn as the Lilian you remember when you decided to consume me, don’t you remember my master before your long slumber you ate me and I became a part of you]
“The Orb!” The answer popped into his head bringing him out of his doubts.
‘Yes, I remember the Orb of Desire the treasure that was fought wars for.’
“So the legends are true, hehe I took a gamble when I consumed you back then but who would have thought about this truly fate is something else… Kehehahahaha… The World! I will obtain it even if I have to cross over all of their blood.”
“Kehehahahaha… I King! Shell begin my conquest of the world in here…”
***
Part 3
Inside a luxurious palace interior room filled with gold and diamonds on the walls and chandelier candles were lit around.
There were three red velvet sofas facing each other, one long sofa that could accommodate 3-4 people, and two sofas for a single person.
In the room, there were five giants, two giants sitting on separate sofas that faced each other.
One of them was a dark-skinned woman with long black hair wearing a black kimono and holding a long odachi. She had a white ghost Hannya mask covering her face.
The other giant sitting opposite her had green hair and was wearing a militarist outfit with a jacket skirt set, green and white stockings, and army ribbons all over her long dark green coat that hung on her jacket shoulders. She had an eye patch on her left eye and was carrying a musketeer rifle on her shoulder.
Sharing the big sofa in the middle were two other female giants one shorter than the rest, but still bigger than the average human. She had white long hair and tan skin wearing an Oni mask behind her head she also wore a samurai-like battle gear outfit. On her hand was a 12 ft long guard that had sake inside and while drinking a kanabo "spiked club" lay beside her.
Sitting not too far away next to her was another giant with muscular dark skin full of scars and afro hair that covered her hair eyes, and picking out of her afro hair were two pointy elf-like ears. This afro giant held a long spear wrapped in a white cloth in one hand and was wearing leather battle gear that belonged to an ancient tribe and leaning on the side of the sofa next to her was a gigantic shield with a face.
In the room, there was one final female giant who was distinct from the others. She had massive feather wings that appeared to be dyed in blood attached to her back. She was wearing a cloak that concealed much of her face and body, revealing only her brown hands. However, despite the cloak's coverage, it was still noticeable that she had a thick build.
"I can feel it! Our master's energy is surging." In palpitation, the dark-skinned woman with the odachi blade spoke noticeably seeming hungry for something.
"He is awakening just as we have waited." The woman with the musketeer rifle said nodding while she stroked her rifle.
"Gulp... Gulp... Gulp... Yes! And soon this world will be corrected and welcome the rule of our master." Taking a huge sip out of her gourd the shortest amongst them said in a drunken face but no one refuted her words as they nodded in succession.
After nodding her head in agreement the giant sitting next to her with the spear said. "Indeed the time for us to move in his preparation has come too."
"Yes! My sisters our master has awoken from his long slumber and we shall present to him... The World."
Nodding they all stood up facing the window that showed the flashing thunder in the dark sky...
*
"Hahaha, I wonder which continent I should start from Azier, no maybe Uropia, or maybe Kafrica?" As King thought about which area to conquer first a system prompt came to him.
[Ding]
[Master this may be a little shocking to hear but you are no longer in the world you think you are]
"Huh?"
"What do you mean?" Confused King asked the system.
[Analysis shows that two distinctive energies are intertwining in this world one seemingly peaceful while the other is forceful]
[If my analysis is right this world may be similar to the one you left when the chaotic energy known as Force Energy invaded the world and caused a blast wave that triggered all nuclear devices on the planet to go off]
"Are you suggesting that I'm somehow in another world similar to mine?" Still confused about what the system said he asked wanting further details.
[Yes according to the last memory recollection when the blast wave disintegrated all that was tech and man-made the ship was also hit by the wave leaving all the pods to fall which were protected by the previous system function's protective energy shield you and all your other companions were save because of it but the fall might have done something as only there is the recollection of another energy drawing in the pods in what seemed like a portal or black hole]
The system explained to him but to get a grasp of the situation he asked to reconfirm what the system said.
"Let me get this straight when the Force Energy invaded the earth and was sweeping through all man-made things and triggered off all nuclear devices transforming the animals into monsters, that wave energy reached us all the way into space in our ship disintegrating it except the pods because you or the other version function of you protected us me and my subordinates, but we were still hit by another energy or mysterious energy resulting in us being transported into another world am I on the right track in thinking like that?"
[Pretty much yes, although it does seem confusing]
"Then if I'm to assume I came here with my subordinate should I look for them or while I'm conquering this world along the way?"
Hmmm
"It does seem plausible I'll do that then, let's go... Oh and before that could you give a detailed page about the function of this system I wanna have fun on the way."
Fin