Earth, July 14, 2650. Brilliant City.

The blue sky with fluffy white clouds and the warm sunlight was what most represented this wonderful world.

On a continent where space vortices appeared and disappeared in the sky without causing any kind of damage. As if it were just a tourist rarity on this continent.

A big city in one of the countries of this continent was as lively as any other day.

In the more than ten thousand square kilometers of land that belonged to this city, there was an extremely tall tower in the shape of a hexagonal pyramid made of blue glass.

In the middle of this tower, some giant holographic words said 'Brilliant City' in neon blue letters.

In Brilliant City, all kinds of glass buildings with very different holograms were visible.

Some were advertisements to visit some important stores or places. Others were for decoration, giving the place more personality, and some were from very important organizations or families.

Among all these buildings, some floated tens of meters above other smaller buildings. These floating buildings appeared to be very expensive and high class.

Around these floating buildings, there were people inside large metal creatures as if they were using vehicles.

These mostly metal creatures had wings that they used to fly and stay level with these floating buildings. The forms that these metal creatures had were so varied that practically all of them were different.

Although they still had general resemblances to each other.

Some of these resemblances were that many looked like western dragons. But on a closer look, some had three heads. Others had many sharp spikes on their backs or had giant wings longer than the others' wings.

The same could be said for the other metal creatures in the sky.

In the streets, people walked, ran, or jogged. Interestingly, there were no cars of any kind. Just metallic land creatures that were everywhere in this city.

The people who were going about their daily business as usual had holographic clothes as different as those metallic creatures.

There were people in outfits that glowed with neon lights. Others wore more individual holographic clothing as if they were in disguise. Be it metallic armor with neon lights or outfits with many pieces of technology that adorned the person's body.

In Brilliant City, advanced technology was everywhere!

Leaving this technological city, on the outskirts where the immense green forests could be seen everywhere, the plains with beautiful flowers and vegetation.

There was a large mansion with an ancient architectural style, but at the same time, modern, and futuristic. As if it was a rare combination that strangely looked quite good.

In the surroundings of this mansion, there were small buildings or entertainment areas, such as sports courts and swimming pools.

The only thing that dimmed the brilliance of this mansion was that everything seemed completely empty and abandoned, as if no one had been there in years.

Although spherical drones could be seen constantly cleaning everything.

In the mansion, where the big front door was. A group of three young men in different holographic outfits were gazing scornfully and greedily at a cute little young woman who appeared to be seventeen years old.

The young man in the middle, who had more of a presence than the other two, had a black wristband on his left wrist.

Suddenly, from this wristband appeared a holographic screen with numbers, images, and words.

"Miss Rose, we just need you to give us more money so that we can continue to protect you from bad people who might try to harm you due to her status in the Hesdia family."

"We're only asking you for a small amount of one hundred thousand Star Coins. It's not that much if we consider the money your family manages, right?"

This young man, who was still speaking with a smirk, looked disdainfully at this young lady named Rose.

"Besides, don't you think it's very little, considering that it's your life that could be in danger?"

Rose, who could only bear to be swindled by these youngsters, nodded as she bit her lips hard due to the great frustration she was feeling.

"...Okay, I'll give you the money."

She stared at the holographic screen displaying a banking transaction website helplessly. Rose brought her pretty purple eyes closer to the screen where it said 'retinal recognition' and finally placed her index finger on the fingerprint test spot.

With these simple procedures done, she finished the transaction of one hundred thousand Star Coins.

"Hahaha, the young lady from the great Hesdia family didn't disappoint me. Now send a hundred thousand to my two friends as well."

Rose, in disbelief and fury, tries to yell at this young man when she hears her words.

"Y-you-!"

Pah!

Suddenly, the young man, who now had a cold and contemptuous look, slapped Rose on the cheek. Which made her look at him with fear. But in the depths of her eyes, there was extreme rage.

"Too bad. You really disappointed me a bit there. I'm just asking you for two hundred thousand Star Coins for my friends for the great work of protecting you from this cruel world."

"And yet you dare to yell at me…"

This young man saw that Rose was trembling, so with a smile, he said, "It was my mistake there. I tend to get upset easily. Anyway, it was your fault for yelling at us, wasn't it?"

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Rose, who saw how these three young men saw her like a little lamb that they could kill at any time, just nodded without saying anything.

"Very well, I quite like people who learn quickly from their mistakes! Now hurry up and send the money. We don't have much time!" This young man said these words, looking at his friends with a happy expression.

Rose repeated the same procedure as above, and sent one hundred thousand Star Coins to each of the other two youths.

An amount that could well be the monetary income of a normal family for ten years.

"We'll come back when we run out of money... I mean, when you need our protection, hehe."

Finally, the three young men walked away with smiles of joy on their faces. Thinking about how they would use the money they received from Rose.

Inside the mansion, its interior was decorated with all kinds of antiques.

Rose was walking quickly down a long hallway that had many doors with holographic locks that required Rose's fingerprints to open.

In addition to these doors, there were all kinds of antiques on the walls or on floating metal tables.

She arrived in front of a door just like the others, and with her fingerprints, she opened this door easily.

Buzz!

The door opened, hiding inside the white metal-textured walls.

Rose started talking to herself in a concerned tone.

"I know I can die, but I need to increase my strength and potential somehow. What I need most is for my mental energy to rise enough to become a level two Star Master."

"If only that damned old traitor didn't exist, I wouldn't be in this difficult situation."

Rose's pretty face revealed the stress that someone her age shouldn't have to endure.

Sigh...

With a deep sigh, she tried to calm her emotions and focus on what she had to do.

"This is something I must do. If I'm unlucky... All of my dad's efforts to turn the Hesdia family into a family without corruption will disappear."

At the mention of her father, her voice cracked a bit, but Rose quickly pulled herself together.

"And I can't forget to save my mom at the hands of that immoral family."

She was looking at a silver container the size of an adult human head. On the lid of this container was a logo of the planet Earth with two angel wings on its sides.

This container was on a circular metal table that floated silently.

With her fingerprint, she opened this container.

Inside, there was a spherical crystal that looked like it had a rainbow inside.

Rose reached out her pretty hand and gently touched this crystal.

"Getting this rainbow crystal was so complicated. I really was very lucky that this strange merchant decided to sell it to me illegally."

She took her hand off the crystal and stared at it.

Suddenly, the crystal slowly began to float. But only eight inches from the hover table, it fell again.

Huff! Huff! Huff!

Rose, with her pale little face, held her head as if she was in pain.

"I'm so pathetic. I can't even levitate something as light as a rainbow crystal for more than two seconds."

"This pitiful amount of mental energy... Why is my talent so bad?"

Rose resealed the container with the crystal inside of it, and with it in her hands, she left the room.

In just half a minute, she entered another, larger room. In this room was a large holographic screen, several floating tables, and a silver triangular device with a completely black hole in the center.

As if it were a small black hole.

She placed the container on one of the floating tables, and with her fingers moving at high speed, she bought several high-tech devices.

"This should be enough."

By completing the payment of five hundred thousand Star Coins. She walked over to the triangular device and waited patiently for a few minutes.

Wshh!

Suddenly, out of the black hole at the center of this device came a small container that grew larger as it came out until it became a container several meters long and wide.

This container that had the function of floating was placed on one of the floating tables by Rose.

Inside were the technological devices that she bought a few minutes ago.

All these devices were ordered by their different uses.

Some served to camouflage in forests.

Others to remove body odor by avoiding dangerous creatures with a keen sense of smell.

There were traps to generate noise in case someone wanted to escape and various other devices that seemed very useful in challenging environments and with dangerous creatures.

What stood out the most was a red leather armor for women.

"As a level one Star Master, what I can buy is very limited and weak. At least these exploration devices will give me enough time to search for some treasure to increase my talent."

Rose said with an expression of bravery and confidence.

"Now I just have to take a shower with hot water and eat something delicious since I don't know if I will try these luxuries in the portal again."

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A couple of hours later.

Rose was standing in another large room. She was now wearing the previous red leather armor that perfectly suited her body. Since it accentuated her wonderful and slender curves.

The most impressive thing was her huge breasts, which were almost the size of her head!

Her straight ruby hair with purple tips was tied in a side ponytail that reached her perky bum.

In her hands was the rainbow crystal.

Her cute little face had an expression of nervousness. But at the same time, some anticipation of the unknown.

She knew that this moment would determine if her luck was good enough to go through with her plans or die trying.

Rose decisively focused her mental energy on the rainbow crystal.

Inside her brain, the billions of randomly distributed neurons began to glow slightly reddish-yellow.

This light quickly spread throughout her brain.

Suddenly, without Rose noticing. Thousands of reddish-yellow dots came out of her head and were instantly absorbed by the rainbow crystal.

Pew!

A multi-colored beam shot out of the rainbow crystal!

This thin multi-colored beam began to create a beautiful portal with a fantasy landscape on the other side.

Crack!

Unexpectedly, this portal was broken into pieces and in its place appeared a multi-colored door with symbols that glowed with white light!

"Eh?"

Bang!

"Ouch!"

With a confused expression, Rose, who was shocked at what was happening, was sent flying by a shock wave that came out of this gate.

Her body bumped heavily against a wall.

Fortunately, her armor had the function of significantly reducing this type of damage.

She looked at the place where that strange door was and saw that everything near the door had shattered like a mirror that had shattered.

Bang!

Another shock wave was released from this multi-colored gate.

The door was also shaking as if someone or something on the other side was trying to open the door.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

'Am I going to die from a monster that is trying to enter Earth?'

'Is this going to be the end of me?'

'Without managing to save my mother or imprison the fifth elder?'

All these questions were filling Rose's mind. She was thinking that what was on the other side of the door was a cruel and vicious, bloodthirsty creature that was about to kill her.

Bang!

Finally, the multi-colored door opened with a loud bang!

Suddenly, a multi-colored light illuminated the entire room, which made her eyes close involuntarily.

"..."

She waited a few seconds and heard nothing.

Unable to bear her curiosity, she opened her eyes again.

"!"

Rose was very surprised to see that in front of her was not the bloodthirsty creature that wanted to kill her.

In her place was a black-haired young woman as beautiful as a goddess!

She swore that she had never seen someone so beautiful in her entire life. Not even genetic modifications could reach that level of inhuman beauty!

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From Lanaery's point of view, as her body entered the multicolored door. She still had in her mind that being that seemed completely unreachable even with the power of the Holy Purifying Crystal.

From one moment to another, her body crashed into a glass wall that shattered instantly.

On the pieces of glass on this wall were moving pictures with many varied scenes.

There were massive islands that seemed to be continents!

Lanaery saw a continent where ice and snow covered everything.

Another had a volcano in the middle with a lot of lava around it, covering the ground of this continent. But in the sky, countless lava bubbles floated with cities inside.

She saw several continents with very different environments from each other.

What surprised her the most were giant metallic creatures with the power to evaporate seas or destroy mountains!

When all these glass shards disappeared, the gray hand around her also dissolved.

With her body in a state of extreme exhaustion, she caught sight of a strange metallic room and a ruby-haired young woman approaching her.

Lanaery heard a voice. But the language this young woman was using was something completely unknown to her.

Thus, unable to take it any longer, she fainted from exhaustion.